Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 7, 1877, Page 4

. THE CHICAGO ' Satew nae ce rca ee ae Re Ronn a eo co AMEE ETS ree TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JULY: 7, 1877—TWELVE PAGES: Che Gribwre TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 5 BY MAM—IN ADVANCE—POSTAGR PREPAID. Pally Edition, one yea 1 Terisof nyear pee Mailed to any nciires Banday Jultion: Taunle Sheet. WEEKLY EDITION, POSTPAID. One copy, per Fear. Chibof ten. Cin of twenty Specimen copter ‘To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and give Post Oflice address in full, Inctadiog State and County. Temitiances may be made either by draft, express, Post-Onlce order, of in registered letters, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUDSCRIDERS. Dally, delivered, Sunday excepted, 23 centa per week. Laity, delivered, Sunday inclnded, 30 centa per week. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearhorn-ate,, Chicago, 1il, “AMUSEM. Ts. Adetpht Theatre. Monroe ttreet, corner of Dearborn. whin." Afternoon and evening. Cottowa Opera Hon Monroe street, between State and Di dersonrilic "by the Kisworth Zouares. gvening. “Uncle Tom's horn," An- Afternoon and Exposition Building, Lake Shore, foot of Adatne street. Thomas’ Sum- mer-Nlgbt Conceris, Uarnam’a Circus, Lake Shore, foot of Waabingtor SOCIETY MEETINGS, CHICAGO cor serpbly Uils (Satur iy order Ts 1. G. ) NO. 4. &8. M.—Regnlar ane i. for work, Recorder. 211 A. F. & A.M.—Mem> the Masonic Temple, cor+ a, 0 Stnday mornin M1 f ourtate brother, Kdward (charter member). Members of other tod Gequainted: with the deee BINCLAL, W. APOLLO COMMANDERY, NO. 1, KNIONTS TEM. ‘Members of this Commandery are requeated ‘imble at thet Armnury, 7210.78 Mi jay) evening, at 7 o'e'ock prompt, for drill rd by the’ Commander that every sir K fal pie sti Apolto,” wiil he present, Strang- er sir Knights are -ounly luvited to Juin with tu, baat 4 BUNLUE, Neconter. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1877. CHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY. The Chicago produce markets were generally firm yesterday, the leading cereals being stronger. ‘Mesa pork closed 2!¢ per bri higher, at $1315 12.1714 for Inly, and $13, 274% 15, 30 for Auguat. Lard closed o shade Arie, at $8.80 for Inly, and §3.00@N. 0244 for Anguat. Monts were fro: at 44¢ per lb for loose ehoulders, and Gc for do short ribs, Lake frolghts were active, at 1%¢ for corn to Iinffalo. Highwines were steady at $1.08 per gallon, flour was more active. Wheat closed 4@ Be higher, at $1.42t3 for July and $1,223; for Au- gust. Corn closed 4c higher, at 47%e cash, and iSXereller Augnat. Oats closed Xc higher, at ind 30% for August. Rye war steady, nd GOc for July. Harley was nominal at BietS1.00 for new neller September, Moge were nctive and averaged 10c¢ higher, solling at $4.70@05.05. Cattle were dall and 20@30¢ lower, with sales at $2.00@0.50, Sbeep were dull‘at $2.50@4.50, Ono hundred dollara in gold would buy $105.25 In greonbacks at the clone, Greonbacks at thot New York Stock Ex- change yestorday closed at 95, Tho Pan-Presbyterian Council yesterday selected Philadelphia as the next place o meeting. Between the 28th of Inly and tho middle of Augnst o large number of prominent Democratia politicians will rendozvous at White Sulphur Springs, Va., and echomes aro to bo iatehed wheroof the country will hear more later on. Abont one hundred inembers of the next House and numerous party leaders from various parts of the coun- try will be'tliore, * ” ‘a Coming right down to ess, the Dova- 148 Monurgont Commissioners have invited proposals for the execution and completion of the work, In the separation of the labor, giving tho sculptor his especial lino, and con- signing the other branches to the care of an architoct and a suporintendent, tho Commis. sion has acted wisely and with care in the selection of the men to whom the work is to Lo intrusted. Chicago will soon bonat one of tho fincst monumental tributes in the West. ‘The Cablnot yesterday considered the caso of tho Iowa and Wisconsin offlosholders, and it was agreed that neither came under tho prohibition of tho President's order, Tho advico of Poutmaster-Goneral Ker in the Wisconsin caso, roforred to yeaterday, was ratified, and thofour members of the Btate Exocntive Committee who are likewise Federal officors will bo permitted to act in tho former capacity until the Convention anvefs und their resignations can beaccopted, Tho next thing in tho gas controversy is for tho city and tho West Side Company to agree upon the price to bo paid during the time tho partics have beon at loggerheads, e8 woll ax the price to bo paid hereafter. As tho matter now stands, Mr, Brzz.mas will find it to his advantage to talk n little sweet. er tothe Gas Committes than be did when hho supposed ho had the gamein his own hands, Judge Dnuxmonn’s decision has re- ver’ed the position of affairs, and the city is imastor of the situation. Mr, Biane has some journalistic sap- portera in Mexico who have come to his assistance with alacrity in raising the cry of annexation as an explanation of the recent polley adopted in Washington in reference to cattle-stealing raids, Minister Fostex has seen fit to take notice of these sensational fulminations, and, in # memo. randum addressed to the Mexican Govern- ment and to foreign representatives, he polnts out the errors of interpretation which tho instructions to Gen. Onp have received. From localities where tho winter wheat is already harvested and the spring wheat near- ly ready to cut, the reports from the farmers themuvlyes, which we print this morning, aro in tho highest degree, gratifying. In ama- jority of instances the winter wheat has been safvly secured in shocks and stacks, and is proctically out of harin’s way, while in many localities threshing has already begun, aud the yield is extra oth asto quality and quantity, Assrule spring wheat is coming ou finely, with an apparent certainty of o heavy crop, Coru is generally backward, Lat, with a continuation of warm and dry weather, can be brought out an average crop. Altogether the prospect for tho farmer im- proves gs tho season advarices. And now we have the word of the Chair. uian of (he Iowa Hepublican Central Com- litte, who was interviewed on his way through Chicago, that the resolution offered in the Iowa Convention indorsing the Presi. dent's policy was presented by s man notori- ously opposed to the policy, knowing that it would be voted down under the agreement not to give any expression of opinion either for or oguinst the policy at present. Tho Purpose was that this vote should go abroad es # condemnation of the Administration, aud the Luplacable newspapers have mado 9 desyerate effort to put that construction upon ix It was an ignominond undertaking, and its exposure will do toro damage to the anti-policy Implacables than . they expected the conspiracy to do President Harzs, Mr. Raion, the Chairman of the Iowa Committee, is further reported as saying that there are very few Republicans in that State who are UU | "not disposed to give the Presidont’s policy a fair trial, that the party is harmonious, and that it will have the ustial majority at tho election this fall. In the intorest of rapid transit, and not in the interest of any particular invention, wo print thin morning n cut and accompanying description illustrative of s plan for an cle- vated railway on State street. Sooner or later this system of travel must be adopted in the large citics, where raffidity of locomo. tion, coupled with tha highestformof safoty and convenience, is of the groatest conse- quence, Ingenuity and mechanical skill are certain to supply this need in Chicago, and when the right plan ia brought forward the people will be found ready lo receive and adopt it, Yielding to their Saxon tendencies to or- ganize and‘ resoloot,” n nnmber of af- flicted people met in Chicago yosterday, and formed the nuclens of a Northwestern Hay- Fever Association. Temporary officers wero olected, and measures taken to securo the co- operation of patients throughout the North- weatern States,‘in dovising a remedy or se- enring an uninfected district to which the stricken may retreat during the fever months. Such action must unquestionably be pro- ductive of benefit to the sufferers, unless aspiring men shall, throngh nasal mis- representation, get into the Association and prostitute it to salfish political ends. Parties whose failnro to conform to the nies in the matter of living up to their con- tracts has led to their expulsion by tho Chi- cago Board of ‘I'rade are in n fair way to oa certain that tho Courts will not interfore to help thom ont of the scrape, Judgo McAr- Listen yesterday refused a mandamus in tho ense of Foutanssze, who standa in the pro- dicament above stated, holding that the Board has tho right to make such rules and regulations as it plenses for its own govern- ment, provided always that such rules do not contravene the laws of the land, or conflict with tho inherent right of the citizen. ‘Tho rules in question not coming under this head, the Court refused to interfe ‘The Cassenona appear to have carried out their threat and turned their State over to the Democrats, A lettor in another column .tolls 9 horrible tale of wretchednoss and woe, and from its statemonts it looks as if the freo and independent voters of tho Democratic party hind takon ontire possession of a por- tion of Pennsylvania. Murdor, rape, arson, and robbery, committed in open day, and with sickening ingenuity, aro among the pastimes of these tramps, who have grown so bold in their depredations that cit- izons aro arming in their own protection, Tho Iaw is almost powerless, for punish- ment, so far as it has gone, is but a parody upon justice. Vigilance committees are forming, and o reign of terror prevaila, Sey- oral of the flonds have been killod outright, and oll is disturbance and perturbation. It would avail something perhaps if the Mollie’ Magnuires were turnod loose on tho invaders, for. however tho battle might torminate, Pennsylvania would be the gainor. Bir Srarronp Noarucore’s reply in tho House of Commons yesterday to the inquiry as to England’s purpose in sonding a floot to Bosika Bay was in effect a notification to all Europe, and to Russia in particular, that tho: time is at hand when England will bein readiness to take part in the war at o momont's notice. It was an announcement that England's policy is fully formed, that she isno longer halting between obsolute neutrality and armed intervention, but is propared for the latter whonever in her judgment the occasion for it ar- vives. ‘That tho Ministry has its mind mado up, but declines for tho present to tel} what it is, Nonrucore’s an. ewer is aclear indication, {It shows how rapidly the war feeling has increased since Guapstonz’s resolutions wero under dis- cussion, and how the British Cabinet has boen emboldened to measures which amonth ogo it dared nor tak —— = Nothing could be more magnanimous on the part of Messrs, Farnontup and Townszxp than thelr friendly little rivalry in tho amusement of Mr, Twzep during his ifcar- ceration, Townsrxp showod up Fatacurip asa fraud, ond Farmonmp illuatrated the immoral tendencles of Townsxnp, while Mr. ‘Twzep rubbed his hands and chucklod, | wondoring betimes perhaps what ho was going to do abont it, and how the mat- ter, apart from its fan, might be considorod ss strictly beneficial to him personally, To ease his mind on these points’ the bold ‘Townaznp once more skips into the immi- nent deadly breach, and malignantly char- acterizes Mfr, Pamontun as“ another.” Mr, ‘Tween cbipe ina mild manifesto, offering to leave it all to somebody who ia not definitely atated, and trast to luck and the, umpire’s decision, It is to be hoped that his proposition will not be entertained, Since the destruction of Jorusalem there has nover been an affair of more absorbing inter- est than this Donnybrook discussion between the Attorney-General of New York and the counsel for Mr. Twxep, and any measure calculated to disrupt the court- eous correspondence betweon these ao- complished gentlemen is to be strongly dep- recated, The letters might be cut down to savo oxpense of telographing, and the docu- ments condensod into ‘* You are athicf,” and “You are a liar,” for these are statements of fact, and the publio crave the fullest posaible information, uo long as itis limited to such el ew From present indications, it is not dnlikely that the United States Benate will havo even stronger grounds for ejecting Groves as a member of that body than his aharein the conspiracy for selling out tho Republican Btate of Oregon to Titpzn, ‘That much was Proved sufiiciehtly before the adjournment of the last Congross, but it is not unlikely that strong proof may be forthcoming before the meoting of the next Congress to show that Guovrn's lection to the United States Senate was securod by bnbory. In tho in- vestigation of the case now under considora- tion st Portland, ono witness has testified thet he offered a wemberof tho Legislature named Wite0m the aum of $1,500 not to vote for Gaoven, but that Wirsom declined, giving aahis reason that he could do better, but made an oppointment for another meeting and further negotiations, in caso he was dis. @ppoluted, on the Groves aide. Wirsow did not keep the second appointment, but in a couplo of days Groven was elected. ‘I'be inference is, certainly from Witson's willing- nese to sell bis vote, and his refusual to take $1,500 not to vote for Gnoven, that he re- , ceived nore than this amount for voting as he did. ‘Mr, Goopsan, a momber of the Oregon Sonate, also tostifiod that he was ap- proached by a member of the House named Mosten, who raid to him thot Grover only lacked throo votes to bo elected, and that ho (Goopatan) could get $1,000 if ho would vote for Gnover, as ‘‘they” tore rendy to pay $3,000 forthe required three votes. Itis rarely that a bribery case in more directly traced out than this, since it is asa rnlo im possible to got the evidence of those who have netnally givon tho bribes, and thoso whohave recoived them. If there in no other evidenco than this, it will be enough to war- rant the United States Sonato in unseating the intrigning ex-Goverpor of Oregon, —_—————-. THE DPTY OF EDUCATED MEN. ‘The oration of Grorax Wrasaa Cunt as Honorary Chnncellor at Union College, Bchen- ectady, N. ¥., on the 27th ult., is a fitting pendent to that of ex-Secretary Cox, the sub- stance of which was given in our Inst issue. Tie chose for hin theme “'The Duty of Ed- ucated Men,” and treated it with that ele. gant grace of finish and manly, robust thought which characteriza all the utterances of thin captivating orator and graceful writor. Tho theme was suited to the character of the occasion, and conld not bat make a deep impression upon the class of young men about to leave tho cloisters of their Alma Mater to take part in the political and pro- fessional duties of life. f ‘Tho first part of his argument was devoted to the duties educated mon owe to the State in the performance of their political obliga. tious, and his stirring *vorda upon this point ought to find lodgmont in tho breast of every elucatod man, aud produce that conviction which lends to action, Public duty requires constant nnd active practical participation in the details of politics. Itis not discharged by voling, ‘The citizen who supposes that ho does oll his duty when ho votes, places o preminm upon politi- eal kuavery. ‘Thieves welcome him to tho polls and offer him n choice—which ho has dono nothing to pravont—between Jere. my Diddler and Dick Turpin. Tho patty cries for which ho is responsible aro * Turpin and Honesty,’ ‘ Diddler and Reform.' And within a fow years, as 6 result of this indif. ference to the details of public. duty, the most powerful politician in tho Empire Stato of the Union was Jonathan Wild the Great, the Osptain of a band of plunderera.” He moets the excuses for nogligonco with brilliant refutation, Whon honest men once did what thoy ought always to do, “tho thieves wore netted and their machine was broken.” If ignorance and corruption con. trol politics, the fault lies with the intelli- gence nod honesty that have allowed it,—a point to which the speaker gives tha follow- ing brilliant omphasis : While good men sit at home, not knowing that thero is anything to be done, nor caring to know; cultivating a feeling that politica are tiresome and dirty, and politicians aro vulgar bullies and bravocs: half persuaded that s Republic is the con- temptidle rule of & mob, and scuretly longing for aaplendid and vigorous despotiam—then remom- her it {a nota Government mastered by !gnorance, it {sa Governinent betrayed by intelligence; it ts not the victory of the slums, it ia the surrender of the schools; it ie not that bad mon ara brave, ‘but that good mon are inddels and cowards, From this point, Mr. Contis passed to the considerntion of the common reproach that the higher education unfita men for public dutics by making them visionary, pedantic, and impracticablo. He exposes the sophistry which exulta over the successes achieved by tho dull Wanren Scorr, the conceited Lord Onatnam, Bensamiy Franxuim, the printer- boy, and Annanan Lincoun, tho rail-splitter, by showing that because men naturally groat: have done great servico in the world, it does not follow that lack of advantage is tho secret of success. “Prnicuzs was not less sagacious becauso he was accomplished in every grace of learning. The power of Samven Apams was not enfecbled by his col- lege education. Cavoun, ‘‘ whose monument. is United Italy,” Bismanox, ‘‘ who has roised the German Empire from a name to a fact," Guapstone, ‘tha incarnate heart and con- scionce of England,” aro the refutation of the sncor, ‘* Would Saver Apaus have boon a truer popular leader had he beon leas an educated man? Would Watroxy the less truly diay served his country had he been, with all his capacities, a man whom England could have revered and loved? Contd Gtapstone s0 sway England with his serono eloquence, as tho moon the tides, wore he a gambling, awoaring, boozing Squire like Warrour ?" . ’ ‘The larger part of Mr. Cunria’ oddrees is devoted to o deprecation of excessive party spirit and the right of the individual oon- selence as opposed to party dictation, If any man in the country has embodied this prin- giplo in intelligent and persistent praotice, it is Mr. Conti, and bis warnings upon this point sre deserving, therefore, of serious consideration. ‘Ihe zealous partisan merges patriotism in snbsorvience to party, de- nounces as @ traitor any one who protests against the petty tyranny of party, and de- nies the patriotism of his opponents, He illustrated the evils of this party madnoss in the early days of the Union, when the great men of the Republic hated and suspected each other: Eighty years ago the Federaliste abhorred their opponents as Jacobins, and thought Rongsrizans and Manat no worse than Wasuixaron's Secretary of State. Thelr opponents retorted that the Fed- egallets were plotting to establish a monarchy by force of arma, Tho Now England pulpit anaihe- niatized Tom Jevrensow as an athelut and dxrrensox denounced Joun Jay asa rogu ing that Wasiixoton retirgd frum the Pr thanked Gop that the country wae now rid of the man who was the source of al} its mlsfortanes, ‘The came spirit was manifostedin Axparw Jounson’s impenchment, Instead of inati- tuting the impeachment for a great public reason, it was prostituted to a mere party purpose, and when certain Senators broke the yoke and voted according to their con- victions, one of the whipperw-in exclaimed: “If thera is anything worse than the tronchery, it is the cant which pretends that it is the result of conscientious conviction ; the protengo of o conscience is quite unbear- able,” upon which declaration Br, Cuntis stamps the following severe condemnation ; “Phe party madnoss that ‘dictated these words, aud the sympathy tliat approved them, was treason not alone to the country but to well-ordered human socloty.” ‘The same party spirit attempted tho direst calamity in the ordeal of Inst winter, and would havo plunged the country into the horrors of clyil war bad not educated and thoughtful men assuaged tho party madness and sabor- dinated party to patriotism. ‘The remedy which Mr. Cunmis suggests is contained in the following extract : The remedy for the constant oxcess of party spirit Hes, and lies alone, in the courageous inde- pendence of tho Individual citizen. The only war, for Instance, tosecuro the party nomination of goad men, ts for cvery self-respecting voter to Telus to vote for bad men. In the medieval the- logy the devils {cared nothing «0 much sss drop of boly water and the sign of the cross, by which thoy were cxorciscd. Tho evil spirits of party fcar nothing ro inch ae hoiting nhd scratching. - In hae |. atqno vinces. Sf a farmer would reap a good crop, he rcratchas the weeda ont bf hie felt. If we wontd have good men npon the ticket, we must ecratch bad men off, If the scratching breake down the party, let it break; for the enecese of the party by each means would break down the conn- try. The evil epicits most be tanght by means that they ean anderstand. *' Them fellows," aatd the Captain of a canal-boat of his men,—‘* thom fel- lowa never think you mean a thing mnt!l you kick them. They feel that, and understand.” No summary of Br. Contin’ addrosa can do adequate justico to its excellonce or importance, or convey moro to the reador than the mere spirit of its contents, Both for its eloquence nnd clegant literary finish, as well as for the manliness and vigor of its thonght, it shonld have more permanent form than nowspaper publication, It ian docamont that deserves to be scattered broadcast allover this country, and to be read by all honest and intelligent mon. Its application reaches farther than the classes of young men who this year leave the ploas- ures of college for the duties of life. It has warnings and lessons for every American citizen who has the roal good of the country at heart, and these lessona and warnings nro all the more impressive because they are made bya man who consistently and cour- agoously practices what ho preaches. PERSECUTION OF THE LOUISIANA RE- BOARD, iG . ‘Tax Tnivvxe had information through its Washington correspondents two or three days ago that tho Now Orleans Grand Jury had indicted Messrs. Werts and Anpensox, of tho Ieturning Board, for perjury, the charge being that thoy had falsified the clac- tion-returns, For some reason or other, tho person in charge of the Associated Press dis- patches at New Orloans saw fit to deny theso indictments at that timo, but now it is ad- mittod that all four of the Republican mem. bers of the Returning Bonrd—Messrs. Wents and Anpenson, white, aud Mossrs. Kennen and Casanave, colored—have been indicted onthe charge of perjury, aud held for trial in bonds of $5,000 ench, ‘hia action ia simply in tho nature of a villainous porsecu- tion, which is rendered the moro infamous because it 1s in direot violation of the spirit of the Lonisians Compromiso, It is well un- derstood by all parties that the agreement by which the fusion of the two Logistatures and the recognition of the NicuottsGovern- ment was accomplished included, ns tho consideration on the part of the Nrouonts faction, a pledgo that thore should bo no political prosecutions, Without this, the ‘withdrawal of tho Republicans from the con- test would havo given tho Democrats the power, under tho semblance of lawful au- thority, to harass and persecute all their political opponents, The strife would havo continued indefinitely without the compro- miso; tho torms of the compromise gave tho loeal Democrats all the advantages, and it was moro concession of justice on their part to agree that these advantages should not be employed to torment their opponenta, ‘The indictment of the Republican members of the Returning Board, therofore, is a gross violation of faith, whatevor the protenso may be. Tho particular case on which this indict- ment is based is sufliciont of itself to show that thero is a deliborate purpose to distort the exerciso of tho rights of the Returning Board under the law into a criminal offonse, for it is charged that tho Board falsified the roturns from Vernon Parish, This is a Dom- ocratic parish, and the Democratic Commit. teo claim that thé original returns showed G47 votes for tho Tinpen Electoraand no votes for the Harzs Electors, while the Re- turning Board's contit shéwed 469 ‘votes for tho Tinprn Electors ond 178 votes for the Harzs Electors, The charge is that Messrs, Wexis, Anprnson, Kexnen, ond Oasanare deliberately deducted 178 votes from the Tiz- DEN Electors and gave them to the Haxrs Electors, This charge was fally invostigated before the Electoral Commission, and a Olerk of the Board who pretended to exposo the alleged fraud so fer failed to make ont o case that he was laughed ont of court. But the most conclusive evidence that the charge istramp- ed-up and falso is found in the fact that such a change would not have mado any difference in the result. Thus, tho Democrats olaimod 8 popular majority of 6,549 in the State, and if that had been conceded to them a deduc- tion of 178 votes in Vornon Parish would still have left them a majority of 6,371. ‘The Returning Board found that, aftor purging the returns of the frauds, the Republicans had « popular majority of 4,807. Now, what would havo boon the purpose of forgery and perjury in the case of Vernon County, when giving the 178 votes to the Democrats which thoy olalm would still have left the Repub. lican majority 4,020, which for all praotical purposes is as good as 4,807? As Gov. Wztrasaid, when in Washington, though the Republicans on the Loulsiana Returning Board have been called knaves and sooun- drels, nobody ever accused them of boing idiots; and thoy certainly would have been idiots had thoy committed forgery and per- “jory in this case when there was no need of it, and when the result would be practically tho samo withont it, This single circumstance would be suff. clent to clear the accused of the charge against them before any intelligent and im- partial jury; but'it moy well be doubted whether thero is any intention to givo them a fair trial, As St is palpably a porsecation, those who are engincering it evidently in. tend to convict, if possible; and, having packed a Grand Jury to indiot, they may pack a Petit Jury to convict, No political advantage can be gained by it, as the conric- tion of these men would not change the re- sult in the case of President, or Governor, or Congreasman, or any other publio officer, There is no contested-election caso basod upon the alleged change of the vote of Ver. non Parish, The prosecution is suggested, therefore, by partisan mafice, and is conse. quently a violation of the compact by which peaco was restored in Louisiana. If followed up, it may begin the strife all over again,and lead to a bitterness between the factions which caunot be so easily settled another time. It will certainly be resented by all fair-minded men at the North asa breach of faith, and react against Louisiana and the whole South so far as good feeling between the sections is concerned. It is suggested, and we hope truthfully, that Gov, Nicnoxza is not in sympathy with this persecution, and that he will promptly pardon Mesars, Waris, Axpxason, Kznyez, and Casanave, if convicted on this bogus charge of perjury.. Wo hope this is true. It is certain that the Democratio party in Louisiana is itself divided into two factions, ~—one the Conservative, supposed to be rep- resented by Niozorzs, and the other the Im- placables, fed by Licut.-Goy. Wits, who isa candidate for the succession to Gov. Niow- outa, It moy be that Witrs and his faction have been able to secure this indictment in spite of the fair-minded men of the Demo- cratlo partyin Louisiana. If that is truo, howover, there should ba n noile entered and | tho proceedings dismissed. It will bo n Inat- ing diagraco upon Louisinns, and n forfeit. tre of all claim to honor and good faith, if these men shall be convicted by conapiracy and perjury in order to gratify partisan hatred. _—_—— A RAILROAD CENTRE Tho railrond debt of the United Btatcs is more than twice its national debt. Tho {attor, according to the Inst Treasury stato. ment, was, inclusive of the legnl-tenders, $2,205,801,392, The ratirond debt, includ. ing stock, bonds, and flonting liabilities, ia an increasing quantity. What it is to-day no one knows, but when ‘ Poor's Manual ” ‘was propared it was put down at $4,463,- 591,935, This railrond debt fa, to a large ex- tent, but one of the forces that made tho panic, and Stself n result of tho crisis, Tho part the railroad hns playod in causing and perpetuating panics is not at all insignifi. cant, The extent to which tho whole world has employed its capita! and Inbor in making these '* holos in the ground " fs astonishing. Tho amount invested in railroads in tho lending countries, excluding Turkey, Austria, Hungary, Egypt, Italy, Spain, and tho South American Republics, is ostimnted on high au- thority to be no less than $11,430,000,000,— just half ad mnch as tho national debts of tho civilized world. At least one disastrous panio in England {fs attributable directly to the too rapid aggregation of railrond debts, It was tho failure of tho promoters of tho Northern Pacific Railrond that precipitated upon us the crash of 1873. If the financial crisis igto ba viowod, as tho best thinkors agree, as aphenomenon of tho credit ayatem, as ncontingoncy of debt, there is no class of ‘linbilities that enn ba shown to Lave had more to do with causing and keeping up the present trouble, If tho debt of the United States should ceaso to pay interest the pecuniary loss would ho frightinl. Putting aside tho devastating moral effecta of such a default, something worse than this has happened to the onpital invested in railronds. The interost-paying debtof the country is $1,697,888,500, Tho total of bonds, stocks, and debt on which railroads in this country have dofaulted is catimated at 31,800,000,000, -'Trao, 9 Inrgo part of this is mere paper debt, reprosonting capital that was never paid up,—bonds that woro sold at a tremendous shave. Butitis just oa truo that the bonds of tho United States sid as low as 40 conts on tho dollar. No interost whatever in realized from this immense sum of $1,800,000,000, greater by more than ® hundred millions than tho na- tlonal bonded debt. ‘This loss is in addition to the decrenso in tho dividends paid by dividond-pnying roads, Notwithstanding the disconragements of the Inst three years, tho railroad syatem has con- tinucdto grow. ‘Tho number of miles oponcd in 1876 was 2,856, against 1,919 miles for 1875, ond’ 1,011 miles for 1874, But wo severe has been tho decline in tho pricos which railroads have beon ablo to chargo for their services that the froight eornings for Inat year, though thoy reached $361,137,- 370, would have been $182,000,000 more had tho rates of 1871 been in force. Thia hogs the same significance os that in the Inat ten years the railroads havo increased four times faster than the population, Thore{s now a mile of railroad to avery 427 inhabitants in the Western States. ‘Tho railroad system has been developed so rapidly that it has out- grown tho need for it. The prosont has mortgaged tho fature. The fathers have bor- rowed $4,468,591,000 of the sons to bnild up seystem of transportation of which n good “deal Yhight: Inve been loft to bu cUnatructed’ by the sons for themselves, The strnoturo of railroad dobt, like that of commercial debt, becambd so disproportionate to ita baso, ond was -carried so high that it has become top-heavy; and the upper atorics have de- faulted to the ground. The railroad has be- come a centre of great financial perturbation, These have beon greatly increased by tho mad competitions called ‘ wars," in which the principal trunk lines have engaged. Taking tho country through, thoro are tens of thousands of porsons who owe to railrond defaults the loas of all ora part of thoir in- come, and tens of thousands more who havo to suffer for the “‘ wars" in reduced wages or @ total loss of employment, The railroad is the greatest single agent in our growth, and, at present, ono of the most active centres of perturbation, There is reason enough for, our hoping that tho bellef is woll founded that tho editor of “ Poor's Manual” oxprosses when ho says that thero is every appearance that the period of greatest depression has passed. = ——— THE GATHERING STORM OF WAR. Tho aituation of tho Russo-Turkish war may be briefly summed up as follows: ‘Tho Russian army, defeated in two battles in Asia, is retreating before the victorious Turks towards its frontier, with a rapidly. increasing insurrection in the Caucasus threatening them in front. In Enrope tho. army is acroas the Danube, and apparently masters of Bulgaria between the Halkans and the Danube and from the River Jantra to Pleona, having forced the ‘Turks back to the line atrotching from Rustohuk through Rasgrad to Shamla, along which line a great battle may be expected, if the Turks aro de- termined to fight in the open field. Pending the next great battle, events aro soshsping themsclyes that the question at once ariseat Does the above situation repre- sent the limitations of thé war? Four Pow- ers in Europe are already moving ina man- ner that may mean only protection of inter- esta or precaution against the accidents of war, but, from the fact that they are sppar- ently acting in concert, it may also mean that thoy are fn alliance for active intorven- tion, There can be no doubt that England's band is upon the sword, and that it is half, way out of the sheath. Since the Russians crossed the Danube the war feeling has spread all over England. A few weeks sgo the Russophiles wore free to denounce ‘key upon the floor of the House of Oom- mons; now, a member rising to ask an ex. planation of military movements towards Constantinople is hissed all over the House, The popular fecling ngainst Russia crops out in the public houses, in the theatres, and on the street, in a manner that inust be delight- falto Dismarur, The English fleet hay been ordered to Besika Bay. A coutingont of English troops has been dispatched to Malta. Equally there can be no doubt that Austria's hand is upon the sword. England never moves without an ally, Thera is no other Power in Europe except Austria that is tak- ing any steps towards war. The inforencois obvious. There may not be’ at offensive and defensive: alliance between tho two as yet, but there certainly is an understanding between them. They only wait the pretozt for war, which has not yet been furnished them, but may come whun least expected. ‘When the wer broke oat, Austria declared her neutrality, but Yeserved freedom of action, fibe has already exercised that free- dom on threo occasions. ‘Sho has compolled Ruasin to, keep out of Servie, She hina com- pelled hor to respect Anstrinn interests in tho’ navigation of the Danube, and sho has obliged the Turks to withdraw thoir armies from Montenegro, Whilo Ruasin haa ro- pected hor engagomont to keep ont of BServia, will sho be ablo to reatrain Servin from declaring bor independence and rush- ing into war with Tarkey? Tho Porte thus far has given Sertia no éxonae for a declaration of war, and Russia haa abso- Intely refused to allow the Princo Miran to invade Tarkish torritory,—not from any feelings of justico or equity, but because she had respect for Austrian sentiment. Not- withstanding all this, the Servian war propa. rations continue, The National Sclave party aro bringing a tremendous pressure to bear upon the Princo Mita to improve his oppor. tunity. If such s war commences, no one can foresee how closely it may reach tho Anstrian frontier, or how far Austrian intor- esta may be endangered. That Austria has this contingoncy in viow is shown by her mobilization of two army corps on the fron. tler, and the dispatch of reinforcements to Dalmatih and Croatin, If Servin moves, hor ocenpation by Austria in n foregone conclu. sion, as well ns that of Boanin and Herzego- vina, as guarantees that her interosts shall noteuffer. ‘The Pesther Lloyd, a somi-offictal Paper, contains tho following significant utterance on this point: Se ‘Tho moment fa not far distant when Austria. Huneary will bo obliged to inke precautionary Fieasures to protect her intercale, Such measiires uinet necessarily be taken by every State when war breaks out on ite fronticr, even when St Is nesnred Of the beat Intentions of tts neighbne not” to trench on certain Intereeta; they constitute a pre- caution against necidents. and conflicting views pf aqucetions of cquilibrium. ‘This precaution would seem the more mminerativa st Russia were to incline to the pollcy of. accomplished facte, and wished to create a new order of things, n@ 6 consequence of the war, withont submitting It to thd decision of Enrope,. Bach Stato would in euch a care havo to, Protect ite own Interests. +Auatrla-Hnngary hes carofally homo much a contingeney in view, and her military organization and position are fully qualified to deat with it, « Tho longer the war lasta, the more advantageous will bo her poal- tlon, and the steongor will bo her right to Intor- vene. At‘the same time, it ts tthdentable that when tho Ruseians cross the Danubo the time will draw near for Auntria to give a moro visible ox- pression than liltherto to her precautionary polley, ‘ i . If the wor signs in Austria are not fnl- Jacions, sho is about to give that oxprossion, having nt tho samo time an understinding,: if not an alliance, with England. If that niliance should be effected and theso two Powors sliould actively interveno,: thus- throwing nuother powerful army of over half a million of men into the ficld, Gormany and Franco kept out of tho war by an nb- sence of material interest, Russia could not withatand tho alliance now any moro than sho withstood the Anglo-Fronch ‘alliance in 1854. Leaving this allinnco out of the ques- tion, the Rusuian situation ia still very grave, With an Austrian war-cloud gathering in the' northwest, aud au English war-cloud gatuor. ing in tho southenat; with her army defoated' in Asia, and a possibility that tho’ campaign is over for thiu senson, tho’ nocossity las éome for short, sharp work in Europe, Henvy blows must be atruck in Bulgaria, Tho Turkish: army in tho Quadrilateral must be ernshod before she becomes involvod with other Powors, When they come into tho fleld, the whole charactor of the war will bo changod. A crushing blow to ‘Turkey may save a gon- oral war, Doloy only makes it cortain that England and Austria will intorvone, - * _——$—$—$$$——— iterated for perhaps the’ hna- seth, Ame Note {he auger aaliar mre ueepll: tiouely: abol i}. Thy stateme: Aaneltyaantsdee ane Oba haa tee an Poaay Congress for nvout two years before {t was Analy assed. Dnring that period the whole question of he dollaretandard was Fopentediy Ulncussed, and the final deelaion was svached afier every onpor- anit, for rofiection and deoate had been offered, and { waa reached opont: y and not aurreeptitionsly, ga the recorda conclusively prove, —Catcago Times, ‘The act of 1878 wag not a bill merely affecting’ the colnage of the allyer dollar. It was a bill to roviso aud finprove the entire mint establish- ment of tho United States, and {sa code in itsclf. The action on the allver dollur was only anincident of tho bijl, st did not expreasly abolish the silver dollar; it ellontly omitted the silver dollar from tho list of culns to bo coined atthe mint, That is the only referenco to that subject in that law, The question of the dollar standard was never discussed, nor was thers ever a vote taken on the question of dropping the allver dollar. Tho Times may scarch its Wiles im vain for any — reforence to or discussion’ of the — subject. Tho aflyer dollar was oven loft a logat-tender by the act of 1873, thouch its colnage was sus- pended. It wasnot until a year Intor, in 1874, whoo the compilers wero. revising the statutes, thet they included an additional regulation abolishing tho silver dollar as the unit of valuc of American monoy, and making thd’gold dollar -that unit, Tho domonetization of the allver dollar was the work of tha codiflers of the Iawe, and, though Congress re-enacted tho revised statutes, thoy wero never road or discussed, but wero tuken on falth. The pretenso that the, country knew all about tho tnattcr is nonscnse, Let the Times produce s line of discussion of the business, or'a line showing thet that paper was aware, boforp 1870, that the coloags of the’ silver dollar had been abolished, or that It had been deinonetized. * + Se Down in $t. Louls they have a Circult Clerk's olfice, kept up moro asa matter of form than for uny practical utility reaulting from It, aud that Circult Clerk's oflive is run by a ghost. In March Cuautus Levr, ono af the clerks, dicd, anda month latera fee bill was fouud on bis dosk, the Ink fresh and the manuscript his. Great excitement arose, fret because any ne- cesaity for a feo bill had arisen, aud second bo- cause Luvy bud come from the spirit world ta draw it. Before hls death he promised to come back and correct any errors made by bis succca- sor, aud it appears that be has beeu shiuning around considerably cvor since, for his com rections have been found on almost every docu- mentdrawn since his demise, As a natural consequence, Bt, Louis is delighted as well ascx- cited, Lavy docs the work of two men, gratul- tously, a gencrous action highly appreciated by the poverty-stricken treasury, “ ‘Tho atetomont t9r 3 Se This isthe scason when American heirs to foreign estates Souriah, undismayed by cyclones and oblivious tw’ bliguting atmogpherie influ- ences, Not longago Groxos M. Bagun ad- vertised {u Tum ‘Teiwune fora tuanto enable him to sccuro a valuable Irish property, which he claims by rightful inheritance, Through the Middle States, a cholce variety of BLAxxs are clamoring for the $75,000 Icft bya beautiful Hecex of that name. Brooklyn receotly was fouudated by a Hood of Pratrs, who contem- plate from ular the lovely pastures of: a grand. English estate, but Joun Hanky Furoggicn Scuuizven, of Baltimore, discounts the crowd with bis demuod for the Geneva Award, olfer- ing to take $25,00U,000 with itcrest. If the other claimants have the same prospectaf suc cess that Scunizrgn has, they are to be con- gratulated. Mr, Watrr.aw Hew, of the New York Tribune, said this of Sam BowLesand bis papers Some gowiplng donkey bas started the story that Mr. Sauce Bowsts wants to buy o New York newspaper and try his band. at metropolitan Journalism. Mz. Bownes tried it once, tna mild way, Jn Bostun, aud displayed bie ability in toat direction a) bo wante to, “is chief ambition now ieto build up bis present wewspaper, ao that be cau gebo Uving oof of it, —which ts more than be basdoue tur sums years past. Bowkxs took an early occasion wo repay the debt with tutercet, thus: ‘The experience of the Zridune onder its present pleasure of fecciving tho ay : manacement has certainiy been a yery unfortanate vue, both tnaneially andinorally, | Hla now nearly. live yeare since Mr. bought the snnjority of the ‘stock, and Mr. Wuttrnaw Itrtin beenno ite manager." Then thero was a tivairy for lta pne- chase at $10,000 a rhare, of $1,100,000 for the whole, Ttwas ont of debt and with a cash nutpine, Daring tho interrening time there have been nu dividende pald to {ts stockholders; a debt had ac- cumnlated of from a hnif to three-quariers of a mallllon, quite possthty moro; the sharea contd not now be sold for $5,000 aploce: and it la reported that Jar Gout tn seeking to get rid of the prop. erty at almort nny price. Some. months ago, wo tnderntand, Prenidont Axonew Wien, of Cornell University, songht to bny it. The property wae offered to him for half a militon, inclading real ca- tate and debts. Mutan examination of the con- dition, of thingr by himaclt and tis friends con- vinced them that 1t was not worth what was asked, and they withdrew from the negotiation, a There fs a ticsperate effort in England to shut down upon the {mportation of American beet into Great Britain. Storica havo been circulated chleuJated to spread a fear of tho meat among consumers, and soma butchers have gone so far a8 to put diseased cattle on the market, repre- senting it as the American ‘article. At the ro- cent investigation foto the merits of imported meat, tho testimony was strongly in favor of the foreign product, aud the only opposition was from butchers, who claimed that, as the Ameri- can heef cond be sold cheaper, tt was cradually undermining the home product. pes oa ‘The' telegram" from Woodetock ‘with which we nre favorel, mentions that, Mr, Haine spoke brtely at the cloac, and did not deliver a formal Oration, which acconnts for tho factthat wo had tho proof slipe of Mr, BLAINE's Informal and tnpremeditated addross through the Associnted Presa twenty-four hours be- fore wo had occasion to place the matter in typo. — Cincinnati Commercial. ‘This Ie 2 most ungrateful fing at Mr. BuatnE, who kindly sent proofs of bls extemporization to all the prominent papers in the country. Ths TRIBUNE. was not only equally blossed, but nteo recelyed a patnphiet contalning Mr. Crramnen- LAin’s off-hand attack on the President, fact it would not mention under any clreutmatances, ste ne In reply to ademand by Mr. Monat HALsTEAD for information, R. E. Praston, Acting Director of the Mint, says, working all the mints and assuming that the Government will not tnter- fore by calling for minor and subsidiary coinage, ‘or gold, from $3,000,000 to $3,000,000 in silver dollara cowd be produced per mouth. If the uitnts wero to be run on sllyor dollars exciualvc- ly, $50,000,000 could be coined inside of a year, ae By prompt action and marvelous presence of mind, the whites of Oscoola (Ark.) Bava been saved from the rule of the negrocs. A colored. man haying beon arrested, the whitos arose to the neccaalty of self-preservation, harneescit ono mule to his neck and anothor to his fect, and tore him to pioces before he could carry out his hellish design of killing tho inhabitants and sacklog tho town. =<. The estimate of the exportable surplus of tho California wheat crop, published yosterday, ts avout 400,000 tens. This 1s double tho cstimata of Mr. Fumptaxper, published early in this weok, Tho two sets of figures show that thero {s wide room for difference of opinion tn rofer- ence to the quantity of wheat that twill bo ex- ported from tho Pacific Slope this year. a A Springfleld (Mass.) man madoo will ando bad miscalentation at tho same time. In devi lng his estate, be left one-third to hia wife, one third to his child, and tho other ‘third tu a child unborn, The party unborn proved to be tins, and the executor Is ina sorrowful fx as to the disposition of tho property, begging tho Probate Court in valu for help, a PERSONAL, Twenty of tho gradnating-olnsa at Harvard this year fatled of tnelr degreos, and the Boston Traveler eays that more than ono was found de- ficient on account of {mmorality, Lord Justice Melllsh, of England, recently deceaned, struggled thronghont bie proforsional Ufe with pain which would have incapacitated most men for all werero work, Tho Lancet hints that hie malady wae increased by the bad sanitury condition of tho Court in which ho sat, Blrs, Moody, on bebalf of her huaband, contradicts the publifshed roport that ho requested. the Woman's Christian, Teraneranca Maton wt. ont, ton to change fta namo to tho Woman's Krangelical Tomperance Union, and advised tho mombers of thet body to rule out Mrs, Livermore because abo wae not o Cheistlan, Friedrich August Gottren Tholuck, of Halle, whose death waa recently announced, woe Dorn in 1700, He was o Professor at Hallo up- wards of balf a century, anda champion of evan- gelicel Chriatlanity under the Joaieratip of Nean- derand Schlelermacher. Mo wrote muny books. For somo timo before hia denth bd was too feeble to leave hia room, and toward the lost his ming waa clouded mach of tho lime, Gen, Grant was not mate a D. 0, L. of ‘Oxford, because his ongagomenta did not permit to vieit the University town personally and recoive tho dogrce, as required by tho rules. In connece tlon with the same person,. but « vastly different anb§ect, 1¢ fm I ating to nutica an authoritative contradiction of the repoft that Gen. Gran} fost heavily {0 real-eatato speculations at Long Branch with Toin Murphy. Chicago was once blessed by the residence within her borders of M, Favarger, « Fronch gon- tleman and Professor of repute. Ie lett this city sevoral years ago, for widor flelds of uaefalnces. Possibly he ia the person referred to in s recent leauw of the London Academy, which saya that “'M, Favarger jsabout to personate Othetlo," The performance was aot forthe [Oth of June, and bows of it will be looked for, In this city at least, with intorcat. ? Thero is in Lo Sueur, Minn., according to the New York Times, a young man named Jobnny Lanigan, ‘*In whom tho loathsomo vice of habltu- al humor has loft no room for tho acquitement and exercise of such minor vicca as drunkenness and larcony." He was for atime an craament of tho society of Le Sueur, until rudely ejected theres from by the ontraged inhabitants, His fato should bo a warning to the minstrel clement in tho fash fouable society of other cities. Jose Ferren de Couto, editor of the Span- ish Journal pablished in New York, 2? Cronista, dled suddenlyon Monday. Mocamo tothiacountry tn 1860. Te graduated at the Spanish Naval Academy, served seven yoars in the army, and was ‘alterwarda commissioned to welle a biatory of the Spanish Infantry. During bla editorial carcor ho fought two duels, in gue of which he withheld hie fire in ordor to vindicate himself from the chargo of cowardice, le was sole proprictor of ZF Cronista, Atthe time of his death he was in bis ‘57th year, French orators, as a rule, sustain thoir falnting energies by copious draughts of sugar and water, M. Ponyer-Quertier, however, drinks Borgundy or champagnd in the presence of tho Chambers, Gambetts uses coffee freely, soma- mes consuming as many as eight cups during the utterance of one speech. Pitt, the English Com- Moner, used to drink port before speaking, and Bhesiden, aa preparation for ohne of bis most im- passioned offorts, ponredt a bottle of Madeira (nto a slop-basin, and drank the wine without once paus- ing to take breath, ' 3 Mr. Pigott hes been appointed tothe head of the Stationery Department under the British Government, vico W. It. Greg, retired in conse- quence uf failing health. This post has herotofore been reserved age prizo for distinguished literary scrvices, but no pretensions of that sort can bo made on bebsif of Mr. Pigott, The spectator, no- sleing the report that Mr. Pigott @ son of tho Uactor of Uughended, Prime Ministur’s inti- mate friend aa; **We should bardly have ex- pected Lord Beaconsfictt to be the frat to lmpound oneofihe sow remainiyg literary prizes for tho gratifcatlon of kindly personal fcclings."” ‘The Ritualists of Eugland aro subjected to a fresh attack {rom thelr opponents In consequence of the discovery of « book called ‘*The Priest in Absolution,” prepared for the use of suena **pricste" of tho Church of England as have ro- vived the confessional in thelr own perochlal prac- Uce, This reminds the World of the aqaib that Puach once directed ayalust the absurdities of Ritualism, whea it represented a dealer jn sacred perfumery ae ofering a norclty in incense to a Aituallstic clergyman, with the remarks that it had all the fragrance of tho Jockey Clab with none of ity protenity. This bouk of confesslonal-direc- tons, however, is noteo harmless. It is described ba slnply nasty, contain'ng questions that parents would but ask of their child¢co, us wivce uf their busbaude. a