Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1877, Page 4

THE CfiICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. = that, shortly after. their product. Limestone of an excellent stitution there are Sunday classes for the eng. The Tribang. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MATL—IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGE FREPAID AT t 'THIS OFFICE. Daily Edition, posipaid;’1 Yarts of ayear, per mont! I \\'m "W;&; 'SrE ot o year, - WEFELY EDITIONfPOSTPAID. -$ 1.25 11.00 Fostage rrzpl‘l 4 Specimea copics sent free. 1X«’:#¢unt delay and mistakes, be sureand cive Post- rce cddress i full, including State and County. m!;:mnuneumy bemnde either by draft, express, Pos-Ottice order, or n registered letters. as our risk. 7ERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Tafly, eelizered, Sundsy excepled, 25 cents per week. Tany, deitvered, Sunday fncluded, 50 cents per week 2 JHE TRIBUNE COMPANT, Corner 3fadison and Dearborn-ets.. Chicago, i SOCIETY MEETINGS. JLO COMMAND! . 1, KNIGHTS TEM- ' 3 . )m| 04 ):: :‘fflxochnf':‘c Dr’\;’; o’!’ the Temple will be conferred. "lere will be drill Wedneaday evening, May 8, ok o propre :forher m}(mfignm Thlaraday ar L 4:45 o'cloc arp, v/ ![elmr'::lnlramemoon. every Si?filll.’h! of Apollo Com- a little distance atthe south end, next to Montenegro. -Austria clasps Bosnia in her arms, $0 to speak, and the inhabitants of Bosnia are of the same race and language as those of their Austrian neighbors. While the Bosnian Christians are Sclaves, they are not all members of the Greek Church, buta 12.00 | considerable portion are Catholics. A.nd this 1-® | is an ndditional reason for the growing de- zz.su sire of the Austrians to occupy and annex “00 that territory. ' The population of Bosnia is . %% | estimated at about a million and a_half, of whom something less than one-third are Mohammedans, and they constitute the land 20.00 | Kroprietors of the province, while the Chris- tians are tenants and laborers. ‘The newspapers will have to sustain their share of the reduction of Government ex- penses which they have been demanding on behalf of the public, and which the present Administration is determined to make. - An instance of this may be found in the an- nouncement. that Secretary Scmunz will re- duce the expenditure for advertising in the Interior Department from the sum of $40,000 & year, which was the rate two years 30 | ago, to §2,000, which is all he proposes to spend this year. This is an admirable de- dery, equipoed or not equipped, 18 ordered by the | cision, and, while some of the small news- Eomimanaes toTail . Bl Hahe 1o powtal card. i i name cai & J. 1. DUNLOP, Recorder. t GRAXD LODGE Of PER- .LTION, kA, a Special Assembly on_Thursday eveuing next, R Dt rers "By otder of - JUHN O'NEILL, T.+ P.% G.o. M. ED GOODALE, Grand Sec. YORE CHAPTER, No. 148, R. A. M.—HallN. W. cor. HODS}' and Madison-sts. There will bes Special Convocaidon Thumday evening, May 10. for work on :llflc B, AL law;& :'d toauend. Byorder; & CLUBTT, M. EH.P. G. T. GOTLD, Sec. p. t- 4 NATION, Xo. 586, A. F. and A. M.~ SI);IH com%nlx’g%s}:fllunem at their hall. cor. Halsted and Handolph-sts., Tuesday evening, May 8, at u'clock. Work on 1l en“nr:!‘éta'q;lct‘ ‘Visiting Tiied. By or et & WooD, See. rethren cordially iny ATTENTION SIR EXIGHTS!-Stated Conclave of Cmu;;& cmcl.nlnsgpn‘. No. 19, K. T., Monday evening, a3 72 167, Tor busivess ind woik i the X T. Order? Viaittag Blr Kalghus conr g S BORN, B G JAS. . MEGINN, G CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, NO.¢9, R. A. M.—Spe- ER, NO. 9, clal Convocation Monday eveaing, May 7, af8 o'clock. Degree. By Work on the T. M. -y By e ORD, 1L P, J. 0. DICEERSOX, Secretary. K. T.— paper concerns that require Government pap to sustain life may howl alt ‘the more at the uish fiite Muwns—Will hold | Administration on this account, respectable “Work on the 4Lk, 5th, am.?&'x.' journals, as well as the public generally, will heartily approve the decision. e — \ On the 1st of January, 1877, the uncollected:| taxes of the City of Chicago of prior years, ‘Lsiting Companions cordially In¥it- | g]] previous to 1871 being struck off the books, wers as follows : $1,405,035 629,959 292,670 93,5351 , 421, x, thongh unpaid, and, for the time, legally set aside, is still a lien on the property. No sale of the property can be made nor any mortgage given thereon which must not be subject to the lien for these tares. Dauring the nine months preceding January, 1877, over $250,000 of this tax was voluntarily paid, the owners of the property finding that they could make no transfer of RN N , NO. 35, H Sention S Kol Yon s herchy oracred 1o | the same, nor in any way borrow money or Attention, Sir Knlghta—You are herel St rer e BT L e Work on ¢! er of L We Oclock aarns Ty opder - v. M. BURBANE Br O J. 0. DICKERSON, 1iccorder. SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1877, MARKET SUMMARY. ‘The Chicago produce markets were less active Saturday; generally strong early, and weak after- wards. Meas pork closed 35@37%c per brl lower, at §15.37%4@15.40 for June and $15.57%@15.60 forJuly. Lard closed 5@7%¢ per 100 1bs lower, at $9.90@9.92!% for June and $10.023§ for July. Meats were steady, at 53c per Ib for -loose rhoulders, 7%c¢ for do short ribs, and 73c for do short clears. Highwines were in fair demand, at §1.10 per gallon. Flour was, more active and etronger. Wheat closed 1%3@2c higher, at $1.73 cash and SL.75% for June. Com closed 1@1Xc higher, at 56%c for May and 57%c for June. Oats closed 1i¢c lower, at 4dc for May and 4435 @44%c for June. Ryc was stronger, at 90@91c. Barley was nominal, at 70@75c for May. Hops were steady, at £5.25@5.65 per 100 1bs. Cattlewere quiet, st §3.50@5.30. Sheep were drm. One ‘hundred dollars in gold wounld buy $107.12% in grecnbacks at the close. In New York on Saturday greennacks were worth 933@933. i Judge BaNes says he never heard of any agreement whereby Jacos Reay was to have civil immunity for squealing. No such agreement was ever made. Prosident Haves yesterdsy issued a procla- mation calling an extra session of Congress for Oct. 15. - The particular business to be transacted is the appropriation for the main- tennuce of tho army for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1878. The fate of the first batch " of crooked wiisky men bas been sealed. Secretary SpERMAN yesterday decided in favor of Judge Foexca's roling, that they had no legal or just claims for civil immunity. The verbal agreement which promised them criminal immunity has been fully carried out, and the Government can grant no further concessions. This decision was reached in the matter of Roeuig, Jusxer & Co., who wanted to com- ‘promise & claim agninst them of over half a million for one hundred dollars. - The population of the district of Cattaro, in Delmatia, are said to be teken with the ides of an occupation of Herzegovina by Anstrian troops. These people have always been the auxiliaries of Sclavesin insurrection against Turkey. In & remnion which took place March 31 at Knvoscie, and in which all the villages of the district were repre- .sented, it wasresolved that, in case the Aus- irian Government decided upon the occapa- tion of Herzegovins, ail the competent citi- zens, {o the number of 6,000, should place themselves ot the disposition of the Com- mander-in-Chief. ; A refired English staff officer at Constan. tinople writes to one of the English papers 10 the effect that the Porte has decided to re- u& otherwise dispose of the property without first paying the taxes. The tax generally bears an interest of 10 per cent, which is, by the second and subsequent sales, com- pounded, and is therefore accumulatingat a much greater speed than is warranted by the ordinary rates of interest. Owners are find- ing out that it is chesper to pay the tax, afterull, than to persist in efforts to defeat its collection. Practically, the tax will re- main a lien until paid, and no person will buy the properly or lend money on it while the tax, though disputed, remains unpaid. -~ — e FAVORABLE SIGNS IN THE RIGET QUAR- TER. It is well kmown that the War of Secession was characterized with special earnestness and infatuation by reason of an inspiration which it gained from two classes other than the professed politicians arnd soldiexs. We refer to the women and the clergymen, each of whom entered into the conflict with their ‘wonted enthusinsm aud abandonment. It is ‘woman'’s nature to throw her whole soul into whatever cause she advocates; and, once committed to it, she is apt to be blind to opposing facts and to fast-coming and ob- vious consequences. We see this in social life, when her affections have been bestowed on the man of her choice, even though all others feel that he is unworthy of her. No argument or opposition makes an im- pression upon her; and the Iatter, if carried too far, only embitters her mind, and leads to desperate measures. Similarly, we notice that, in religion, she be- comes the greatest devotee, the most enthu- siastic convert, a tireless proselyter, and an unshrinking martyr. She does not often enter into politics; but history shows that, when she has done 50, she has risked every- thing upon her favorite party and mensures, and hes been ready to go to the wildest lengths in securing her ends. Theso charac- teristics camo out in the War of Secession, which had nomore heated and passionate advocates than the women of the South, who did not alittle to create a social sentiment which was jrresistible, and which impelled husband and sons, lover and friends, to enlist. in the Confederate ranks. We fear that they have hardly yet accepted the defeat of the loved “‘lost cause,” and that their persistent social ostracism of incoming Northerners, whether male or female, who show friendship for . the negro, and who try to elevate him by education and religious effort, hinders the progress of pacification. Still, something has been gained in that quarter by the self-vindicating power of goodness. Now let usturn to tlie clergymen of that section. They were certainly among the foremost instigators of the Rebellion. It has even been said that no one man in the South exerted so powerful an influence in that direction esthe Rev. Dr. Parames, for- " main on the defensive in Balgaria, and to merly of Charleston, 8. 0., and now of New limit its offensive operations for the present | Orleans, La. Nor is this fact difficult to ex- tothe blockade of the Russian harbors on | Plain. Clergymen, being professiozally pub- the Black Sea. He also adds that great lic speakers before requlnr audneneesz and cfforts will be madeto stir up an insurrec. | D8turally participating in the predominant tion in Poland, and that & Polish and Hun. | sentiment of their congregations, naturally garisn legion will be formed very shortly. become advocates of one orthe other sfda of As to the conseguences of - the impending mooted _qnesfian.s. Being also men of ideas, war ho thinks *Tt will lead to the complete | 20 trained disputants, they enter warmly devastation of Exropean Turkey, as the Turks | into 8 war of opinions. They are apt, more- are actuated by sucha fanatical spirit that | Over, to favor extreme measures, being gov- they would rather burn Adrianople, Sofia, erned by abstract considerations, to which and, above all, Constantinople, to the ground, | they feel conscientionsly and uncompromis- than sce the Russians enter these towns | iNgly committed. For thirty years previous a8 conquerors.” With regard to the strength | to the War, they had been defonding slavery of the Turkish positions, he says : from the Bible against the onset of the & ;:;.‘:me.::c ‘::r];ll ;:mflt;m'm Tarkey onthe | Abolitionists, They had brought tobear prej- v e an e sses of Varna, | udice and piety, learning and logic, and had si ustcl 5 Siree commasication with Ganna,Scbommla ure 15 | wrongh themselves. fato o fover of despera- they can easily procure troops and supplies of a)f | LOR: 88 they saw that the Northern churches &t:;fi.;:?: ‘!l:ne-::‘s;;: :ra Fflnflldenu: provided | Were rapidly coming to the point of disfel- the Tarkish Tron clan gfin‘f;..“n','.“’l';'é'bfi?.éfi :;:fh’pmg“ slaveholding Obristianity, and #hould encceed in destroying the Russian pontoon. mofl.ern Biblical criticism was refusing to sustain the patriarchal institution.” ‘bridges on that river, and thereby cat off the Rus- rlsnarmy o Bulgaria from its supports in Rou- | They would not sdopt new interpretations :;:eu:l ::fi:!m?:gmfl;n mfio?i:?::mg of the Sexiptures ; they regarded Abolitionism i rocure unt as pharisiasm: and infidelity ; y were them- where the P e ty; they we might be pxmp:: n:md:;::{c dxfl;gng{o: as that | Selves dlaveholders, and were linked by of tne French at Sedan, family and ecclesiastical ties to the slave- . holding interest; and so they preached the The foreign news icates that Austria i | duty of secession {0 preserve a divine in- by degrees reconciling herself to the idea stitution, and promised the politicians the that a supreme necessity is arising for the | favor of Gop, insuring certain success. And occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the | the ministers, like the Southern ‘women, h\:o naxthwest.gm provinces of Turkey. | have been exceedingly slow to accept defeat We have believed from the first ghe and to conform to the new order of things. wnulfi come . to that conclusion when . They have nursed their disappointments and Bussia and Turkey came to blows, [‘Yesentments, and called it adherence to notwithstanding the opposition of the principle; much as the Scotch Presbyterians Magyars of Hungary. Those provinces are | did with their Jacobite sentiments, until the Iocated in & very tempting position, and | ald generation had died out. 5 seem naturally to belong to the Austrian-| Buta change has recently begun, and rea- Enngnmfl Empu_e. _Oneof these provinces, | son will soon resnme its sway. The Meth- —Dalmatis,—which isalong, narrow strip of | odist Church South has entered upon an in- 1and, lies between the Adrintic and Bosnia, terchange of courtesies with the Methodist and shuts Bosnia out from that ses except for | Church North which betokens goom.. We L reported Intely a discourse by the Rov. Dr. Hannisos, of Atlants, Ga., delivered in Grace M. E. Church of this city, in which he disowned, for the future, any hostilit‘y against the Northern organization, which is operating at the South among both blacks and whites. He made statements which were rather rose-colored, to be sure, but ‘which, being publicly made by a representa- tive man, have the effect of binding his Southern brethren ina covenant of fature good behavior. Part of his language was as follows: He had nothing to do with the past,—had no con- clusions to draw, no criticisms to offer npon any- thing or anybody; he wonld spesk of the present as it was, and of the future as they desircd to zee it. We were entering upon a new ern,—a new era in the State, and a new era in the Charch. Nota year had elapsed since the authorized Commission- ers of the two Churches, North and South, met to- gether and resolved, under the influence of tne Spirit of Gop, 4 be at peace. This had been in- tently and earnestly desired by the vast majority of the people with whom the speaker was connect- ed. As Churches they had buricd the tomahawk. Perhaps he should not use so strong a word. But they were novw free to take cach other by the hand, and zay, ** Gop epeed you, my brother!” Do what you can here on our own sofl. Bless this race, that race, all races, if you can, a8 Gov may give you an open door and access to the powers and in- fluences that may eventuate in good." But the Presbyterians of the South are showing an improved spirit as well as the Methodists. It is known that when, upon the close of the War, the Old and New School denominations of Presbyterians unit- ed, and healed the great schism of thirty years' duration, the Southern Presbyterian Church (composed of the Southorn churches formerly belonging to both of thess bodies) refused to come into the movement. It has also stood aloof from the Congregational ministry, churches, and schooisin the South, ‘which, under the auspices of the American Missionary Association, sought to educate and elevate the freedmen ; having sympathy neither with their denominational relations nor with their special missionary work. But looking over the Southern Argus (published at- Selma, Ala.) for April 20, ult., we were pleased, as well as surprised, to see that the Presbytery of South Alabama at a recent meeting adopted the following resolution : Resolved, Thatwe have heard with great pleas- ure from the Rev. E. C. StickLE, of Montgomery, and the Rev. H. W. CARER, of Selma, both of the Alabama Conference of Congregational Churches, apont their work among the colored people, and we rejoice to recognize in them the spirit of the Master, and thelr work as the work of our common Lord, and we hereby expressto them our hearty sympathy with them and. their colleagucs of like epirit, anddo hereby commend them and thefr work to tlie sympathy and prayers of our people. This is the most Christian add cheering action by an ecclesiastical body which has come under our notice for many a day. It rises above sectarian prejudice, and it buries old sectional animosities. It shows that a new spirit is at work in the South, which is as certain to show itself politically as relig- iously. Now that there is likely to be an end of carpet-bagism on one side and of Ku-Klux- ism on the other; now that the South begins to believe that a Republican Administration has no intention to oppress them, and yet sees that the negro must be allowed an equality with the white befors the law; and now that Northern and Southern Christians aro shaking hands over a common work of evangelization, the patriot may well think that the night is past and that the morning has dawned. DIVIDING THE PLUNDER. We printed in our last issus an extract from the London Z'ruth, giving a theory as to the real intentions of Russia in the pres- ent campaign against Turkey, which may be true and may not be. It has at least an air of probability, and if pursued by Russia ‘would Jead to results that wounld undoubted- ly preclude any possibility of intervention Dy the other Powers. The theory is, that if the Russians cross the Danube, as they most assuredly will, they will establish themselves in Bulgaria and endeavor to make a junction with the victorions Montenegrins, instead of attempting to cross the Balkans into Roumelia. By reference to the map it will be perceived that a junction of this kind would throw the Russians below Servia, and effectually cut off Bosnia and Herzegovina from Turkey, leaving them for absorption by Austria or for annexation to Servia into one strong Principality, and allowing Aon- tenegro a share of the southern end which would give her the plains and pasturc-lands which she so much needs. Having occupied Bulgaria, north of the mountains, Russia would then dictate a peace upon the bnsis of wuniting Bulgaria with Wal- Inchin into an independent Power, thus forever freeing this magnificent val- ley of the Danube from the persecution of the Turk, and bringing it all under the rule of the German Prince Carn of Rou- mania, In consideration of this cession, Raussia would take Moldavia, which is, to all intents and purposes, Russian now, and would secure also the control of the mouth of the Danube. Roumelia, or the territory south of the Balkans, would only be affected by the treaty so far as guarantees would be demanded for the good freatment of the Sclaves in that Province. By such an ar- rangement as this thero would be no danger of intervention from Austria, as the compen- sation for Russin’s ncquisition of territory would come in her own acquisition of Her- zegovina and Bosnia, which would givethe Austrian Sclaves immense strength. It adds to the probability of the theory that Russia all along has disavowed any inimical inten- tions against Constentinople, and she could hardly teke possession of Roumelia without menacing the Turkish Capital. If she re- mains out of Roumelia there will be no dan- ger of intervention by England. The En- glish Government is in sympathy with Rus- sia so far as the religious interest of the war and the amelioration of the condition of the Christians are concerned. Her only jealousy is political ; her only fear is that Russia will occupy Constantinople, and thus threaten Ler Asintic communications and commerce, Solong, therefore, as she manifests no de. signs sgainst Coustantinople, there is no reason for any apprehension on England's part. England's desire to securs her part of the plunder would be satisfied in another di- rection. Egypt virtually belongs to England now. Her revenues, .industries, offices of Ppower, and the management of her internal communications, are all under English direc- tion. The Khedive 18 onlyan English agent, .and Egypt’s debt to England is already too large ever to be paid. The mortgage must sooner or later be foreclosed. * If Russia thon informs England that she may replace Tar- key in the suzerainty of Egypt, no Power in Europe would make opposition to it. Italy would be satisfied with Tripoli and France with Tunis, adjoming her Province of Al geria. Germany also could be easily satis- fied. If Austrin absorbs Herzegovina and Bosnin, thus raising her Sclavie element to the supremacy both in numbers and pow- er, there is hittle doubt that the German por- tions of it would go to Germany. Again, the only interest that Germany has in the East is the free navigation of the Danube, which would, be secnted if Bulgarin and | the county. He testi Wallachin were united in an nutonomous State under a German Prince. It is hardly possi- ble that this war can be' carried out to it‘s Togitimate results without a division of terri- tory, and such = division a3 we havo indicat~ ed, giving Moldavia to Russia, a fraction of Bosnia to Montenegro, Egypt to England, tho North of Austria to Germany, Tripoli to Italy, Tunis to France; Bosnia and Herze- govina to Austria, the incorporation of Wal- lachia and Bulgaria, and, possibly, the rectifi- cation of the Persian and Greek frontiers would be feasible at least. ‘The geographers moy yet have to reconstruct the map of Enropo on the basis suggested by this theory. THE TAX-COLLECTION BILL The House of Representatives at Spring- i field has passed Mr. Marraews’ bill amend- ing the time for the payment of taxes. At present taxas for State, county, and city fo:lv a current year attach to all property on MnyI 1. BSome time during the summer the valua- tions are made, the assessments equalized, and the tax levied. In December, the last month of the year, the tax books are put into the hands of the Collectors; the Col- lectors hold these books until the March fol- lowing, when they are returned to. the County Collector, who, during the summer, publishes the delinquent list, and applies for sod obtains judgment against the delin- quent property, and in due time proceeds to sell the property. Heretofore this sale has generally taken place in Angust or Septem-} ber. The taxes therefore of any year are’ not collectod during any part of that year, but during the succeeding yenar, and in this county after the 1st of July. A consequence of this is, that the county and city have to| carry on their Governments by funds raised in anticipation of the revenune. The appro- printions for the support of the City Gov- ernment for the twelve months of 1877 are| “about $4,000,000, for which a tax is laid; but no part of that tax will bs collected dur- ing 1877, leaving the city without a cent of] revenue, and compelling it to accept ad. vances until the tax is collected next year.. Mr. Marraews’ bill, which has passed one] branch of tho Legislature, provides that,{ after the 10th of March annually, all unpais taxes on real estate shall be legally delin. quent, and thereafter shall draw interest af the rate of 2 per cent per month until paid ; but on all such taxes on real estate paid on or beforo the 10th day of February—that is,i between December and the 10th of Februa! ry—there shall be allowed a disconnt of 3 per cent on the gross amount of the tax and special assessments so paid. On all pay- ments made between Feb. 10 and March 10,} a discount of 1 per cent shall be allowed. This provision will be of great benefit to the city. It will result in the collection of & large part of the city and county revenue before the 10th of February, instead of in July, as at present. It will offer to the tax- payer, large or small, an mducement to pay the tax. As the city and county now pay in- his entering upon his dutics, he was in-_ structed by Pentorar to make out bills for a’ larger amount of supplies than had been actually furnished,—thus charging for three barrels of sngar or threo boxes of sonp when - only one barrel or.one box had been sent. CaRPENTER swore that he had at first pro- tested against this sort of business, but that he was told it was none of his affair. He fol- lowed instructions, but, thinking trouble might come of it, kept a privato book, in which he made true entrias of the nmount of stuff charged but not furnished the - county. - When called before the Grand Jury he brought that pri- vate book with him snd turned it over to the custody of the State. This, along with the subsequent confession of Enmerny, the ‘Warden of the Poor-House, made a very. complete case against Pemrorar and the in- dicted Commissioners. About a month ago, when the trial was called, the State had to ask a continuance because Caneexren had disappeared, and now it turns out that his private book is nowhere to be found. This circumstance, in its present shape, is a re- flection upon Mr. Reep, who was at the time State's Attorney, and in whose chargs, the ook was intrusted. The County Board has institnted a suit for damages against Foe- SYTHE, probably to punish him for his agency in exposing the Ring, and Forsyrar's law- yer, Mr. Roperr Syrra, ‘‘borrowed” this book of Mr. Reep. What excuse Mr. Rzep has, if any, for letting this essential evi- dence for the State pass out of his hands we cannot imagine. At all events, Mr. Mrrrs, the prosent State’s Attorney, has never been able to Iny his hands on these private sccousts, and the State is chented out of its case. There are all sorts of explanations,—one that a young man presented himself at Mr. Sawrre's office, saying he was Mr. Mirvs' clerk, and had been sent for the account- book; another, that Mr. Saarr carried the book to the State's Attorney’s office when Mr. Mrrrs was not in, and so on. All this is of very little consequence, as the book is gone, and the blame attaches to the circumstance of 1ts being allowed to go out of the hands of the Stato in the first instance. Mr. Reep will do well to explain this. How long the people of Cook County will submit to this plunder and betrayal on all sides, is an interesting problem in the study of popular forbearance under great injury. The law is defective, so that public thieves cannot be directly reached and punished, and the Legislature refuses to change it. The people are powerless to purify the Board by election, becauso they are permitted to choose only five Commis- sioners each year on the district plan, and tho Legislature refuses to furnish an oppor- tunity for voting the scoundrels out of office. The Ring has the selection of Grand Juries, ondit is not likely that, by another over- sight, they will again permit the Sheriff to impanel a jury at all disposed to indict any county thieves. Once indicted, the Iaw terest on all their revenue for an averago of ten months in the year, the collection of taxes in February will be n great saving of interest even after paying the discount. At prasent persons allow their property to be s0ld for taxes, the penalty being the light one of 10 per cent interest after sale; but under this law the penalty for the non- payment of taxes will be atthe rats of 24 per cent per annum, dating from March, and not from the date of sale, as heretofore. ‘Wo trust that now that the financial man- ‘agement of the affairs of tho city has been placed in proper hauds, and that a rigid economy has been adopted, the taxpaying public will co-operate in these measures of good government by availing themsclves of this plan, saving not- only a percentage of their own taxes, but saving a much larger percentage of interest on the expenditures of the government. No wiser or better amendment to the Revenue law has been pro- posed than is contained in this MarTrEWS law. - i 1 THE INDICTED COMMISSIONERS, The County Ring evidently makes good use of its stolen moneys for its own protec- tion. It seems impossible to reach the county thieves by public clamor, through the nowspapers, or Courts, or the Leg'sla- tare. Not only do the thieves make the tax- payers pay the money which they steal for their private purses, but they also levy upon the public the money with which, in one way and another; their immunity from pun-. ishment is purchased. It seems now that the Commissioners who were indicted will escape,.not because they can demonstrate their innocence. to the satisfaction of an im- partial Judgo and jury, but because the wit- nesses against them have disappeared along with the importance evidence of record on which they were indicted. The story of the indictment of these fel- lows and their probablo escape is interest- ing, as showing how helpless the public is, under the present laws, to save itself from the thieves, or to punish them when their villainy becomes palpable. The County. Ring is empowered by law to select the Grand Jury. Of course their selections were for a long time of akind which did not in the lenst disturb their peace of mind; they ap- pointed Grand Jurors who would not prob- ably have indicted them under any circum- stances. One month, however, tha Com- missioners neglected to select . Grand Jury within the time required by law, and it then became the duty of the Sheriff to impanel the jury. A number of leading citi- zens were selected, and there was at last a chanco for presenting rascally County Com- missioners before the same tribunal that ex- amined criminal charges against other men, The result was an indictment of several of them along with their principal outside opera- tor. The law was fonnd to be inadequate to reach their cases in' a simple and direct manner, as other thieves are indicted and tried, but theevidence was sufficiently strong to warrant finding a trae bill for & conspira- cy to defraud the county. Then the indicted Commissioners began to squirm about to elude the penalty of their crime. Most of them immediately took the ground that they were 50 odious to the community that among all the Judges of Cook County not one could be found, and among all the citizens of Cook County competent to serve on a jury not a dozen could be found; who would try them without prejudice. This was humiliating, but it was better than going to the Peniten- tiary, so the Commissioners took g change of venue outside of Chicago and outside of Cook County. Had it not been for this, it is likely that the County Board might have been purified before nmow by transferring some of its members to Joliet. The conviction sesms to have grown, how- ever, that even a change of venus would not save the fellows, and a sarer protection has been achieved. Tho principal witness be- fore the Grand Jury against the Ring was a young man named CARPENTER, who had been employed in thegrocery-house of Forsyrae & Co. (Prr1ozat), which furnished supplies to enables the rascals to take a change of venue, which unreasonably delays their trial, em- barrasses the State’s prosecutions, and gives time for the evidence against them to be got out of the way. And, finally, when there is a probability that they will be convieted in spite of all obstacles, it is found that the witnessos have been spirited off and the account-books stolen. If all this does mot make a showing which entitles the taxpay- ers of Cook County to relief at the hands of the Legislature, then nothing short of bribe- ry will reach that body. THE INDUSTRIE3 OF INDIA. The recent reports of the East India Com- pany, touching the production of India and its capacities, . for, manufacturing industries, . furnish at least one very sufficient reason to account for the jealousy with which England watches every movement of Russia that may damage or even menace her Asiatic posses- sions. From these reports it wonld appear not only that India has made rapid strides during the past few years, but that she is destined to be a great commercial empire, and the focus and distributing point for all Asin. Somes of the statistical information in these roports is of extraordinary interest. Twenty years ago India had only three cot- ton mills. In Bombay Island alone there are now thirty-one, and in a short time the Presidency will have fifty in operation, owned by natives, and schemes of the same nature are contemplated in Madras, the Cen- tral Provinces, and Nizam, %0 that befora long the Hindoos will be competing with the English in the cotton markets of the East. . The same rapid development characterizes other articles of commerce. Thirty years ago cinchona oultivation, from which we obtain quinine, was only a theory, and now there are millions of treesin the gardens of Sikkim and the Neilgherries. In 1850 they were ex- perimenting with tea; ten years afterwards the export amounted to 1,500,000 pounds, and now Assam rivals China with an export of twenty-four times the quantity, and yet the Indian tea trade is only in its youth, In 1857 the exports of jute amounted only to eighteen tons, and now ‘jute is the chief staple of Bengal, next to rice. Jute fac- tories are springing up in every direction, and the exports are 7,000,000 cwt. per an- num, valued at $21,250,000. The tobasco production is beginning to be developed. All that is needed is skilled cultivation, as tobacco grows in the utmost profusion, al- though, in their hurry to produce large guan- tities for the market, the producers have paid no attention to the quality, bat have shipped leaves which aro only fit to be ground up into souffl. The Esglish have already suggested to the Government to make tobacco instead of opium its monopoly, and are confidently looking forward to the time when India will compete with Spain and America in the European markets. The first surveys of the Indian coal and iron fiolds wero only commenced five years ago, and already the possibility of an iron in- dustry is alleged to be beyond dispute. The London Times says: The richest ores are, perhaps, confined to the Wardha Valley, Central Provinces—the **Indian Black Country, " as some are cven now venturing tocallit. 3r. HucnEs, of the Lohara field, in that district, describes it as ** one of the marvels of the Indian mineral world;" while Mr. NEss describes it as **onc of the best iron-ore fields in the world, " Mr. Mormiy, the Chicf Commissioner, adds that **the existence of valuablo limestone in the vicin- ity of both the coal and fron has also been clearly established.” Furthermore, the second-named oficer believes the locality o be capable of pro- ducing ‘‘more suitable iron for conversion into Bessemer stecl than almost ary other to which that process has evor been applicd.” An enormons quantity of the ore lies on the surface, and, for the ::lm, the Lohara iron is ** practicably inexhausti- e.” The conl-mining district of India is that of Raneegunge, & short distance from Calcutta. According to the Government Inspector, there is no arca of similar size in the world which will compare with it for thickness of seams. - Eight different kinds of this coal are quality and unlimited quantity is‘found ad- jacont to all the coal and iron fields. With such possibilities in cotton, quinine, tes, jute, tobacco, coal, iron, and stone as articles of commerce, and with such splendid capa- bilitiés for becoming & manufacturing coun- try, the English jealousy of Russia becomes more intelligible. It is with astonishment that they who have watched the progress of the fine arts during the past half-century have noted the achievements of Russia in the production of works involving genius, culture, and taste. At the first of the International Expositions, held at London in 1851, Russia came forward as a competitor and took the world by surprise, not only by ker amazing display of raw materfals, which indi- cated the vastness, variety, and opulence of her natural resources, but also by her exhibition of manufactured wares aud objects of art, which demonstrated that in thelr cager advance in the path of civilization her people were striding for- ward with an energy and rapidity unparalleled in the history of nations. Since the inaugura- tion of the system of internatfonal expositions, Russia has improved cvery opportunity they have afforded to array in the sight of the age the testimonials of her enterprise, industry, and ambition. At the first of these great industrial contests the certificates of superiority awarded to her were very few, but cleven- years later, in the English Exposition of 1882, she received 176 medals, 100 of which were assiencd to crude products. At the same time her fine art de- partment contained examples' of paintmng, sculpture, mosaics, and wood carving that in- creased the respect which the earlier display of similar objects had established. At the World's Fair at Paris fo 1867 Russia numbered in her catalogue of art-works sixtv-three paintings by forty-two different artists, and although only one, a military scene by KOTZEBUE, obtained a prize, the collection was regarded by critics as highly creditable. A figure-piece by FLAVITSKY was declared to challenge favorable comparison with the paint- ings of DELAROCHE; tiwo pictures by SoKOLOFF were honored by consplcuous positions in the Gallery; and, to mention no more, a landscape by MESTCHERSKY gained universzl commenda- tion. Of the cightecn statues contributed by Russian artists, several were remarked for their pleasing composition and vigorous treatment. In the department of mosaics Russia bore off the palm. It was cordially acknowledged fn the English report of the Exposition that the finest pictorial mosaic was from the Imperial Manu- factory at St. Petcrsburg. It was a delineation oL a group of saints, and of colossal size, weighing scven tons, and priced at $65,000. The honorable reputation earned by Russian art in Paris was still fartner enhanced at the Fairat South Kensington in 1872. Her land- scape painters were here in strong force, and made a'display of much mature and solid work. Lacorio, GROUZINSKI, BOGOGLOFF, BASIL WERESHTSHAGIN, and AYVASOWSKT, obfained special recognition as artists of striking ability. In the International Galleries at Kensington, in 1873, Russian art was represented by thirty- five paintings, furnished by twenty-eight artists. At the Vienna Exposition the Russian contri- bution to the galleries of fine art was very con- siderable. It comprised 104 pictores, forty- four statues, and 285 architectural designs, from the studios of fifty-six artists. Among many noteworthy works in this .collection, there was an imposing figure-piece by the young painter, HENRY SCHEMIRADSKT, who promises by his genius and skill to throw a brilliant lastre upon the art of his native land. At our own World’s Fair Russia cxbibited only seventy ofl paint- ings, two water colors, and eight marbles, with bronzes, and samples of wood and fvory carv- ing. Yet this meaere display, doing feeble jus- tice to her rank in the world of art, was not a circumstanco peculiar to herself. The other European nations were almost equally indiffer- cut to the extent and quality of the represen- tation made in their rcspective galleries in Memorial Hali. ‘While considering the attainments of Russia in the fine arts, we must bear in mind that her cfforts in this direction do uot extend back much more than & centary. When PETER the Great became:sole occupant of the throne of the Czars in 1689, he found himsclf at the head of 2 nation of semi-barbarians. Every one is fa- miliar with the story of his wonderiul exploits inthe cducation of his subjects; how by his single-handed cfforts he opened the way for the introduction- of ‘commerce, manufactures, and thearts into the beart of his Empire; how by his indomitable resolution Le created indus- tries, built up trade, and founded institutions of learning in its chict cities. The site of St. Pe- tersburg was in 1703 a marshy, malarious waste. ‘The Czar required, in the execution of his mag- nificent schemes, 2 harbor at the delta of the Neva, and, hedging in the turbulent river with walls of granite quays, he commanded a me- tropolis to spring up behind them. After a nine years” battle with the infelicities of the chosen locaifon, with the rizorous climate in winter and the poisonous exhalations of the mo- rass in summer, the existence of St. Petersburg was assured, and the new Capital of Russla had entered upon its career of influence and pros- perity. It was made the centre of the civiliza- tion of the Empire, tho seat of the Government. and of the most impertant institutions created by Imperial authority. In the accomplishment of his ambitions plans, PeTER the Great imported skilled artisans from England, France, and Germany to conduct his manufactorics and instruct his people in the handicrafts.and he induced forcign artists to take up their abode withhim in order to over- look the construction of his churches, palaces, and other public cdifices, and to adorn with their varfous works his sumptuons Capital. But, more than this, he took care to foster native art by sending the most clever of the youths of the country to study paint- ing, sculpture, and architecture in the cities of Western Eurove, making liberal provision for them during thelr absence. This judicions course has .been continued to the present day, and young artists who have given proof in the schools of St: Petersburg and Mos- cow of uncommon talent, are allowed to pursue their studics in Rome, Munich, and other art capitals for a term of six years at the expense of the Government. While thus engaged they receive an annual pension of $500 and $400 for traveling expenses. In furtherance of thesclieme of art-cducation which ber predecessor had inangurated, the Em- press Elizabeth founded the Academy of St. Petersburg in 1763, ecleven years before the Royal Academy of London “was established. The successive soverelgns of Russia have emu- lated theexampleof PETER the Great and lavish- 1y expended the means at their command for the advancement of the people in culture and refinement. CATHARINE I was a munifi- cent pitron of the arts, and gener- ously endowed the Imperial Academy and pensioned deserving artists. The stately structure dullt for the accommodation of the Academy has a frontage of 400 feet, and shelters-under its capacious raof mot Iess than 1,000 professors, academicians, and students. It is farnished with extcnsive galleries of piet- ures and sculptuares, and is in the ‘possession of an income which enables it to educate and par- tially to support 800 pupils annually. In 1520, ArexawDER L. established a Soclety “for the Encouragement of the Fine Ars," which depends for its maintenance upon’ the Imperial exchequer. Its object is to assist in the support of students at the Academy, to send the most promising of them to foreign schools, to give commissions to meritorious art- ists, and to purchase art works. In 1825, a School of Desien was established at Moscow by .Count StRAGONOFF, and for eighteen years was sustained by his bounty. The school then passed into the hands of the Government, where it still remains. It is now conducted upon the plan of the School of Industrial Artat Sonth sdapted for smelting purposes. There are (nrty-fom- mines worked on these fields, and the railroads &ad rice steamers are now using Kcnslnm.nn,nndlsperfomlngan important work, .1t had at 2 date three or four Yyears -back 500 pupils in its classes of design, ‘abont fifty of Whom were women. In conn. ection with the fn- ‘meaning of * The Bosphorus ™ is in English Tiding for years new have to foot their war:A fit of the laboring poor, which haye ance of several hundred stnflents.v o ding. -One of the most extensive and valy o Jeetions of art-works in the world Is qeo . in the halls of the Imperial Hermitagy o Petersburg. - The splendid edifice Which ho, & it was built by the Emperor Nicaopyr ™% opened in 1551, Tn its zalleries arg oo 2d '| above 1,500 paintings, npward 0f 500 dry, Priteq 200,000 coins and medals, 1,600 painteq 5 861 antique sculptures, and the v of gems in existence. ‘the .Dutch ’ nowherc out of Holland or Dresden . xepresented. the Spanish schools can be g ) to better advantage only in Madrig g Scville; and as many, or finer, u,mp]u“d REMBRANDT arc not elsewhere to be seen ‘:_{ gether. The French gallery, m‘hfin!ngh] pictures, is second only to the galleries of n Louvre. These collections, brought togetherty the Hermitage, have been ag a a centary, and the Government has HTE sparing of pains to enlarge them o; all. - able occasion. . e, The foundation of the Imperial man; of mosaics was aresult of the attempts of thy Czar N1cmoLas to make a home for the ariy jy his Empire. After five years of Dreliming, work at Rome, the establishment was orgaotar in 1851 at St. Petersburg. It 0ccuples a pop. tion of the Imperial Academy, and employyy corps of above two score artists and ODeratives, The mosales which it produces rival, 20d some. times surpass, those made at the ‘workshops of the Vatican and of Venice. This brief sketch of the opulent meany by which the fine arts are caltivated in Rusly will explain the mystery of the excellent work which she has- exhibited in these departmenty at home and abroad during the past quarter of o century. Still, much as she has alre: accomplished, she has not yet found ed a National School of Painting, ter artists have thus far received thag final education in the schools of. 1taly, or Fy or Germany, and have inevitably in a great measure adopted the styles of taeir masters, Returning to their own country onthe comple. tion of their studies, they have toolreqnanfly continned to work upon forelgn sujects aqd 3o - cording to foreizn methods, and have fafled to combine in an effort to iHustrate the Stavie genfus in & manner snited to its natural and distinctive capacities for expression. “There have been men of distinguished geniny in the service of Russian art, such as BruLom, whose great picture of “The Last Day of Pum: peil,” has won the admiration of Europe; sd Ivaxorr, whose best works are master-pleces. of fizurc-painting; and BrUsI, whose pictures embellish the Cathedral of St. Isaacs; and Zicuy, whose versatile talent and consummate - dexterity have gained him the name of the Dork of Russla. But enouch of these cita. tions. More than thirty years azo there wers nearly sixty names in the catalogue of Russian artists that were mentioned as worthy of no- tice, and since then the number has atleast doubled. In view of what Russia has heretotors achieved ia art, an illustrions carecr in the fg. ture may be predicted. Her ambition and her resources are vast, her energies are fresh, es- thetic gifts are not wanting to her people,and’ the materials for orizinal and captivating meth- ods of treatment are abundant in her nativa scenery and in her semi-orfental and picturesque life and customs. Indications that thesewill hereafter be turned to the best account have of late years been gradually multiplying, and the youngest and most talented of corps of Rus- sian artists are cvincing a hopeful appreciation of the elements which await organization into a new and vigorons school of Slavonic art. —————— JEFF DAVIS sticks to the “lost cause” with a pertinacity worthy a better man. In his speech.at New Orlenus the other day he emitted the following: “We have passed through s terrible ordeal of deprivation, of wrong and fo- justice; and you have borne it with & fortitude only equalled by the gallantry displayed in your desperate cffort to maintain a cause which lias been crushed, but not destroyed, for it was - the causc of truth, which is cternal.” And it made the old gentleman feel tearful with joy to find that, instcad of upbraiding him, the people shielded him “in the depths of my adversity. with the warm covering of |your hearts’ best affcctions.” That sort of gounterpane, quilt; " comforter, or whatever It may be rightly called, would be very thin protettion in the North, where the people can forgiye everybody bat Mr. Davis, and where they ame not likely to forget him so long as he makes specches like tbe ons {rom which we have qupted. From thisman the President’s pacificatipn policy gets no in- dorsement. He is simply an “implacable® done up in the fine phriscs of his self-conceit, bits of which. like sacred things, he tears off for multitudes that appland whom one they worshiped. Let him stick to the * lost’canse.” It will always stick to him. ) > The Pall Mall Gazette records that an old sl or, who served on board the English frigats Shannon when she fought the famous ducl with the American {frigate Chesapeake off Boston harbor June 1, 1813, is still living. His nameis - TOMAS SALMON, and he is now, at the age'of 81, hale and hearty, serving as a cook in the col ony of Victorla. The Gazetlesays: “Heap- pears likely to do a good day’s work for several years to come, and is only too willing to relats the particulars of the naval conflict in which bs was concerned. A little senile garrulity with - regard to such an event is not wholly inexcuss-: ble.” ——— | . * It would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer to find out whether there is 6r is not to be a special session of Congress. te dispatches say that there hes been no postponement until Octobet but only a looking gkound to see whether W& can keep house without the cooks. 3r. BERGE will have to interférc on behalf of Congressmen and against this unnecessary crucity. ——— . HARMS’ regret now {s that he was not abrosd six months ago to\lay the foundations of the Tarkish war. He believes he could pile the Tuarks into the Bosphorys and bring in a bill of “extras for change of plans that would maks him a hundred-milllopaite. HaRys belfeves that experience is the mother of contentions: ————— Can’t we call it something other than *ths seat of war 7 How would/some other portion of the anatomy do?* We khow how taking was the “Elbow of the Minéio.” As long asthis struggle is for freeing f1) Christians, why not write and speak of it S the right side of wan and let the seat be I The verification of some of the assertions of our weather prophets—T for instance—brings sadness to hearts uoused o mourn. Forlt is seen that as 500n as a man becomes valuable t0 his country be dies, and a de3d prophet. is 1o better thana live man who is not a seer. —— 1t is proposed to introdpce a bill in Congress to prohibit Err Pe s from going to the Black Hills. If this {g/done it may enable the Government to as the trutk in regard to that section of the country. ‘The Turks are vindictively cruel to s con- quered foe, especially to women. Eventhe name of their favorite weapon proves this. It isa contraction for “See him eat her,” pro- nouaced shortly scimeter. Eaeed ——— - A correspondent, wants to know what ' the Phorus i3 a Greek word, meaning * ferry,” and in English it would, of course, be called thé - : “boss ™ ferry. : e e — The Hon. THOMAS A. Scorr's step isreported -~ s * elastic and vigorous.” It is necessary 10 be that if he wants to kedp up with the times and his railway opponents. g —————— " THOMAS CARLYLE\has written a lettér con- dempatory of Dise. It is the first bomb from England’s side in Yhe war. There is a probability of a_Répubiican striks in Ohie, because the fellows who'have done the