Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1877, Page 4

i meeo -r" 4 TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. JUNE e Eribnwe, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. RY MAIL—IF ADVAKCE—POSTAGE PREPAID. f1ine), one year, .. -312.00 8 yedr, per mont 180 Kairi it R edkly, onn yea vy Yartaof & year, per moni - WEEKLY EDITIO Specimen caplea sent fres. To prevent delay and mistake, bo rare and give Poste i Office address In fall, locluding State snd County. Remitzances may be made efther by draft, express, :' Post-Office order, orn regiatered letters, at our risk. * TERMS TO CITY SURSCRINERS. Daly, dellvered. Snnday excrpted, 25 cants per week, " Datly, delivered, Suniday {ncladed, %0 canta per week. Address THE TRIBUNK COMPANTY, Corner Madtson and Dearbo Chieago, 11k TAMUSEMENTS. MeVieker’s Theatres Wadon sfreet, betwern Dieathorn and Btste, {| Tany Pastors Compsay. Varlety perfarmance. Guy * Williams, the Kernells, Delebanty aud Slengler. Tlaveriy’a ‘Thentre, Randolph _street, between Clark **IUp Van Winkie.,” Ttobert McWade. and LaSalle. Adelph! Theatres Monroe street, corner of Dearborn. **The Thee niz.” Milton Nolles, Maurico Pikes Fagoy Lewls Burt, Jule Coventry, Jose HIRht. Exponition Bailding. . Laka Shore. foot of Adams street. Summer-Night Concert by the Thomas Orc! ORTENTALLODGE, No. 31 A. F. and A, M.~Tfall, 0. 12 LaSalle-st, _8decisl Communication this (Fri iny) crening, a1 3.0 o'clocik foF buslness and work. sy order of {hic Masier. « N. TUCKER, Bec'y, HOME LODGE, No. 5% A, ¥. and A, M,=Teaniar b commmlcaon thix (RN exening a8 ‘o'rlock 1t ¢ "+ C. Degree. 344 Tweatyscrond-st. Work on F. Vistting jo Master, . Z, HERRICK. See. WASHINGTON CIAPTER, No. 43. Tt. A. M.—Teg- BIar Convocatlon this y’rmnyl greding ot 70 for wark on the Mark Degree. Visiting brethren aiwa)s welcome. Ly ordef ntt " cordially lavited. By onder A, . Guiltord, L. CIAS. B, WRIGHT, fec, WAUNANSIA LODOK, No. 100, A. F. and A, M. Special Communication at Masonfo Tiall, No. 76 M roe-st., this (Friday) evenlng, Jung 22, ot & jor work on M, ur,pm. ‘\("Il’mm‘fil\nbn Anceof rethren (s destred, flnquiar, Communicatinn . m. Workon M. M. Degrec, _Visitors cordiaily K. 8T. JOUN, W. M. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1477, CHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY, The Chicags produce markets were active yes- tordsy, nnd somc of them were unsotticd by the continued bad weather. Mess vork clowed Gc per brl lower, at $13.05@13.10 for Jnly and $13.15@13.17% for August. Lard closed easler, at $8.024 for July and $0.00@90.02Y% for Angnst. Meats were firmer, ot 43c for loose shoulders and 7c for do short ribs. 1iigh- wines were nnchanged, at $1.07 per gailon, Lake froights wero more active and firmer, at 13(c for corn to Buffalo. Flour was anict and cany, Wheat closed 1@1%c¢ lower, at 81,44 caah and £1.42¢1. 424 for July. Cornclosod }@%Xc higher, at 45%¢ cash and 40c for July. Oats clorcd $ic Jower, at 16c cash and 35Xc for Jaly. Rye swas dull, at 60c. Barley was nominal, at 75¢ bid for new No, 2, ecller September, Hogs were excited, and advanced 15@3%5c¢, with aales at $1.85@5.35 for common to cholco, Cattle wers quict and firmer. Sheep were dull. One hundred dollars i!ll gold wou'ld buy $105,50 in greenbacks at the cloge. Greenbacka ot the New York Stock Ex- change yosterday closed at 043, A pcculinr:ity about the exocutions of yes- torday is, that every onc of tho oloven traps “ fell with n heavy thud.” The Mollio Maguires wish it nunderstood that thoy havono connection with the gen- tlemoa over in Wilkesbarro whoso exccution was precipitaled by an ill-advised attond- anco at o Domocratio Convention. A motion for & mow triol in the caso of Mourax and Hoomes, convictedof o con- spiracy torob the tomb of Lnicory, hasbeen overruled, and the warauders sontencod ono year enchint Joliet. A most righteous de- cition—as far as it goes. Judgoe Banas avidently doesn’t think much of thethront by the * First Batch,” that they won't testify against the * Second ™ without immnnity for themselves. 1o says if they don't furnish evidonco they will go to jail,— probably on the principlo that o whisky mrn does not tako kindly to the jug. Fxnctly what interest the Rormscminps have in an opposition hotel is not apparant, but it is anid in Washington that if the ne- tion of ILToN in an * cntering-wedge to tho progcription of Jown in Amerien,” the great bunkers will withdmaw from the Syndicate ard opposo Ameriean credit in Europe. Srrrastan is in an unanvisblo position, Hiw- Tox kicked him out the door, aud his friends are jamming him down the chimnoy, Tl activity displayed hy tho Board of Trada and the Mauonia bretliren on behalf of the BL. John snfferers commends itsalf to all the citizens of Chicago. A committoo ap- pointed by the Board raised over $6,000 in 6 fow hours, undtheMasons have telegraphed for definite information us to the extent of &ld needed with a view to s grand mass-moet- iog. Huch a calamity appesls strongly to thio gencrosity of onr people, and responses &hould be livoly and bonntiful, With a view to discovering tho caunse of Mr. I'ickaup's resiguntion as Superintendont of Pullic Schools, the Council has de. cliued 1o nct thereupon, and laid the mattor over Lo see if the obatacles in tho way of his runaining cannot be removed. SBome of the members have a suspicion that by slapping tho Board of Fducation pretty hard on tho counter o metallic sonnd may be evolved— something in tho naturo of a ring, for in. stance, Home insignificant jgnoramus, supposing ho would uever bo caught, or, if caught, that Lie was not of enough importance to be fished out of his seclusion, has beon writing lies to tho New York Z'ribune about the BouNemin Mission. With a profound indifference to facts, and with a single eye to the pay his article would bring, he slung out indiscrim- inatcly, and to such an extent as to moke it necessary to nail his folsehoods, which is effectually done in suother coluwmn, Our friends in 8t. John (N. I.) are in sore trouble. A fire tnoro ruinousto their city than the great firo was to Chicago, because a far groater proportion of it isin ashes, has left thousands of them within sight of actual starvation. When Chicago was burned, tho citizous of 8t. John contribuled ten thousand dollars to feed and shelter our scorched and scattered peoplo. If we fail to return that money, with intercst, and with tho addition also of a thank-offering to Gob for our own restored prosperity, wo are not the people they touk us to be when, in our sore distruss, they sent us their gonerous gift. The Chica- go Board of ‘I'rade, on reading the sad news in yesterdsy's TRIDUNE, ot once appointed a Cowmitteo to solicit subscriptions on the Board, consisting of Messra. Wirriax Ricu- Axpsod, Ronguz Wanzzy, Asa Dow, IL O. THE CHICAGO Naxxry, and I. P. Russzy. rospond to his call, ‘Those suffering thon- sands aro not only onr brethren, but our friends. Notwithstanding 3Mr. Cristica’ assarance at Copstantinople, that Servia will keep her thumb out of the pio, sho has called ont fifteen battalions of militia, and posted thom at Negotin, and sent all her civil and military officers who understand tho Russion linko to the northenstern frontier. It is mmored that Mr. Josepm, of Austrin, will bo rocon- | cilod to this, and refrain from sehedaling his troops for battle, provided the olher prov- inces are left to his control, whila the Czar refuses Prince Miuax any indicalion of what course ho will pursne towards Servia. 2Meagre reports from Idaho say the number slanghtered by tho Indians is larger than at first represented. Modost Josern informed afriend confidentially that he had warriors enongh to lick all the soldiers In his vicinity, and, hoving spit on his hands, has siarted in to do it. Meanwhile the Dopnttment nt ‘Washington has not decided definitely why, ‘| thero should be an outbreak nt this time, and, until that question is satisfactorily sot- tled, nothing will be dono to assist the threntoned points. Secrotary MoCrary “thinks" that one cause for the uprising is the linitod nnmber of troops on the Plains, ~—a cause not likely to bo romoved, as things appear at present. From the staloment of o ** prominent un- derwriter,” it looks ns though the ‘Fire De- partment of Bt John trusted in Gop and kopt their ongines dry. Mo says the appa- ratus, trucks, and applinoces were excellent, and the system of alarm perfect, bnt the eongine-houses wero left in the chargo of small boys, whilo the horses wero carting garbage or ending and making rondways, When an alann was sonnded, tho firomon would wait around half an hour or #o, to aeo if the firo amounted to any- thing, beforo making any effort. It seems rather hard that Divine Providence should interfers with such a simple uad buantiful faith in the efficacy of time ng u carw for all things, even a fire, The harning patriotism of those Alder- maonie pin-wheels, Turuy and Lawecn, slop. ped over into scintillations last night. The former had discovered that small boys were in despair, and small denlors in fire.crackers wonld suffer in the Ioss of great prospective profits, unless an ondinnnco wero passad pro- viding for thoir immedinte necessities, and whan his motion to guspend the rules, that his relief-and-aid sky-rocket: might ho touched off, was lost, Mr, Lawrrn suggested, for information, to hang tho Board of Un. derwriters. A scorclinglove for an adopted 1and {s always ndmirable, but a seat in a tub ‘| of fco-water is eflicacions for Lomporary ro- lief, Thora is somo littlo question as to whether tho Mollie Magnires or the Pannsylvanin au. thorities wero tho more frightened by the execntion of tho condomned men. ‘L'ho Pottavillo Sheriff doclined to hang thom him. self, refused any information concerning the building of tho scaffold or its architect, and, when ko learned that a reportor had made some discoveries, throntoned the mcribe with dira vongeauco ‘shonld ho disseminato his information, and all through abject foar of the gang Lo was trying to frighten, If these executions woro intonded for n whole. some effect on tha marauders of Ponnsyl. vanin, it must havo failed, through tho quaking and torror of tho comstituted nu- thoritien. Somo vory emphatio denials of tho senna- tional reports concerning tho projects for the annecxation of Mexican territory nre given in onr dispatches as coming from the lips of President Hares and Sccrotary Me- Cnany, The former is evidently desirous that tho fact should ho thoroughly known that there ls no auncxation nonsenso about him; that no such gchiemo lias obtained en- tranco to the Administration councils; and that when it does make its appenrance it will he promptly squelched. The Beeretnry of War entertains views equally pronounced.on tho subject, and it mny be sot down ns sot. tled that tho designs of the filibusters will find no comfort in oflicial circles at Washing. ton, It thestroogling of half a acore of mon in the coal regions of Pennaylvanin yoster- day will tench tho surviving Molliestorespect tha property and rights of othersin tho fu- turo, it was o most excellent job, The muire derod men wero bosses in the mines, intrust- od with tho operation of enterprises repras sonting great Snancial intereats, and they excited th¥ wrath of the employes by an effort to estrblish cortain rules cssential for the protection of law and order, For this they wero brntally murdered by n gang of wretches whoss lawless natures resented re- strant, Danded togother und roliant upon the fear in which iudividaal members might hold the orgnuization, they ostablizhed o schemo enabling them to control the work for which thoy wore employed, and, with the brutish instinct ‘of their roco, they thrust into the gravo any man who opposad thom. Tho condeimuntion of o few of their fellows aroused the tribe to the prosenco of danger, and superbuman exertions wers made to so- curo the safety of the condemned, Tailing in this, they are now filled with threats of vengeance, and they promise a bloody rotri- bution upon the officers of the law, who managed to do thoir duty after a fashion, though in a weak-kneed imilation of the manner in which it should have been dono. The job having been commenced, it should be prosecuted until order is restorod in the coal-miues, or tho last Mollie 3nagnire has Leen remorselessly clioked to death, ———y 'The advices from Cubn, summarizigg the Tosults of the winter's campaign against tho insurgents, are matorially the same as they have been for the past threo or four yeary. ‘The Spanish troops are apparcntly no vearer tho crushing out of the rebellion than they were this time last year, notwithstanding tho boast of the Ilome Governmont when'it sont out its fast installment of 30,000 soldicrs under Mantivez Caureos. These, wo aro told, were in large part rogulars, and would speedily accomplish what the worthless and villainous volunteers, of whom the Cuban army was formerly mado up, had failed to accomplish. Tho greater number of troops Las prevented to some gxtent tho destruction of plantatious, but that is all; tho insur- rection itself is a8 formidablo as ever, and the insurgents are implacable, Meauwhile, one of tho richest aud wost fertilo islands in «the world is golng to waste; the people are The Chairman of this Committeo, Mr. Ricmanmson, was formerly n resident of St. John, sud he it was who started the subscription there for the Chicago sufferers, and brought tho ten thonsand dollars to us in person. Our Mayor onght to move in this matter of duty and privilege at once; the wholo community will taxed and robbed by the Flome Government in thosa parts aunder its actual dominion, aud threatencd by the revolutionists. The local trensury in oxhausted and the Govern- ment currency almost worthless. Spanish pride and Spanish groed alone ara responsi- ble for the horrible condition of things that hoa prevailed in Cuba for years, and it is bigh time that Spain cither eonqnored or usyotiated a pence. The whole world has an interest in thin struggle on the score of humanity, and this conntry has a spacial in. terest in that neighboring territory, which might nod onght to be of mutanl commercial advantaga with the United States, thua devas. tated and plundered from year to yesr. It will not be much longer bLefors the inquiry 1rill he made by this and other Governments in carnest whether Spain has not demon- sirated her ineapacity to rule and guarantee n penceful Government in Cuba. 3 THE §T. JOHN FIRE. The sovero calamily which has overtaken tho thriving City of ‘St. John, which has always beon tho most flourishing and onter- prisiug senport of New Brunswick, in nearly all fts phases nnd results recalls our own ex- poriences of 1871, The location of thetwo places, of courve, is entirely different, onr own being lovel, while St. John is built npon n rocky peninsuln, and rises gradually from the harbor, so that some &f its streots are very steep. Like Chiengo, however, the buniness centro of St, John was of brick and atone, with an immense circumference of wood, composed of mills, shops, offices, and bnildings of all descriptions incidental to its Iumber traflic, which is its principal business, T'he origin of tha fire was a little mors dig- nified thau onrs, ns it started in a boiler-shop .| instead of n cow-stablo, but italocality in the wooden quarter with referouce to tho heart of the city as tho same, nud it scems Lo havo swept through this wooden quarter with tho same rapidity and to have hurled itself upon tho more solld section with the same velocity and flercencss that charncterized our fire nfter it crossed tha river. Relatively tho destruction was also as completo and m the snmo direction. ‘The peoplo of St. John, like the peoplo of Chicago, after the wave of firo swept over them, find themselves with- out churches, banks, nowspaper ofticos, pub- lio buildings, places of amusemont, telograph offices, insurance offices, Jaw offices, and wholesnlo honses, - All the incidents of this conflngration will sound familiar to the peo. pla of Chicago and reeall the wants of those October days. The farious wind driving tho flamen to the water's edge, the streets tilled with homeless people, tho burning ves- sels in the river, the destruction of ‘the gns aud water works, tho thioves plying their avocations, the thonsands of distracted per- sons in the streets without homes and sop. arated from their friends, the telegraph oper- ators driven from place to place, tho loads of housohold goods taking fire as thoy were car- ried through the streets,—all tho incidents, in fact, of this St. John fire find thelrsimilitude in our own, Cnunda during the past few weeks scems to have been specially unfortuuate in tho losses of towns by fire, but the Bt. John conflagration is the most serions of all, ns tho destruction was complete. In tho other loenlities somothing was left; in this, all the business and half the residonce was lost. It must prova o very disastrons blow not only. to the city itself, but nlso to tho business in- teresta of New Brunswick, as it is tho most important commorcial city in that part of tho Canndian Dominion, nnd is the centre of alargo trade with Portlaud and Boston on the ono hand by steamers, and with Halifax on tho other by rail. , Its chicf export is of Inmber, which finds its way to Great Brit- nin, tho West Indies, and tho Unitod States. Itisalso a ship-building contre, and as o manufacturing city posscsses. considerabla importance. Iy businoss rolntions with Doston are very intimate,—so0 much so, in fnct, that many Americans havo gono there nnd opened business, and are mow among tha heaviost losers. Apart from tho ordinary promptings of sympathy aud humanity, this fact will arouso now intereat and awaken oven keonor sympathy with the unfortunate merchants of that enterprising city and its homeless, suffering people. The one class will reouperato by its very onterprise; tho other will be compelled in n large degree, undonbtedly, to roly npon tho charity of the outside world for themeans of beginning the strugglo of lifo ovor again, Tho people of Chicago well know what that implios, and, should the nppeal como to them, thoy .uh. donbtedly will ba ready to answer it i the same spirit that others responded: to- their call in tho time of need, Tho City of Bt John, which now lies in nashcd, sont Chicago in her extremity 310,000 in gold, Chieago cauuot do loss, nud should do more, tho mo- mont it becomes officinlly known that 8t John noeds hielp, ‘Their ealawity is greater than ours, and orir. generosity should bo in proportion, A TRIUMPH OF LAW AND JUSTICE. Modern history affords no more striking llustration of the terrible power for evil of nsccret onthebound organization controlled by murderers and nasnssina than tho awful record of crime committed by the order of the Mollie Maguires in the anthracite-conl ro- glon of Ponnsylvania. Ribbonmen of Ireland, —mon who havu evaded tho payment of rent by the knifo aud the pistol, and Leld the Jifo of nu agent or o tax-collootor of less ne- count than that of a dog,—driven outof their own country, came to America, and, jolned by Welsh nnd English mincers, steeped in the detestablo principles of trados.unions, sot. tled {u the conl reglons, and loug before the War inade the namo of Bucl&lots o terror in the land. Thoy defled tho dnly.chosen au- thority of Stato aud county, nud only suc- cumbed to military force used with a re. lentless hand, Whether tho Ancient Or. der of lliberniana was the outgrowth of the samo plaut, or whether they engrafted their own prineiples into its constitution and selzed ita organization, will probably never be satiafnctorily settled. Huffice itto say that thero is no rocord of any division of the scored belongiug to this Order in tho four Counties of Carbon, Schuylkill, Northum. berland, and Columbla, comprising the groat anghracite deposit of tha country, whose ob- jeots wero other than revouge, outrage, and wmurder, The bistory of their awful power reads more like tho creation of o discased imngiua- tion than ncalm recital of facts, but it iy best shown by the appearance of Jack Keuoe, liquor-seller ard murderer, county delegate of the A, O, ., o man who boasted that ‘he had * more jowor in Bchuylkill County™ than Gop Almighty,—the ap- pearauce of this man in a Nation- ol Convention of the Order at- tended by delegates from aoll over tho couu- try, in the City of New York, with a mur. derer by hiy side, introducing him to tho Convention with tho words: *‘This man has dono something for which he must be got out of the country, or he will have to go up;" and the Counvention voting him $100 D) 1877—"TEN PAGEN. oy with which to leavs America. Tlo Onler oleoted Connty Commissioners, and bnilt 1t choso Jury Commissioners, who packed tha courts of Justico it might hava to face; and it elected jnils for othera to occapy. Chiefs of Police, County Commissioners chosen by its power eat in convention to de- termino the price of innocent bicod and to rewand those who had shed it. It waa of no party, It nlmost clected to the highest court of the connty & man to whom it had alrendy delegated the work of au nssassin, and for pay it helped to elect a Republican Gov- ernor, who lna since signed its death- warrant, With snch power na this, init auy wonder hat the pricc of blood wns low, that 35 was the standard price for mur- der, and that a call for asaassing never fafled to bring out volunteers? Nor was the {rinmph of justice less strik- ing nud complete than tbe carnival of erime. A young lawyer who had been District-At. torney of this rich county was called to the hend of the grentest mining company in the world,—n compnny whose possessions com. prised untold wealth in tho bowels of the onrth in this very county, and whona exist- ence was imperiled by the muriders nud out- ragen which made it impossiblo to protect the life of its agents. 'Through him Jastes McPanLax was hired and went into the dis- trict ono day in October two years mud a hnlf ngo, Ife went under tho namo of Jastes McKexya, Ilo wandered nll over the county, nnd as n counterfeitor and an oscaped murderer was soon™ hail fellow well met with the Mollies, Tho wished-for chanca to join the Ownler camo six months Iator, and from that time until the arrests began dMoPartan was in the secrots of tho murderers. 1o provented one and got evidenco nbout the others. One followed another thick, until Jony P. Joxes wasa killed within hearing of a hundred mon, nnd, by the shrowdness of a lad, the first Mol- lie was dotected and arrested. 'Lho proof was g0 overwholming that before the firt trinl was over KenntoaN tarned State's evi- dence, nnd the promptness with which arrests followed showed that tresson was in the eamp. McPanrtan made o vigorous cffort to reinstato himself, and dodged his would-bo sssassing for two days, until he found tho effort was in vain, and then Janes McKuyna disappeared forover, to allow James McPan- Lax to take thd stand threo months later, The wholesale cxcention of yesterday is fitting, for nino out of tho cloven wero hanged for what is really ono crime. When Monoax Powert was killed it was ngreed that Jonx I, Joxes should nalso ho nsansei- nated, but the attempt failed. Snbsoquently thore was another meeting, at which it was ngréed thnt Yost should be murdered in re. turn for the murder of Joxrs. For the lives of these threo, nino men rondered up theirs yesterdny. Snch an organization as this was of abnormal growth, It is a monstrosity such as is seen but onco in an age. We need not expect such another ina generation, if indeed ever again, THE FOUR PER CENT BONDS—HOW PAYABLE. : Unfortunately for tho conntry, Mr. Joun Snenvax, Secrotary of the Treasury, has n record. In tho Bonate in 1878 ha voted for tho bill demonetizing the silver dollar; hence Mr. Sceretary Saensax opposes the remone- tization of tho ailvor dollar, leat by so doing the wisdom nand foresight of the Senator shall bo questioned. The American poople, however, have a deeper iuterest in this quos- tion than the preservation of Mr. Smenyan's consistency, and the general demand of the country for tho restoration of the dollar of 17031873 i not to bo silenced nor rejactod because somebndy in 1873 votod to abolish tho coinago of that dollar, With nll respoct for tho Bocretary of tho Trensury and for his patriotism, learning, and experionce, wo aro compellod to say that tho skillfulneas of his recent lotter concern- ing the coin in which the 4 por cont bonds ara to bo pald does not componsato for jts wenkness, Taclnieally, tha letter may be within the strict torms of the law, but hair. splitting ona question of public policy is not fust, at this time, to cither tho public or tho purchnsors 2f bonds, The poiutof tho latter isto answer lhequestion, In what colnwill the 4 per cont bonds bo paid atmaturity? Thatis wlint Becrotary Bmeratax, in his letter, under- takes to toll, and how docs ha tell it? Ilo snys: (1) That ab this time thero Is no coin fesued or issunblo in whiok the principal of the 4 per cont bonds is redesmablo, or inter- ost payable, oxcopt in the gold coins author. ized on the 14th of July, 1870, (2) That tho QGovernmont exacts in oxchange for these bonds payment in similar gold colns. (8) That it is not to bo anticipated that any fu- ture legislation by Congress or notion of the Dopartment will tolerata the redomption of theso bouds iu coin of less valno than tho coins anthorized by Iaw at thn timo of the {ssnio of the bonds, being tho coin oxacted by the Government in exchango for iho same. (4) ‘This principle i iinpressed upon the toxt of the law of July 14, 1870, and, in the opin- ion of the Execntive Dopartment of the Goy- ernmont, rederaption of tho bonds in coin of equnl valuo to that received for the bonds fs required, It in strictly trno that wo bave no coinsn logal-tender uow which was a logal-tenderin 1870, cxeept gold. It ia equally true thiat the CGovernment exacts gold in exchange for the bonds, - ‘The terms aud conditions of pay- mentof both principal nnd interest of the 4 per cont bonds are set forth in the not of July, 1870, aud are writlen on the face of tho bonds, What is that contract? It is that tho bonds anthorized by that act, in. cludivg tho 6 per cents, tho 4§ per conts, nnd the 4 per conts, shall be pnid, prinoipal and intereat, *in coin of tho prosent standard value.” Tu obedionce to a requircment of the law, tho torms and conditious of the contract aro st forth in tho bonds as fol- lows ; Principal and Interest psyable In coln. ‘The Unlted Statcs of Amcrica are fndebted to — of —, wigus, In the sum of —— doltare, This bond ed In accordance with the pro- visions of an act of Congress cntitled ** An aci to suthorlze the refunding of the natlonal debt, ap- proved July 14, 1870, amended by an sct approve «d Jan, 20, 1871, & redeomable at the pleas- ure of the United Btates after tho 1ot day of Fep- tomber, A, I, 1841, incaln of the standard valuo of tho United Btates on suld July 14, 1870, with fnterest in such coln from the day of the dato .hercof at the rate of 4!4 per contum perannum, payable quarterly on the 1st day of December, March, June, sad Scptember n each year, The principal snd falerest are ozempt from the pay- ment of sll taxes or dutles of the United States, ns well as from taxation fn any form by or under State or municipul or local authority, Thot is the contract, The bouds were payabloin * coin of the standard value of the Unitad States” on July 14, 1870, That contract canuot bo changed by the Sccretary of tho Treasury, Tho act of April 2, 1703, provided for the coinago of silver dollars to contain 371} graing of puro wlver. In 1837, all the coinsge was reducod to a common standard of Bneneas,—that is, nine parts puro motal and one part alloy; this fixed the weight of the silver doliar at 412} grains, tho weight of pure silver therein semainivg the the dimo and balf-dime wore a legnl-tender for all suma aund for all dobta, So tho law remained nntil Feb, 12, 1873. On tho 14th of July, 1870, the date of the con- tracts in thesa 4 per cont bonds, tho silver dollar of 412} grains was o atandand coin of the United States,—alegal-tender in the pay- ment of the bonda issued under any con- tract made under the law of said July 14, 1873, In 1R73 Conpgress ravised the Coinagalaws, and liero in the way the silver dollar was de- monetized ¢ 8rc.15. That the silver colna of the United States whall be o teada dallar, & half doliar, or fifly-cent plece. n anarter dallar, or twenty-five-cent plece, a dime, or ten-cent plece; and the welght of the trada dollar ehall by fonr homdred and twenty graine tray; the weight of the haf dollar ahail be tiwelvo prame (grammen) and one-half of A gram (gkramme); the quarter dohar and the dime shatl be, respectively, ong-half and one-ffth of the welcht of sald half dellars and said roina pliall be a legal-tender at thelr nominal value for any amount not exceeding fivo dollars in any one pay- menl. $ge. 17, That no coine, elther of gold, silver, or minor coinage, shall hereafter he fnaued from the mint, other than those nf the deuominations, stand. anls, and weighte herein eet forth, It will bo scen that the silver dollar wns “gat down upon " and demonotized, not di- rectly, but by omitting it from the list of coins therenfter o bo coined, 'The nctof 1873, however, did not chango the net of 1870, and silver dollars of the standard welght nnd fineness provided by Inw on the 14th of July, 1870, whenever coined by the United States, will bo lawfnl coin in which to pay tho intorest and the principal or any and all of the bonds issucd under the nfore- said nct of 1870, Bo long as the law prohibits the coinnge of tho silver dollar, so long will the principnl and intorest of tho bonds Lo payable, of necessity, in gold; but the restoration of the gilver dollar asauthorized by Iaw in July, 1870, will, whenover coinod by the United States, meet nll tho obligations assumed in any of the bonds fssued under the act of that date. Wo do mot underatand Mr. Smeryax to deny this interpretation of the contract; ho assumes - that if tho silver dollar wero now coined it would not bo equivalent in value with the gold dollar, But that is an nssump- tion which cnnnot changes tho terms of the contract ; and, moreover, the assumption is unjust bocause it rests on a presont depre- “cintion of silver, which deprecintion is to o largo oxtont forced and continued by the prohibition of tho coinage of silver, Let the silver dollar, so ignorantly and unwisely de- mouetized in 1873, bo restored ; let the nso of silver ns coin ba permitted, and the demand for the metal ronewed, and lot the nation nasert its dissent from tho wild echemo of o goneral demonectization of silver, and the temporary depreciation of silver will censo, When the silver dollar ghall be coined and ita colnnge bo made free, there will be full timo o discuss the quostion whether, if it should not then equal the gold dollar in voluo, the Governmont onght to insiat on its use in paymeont of-its debts, Lot ns have the dollar first, and lot the question of its -uso be dotermined by time aud "the circum- stances of the fnturo. SBERVIA AND AUSTRIA. It,in not ifmpessible that n now elemont will ariss in the Eastorn complication that may lead to o genoral war, growing out of thie manifest dotermination of Bervin to fol. low in the steps of Ronmanin, and sever her connection with Tarkey, Notwithatanding tho strenuons efforts of the Czar and Princo Gonrscmxorr to keep Borvia quict nnd noutral, it now looks as if sho would declara her independenco, and prepars to maintain it by forco, as soon as tho Russians are over tho Danubo. It ia no secret, alno, that at tho re- cent meeting of the Czar aud Princo Miran at Plolcstl an arrangemont wns concluded nllowing the Russians passago across Servion territory, if thoy dosira to approach Turkish soil from that diroction. Any movement which tonds to draw Servia into tho conflict, which throntons to change hor relations to- wards Turkey, and constitate hor an inde- pendent Slavonic State, or which indicates the possibility even of an occupation by Russia, mnst of necessity involve Austrin fu the strugglo and corapel her to occupy Bosuis, Herzegovina, and Servia as far as the Valley of the Morava, thus realizing tho cherished drenm of her millions of discontented Sclaves of uniting these principalitios in one grand Slavonic Empire. Tho mobilization of the Sorviau froutier, which hay alroady beon de- cided upon, is an unmistakablo indlcation of Austrin's policy nud of the predominance of the Sclavio element in her councils, And what then? Will Austrian occupation localizo tho wae in Bulgarla, or will it in. crenso its arcs and deag in other Powers ? Will Rossin consent to this occupation, and, it sho objects, how for fs sho able to oppose {t? Tho answers to these quostiona un. doubtedly depend upon Germany, and what response the Sphinx in the spiked holmet will mako mo one can foreseo, Ruasin cortainly will not core .to oncoun. ter Austrin and Turkey combined, while if Germauy sidos with Rusaia for the snke of securing tho German provinces of Ans. trin, moat certainly England must sido with Austrin, or at least opposo Russin, for the soke of securing Egypt aud the 8uez Canal, which in turn must antagonizo the Meditor. rancan Btates, whoso interests might bo menaced by English monopoly of the canal, It is evidont that it only needs e match to fire the material which has beon heaped up for o general conflagration. The success of Tussia doos not depend altogother upon the issues of the battle-flold. Bhe not only has to cut her way through the Turkish . forces and fortressos, but she must follow n very tortnous diplomatio path without treading upon the interests of othor Powers, which aro as thickly strewn in it as torpe. does fn tho Ruasian harbors, “If sho can localize the war and confine it to Bul. garia on the one hand and Armenlia on the othor, there can be no doubt of the rosult, A very slight misstep, however, like tho Bervian complication to which we have al. luded, may precipitats Austria, Germany, Italy, aud even Frauce, into a struggle whose duration and final eatustrophe no one can forcseo, From this polat of view, the evonts immediately following the passage of the Danube will be watched with more than considerable interest. The Springfleld (Mass.) Jiepublican, wkich keeps & pretty sbarp ‘cye on diplomatic nows and things, throws off the following in a care- lcss, random sort of way; but still ft may bo all substantially true, especially s to BaNroRD: ‘Thero sceme to be no doabt that Groncx Wit 143 Cuntis has bad tho offer of and declined the Enalish mission. It le s place whi its neither bie taste, ambition, nor pursc, ~There is more falk of lasitrox Fisu for it, and it dues not scem like- Jy that ho wouldbo porslstent to vbatinacy I tie- clining, But back of all tho others llce Mr, Srouduirox, ihoNew York lawyor, who presents strong t!cllmul claime and s bucked by nany of the st latlucntisl 1men in the party.” We cun samo,—371} grains. [n 1833, the weight of the half and quarter dollar and of reduced, those coins censing to be a legal-tendor for sums over 95, but the silvor dollar remained Austrian troops in Transylvania aod on the well helleve the fresh report that Bavann Tarron will have either the Rusrlan or German misciona; e would be A most excellent man in_eifher place. There are many other gond furcien places atill open, It being well understood that thare ia to he An entire chanee In the diplomatic servico. Sinco the warin weather set fn, Mr, ligxuy 8, Raxrorin, formerly of Uonnecticat and now of Flarida, has ratsed hils dinner siege of the Administration at Washington for hita old place in Beiglam, and rone fa Enrope as a privata citizen—to the creat rellef in a ceriain aonse of the Cabinet and thelr fricnds. It 18 among the caerent storics that Srantey MarTirws broke in apon the Secretary of State one morning with_the obwervation, ** Look here, Evanta, you and HAvEs must give CANTORD dOm- ibing, or we must stop dining with him 1™ ——— ROUND THE WORLD, We have received the *Final Annoyncement of the Woovnrure Expedition," and its pages certalnly offer a most nttractive programme to the educational, scfentitie, and pleasure-loving wotlds. The expedition will be itself an educa. tion. It offers to young men a broad: culture, that no university tralning can give; for the world ftself, with {ta wonderfally varled flora amd fauna, Its architecture, its divers tribes and raves, it ancient and modemn civilizations, 1ts recurds of past ages and peoples, will be the Dook Trom which he will read; while the micro- scopa of sclence und the telescope of lislory will be ndjusted by skilltul hands to help him n understanding each page as it Is turned. To (e studend the eclentist, and tha sight-scer. it offers unexampled advontages, The first requisite for the success and enjoyment of such an expedition is a stanch, epnclous, well-of- tteered abip, This has been obtaned, and it wil be commanded by some of the best and most skillful otlleers of our. navy. Mr. Woob- RUPY hus been gspeckally fortunate in sceurfog the cooperation of eminent Professoras - from the lending cotleges, each n spectallst, and widely known tu lts ewn department. Tho studenta will be nader thelr {ustruction, and will be assisted, In every way, to the widest knowledge, by lectures and explanations, and will be cuabled to make Jarge and vatuable cole leettone ju all departinents, from the wide range of conntries to be visited, ‘The expeditton will spend two years in {ts ex- plorations, and will be in port three-quarters of the thne, thus offering every advantaze for - Inml excursions lu the inost Interestiug coun- trics. 9 ‘Ihe 'fannouncement? sliows that the expe- ditlon Js gotten up in tha Interest of suienco and education” atone, It i fn no way a money- making scheme. The charge to students will acarcely cover the expenses, anid the projector of tha enterprise Is generously willlng to bear. tho risk and loss that may result from i, Aswo linve suld, to the sclentific inan, to the architect, anid to the traveler, as well as to tho stident, this voyage offers rare opportunitics. Tho sizht-scer will Lo gratificl by the varied and everchangiug panorama. Tho urchitect may study tho specimens of the finest ancient and modern architecture the world over, while the man of scicnco can pursuc his investiga- tious and collect his specimens over tho widest feld. ‘The voyage hus heen ro arranged that the ex- pedition will arrive at the different purts at the most favorable acason of the year, snd the san- ftary arrangements ara all that can be desired; the body as well us tho mind will be cared for, and the nim Is strenzth and vizor for both, The mall arrangements are atso excellent. Bearcely more than a month will elupse at uny time without an opportunity to receive and send letters, thus making as swall as possible the natural anxiety about distant friends. 'z 1f a high schiool, n eollege, or tewn will send a student, cvery asaistance will be rendercd hitn in collecting and prescrving specimens, which will make a collection whose moncy value can scarcely be estimated, and thus thoy will obtaln the nucleus of n muscum that will becone a source of help to studente, and of delight and amusement to the community. Anotber ndmirable feature of the expedition is & claes of cadots, to be taken out wwder the caro of the commander, Jostn W. P'nivgr, (1. 8, N., ond to be placed on the same footing as the midshipmen In the United States servive, re- celving the samo discipline and instruction, awd fitted at tho end of the voyaze to flll tho posie tlona as oflicers In our merchant service. The expense to thesc young men will be anc-half tho charge made Lo students, or $2,500 for the two years. Wo caunot soe how this expedition could Lo arranzed under happler. ausplees. nuep, which he will without doubt fulfill, heartily commend the enterpriso to the lavor of the publie. Any informatlon regarding the voyagze may bo obtained of W. L. B, Jeaney, architect, Portland Hlock. ———— A noteworthy Incldent of the Bunker-Hill celebration In Boston on the 17th Inst. waa n passazs ®t arms betweon tho Rove Dr. Eutss and WenprtL Piisies. Both spoke in the aunlversary meeting in the Old Bouth Chureh, Tho former indtscrectly ventured to cast cold water upon tho projeet for tho redemption of the Old Bouth property, and defended tho action of tho chiurch nuthoritics fn the prem- tses, Wexorit Pinnues followed, and of course wns hat slow to sefzo tho opportunity for asplendid retort. 1l reminded thn audience that tho people concerned In redcoming tho Old South property had potred {uto the treasury of ho Assoclation one-half moro moncy than any buslness corporation would offer for the bricks and mortar and square fect of Jund omprised in the ground and bullding. ** When tho public takes possesslon of the church,' said Mr, PisLuirs, 4t will feel that 1t has pald richly, not ouly for the property, but the sentiment,” Tbe speaker then pletured the glory of the Old South in language which only a Puitrira—and o PinLtirs on the right side at that—eould employ. He declarea the lesson of the Old South to be, ¥ Whatever (Ton lias given you of truth the worlil is ready to listen to from your lips.,” This lesson Mr, Tirars would evi- dently enfurce upon the attention Dr, ELLis, and urze him to prize It as applesof gold In o setting of allver. ——— Tt scems they hiave Juries in Michigan who are as much opposed to punishing criminals as is ono of the Chlcago Judges: The other day, Judge HoxT, of the Kent Circult, admnistered a stinging rcbuke to o Jury which had slenally falled to perform fts duty, and which had I effect committea perjury I refusing to render a verdiet of eullt whero the proof was clear nud unlmpeached A woman named 3aun Witson had been tried and acquitted for steslinz some goods, much to the sarpriso of every one, Two wen, named Gronror KixNa and (eotiaii ALBXANDER, Wero arrcsted at the samo timo for recclving the stolon ummur. and pleaded guilty, oue of them swearing on the trialof the woman that he recelved the property, which was found in his possession, from hor, kuew It was stolen, Upon being arralgned fos sen. tence. Uyg Jadite remarked to them: **1donat think the law’ conlemplates punishing sny accossory after the fact after an acquitial of the principal, Hence | cannot pronouncs ventenco againat you. You were not quilty of the erims, as you :uv;aml. and, when you took the property from under the sidowalk, did no wrong. ~ You are dlscharged.’ ——— P ‘The following appeared In @ Washington dls- pateh to Tue TRIDUNE of Jast Wednesday: Very Jittle has been sald about Clvil-Service Ra- form {n the War Department, but, ono of tho practical pesulteof ScUaany's administration, itis now stated that Ggonas Schnxiper's reslgnation followed an authorized leiter from Secrotary Beuuuz requesting it We have scen shnilar reports sent to other newspapers; but Mr. Scuxgipes authorizes us to state that he recelved no such letter from Becretary Bcuurz or anybody else; that it Is untrue that he was requested to resign; that he voluntarily tendered kis resignation, and for the veasons given {u his letter to this paper of last Bunday. —————ge———— The Czar telozraphs to a fricod io Osbkosh: ]t {s fmpossible to say when or at what point the 830 newspaper correspondents now In Rou- maoia will cross the Danube, They may go this week, and, if they do, it willbe either higher up or lower down than was expected.” ———— The twenty-tbind anuual commencement of the University of Bichigan will take place Weduesday, the 27th fnst., at Ann Arbor. On the Saturday preceding, st 0 a. w., au exawming- tlon of cundidatea for adwlssion will be held. It offers o brilllant programine, but its offers are a con- tract mado with the students Ly Mr, Woon- We Sunday, nt 4 d'clock In the shenoan, the Dac- calanreata sermon will bo prea\ed (n Universl- ty Hall by Prestdent ANOELL. ‘(onday anbther examination of candidates tor\smx,mn will oceur. Tueaday will be Class-Liy. when the usuat exerciscs wilt bo performediy tho class, and the alumn! will be addressed by pr. En- Muxp ANDREwWS, of Chicago, “ha regular coremonies attendant upon Comnencement Day will be observed, as already ssted, on Wednesday, A statement that a mule pursucd a \cer nt Btanton, Neb,, feiled [t with a klck, and sawed it to death, sugzests the utility of the mue for sporting purposce, ‘Lhiat a sagaclous and vell- teained mute would have vast advantages o-cr wdog Is apparent, and tho fact that he nho usurps the functions of the gun is anotherargu. ment {n favor of his substitution for the canine, It Is plain that tho mule has not been fully ap- preciated. The Milwaukes Sentined has proven thiat he ean rin a paper, after a fashion, nnd this new development of a love for the chasc will recommund him to hunlsmen os a valuable aux- flfury In the ficlt. . e — Spenking of Idlot-producing Btates, the De- trolt Tribune sayn: 1f Obto ralses o larger crop of grest men to the acre than hoe slster Commonwesiths, ehe also pro- duces more tdints. - At n_convention of oflicers of hitolie aeylnma held nt Coluinbus this weck, statis- tics werc read slhowing that Ohlo had 4:10 idtots In her aayltma, whilst 1ie lantest numberin any other State was 240 In Pennsylvanin, ‘T'he Detrolt Tribure ts mistaken, “fhe truth Is not that Ohlo produces more idiots than other States, but that [t takea Letter care of them. In Michlgan, for instanee, idiuts, Instead of be- iug put {n asylums and statistics, are left to run ot Jurgo In Llie newspaper offives. e % (lon moves in 8 mystertous way Tlis wone ders to perform,” and n correspomdent for tho Taondon Times, belng en rapport with the Al- mighty, solemnly assures the world that fam- ines are scnt upon the carth to keep down the redundant population of Itindostan, Whether or not he correctly represents the object, it Is certaln that people ars dying by the gross in In- dia for the want of food, The price of grain fs advancing, and the sceuring of the Burmese ricecrop for English consiumption ,has left tho natives in a pltiable condition, ———— All persons in the West wlio take an Intercat in the nueations of finance, currency, bonds, and national debt, and who would lke to read and know the law and Listory of all these suv- Jectain the United States, can do no wiser act than purchase the ook publishud in thiacity by Mr, W. L. Fawcerr, entitied **Gold and Dehtj an Amoriean lland-Book of Flnance.” Thls book fn briel form includes all the infor- matlon which pertains to ail theso subjects. It Is for sale by nll the hookscllers. e —e— ‘The Boston Globe 1s to be congratulated upon posscssing tho most intclligent correanondent ever located ln Chicago, In o recent Jetier ha suys the Zimes 18 run by one W. . 8racy and the Journal by Lisut.-Gov, SHERMAN, alded by Col. IIg¥nY LaNa as business manager, Thero 1s some excuso for his lenorance a8 to who con- trols tho destinles of the Times, but not to kuoty Suumax, and to mix up Fasnan in such a way, 18 barbarous, e —— “When pnin and anguish wring the hrow, a mintstering angel thow” KEerLy, one of the doamedd Mollic Maguires, sent for Mrs. JAMES, whose husbund he bud murdered, and bezged her fargiveness, whereat shie fa turn begged the privilegge ot buneing m., - e e CO———— Nearly cold enough for freczing at noon on Midsummer's day, In the Jatitnde of 41 \legrees 53 minutes north. What are we coming to! : et Indinua replies to the hunzry Sycamors of the Wabash, who wants to revictual with the Unlted States Benatorship. * Nix 8yc.” 1t {3 possible that tho uprising among the In- diaus witl result In romo good after atl, & Texe a8 Jack " Is golng vut on the plalns, A ———— 1t Is Becretary S8nrnMAN who s tryine to pro- tect the President against charges of tespollsm. —e——— PERSONAL, & Gophan, the author of the famous Ohio bill, is now n saloon-keeper in Cinciunatl, The Springfleld Republican rays that Mr. Smalloy's entertalnments are perfoct as works of art, Mr. James O'Nell, of Chicago, was re. cently married In New York to Miss Ellen Quinlan, of Clevelaud, aged 20, Prosdent Thiora Is reportod to ‘have sald that hie wonld give every distinction he posnessca for theright to wear epaulets when war Is mging, Thio 8nn Francisco News Letter assorts thal the English newspaper hamorist {a an nss, and the Americana plg. Thete Ia'a certain geim humor in the romark of the 8an Francleco writer, Jamen Gordon - Bennott hns beon advisod by hia felends not to encourage tho deluston that the peaplo of New York aro atill ®lking shoos him. ** Ex-Mayor Mall bowed you ont lung ago,* weote ons of them to lihn, 3 Mr, Bayard Taylor will take his firat vnca- tlon in two years this summer, 1le has been work- ing hard on the New York Zridunc of late, and finds {t not so agreeable to write by the pieco asit 1s to wait for tlie Insplration to come, The Now York Jlerald plumed itself on its schlovement of recelving by cable the lofter of Victor Hugo to Alfred Teanyson. The London Teleqraph of the 7th contalnlinis the letter reached thin country bafore the ferald's calle alspatch did, 1t in naid that o groat chango has boen ob- werved in Tlobart Pashs, tho head of the Torkish navy, since the death of ks wite, to whom he was sincercly sttached. lls rocklcssnces at times segmia to be not suficiently tempered with discres tion, Tho World uses n masculino pronoun in speaking of George Eliol, which leads_tho New York Post {n presnme that the roviewcr entertaing alike view of iho English novel-writer tothat held by Napoleon of Madame de Stael, when he sald of fee that sho wae ** disguived as 2 woman," Miss Mary Carponter, whosa death was re. cently annoonced, was famons in England for her phiianthropic efforts on belalf of women and (ho children of the poar, She went on sevcral misslons to India and wrole many books oa reformatory schoola and the proper troatment of juvenile doc linquents. Bomo discropsncles occur in tho biograpby of Minnlo Cummings, printed In the New York Iliuatrated Times, 1t s stated thal ghe waa born 1n 185, the herolne of & romance at 15, and a bride ten years later, Bince sho bas been married & number of years, there fs something wrong in the figures. The year of her birth or tbat of her romance has been misstated,—perhaps they werd smumnltancous, The last number of Westminater Papers contains & portraitof a venerable but well presceved gantieman, wearing much thoe aspect of Naj. Pen- dennls, whom 1t dlarespectfally cails **Donble Dummy."” The sketch may be drawa entlroly from faacy, but it must causo pain to every dovoted student of the noblo game of whist, who has Jearned to regard evon double dammy with affec- tion, as & pastime woll worth pursuing iu the ab- scnce of opportunities for serious work with & pastuer. A theological student st Amherst, Mass., thrilled to hls boot-heels by tho victory of hls cole lege nine over the Buckeycs, of Columbas, seat s dispatch sbout it to the New York I¥orid, clonng with this mysterious and bighly-bumorvus sen- tence: * college, already elated by hervlc- tory over Yale, 1s likely now to come within fll‘l. fmptied prohlbltion of 1. Corinthlass, xllL, 4 We hope It s not so dosperats su: hopeless 8 case ssthat; but mothing is sate when onco theology gots mixed with base-ball. In England men die every year worlh $10,000,000, and nobody there seems to hink soythingof {t. Tho latess caso was tho death of Mr. John Pemberton Hoywood, & baoker of Liver: pool, whosa will bas just beon proved by blé nephew. The personslly s sworn under £1,000, 000, and the purchaso of tho probste stamp gives tho Governmeut £28,600. After the payment of family bequests, the property gous t0 (b Rophews who I8 the sola residusry legatce ho fabeuits prop= erty valued at §3,250,000.