Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 4, 1877, Page 4

q _@_I}c—@—if—ihnm. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DY MAI—IX ADVANCR—TOSTAGE PREPATD, Dally Edftion, one ye Partrof Mailed to an, sunday Edltion: Loulile Eler Enturday Faitior Tri-Wrekly, one year... Fartyof u year, per mon WREKLY RDITION, POSTPAID. One copy, per year. Clobof ton Club of twent Epecimen g1 To prevent d=lay and mistakes, be sure and give Post Office addrvm 1o fril, tacloding Brate and County. Kemittances may be made sither by draft, express, Port-Uffice order, of In repistered letters, &t our riak. TENMS TO CITY AUDSCRIDERS, Dally, dellvered, Bunday excepted, 23 cents per waek, Datly, delivered, Sunday Incladed, 30 cents per weok. Adiren THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madiron and Dearbpm-sts,, Chicago, il TAMUSEMENTS. Adelphl Theatre. Mourue sitret, comer of Desrborn, Cablo." Atternoon and evenlag. **Ugcls Tom's New Chicago Theatre. Clark atrcet, between Lake snd Randoiph. Miss Jennle Hight as ** Fanchon.” Afternoon and eyentog. s Cattaw's Opern Hnase. Monroe pircct, batween State and Dearborn, ** An- dersonvllio " by the Klsworth Zousyes, Afternoon and evening. Maverly's Theatre. Dandolph strect, beiween Clark Engagement of Mr. TI. A, Webber, ‘Atieruoon and eventug. and Lasalle. *'Nipand Tuck." Exposition Hnllding. Lake Shore, foot of Adams strect. Thomas' Som« mer-Night Concerts. Afternoon and ovening. Rarnnm’s Clrens, Loke Sliore. foot of Washington street. Morning, Aflernoon, and evening. Basc-Ball Park, State and Tweniy-third strects, Champlonshlp gamo between the Chicago and Noston Clubs. YT MELTINGS. RN CITT, L 0. V.—Members lr'rm st liall corner Jefferson and Madison- k sharp, Lo sttend tho fanersl, of our & urther, Henry Hoeriea, Carstages to tiracetand. 0T JAMKS ¥. CAIDY, C. It WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1877, Greenbacks at the New York Btock-Ex- change yesterday closed at 945, Cnmplelu_dir;c.u;!‘mm to the manner in which the Fourth may be celebrated in and wboul Chicugo are given in our local columna. Gov. LunwvatoN, of Wisconsin, notifies the Republicans of tho State that he will not bo n candidnto for re-eloction,—a doplorable resolution, wo think, for Wisconsin {a not overstocked with men who con make the old man's place good. \ Having dopt pencefully through tho-noise and rackol of squibs nll day yesterdsy, per- Laps tho police wvill awake to a realizing ronse of their duty to<lay, “lhero aro sav- ernl ordinances against tha firc.cracker nnisance, and they should bo onforced im- partially, Minneapolis shows up well. A t'empnr- nnco lecturer, who has been operating there fur three wacks, has converted the whole male population and drogged them from the depths of inobriety, Yestorday afternoon there was o grand procession that included clwost the wholo 70, ‘I'ho Presbyterinng of Christandom nre rep. resunted in the distingaishiod body which ns- nembled yosterdoy st Edinburg—tho Pan. Presbyterian Council, of whoso proceedings an extonded roport is presented this morn- ing. The sermon of the Rev. Dr. Pane, cditor of tha Now York Obscrrer, will boe reud ot home with o degree of intercst ap- prooching that with which it was heard by thie usiembled Delogate: If the dispoteh deseribiug Mr, Ronrson's banquet ot ‘Lrenton correotly represonts that p;cullcmnn'l‘nlhuiun to the navy, Mr, Ropz- 50N is to bo congratulated upon an fusight into noval affairs not developed during his, sdministration. Ho ig roported ns lualsting that * its condition is better now than over before,” au indorseinant dircetly attributable to the fact that Mr. Itoprson's connection with the Dopartwent is limited to criticisins thervupon, Htevenno Commissonor Raum baa finally determined what e meant to say when be wiote thut letter o Judgo Baxas, tho exact purport of which “*no fullow could find ont.” Hnving, in tho first instance, neither writton whut bo meant nor meaut what bho wrote, Ar, Ravar hos issued o key to the firat epis. tle, and, if it isn't too late, Judge Baxas now Luows what ho was expected to do in refor- cuce to the cpplication for 8 reopening of the whisky cases. ‘Iliere is encourngeinent to hope that Col. lector 'Lurron, of Philadelphia, is Leginning to be rated corroctly in Washington, Io achioved distinction primarily by the sctivo port ho took in the conspleacy to defont Becretary Dustow fu his war against the whinky-thigves, ond holdas bis present posi. tion a4 the prive of that service. ‘Tho fact that Lio Lias besn pormitted to rowaln by the present Administration has beon a matter of surprise, and it {8 pleasant to kunow that Lerron is in a falr way to rgtire. Ho was yesterday robuked it the most publio and pointed mauner by the full Cabinot on sccount of an aot of insuberdination; and, if he i4 too dull to tako this hint, ho {s liablo Zw;. to feel something in the nature of & T — A lurgo Rusalan forco is before Bilistria, aud the city, with ull jts dirt and mosques, s narrow, ill-paved streets, aud somowhat redeeming Groek Church, is threatencd, ‘Io city siands ut the foot of the hills of Ackbar, is semi-circular in form, aud is defonded by stoutly.constructed fortifications of solid masonry, streugthened by forts, ono of which, Abd-ul-Mejld, ocoupies the hill cowmanding the town, For the fourth time the Muscovito ensays the oapture of Bilistria. In 1778 and 1809 the Russians be- sieged in vain, but in 1820 they captured it, to be repubied ngain in 1854, Since tien the fortifications have been materially en. larged, and the proparations mnade for a vig- orous defenso prophesy a desperats encoun. ter when the attauk is made. : Boma years 8go, Oantorza Oavna, a young and beautiful girl, n reiguing bolle jn New York ¥reuch soclety, attonded & theatrical perforinance. As she entered ber carrisge, ot the closo of the eutertaiument, the honies ook fright, she was thrown out and almost instuntly killed. Ol residents of Now York und Brooklyn still speak roverently of the funeral as ono of tho most remarkablo eveuts in tho socicty of that day, and visitors to Greenwood Cemotory have learned well every curve end line of the monument that polnts thy restivg-place of the lovely French girl. It is the distinguishing merk in the ** beautiful city of the doad,” and iy pointad r THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY., JULY 4, 1877. — T ——— out to strangers as the handsoment tribute ever orceted at privato expense. Not long ago tho rewains of the girl were re. moved to Onlvary Cemetery, and, now that the relatives proposs to remove tho shaft, the Greenwood authotitiea interforo and docline to part with ft. A brief dispatch siates the faot, but fails to give the reason. The ground npon which the cometery man- #gera roly is prosumably to be found in their peculisr stylo of disposing of their lota. Tha fec-simpla ia not conveyed, only an intorest, and as the mnonument became & part of the roalty when ita foundation was sunk in tho lot, the titlo rests in the mansgement, and the relatives hinve lost all ownership in tho shaft. A peculinr legal point is thus raised, and the question of titla will undoubtedly be testod in the courts, to which will Lo sub- mitted collaterally the right to all the tomb- stones and monuments that to-day lend their beauty to Greenwood Cemotery. Thoe Orthodox Greck Patriarch at Con- stantinopla hasrocently issuod a Pastoral, denying that Russin has any occasion, or even intention, to protect Cliristiana from tho Turks, and attributing the war solely to ambition and intrigne, Notwithstanding this opinion of tho highest ecalosiastio of the Eostern Church, tho Armenians, both in Asio and in Constantinople, sido with Rus. sia with a cordiality and unanimity that must be: distressing to this Turkophile Greek Patriarch's hoart. It appears that the Gon- eral commanding the Russian army beforo Kars is an Armenian himself, of the name of Meux, Russofied into Mzrmore. Charter Onk policy-holders cannot do bet- tor for the present than follow tho edvice of tho President of the Company, in_reference to kooping their policies and refusing to be scarod into the sacriflce of their righta and interests, There is n very wide difference botweon the various statements mado re- garding tho value of tho Charter Oak's assots, ond after mnking due allowance in all directions mnd striking a general nverago it will probably oeeur to the policy- holdors that there is no oceasion for a panic. Bo for as new business is concerned, it will rest with the Company to make good the assertions of the I'resident before it can hope to overcoma the distrust which, justly or unjustly, haa boen engendered by the ponding controversy about the Company's condition, ——— Yestordsy's proccedings in the British House of Commons will go far to demon- strato the necessity of adopting tho rule of the provious question as & measure of safoty againat tho obstructionista. 'T'he Irish 1lome-Rulers, undor the lend of Noraw, O'Doxnziy, 0'Gomian, O'Cowson Power, and - Riouazp Powzn, and aided by Mr. Waartxy, Liberal, proceedod to carry out the programme montioned in our columns sov- cral days ago, and by the tactics which the prompt rules of the Liouse furnish uo power to defeat, thoy were ablo to bring logisfation o standstill from 4 c'clock Monday after- noon up to 7 o'clock yestordsy morning: The right of dobate being unlimited in the British Parliament, 23 it is in the United Btates Sonnto, tho adoption of the provions. question rnle, whereby debate or motions and tactics purely obstructive may be shut off, is alrendy suggosted scriously to the Hritish legiulators by tho performances of the Jowe-Ralers, - Ald, Davy, nothing sbashed by the at tacks of his brethren in tho Council, is per- sluting in his obnoxious onslaught on the roilrond.pass systom. Ila has discoverod that certain Aldermen give thess compli. montary fokens of railrond respect to their bummer frionds, and ho goes sd far as to provo that one immaculate municipal guard- lan once sold hia interest in & free ride for slickels, It may bo difficult to demonstrate to Ald, Dacy that 08 a Councilman recelves no pay, he can scarcely afford to buy are- cloction unless the equivalent coma from. somio outaldo sourcs, and, as long as the rail. road companies do not complain, why should Ald. Dary? Ald Lawren and Ald, Warre take tho proper view of the matter, The porquinites of - tho genus are anything it gan lay its hands upon, and ho who would re- move these perquisiton from reach is unfit for tho stratagems spoils to which the yenua pre adapted and for which thay oper- -ato. * The indictment of ecx-Gov. Wrrid and Uen. Anpensow, the white members of the Lonisiana Roturning Board, by & Now Or- leans Grand Jury capecially impaneled for that purpose, is & gross and outrageous Lreach of faith on the partof tho Louisiana Democrnts, who solomnly pledged them- solves, in connoction with the adjustmont of tho contest for the Btate Government, to in- flict no punishment for political offenses. 'This pledge was emblodied in tho form of o rosolutfon passed by. the Nicnonts Leglula- taro, nnd its binding force wns recognized by Gov, Nicuorrs and all who hnd authority to speak and act for tho Democracy, The Indlctment charges perjury, an offensa pun- ishable by from five to ten years' imprisonment, and is basod upon tha alleged violation of the oath taken by the wembers of the Returning Board to discharge their duties nccording to law, Tho law was pur posely framed 80 a8 {0 allow of the widost Iatitudo of diserstion, and no one can serious- 1y claim that Messrs, Wxiia and Axprasox went outsldo of this dlscretion. It is sald Gov. Nicnorrs has takon pains to amure th Presidont that this movement for an indigt- ment is without Lis consent and against his! wishios, and the uuderstanding provails that if tho case wero ever pushed to trinl, and a jury packed and conviction secured, he would promptly interposs his Exooutive power and issue pardona. It is probable, bowaver, that 0o such ontoome 18 contemplated, and shiat the Bourbons who have instituted the dise gracoful procesdings are following out in- structions from Now York, the purpose of which {8 to keop the Presidential cvatest alive ag working capltal for 1880, ‘The Hon. L. Bazxraxo has brought to the - pablio noticoa case of alleged official rob- Lery of n ssloon-keeper in & Govornment. Mcouse matter, which he says ho doga not in- tend to ot drop out of sight, We refer to the case of one Feits FRiLLyany, who pub- lishes an afdavit oxplanatory of how he wes plucked by a pack of harpies. Tho liconse was $30, but, not puying it promptly ou the doy it was dus, 8 penalty of $15 was added, which he paid, took his receipt, and was about to leavo the office, when Le was taken in hand by cerfain officlals and relioved of. $22.04 for coats for alloged legal processes and sorviced, According to Commissioner Horwx, who came in for 8 whack, these cgpts wero built up as follows: Commiv- sloner Hoxwz's focs, $7.60 (for doing what ?) ; District-Attorney, 85 (for doing what?); Manhol's fecy, $4.54 (for doiog what?); two witnesses, onaday (1), cach $1.50, 23.00; total, $24.04, From the statement of Frriaax, ho was notified to coma and take out hie license, which he did, as above described, and neither ho nor Mr. BrrxTaNo can nnderatand low costs, constructively or nctually, for such services conld honestly amount to one- tonth of the conts exacted. And now comen ono J. L. McDoNatp, who kecps n drug- store, and makes affidavit showing that the samo parties ‘“held him up” in a aimilar manner while they relieved him of $21.60. Now that victims begin to show fight, tho publio may expect more of thogo intoresting revelations. Meanwhile, tho attention of the Trussury Department will bo eallod to tho cases by Mr. Barxrano, who rogards the clargos 88 being neithor lawful nor just,— but simply blackmail. THE D. OELEBRATE. a ‘We have come to tho end of the first year of tho sccond econtury of American In- dependencs, and to-day, with the booming of connon, the flowing of flags, the music of bands, the specches of oralors, nud the Insty. huzzas of 40,000,000 of people, wo com- menca the second yenr of the second century with bright prospects ahoad, with freedom more firm]; established than over, and at peaco with ourselves and all mankind. It iz a fitting time, thorofore, to balance the ‘books and see how we stand with referenco to oursclves and the rest of tho world The first year of onrsecond centary opened with the Oentennial Exposition, which was at enco o symbol of progress and an cmblem of poace. It roprosented the best products of tho mannfacturing, commereial, agricultural, aud artistio industries of the Old World and tho New, with a complotonsss nover before recorded {n tho history of international ex. hibitions. It proved that, notwithstanding tho dornstation of great wam, the rav- ages of opidemics, the destrmotion oo- casioned by notaral disturbances and casualtios, and nll other embarragsmonta and discourngements, that the strong honds and busy braine of artisans and artista in every ficld of labor are still ot work to enhance the comfort of tho world, to reduco the misfortunes of life, and to dig- nify and beautify overy home. Tho long hot summer months brought no detriment to the Exposition. It was carried through nccord- ing to the original programmo, and its influ- ences aro now silently but powerfully at work in every dopartment of indostry, Fi. nancially, it is now npparont that its saccess wotld have boon moro pronounced if it had beon hold in somo great central and cosmo- politan city, where all the world would havo felt at homo, like Chleago, which, as a place of summer resort, presonts attractions\Phila- delphia can never expeot to possess. = Politically, wo, a3 a nation, have every renson to rojoice. Tho yoar bas witnosaed «ano of the hottest and most stontly conteated campaigns over known. 'Tho despernts and momentous battlo involved aftor<conse- quonces that jeopardized theintegrity of our institutions, and brought us so nosr the verge of civil strife that forcign nations saw no avenuo of escapo oxcopt by appeal to tho sword, The partisan fury of implacabledem- sgogues,, however, was assusged by the coal judgment, firmuesa, and sonso of the people, whigh broke tho deadlock of parties and solved the problom in the intorcsts of tho genaral good, proparing the way for a now ora of political prosperity, upon which wo enter with the moat cheerful proapects, Wo .commence the new year with & Reform Gov. ernment, which has sot abright cxam- plo to Btate and Munieipal Governmenta of tha daty of reducing public expenditures, saving the poople's money, removing publie cor ruption, and guarding the pablio morala. It is noxt to impossible to institute and moin- tain honest local governmentsa it tho National Government is disroputable, extravagant, and runin tho grooves of machino politica, Bat, now that the National Governmoent hos sof tho example, thero is more encourage- ment for the pooplo to work out thoso de- tails of local goverdment which approsch and influcnco tho individual so closuly, Our Lappy condition is in striking contrast with that of the EmpiroR of tho Old World, We aro at peuco, and the harmany of all soctions continually increases. Tho work of unification grows more satisfactory overy day. The blacks for the first time ore recolving protection, and the masscs of the country are frocing themselves from the corrupt domination of machino politics, The aren of harfnony, peace, and reconciliation rapidly broedsns. Meanwhile,, every Power in Buropo is disturbed by tha: gigantio war botwoon Russia and Turkey, whick not only promisos to roscuo the Schwie Christians from Moalem tyranny, but also to dismoem- ber the 'I'urkish Empiro, mud forever ond that dynssty of cruelly and fanaticism which for conturies has filled the civilized world withLorror and disgraced the nameof huamanity, Matorially, also, wo have ample cause for encouragement, T'ho hard times still con. tinue, but thero is every remson to believe that we arc now passing throngh tho great clearing-houss of settlement, and that we shall upeedily emerge from our present straita and exfler upon & new ora of financial prowperity, vith confidence and credit re- stored and values fixod. The crop pros- pect, both ‘Wost and South, never was finer, and the fxaners aro looking, with reason, for fir pricer, The country is healthy, and has boen sprared thoso ravages of epidemics, plagues, and famine that have dovastated other partaof the world. Thore is no fear that this prosperity will be djsturbed. Wo hava no standing army, for we do not noed ong. Wo have no fleet to speak of, for we do n¢it neod one. A fow lorpedoes can take caraZof our coasls and harbors, and our citi. zen soldivrs, uow tilllng the wall, tolling in the anachine-shops, and writing ot dosks, can take care of tho rest in caso of emergency. ‘Wa havo 2o foreign enemies, and no combi- p.unu of foreign Powors can successfully samil us. All the world is seeking our fri:ndship and our commeroce, since from our swrpluses wo make up the world's duficien- clez, If they aro short of cotton, bread. stuffs, meat, tobacoo, coal, iron ore and fron products, or sny of the raw materials or staples of life, they oome hers for them. Those whoare sitting in darkness como to us for our petroleun, and behold & great light. If they want more of shining silver or ravishing gold we can furnish it to them, Whatever the heart of woman de- sires or the greed of man craves we havo in sbundance. Tho balance of trade is largely on our side, aud we aro discharging one or two hundred millions of our indebtedness overy year because the world depends upon us to satiafy its wanta. For these and sun. dry other roasous, which apportain to us as o nation and o esch one a4 pu individual, there is no reason why the Awerican Eagle, 3 ho wings bis annual flight this worning, should not soar to the very zenith and fill the whole empryean with his hustiest scream, proclaimidg tho glones aud virtues of the youngest and strongest of the nations. While the Old World unfurly its banners of war, tho Now World flies tho flags of peace, and ita booming canmons this morning send no messengers of death. . . THRE COURT-HOUSE DOME Naturally onough, every action of the presont County Bonwd is regarded with sus. picion, and as soon as it was announced that the Board had deterimined to lot Connty. Arclitect Eaax build thie Court-1lousedoma by day-labor manifold theorics were suggested whereby the Ring intended this Arrangemont to contributa to their own advantage. One reason assigned for it was, that the Ring would not consent that the work should bo done excopt by one of their pet contractors, Tiko Warken or Szxron, and still did not dare to jgnore lowor responsible bids inorder 1o give the contract to ona of their own men. Another wes, that, by building the dome by day-labor, the Ring counld extend their patronage and drag out the work indefinitely. ‘This is what Mr. Eaax has (o gay about the matter : v To the Rdttor of Ths Tribune, Caicaao, July 3,~In order to remove the Im- ~pression conveyed by the artigle containodin this day’s lsane of your paper, concerning the action of the County Board In the mattor of the dome of the new Court-louse, sllow me to say that I mever [ sought nor desired o obtain the cxclusive control of the work in question; that1.do not intend to Accept the responaibllity, anles with the under- standing that the bids of contractors in good stand- ing ahall be reccived by me, and the* contract dwarded to the lowest bidder. I only ask you to reserve auy oxpreasion on the subject pending my action fu this matter. Yours truly, 1 J. J. Baax. It Mr. Eaax is sincere in tho detorminn. tion which he announces, it disposes of ono theory and scts at rest tho apprehension that there will be an effort to waste the publie moneys in pay-rolls and support a lot of the Commissioners' Inzy dependents on the coun- ty money by ndopting the day-labor systom, But this promise does not entircly dispose of the other theory that the mattor Lias boen turned over to Architoct Foax with tho understanding that the Ring contractors shall have the work, and for the purpose of shifting tho responsibility from the Board to the Architoct. Under thesa circumstances, wo shonld think Mr, Ecax would refuse to nccopt tho trust. We are inclined to think that tho publio intereats would fare better if Mr. Eoax could frecly exercise his own judgment in the matter; but, on the other hand, we cannot imagine thal the present County Board would yield the privilego of lotting a contraot to any one withont somo understanding as to how and to whom it was to bolet. It is tho business of the Board to lot thoso contracts, and it is thair doty to lot them to tho lowost responsible bidders. Itis not in tho intorcet of the public that they nhould shift this responsibility upon any- body else. The people of Cook County have now o spacial purposs in demanding that a1l contract-lotting shall bo subjoct to publio scrutiny. Tho charnoter of the pros- «cnt Board noeds to be kept well in mind up to the clection of Hext fall. THE DECISION ON THE GAS QUESTION. Thoe recont decision of Judge Daussonn of tho caso of GannisoN va. The City of Chi. cago—involving tho validity of tho ten-year gas contracta—ia ono of the most important ever delivered in this country. It teachos some wholesomo lossons, which all inunicipal authoritios would do well to heed. It sots limits to the omnipotence which has heratoforo boen claimed by ring-mnsters, sud thoy are givon fo understand that taxes cannot bo fixed for all time-to ‘come upon present and futuro proporty-owners who may bo so unfortunato as to come within their reach, Tho declsion in question has boon looked forwanl to with groat intorest by par- tioa {n Now: York, Brooklyn, Philndelphia, Daltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Clovelard, and 8t. Lonis, who were intorested in gas con. tracts, sud who fondly loped that Judge Dnumsonp would establish anow the doctrines 1aid down in the Dartmouth Cols logo case,—to wit, that a contract was a con- tract, by whomsoover mado, and that when onco made tho public had no right to ques- tion it whatover, oven if the public was swindled by its agonts out of all .the prop- erty that it posscased, Judge Drusmsonp says, however, that members of n City Council in this cduntry are nothing but trustees of theudle, and that it cannat be that powers vestod in thom can bo frittorod away by contract or parceled ont to individuals or corporations uo a5 to place thoss powers boyond control, oven to benefit individuala, In other words, the public haoe rights a8 woll as indi- vidunls, ond the righta of thoe public must be protecteds One generation cannot bo bound hand and foot and then handed ovor to tho next—forif the power is con- coded that o City Couucil could in 1869 make a contract to supply this city with gaa at the rates ruling then, for the period of ten yoarsy then at the end of that term their successors could maks oné for all time. To light tho city with gas, and to provide for the payment of the same, is a legislative function which cannot be abrogated. Duv- 10N, in his work upon Municipal Corpora- tons, says: * Powars aro conforred upon manicipal corporations for public purposes, and a3 their legislative powers cannot bo delegated, %o they cannot be bargain. od or bartered away ; sach corporutions may make authorizad contracts, but they have no power as o parly to make contraots or pass Ly-laws which shall cals away, control, or embarrass thelr logislative: or governmental powers, or which shall disable them from performing tholr public duties. The cases cited illustrate this salutary principle ins groat varloty of circumstances, and for the protection of the citizous is of the first im- portance that it shall bo malntained by the Courts in its full scope and vigor." Chief-Justice Maramary, carly in the present century, 8ald : ** No proposition is more evident and certain thau that a munic. ipal corporation cannot by contract, or by sny other act, abrogats or abridge its own legislative or disoretionary powers,” But this case has a still more important bearing, and that is, that municipal corpo~ rations canpqb mn indiscriminately into dobt, but mugl pay as they go. ‘This Jesson-muat be jearned by all muniel- pal corporations, and t8e pgple must insist upon it to the very lettss. Oyr own Su- premo Court have in govers) cases which biive come before them eudesygrod to lay down this dootriue, aud upti} jt4¢ irmly es- tablished there is no protection fog the peo- ple oz the public. The moet recont cases upon this subject-are: The Pregldent and Trustees of Lockport vs. (F4yramp, Ut LI, 276; Bravxs va. The Towy of Pepils, 8th Legal News, p. 44; and the qase pf jho Com. missioners of Highways vs. Nywyts, 80 LL, P 592, - In this last case the Court'were pot ynani- mous, Judge Baxmsx holding thet ng con- tract could be made involving the payment of monaey, unless the money was in the Treas- ury, and the majority of the Court holding that the authorities had no power to incur an indsbtedness beyond tho amouut of the tuxes levied for that yoar,—'*in other wonls, they can in no one yenr expend, lawfally, moro than tho amount levied for that yoar.” At tho present time the City of Chicago owes soveral hundred thousand dollars for gos and varions other things,—far in excess of the taxes levicd to meot them. It js but justico to a publio officer that {all credit shiould bo given to Mr. Enutorr ANTHONY, Iately the Corporation Connsal, for the zonl and ability with whi¢h he maintained the canse of the city in the recent suit with the West Side Gas Company. Mr. ANTHONY, in assuming that the contract with tho Gas Company was invalid beeanse of the want of power in tho oity to make contracts beyond the limit of appropristions, had but littla sympathy among those mefhbers of tho Bar who have given attention: to city affairs. The Gaa Compnny undertqok to trent his ar- guments with derision. ‘The decision of Judge Daumtonp, however, puts another viowupon thecase. There will hardly be two opinions upon that question hereafter, 8ome years ago, porhaps tweunty years ago; whon Mr. AwTnony was Qity Attorney, ho claimed that in all cases where persons recovered damages from ifojuries resulting from do- feclive midewalks nnd unprotected excava- tiona, etc., the city had aright of action ngainst tho property-owner who was in default in leaving the premises not properly guarded. In that instance he stood almost, if not quite, solitary and alone among his logal” brotbhren; but after yoars of porsevering labor he got the point before the Bupreme Court of the United Btates, nnd that Conrt snstained him, and that deciaion has been of considerablo protection to the ity since then. Tho importance of the judgment in this gns contrnat s not confined to Ohicago mat- tors, but the principle will apply to nll mu. nicipal contracts in this State. Al other citics moy find in this dedision a rule gov- erning thefr contracts, not only for tho sap- ply of gas, but for public work oxtending over & torm of moro than ono year. THE GRASSH IOWA. Prof. O.V. Rimxy, ono of the United States Commission to investigate the, locust plogne In the Western Statos and Torri. torios, has mado a proliminary report to the Governor of Iown, which wo print olsewhere in this morning's issue. It conveys the agrooable nssurance that the ravages genernl- 1y throughout the Stato will bo less than waa anticipated. This is altributed in part to the inorease of tho inscotivorons birds, growing by what they foed on; In part to the enlarged and improved means for catch. ing and destroying the inseots; and mainly to the heavy rains and storms, which have destroyed vast numbers of tho loonsts. Nov- ortholesa, hoe is still of opinion thatthey will do considerable damagsin some of the south- westorn ocounties of the Stato unloss extraor- dinary measures bo taken by the inhabitants to impede their advance. Indeced, Prof. Rouxy attributes much of the suffering of tho last season or two to tho noglest of tho farmors to- avail thomsoives of tho devices that have boon demonftrated to bo success- ful in oombating these gront armies of de- vastation, 9. Prof, Rmuxy insists,"and wo think rotional- 1y, that the most offective barrior that can bo opposod to inveding locusts is the ditch. ‘Thua, if the "hoppers aro coming from tho wost and south, n farm br a township shonld bo ditched on those pides, These ditches, unless the visitation bo oxcoptionally Iargo, can bo mads a coupla of foot wide and of about the same dopth, with perpendicnlar sides. The grasshoppers bogin their march beforo thoy are full-fledged, and, reaching tha ditch, hop into it,and pile up ono on th other, or, rather, *bnunmda upon thousands, and aro unable“to oxtricato thomsaelves. Thoro thoy die and rot. Prof. Riuzx speaks of one caso whero an cighteen- inch ditch flled up In a singlo day, roquiring immediately the digging of anothor ditch slongside, the carth taken from it probably serving to fill up the long grave of tho myriads of locusta that had mot thelr fale in the first ditch. Tho land 1n- closod by thess ditohios may be cleancd of tho fnsects by scoops and nets, which are describod in Mr, Rruxy's roport, and is kept free from new invasions by the cordon of ditches on the gides facing thoir approach. A little water or crude keroseno sprinkled on tho sides and tho bottom of thoso ditches mako thom surer traps, but steep sides alono will sorve to provent tho passsge of tho jnsects, as a rulo. This proc. est hos been successful whorever it hau been properly tried. One case ia roported from Nebraska, whero somo 500 bushels of insects n day were captared and destroyed in a ditoh about halt a mile long. The method is the loast oxpensive, as will as the most efficlant, that can bo adopted. In any region threatenced the. farmers can co-operate and ditch large sections, or oven whole town- ships, with plows and their own labor in a comparafively short time, Indeed, it wonld not be a bad idea to pass a law, as Prof. Rrrey suggests, enabling tho Township Trustocs, at the request of a certain numbor of oitizens, to call out tho able-bodiod mon to dig theso ditches, so that the lazy and careleas farmers shall not make tho thrifty ones suffer, % THE DAILY CITIZEN" Bet up by the Bouthern Confederacy, repre- sentod by a manifestly bud comppsitor, aud worked off by the United States crystallized into an swnateur pressinan, the Vicksburg Citizen wus issucd for tho last time fourtcen years ogo to- duy. A copy of thls rclic, presented to Tum TrisuNE, has historical value beyond any fntrin- sic or Journalistic worth. It is printed on wall- paper not of the finest, and In minfon type not of the plainest, and Ls rewnarkable chiefly for an absence of sdvertisements aud prodigious blunders o prophecy, 1lts dato s July 8, 1863, but creumatancess over whichdhe editor appar ontly could .excreise no satisfactory control prevented its issue under his supersision, sad it was not until two days fater, when the “Yan- kees,” with a characteristic regard for the pay- Ing subsc fbers, losisted on running It off, with s foot-note explanatory of tho circumatances, The paper contalps soventcen cditorials, and one column and o third of **news’ from varl- ous polats, under date running from June 20 to June £ Tuero {s but ono local item, and that is worthy of preservation: *Mid the din and clashof arms, the scitech of shells and whistle of bullets, which aro a continual Toatora la ‘(oo status 61 var beleagusred city, Incl: dents of happs often arwe to vary In a cheery way the Phascs of 30 atern a acene. Un the evens ing of the 20th ult with yulety, myrta and good feeling, at & prowfoent Hospital &nmh clty, through the winisterisl offices of Plnn of & gallont regiment. Ciauces Rovarl, Vrnca peria] of Ethlopla, of the Barber| lnnltlly, ysed the lovely und sccompliabed Hasa UL tob Duchess of Seucyaumibla, Gue of the most cele- Princes of the fi:fii wielna Heglne. The L4« . !fl',\::‘u f.':'i'ifin“?mmdm' ‘luu (hc c:‘:;;:l:r tlumens wes prodomigsnt, The r hurl thely destbly bolta, a yeure bisued o This gews 18 Riven werdatins & lieratimm, and one scarcely knows which to admire, the originality of the artbography, or the Jatent poetic genlus {n the coneluding stavza. One parsgraph, eloquent In its brevity, tells 8 sad and blowdy story: i killed om Mondsy, on MR R I Virginta, 8 membor of Moody's artillery, and the destirof anch a loving, Aflectionste, apd datiini wife will be & Toa to him fereparable. The Jackson road runs routhwest from the city, and was constantly swept by the Federal fire. ‘The next parmgraph comes down to hard mule: We sre indebled to Major GrrLeria for s ateak of Confederates becf, alios moat. We havetricd § and exn aenure our friends that If It In rondere necessary, they need lbave no scruples at cating the meal.” 1t {s sweet, ravory, and tender, and o Jong as wo have a mulo laft wo nro satisfed our soldiers will ba content to live on it. ‘This compliment to the sagaclons patriotism of ‘*our soldlers™ is somewhat Impaired by an editorlal In the next column: ‘We have heretofors refrained fronralluding to & matter which han been a auarco of extreme snnoy- anco and loes to our cltizens. We refor to tho lax . diseipline of rome of ont compsny officers in al- lowing their men to prow! arvund, day and nl{hl, snd purloin fralt, vegetables, chickens, etc,; from our donizens, A Rebel victory in Virginlats alluded to un- dor the sugzestive head-linc, “Gen. Ropxrt E, Lxn Again,” as though hic bad beenlrobblag the hen-roosts, “ete.,' and were up for a fourth or filth time on the chargo. But the oracle is evidently somewhat * off color ** in the followlng paragraph, written ap- pnrently just before the selzure: On DIt: That tho great Urveszs—the Yankeo Generalisaimo, Aurosmed GRaNrt—bas expressed his Intention of dining in Vickaburg on Saturday next, and celebrating the 4th of Jnl{ by 8 grand dinner and =0 forth, ~ Wheh asked if lie would in- vite Gen. Jo Jouxsrox to Juln he # Nol fear thero will bo s row at the tablo,’ Uryasxs must get into the city beforo he dines In it, The wlny to cook & rabbitis ‘‘first catch tho rabbit," ete, * Btralght across the pags, at the bottom of the last coluimn, I 8 “ noto ¥ adiled by 8" Yankee" tlat tells its own story: July, 4, 1803.~Two days beln chanzes, The bannecr of il Vicksburg. (mn. Guanth: ho has dined in Vicksbn; dinner with him. The sbout great Unlon floats over caught the rabbit and he did bring his en lives 1o sen it; for the last umnlngpeum on Wall-paper, No mora will it euloglze ¢ #cd kitten, ~ uego Soulhern warrlors to snch dict nevermore, T8 1n tho last wall-papor edition, and is, cxcepting this note, from the types as wo found thuw, 18will bo valuable heroafter as o curlamty, i Looking at Vicksburg from the long bend in the Mississippl, one sees to-day a low reach of grassy mound, rounding away to the north and south of the clty.” The cattle graze upon it now, and, as thoy stand In the clover, ‘the mound, beaten down by the raid and watered by tho dev, reaches {ts green top searcely above their breasts. On thoJackson road,where * Mys. Cisco was Instantly killed,” there are but faint traces of the lincoflgw breadtworka that protects ed the non-chicken-stealing forcos i yelr slow, certain march on tho then doomed city. Up tho steep stalrease from the river, and through the silent, narrow strects, the “Yan- keo' tolls os coslly as 0 1t were his home. Down the grusy elope, cast aud south, pleulc parties aro sasembled to- day, carcless of the time when the grasses bent befare the shower of lead and trembled with the dafl-red dew that wet but brought no fresh- ness. The river runs around its eccentrie bend, Bno Jonger plowed by dron, sud Vicksburg, whose forts wreathed it with o storm of smcke and lulled it with the sercam of shot and shell, looks down from betweon Its wings of carth- works In vain longiug for tho better times that peaco promised her, It {a fourtcen years sinco the combined exertions of Confederate nnd Federal gavo the last {ssuc of the Citizes to the history of the War, but the trail of tio disaster to Vicksburg lics as heavily on its flowers as when ita daisics were speckled with red, and the ficlds about wero shorn of overy beauty by tho hideous necessitics of battle. - ————— ‘Whether it 18 that tho climate s enervating, or that the people are so far behind the age, cannot be determined, but it is certaln St. Louls 13 In & pitiable plight, and thero secms no way of cxtricating her. Evocy once In a whifb she sctsup a sort of bunko game, with a view of roping in tho Granger countles, but these scem to fall signally, and the poor Jittle village is now sltting in gricf, bewalling with loud lamenta- tions the recent fll-success of such an under- taking. Sotne of her capitaliats concluded to have a railroad, and fnvited the conatrymen to put up tor It, but the latter looked to tho apathetic capitallsts for tho wealth, and the scheme fell through. Then, too, the July intor- cst on the Chamnber of Commerce debt hias fallen dug, and that can't bo ralsed, and sotho bullding dedleated, with grandiloquent propliccles, to thoe almost Infinitesimal Interests of tho city, s lkely to bo sold under forecloaure, With do capacity for business, 8t. Louisans naturally tako to amuscments to begulle the heavy timo on thelr handa; and, to gratify them, the build- ing of an opera-house was proposed. Every- body proposod it; gll hands fe]l in with it; but somehow they cpuld not ralso moncy ecnough to pay the gus-Llll for & public meeting, and that scheme went to tho wall. In brief, the municipal corpse known on the map ng **Bt. Louls" Is putrefying and becomIng rank, Thore 18 no goodl in it, and the hour for its intermdnt 1 come. e Tho check of ous 0. A. O'RoURks is justly rebuked by the Now York Dally Bulietin, O'RoURKE, Who {8 8 news-scalper, wrote to the Dulletin that the New York Cotton Exchange “hud sold to the Gold and Stoek Tolegraph Com- pany the exclusive right to collect for publica- tlon the statlstical information originating upon the floor of the Exchange, and that he had pur- chasud from the Company the exclusive right to sail the samo in Now York City, olfering it to tho Dulletin it a satisfactory financial arrange- ment could be made. The editor of the Julletin properly refused to confer with hlm, He wonld not rpcoguize auy exclusive right to colloct any kind ‘of {uformation forpublication, ITa rofused fn tho Interests of journalism to countonance gy bargain botween the Coulpany and the scalper, and mildly admonished the Cotton Ex- chaugo that neithor it uor the cotton trade of the country could be efliclently vepresented #excapt through due facflitles belog afforded for the utmost frecdom of competition In the callectlon of Infornation” It s charitable to the management of the Exchunge to assume that it knew uothing of’ O'Rouvrks's proposition to sell it out, for any other hypoth- cals suggests o Ning whoso operations were to be materially aided by the coutrol of a recog- nized paper, which, it was erroneously sup- posed, would jump ot o chauce to securo the news exelusively. e — Wo have inod at lenf.lh recently the now lawa os regards thu coarta, It lsenough tosay, lnthis conncction, that very important provisious have bLeen made for facilitating the sdministration of ustice, Those provisions were not desiyned for he benefit of lawyery, nor do we sce any way in which they can be turned to thelr advantage at the Publlc’ expenve. | They arv designed Lo bonefit clients by tenlug the declsion of cases. 'The law's delay Ls & very serious wvll, —Journal. The Journal should certainly make an excep- tlon of so much of the Appeliate Court act as requires a doublo appeal trial fn all cases of over $1,000, What {s the use of taking & case for over $1,000 to the Appellate Court for trial whcn tho declsion of the Court determines nothiog, and no matter bow the Court decldes either party may appeal it to the Buprome Court! Why uot carry it to the Bupreme Court in the frst instance, as is now doncl What sense is there in appealing a caso to s Court that caunot decide iti 1t merely causes delay, heaps up vosts, and gives an excuse for lawyers to charge an extra fee for dolng no good, as the second trial isutterly uscless. This double sp- peal provision of the Appellate Court bill was luserted for no bonorsble purpose, It is & tricky gouge on clisnts, and oculy worthy of shysters. It will bave to come out. . ————— ‘The most enthustustlc Russiau who has yet turned up appears to be Prince Mrsourcuzusii, wlio, notwithstandiug the appalling cuaracter of bis name, has po hesitation fn siguing it to an article {u the Grashdaals, of ' St. Petersburg, in which hie declarey: ¥ 1 1s0 the encinice of Russis, u G% .p'a?:: ‘h‘] .IMII that of wmen will soalhi- Isto thoin. Lussia bas declared war not as executioner of Burope, but in conformity with its dignity and its miision, sad it will not permit Europe to taterfere with ber faksu i Turkey suy more than Germauy perwitted 8 shullur toterven- tion during the French war, Russla kuows that if sbe tolerated, such procecdings, ahe would bs de- zaded to the tauk of 8 second-rate Power lka urkeys o o o Aodade willsotler bear all the & luxury of mule-meat and fricns.- hotror of war than allow Austria and England to interfete In her war ngainst the Porta. The Turk has not yet appeared who has sufl clent courage to knock this good-sized chip oft the Prince's shoulder. 3 e e — “The gontlemen of the New York local press’’ nrc cxcesslvely exclted over thefr treat- ment by the Harvard oarsmen. With a char- acterlstic reckleasness of synonyms, the Collegpu boy's posted & notice over thelr club-house door, “Reporters and losfers not wanted hero,” whereat the *“gentlemen of the local press,™ forgotting that this excluded alike the corre- spondents and the colleglans, wazed wroth and kicked vigorously, Now, it wonld occur to simple-minded peoplie that those entitled to & show of Indignation are tho loafgrs by birth, who might properly resent this usurpation of thelr rights Ly loafers swhose ouly claim to that distinction is & collegs attachment. ———— 11 the I-0. U, wlil quit thrusting {ts private affairs upon the courts and the public, none of the papers wjll ever refer to its fmpecunlous condition. Butit persists In paradingits aunual deficits, its assignments, its changes of corpo rato name to defraud ita creditors, and other disreputable matters, and publishing them. When these wretched exhibitions arc referred to by any of the disgusted city journals, it whines and blubbers for sympathy. Let i cease such prepostcrous conduct, and nobody will say » word about it e — It has been demonstrated that the removal of, Postmaster DowLing, of Toledo, waa sccured thirough the personal exertfons of somcbody connected with the Cincinnatl Gazette, and the Dayton Journal openly charges it upon Deacor Ricnanp 8xtir. The Deacon denles that ha did anything further * than to sign petitiona and Indorscments frequently. presented to him in common with other people,” and lays It all to s wicked partner, who was glad of * an oce casion ‘to exhibit his treachery and bad manage ment.” — PERSONAL, The Prince Imperial of France is said ta lave, even to the vorge of matrimony and the abyss of domeatic life, his Royal cousin, the Infants Dona Filar, Quean Isabella's eldest daughtér. M. Edmond Adnm, whose death creates the third vacancy fu the Senate of France, was o decided opponent of the present Mintstry. Gam- betta was ‘conspleuous In the funeral-procesaion Which followed his remains to the grave. Hobart Pasha's namo haa only recontly been strickenoff the British navy-lat, Ho was no- tified that he mustelecttowerve Turkey orEngland, and hia fallure to respond was Interpreted to mean that he proclatmed alleglance tothe former Power. Quoen Vicloria has caused four Iadies of her Qourt to bo cenanred for wearing unbecoming costumes. It {s undoratood that thelr faultlay in wearing garments abbrovisted abont the neck and shonlders. One of the ladles conanred was tho l"’1n<:mmu:n lltndnvlllc, who 1s an American by irth, The excessive politoness of the Turks or the Danube ovorcomenall sition. The Londor Times corrospondent Even s great Pashy kicks a Gsour correspondent down-stairs with in- finite grace, alier strengthening the infidel with cigarettes nnd coffee.” . [ The play in which Mr, Irving has won so Rreat & succoss s called *‘The Lyons Mail." It has beon parodled, and is now acting In London un- der the nameof ** The Lion'a Tall, snd the Naughty Doy who Wagged It."' The parody Is almost os dull aa the wit which devised tho title, Mr. John Horn, Jr., planged into tho De- trolt River Inst week, and for the 131at time res. cued a human belugfrom drowning, He leat hie watch 1o the wator, and tho cltlzens of Detrult ro placed it with a Jurgensen’s worth 8400, the cx pense being defrayed by a subscription. The pre sentation was made at the scssion of the Dosrd of Trade at noon on Saturday, Mr. Horn already bas & modal which was vot¢ed him by Congress ro- contly. A Philadelphie newspaper has heard of o now §dea which vught to recommend {tself to the conalderation of hotal-keopers everywhere. Itis the placing of numbors opposits the mtrees on the bill of faro, 20 that the walters naed not bo bewil: dored by the Fronch of the guesta. When tho un. fortanate colored man is naked for No. 2, he knowt that eervelies de veaus a la Tartar 1s fntended, of ‘whatover else may bo placed opposits that number, aud »0 on 1o tho end of the chaptor. Tho De Tourville trial has just begun in Vienna. Hois charged, It will ba remembered, with murdoring bis wife by throwing hor off & precipico at tho Stovio Pass. Themotiva attributed 10 bl was s dosire to inhorit her fortune, A sns- plclous clrcumstance fe, that he some pme ago killed his mother-in-law by s discharge of a platol, the shot being supposed at tho time to be acci- dental. He inherited from hor a lorge mom of money. Hivconduct at tho time of his wife's death ‘was odd and suspicions, He clalme that the fal' frotn the precipice was aceldental. ‘Thoe London Saturday Review cannot fancy any London mother objecting to Petor Schlemity asa son-in-law because he had no shadow, ‘A most estimablo young man, my dear,* she would way, **with a great deal in him, Ah! you have per- Taps heard the story that be bas sold his shadow to the dovil for an jmmense fortune. Quite true; but, alter all, in thie fogpy climate what a very uscless thing a shadow 181 and my, Georglana is a girl who can be trusted to make such sn excellent use of wealth. Thagl mustsay that bis friend has be- bavod moat sonsibly in the matter of settlements, and his shadow will be lent my dear Peter at all tha levees and drawing-rooms. 8o I really think peo- Pple need not be J1}-natnred. ™ ‘Theboat-crew of Harvardaveraged yannfi\‘ by two years than elther of its competitors, or any of {ts immediate predecessors from the eame col- lege, Thp youth of the members of the crew was exhibited in thelr {ndiscroet and ailly conduct after reaching Bpringfield, They caused to be put on thelr bost-house a sigm reading: ‘‘Loafers and Reporters Warned OL" This lnwmlt could only have been oxecuted by the impudence which ls begotten of ignorance and bad breeding. Itieto ‘bo hoped that the boys will outgrow tho folly of thelr youth, and live to respect s profession which, whatever Its shortcomiugs, !s mors rcapectable and srducus than®boat-racing, ball-playing, oe dancing 1o opem-boufle. Harvard muscle wiil, in tho Jong run, make s poor showing when matched against the brain of nowspapor-reporters, Dr. Bohliemann, the Troy-Mycenm man, has many wonderful stories to tell of himeolf,— amorg them the following: When a boy at Ham- burg he dreamed of the mumber 111,041, Not duvold of superatition, he wroto to Berltn, and 1nclosed 10 thalers, to be juveated fu this number of the coming lottory. As 111,041 hed slresdy been taken, another number was sent 1n its place. fchllemann lost his 10 thalers, while the Sgures of his dreans drew the great prize of 130,000 thalers) Schllemsnn remalns very superstitious. To this day be always pats ou hus left stocking, left shoe, 1eft leg of bla trousers, and left overything, firet The habit of putting out his left hand and fool firet has becoma socond naturo, and it fs not & lttle comical ta nots the earnestness with which ho begs others to do the same, **It does mo barm," bhe ssys, ‘‘and ] sssurs you wy Juck changed from the moment [ adopted the practice.* Bir Prancis Doyle, in a recently-published lecturo, ranks ‘‘The Tempest™as the most ume approachablo offort of Shakspeare’s gemus. His remarks on (his play are notoworthy for the do- fonse he smbodiss in them of the maligued Cali- baa. ays: **Cglibas, in point of moral sense, bild, with the child's power of indig- nation agalnst suything that looks Jikedpjustice he has, moreover, whatever his bad qualities be, & spirit of loyal affection that redsems everything. Kromthls, and from the fact that his wind bas ‘been shspod by natare, by natare streaming 18 upon bim through y pore, it resulta that, though bratal, hie {s never vulgar. Theresrs no specimens of Shakspeare's wondorfal art more wonderful than the vivid, passlonate imagery of Calidan's spesches, as they conlyast themecives with the iqw witol Tvinculo, and the city-brod concelt Of the drunken butler." e —e PARDONED. Bpecial Dispateh to Ths Truns, BerixarisLy, I, July &—Gov. Cullom to- day pardoned Christopher B. Beckmau, con- victed of .embezzicment of & sinall smount at the present tern ol’um Sangamon cusl;n Court. Tha petition for Iunlun Was ed by the Clreult Juw clght of the jurym:i‘.nuul a lmuuumber [ ‘:Juwu‘sl. and ‘"’f‘n wnmlxuv.;xl!l :: b; ¢_prosecutipg witness. ¢ ap| n{r |‘)|nl(5’u was dulz advertlsed uwnlluvg wibs Goveruor’s oew rule.