Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1877, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGLS. 3 Y, ¢ Tribwwe, TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—TY¥ ADVANCE—FOSTAGE FREFAID, Daily Eoltion, one yea.. 124 Ekit Tarisof A year, per month. Atalled to an. Bnind: Editt F"lmx:x‘{-le Siert 350 i X R .00 80 One eapr, pe PRt Club of twents, “Bpecimen coples sent free. To prevent deisy and mistakes, he pare and give Poste Officn sddress in full, Including State snd County. Ttemitiances may be mado either by draft, express, Post-Ofce order, or In 1egiatered lesters, at our Fisk. TERMS TO CITY BURSCRIDERS. Datly, dellvered, funday excepted, 23 cents per week, Dally, delivered, Sunday fncluded, 70 cents per week. Addrens THE TRINDNE COMPANY, Corner Madtron and Dearborn: Chicago, TIL Gs. SOCIETY MEETIN APOLLO COMMAYDERY, N0, 1, RXIGATA TEM- Th.AR-npecial ranclave sy Asylani, 72 to 7% Monroo. s onTucviay aticernoon hext, e 1o, eommencing 8£°2:30 o'clov Pt Also, ‘eiated conclave tn the evening ot R o" Diuring the afternvon and evens “ng the Order of tie Temple wiil e conferred upon gt candidates, nid 1t Is hoped 1hat as many & Tinlghta of this Commandery a3 can miake it conveal- ent will e presenit tu asvist the ofiicers In thelr work. A coliation will b perved In the banguet hall at 7 o'clock for thore who assiat in tie work during tho afs Temoun sl Ealeita of sitier Commandetice, and #irAnger BIr Knighita always weicome, [y otder of th EreF J. 1 DUNLO] ricr. 1. C. CREOIER LUDGE, XO. 043.A. F. and A. 3 A Fpectal Cominunfentlon of thialodie wiil ba b Manonic Temple, corner Maleted snd_ltandolph; this Kunday moroiox, June 17, at 10 TPy tend thie fubier T Inte hrot 1ah L1ily, of o frateralty Coltimn Lanige, & Eordnully fnvit By order of tno WM. HECTeLATy. NATIONAL LODGE. No. 500, A, F. and A. Eiated Commnnieation will be held st their hall, Al ud wiolph-ats.. Tuesday ovening, June 19, s oiock, Wond'an e NC M. Draree.’ Visting Soria sy oriér WAL, (il iy 7 OTKT €. WaoD, sec. RLAIR LODGE, X0. 303, A, Communication Monday, Communication at# p, . and A, M.—Special LAL4 T, o Reguiac Work on the Third Dexree, . Visiting brottiren welcome. ' pect flattering. C. W, O'DONNELL, Becretary, GOURGAR CIIAPTER OF ROSE Teguiar Conclave on Thursday eventa tiio Beveuteentt and Kighteeith Degreea. J. E, CHUNCH, M.% W% ED. GOODALY, Grand Secretarr. CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, NO, 63, B A, M.— special Convacation Mondap evening Jutia 16, o0 8 oclock. ork on ttie i, A. Degree. '!}omcr J. AJCRAWFORD, 11. P, J. 0. DICRERSOY, Bec. BUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1877, CHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY, Tho Chicagu prodaco matketa were rather qalet Baturday, except In wheat, and generally tended downwsrds.” Mess pork closed 2%c per brl Tower, at £12.00@12.0624 for July and $12.724@12.75 for Angust. Lard elased 7%c per 100 e higher, at $8.75@8.774 for July and $8.85@8.871 for Auguet. Meats were firm, at 43¢ for loose shoul- ders, G%c for do short ribs, and O%c for do short clears. Highwinen were unchanged, at $1.07 per gallon, Lake freights were dull, at 2 for corn to Buffalo, Floor was quiet and casler. ‘Wheat closed 3@a%c lower, at $1.40% for cash or June and $1,44% for July, Corn closed & @Xo lower, 8t 444¢ cash and 4GXc for July, Qata closed onsy, at 38!4c cash and 37c for July. Ryo was dull, at U$5@0Gc. Barloy was offered at B5@00c for new, sgller Beptember, IHogs were 10¢ per 100 s higher, at $4.0024.90, Cat- tle wero dull and essicr, and eheep nominal at $3.00925.00. Ono hundred doltars in gold would buy $105.12% in greenbacks at the close. 3 In Now York on BSaturday greenbacks woro worth 954@95} centa on the dollar, The Indian Burcan at Washington might notice tho Kanuck fashion of fighting rod- gkins, Whon tho savages kick over the traces in Canads, they send a policemsan to arrest them. X Minnesota's tornndo appears to have done moro damugu than at first roported. Honses and barns ‘were cnrried away or unroofed, ond farmers in the track of the whirlwind suffered hoavily in tho loss of machinery. Tho sbolition of the offico of Coroner in Aassachuselts scems to havo created some little spprehension in the mind of Mr. Dirrzscit, who argues woll against an exton. gion of tho scheme to incindo his bailiwick Mr. Apay, of Nowburg, having been noti. fied from Washington that ho could not col. lect stamps a4 Dresident of the Common Council and gell stamps as Postmaster, re. -marked thot ho didn't caro Avax for the wunicipality, and resigned. Tho TPresbyterian General Assembly at Ilalifax aro trying the Liev. D, J. McDox- wELL for lack of faith in tho oternal punish- ment of the wicked. The Doctor replies, in substance, that Lo does not entertain a doubt that the natuvally depraved go to—Talifax, An intelligent correspondent at Constanti- nople has discovered that the crafty Rusalan is shooting dueats into the pocketa of the uild but trencherous Mussulian, and that to this pombardment aro to be attributed tho ivefliciency and want of cure and tho bad conduct of the Turkish forces. Kexyert Ravyon, the new Holicitor of the Trensury, is 70 years old, and for somo timo Lius boen a resideut of Blississippl., In 1839 dio was elected to Congress by the Whigs, oud just before thp explration of Gen, Gnaxt's term ho was nowminated ag ono of tho Commissioners to Revise the Btatutes, but the nomination was not confirmed, Grent preparntions are undoer ‘wny fora grand yacht race in front of the city noxt Saturday. Prizes aro plentiful, and the pros. Chicago now boasts nearly twenty good yachts, and the impetus to the sport given last year by the race betweon . tha Frolic anid Inaia alrendy manifest in the juterest shown in this senson's campaign, The Attorney-Gicueral boving decided that the 'I'reasury can replace Jost or destroyed frectional currency with silver, provided the .silver and the currency in actual circulation do not exceed 50,000,000, Socretary Snrz- 304N has issucd an order in accordance with the declsion, Up to May 81, 1877, the issue of fractional ourrency was a little over $21,« 000,000, and the amount dostroyed nearly §9,000,000, A ragged bandit nawed Meninpo having had the functions of the Mayoralty thrust . upon him by Esconeno's capture of El Pazo, Mexico, rises bravely under his load of temporary respectability and says he can, if bo likes, drive every Amcrican out of the -=n, It may be necessary to sond a couple “Weg over from Texas to pratect from outrage by this bold * vhe Mexican army, " avlest land. eLain 8y, | mentwas defrauded of not lessthan five mill. | among the pasticipants, extending from the bnliets. Hexnnex fled, bat was soon after- wards found, with a pistol ball in his head. The murderer and suicide was a wealthy man, but it is a pity he conld not have beon spared to tell an admiring aundienco that liquor brought him to the gallows. —— With a view to avoiding & painful scene, Collector Artnon skipped off to bid Coxxtixe good-by, while his private secrotary orgau- ized himself into an inquisition and knocked off the honds of four deputics. The reduc- tion was in accordance with the recommenda- tion of tho Custom Honse Commission, bnt tender-hearted Antnur shrank from the per. formance and buried himself in more con. geninl pursuits while the heads wero rolling about. A sort of holy war, arising from n discns. slon as to whether tho Indians shall bo saved in the Protostant or Catholic faith, is raging around Okn, Cavada. Not satisfied with tho complication in which the case had been in. volved by learned conisel employed by tho savages, tho members of a tribe have en- deavored to precipitate a sottlement by buroing & church and ecaring a pricst. A Inrge force of police, nrmed with breech- loading warrants, are in hot pursnit of n chance to get away, and tho matter has been turned over to the luwyer, who complacontly docides that it will take five yoars to offect an arrangemont. An articlo appoared in Washington yester- day, said to be semi-official and to refiect tho Prosident’s financial polioy. It represents that, whateyer course Mr, Haxes may pursuo regarding tha silvor 'question, the business intorests of the nation will be protocted; that, jn the present depressed condition of finances, it is decmed wisdom, by postpon. ing the speedy payment of the public debt, to redunoce taxation; that tho resources of the country should be developed by exton- sive public improvementa; that the publio socurities should be popularized by low rates, and that long-term bonds shonld be encouraged ; that tho silver dollar should bo -romonotized and tho greenback redcemable therewith, and that all bonds issued beforo or since 1883 should be payable in gold coin. After a careful review of tho situation, vessel-ownors on the Inke have conoluded that something must be done to relicve themeelves of tho present pressure, but the question is, What ? At a moeting yestordny two pooling plans wero submitted, not dif- fering widely, but standing on their merits for practicability,. One was tho system sdopted by the Buffalo Convention, to with- draw abont one-half the tonnage, each own- or to pay & percontage of receipts into the hands of a treasurer, and the pool to be dis- tribated among tho vessels in proportion to oarrying capacity. The other plan pro- posed that the propeller lines with. draw tonnage proportionste to tho amonnt of sail capacity in oxcess of tho demand; that nll vessels be registered, o tariff of rates bo -established, and s superintendent np.’ pointod to charter vesscls in their turn, Not o great doal of interest. wna manifested in oithor schemo, but the Buffalo plan was adopted with apathetic unavimity, e THE INEVITABLE OF PUBLIC ROBBERY, A prineiplo of retributive justice scems to follow the dishonest acquisition of wealth, and this is conspicuously illustrated in the cnses of the men who have plundered the public since the War, Thero were maay and large fortunes made during the War, and mapy of thesa bave long since been dissi- pated. We disclaim any purpose to question genorally tho honesty of tho meaus by which wenalth was so rapidly acquired during the War. Even in transaotions directly pertain- Ing to that period thero were numorous and profitable instancos of fair dealing. There ‘were fortunes made in legitimate trade, and in speculative ventures of all kinds. Some of these have survived the ups and downs of financo and trade, but many of them have long since departed as suddenly sa thoy came. It ia not in respoct of thosa cnses of the acquisition of wealth that we writo ; the casos to which we rofer at this time are thoso of men who have got rich in oftice and.out of it by plundering and robbing the public, The money thus acquired sesma to carry with it the most destructive properties. It fails to atick to the Loudy that lave grasped it; it seems to take wings aud fly away, orto decoy or evaporate; atall events, to dimiunieh or disappear rapidly, It seems to attract to the owner the especial attontion of thosoe intent on plundering him. 'Tho owner of dishonest wenlth seeks to purchase friond. ship, and to purchase friondship 1 but, fu the languago of the police, to give himsclf awsy. If ho stand in need of any service, the knowledgo of how he got his monoy jn. vites extortion. He is considered lawful prey to all who live by preying. Tlough he may circulate frevly in soclety, and by virtue of his money be welcomed and recoguized in polite circles, overy thict will ostimato him at his true morit as a thiof, aud treat him as ono of the fraternity. I'rom a consciousncss of this 1ast fact thore is no escape. 'I'io man kuows what ho is, and knows thnt through tho thin veil which is intorposed between his real character and society there are but few who do not see that all he hus is duo to dishon- esty. ‘Though no man ever roproaches him, he rveads or imagines he reads reprosch and contempt in avory faco ho meots. The money s forever burning holes in his pocket. Buddenly acquired, not by labor, or toil, or ability, but by merely sinking his manhood, and through false swearing and the forging of o fow figurcs, this wealth, to which he had been a stranger, and which far exceeds his anticipations, bocomes o burden, Naturally he pluuges into expendi- turo. One extravagance begets another, un- til, with new Labils, the outgo becomes n largo andrapid one. Then come the harpies who demaud a division,—his less fortunato accomplices jn crime, men who can, if 2o disposed, **squeal,” aud lay bare all his transactions, and subject him to vulgar ac. cusations, trials, and suits in courts,—to these he Las to pay out with a liberal hand, T'hoy are literally avengers, not of the Gov. ernment, but of betrayed and outraged jus- tice. Lot any man call over in his memory the nemes of those whohave within the last five ycars becomo conspicuous for their frauds upon the Government in whisky and in municipal steals. It was estimated that in Chicago and 8t, Louls, during the oxiat. once of the Whisky Ring, the Govern. ionsof its lawful rovenue. ‘I'his was divided revenue officcrs at Washington through all the mifications of the service, and to all those ged iu the business, Where are thoso socketed tbis fund, and what has be. ‘1 onormous sum of money? In wunicipal frauds, coveriug a aggregated uot less than dollars, Where ure tho his mouney, and what hag ey itself? For o timo the led in wealth, They Lived in the most extravagant and riotous man. ner. Tho ill-gotten gains reemed to be inexhaustible. Then eame the arrest, the breaking up both of the legitimate and the illegitimnto transactions, then diegrace, Tlumitiation, nnd in most cnses abject poverty. It has fared no better with the municipal thioves in New York, For a whilo they wero millionnires, and lived as millionaires do who Leliovo that the main use for money is to spend it for personnl gratification in dress, 1nxurious living, and in display. The world did not offer sufliciont objects to moet the ambition of thess mon on which to spend their money. 'I'WEED wos an object of pity 08 well as of dorision decked ont in a dinmond pin rivaling in size the Kohinoor, Then camo the inevitable break, the flight, the exile, tho pursnit, tha disgrace, the com- pulsory reatitution, and the reduction ngain {o poverty nnd, in somo cnses, want. M Providenco, or some other power, seems to hnve raised up nnother class of citizons to complote whatever may be lacking in the or. dinory operation of retributive juatice in the case of those who plunder the publis. We have roforred to tho Whisky Ring nud the New York mnunicipsl gang as ilustrations, but the same rosult attands all similar prac- tices wherever and whenever they tako place. 1Itis s inevitable in onr own munic. ipal affairs ag it has proved to be true in other places. Tho class of persons who are colled in to finish the work of retributive jnatico in cascs of this kind aro the members of the legal profession. When the brenk takes placo in tho successful progress of the public robber, counsel have to bo om- ployed. The assets of tho implicated porty aro hastily but thoroughly mar- shaled, and tho counsel sccura lo them- selves nmplo componsation, Then onsuoes a struggle over tho remainder, and day after dny tho contest progresses, until at last, whatover may have boen the dishonest gains of tho accused, thoy are absorbed by those who aro engaged in conducting tho legal pro- ceedings for or agninst him, Financlally, the substantial result ia that the public re- covers nothing, and tho prosccuted mon {8 stripped of overy dime of his dishonest gains, nnd is tarned ont backrupt in charac- tor nad means. It will bo difilenit to recall tho namo of any of these persons who have enriched themselves at tho public exponse who has béon able to retain any of it: what liis own extravagance, recklessness, and new. Lorn tnstes have spared has gonerally, where logal proceedings have been instituted, fallen into the hands of those members of the lognl profession whose waorvices bhave boen engoged. Tho legal profes. slon, therefore, may be considered as the inevitable receiver of the residnum of all moncy stolen from the public which may not binyo boen made away with before legal prosecutions arc instituted. When these lo- gnl proceedings stop, it may bo considored oll the money i8 gone; so long nasuitsare ponding and vigorously defended, it may bo considered that thero is somothing left of which the man has not yot beon stripped. Tho moral of this is, that the man in office or out of office who contomplates fraud upon the public, may take it nainevitable that, even if he succeed in cariching himaelt dis- lLionestly, his enjoyment of the money will be & painfal and remorsoful one; that for- over after ho will bo incapacitated for honest labor; that his means will flow from him by a hundred unforesson channcls; that, if he es- eape publis prosccution, his lifo of wealth will be a bricf ono; that, if he bo prosecuted, sll that he has will be taken from him and divided among tho ministers who hinva voice in the temples of justice. Is this arcsult for which a man slould sacrifice his man- hood, charnoter, reputation, and lifo, with disgrace and poverty as legacles to his family? THE COUNTY THIEVES, Tho long and faithful investigation of connty affairs by the specinl Grand Jury whoso term expired last night has resulted in the indictment of pretty much all the persons who have Leen idontified in the publio mind with the frauds that have boen notoriously committed on tho County Treas- ury. The first indictment found waa against Mixepary, for obstructing publie justice and for perjury in conuection with his examinn. tion concerning the granite contract of a fow woeks ngo, 'Thore waa a second batch some days ago, includlng Proiorar, Fonsyrn, Warker, Kistuenuy, and Careexres, which amounts in alargo part to arevival of the prosccutions which had to bo dismissed, owing to tho disappenrance of the witness Canrestern and thoe private sccount-book which kept irack of the supply swindles, MoNein has also been indicted for perjury, Yesterdny a sort of omnibus Lill is under- stood to have beon returned, including all the Commizsioners believed to be involvedin tho raseality of tho Court.-Houss stone con. tract. These indictments ara probably based upon the conspiracy statute, which is as follows ¢ 1f any two or more persons conspire and agree tozetuer with the fraudulent ar mallcious {ntent wrongfully and wickedly to Injure tne person, chars scter, businesa. or property of anolher, or to obe taln money or olher property by falie pretenses, or to do any illegal act Injurious to the publio trade, health, morals, police, or adminietration of public justico, or to praveny competition In the letting of any contraci by the State or the authorl- 11es of any county, city, town, or village, or to induce nty person not to enter Into auch compotle tion, or to commit any felony, thoy shall be deemed gullty of 8 conaplracy, and every auch of- fender, and every person convicted of conspiracy ot common law, shall be Imprisoned In tho Peni- tontliary not exceeding threo years or fined not exe ceeding $1,000. 7 ‘Flis statuto fs comprehensive enough to include nearly every variety of publio steal. jng to which the County dommissioners, or their co-conspirntors outsida of tho Board, moy have resorted, It reaches both the principals sud agents, tho Commissioners, contractors, and go-betweens. T'he difficul. ty will bo to securo evidence that will auffice in Court to establish a conspiracy which evory taxpayer in Cook County really knotws to Liave existod for yoars. ''here is one man who is edtirely familiny with all the opern. tions of {ho Ring,—Prmiotat,—as Lo has confessedly occupled about thosame position in the County. Ring that Jaxx Reus did with reference to the Whisky Ring in Chicago, At one time thero was an jodication that Prazo. 247 would oxpose the whole conspiracy, but it turned out that ho wanted to reves only so much a8 would fmplicate his former partoer, Fonsyra, in the supply swindles, aud at the same time protect thoss with whom he s still on good terms; so the Grand Jury pre. ferred to hold him as a criminal rather than give him immunity as a partjal witness, The case ogainst Pzmiozat, under the above statate, will probably be a protty strong one on Architect Eoan's evidence alone, so that he inay yut perceive his personal advantages in turning Btate's evidence. Besides, the examination of witnesscs with particular reference to the county steals has been more thorough and exbaustive than ever before, and thero is reason to hope that the testi. mony taken by tho late Grand Jury forms a basis and gives & clew 0 & chain of evideace 000, which small fog punk, a handful of squibs, and, if he Lins beon extraordinarily good, evon a rockot, now fiuds himsolf with his investment in which ehall either convict rome of the chief couspirators or send some people to the Penitentiary for perjury. It tho Court-Ilouse atone contrnct is tha maia incident which has led to these indiot- ments, it was selected not beeanse it was tho only ease in hand, but becauss it was later in date than some of the other steals,—be- cnnse it entailed subsequent criminal nr- rangemonts for plunder, and beoanse it afforded better resonrces for evidenco of gnilt. This was the contract for all. tho stone-work on the connty part of the Court- Honse, which was finally let in the name of McNrn & Sos, Aug. 24, 1876, for the sum of £540,000. It was at first the intention of the Ring to let this contract to Ep- win Wasxen for the sum of 3605, or nearly £130,000 moro then tho McNein bid, and steps were actually taken n that dircction. But there was so much public clamor against this apparent frand that Warges and McNein were per- sunded to enter into an arrangement, and the McNeiL bid was accepted with n mortgago on Warxen's quarry, ‘'Iho arrangement be- tween the Ring Commissioners and con- tractors s nnderstood to hinve been that thero should be n subsequdnt nilowance for extras that would in tho end bring tho contract prico up to tho figure of Warxen's original bid,—thus leaving a margin for $140,000 of stenlings. Tho nllownnce of extras certainly began somo timo ago, witha falr prospect that they wonld rench the original amount. Besides this, o pALx for supplring cortain of this stono-work with granite without providing for any rebate on the MoNern contracton account of the largo amount of materinl and work that wonld bo saved under the original contract by tho substitution of granite. contract has been lot to Hivs- This is all that is publicly known and sus- pected of the county indictments that havo been found, buttherois certainly nbetter pros- peet now than ever beforeofactually convict- ing somo of the men who have been plundor- [ ing the county for years. If it shall not bo possible to atiain thia degreeof succoss, thero will be evidonco enongh fortheoming to im- press mora strongly than over uponthe people that they are being robbed, and that they cnn only save themsolves in tho future by beginning next fall to clect mon of charactor and integrity to the County Bonrd. AN OUTRAGE OF THE FOURTH OF JULY. The Common Council at its adjonrned meeting on Thursday evening passed sn ordinancs which is calenlnted to fill tho jm. pressiblo sonl of tho avorage emall boy with a tender melancholy, if not with an inexpres- sible fecling of disguat. Twenty-four out of twonty-nine Aldermon, without any discns- sion, deliberntely ordained that from and aftor the passaga of the ordinance— No persan, firm, or corporation ahall acll or nffer for sale any squibs, rockets, crackers, serpents, or other fireworka containing powder or other com- bustilde or exploslve matoriala; provided. howover, that this ordinance shall not apply to the sale of any. such articlowhen eold fn the original packages as {mported; and any person, firm, or corporalion violating this ordinance shalt be anbject to a fing of not less than §25 nor more than $§100— and furthor declared, *‘It shall be the duty of the polico foroe to immediately arrest and properly proacoute any porson found violnt- g this ordinanco.” 'This ordinance will en- ter into every house whore there isa small boy with the direct and disastrous effect of & ‘bombshell. It will throw a wet blanket over the juvenile patriotlsm which every year commencos to kindle up about this time, will dissipate plans of early rising and ma- tatinal celebrations, based upon erackor and squib, aa effectunlly ns the sun clears off iho mist. The small bov who has mads o des- perate effort by scasons of abnormal good- ness, by diligent running of errands with a display of enthasiastio though perfunctory alacrity, by salos of old iron hnd rags, by regular attondance upon the Sunday.school It and refusal to ‘**hook Jack" from the day-schiool, and other proper acis ordinarily disagree with the boy, fto accumulate a hoard of ponniea sufiiciont to supply himselt with n bnnch of firo-crackers and the accompany- band, bat without ‘opportunitics for its ex- ponditure, and the galling suspicion in his mind that the fond parent may insist upon {ts deposit in tho bank ou tho mantel-piece, which onnnot be checked npon and pays no intereat; or, worse #till, that the good mother may suggest an avenuo for tho super- fluous eash caleulated to delight young un- Vreeched hoathen in forolgn parts whow the small boy would like to encounter in a fair fleld with no grown up intermeddlcrs in tho immedinte vicinity, so that for once he could have an opportunity of cxpressing his views on tho missionary question, The worst feature of this ordinance i the fact that it is tantamount to s discrimina- tion ngainat the averngo small Loy in favor of tho excoptional smull Loy, While the formor will not get his bunch of crackers, tho latter will get hix box. In other words, there being forty bunches in s box, the ex- ceptional small boy i4 not only forty times botter of than the averago small boy, but bis opportunitics in the way of mnassacre and incendiarism .ove forty times improved. Iore are eighty crackors in overy bunch, which gives him an unlimited sweep of op- erations with 3,200 crackers, much to tho envy of tho averago small boys of his noigh- borhood who kindly gatker in his back-yard or on his front stoop to assist him in bis arrangements for n holocaust. What a small boy ¢+ with 3,200 fire-oruckers can't do {8 hardly worth men. tioning. We doubt the wisdom of concentrating patriotism in this manner. Forty boys with one bunch are not so ex. uberant or effective as one boy with forty bunches. In order to thoroughly improve his opportunitics: be mnst spread himself over tho wideat possiblo’ ares, and make ex- istence a burden for o block around, He must exhaust every possibility offored by combustible matorial in the woodshed, straw in the barn, the kitclicn stove, family cat, passing horsed, and other material that bears direct relation to fire-crackers on tho natal dsy of freedom. It does not admit of & doubt that he will improve these opportuni- ties to the maximum, even though he may be gathered up in frogmenta at sun. down, for the smount of patriotism that the small boy will develop when his opportanities are increased forty- fold is simply beyond mathematical colculs- tlon. It is an open question, therefore, whether the Oity Fathers in the plenitude of their wisdom have not made life forty times more unendurable on the Fourth than it bas ever been before. The New York Board of Underwriters recently calculated that every fire-cracker im into this couatry has been responaibla for $100 worth of damage, If this be true, has the Common Council been eagacious in giving to the ex- ceptional small boy possibilities in the way of financial damsge amounting to $320,000, oot to meation his opportunitics for blowing without issue, thon, upon the death of his ing of his brothers and sistors and their out tho ayes and blowing off the fingers of the whole neighborkood ? The sudden gricf, howevor, which tho pas- aago of this ordinance will occasion in the heart of the avernge amall boy may yet be mitigated. Ho will find a ray of comfort in the reflection that the ordinance mny not be enforced nfter all. There s an ordinanco that berties sholl bo sold by measurs and that tbey shall be sound, but thoy are not sold by mensure, neithor aro they always sound, Thoro is an ordinance that bread shall be sold by tho pound, but it is not sold by the pound, novertheless, If the rotail dealor in berries and bread cnan dodge the ordinancos with impunity, there i no special difflcuity in the way of the rotail deslor in crackers. Thero i8 hopo for the average amall boy yet. Thore is, in fact, every prob- ability that he may eatablish satisfactory buainess rolations with the vender of Chineso diabolism, and that tho smail heathen in for- oign parts may wait in-¥ain for the cash ho ling accumnlated throngh his senson of com- pulsory propriety in order that e may give fitting expression Lo the patriotic sentiments that stir his youthful heart. THE HEWBERRY WILL CASE. The NEwbenny estate, and the final dispo- sition. of the property under the will, have an unnsunl interost for the public from the foct that one-half of the property must oventually bo set nsido for the establishment of n Frea Public Library, The presont pro- ceedings in court nre likowiso of publiccon. cern, bocause the decision will either ennble the Trustocs to start out immediately upon the Public.Library schome, or cause its in- definito postponemont. In order to givo an intelligent notion of the present condition of nfnirs, it i8 neccasary to rocall briefly tho terms of tho will, and the eventa that have tranapired since Mr. Newnenny's death, Mr. Newneniy left o widow and two un- married daughters, and proyided in his will that, in case these daughters shonld dis widow and the danghters, his cstate should bo divided inte two equal parts,—one.half to go to tho fonnding of a Publia Library nnd one-half to his romaining heirs, consist~ children, Both daughters have died, and tho widow has refused to accept the condi. tions of the will (which left her a housa and lot and nbout $8,000 a year), and falls back on her common-law dower, which gives her o lnrgor interest in the estate than she would onjoy by the provisions of the will Tho heirs to onc.half the eutata now make an npplication to the Conrt to have the eatate divided, on the gronnd that they are no longer contingent helrs (the contingoncy being removed by the death of Mr, Newnenny's daughters without issue), and that Mrs. Newpenny's renuncia. tion of the will has relieved them from tho condition of waiting till her denth, This ap- plication s resistod by the trnstees, mninly on the ground that the heirs at the timo of MMrs, Newperny's nctual death may not be the samo ns they aro now, and honce in- justico may bo done by o division of tho catato at present. The one-half of the oatato which goes to tho Heirs is not to be divided among individuals in cqual parts, ‘but among families. Thus there may bo now n family of half a dozen persons who are en- titlod to a share ; if the cstato wore divided now, and their portion distributed, porsons wonld recolve and cnjoy their proportion who might dio before the domise of Mrs. Newpenny, Indeod, at the death of tho Intter, thers might bo one heir in the family whore thore are now several; but in the meantimo his or her patrimony might be eaten up by the others, if distribnted now, or at any timo before Mrs. Nrwozanr's denth, This is the ground on which the application for a division is rosisted, The proceedings in court are understood to be ontirely friondly, and the points in- volved are legal and technical. A division of the estnte at tho present timo would ap- penr to be in the interest of all parties con- cerned, if it can be accomplished Inwfully, Mrs, Newpenny would - probably prefer her dowor now, 'The Nzwneany heirs are cor- tainly anxious to touch their part of the estate, aond there is now no doubt of ‘its going fo them wooner or later, The. advantage to the ity would be in the opporlunity thuy afforded for imme. dintely entering upon the construction of a Library bullding. 'The case has been orally argued for both sides, and written briefs ara nlso to bo submitted ; n decislon can searnely De expected for some weolka, By the terms of tho will, the trustees— Messru. W. I Boaprey and E, W, Bratouronn —have full control of the Public-Library project, restrained only by the condition that such Librory shall bo located in the North Division of the city. Tho estate is vaoriously ostimated at from £2,600,000 to £6,000,000, so it iu snfe to sssume that the Library will havo an endowment of ¥1,500,- 000 or $2,000,000, Of course an effort should bo 1nade tomergo this Library with the Publlo Library already founded by the city and sup- ported by ‘genoral city tazation, Tho only concession the city. will be bonund te mnke is to consent to tho location of tho Library building in tho Bouth Divisdon, Whatever objections thero may bo to this—the business portion of the North Division being the ob- vious contro of the city—will be more than offsot by,the Newseany donation, amounting to as much, probably, ss will bo raised by taxation for Library purposesdnring the next twelvo or fifteon yoors, With this donation and tho annual tax authorized by Iaw, Ohi- cago will become tho posscssor of the moat Bandsomo Publio Library building, and the richest froa collection of books, in tha coun- try. We havo no doubt the Newnenax trus. teeawill fully recoguize the public ndvantnges of merging tho two schemes when tho tine comes, and it wonld certainly bo a glorlous thing if tho Newszeuny fund could be utilized at onee, As was oxpected would be the case, the French Chamber of Deputies, upon reassem- bling yestorday, was notsfied that the Presi- dont had sent to tho Benate an order dissoly- ing the Ohamber. ‘The intereat of tho situn- tion now turna upon the question, Will the Senate consent? It the Benate refuses con- sent, will he resigu? If it comscnts, and a new election Is ordered, and that election s unfavorable to the QGovern- ment, as it will be undoubtedly, will the Marshal then resign? If he does mot resign, there scems to be but one alternative loft, and that is revolution, The Monileur, which is suppossd to represont his opinions, recontly declared be would uot resign oven it the QCovernment were defeated in the eleotions. The declaration, however, is gen- erally regarded simply as & menaoce, and put forth to defeat the nomination of M. Pairns as an slternative caudidate for the Preal- dency. As the entire Left, however, includ- ing oven the ILrreconcilables, has consented to Turess' candidacy, it has failed to accom- plish its object, and, i wo may belivvo Mac- Manoy's own declarations at his rocent in. terviow with thie Legitimists, ho will \rssign in ease tha elections go adversely to lhn\qoh ornment., The London Spectator says LRt M. Triens hos advised tho Liberals not t pass the Budget, and thus force a Apeedy dissolntion, which wonld compel the Marshal cither to dizsolve or rosign, ENOL TREPIDATION, Although it is apparent that England will not immediatoly interfero in the war betwoen Russin and Turkey, now that Russin has sont lier satisfactory assnrances that she will not ondanger English interosts, thero nro numerons facta that go to show sho ia not by nny means comfortablo so long as Russia is in the fleld. 'Tha Intest apprehonsion dis- played cohcerns hor position in the North Pacific. The Pall Mall Budget, which in a semi-official way reflects the sentiment of the Governmant, contnins a monraful sereed setting forth what might happen in a certaln emergency to Vancouver's Island, It com. mences with a statoment of tho value of the conl-flelds, which are sufficiont to supply all tho States on the ensternshoro of the Pacifie, and upon which the English fleeta In the Pacifio must depend for their supply. It says: ** Conl is neconsary for onr fleot; and at Nanaimo there is conl in abundance, Tn 1875 thero wors throo companics at work there, with plant including eighteon en- gines, six steam pumps, and communication by.railway with the coaling wharves, which are 00 foot long, with a depth of water suf- ficiont to allow tho largest Pacific Ocenn steamorto comoalongside, And nowhero else on the whole Pacific station can our ships obtain conl, save at plnces whither it lins heen brought from England, and wherao it is kept in small stores,” All this wealth, ac. cording to the Budget, lies ontirely uupro. tected,~—n prizo for any Power that wanta to tako it. Thero iz not a singlo fortification on theisland. ‘The entiro garrison of British Columbia conssts of 200 local militis, com- pored of two compnnies of infantry and e half battery of artillery. The few men-of- war on the Pacific coast araunable to defond it, aven if thoy could bo concentrated, and it would take montha lo communicate with thom from England. Tho point of all this Hes in the following extract from the Budget: Wehaveon the northwrest of the same oceana grent military Power, established there after cen- turfes of persiatent cfforts, and having & coast lino and an interior capahlo of developing great marl. time atrength, while the naval and military dovel- opment of the regions annoxed by her arooutof all proportion to the commorclal and ndustrial progress, On the eastern shore we have anim. mense Porwer flanking oor lines of communication with our naval base; whilo notorionsly hitherto our naval operations In the North Pacific have been complete fallures. . Under such circumstances it {s high time that, now that by thu lately-1ssued mo- nllization schoine the eafety of England has been pravided for, wa should cast our eyesabroad, and endeavor to render our bases of operations abroad equally secure sgalnst assaalt. English trepidation is not imited to Con- stantinople, the Dardanellcs, the Suez Canal, and Vancouver’s Island. It oxtends all over the English dominfons. Theroe is, in fact, no limit of indifference to Russian conqnest, and no limit to Evglish fancy as it contom- plates what Rusaia might conquer, Tho samé paper, in an argument addressed to tho Oppositionists, answers thelr declaration that Russia will not make Knrs and Erze. roum n now baso for a march to India, be- causo sho nirendy has a line open to India, with the declaration that it has always beon o matter of the highost importance that En- gland should have a road to India by tha Euphrates Valloy; that in 1872 a Beloot Com- mittes on the scheme of n railway through the Euphrates Valley came to tho conolusion ¢ that the political and commerolal advan- tagos of establishing a second route would 'at any time be considernbls, aud might, undor possible circumsatances, bo exeodingly grent”; that it Russia is ostablished in Asia Minor, all Syria will be opon to her, which means an easy march into Egypt, as well as opening a route for her to India. It closes its Inmont with the lollowinxi clincher : Wo appeal to the map. Let'our readera look Into thelr Johnston or thelr Dlack; and while they scan the country botween Erzeroum and Egypt, let thom bear in mind what the Russians Aave done in the way of marching armies; lot them reflect how casy it wonld be (the Ottoman Powor de- stroyed) topass from one position toanother in that undefended country; and them let them ask themsolves whether Ruests, established in Armenia, would not be a constant and enor- mous petll to olir *‘dircct road to Indla," From such instances as these it . pluin to see that the apprehensions of Egland with roforonce to Russla's dealgns extend from Vancouver's Island to Indis, It isa rathor humiliating confession that no portion of the English possessions is snfo so long as the Ruusian Bonr is on the rampage. Althongh Britannia rolos the waves and her momning drum-benata salnto the rising sun all round the world, thers is no coruer of tho bailiwick safe 80 long 880 Russian is inarms, Tao gland will never bs completely secure until peace ia declared, all the nssurances thmt Russla can givo notwithatanding. Tho recent dullness in the export demand in this country for hog products is perhaps partinllydue to the large incroaso in the sup- plics of cattle and bee! which now find their way across the Atlantlo. John Bull has horetofore takon our hog meat freely, be- causo it was supposed to bo the best wa had to offur, but his beef-loving appetito takes in a much more kindly way to flesh of the horued animals that now goes out in the rofrigerator compartments, with which near. ly every .steamer is provided. And tho English seem to bo now ouly just wakening ap to the maguitude of the beef question, An English letter tells of men who are mak- ing arrangements to send out their own cat- tlo.buyers to ‘Texas, and mave the stulf on a very much larger ecale than now. An Euglish comtmerclal circular of Jane 2, in ro- Intion to importa of beet and mutton, says: According to officlal reports, upward of & thou- sand tons of American beef nand mutton, in per- fectly sound conditlon, are now landod every week in Livarpool and Qlasgo The linports of frosh Beef Into tho United Kingdom durlng the month of March last was 02,162 cwis., or very nearly six times the quantity imported fn March, 1870, For threo months ending with March the quantity was 084 o tho sawe quarter 1t yesterday’s Taioows should * meet the cyes™ of the accomplished reportorial atafl now tucated along the Danube, thore will bo a sorry day ot reckoning for the blasphemous varlet who represents this paper o London. Witha frankneas born of Chlcago tralnlng he says: “Tha correspondents themselves are 48 much a the dark, appareatly, as the papers a thoo- saud miles dissut from the front regarding the sctual date sct for the advance of the Czar's forces,”—= fact that it took a Chicsgo correspondent to find out. ‘The blll which the time-serving demagogues’ in Congress pressed, making eight hours a dsy's work, and paying therefor tho samo s for ten hours’ labor, has received anm.intcrpretation which will enable the Government to protect the Trcasury and prevent depredation on the taxpaycrs. Wby a man should recelve ten bours’ pay for ¢lght houre’ work becauso heis {in the cmployment of the Natloual Government, has never been satisfactorily suswered. Why he should bo pald for two bouys' Jabor cach day that he does not perform; why his wages should commence an hour bofaro fo begine work In the morning and continue an hour alter ho has quit labor and gone home In the evening, when no such absurd rule prevalis amone pri- vate employers, are quostions that admit of no “gatisfactory answer, and no pettifoeging of volq-hunting Congressmen can convincs those who Riye Lo furnish the money that It is right or just dithet to the pcople or the great mass of iaborers #&7d mochanics not In ths employ- ment of the (Fovernment, The New York Nation thus spenks of the decislon: Tho Supreme Court at Washington has rendersd a decision {n an eight=honr law casa which scema 1o take thie last vostige of life ant of the nct. The statate providea that ** ctght hoors shall constitute ldl{'l work " for **all lalorers, workmen, and mechanics ** :mplo{!d by tbe United Stales. The rourt decides that this 18 merely **a dlrection by Songress to tho oflicers and ugents of the United States, establishing the princivle to be ohserved In Ahe labor of thoss ongaged in 1ts mervice ™: that it prescribes tho length of time which, in the abrenco of & spectal agreement, is to conatituto & day'e work: that it does not fix the price to be pald for the labors that It docs not prevent the emoloyer anl 1aboree from agreeing With each other as to tho length of 1lmo that ~shall constituta & day's ‘work. The Court even gocoe {o the Jenath of declaring the act as In the natnre of ** & direction from a principal to his agent,™ **in which a third pacty has no {ntereat,” The opinlon ia rumhlnr reading, for it 1a based ona recogni- tlon of the fact that the valne of labor 18 governed by demand and supply, and cannot be regaiated by act of Congresa. ———————— An unsophisticated young man, who thinks of golng forth to & summer resort as a aheep among wolves, writes to Tz Tainus® to ask what it would probably cost #im for a coupls of weeks at Barafoga, Tne Trinuxe replies as follows: Rallrond fare, $16; retarn, $10; car, 810, Tipa 10 pot munltion, 50 Cigars, 'TRIBUXE D) nzdlu" 3] BUXE by mail to any a8, 50 conta. Tivelve anya® board at hotel, $3, Extras (say), $25; fves to waiters, ACZIORALO «ove vo srressssssssrinssss 103,75 ‘Thla Is & very moderate estimate, for therols no constitutional amendment against givinga waiter more than $4.50 a day; iIndeed, if our correspondent llkes to havo his dinner the sam+ day, and s prejudiced agalnst feed soup and halr on toaat, he mighs do well to focrease his gratuitics, “Though some of the Eastern fashion Journals report that fees will be cut lower in the neuk than usual, wo observe that at the snnnal meeting of the Waitera* Molly Maguire Associa- tion a atrong anti-allver resolution was adopted, nndll grecnbacks declared to be tho only legal tondor, sleeping- T, $42.00 —— Wo have recelved from tho publishers, Hexny 8, Ko & Co., London, the new monthly re- view, the Nineleenth Century for June. Its 1ist of contenta {s speclally attractive, including a sonnet “To Vicron Hoco," by TExsrtsoN; Life and Times of Tnoumas Bockzr,” by James Axtooxr Frouon; “Sonth Kehsing- ton," by EpaAr A. Bowiing; “The Punish- ment of Infanticlde, by C. A. Freez; * The ‘Trus Btory of the Vatlean Council * (fourth pa- per), by Cardinal Manxixa; “Foraud Agalnst thePlay: A Dialogue,’ by Lady PorLock; “The Boul and Future Life,”” by Fazpenic Hanrr. 80N} **Teaching to Read," by JAsEs BPEDDING; “Rallway Accldents,, by Joux Fowrer; Our Route to Indla,” by EpwaRrd Dicer; * Dises- tablishment and Discndoswment,” by tho Rev. A. 1L Macroxocnir; and “Turkey " (firat pas per), by Viscount STRATPORD DE REDCLIFPR. As wiil be observed, noarly all those papers are written by experts, which adds immeanscly to their value. . ——— A beautiful and wealthy New York girl was courted by two lovers, oo of whom was a lead- Ing Wall-street operator worth scveral cool millions, whilo tho other was a young lawser with no fortune savo youth, talent, hope, sand & humble poaition as counsel for the people in the Riog suits, The prospective fatber-In-law re- gardod this assot of schedulos with {lly-dis- Ruised contempt till o came Lo tho last item; then, falling on the young advoiate's neck, ho embraced bim tenderly, crylog alond, '* Take her—ADELGITTA I8 Fours; I you had mnofhing but your conncction with Mr. PEORHAM'S prosocution for your fortune, you should have her, even i€ aha waa twine.” e ——— Among tho Western patents granted last week was one to the oditor of the Milwaukeo Semtina tor n combined waterproo? and umbrella ear. ‘Tho ear 8 covercd with a thin solution of gutta-porcha and tungatate of soda, and so made impervions to damp and wet. A small bamboo frame casily adjustable and portable in ths pocket s provided. When a raln-storm comes up the Milwaukeean wraps one of his ears round him, fite the frame-work lnto the otlior expandable like an umbrella, holste it over his head, and goes on his way blessidg the name of Bor. ————— Atter an unblased survey of tho recent receps tion to Gov. HESDuICKA tendered by thy Mane hattan Club at Now York, wa arc of apinion that It means two things: Flest, that the Man. hattan Club wanted to advortise ltaclf and ob talu o Job of new members; sccond, that the Democratic Natlonul ticket of 1580 will be— For Prasident—Tuoxas A, TixNpuicks, of Tne ana, ‘_}’;r Vice- Prestdent—Luctus Rosixaox, of New ork. . The New York Sun, which has done the Ite- publicans the honor of nominating thelr ticket for the same coutest, witl please copy. e — e Attorney-General Fa incmiLy's treatment of TwrED has aroused that gentleman's counsel, Joux D. TowNsEND, to arms. He sa; From the action of Attornoy-General I and from the dercription which RUTe HAN gava of bim L the Loitn Canal cu-e, my own knowledgo of him In the Twesb matter, I can linagina no wore appropriate time e placa for rach a man to, render s deciston In na_lmportant caso than at the Manhaitan Club to & companion at mianight, With Mr, Tware's seeent | hope 1 aliall be abls to presont the facts in the case Lo tho publicin o fow days, 1 shill advies Sir. ‘Twszn to ormit mo to show in_the public sl tho material lcl‘l whicl wero furuislied 1o the Attorucy-Gous eral. B i Is{t or is It not true that thaone-legged Dem- ocratic Sher|(t of Kemper County, Miss., tele- raphed tothe Manhattan Club receptiontocount thepeopleof Kemperinamong thaindignant four and & balf milMoss, and added a pledge that they would wage a war ogalnat carpet-baggers and corruption til thelast schoolboy and seven- toen-year-old girl had fallen before the shotguns of the avengers! —— The impartiality of correspondents I8 exciting universal admiration, Both sldes have captured Kars; both nations are anxlous for peace; cach nation is bent upon war; and the Suitan and the Czar are happy aud downcast, There secins to bo novalld excuso forclther shooting nuwspaper men or thruating them out of the lines, ——————— 8o far tho Now York and Brooklyn bridge has not been tainted with susplclon of fraud, but now a cloud arises. There (s a proposition to subatitute larger wires than thoso contracted for; and as the larger cost leas than the smaller, 1f furnished at the original price, thero willbe a Buge proflt for some prospective rivg. e ——— Few things so shake tho faith of & night-ed. itor o Provideuce and humanity us the dls- covery in the moroing that tho war-head he dic- tated over night o his assistant, *The Abcba- s1ans Rising ia tho Rear,” bas come out boldly, #The Abchastans Rising on Their Ear." e e — A country exchange asks why Anpur Hauto was 50 styled. The suswer is Just as casy— ADDUL, becauso ho came to the throns at the Abdulcation of Mouzap V.; Hamip,fbecausa bo wss the most prominent man Hamio the Oito- mans. —— There is nothiog in athletic sports 8o gratify- ing os the spectacle of s telegraph-editor en- gized in a Gnoco-Roman contest with such words as Kagishman, Sogbanlu, Bouricamicho, and Nepokouschitzky, ————— ‘Tux TRIDYNE correspondent at Bralla relates » beautiful and touching Incident of Russian retribution. A mother beating lier child with & stick has her sttention suddenly distracted trom the fniquitics of her offspring by 8 cavalry officer, who cuts off her head and carcleasly