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

masw rm3EMAs e T etA T N 5" THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY MAY 30, 1877~-TEN PAGES. @z Tribwe, TERMS OF BUDSCRIPTION. BY MAI—IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGE TREPAID AT THIS OPPICE. tly Efftton. poatpaidy 1 year. g12.00 'arir Of A YEAT, DEF mont! 100 (alied to any sddrean four Wit o 100 Sunday diifon:” Lilerary snd el i +nect X sateroay Fiition, tweive pagc 2 VisWeekly, postpald, 1 year. am 'arts of 8 year, per montii., 0 WEEK! EDITION, TOSTPAID. oreeo; Cinbal Cluvof Tortage prepaid. Seeimen copies sent free. Toprevent delay and mistakes, be sursand rive Post- Oftce nddrea in full, Inclnding State and County. Remittances may be mada efther by draft, express, Towt-Oflice order, or In registered letters, at Our Fisk. 7ERMS O CITY SUDSCRIBERS. Dafly, delivered, Bunday excepted, 33 centa per week, Datly, dellvered, Bunday Included, 30 cents per week Address THE THIDUNE COMPANY, Corner Madishn and Deatborn: NMcVicker's Thentres Madiron street, hetween and Btate. **Qur Doarding-Housc.” Dearborn Haverly's Thentre. Randolph _street, between Clark and Lasalle. **The Two Orphans,” Afternoon and evenlng. Adelphl Thentres onros strect, comer Desrborn, M Haverly's Min- atrels, Afternoon and evening. New Chicngo Theatre. Clark strect, between Lake and Iiandolph. Commandeur Cazeneuve, the ** Prestidigitatenr.” Le SOCIET, 3 E, NO. 411 A, T, & A. M.~Ttng: oL A aC atasonia Toimple. camcr ita: D L ek et v, LommLay [ov(Ledh 3% oreror oo AR I DHRNAN, 0¥ Mo TATAR: F. FORRSTEIL Sccretary. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1877, OHIOAGO MARKET BUMMARY, The Chicagy produce markels wero gemerally more actlve yesterday, and irregularly stronger. Mesa pork elosed 1Gc per bel highor, at 813.77% for Juus and $13.02% for July, Lard closed bio por 100 1bs higher, at $0,30@0.324 for June and $0.40@9.42% for July, Meats were steady, at 4%c per B for loose shonlders, 6X¢* for do short tibs, and 7}4¢ for do ehort clears. Ilighwines were unchanged, nt $1.07 por gallon. Lake froights wero caslcr, at 2¢ for corn.to Buffalo. Flour was dull snd unchanged, Wheat closed 4@0¢ higher, st $1.52) for cash or Jano and $1,83%( for July. Corn closed %¢ lower, at44%ic for June and 474¢ for July. Oats closed casier, at 37%c for June and 37c for July. Tiyo was 1c higher, at 7ic. Darley was nominal, at 60@70c. Hoge were active and firmer, with sales of common to cholce at 85.00 G@h.25. Cattlo wero active and cosier, selling at 43.00@0.15. Sheep were quict, Last Saturday evening thero waa in storo In this city 1,340,001 L wheat, 3,052,008 bu comn, 205,057 bu onts, 171,880 b ryc, and 163,675 bn barley. Total, 5,833,147 ba, belng s decreaso of 570,082 bu during last week, One hundred dollars in gold would buy $100.623 In greenbacks at tho clgse. e —— Groonbacks at the New York Stock Ex- chango yosterday closed at 031, e nnene Justico is not dead in Californin oven when it comes to dealing with the murderers of Chinamen, Threo men implicated in the Chico massacro wero yesterday sentoncoed to heavy terma of imprisonment,—two of them, who had entered ploas of guilty of murder in tho sccond degreo, to twenty-lvo years cach; nnd the third, who had stood his trial and taken Lis chonees, to twenty-seven and one-lalf yenrs, Thero is o fortune o bo had by somebody who ehall succeod in working out n sure specific for tho disensos that attack hogs with such frightful fatality. The statistician of the Bureatt of Agriculture furnishes some satonishing figures on this subject, During tho yonr 1876 thoro were 4,000,000 hogs lost by discase in the United States, representing o monoy valite of $20,000,000, or ono-third of the sum of the cxport of pork product from the United States, Ilinols Las beon tho prineipnl sufferer, having lost one-fifth of the entire mmouant, whila Indiana, Mis- souri, nud Towa have nlso sustained heavy losscs from tho hog-destroying diseasos. A correspondent, noticing a recent article in the Chicago Z%mes duemying ex-President « Gnant all claim to o forclgn reception s a grent Goneral, directs our attention to tho fact that, during the year after tho close of tho War, nn olaborato resume thereof printed in tho Zdinburg Detiew, and writton by an eminent military man, ranked Gen. Gnant's eapturo of Vicksburg and Richmond among the greatest strategic nchiovomeonts and most, Lrilliant military” cxploits of the century. 1t {a not ncceasary to look up tho article; there liavo been many of the same purport. Gen, Gnant'’s military record iu ita own vin. dication; the Chicago 7'imes impugns it bo- causo §t got in the habit of doing so during the War when it was eclisted on tho side of tho Rebels. English residonts in Constantinople ara greatly nlarmed nt the danger of n vast popular uprisiug of thoe populaca againat tho authorities, thoe rocent succosslon of defents in Armenla baving created a feeling of diesntisfaction which may ot any moment iako tho form of a bloody rovolution, In such a caso, it is n serious question whethor the troops mnow in Constantinopla would be sufficiont to yuell tho violont demonstration and protoot the non-Mussulman residents from: the fanatical fury of the mob. It is sald an extensive conspiracy ngainst the Govern. mont has been discovered, oxtonding into the provinces, and that n court-martial is now sitting in Coustantinople to try the conspirators. showing that ocean shad afe now nsconding the Obio Rtiver, and'ure caught in large num. bers at the Falls opposite Loulsville, where they go to deposit their spawn. ‘T'his is the result of the deposit of 400,000 young shad by the Government flve years ago in the headwaters of tho Allegheny Iiiver, their in- stinct being to roturn for spawning to tho point where thoy were hatchod, The Ken- « tucky Fish Commission aro beginning to stock other streams of the Btate, ns Michigan has already planted 10,000,000 young shad, Culifornia salwon, brook trout, and white flsh, which promiso a return prolific beyond estimato, Wisconsin is doing tho samo thing, and it is shameful that Illinois should neglect its lakes and streams when the ox- penso of the undortaking is 50 small and the yield 50 enormous. DBut this was mot the only omission of the recent Legislature, The theory is advanced in our special cablo dispatch this morning that the Rusalan delay in crousing the Danube is at lesstly partly duo to diplomatio considerations, and it is not at all unlikely that such may be the ex- planation of the delsy, It s’ certaln that Russia and Germany have acommon interest . inefecting an understandiug with England, and in preventing the threatened alliance of England, France, and Austria against Rus- uia, Ggrmany, and Italy. Bisamanck is sald to be couvinced that such an altiance is high- s 1y probable unless measures bo taken to con- cilinte the anti-Russinn element in England, and in order thnt this may Lo done he has been instrumental in the framing of an in. quiry presonted by Bemouvarorr to Earl Denny, ns to what intorests of England’s are threatened by the ndvance into Turkey. A few days at most will determine whether the crossing of the Dannbo atwaits the issne of theso diplomatioc negotintions, ns the inten. tion now ia to undertoke the movementon the 7th or 8th of June. Connty Board in connection with the con- struction of the Court-House. It is now proposed to use granite largely in placo of limestone for pillars, pilasters, steps, wain- scoting, ote., ab an ndded expenso of nbout $150,000. Of course no transuction of this charnctor and magnitudo conld go through tho Doard without paying toll handsomely; $20,000 is tho figuro this time, making no acconnt of 'extras” to bo nllowed hore- after, which will probably amount to as much more, Somo woeks ago the Commissioncrs woro taken mpon n junkoting tour te tho granite quarries in Maine, and the bill is now prosented to the taxpayers for payment,— $20,000. This is the differonco betweon an honest award, with no monoy in it for tha | Ring, and the award determined npon, There {8 no help for it thanks to the pro- tecting caro which tho Democrats in the Legislaturo oxercised over the Democratio thioves in the County Ring. Tha County Commissioners who have beon jubilating over the dismissal of the indict- menta found agninst them n year ngo, aud over their successful manipulations at Spring- flold, may yot havo causo for grief. Thero is nserions mistako in supposing that evidence of their official conduct depends exclusively npon the witness CanrexTen or of CARPEN- TER's littlo Look. In the absence of both of those witnesacs there is an abundanco of tes. timony to cstablish criminality, B3Mr. Can- rexTER's book may bo, destroyed, but the book could be of uso only with Canrexren to testify to its contents, A copy of that book is fully as availablo ns ovidenca ns tho original would be, and when needed we sap- posoa copy will be forthcoming. If any monoy were spent in destroying the original of that book, it was money thrown away, a8 the County Commissioners and others may yet discover to thoir sorrow. It coples of that book bo offered for sale, our ndvico would be not to purchaso, becnuse copies can bo supplied probably to an indefinite num- ber, Marshal MacManow, President of the Fronch Republio, i developing his Ropab- lican programmo much moro rapidly than was anticipated. Tho Marshal's publie sposchea bardly comport with his adminiatra- tivo nction. For instance, the I'ronch Ex- ccative, with an overwhelming Republienn majority in the popular branch of Congress, hins taken special pains to remove tho Re. publican Prefects in nlmost overy depart- wont, and lias appointed in their places per- sons known o bo strongly in favor of tho return of the Bonapartists to power, * In ad- dition to all this, the Department of Justico is iostructed to keep n more atrict aurvoillanco over the press, that “ tho progress of radical theories incompati- Dble with tho peaco of socicty und tho great- ness of Fronce ” may bo nrrested, It thus appenrs that progress toward freedom of thought and action in France is not vory remarkable undor tho Marshal-Presidont, and thatthofeorsof the Logitimiats, thot ultinintely on attempt will bo made to place Princo Louzs on the thronoof Lis father, aro atlenst warrantod by the turn which political afafrs have takon. It is announced with somo show of authority that MacManox will not resign in any ovont. In tha evont that tho appenl to the peoplo should rosult in a voto of disapproval and in tho election of nina- jority iu thé Chumbor hostile to the presont Cabinet, aa it is confidontly prodicted it will resnlt, the nlternativo of resignation or revo- lution would bo presouted. 1t is hardly con- ceivablo that MacMauoN should chooso the latter. As thus far during tho sesslon of the General Assemby cacl doy has "had its os- peelul charnctoristics, it might with pro- priety be said that yesterday was the day of solf-respect, In the moruing thia was con. spicuons in all the speechos npon the sub. Jject of Bustontntion, ag they wora tmo to tho Christian idea that the strong should help the wonk, It wns more evidont whon tho Assembly nsserted its dignity by voting to donble the contingent fund, 80 as not to Do at all depondont upon tho hospitalitios of the peoplo in any place whoro it should see it to hold its snnual mooting; so next yvar when it goos to Pittsburg it willgo with tho feeling. that tho Obristian kindness of that city will not roceivo too sovoreastrain, Dut it was espocinlly shown in the mat. tor of the proposed correspondence with the Presbyterion Assombly of the South, Notwitlistanding the report of the Commit. tee, o redolent with charity, and notwith- standing tho pathetio eloquenco of the venor. ablo Dr, Prysmues, of Chatleston, B, 0., who seemed to como into tho Assombly liko St Joux of Ephesus, sayiug, * Littlo children, love ono anothor,” ond notwithstanding the tondor nppeals of homa missionaries, who, in their own hard fields, were exporioncing the ead effects of this want of followship, the Assembly decided by alarge majority that tha time of formal fraternal jutercourse had not yot como, and that until tho Southern Asgembly stood ready to mect the Northern Assombly in full equality, making for itself 1o confession for the past and demanding none from this Assembly, correspondence must bo doclined. In coming to this de- cision no bitterness was shown, Tho As. sembly scomed filled with sorrow as it yiclded to its own deop monso of self. voupoct, Tho BuzrivaN caso is not deatined o pass out of the publiu mind. It was ascertained, shorily after the last trial, that one of tho Jjurors had sworn falscly, and that all tho cir- oumstances indicated that soveral others were probably equally guilty, One of thoso men was indicted ond has been undor or. rest, ond others have loft the city, Bince then, investigations have boen pushed, and thero is o promise of further revelations which, if sustained by the facts, will show o 1most scandalous abuse of the machinery of the law to defeat the ends of justice, Tho matter is now undorgoing investigation by the Grand Jury, Without golng into dotail, the allegation in substance is, that men wero selected and hired in advance of the trial to serve on the jury ; that these men were in- structed as to tho nnswers they were to make to all questions put to them in tho preliminary examination, These men were all stationed at convenient places, whore they wore met by a court bailiff, who retwrned tholr names to the Court as tales- men, Out of thiy list the jury was mainly selacted, tho jurors giving such nnswers os {o romovae all muspicion of their faimoss. Of courso they were hired to acqunit. Such is the substanco of the revalation which it is snid will be made, or hins beon made, to the Grand Jury, 1f there be proot to sustain this, then overy man who was conneoted writh the fraud, or cognizant of it, should bo punished to the fall extent of thelaw. Itis acrimeof tho most infamous character. It is o murder of justico. It is polsoning the vary fountains of publio safoty, Of course nothing shonld bo left undone to uncover overything rolating to the whole proceeding, ond the Grand Jury will probably denl rig. orously and fenrlesaly in the matter, —ee THE CAMPAIGN IN ASIA. Buperficially, the Iussion campaign in Asin scems to be confined to attacks and conntor-attacks aronnd Batoum, bombard. menta on the castern shoro of tha Dlack Sen, ond movementa of the Russinus to supprosa insurrections fomented by the Turks in the provinces of ihe Oaucasus. In reality, these sre only incidents of the campaign. Its real importance and significance mny be found farther south, A glance at the map will show that tho Russinus have made im. mense progress since they crossed tho fron. tior into Armenin on tho 24th ult., and that MougnrAn Pasua, the Turkish Commander, has boon outgeneraled, and, if not out. flanked, is at lenst in n perilons position. Tho original Turkish lino strotched from IBatonm southeast thronugh Ardahan, Kars, and Bafazid to Van on the Persinn frontior. On the 20th of April, Kars was investod ; on the 30th-of April, Bajazid wns captured, and on the 18th of May Andahan wns taken. Within twonty days, thorefore, the Turk- ish lino was broken and ila contre and loft forced back to tho west, so that tho second line of defenso ran from Batoum to Erzeronm. Bleanwhile the Rus- sians lef t sufficient forco to invest Kars and hold tho Turkish forco at Batoum in check. MounxrAnPassa,apparently fonringan attack in forco upon Batoum, after the fall of Ar- dahan wenkonod his centre by sending ro- inforcomenta there, 'The Russians, howaver, had no intention of weakening their ad. wvance, aa reinforcements counld bo sont to Datoum, if necossary, from Russia by way of Tiflia. The force rolensod at Ardahan prosred forward in a southenstorly direction down the valloy of the Tchorukh River, tho loft meanwhilo swinging round until the army was on both flanks of the "furks, the right at Olti and Tortum and tho left near Topruk.-Kaleh, and Mounsrar Dasna was compelled to fall back beyond Erzoroum, the Cosancks evon nt this point showing them- selves on his flanks, He s beyond rein- forcementa unleas thoy can porform the mirnculons feat of cutting through tho Rus. sion lincs from Dntoum and Kars. If he is defonted ot Erzoroum, whore the great battle of the war mny boe expected, the Aslatio oampaign will bo at an end, for Trebizond, Datoum, aud Kars must then mako tho best torms thoy can, The better part of Armenin will be in Russian possos- #ion, and that Ruusin menns to keep it is shown by the army of civil ofielals who follow tho soldiers and establish Russian administration whorover thoro is Russian possession. Tho soil of Armenia sooms to Vo as cormmon plunder now 68 at any timo siuce tho time of Citniar, and is appropriated witliout nny unnccessary formalities and with immunity from protest by tho other Powers. C THE SILVER BILL Itisnowloudly claimod thatthe ast making tho silver coin of the United States a legale tendor in tho payment of all dobts, public and privato, in tho Btato of Illinois doos not, upon oxawiuation, commond _itself to tho Jndgment of husiness mon, and therefore tho Governor ought to voto it. It is inslsted that to approve that bill will bo a fatal policy, caleulated to do irroparable injury to tho business of Illinols, It ia roprosonted that tho text of the act showa that it has n more swoeping charactor than was intended by fts authors, The following is the text of tho bill a8 prepared by tho Logislature ‘That from and aftor thodato of tho passage of this act all sliver colan, the standard valne of wehich has beon fixod and declarod by the Congreas of tho United States, shall be a Togal-tonder at such standard valuo for payment of ali dobts, both public and private, which are payablo o coltectablo” within the Stuto of Nlinols, and which are not mado payable by tho tormsof tho contract which creatod them fn othor kinds of coin, I'ho last lina of this bill, nnd espooially tho word *‘ coin,” it is sald changea the char. nctor generally attributed to thebill, It was supposed that tha' intent of the bill was to mnko silver o legnl-tonder in nll contraocts whero tho contract itsclf did not specify payment in any other form of currency. ‘The opponents of the bill clalm that as it now stands all contracts payable in Illinols are payablo in silver, excopt in cason where the contract onlls for gold, and that eub. stiontially, thereforo, all contracta In this State: horeaftor must bo paid in pilver or gold. Under this cobatruc. tion of the law all hanks can pay chocks in silvor; all drafts and bills of exchnnge can La pnid in silver; and, while tho eflver may Le thus used to pay dobts, the silver will not purchaso gold, excopt at a large discount. 'Tho silver is not a legal-tender oxcopt to the nmount of $6 outside of Ilinois; in Ili- nols, under this bill, it will be a logalstender for all amounts, and lience, belng inforfor to the greenback in exchangeable valuo, the latter will dlsap pear from olirculation and tho silver will pourin, This difliculty and peril to busi. noss I3 regardod 08 moro certain bocsuse the Iaw a confined to Illinols, and s not general throughout the country, ¢' Wo have atated the objections to this bill os slmply 08 they can be stated, and the gonaral point of the argument isthat it prac. tically demonetizes groonbacks by making silver and gold the solo legal-tendors, even by written contract, This is not true. Tt may bave the effect of making the silvera legal-tendorin all contracts whero no form of curroucy {a specified, but whero notes, and drafts, or chocks are made payablo in green. backs, no law of the State of Ilinois can change the contract. Greenbacks are alegal. tender by an act of Congress, The Btato caunot divest $ho greenback of its legal. tonder character, nor can it set aside a con. tract made payablein greenbacks. Inalegal point of view, groenbacks stand oa the same footing with gold, and jt is notin the power of the Btate to make silver a legal. teuder in the payment of a contract for greonbacks any more than it can set aslde a contract made payable in gold. If thebill as passod by the Leglslature can be tortured in- to any such construction, then sich construc- tion 1nust fall, because it is prohibited by the superior lnw of Congress. Considering this objection, therefore, as having no force, becauss inoperative and jn. capable of ezecution, the bill stands, as originally intended, a mare proposition to wako silver coin o logal-tonder in the pay- wmont of all debts, public and private, except whers tho contract ealls for other currenay. Bubstantially it makes silvor a logal-tonder In Illinols for any amount, while it fs only a legaltender for pnymenta of #5 in other paits of tho conntry, Wo understand that offorta have beon made to persnade the Govarnor to vato this bill, and farthor, it is reprosontod that tho Governor is inolined to believe it to be nn. constitntional. Tho only legal quesiion in. volved is, Can tha Stato of Illinois make silvor coin of the United States a logal-ton. derin this Stato? Unless prohibited by the Constitntion of the United States, the powerto do this can bardly be guestioned. The Con. Rtitntion of the United Btates prohibits the Btata from any logislation impairing the ob. ligation of contracts, and it nlso prohibita the State from making * anything but gold and silver coln n legal-tendor in pnyment of dobts.” This latter clause is a clear recogni. tion of the power of the State to make gold and silvor coin n legal-tonder in payment of debts, and is of necossity n declarntion that snch nction will not be impniring the obliga. tion of contracts. It fs to ba hoped that the Govornor will not do such violonce to public sentiment s will DLe in. volved in votoing thin bill. It meeta with univorsal spproval. It unites the hard-money men aud the greanbackers. The froo and abundant circulation of coin de. stroys the fallacions notions in favor of an irredeomable paper-monoy. - Tho hard, clear, tangiblo, subatantial coin carries conviction to the mind that money should have an 1. trinsio value, Tho pasenge of this bill by tho Legislature was the neareat approach to an exprossion of tho unanimous wish of the people of tho Btate reached by that body. It was n notico to the Enstorn States which ara opposing tho romonotizing of silver that this Btate fs unanimously in favor of a froo silver coinago of the Ameri- can dollars, and tho -re-establishment of tho dual standard. Tho enactmont of this Inw won an instruction to the whole delega- tion from this Stats in Congress in favor not only of free silvor coinage, but the restora~ tion of specie payments by the employment of the precious metals so obundantly pro- duced at our own mines. Tho Governor .cannot afford to ignors public sontiment by votoing this law. Io has no right by the oxerciso of his power to givo tho moral weight of this Btato in op- position to the romonotization of silver, bo- causo the defeat of this bill will bo nccopted as a declaration to that offoct. This bill is a step towarda tho general rostoration of silver a8 a legnl-tendor, and ns nn ald in roturning to specio paymonts. Wo cannot boliove that Gov, OvLrox can supposo that o veto of this bill will bo approved by any considerable portion of tho peoplo of Iilinols. THE POSITIOR OF ROUMANIA. Our correspondent, writing from Jnssy on the 10th of May, cxprosses tho opinion that oventnally the Ronmanisn and Rusaian srmies will bo consolidated. This was writ- ton at o time not only before Ronmania had declared her fndependence, but oven befors there was any definite understandicg as to Roumania's military relations to Ruesia, It was not until the 16th instk that the Grand Duko Nicuouas nnd Princo Omanuzs ar- ranged that tho Roumanian army should ro- mainon the dofensive. In our Jost issuo s dispateh from Bucharest says: ‘*It 15 now certain that the Ronmanian army will not crosa tho Dannbe with tho invading forces, bat will romain on the Roumanisn side to gunrd tho right flank.” Thomeaning of this dispatoh is thnt the Roumanian troops have fully entered the fleld ngalnst Tnrkoy as o component part of the Russinn army, thus verifying tho prediclion of our corro. spondent. A recont lotter from tho Vienna correspond. ont of the Loundon Zimes throws considern. Dble light upon the manner in which this con. #olidation was made, It will bo remombered that immediately aftor tho Rnaainns crossod ho Prath, and beforo the Convontion was concluded, that tho Roumanian troops fell backward from tho Danube all along the Jine and concontrated around Bucharost and Krajovs, the most plansible reason for the sudden movement being that the Roumn- nions wished to proserve at lonat the som. blanco of neutrality by avolding any possi- bility of encounter with the Turks on tho south bank ns long na possible, Immediate- 1y after tho Convontion was eanctioned, iow- over, by tho Roumauian Parliamont, the Rus- sian Commander-in-Chiof notified the Govern- mont that, although he had confidenca in tho Toumanians, he could not allow their army to romnin in the rear and on the flanks of the Russinng, and thorofore it must choose between replacing its army upon a peaco footing or submit to tho Russian Command- or-in.Chicf ns o component part of hia ormy. The alternative provoked much dis oussion, Thore were mauy who favorod a strict neutrality, butthers wero more who fonred that n Turkish Invasion would cer. tainly bo made if the army were domobilized. There was; howsver, a fooling on all sides that tho distribution of the Roumanian army among the Russian troops, theroby destroy. ing ita identity, would be a nationa! humilia. tion and a degradation of the Prince. A doputation therofore waited npon the Rus. sisn Commander, and succeceed in effecting o compromise by which the Ronmanian forcos should romain united under the command of Prince Cmastzs and form the ‘right wing of the Russian army. In pursuanco of this arrangement, tho London 7Times oorrcspondent states that a decroo was hnmedintely issned an. nouncing that ‘tho Princo assumes the commond in chicf of hia country's forces, the four divisions of which aro to form two corps d'armee, the firstto be statloned in Little Wallachia, with the hesdquarters at Krajova, under Gen, Lupu, and the second at Buclarest and Glurgevo, under the com. mand of Gen. Ravovics, with its headquar. tors at Ducharest.” The genoral deduction from this disposi. tion of the military forces of Roumania, acting under the command of their own Prince, Is that Roumania 15 an active alley of Russia in tho war against Turkoy, and that her own fndependence is the prize for which 8hio has drawn the sword. 8he may not cross the Danube at present, but the jnovitable progresa of events, if the war should be a protracted one, may forco her to land upon Buolgarian territory, and help bear the brunt of defeats or share the glory of wvic. torles on the march. to the Bal. kaus, At present, hor duly seems 0 ba to caver the operations of the Russian army by guarding its flank from attack while it preparcs to force the passage of the Dan. ube, while its location sesms to indicate that that passage will be made somewhere be- tween Glurgevo and Nikopolls, instead of into the Dobrudscha on the east, or across the bend of the Danube upon Bervian terri. tory to the west. 1t would ssem to indicate further that the first great battles in Turkey in Eurcpe will be fought in the quadrangle of Bhumls, Varos, Bilistris, and Bustchuk, whore the main body of the Turka is now concentrated, and whero they evidently ox- pect the attack, nsis shown by tho recent orders of Anpun Keni, the Tarkish Com- mander, issued to non-combatanta, When the aeat of war in localized botwoen the Danube and tho Balkans, it will apparently bo only a quostion of timo how soon Servin, which has already disposed its troops along the Drina and the Timok, as the Roumanians did along the Danube, will be foreced by the samo {rresistible aweep and impulse of war into the snme courso that Roumania has pur. sued, THE STATE-HOUSE APPROPRIATION, ‘Tho enormous sum of $3,600,000 has al. rondy boen expended on the Ilinois Stato. Houso, and a large part of it sinco a decline by fully one.half in labor and matarials, This was the limit of expenfiitura fixed by 1he Constitution of 1870, beyond which there oonld be no farthor appropriationa unless sanctioned by a voto of the poople. The re- cont Legislature appropriated the sum of $531,713 for the complotion of the structure, subject to popular approval, and now the Building Committees of the Benate and the Houso of RBepresentatives mnke a joint np- penl to the people to vots this money at tho next goneral election. in Novomber. Thoro are 5 good many roagons why this appenl will £ail to exort sny great influenco on the people, who will be governed in their action by entirely differont considerations. We will enumerato some of them : 1. Tho Committoes of tho rocent Logisine toro can command no respect in themsolves, for thoroason that thoy ropresent a body which doliberately forfeited all title to public confldonce. While thia is truo in general, it is particularly conspicuous in the caso of all appropriations and the action in regard to the Stato-House Commissioners. The man. agement of State-Honso nffairs had been so inofficiont, to speak within bounds, ns to becomo notorious throughout the Btate. The Legislaturo was forced to appoint a Committes of Investigation. Tho evidence taken by that Committeo confirmed the worst that had aver been charged against the Btato- Houso Commissioners, and the Committeo wore constrained to recommond that the Board bo abolished and tho architeot bo dis- missod. It was the least that could have beon domo in justice to the peopls; yet, whila no ono protended to dispute the facta or Justify the conduct of tho Oommissioners, the Legislature refused Lo abolish tho Board or dismiss the mrchiteot, but oven votod moneys beyond the constitntional Nmitation on tho ples of reimbursing tho fund for drafts made npon it that are alleged to have bolonged to other approprintions, SBuch o Togislature can scarcoly hopo to command a very respectful hearing on tho State-House matter in any phaso. 2, This cxtra sum of $531,712 will have to be oxponded undor tho direction of the very men who aro responsible for exceeding the constitutional Jimit of expenditnre, and for all tho mistakes, changes of plan, do- feotivo material, shabby work, and the othor abusos abundnntly established in the recent investigation, Tho present Cowtnisslonors are now commitled to cortain plans, cortain architeots, cortain ocontractors, and their sonso of amour-propre ia involved in carrying out tho gingerbroad stylo of architecture and ornamentation to which they are com<| mitted. Having boen sustainod by the Legis- lature, & voto of more money by tho people will bo regarded by them as a full warrant for indulging their own preferonces. They will proceed with tho work in the sama loose mouner which has charactorized their former managomont, and which has prob. ably wasted a million dollars of the publio money. Tha peopla will hasitate before in. truating the expondituro of any more money 1o these men. 8. It Isoxceedingly doubtfnl whothor the sum of $531,713 will be suliciont to com- pleto the State-House. Itis certain that it is not onough to finish it and substitute good, subatantial work for the fimsy and insocure work in cortain places; this lattor surely onght to bo dono befora tho finishing touches aro put upon the building, The ostimates for tho completion of the work (not including the substitution wo speak of) ran up as bhigh as $700,000, so that the presont appropriation s manifestly insufil. ociont. Besides, the Stato.1lonse Commission. ors havefor yoars deceived tho public ns to the monoys boing oxponded upon the building, Thoy have given nssurances over and pver agnin that a certain amount which they ask. ©d would complete tho structure, and always that its cost should come within the consti. tutional limit of $3,600,000; why shonld they bo believed now, after their former do. coptions? 4. Tho Legislaturo bas already appropri. ated (whether lawfully or not is queation. able) a sufficlent sum for protocting tho building as it stands from the ravages of tho wenther or any moro decay than the ordi- nary woar-and-toar,” It nlready accommo- dates tho State Departments, and is not lying idlo on nccount of its unfinished condition, ‘This consideration will probably induce the peoplo to. withhold the appropriation of more than o half & million dollars that are naked for until after they can have sclentifio investigation of the struclure which will show how much of the work must bo done ovor to insure publio snfety, and & cbange in the Commissioners and architeots who are to control tho expenditure of a farther outlay, A corrcapondent sonds a lotter—too long for publication—In regard to the review of the dra- maticacason which appeared in Tus TRinunz of Bunday, IIs s in thorough nccord with ths statemonts mado thercin as to the bad acting, bad management, etc., and attomipts to give both an explanation of the facts and a remedy for them, He belleves there are Loo many theas tres in Chicago, and that It Is the duty of the press to discourage new thoatrical veutures, Wedo not agroe with him. There are not cnourh theatres In Chicago, if by s theatre is understood an cstablishment oquipped in every department for the represcntation of standard plays, Last season thero was but one the- wtro fn Chicazo worthy of the name,— MoVicxen's, All playlag outside of his theatro was st haphazard; the companies conslating of loose odds and ends from Cincin- nat}, Clcveland, and 8¢, Louls,~and the results bLelng of the moat unsatisfactory description. Now, MoVicxsr's is & *‘star” tleatre, and from the vature of the case canuot attaln o high degree of excellence in the productlon of plays; tho star-system is fatal to such excellence, Cbi- cago needs & comedy theatre, such as Hoorxr almost succesded (n establishing. Until we Laveosuch a thestre, dramatic art will remain in. this city—as §t haabeon for somo scasons past— an exotic, exhiblied on rare occaslons by artists from New York. We shall only bo & long way fn sdvance of other Weatorn cities} not,as wo should be, on a lovel with the standsrd of mct- ropolitan requirements, ——eti— 'The 8t. Louls Glode-Democral admits that Chi- ©ag0 **has become the greatest Jumber market, tho greatcst graln market, aud tho greatest Uvestock market of the nterlor," thongh it would have told the truth had it sald of the worid. Thep, with Chicago as an example o progrealy 5 wiges its cs) ts and busincss men to wake up and try to make tho river avallable for the world’s commerce, ote., ote. It Is vory sensible fo this paper to do thess things, but the peopla of Bt Louls wit never wake up. They turn over, yawn, and grunt with delight when a new directory or a quartette of babies nppear, and that enda their lveliness. The Mlssissippl as & highway I8 an fdes. Chi- cago will somo day make the Iilinola Canala ship-canal and utillze this ldea for heraelf, e — e Hnixa's lovepassion is delleately touchod upon in the “Life® rocently poblished by WiLLiax Srioanp. e had an affairof the heart at 10, and st 12 was 5o enamored of & blonde matden—nis senfor, of conrse—that, while teciting Scmitten's “Diver! on speech-day, and suddenly catching sight of his inamorata, he stammered, stopped, and foll into a dead swoon. But the flamo which biazed flercely and long, and which was commemorated {n many of his pocms, was kindled by his cousin, AsaLiz Hpine. 8he wos a coquetto, and trifled with bim, afterwards marrylug a commonplace burgher, who was many degrees too good for her. Ilxsnm had an Imogination, and he taeal- {zed her. 8he was hersclt dissppolnted in love, not motting the man she wantod,—nelther Hainn nor her husband, e consequently cel- ebrated her fickicness and fats in theso three stanzas: A youth ho loves n malden, She doth anather rrnuu Thin other laves yet another, And he hath married hor. ‘Tho maiden she weds in vexation ‘Tho very firat fino man ‘Who comea in the way bofore her— ‘The youth-cheek Llicn grows wan. Thin is an anciont story, Such an I evor new; To whameoover it happens, Hia neart {s broken in two, He mourned for years over his perfldious mis~ tress, but his curo was finally completed, and aunounced in this stanzas Bha broka her faith, sha broke hoer troth, For thin I feel forgiving; Otierwina ahio had, a8 wedded wifs, Lmbittercd lova and living, ‘there is abundant comfort for the flited In this scrap of blography; a doso of Hxixx will do tnore to reatora peace In such cases than cold steel, or poison, or tho unromantic rope. e ———— The Hon. Bast J, RANDALL'S lotter to the citizens of Galveston {s about as flimsy a bit of rhetoric as was ever writton, and hls words are very much of tho character of a wink atan suctfoncer. Ifo trics to tell tho people of the South that ho {s in favor of n subsidy.toa Bouthern Pacitic Rallroad, whils he struggles to blind his meaning to the North. He dares not say what lio wants to sny, and so bushwhacks the language. Mr. RANDALL wants to bo Bpeaker of tho ITouse. It hae writes a few mors [s such lotters as tho one referred to, ho may win tho voto of Nouthern members, but will kill his strength In the North, 1lis lcgs are not long cnough to ride both these horses at once. —— They have odd sort of horscs in Minnesota,'it the Ploncer-2'reaals to be belloved; for ln tell- ing how to catch grasshioppers by what might pertinently be called the new tar-tar method it snys: *'ABn matter of fact, by using four pans In front and two in the rear drawn by threo horscs without wheels, the 'hoppers can be ewept from 160 geres in two or threo days at the farthest.” Of course the horses with wheels ore the equine odditics we rofer to, ‘which are admitted, by implication, to oxist. —————— ‘This 18 a bad year for tho L.ooANS, There was tho Genernl left outat SBpringficld; and Con- NELIUS, o cousin, to be lifted from the Chillan misslon; and Orave tobe rotired from some- thing clsc abroad; and—well, I£ there arv any more, they will b reached in good time. Not- withatanding all the provoestions for rebellion againt the unfriendly ukases of tho Adminlstra- tion, wo_belleve tha LogANs maintain an oven keel, and sre willing to continue to sacrifico thelr timo for their country’s good. ————— There I o wonderful differenco of opinton in Republlenn cxchianges on MoRTon's lotter. Bome think It provocative of hostility to the Adinimstration and an unnhccessary paper whon there fs peace In politics. Others think It a co- partnery paper with DuAtvs. A third class consiiler it an able paper In favor of the Adinin- fstration, Therefs nodoubt but that It will prove an excollent document to refer to alx months hence. ; i s ————————— “Tho Prestident s reported ns having eald that Benator Monron had correctly stated, in his late lctter, the poliey of the Adminlstration na regards the South, as well s the condislon of affairs which entangled the hands of the Presl- dent when he cams futo office. Thia {ndorace ment {8 certainly a high compliment, and evidence of such unuaual fairness among politl- clans o3 Lo bo worthy of mention, ol oG Thatfsa Cretan joko which Is telegraphod from Athens, Greece, that Creto wants Grap- BTONE to rule them, under the title of Prince of Croete, Wo can Imagine the English statesman scratching his right car with his right shoulder as ho muscs on this now phase fn revolutions, P'rince of Creta! Woliko It not halt so well as plaln and practical Gravstong. We hope ho will not accopt. B — The Rev. J. I eNgoN was not ** Uncle Tom, says Mra, lannier Breouen Stowx. This willbo o sad bereavement to My, Hlanson, who has mado capital out of hls supposed conneo- tiou, and it will surprise the Queen of England, who, on that bnals, bad marked attentions given him. The brovity of such fame Is very much 1iko a sueczo—thera 18 u good deal of it while it lasts. ————— Tho Omaha Zepublican 18 & party bunfon be- cause It cannat bo angthing clse. It was o pet Iump on tiie pedals of the defeated Ilircncock for Congress, and consoquently hates the new order of politics. Tt is acarcely necesaary to ndd that this bunion projects against the Adminis- tration and sches under every pressure of the moderating polic! ————— Ex-Ruesian Minlster Boxken dies hard. He kicks all over the Guntry because, In changing Ita policy o forelgn appointments, tho Admin. Istration accepted his complimentarily-tondered resignation. It My, Boxsn had not been so garrulous, wo micht havo soine reapect for his agobles of offcial dissolution, —et——— It gs rather odd how many people are made acnuajnted with the President's purposcs, Evcry man who goes to Washington can tell you just what tho President jsgoing to do; but tho fickicness of the Exccutive is shown in his Qoing something entircly different from that which is thus prophesfed, ————— The son of a Tennsylvanla Bheri hanged himsell, though his father might have saved him the troublg, But thoy always did do thivgs queerly In Penosylvanla, ——— Bixiy shingle-nails wore found fn & deceased Boston dog. It would have been @ more honest policy for that dog's mnaater to have bought his nails by the pound, e ——— + PERSONAL. Tennyson is fast turning into a hardy and adventurous sonnateer. il last effortin the Nine- teenth Century L directed to Victor Hugo. The husband of the Princess Loulse—beg pardon, the Marquls of Lorue—Is engsgod upon a new metrical version of the Psalms of David, set to popular hymn tunes, and in varioas metees. Col. Robert Ingersoll had a royal welcome In 8an Franclsco. Attbe hour for the commence. ment of his lecture tho large audlturlum of Platt's Hall, whers he spoke, was filled 10 overfiowlng, sad crowds pere turned aws, It was the Young Men's Christian Unfon, not the Young Mew's Christisn Assoclation, which Mr. Moody aitacked In Boston. The Unfon em- ovaugelical clergymen of the city, Mr. Murray, the Adirondack parson who preschea in Boston daring the season, says that the scttlement of the labor-question among tbe masses would do moze 40 advance Christlanity braces many Unitarlans, as well as the leading | add; than any smount of theological diacamsion, Tap Mr. Marray resemblen the restof feall tumanity 1n not knowlng exactly bow **the 1abor-question v can bo aettled. Charles Francis Adams enn havo the Dem ocratle nomination for Governoe of Massnchusetyy thia fall it ho will coneent to run. The pariy recognlzes ita obligation to him, and 1t fe not probe #ble that he wiil meet with any opposition, Adelaide Neilson has sold hor New York boalevard lots, which cont her $20,000 fn tn, palmy days of the Tweed regimo, for a merely pominal sum. Tax-paying and speclal asaess. monts long ago made thom & burden to her, Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the ez-Premier ot QGreat Deltain, w111 read a paper on ** Nuraing 4 the Congress of Domestle Economy at Birming. ham about tho end of July. Perhaps her husbang cangivahera faw hinls on the art of nursings war-fever, M. Lynch, who edited tho Ukiah (Cal) Dispatch, says sho doeen't ¥hink nowspaper worl sits tho femalo ml 8he eama to thns conelye slon after tarning TP PAragraph aboot Me, Carothers, who was displeased, and called at tha oftice and walloped Mra. Lynch with a Iarge clab, 'The conching parsde in New York Satap. day brought ont eleven handsome drnes, owned by Messra. Juy, Delmont, Rogers, Whiting, Dronson, Havemeyer, Nellson, Dounglass, Rives, ago, Fretach, and Col. Kane. Thoro are now sixt; membars of the organization,. representing fn a)j aeventeen conches, The Boston BSaturday Gazette obsoryey that Gait Hamilton's circle of editors to be pulver. ized and pillorled Is now enlarged to compreheay not only those who have apoken ill of Mr. Diaine, but those who liave spoken well of Mr. Hayer, TBE TniBUXZ haa been very gullty In tho Iatter re. spect] we wish Gall would go fishing. A writer for an’ Atlanta (Ga.) Paper likens Miss Ada Dyan to ** a grost white rose wiy asunbeam imprisoned In the bud,” yot obserres shiclano great favorite with the boys, who wagt +*a small Ailly, al) red and full of celeatial blushes,n Boys, speak np, and say whether this sao, migy Dyas desirea tha' public to koow that ahe Inten; remalning on the American atage, Mr. Bichard Grant White's articles in the Now York Zimes on thoe subject of spelling havy oxcited attention and called forth criticlama fropm many quarters. They may perhapa give tiee to g controversy almost s rich os the ono between Dean Alford and Georga Washington doon,—when the **Dean‘s English," 1t we remember rightly, Avas shown to be not a propor {nstrument for inter. preting the Qucen's English, pure snd undeflled, 10 the people. The Hartford Courant hoppily saya thay it scoms no mora possible to keop Mr. Joseph Cook out of an srticle written in the Boston merid. ian than It was for Darid Copporfield's Mr, Dick to keep tho head of Charles the Firat out of hiy kite-diffused information, Itis & grave gaestlon whether Mr. Cook resembles Charlos tho Firet 1y ‘other rospects. Perhaps the ax 18 gronnd that wiil behead him; and the Unitarian Conncil s tho body of reglcides that haa voted his exccutlon, - Gon. Graot cannot logally woar tho uni. form of Qeneral of the Unltea Btates Army inring his tour in Earope, as it fa paid he Intends dolne, ‘The law provides that officera honorably muetered ont shall bo entitled to wear tho uniform of the highest grado thoy have held, by brevot or other. wise, In the volunteer sorvice, Gon. Grant's highe st rank in the volunteor service was Major Gen. eral, and the uniform of that offico {s the only une ho {s pormittod to wear, There wonld be a janl. feot Improprloty In having him appenr In General's untform, which only tho active head of the army iy entitled to wear, Bonntor Bpencer, of Alabams, has ahont two years more to scrve, but Intends removing from there at an carly day and taking up his reafe dence in the Black 1hillw, his purpose bolng to get back to thy Sonate from that bonluhted roglon, 1s thore nothing will tempt one of those fellows to Tose his grip on a Bonato chalr? Thera inust be & pecullar charm In the Scnate Chamber. Noboly ever leavcs thera voluntarily, or, bolng twmed ont, coasca during tho romainde of his lifo from hig endeavors to got back agnin, Thero are Ben Bate lor, too, and his son-in-law, .ex-Gov. Ames, tompting Providonce by ‘tholr plan of bLuylngz 70,000 acros of land in Colurado aud remoring thero, Tho Cincinnati Literary Olub, among the fonnders of which was Presldont Hayes, celes brates its twenty-cighth anniversary the coming < October. In the firat days of its ‘existence Presls dent Ilayes and Sam Cox tolled along on boarding. houso fara, and lsbored to apan the chasm that lsy betweon Dlackstone and practico, Stauley Mate thews and A. R. Spaftord, the Librarlan of Cone grens, wero also among the original fonuders, | The Presldent still rotalus hiw active connection with tho Club, and dropa in noceromoniously at the meetings whenever ho happens to be in Cincln- natl of a Saturday night. Ho waa frequently thera during hia term as Governor, and has heen seen there sinco tha Prestdentlal election; when the succesalon was ingdlsputo, ho stole fn ono night '"{':\”‘P“mu,u littlo on hia mind asa dalrye matd. Tha Philadelphia Zedger, unmovod by the present complication of European affairs, ls pube liahing a s ? atirring oditorals concerning *4 dentlen o +47The Ry 1 **Trath, . The tast of the soriea wasa littlo strongee In the tigloj it was abont **Tho Cultlvatlon of the Reasoning Facullics." ‘With all the facts before us, we do not sco how any man can wonder that the circnlation of the 10 large, It has threo clanses of patrons students, who Lone its editorlals for ese \y#; financlal cditors, who *¢adapt ™ its money article to the provincial tastes and demands; and the samirors of the obituary poetry for which 3ir. 2 80 Justly famaus. Fach clasa em+ ndividuals that It might singly af: uppore to the Ledger. ‘The 8t, Louis. Globe-Democrat says of the Boldene tronpo: **The ‘*prima donna® docs not know & bar of music from a bar of soap; the chiet actor wonld not be allowed to play snpernumerary Ina dumb show; but all alike, from the highest {0 thio loweat, aze vorsed In beatiality, and aro taught to belleva that tho mesaure of their offense ogainnt public deconcy s tha measure of thele professioust succees, They are batchers in art, and are artisit only In filth, Wo arc at aloss to know why, in 2 clty which has laws for tho protection of the publis aganat improper exhibitions, tha Soldene troups ahould havo beon allowod to play for six nights uoe molested by the polic,” Ths Chicago police, be+ ing warned in time, may scta glorlous example (0 other cltlos in the coantry by shutting up the whole eatablishment ¢ it attompls agaia to oped here. The audacity of Mr, Gideon J. Pillow hss ceased to he smusing. e proclalms himself & candidate for the poaltion of United States Circalt Judge, left vacant by the death of Judge Emmons, andsays, in & lotter Just publiehed: **In my loag and evontfut lifo thls s my first application for sny position in the Foderal Government, In my estly 1ifa T know how to make a llving. By my profes: slonal labors 1_had acquired great wealth. If1 can now upon the Bench be neeful to the Govera: ment which Ilong served with Gdelity in the srmys and by that meane eara sn honest Ilving, I think should be allowed to do #0," Tho trouble wiib Me. Pillow {s that ho assumes too much. 1lle as- sumea that bo scryed the Government fn ihe srmf with 8dolity, We donot belleve he did—in eithtf srmy. 1lls most famoua military exploit wasihe diggingof a ditch on the fnslde of Ls intrepchs mente, by which almple derice the enemy were lé be drawned after having captared the cnrlhwnllfl; Ho far aw heard from, Mr, Pillow's tactice have 0o been gencrally imutated (n military warfaro. et +OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL. To the Kdior of The Triduns. 0scxoLa, Ia., May 20.—~The comwmnencement exercises of the High Bchool here occurred yes terdsy afterncon and evening. ‘The Methodlst- Eplscopa! Churca was filled to overflowiug by cltizons and strangers, to listen to the excr clses, There wera ten 1o the graduating clash viz.: Graco M. Ayres, Mary Grassel, Alice Ce Goas, Ida Millard, Charlotte’ F, McKhann, Lir slo Aloxander, Clars Babb, May E. Dibble, Lizzie Kelloy, and Cora Tatham. Thocssasé snd orations wero of more than ordinary merit the subjects being as follows: * Naturo au Arti” %Tho Thread of Ages;" ‘ Throw 0905 tho Bhutters:” #Reflectora;’* *Anclent &fln Modera Ciyilization Cootrasted;” "Unqfl_hf“ History;"¥ % Historical Monuments;#* ** W e Next1?' Bilont Intluences;! ~© Boyond h Alps Lisa Jtaly;" and Vllcdlcm:"{. The lhi“ ¥, W. Evans, u{ 'Mount Pleasant, dellvercd \L reas_before the clasa in the evening: g";lw lull. “'l'h:d\:hllmplny of l.'t}nl :n.li1 -fl:i-“ caotlre exe ica were 8 completo U eople of Osceola focl thst our achoo), unler bo wanagement of ils presont Principal, Frof B, . Iood, is_fast uu%u rank with tho best schools f the Weats