Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 14, 1877, Page 4

5 4 The Tribmue, TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. BT MAIL—~IN ADVANCE—TPOSTAOK TREPAID AT TIIA OFFICE. sily PAltion, poatpatdy 1 ye: arid ot & year! Bt montt i Malied to nuy & s "ma' Edition: Shedt .. £atarday Fditfon, tw n, -Weekly, rostpald, 1 rear, AR WLEKLY EDITION, POSTPAID. & . per yeas nbof . Cinbof tavent Postage preps! Brecimen L'oples sent free, Torrevents'elay &nd mistaken, be yure and give Post- Qffiee nddress ta' 1011, Including State and Connty. Temittances m3y bemade either by draft, ex, Tout-Office order, O 0 rexistered letters, at onr risk. 7ERNS N) CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Foliy, dell rered, Eunc'sy excepted, 33 cents per week. Bally, detivered, Sandy'y Incinded, 30 centa per woek Aress TH! TRIDUNE COMPANT, Coraer Madison and 3,'earborn-sta.. Chlcago, 11b e, S ] 8§38 ¥853 833 MeVieher’s The'Rtro. Maftson etreet, between Deatborn and State, Mr, Leonard Grover's ** Our Doarding-Honse,” Messrs, Btuart Robeon, McRce Rankin, Frank Plerce, 8, W, Piercy; Mis Virginia Duchaoas, Miss Wi Savory, Mis Lizsla Hont. Tiaverly’s Theatro. Randolph_strect, between Clark and LaBalle ** Joshun Whitcomb." Messrs, Den Thompsot, J. W. Blalsdell; Misa Wilson, Miss Julis Coventry. Adelpul Thentre. Monroe street, corner of Destborn. Varfety com- binatlon. Memsrs. John Wild, 1. G. Richmond, Shed Le Clairs Miss Edna Markley, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1877, CHIOAGO MARKET BUMMARY. The Chicagv prodace markels wero active and frregolar yesterday, provisions being casier, and the leading coreals stronger. Mess pork closed 15 per bl higher, at $12.67%4@12.70 for July and $12.80'@12.82% for August. Lard closed ateady, At $8,6V@8.062%4 for July and $8,70@8.72% for - Augnst. Meats were caslcr, at 4%c for loose shonlders, B¢ for do short 1iba, and 6%c for do short clearsx Highwines were unchanged, 8t$1.07 per gallan. ' Lake freights were quiet, at Zc eorn to Bavfa%o. Floor was less active and firm. Wheat cloved 1%¢ higher, at $1.02)¢ for cash or . Jtneand £’ .6OX@1.61 scllerJuly. Corn closed A er. a t43Xc cash and 40Xc forJuly. Oats closed awy, 7t 38 cash, and 37%c for Joly. Rye was dafl,as 67, 4¢. Batley was nominal, at G0@55e. Iloga wure guie tand 1Gc Jower, closing steady at 34,4504, \Cattlo were active and frm, with les at $3.60@, ~12%4. Sheep were unchanged, One hundred dolia. "® 10 gold would buy $105.124 in greenbacks at the Close, — Groenbocks at ti 1@ New York BStook Ex- “ 5 . 'There is basia for a 8lrong presumption that nowspapar corrospo, 1dents at the soat of . war coaso bowailing the Wwant of sctivity, Bavoral presa gentlomen b 8ve been arrosted, and one is reported shot. United Siates DistrictsAttarncy Howanp, of Utah, left Washington for Salt Lake Qity yesterday, with instrmoticns fo prosocute Prophot Youwu for complicity in the Moun. tain-Meadow massacre, and fior frauds com. mitted while Indian Agent. The checring intolligenco tiint the Canada Pacific Railway will in anothar year be fin. « ished as far os tie Afanitobiy Oapital sug- " gests a littlo computation as to whon it will reach the Pacifie coast, and wha': carthly use it will bo to ths barren coumiry through which it must pass. The failure of crops In that sockion of Il. linois in which is located the ‘Town of Ma- ron -pales. into insignificance, in pedint of contemporancous- interest, comparod with tho fruitfulness of threo ladics in that yicin- nge. Ono gave birth to four boys, anoshor to four girls, and the third to triplers, anixod. So—— The long-pending patent case sgainst the City of Chicago for the alleged infringoment of Brow's patented process of laying wooden- block pavement was yestordsy docided in favor of tha cily, Judge Broporrr dismiss. ing the bill for want of equity. It is bad cnoogh to bo afflicted with a poor pavement « without being compellad to pay & royalty of sbout $25,000 for making it poor, The extroordinary intorest shown in the question of consolidating the Ponsion officcs In Llinofs is explained by the fact that under the proposed arrangement the lucky man or woman who receives tho appointment to the siugle office will have an income of about §£34,000, To keop this in the family all Springflold is on nettles, aud even the Execu- tive offico la for the time being descrted as of comparatively trivial consequence, T — Dy tho failuro of the Commercial Insmur. ance Company of Bt. Louis, Senator Boar, whoso son Josern was ita President, claims to be financially ruined, unless his creditors arg indulgent, There is a prospect that the asdela of the Compuny will be sufficient to reinsure tha policies, amounting to $40,000, but the stockholders appear to bo hopeless, Joszru Boox is represented as completely crushed, financially snd mentally, by the wreck. During the . 0. Davis, at Bur. lington, on the charge of arson, a juror was taken sick, and both sides agreed to go on with aleven. A verdict of guilty was ren. dered, and prisoner’s counsel moved an ar. rest of judgment on the ground that the constitutional right to trial by twolve men oould not bo walved. The motion prevailed, and the Btate has appealed, bringing the guestion before the higher Court for the first time in the history of the State of Towa, An involuntary experiment as to the ex- tont of damages an English * Whitehead " or “Fish" torpedo can accomplish, was made by a Russian detachment on the 4th " of June. A train transporting the torpedo from Galatz to Tbrail bad almost resched a point whero tho road strikes the Danube, whon the infernal maching exploded, blow- ing the train of the face of the earth, kill- ing the engincer, fireman, and brakeman, and tearing up a quarter of a mile of track. ———— D e B T i ST | : | If the roports of the election held in Min. nesota on Tuesday be correct, and the amendment to the Constitution authorizing the Legislaturo to mccept the compromise offered by the publio creditors be rejected, then the Btate has mado a great ‘mistake, the consequences of which will outlive the present generation. The amendment, if defeated, scems to havé been lost through tle failure of & large portion of the people to vote. It can hardly be trge that a major- 1ty of the people of that griwing and pros. Perous Btato have deliberately voted to repu- diate a just and legal debt. BBl O e i o s s Mr, Gax soems to have been singularly succesaful in convincing the Winnebago County authorities that Lo alone is responsi- blo for tho melancholy fate of the Rockford Court-Houso and the unfortunate workwmen ‘who lost their lives when that faulty struc- ture collapsed. The report of Gen. Boox puzs, poluting out the scrious defocty in e e w8 Senertyeand ¢ o~ AMUSEM.ENTS, A Gax's plans, and recommonding various al- torations necessary to insure tho requisite sirongth and safoty, was yesterday adopted by the Board of Suporvisors, and the action lof the Board regarding the proposal of . Ricmanpsox to rebuild the Court-House is a *virtual indorsoment of tho verdiet of the ! Coroner's jnry, which held Gar responsible | and Rionarosox free from blame, } Capt. MacLoox, of the ship Genevs, sunk by the convulsions off. tho cosst of Peru, bins come to anchor in New York, and in his re- lation of experience is having it bis own way. Hosays ernptions sprang from the sides of the mountain at Huanillos, rolling down red-hot stonas, while tho sea, dividing itsolf into whirlpools, twirled the ships around at the prodigious speed of cight to ten knots an hour, His slory is graphio and romarkable for its close approach to the only thing of its kind evor heard of. Parson McGnze was found guilty yester. | day morning, and sentenced to fourteon years' imprisonment for the murder of his wife. Ho thanked each juror for sasessing his punishment at the minimum provided by ‘the law, and joined in tho genera! satizfno- i:tion the verdlet appeared to give. Ever sinco his incarcoration he claims to have felt i his wife's clammy hands passing over hia :face, but he seoms to think that visitation ! eminently profernble to feeling the hang. | i man's hands wandering abont his neck, h] Excopt whera his personal preferences in- | *torfora with his judgment, Mr, Pixcrpack's viows upon the state of affairs in Lefhisinna, giv. on in another column, appear to be sonnd. Iis, Podsnappian manner of relegating what does not suit him to the reslms of oblivion ia eha, ncteristic, but in the main ho presents o fair g\ stoment of (he condition of tho State under th 0 presont Govornment. He rocog- mizos the | ‘enclicial effects of the Presidont's Southors p Vlicy, and sposks hopefully of the prospects wa, der tho new regimo. TILm 'K AND HENDRICES. There is a faa ‘iliar sound about the names of “Tizpen ond ~ HzNpmrcxs.” When theso names are menti ‘oned or scen together in print, there is ‘ong impression that thoy linve been idontific d somo time in the past snd had once been a7t some possible impor. tanco in national affal ™8; but theso names, or rather this conjunction of names, hnad about passed out of mind whe 1 the meoting of tho two political chieftainsnt New York and their own reforence to theirlate experienca recalled them more vividly, if not more agreeably, thnn for many months, ‘L'ho country had fondly hoped it wns dono wit b the unfortu. nate nssociation of these two g tlomen when -tho Electoral vote was cast; .bnt even then they would not givo up. At last, after n despernte struggle agninst theh' partisan greed: for offico, after o compnimiso of thoir own choice, after a long consitlerafion of (thoir claims by a special tribunal, and after the indorsoment of that tribunal's award by Congress, thero was reason to ex- poct that the political partnership of Trozx ond Hexpricxs had expired by limitation, and mutual consent, and popular approval. But it is ovidont that wae baven't hnd the last of them. Whenever the two mombers of tho rotired firm happon to medt, thoy strike hands, gather their friends around them, make spoeches, and go through tho samo sort of routine as if tho campaign wero still inactive progross. Fortunately, Mr. Hxx- DroEs is going abrosd fora time, and an~ other mocting and publio rehonrsal of their: well.-known farce is nccessarily postponed for a timo; but wo presumo that at least ono funoral will bo nocessary beforo Tinpe and Hexonicxs will finally give up their Prosi- dontial canvpaign. Theso gentlemon cortainlymnde a uselesa Alsplay of @ieir chagrin and disappointment, m1d convicted thomselves of bad taste with. om any compensatory advantages, in thoir unfalr, partisan spegches at a reception whick was, or ought to havo been, of o purcly personal nature, Mr. Tinoey, being tho leader of the late Premulential ticket of the Iate Demwocratic party during thoe late campnign, noiurally made himself a little more offensive than his sanociate and subor- dinate, Mr. Hespnicks. Besides, both being candidates for thoe Domocratio Presidentinl nomination in 1880, and making their publio sppenrancos and speaches with that end in view, it was politic inn Dr, HxNpnicxs to be o littls more modarate in his utterancos, hop- ing thereby to guin whero Troex would loss im public estimation. Another ronson why Hexpmoxs fa not inclined to mourt as mach a8 Troew is that ho never wholly forgave Trroxx for car. rying off tho Somination for the first place, and cortainly Led a right to resent the bar- goin which Trowx’s friends wanted to mako after the oloction, allowing the Democratio Houso to count in TiLDEN for President and the Ropublican Seitato to count in Wuxzren for Vice-President. While both lament the rosult, and havo not the patriotism or unself. ishness to restraln tn expression of thoir grief and sploen, Hrxoniaxs finds more con- solation than his superior, Mr, Trnoen mansged to condenss into a ‘brief speech about all tho malignity which a disappointed man and broken-down politician can feel, and made as many wmjust and un. truthful remarks aa possible, In the following oxtmets Everybody kmows thes after the recent election the men who wero clected by the peoplo President ont of the UnNed States were counted out, and the men who were not clected wore counted In aud neated. 1disclalmany thought of personal wreng involvod in this transaction. Not by any act or word of minn shall that be dwarfed or degraded Into personal grisvance which {8 In truth the greateat wrong that has stained onr nationsl annals. To svery man of the four anda quarter millions who were defrauded of tha fruits of thelr eloctive frunchise it is as great s wrong as. it fu to me, and no leas Lo every man of the minor- ity will the ultimate couscnjuencooxtend, Evilsin Qovernmnent graw by success and by Imponlity. They do not srreat thelr own progress. They can never bo llmited except by external forcew. 1f the men in posacssion of the Goyerument can in ono instance maintain themselves In power againat an sdversa declafon at elections, such an example will be hinitated. Temptation oxlsl to glve the culor of law, snd false pretenscs on which to found fraudulent doclsions, will not be wanting, The wroog will grow fntoa pructice it once condoned; in the worll's history changes in the succession of Governments bave usually been the zesult of fraud or force. 1t bas becn our galth aud our pride that we had established s modo of peaceful chango to be worked out by tbo agency of the ballot-box, Mr, TiLoes must have a pliahle conscience to declaro openly that * everybody kuows" bhe was counted out unfairly or fraudulently, when the fact is that everybody who is fa- miliar with the progress of the recent Presi- dentisl struggle knows that the count was made strictly in accordance with a law passed by the concurrent action of the two Houscs of Congress; that it was subsoquently ap. proved by tho two Houses of Congress; and that it was made in accordance with the Con-~ stitution and tho Electoral principle of the Goverpment. There is no justification what. ever for even jntimating fraud under these conditions, and sych sn intimation coming ~_THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1877. from an intorested party sinply shows n solfish willingness to placo personal greed highor than tho country’s honor. If wo go back of the count, we find that all the frauds of the election which Mr. Titpex laments were really committed by the party of which ho was tho candidate. Tho fraud and force he deplores wore openly in his intorest in many of the Bouthern Btales. In only three of them—Loufaima, Florids, and Bouth Carolinn—wers the lawssuch asto on- able a correction thercof, while in Mississip- pl, Alabama, and Georgin the intimidation of tho voters and the corrupting of the bal. lot-box together wore enough to pile up the large popular majority which TiLpes claims. But the fraud was not confinoed to the South; thera is good reason for tho assertion (hat the State of Conneeticut wna carriod for Tiz~ peN by fraud with the connivance and as. sistance of his Now York gaog of politiciava and Mr, Tupex's particular frionds. The Democratio fraud did not stop hore. Having boen defeatod in spite of bulldozing, and bellot-box stuffing, and repeating, the next step wasto purchass an Elcctoral vote in Orogon. It was cortainly the most seandal- ous and disgracefal proceeding over racorded in the annnls of the Amorican Congress ; it roceived porforco the condemnation of tho Democrats as well a9 the Republicans on tho Electoral Comnussion, and the investign- tion wont far cnough, before tho adjourn. ment of tho last Congress, to show that the attompt at buying the position of President of tho United Btates had beon made de- liberately, that the monay, or a partof it, had been advanced, and that Mr, Tinory's name was 50 associated with tho transaction 08 to mnke it apparont that he was cognizant of it and gavo it his tacit approval, even if he did not petually ndvauce the funds, Such a man shonld not euggest the discusaion of politienl fraud, After tho gloomy pieturo which Mr, Tirozy drow in the oxtract quoted abovo, it was gracions in him, if not cortainly consistent, to tell tho people to bo of good cheer, and that it would bo all right, It may justify him to be assured that the peoplo arsof good cheer, and porfeetly woll porsunded that it i all right. Tho numbor of those who rojoice that Mr, HAvzs was awarded the Presidency, and Mr, TiLoex * connted ont," ja.Incronsing so rapidly that befora tha end of tho formor's torm thero will scarcely bo any differonco of opinion about it. Even now the sontiment is so decided that Mr, Tyroex conld not got the next Democratio namination if it wore to bo made to-morrow, He mny 08 woll save himeelf tho trouble of scalding; nsbotween bim nnd Tenpricrs, the Intter's chances are considerably tho bost, thangh it docsn't look ns though either of them will live long onongh to be President, EUROPEAN FREIGHT RATES. Neww York papers are just now investigat- ing tho causcs why that city is losing o great portion of its business, and why, to usa tho Inngusyie of the Times of that city, * Now York iz fast degonerating into o mere way- station in which goods are simply unloaded from thiy ships and placed on the railrond cars whish take them to their destination.” The latea t griovance {s ‘that thero s n dis- arimination in Eoropean froights ngainat that city. All tho steamship lines ontering Now York havo united to ohargo the samo rates of fraight on all goods brought by thom to Now Yhork, consequontly thers s no com- potition ix: tho trado to that city, DBut there is competzition on the part of steamers from Europe rm ining to Boston, Philndelphin, and Montreal, 1.0d to compo te with thoso lines tho Now Yiork steamors havo to concedo largo roduc tions on all froighta drippod from Europe to Chicago and the othor Western citics, On along list of goods, including soda esh and tin plates, tho fouights from Tutverpool to'Chicago are considerably loss than from Idverpool to New York. The rato of froight on this clus of goods from Liverpool to Now York fs 12 shillings and G ponco per ton, with 10 per cont additional, The mte from Livarpool to Chicago, via New' York, {a 12 shillinga nud ¢ penco por ton not. As an Hlustration, tho ZTimes states that the transportation of 2,000 boxea of tin plates Tweighing 100 tons will cost from Liverpool-to Now Yark, at 12 shillings and 6 pence per ton, and 10 per cent ndditional, $350.62; whilo tho froight on the sama woight of goods from. Liverpool to Chicago will bo only $:320.89, or 334,73 lesa than tho froights o Now York: And the Now York paper adds, in a tone of lamenta. tion, * This, too, in spito of tho fact that it ‘would cost $784 for rallroad frefghta alono, wero the same goods shipped in New York for Chicago,” ‘Tho mornl of this is, that the Ohicago im. porters of tin platea can receive 100 tons of that metal from Liverpool, dolivered in this clty, at a cost of $810.73 lesis for freight alone than they can receive the samo goods purchased in New Nork. And of courss all tho country contiguous to Chicogo has obandoned New York 08 a market for tin plates =and sods ash, and other varietics of gooda Another point, scemingly averlooked by Nowv York, is that Chicego hms a choice of reartes, and between theso rontos there must be a per- petaal competition, Chicags has Montreal, Philadelphia, Baltimore, to apply to, in ad. dition to New York, Steamers ¥nuning to Now Yozk have a monopoly of the freight to that city, and combining can exact; whatever rates they think proper. Look at the freights comparatively atated by, the New York Timea: YREIONT 0X 100 TOXS TIN PLA From Liverpool to Now Yor! From Liverpool to Cileago, From 1 From Qo to Yrom New York to Chicago by rall X The effect on New York ix thus dencribed by the Zimes: Blany hitherto extensivo houses ha from the loss that they are on the verzo af bank- ruptey, and others, like Puxirs, Donas & Co. for vxample, have tried to meet tho dificulties ro. ferred to by giving up thelr Now York warchousa business and catablishing branch ofiices In the largs Westorn and Eastern citles. 8o in the words of onc of the firm mentioned, **grass is bo- gloning o grow in CHA wtrect, ™ The ecffort of all the rallways and of the merchants and politicians of New York has been to break down Chicago, and broak down lako navigation, by every pousible in. ducement to have grain shipped *around Chicago " and *** through direct” to New York. That i3 preciscly what the West and even the othor Eastern citiea are doing in the matter of freights from Europe. Imports are now shipped from Liverpool to all parts of the Western Slates, care being takan to svold New York, or, if sont by way of New York, a large reduction from the ordinary charges s made. Nevertheless, no such calamitous consoquonces have taken place hero as havo followed in Now York. No one has been reduced to the verge of bankruptoy, or caupelled to establish a branch houss in New York, uor is the * grass beginning to grow ” uear the grain warehcuses of this city. : .\'l'h!!o the press.and tho merchants of New York aro bowailing the loms of imporls be- causo of the compotition of othor oities which command ohenper Enropean fraights, nnd lamenting that trade, which wwas once oxclusive, now goes nround that city, they may look with some concern to the diversion going on in tho export trde. The time was when the export of breadstuffs was almost exclusively made from New York. That eity was the grand centra to which all grain was shipped and thenco distribnted. Provisiona were evon sont from tho West to New York and thence sent to the Bonthorn States. Now tho distribution is mnade clsewhers. Liver- pool dealers in grain and provisions buy Iargely in Chicago, and at this point can choose from n number of compoting routes, and sacure lower rates of froight from Chl. cago to Liverpool than can be had by send- ingthe grain to New York and thore con- tracting for ocenn freights. The ngent of the foroign house can makea contractin Chicago for dolivery of the grain or pro- visions on a steamer in Montrenl, Phil. adelphis, Baltimore, or New York, and its delivery in Livorpool, for much lers than ho can conteact for ils romoval to Now York, and thenco, by a contract thero, for ita transportation to Liverpool. Freight onco in Now York must pay, like freights to New York, whatever the Now York steamors demand; but in Chicago the New York steamor line muat accept such rates as are offerod by othor lines or go withont, For this renson, the export trade, liko the Import trade, Is now done without roferonce to New York at all. Freighta from Chicago to Liv~ erpool aro not oxactly as low as from New York to Liverpool, but aro 80 much less than can be had by sonding first to New York and thence to Liverpcol that it furnishes tho purchasor hers n Iargo morgin of saving. Heucs, in the {nllness of time, contracts for ocean froights from Chicago to Liverpool for broadstuffs and provisions will bocome tho rule, as Enroponn freights from Liverpool to Chicago havo, nccording to the New York Z'imes, token the placo of ocean freights from Liverpool to New York in cortain lines of imports. What New York is to do under theso circumatances is hardly cxplained by tho following conclusion of tho romarks of the Now York Zimes on the situntion: Freight rates to thls city wero high becauso of the exlstence of tho atcamboat comhination; they were low to the West becaneo the lnes xending vessels to this port were cbliged to competo witly companics sending ships to Philadelphin, Doston, and Canadian ports. At twelve shillings and six pence a ton, or evenatfifteen shillings a ton, it was not profitable for them to carry frelght to Chicago from Liveipool. They had to make up thelr losses by taxing Néw York, and by tho rates rceolved for carrying grain ond produce from this countey to Europo. - Golng out, tholr shipa wero alwaya fuil, nnd thoy made money, There was no doubt that tha raliroad companies running out of New York lost by taking Kuropesn frelghts to Chleago and othor Wentern citlea at the rates indlcated, Sth) o1l of them, but peincipally the Erlo and New York Central, wero obliged todo so. Jf they did not, the ateamehlp companiea would be obliged lo cease sen. ing ships to this port, and then the railrond com- panles conlrolled in thia State would have no means of foruarding Western produce to European mnar- kets, It1s for theso reasans that New York 1 los- Ing her distelbuting trade, and that so many ex- tensive importers are complaning of hard times and dall business. THE MEXIOAN TROUBLES, ‘Whila some of the Demscratio nowspapers throughont the country are critiolsing the nction of tho Adminlistration in authorizing Gon, Onp to pursue the Mexican raiders bo- yond the Rio Grande, when therois o fair prospect of capturing them or recovering their plandoer, it ia interosting to note that thispolicy was strongly advocated by Col. Scrrercnen, who s’ cortainly the leader of tho Toxan delegation in Congress, and one of the'ablest members on the Domoeratio side. Col. Bearxioner goes considerably farthor than tho Administration haayet indicated, and believes it Is the duty of the Amorican Governmont not merely to protect its own oitizons sgainst tho raids of tho BMoxiean bandits, but to interfero in Moxiean affalra to guarantee & permanent and constitutional Government, ropublican in form. Mis views in this regamd aro entitled to the more consideration be- cause ho sots out with a positive opposition to Mexican annoxation, in whole or in part, and he cannot be suspected of any dosign to betray the Governmont into that serlous mistako. He understands perfectly that tho population of Mexico fa not homogeueous with that of the United Btates, and that it would be highly unswiso to make this poople o part of our political system. But ho holds thnt tho maintenanco of the Monnor doc. trine, which prevents tho intorforence of European Powors to sustain constitutional Governments on this continent, makes it in- cumbent upon the United States to seo to it that this prohibition does not operate to tho disadvantage of the woaker Amerlcan Gov- ernmantaof a constltutionnl naturo that nre not able to sustaln themselvos against revo. lution. Of coursa this argument will not mako so much of an impression upon the people a4 tho moro solfish ono of national interest. Ttisa fact that most of tho Moexican revo. lutionary projects originato in tho northern Btates of the Ropuble, which abut on the United States bordor, and the majority of the inhabitants along the border aro of alaw- loss, ungovernablo class, and will constautly threaten Amorican life, and property, and business so long na they cannot bo controlled by the Mexican Government. It would cer- tainly bo the surcst protection ngainst Moxi- can ralds if a strong, permancnt, ond con. stitutional Government could be eatablished and maintained in that country, which should be able to punish the bandits and break down the system of outlawry. It might be less ocostly in the ond to assist in the eatablishmont of such a Government than to maintain permanently a large force of troops along the Rio Grande for tho pur. poso of doing police duty. It is also prob. able that, with such a Government in Mexico on the most friendly relations with the Unlted States Govornmant, the commercinl intercourso botween the two countries could bo materlally incrensed to the advantsge of both. As a mattor of fact, the people of the Unitod States do not sell to tho peoplo of Moxigo auything liko what they ought tosoll, with our natural advantages; and we have n large annual bolance to pay in London on account of the Mexican differences against ug, 'Thus, for a single jnstance, Groat Brit- ain sold $4,000,000 worth of dry-goods through the port of Vera Cruz duringa period when the United Btatos, with all its advantagos, sold only $115,000 worth of the same goods through the same port. 1t Is said that Col. ScaLxicura has been in Washiogton for the purpose of urging bis view of Mexican affairs upon the Adminis. tration. It is probable, however, that the Administration will go no fuxther than it has gone, but content itself with proleoting Amorican property on the border more efli- clently than hos beea dons during the past fow years. ‘This is s clear duty, and it has been abundantly demonstrated that it can only be performed, whila tho Mexican Gov- ernment remalus 80 imbecile, by pursuing tho raiders ntross the Rio Grands River, As to any interforance, however, to establish a permanont and efficient Government iu Mox- {co, such adiscnasion will probably. be loft to Congreas, whora Jol. BonLrionn is likely to introduce it. Sr—————— HELP FOR MT, CARMEL. . Wo print clsowhera a communication from Mayor Heatn, making a direct personal ap- peal to our citizons in bohal? of the sufferers by the recont torrible whirlwing at Mt, Car. mel. As to tho circimstances of this ealomi- ty, we do not need to make reforenco. Thoy nre already sufficiently familiar, Tho point of tho appenl lics in the statoment of Mnyor Tzt that ho has instituted special inquiry, and finds that great destitntion oxists among the pooror classes of Mt. Carmol, who wore the principal sufferers, Notwithstanding the liberality of the woanlihler people of the town and their friends in tho country, these sources of rellof have provad ontirely inade- quate, Inview of tho pressing needs of the sufferers, tho Mayor urges our charitablo people to contribute of their means, and announces that responsiblo commitlecs of citizons will b nppointed to solicit subscrip- tions, and that ho will receivo and forward such colloctions, Wo sinceroly hops thia oppeal will not bo unhoeded, and that our citizens will contributoe in a choorful and generons maaner, romombering that it is only a short time ngo wo oursalves wora do- pendent upon tha help of others, and how nobly and even lavisbly thoy came to our re- liof. In proportion to the size of tha two places, their loss i3 as great asonrs. It fs n totnl, Lopeless loss that foll upon that thriv- inglittla city without a moment's Warning, We owo it to the gratefal memory of our own roseno and to our roputation for chnrity and boneficenco that Chicago shall don handsome shnre in alloviating the distress of mon who have lost all their property, and of familles who hnve not only lost prop- erty but their supporters. It will bo a tax that will never be felt, and it will carry with it blessings without limit. The membors of the Bonrd of Trade, and of tho Lumber and Conl Exchianges, nnd our wholesalo mor- chants, to whom Mayor Heatn spoocially ap- peals, will nndoubtedly come forward in a libernl spirit, but tho charity onght not to be conflod to them, Every one should fecl it to be a plensurable duty to contribnte, and not rest contonted nntil it is nacortained that no ono in Mt. Carmel is sufforing. Wo owe this much nt loast to the world's charity and Lnmanity that sided us fn our oxtremity, It isndebtof honor that takes precodonco, of oll others. In 1871 tho little town, besides private contribntions, promptly forwarded to Ohicago two large Loxes of clothing,—nll tho more valuable bacause so timely in their donation. e — The London Z'elegraph is ona of the most rampant of the English war nowspapors. It talks fight all the time. Keewan wag nover moro furious for ** wah" and *‘goah" than tho T'elegraph. It sces in avery movement of Russin only successive steps In o huge conspiracy to gain possession of Constanti- nople and the Dardanelles, It says, in mournful way: ¢ Wo shall shortly publish the statement of n competont observer at tho Ttussian hoadquarlers, which will tell the public how overy Musgovite officer along the Danubo talks oponly of oecnpying Constan- tinoplo ; how comploto nro the preparations for decisive conquests, and what n fool's paradise thoso ars living in who follow the commeonts of Mzuorr with fecblo crows of admiration, like childron in o vanquished town prattling their pleas- ure at secingthe conquorors pass” ; and utters tho following ominous warning: *For tho wmoment tho bazaars doubt whether English- men seo all thia; but when events have on- lightonod overybody, and the friends of Russia horo are arguing that her right to pasa tho Bosphorus {s na sacred as hor blood- shod has been, then—if we have not stirred nnd do not stir—the boginning of tho ond ia come to the * nugust Mother of Empires,’” The * nugust Mother of Empires,” however, doos not yot sce her way clearly enough to go to fighting for a chimora or for tho ban- sheo that is lowling in tho Telegraph's gor- rot. IMor foellugs ot this time are npily described by » Scotch member of Parlin. ment: * To oarry ont the viewsof the nation at this ntoment,"” ho sald, * wo requiro thros armies—ono to fight the Tarks, ono to fight thp Russians, and ono to stay at. homo for the autumn manouvres." S — PEDERAL SALARIES, ‘Thio scramblo for oftices in the Wostern States 1s Instructive from more than one point of view, It shows in'the first place how hard the times are prossing upon men onco in aftucnt circuinatances, ‘The saluries attachied to these offices are' not larre, and thoe dutics connected with them are mot morc hionoravle than thoso enjolned by any reputable mercantlle pursuit, Loosc notiuns prevail among the peofile as to the hnmedlato pecuniary returns of offlce. holding, Figures may scrve to abato the rage for offices which has lately taken lold of so Jargu and respectablo n portion of the com- munity., Tho Collectors of Internal Revenue are pald varying salaries, according to tho responsibllities of their ofilccs, Tho highest salary pald in tho six Western States—Michlgan, Minnesota, Illinofs, Indiana, Iowa, and Kansas —I8 $4,500, and tha lowcst $2,125. The salarics pald fu tho Chfcago Sub-Treasury range from $5,000, paid to the Asslatant Treasurer, to $720, recelved by tho janitor. The cashier has $3,500, the teller 1,800, and tho bookkcoper $1,500, The customs scrvice Is somewhat moro lucra- tive, in conscquenco of the practics of adding feca to salarfes,—a practice which has survived its uscfulness, and must sooner or later be abollshed. The Collector of Customs at Chl- vago has a salary of $4,500 and fees cstinated at $1,000 more, The Deputy Collector has $3,800, the clerk $3,200, tha suditor $2,200, tho cashier §2,000, the inspectors of clgara $4 per day, other fnapectora $3.00 per day, and sorckoep- ers $3.50 to $1.50 per dsy. - The Burveyor of Customs at ‘Evansvillo, Ind.,, has $1,800 and fees, and the Appraiser at the saoio port $3,000, ‘The salarics in the Pension branch of the public servico aro not more alluring, The Commls- sioner of Penslons made an officlal report at the last scsslon of Congress of tho salaries and fees received ab each of the penston agencies for the flscal year, From reccipts of this nas sure the agent pald his clerk-hire, oflice-ex- punses, and postage on vouchers, Thoe agent at lndignapolls received $13,834, the one at Cll- cago $9,852, the oue at Springticld $3,90, tho one at LaBalle $0,607, tho ono at Quincy $0,940, the ouo at 8t. Louls $7,001, and tho one at Detroit 811,700 Among ali tho oftices mentioncd there aro not. half-a<tozen so well paid that o business man in fair circumstances could alford to accept them. But for overy oflice thera sre,on a low catimate, twenty opplicants. - The facts show that many men with sufliclent busiuess qualifications to scrvo the Uovernment, st least in thelr own oplalon, cannot obtaln in open market the price that they demand for thelr services. ‘Fho infer- enco [s frresistiblo that the Government L4 pay- ing inore than the market price for the clerks it ewploys, or, In other words, that it docs not re- celvo foryits money as high o grode of serv- it pays for. In comscquence of ‘a8 depression, no doubt, wany good men are out’ of places, and o Goverument otfice Is now more sought after than under ordinary circumatances; but the facts do not warrant auy general nollev ¢f commiseration or charlty on the part of tha Governmont. If the oflices are such prizes a8 they scem to be, they ought to he filled, not by the method of seram- ble which at present prevalls, but after somo systematic and judiclons process of selection. The hest places should be given only to those who hiave proved, by actual service, thelr ability to fill them, The theory of rewarde—which consists tn putting a man in ofMce—andof pun- ishments—which consists fn keeping another man out of office—should mnot exiat ono moment longer than is required to terminate It. No merchant who cmploys s clerk at the ordinary compensation is supposed to bo "rowarding” him, ond tho Qovernment ought not to depart from business principles in this respect. Tho salnries attached to the of- fices mentloned are not, It will be observed, too high for slulled service; they aro only too high for persons who, having no exact knowledgo of the duties required of them, cannot obtaln em- ployment clsewhero at the rates they ask of Government. Tho pay would not be too great for tha work of a clyil servant of many years' standing who had passed throuch various lower geades, and had arrived ot thehiead of his offico witha thorough knowledge of all its detalls. ‘The salaries would not bo large enough for such scrvice untesn there were added the additional compensationof a teauro of ofiice extending through guod behavior. e —— BREAD AND BERRIES. There are two city ordinances, both of which are legal, both of which are in force, and nefther of which is enforced, The onc s Lo sccuro fair dealing in tho sale of fruit and berrles, the other falr dealing in the salo of bread. The berry ordlnance provides thnt berries and certain classes of frult that are sold In baskets, likp peaches, shall bo sold by the quart, or propor- tlonate parta of a quart, and that the condition of theberrles or fruftsshall be good all through. The other ordinance provkles that bread shell be sold by welght, a leat welghing a pound or somo proportionate part of a pound. ‘It has herctofore been the practice to scil berries in boxes that do not representany particular meas- ure, and so constructed that the buyer rarely mets a box full, owing to the peculiar conatruc- tlon of its sides and bottom, and In addition to this ho often finds himact! detrauded In tho cons dition of the berries, the topoucs being sound and good, but coverlug decay and rottonncss beneath. Tho smune holds trus of peaches. Mauny o housckeoper can bear swift witness to the remarkable manner in which peach-baskets have shrunk up from year to ycar, and of un- pleasant surpriscs after sho has removed the gauzy illusion that has hidden from view un- ripa windfalls aud decaying realitics below su- porflcial soundness. Tho bakers havo had an enually zood opportunity to squeceze thelr pur- chasers in light weights. A five-cent loaf of bread stiould welzh apound; inreallty it welghs ten or twelve ounces. Prior to the passage of the bread ordinance there waa no relief for tho victim, Another baker might como along aud offer to underscll his rival by furnishing a loaf for four cents, but the purchaser gob nov more bread, beeause the cheaper baker would reduce the weignt proportionately., At last, two ordinances were passed which promised tu reliove the whole community. They were cxplicit in terms, without lezul flaw, and pro- vided sovere penaities for their Infractlon. I'co- ple hailed their passage with a full breath of re- lief, ond looked forward complacently to full mensures of berrles, full baskets of peaches, aud looves of bread that weighed a full pound, ~in fine, o guid pro quo and a refreshing equlva- lent for their money. They halled ft with special delight Leeauso broad §s not only the staff of life, but berries and frult In their scason also, and even out of thelr scason. Bread must be had every day, and the majority of people in this city buy thelr bread of tho balers. Nearly cyery ono wishes to have berries and frult in tho swmmer scason beeauso of their healthtul- ness, and to put them up In the form of jellles and preserves as delleacles for the winter, They may Lo classed as absolute nccessitics, Tho Joy of the housckeoper, however, has been clouded with disappointment. Thesc ordinances wvero passed In May andwent intoeffectonths 13t of June, but still aha buys herscant boxesaf un- wholesomo’berrles and hor Nght-welght bread, and, as sho looks forward to the scason for put- ting up peaches, pears, plums, clierries, toma- toes, and other Juxuries that come in boxes and buskets, she has no better hopo of full messure aud sound goods than sho had last summer. Tho ordinanées are not enforced, and thore s cvidently no futention of enforclug them, They are dead lotters, and, belog such, might as well be repealed, If thoy are not to ba enforced, they had better be removod from ihe municlpal laws, ——— A number of eitizens, including many ladles, have petitioned tho Mayor to appolat two ladics to the Board of Education, they giving varlous reasous why the Board should include ladles among itamembers, Among tho signers to this memorial s Mr. 11, N, Hinnann, the Reglster In Bankruptcy, who is Presldent of the Board of Education at Hyde Park, 10'tho chauge is de- sirable in Chicago, it would be equslly so In Hlyde Park, and as no argument is so forcible as experience, tho trial of fadics In the office of Behool Inspectors at ITyde Parle, i€ successful, would remove all objections . to the propused change In Chicago. If Mr, Hl1spanp, therefore, would resign, and thus permit o lady to take his place, uot only ns o member but alsoas Pres- Ident of tho Board, there could be an finmedi- ato practical and doubtless successful test of-| the capacity aud ftncss of the ladles for the du- ties of tha offive. ———— A young donlkoy In Albany has brought ruin upon hignsclf and disgraccd his family. Iils father Is no of tho most prominent oflicials In the Stato of Now York, and tho boy one of the wildest of the swella, Bomo time azo he was sent West to stralchton up, and on ene of hla sprees married o courtesan. Not long ago lie returncd to his home, and, having Incbriated his systein, marched off $o church and marrled an- other woman worse than the first. Of course funda were necessary, so he forged his father's namo to & $100 check aud started, with his “bride,” for Canada, Inafow months ho will bo of age and In posscssion of $20,000 left by his grandfather, and it ls eupposed ft was for this tho woman taarried him, o e — Mrs. Mania ParsoN, of Rutland, Vt., con- cluding that 85,000 would asslst Licr materially in carrying on the husincss of modiste, in which sho was engaged, entered upon a scandalous schemo to earn tho moucy, Helecting a promi- nent rallrond man and a falr young girl, sho wrota them anonymous letters accuslng them of grave immorality and demanding the thou- sanda as hush gash. The notes wero truced to hier, and her victims consenting to accept a plea of iusanity, the modistc waa scnt to the Brattle- boro Asylum to speculatc upon the probable result had ber demands been more in consonance with the name of her trade, Extromiats In the temperance causo find no savor (n the Rev. Dr. Howarp Crosnr's New York organization, which demands that the law resteicting tho salo of liquor by the glass, to hotels haviog threo or ntore beds, be enforced. The Doctor claims that it 1s not so much the drinklng as the assoclations that makes intoxi- cation so lorrible, and proposes closlng the rum-shops and confinlng the drinkiog to hotel bars. ‘The botel-keepers are with him to a mau, but the total-abatinence pcople appear to prefer tho present state of affalrs to tho success of Crosux's scheme. ——e——— The New York Zribune, {n an article upon the recent foreclosuro proceedings In the case of Dr. Herwontu's Church of the Disclples, and similar procedurcs {n other suits of this class, prints & most suggestive, it not actually start~ ling, tablo of the mortgages of churchics and religlous. socletles fn that city, The figures taken from the Register’s books show that the Presbyterian churches are tnortizaged for $700,- 000; the Reformed, $614,000; Protestant .Eolscopal, $453,000; - Roman Catholle, $229,- 000; Haptist, $312,000; Mcthodist, $79,000; and Luthersn, §44,838; total, $2,967,850. In other words, at the legol rates, tho fash- tonable cpurches of New York City sre paylug, besides commleaions, $105,759 in\ Intorest for the purposo of keeping up atyle. The Tribune alleges that * thero can bo found searcely an example whero & church has Incurred deht for the purpose of Increasing the salories or the number of Its laborers, or to enlarge ita con- tributions to general charity or missionary funds.” The dcbts hava bheen Incurred for en- larging cdifices and constructing new ones, for claborato ornamentation, costly furniture, ele. Rant organs, and othier plous paraphernalls, The disclosure relative to the New York Clty churches naturally enough suggests fnquiries oy to the financial conditlon of churches in other cities. low do we stand here {n Chicagol Arg we running into debt for show, or are aur church2s expending thelr moncy for purely re- liglous purposcs? —————— It is questionable If anybody but Jons CLEART, of Newport, would object, should the Rhode Island Legistature ndopt 8 mensuro pro- viding for that gentleman’s exccution, A few days ngo tho police found two of the brute's children dving of thrashings administered with 8 knotted rope, and his wifo unable to help them, beeause ho had thrown lier from tho top to the bottom of a stairease. There was no provocation for his barbarlty, and when he pleaded guitty to the charge 1aid nzainat him he grinned & diabolieal defiance of the consti. tuted nuthorities. 4 5 o aC— Alctter in the New York World complalns that the descrintions of Mrs. GnaNT's,attire ot PiznizroNT's reception do not agree. Karts FizLD sald It waa “ canary-colored, with over- dress and high bodice of “brown-colored silk,” while OLIvE L0GAX inslsted that It was “clarct. colored stamped velvet and cream satin.” \It i probable that KATe examined it before the banquet, and that Orive contemplated what hod survived the' reckless eallantry of romo supper knight of unstcady hand and glazed eye. —— When the averago Plttsburg woman zoes in for reercatlon, she takes a day off and devotes her mind toft. Bannana BANNER replicd to tho Inquiry, why she took arsenle, that it was ‘for fun,” and when sho was M1d sho must die, remarked that she did not intend to carry it so far. Her fricnds expressed themselves satisfied with her explanation, and the faucral was com- paratively cheerful. e B—— It was tho Shelk ul Telam, alfas ITAsSAN Ciixre RULLAIL Who lssucd tho fetva proclalming the war to he holy, and beatowing upon. the Sultan thetitle of *Gazl,” which meanas * Lender {n the Holy War,” ‘Chis fotva ia catcemed by tho sim- ple-minded but devout Turk ns stire to crown his Iabors with laurcls, but the Sholk shakes, as defeat may cost him the only head ho vwns. ———— 1t looke ns if Parson Newsax had not been divinely appointed for the regeneratlon of Pres- idents. Mr. ITArrs neglected his clearly-pre- scribed duty, and fafled toslt under the drop- pings of the chaplain's sanctuary, and now Gen., GranT, erstwhile the Rov. NewyAn's samplo coavert, Is manifesting o pazan Interest in the Established Church, It Is clafmed by & London correspondent that Minlster PiznnerosT fs trying to seduce En. glish capitalists Into an fnternational schemo for the construction of the Nicarazuan Canal, hint- Ing that Gen, GRANT will accopt the Presidency of tho proposed company. ¥ ———e Miss Antoarn, HAMILTON'S lnat nttack on al) tho papers that have mentloned the names of President Harns and Srasucy Martnsws would Indicato that her **‘Thousand Miles from a Lemon* was o misnomer, —————— PERSONAL. Thoro is no foundation for the rumors that havo boen elrculated asto the lliness of tho Princess of Wales, The New York T'ribune notices tho ar- rival In Now York of Mr. Alfred Cowles, of Tns Cnicaco Tribunn, ‘Tho Russian painter Vorestchagnine haa boen sont ofticlally to tho Rossian army o Asls Minor to palit tho.principal.cvents of. tha cam- DAIFN. ¢ Bon Butlor in to lecturo at tho New York Academy of Mausic on the 10th fust., and the Ion. Charles A, Dana will preside, Ewoct (o the awcots! Gen, Grant and Mr. Gladstono have be- como cordlal frionds during the formor's visit in England, and Grant may yet visit Harwarden Caatle, Philedelphin bonsta two musio masters— Mesers, Mark and 8imon Haseler—elther of whom Ia constdored superlor to Theodors Thomas as a leader. Charles Ronde's * Woman-Tiater” sooms to bo the novel of tho porfod. It has just appeared In book-form, after running through Blackuood's and Harper's in sorial form. Prof. W. G. Bumner's leotorea on “ Tho History of Protection iu the United Ftates* have ‘boen printed In a thin octavo volume by G. P, Put- nam'a Sons, of New York. Chief-Justico Drigham doclines to act ns referce fn tho great Rice-Coolldgo scandal caso at Hoston, and the prospect of settlemunt otherwise than In open court seema very small, It fureported that Bir Willinm Vernon Harcourt, after the closo of the sceaion of Farlla- ment, will procoed to tho United Btates to preparo the blography of hle father-in-law, the lato John Lothrop Motley, k David A. Wolls has been elected foreign assoclate-memher of the Royal Acndemy of Ilaly, ‘The other American members are Prof. Hlenry, of Washington, Prof. Done, of New laven, sod Georga ', Maraly, onrMinister to 1taly, "Thero are indications of opening hostili- ties belween Theodore Thomas and Dr. Damroech, the two musleal colobritics of Now York, the didi- culty arlsing from the acceptance by Thowmasof the leadership of tho Pallharmonic Soclety. Gen. Comly, who is roon going to the Sandwich Istands as Minister, Is sald to bo cram- ming Mark Twain's cosay on {he Inlabitanta of that Kingdom ns fastos hie can, We fear ihis road- ing may prove tvo strong for kimj bo s an lnvelid, they say, Tho Japancsa are alwaya rondy to drop thelr national languagoe and babits, and the homo officials arc bezinning to question the expodiency of sending thotr chlldren abroad to be educated. Thete [sa Japancse young ladyin the United States who was sent hero whon yot a little gizl, and whu can now speak searcoly fhrea consecutive words of her natlve tongus, It 13 a question how sho will manago when ahe gots home. An lnlel: ligent naval ofcer just back fromafive years’ servicent Japan said hocould nover forgive the Japaneso their readinoss (o slough their na jonal dress, menners, and themsolves into ready-wade Europeans. W F'wo young mon of Hariford, engaged in the insurance basiness, arc makiog an Impression by their poetical writings, One of them, W. Elisworih, hss already publishea saveral pieces in Scribner's Montaly, sud may be consldered a xa;x- lar contribator to that magazino. 1o fe ot yet 23 yenrs of age, but fe s falthful and laborious work: or, all of bis posms shuwing thorough study and cultare, C. 8. Langdon, the other person referred 10, is perbaps 8 man of greater poctic power and facllity n welting thau Az, Ellswortn, and at the same timo s & decper studont of men and ihings For the last alz montha ho Las beon at work 03 8 soclety poem of somo length. Edwin White, tho prtist who died on Thuredsy st Barstogs Sorings, was's nativo of South Hadley, Mass. Kls fothcr was 3 noted muslc-tescher, and died only & few years sgoat 8 sorenoold sge, Mr. White was born In 1817 le carly developcd a tute for drawing, and bt:\'l: painting at bome. He stadied tn New York sn sbroad, aod wade s ropotation in both historical aud genro painting, becoming s member of tho Nstional Acodemy many years ago. He wocot much of his ife Iu Europe, reslding at Florence, whore be was s valued member of the American srt circle, and an especial fricod of Mr. Hiram Powers. Iu the winter of 1676 Mr. Wblta ro turnod to Americs and opesed s siudlo fo Nev York, 1liis works sro owsed all over the counts) 1n pablic and privato colectfons. Mr. White wat accomplished in other directlons, speaking sovers: Jangusges, sod bolng an smateur in wuslc. e leaves 10 children. A micco wbo was for som years fu bls household was married to Henry W Jtaymond, & son of Mr. Raymond of the New Yo Tunds.