Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1877, Page 2

e 2 THE CHICAGO TRIBU SECRETARY SILERMAN. i. His Speech at’ Mansfield, O., Last Evening. : SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1877—-TWELYVE PAGES.’ United Staten notes need not ro far before the | areonly ft ior fools. Homan Governments can | of the employes nntil, if we more fact that they are receivable for ponds would | have but little Infinence over the causes that pro- | been anid, In come bring them up to par incoin, and tat I apecle- | luce the rise nnd fall of prices, the abundance of | to pay for the mer paymente. want ef employntent. ‘Thesy are governed by | the trikes, But the reason of the refusal of Congeces togrant | bizher haw, and the pappets that fora Lime holt | fe has alwaya been feared that our Repnbiican tla authority, often asked of it. was, Liat [t would | flict) anthority have ae little tnfluence over thera | system of Government, which depends opon the contract the cirrency; dnd this fear of contraction | great movements ns files havo aver the revolving | will of the majority, coald not long survive the has thos far prevented Congress from granting the | wheel. Atthia time our cuuntry Ix the most prog: | condition of afaire developed by these, atrikes, easiest, plaineat, and surest mode of resumption. | peraue in the world, thongh we mnifer. to some ex~ | Macaulay and Allinun have both deecelbed, In pro- To avold contraction, Ht provided that Natlonal- | tent, from the name cnuasra that bring stagnation | phette lanzunge, the effects of Bank notes may he feencd without, limit asto | to the industries of all commercial contr! ATRUGALE NETWERN CAPITAL AND LANOR amount, and that, when feaued, United States Thave hurecoplous extracts fram Engileh, Rel- | ina Government like onrs: but, like most Engliah notes might be tetired to the extent of four-fifths | qian, Gorman, and French panera, all nations of | writers, thoy overlooked the strong conservative Of the bank-notes femucd. ‘Chie was the only pro- | wealth and power, in profound peace, and all | power ina Government by the people, whore the tiston for redeeming Linited States nates that Con- | rlotting extreme adversity and depreasion in trade | majority must always be independent fatin- grens made or woul make: nnd this, it waarnp. | and prices, ers, mechanics, and workingmen who pored, would reetuce the United Stated notes to The trun trade In England hae passed through | have reepect for inw. religion, and. or- 710, 000, 000 before Jan. 1,187). Theactualexperl- | extreme depremton, During its couree rome of | dor, Wo have, no doubt, Jargo numbers ment only. prores the folly of the cry we had for | the Jargest and welthiest manufacturing concerns | of men who will not roason about this matter, but more money, mare money. had to aucenmb to the severe reaction, while op- | will nah to the torch of to erlme in curing what HERE WAS FATE GDANKING, cratlves anficred In the greatest degree br the In; | they regard as wrongs: but the great body of our afreo ant almost unilmited right to everybody to | creasea supply of labor and greatly-diminished | penpie nave always shown muferent moderation issue more money: bat, uoluckily for visianary | prices: and intelligence to lead them to find a peaceful theoriate, {twas money that bad to be secured, — THD 1HON TRADE and propor euinedy for all the ila which life may not wildest money, but money that peonle could | in England hae fallen nearly SO per cent The | deyclop. fleep upon without ferr of breaking. ‘The result | felgiun tron trade. was almost extinguished, and | , And now, fellow-citizens, T beg yon nat to be- was, that, under free banking, tha feauo of circus | the workmen employed wore driven to other pur- | Neve that this fs an enay 4 ind not to roject Iation has been far lees than was expected, suits, ‘This tndustty Is the one that has auftered | counsely of moderation and bearance. he tiorefore, the reduction uf United States n most In our owit country, while we are rapidly re- | Isborer {4 worthy of his hire, and, In thts country was leas, Sill there was some reduction, covering by unvaansled natural resources, and by especially, ehauld always recelte enough to main+ ‘Ureenbacks have been retired, under tho act of | reduced cost of prodaction. I bare before me an | tain hisfamtly in decency and comfort. But wo danunry, 1875, to thle time, to the amount of | Englisn paper showing that Uso exports of Man. | Cannot secure thle great bieasing by intimidating $: 700, and near $20,000,000 of circulation | chester of cotton fabrics, especially to the United | capital, by burning honees, by preventing other v issued to national banks. Biates, have Deen largely reduced. The amonnt | people from laboring, or by any violence or crime. Since the tet of March Inet, tho reduction of | uf cotton goods shipped to tits country hay heen Japital, when thteatencd, shrinks away, and your United States notes has been $5,145,204; and this | reduced, RR five yeara from 120,000,000 | labor cannot be employed without capital, “You reduction was preceded by new clreulation iseued | yards to 69,000,000 ards; of ’ woulen | cam only encourage ite emvloyment by n reason- to banks, atnountiag to neat 39, 509, 000, Zoowts, front, 6,000,000 yards to 1,478,000 varie, | AUIo prospect of a just reward In tho way uf In- 1 do not ray that this $# the only reduction of the | while our own production has enurnously Jn- | terest or profit. currency (hat hae happenctt. but tt isthe only ree | creased, and we ure now exporting both cotton |, § will not undertake in this speech to atate ideas ductlon that wae male by the United States, Tho | and woolens, In Germany, of thirty-two com- } that havebecame convictions, that aro now enter- National Hanke, urMer a different Inw, and from | panies enumerated in a taulo I have before me, | tained for the firat time, vecanea It wonld take too tho very necessity of free banking, are at Nberty to | Gniy six show any dividond whatever for the last | longs bnt my concluslun was, yeare uso. when retire thelr currency as well os Inc: it; and eat, and the azzregate accounts shown loss of | this subject was under debste {n’ the Senate, that this hae been done oy them. since the lat of Jani 1,400,000 on the year's operations, Uf the ellx | the ary, 1N7H, to the amount of S33, 824,012. Hat thle | fridc in France, which leone of thy great branches FRAMERS OF THB CONSTITUTION isn reduction effected by each hank, guided oy its | of their industry, Itappears, froma paper 1 have | had whecly provided an arbiter to yovern, by gen- own faturunt, and the clremlation itcan safely oud | before mo, that there atu about 30,000 elk looms | cral laws, inter-state railways, and may in thie prudently maintalu, at Lyons, and nearly tall of these are now idle. | way prevent controversioy Getwern capital and ‘There are now deposited with the Treasury, by | ‘rhe number of weavers nuw out of cipluyment aba where thoy effect the commerce of the coun: ry. 1 rivate corporations, banke, and Individuals, $57, ° 4 11 dat s 2, 000, tarhiter fi e Ce i Jnltes FO 000 of Untied ‘States noter, Of til’ there 3 roughly estimated at from 12.000 to 15,000. rhiter fe the Congres f the United making arednetion tn the Customa rervice, alnce the dilvot March, 1X77, of ST2L 00K year. This process will be extended to all the Internat tteve~ nue officers of the Untted States, whit a very large raving of expense. dangerons controversy, No other chance was made, noother act done, except, when the eoln- tion was almost accomplished, the fev troupe who bad occupied. the State-House wore withdrawn t few xquares awns, tu their barracks, ‘Thus, in thia peacefut AVPEAL TO THE LEGISTATORE ‘af Lonisiana, thin controversy, which nut only en- angered tne peace and safety of this State, but the peace and safety of the whole people of the United States, waa settied. Thiaie the eam and substance of all that wae done in the Southern pol- icy, neitln called. of the President. Perhaps t ought tostate that hla policy las a broader motive than a mere acttienient of a local election contest. Igwecks to bring the North and South again into conditions of harmony and fraternity, and, by a frank appeal ta the generous Impulses and patri- otie feeling of alt classes of people Inthe Sonth, fo accure, notonly peace among themsctyer, but the equal protection of the laws to all, and gecur- ity in the enjoyment of politica) and civil mghte. RESULT IN LOUISIANA. No doubt the rosult In Lonleana caused some Meappointment to many Republicans throuchout the United States, who deeply rympathized with their Repotiican ‘brethren in that State, i and do, share in that feeling, and gt feel and Know ‘that avery atep taken by Premdent Hayes wan right, in ntrict accordance with his constitutional = duty, and - from, the highest motives of patriotiem, Some uro foolish enough tu talk of hla abandoning the colored peo- je and their constttutional tights. Preeident from bis early manhood, has been an Antl- tan; hin life wae imperiied on many bat- tto-fielae n the Rreat caure ‘of Liberty; he rympa- thizes more and wil! do tore for the equal rights of tha colored people than those who falsely sccurc him; and E belteve, this day, thut the policy he has adonted will de more to eccure the full practl- cal enforcement of thore rights than the employ: ment of an army ten-fold gceater than the army of the United Staten, ‘THM RQUAL RIGHTS OF FREEDMEN ato now placed on the same constitutional footin; az ours, Unarmed, unorganized, defenseless, an ignorant, as they have been, they can only realize the fall enjoyment of their rights when education dispels thelt ignorance, aud teaches them how to defend thelr Fiithts. The policy of the I'resi- dent will make it aus ve what has « they are barely wufictent tnecessarica of Wife. Hence moatly over, Most of the farmers have shipped thelr wheat. Corn hay wonderfully tmproged here within the List two weeks. Wooptawn, Jefferson Co., Aug. 17,—Farm. ers are threshing and selling thelr wheat. Les than one-half wit be held for a higher priv, Weatrtetp, Clark Co., Aug. 17%—Farmerg aclling or shipping wheat as fast ax thresned, Onts threshed. New crop beginning to move, Manomet, Chatnpatan'Co., Aug. 17.—Threw. ing haa commenced. Farmers selling. Pros. pects for corn much more favorable, VANDALIA, Fayette Co. Ang. 1%.—Consider. able wheat 'threshed, Yield ‘large. Farmers reporting froin twenty to twenty-four bushels tothe ncre. Corn suffering badly for rain, Wastnunn, Woodford Uo., Aug. 17.—Oats threshing tifty bushels to the acre. Some ship. ped. Lato ratns improved “the prospects for corn. Crop will be good. PAL, REDUCTION made thi for bultdings | ment Ia $48, 8425 ton wll be largely inctense Contracts for eutting the stone for ecveral of the lareer public buildings were founded upon the principle of the Gorernment paying te tHe eon: ractora the-cort of the labor and material cinploy- ed Inthe entting, and 15 per cent added thereto. "Tho contract for the erection of the hutlding for the nee of tho State, War, and Navy Departments was eo changed ne to redace It# cost aver $700, 000, Contracts for the supply of ent granite for the Coutt-Houte at Phimdelphia and the Cnstom- Honse at Cincinnati have been modited In rach B manner ae will eflect a raving of $450,000. Stmt- Tar changes are ta be matte in the contracts for ent #tono for the 8t. Lonis Custoni-[for iO oxten= sion of the Poxt-Onlce and Sab-Treasury at Boa- ton, which will doubtless be canalty favorable to the Government. A STILL MONE DANGEROUS CLASS of payments from the Treaeury was for old claims pending in the Treasury Department, many of thein founded pan eacpane testimony and belleverdt to be fraudulent, Many of these have been suepend- ed or rejected. and tiew rules in regard to such clams have been adopted, which will rave to tho Treasury farge ema of money: and hopes Can- zreas nay be disposed, at ity next ecasion, ta re- ‘vieo the whole inode of accounting ani paying there clatma, which, in many cases, exposes tha (lov. ernment to open and glaring fread. Thave only cited there princival cases of admin- fetrative reform, which will be made to extend to every branch of the Government, and, no doubt, will” recefye tho aah co-operation of Con- le a A Discussion of Actual Ad- ministrative Ques- tions. President Hayes’ Southern and Civil- Service Policies—Reduction : of Expenses, MINNESOTA. Foeetat Ptepates to “az Tribune, Doves Centre, Minn., Aug. 17.—Harvesting {n this section of the country Is finished, with the exception of stacking, and {f tha weather continues favorable the middie of next week will find most of the grain In the stack. The crop of wheat is better than {t has been for several years, Afew have commenced threshing, and the grain naa general thing is turning out bet. ter than waa expected. Many flcids of wheat in thie vicinity will average thirty-five bushels to the acre. Some place the averaye of thtavounty at twenty-five bushels per aere. Oats are alsua eplendid crop. Corn fa being sujured cunstderably by the Jong -eunrtinued, dry wenther, and consequently will ben light crop, Farmers are feeling jubifant at the bright pros pect of better times. The hunters are making sad lavoe ainong the chickens, 18 Weilneday Was the lirst day thot they were from under the law's protection, Epccta! Dispatch to The Tribune. Claim that the Specie-Standard Can Be Reached in Twelve Months More. Hard Times, the Recent Strikes, and Gov- ernment of Inter-State Railways : by National Laws, Manserntp, O., Aug. 17.—Secretary Sherman “ spoketoalarge andience this evening in the . publle park, The weather was dellghtfully cool and balmy. A Inrge number of ladies graced. the occasion. Henry C. Hedges, Esq, 98 President, made the welcomtog address, alluding in flattering terms to the private virtucs and or public services of the Secretary. Mr. Sherman responded feelingly, and was evidently touched grees, ‘Tho only rile in the conduct of public business | is, that which a prndent man would adopt In his own. ‘The Government ought not to be niggardly anit stingy In public dis- Duraementa; It ought to receive ny labor or service that It does not fairly pay far; bnt a waste of pub- lic moncy not only makes p premium to ailice- holding, but demoralizes all who are engaged init, A close and carefal readjuatment of the Civil possible in tho Gulf mlunt follow these general statements hy picture | States, No State ta broad enoagh to deal with this | Maxararotts, All e of q is ul we. 1%—Minnesota will th 3 lor the! secore the ald . th or -corvect buainesy-prin- | Were deposited by the national banks, at thelr last the distress bn Hi thesu great and rich coun- | question, for these milroad Ines extend through | * *. ml : with the warmth of his reception by his old | States for thei to, aecare, ote te | Meee none matlonal expendttnres wim | tatenicnt, made dune 2, 14.40, 0004 and they | trie, compared with which the greatest auffering | pany Stites. No local authority ean deal with it fear, hare: whoak stop of 00.000 bushels ebb ter which he proceciled ag follows! mpanny ls ciples ie rn Nave in th jh held by th 42, 600,000 Thet tg 6,000,000 more than expected det bi neighbors, after which he pr sitter Pehiss alae secured to them the pledge of | {ite amount of ‘euch moderate taxes on whisky, | Mave in the cast-reserve held by them $12, G00, of oti people le insiznidcant, Uucaume the ‘local authorities may be overated, | ji ttvost, but iy ja penceeetl beluee fi THE SPEECH. honor of the Jocal State Governments to protect | tobacco, und beer, and a reasonably-modcrate | More tha the amount required by law.—clearly WITIL US TRE WORST 13 OVER, or under the inilucnce of pansion or re- soa earo warranted tn the catinate, oe Fellow: Citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen? In re- | every man in fuileqaal ets and polltical rights. showing that thera Is no want of currency when | and the vast industry which gives employment to.| sentiment, Mayors, and Guvernora, and local | #) ce threshera’ books show a universal yield of duty on Imported goods, as. while farnlaluing pta- tection to our own Industries, will not cripple our commerce, or place our Industriag at a diead- vantage in foreign competition. I believe the ADMINISTRATION IS PERFECTLY WILE! to share with Congrese In the labor of the sential reforme in onr Civil Service. Much the lsrgest reduction in the public expendi- ture has been effected in the reductlonof interest ‘on the public debt. ‘The great body of tho public debt te now payable, demaniled for the reqdirements of bisiness. the groat body of our people—tnat of Auricalture— | milltia ore well enouzh for the oriinary pro- Mince Jan. 1, 1877, tho United States has fered | fy nsw exteciacly prosperous, Itie a common aay | tection of ruclety: but they aro not dtted to deal 1H, UD uF silver coin, aiid has radoomed with | ine that *'The farmers are growlng Fich’'s and, a4 | With o contest between great boiltes of citizens in that $21,080,000 fractional enrrency, now alinost | they grow rich, otuer industrics will thrive, aud | the snmo community, where tho divisions are ao snperscded by sliver coln} and also holds $3,1U0,- | trade revive. ‘To attribute the distresace, wich {| Wideand broad us to amount to domestic viulence Bis of United Staten notes for tho Fedomptign of kuow you suffer In common with the reat’ of man- | OF civil war. | The National Government te ex- fractional currency #flll outstanding, In thly there | yind, tothe cates growing out of the adminis | pressly authorized to aid a State In putting down wasno contraction, buta subatitntlon of coin for | tration of uur Uovermwuent, isextreme folly. Un- | domeetic violence; and the Congress of the United fractional currency, like the laws of most Edropoan countrics, our | States Is expressly authorized to reguiato the com- It was au error (o make tho retirement of United | jnwanre framed, as fat os possioie, to promote in- | Merce between torelgn natlous und tho several States notes depend npon tho lesuc of bunk-notes. | dustry, to protect labor and distribute wealth, | States: and the commerce thus provided for is naw over twenty bushels tothe acre. Wesbatl have asurplug of betiwcen 24,000,000 ond 23,000,000 bushels for export. WISCONSIN. Spectat Dispatches to Tae Tribune, Watertown, Wis., Aug. 17.—The harvest [s now completed in this section of the State, and many of our farmors have already commenced sponso to your fuvitation { am hore to-night to state to you my views of what has thas far been done by the present Adminietration In ja conduct of public aflairs, Indoing eo! wish it distinctly understood that I apeak for myrelf alone, as a citi- zen of Ohio, to you, my fellow-citizens and my neighbors, to whom I am under the highest obliga- tions of gratitade and duty, ‘THR PRESIDENT suthorized me to ssy one thing, snd one thing No people can bo more interested in observing thie ledge than the governing white men of the South. he nitimate sufoty of thelr life and property de- pendsunon it. The people of the United blates will hold them to it; aud now, when, by bie YOLICY OF PRESIDENT HAYES, they have what they call hom upon their self-proclaimed promise that hoie-rile means the equal protection in eqast clyll and political rights of all, they bare to fulfill this promise, of stand F nly, for him, god ih his nama, and that 1A, that diahpnoted Delors a he byl zed orl at amen at the: plesauire Of the United Sates pt pat in colt. | ‘he tio had no relation to each other: but the re- | Hera we give to every nan tho same privileges, | onducted mainly by these great lines of railway. their threshing. Wheat turns out fully as well | i ‘ll reporta that {inpata to him any participation | rae tore aa. far hetter this atall | fe rmantfert thatit tereet of oer cent. It | sirement of United tates notes sliould depend en- | civit and folitieal, whether he be rich or poor, or | ‘he framers uf tho Constitution could not forosee | as expected, numerous pleces ylelding larger fenataver” au), dh ,pomination of” eandluatce | be enforced Dak Mt Wags “a ally in “ibe | tu02¥tne thd Wonde au We pakt otra the reduend | HCIy uur the amount neecaensy to be weitadeayy | whatever may be This condition. ‘Ule UHL enter | oar ycr Wie did pemide teateors, | than they promised Jatigtog from what thr 5 Le e C1 i i. interests; 5 * ps FB wseaaueey” ap gay cer tie | tN Oa lt ttt Od tele | create Met Stet mcnch® | bur heanjatache smiles mois ot Genes | eee arnt i ere fr pec | mec Pale funy gia aman | Une tag ben dons tefl clits fo pn diese, ‘ro your matters, and Tcanas- | by legal meu Tho whole Southern policy of sold $30,000,000 4% per cent bonds at par fn Bs. as ¥ eal depression no huntan tnind can point outor | Whatever agency conducted, might bo contrulled | tho average teld of wheat foracircult of Seeene or bimt the tas not, and will Dok, in: Presi lent Hay a to neure eceattetlonal rightas lea eet Ot hig had veon applied to THEI CONVERSION INTO BONDS adminuter, ‘hat must be the reaultof time, of | by anarbitcr nore free from locul prejudice than | mites craund. ‘here. at twenty bishels to tie! not only by legal, * aA at the pleasure of the holder, the bonds to bear | industry, of economy. Nodonbt, soon any othor that could be selected. the lowest rate of interest that would In ordinary INDUSTRY WILL REVIVE, MY MOPE, TIEN, 13, {mes be maintained at pat in gold. To thle tho | and we may ct a season Of prosperity, ‘Tho | that Congress wlll pass laws to establish and Tmt Yerpote in an ich contest between political fricnde, For all ¢l so Lesy to you, neither he nor ser aid'and honored friend, Judge Wert, 18 reapon- therepemption of G percent bores, Since the Int of March there have been sotd, under the Refund. ing act, $1:15.000, 000 444 ver cent bonds, aud that acre, oats fifty. and barley forty. Outside of! this belt tho yield of wheat {a anmewhat larger, appeal to the interest and honor of all classes; but, Pista falls, Hf Ido not greatly err, he will not be % : t tho land and ‘soil being better adopted to wheat- . i th bet 1a am | wanting in tho exerciec of the full powers of hin + aT eur cent bonds have been paid off or | OUjectiou ts 1aado, that we convert @ nan-intera: joordo not suifer alone tram bard times, ‘Ihe | Maximum rates of freight, eo that the production 1 ryhieat ‘ sible. You all know tat ie dtepublicam party. ft | preatonieo to recure the civil righte of all, without | are being pnid of and canceled “thus raving to | bearing note into au interest-bearing note; but Per dew must fail upon thise who ture proporiy= | Of @ farmer may hot Le ht danger of confiscation by | falsing than In this tminediate vieinty. Corn ts = believe In ita principles and, honor tts wor! Nein | Gistinetion of race, colur, or condition. Tie peomi OF the Uuited States $2,025,000 in coin | Wat tight hive we asa nation, vr has any bank,cr | investments which ara swept away, and then tho | exorbitant ratev: that irvill Wualt and restrain the dotng as well as can be desired, and promiscs an my strong convictions 1 could not eancenl my par- tisan blas, or my earnest hope forthe success of the Hepablican party; but the pablects of which L intend to speak to you to-night will not lead mo to , say much of former political struggles, or to deh Sar old battien over again, but chloily to discuss tho for this year, and each year hereafter, In May taxt 1 became sntisfled that the credit of the Government wav so advanced, und the money- market was xo favorable, that I could sell at par in cotn bonds of the United Staten bearing Intercet nt 4 per cent perannum. ond, with thy sanction of the Mrerldent, 1 wok the rernonribility of with. drawing from anle $100,000, 000 of 4!¢ per cent vonde, and substituting 4 per cent bone, ‘There was great doubt among bankers and businese-mon, here and in Europe, of the abitity to sell thera Another questivn of administration promptly ro- celved the attention of President nt haa heen the standing promise of both political parties for Sfly years to secure CIVUGBERVICR REFORM, withont defining what wna meant by this phrare; tut old ahuees grew, and new abuses were deviscd, by which the Civil Service of the Government was largely muade an agency to control the action of partice, and to influence the nisin or falling fore tanenof politicians, while the publ Individual, to force Junto circulation ue money tts | eyit falls upon all clnsnes alike. Ail that you cutting and roluctlon of froights so ae to destro: note npon which it pays no intarestr Why ought | gek ofthe Government ie that it will ndminiater | the aullity of raitroad compaules to pay fair prices not any one who fesnee a promiss to pay on demand | ihe Hnuted powers cunferred upon ft with the same | for honest tabor, and prevent the compantes from be mane to pay when demanded, or pay Interest | intelligence and economy that you would expect of | miking papers of men who perform essential thereafter? What rizht has he, in Iaw or justice. | private citizens, doing all {t cau within Hmited | fanctionsin commerce, Congress may this, by fo inytst upon maintaining in circulation Nis noto | powers to confer Whe greatest good upon tha | Wise enoral laws, control the most powerful cor- which he refuses to pay according to hia promise, reatest number. Thie, { bellove, fs now belng | porations ns well ay tho humblest citizens. and wnich hu refuses to receive in nayuient of & | Gone by the National Government. ‘There ta ono thing, however, whteh atl men note bearing tuterest? A certain amount of Culted | “Every mon of you tn dceply Interested In the | Ought to understand, whatever may bu thetr States notes can be, and ought to be, maintalne! | girengih and power, of this Government, though | Wronus or injurlea: thit in ovr free system, there at parincoln, with the ald of a moderate com. f Vy ie bi edy, aud that eful, seer acid in the Treasury? and. to iho estone | ,cuations may be tar fram you; This wie | pels to tg cotatliated aatlioniea bain Sate abundant crop, notwithsatandiug the many fears, of afallure in tho carly partof the scason,| Ten more days of good weather without frost; will place the corn-crop about here ont of all] danger, Tho crop of potatucs will be the oeit: in many Pate the weather form month past’ being well suited to thelr growth and maturity.) Pranuze po Sac, Sauk Co,.cAug, 17,—Har. vesting done. One-third of the spring wheat) fujured by the bugs. Oats a good crop. Prox; * ACTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONS of the day ua they have arisen since the 4th of R March iast, and in all of which you are alike inter- ested, whether you may call yourselves Repubile Ic service wax a Demoe to th Ationel wish | secondary consideration. Upon this subject the | bonds at pur, and I had plenty of advice not to shown in tho Important services rendered by the | appeals to the constituted authoritics, both State | pect now of a heavy crop of cura and potatoes, fuirly to arpeat tothe candorand ood judgment of | President bad clest and radical view is euplect the | bonds Barca Germanys gow one of ano | Hine thle can bo done, thoy form the bert pos | Geueral Guvurnment tn the and Natlonal No mau tae a rebt by vioe | Weather very dry P : honest mon of both partica, ouly saking for tho | hesitated, against the oppogition of many fn hin at Poworn of tho world, had recently offered | Able panes money hon OF coli aiid RECKNT WIDE-EXTENDED STRIKES lyrice or celina fe, sedzere mie: tojueine... Bo —_—- | ‘Administration of President Uayeathutconalderite | own party, to enter upod the reform of these | her 4 percent bonds ata dlsconnt of more than 3 | norw convenient tocarryand handle. Besond'this, | by the employes of railroads, which reached from | Government can live where mobs can muko KANSAS. | f abuses, ‘Whether true or not, It haa neen believed that the Coaton-Touse in New York, the great, agency for the collection of the duties on Imported goods, was especially open to these abuses, and that the pubtle Interents were eacrificed to the advancement Bf tho political and pecuniary interests of Indi- ¥iduale, The President directed that A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, froo from politleal lux, should be made’ there by independent men of both parties, aimed, not at in- , charity of judgment which must bo extended to all human agents. ‘hen ho was Inaugurated, he found thirty-slx States in the ful! and uncontested exercies of alt the powers of Staten {n the Union. In two States only there were contest ae to who was Governor, Hoth contests had existed from January to March, 1877, while Gen. Grant was President, In South Carolina, Gov, Chamberinin claimed to have been clected On, the Renublican ticket, and Gen, Hampton on the Democratic ticket,” Tha per cent. The Russtan Government, now under the etrees of war, was ectling its bonds ot such 9 rate that thed yichied over 8 per cent. The Portugnese Goverument had feracd a per cent loan at about FO per cont din. count, Great Britain, the highest in credit of all the great nations, bad sold her 4 per cent consula ata large discount, and now, although they are a poem aunulty, they ofe daily quoted at fron Ht to 0% por cent. SUil, with the favorable cond!- tion of the monoy-market, with Industries paral- aa be cow " luws and prorent other — Iaborera the right to laaue paper money, elitr by tho Gov. | Palladelpnia to New Urleans, affected alt the great | Working. The right of. a. Taburer. to ernment or by banks, tw a dungerous exorcixo of | S¥7hd several powertal states.’ For a time it | Feftize to work withont such pay ox he demands injurious to all clasvey, und should notcon- | tutostencd elvil war and anarchy, ond caused aq | clear and anqucstionably: but whatever civil re Ingle day beyond the neceusitics that gure | torre deatruction of lifeand property, ‘The Admin. | cules the law may give him he cannot resort to vio Ie birth, {utrutlon wae called upon by the Governars of Weat | lence to prevent elther tho movements of conte Unt, if Congress should roo proper to confine the | ¥irwinia and Maryland, two Democratic Atntes, to | Merce orthe employment of others, without en- process of resumption to the present law, wo havo | si¢4n putting dawn domestle violence. Our smal) | Aancorink our whole system and encountering the etl army waw scattorud over the Western country, full force and power of the Guvornment. Tho TILE SECOND MODE ‘Tho last, Mouse of Represontatives had refused to | Vory fact that of reauulng, by accumulating comm gradually, 80 | approprinte for pay or supplies for the army, leat, THE BTOPPING OF TRAIS8 Spectal Dispatches to The Tribune, Mayumattay, Riley Co., Aug. 17.—Millons of locusts have been flying over both to-day ond yesterday. The wind was In the northwest, snd ‘hoppers went south and southeast. To-day the wind has beon tn the northeast, and the "hop pors went maluly sonthwest, "Hoppers flew! very high, A few alighted, Should they light! a Presldent fs not made the judge of who {8 clocted | dividuals, but stthe syatem iteclt.. It was in the | yzed throughout the world, money lying Idic in that, when the timo fixed for resumption arrivos, | fursgoth, bt mizht be naud ina State to put down | ot the four zreat Mnes of railway would bring | duwyn here now the damage. to the corte d ‘ eee anne re crank to evercieo | procran of this investigation thai ho inauud the | great hoards, with our credit antarnished, our Na- | the Treasury may be able to roduuny aucl nates A¢ | auinestic violence, There calle werg promptly mot | hoger and want to milljons of, Iaboring people. down here now ge ipaute Such a power would be a plain act of naurpstion. | order about which do much complaint has been | tlon confeesedly among tho leading Powers of the | are presente: | bu thle rcepert the motion act | by Prealdent Hayes; and, by a judicious ure of the | And weprive other millions oie santo Toe * | "Counc Grove, Morrls Co, Aug. 17— i THR CONBTITUTION OF BOUTIL CAROLINA made. world, with great resourcen, 1 belleved that tho | fe 4s full au Tiberal ay horned. daa\unne caf frame | amati force at his command, by the wkilital ction | product, would array ngaingt wtriking taborers who | Tirushing in progress. Oats and spring wheat : Is much like that of Ohio. ‘The connt of the vote Hero it ta: public {nterest and pablic duty demanded that the | It. ie ebrclary jeatinae eed. bo prepare forre- | of the oilicere in command, cepccially of | Fevurted to violence, the whole power, not enly of 1 dia 4 ae Not t ti ne SPE eal 5 ‘was to be made by the Gencral Asrembly of the | No officer should be required or inition ie, take stlort a agit, pons a ia cent soni should bo sumption, anihtor hat purpose to aia ereneple Gen. flancock ee ae Schorleld, the She Horeriment ie ue acral ani hyaleal force: a ss a Fe ees pana ot ie) i cad sop movies State, Ul for CI . 8 Col |: In ihe management of political orzantzutions, | made, and that it woul nccuaeful. Lanbath Cf) regular army was tho chief means of sup: 4 A het ft 9; : e No. ing SR ar re Ect Doe reg i ontentcnre ur clechioncampalens. Thete TUE QUEAT NATIONAL LOAN hondy, all of which ars nowat or above parin coin, | trevsing domestic violence extending to. many | Wen, OF ony clnas of mon, revort’to viulenee and rightto Vote, and tu expreas their views on pabile ques one, elther rally or thruuzh tho press, a not denied, ravided tt does not Interfere with tha discharce ut hele ofletal duties. No assenement for polltical pur, poses, 09 officers oF subordinates, should be allowed. ‘This order was promptly met with denanclation crop. ‘ Hautrorp, Lyon Cu, Aug. 17,—Threshing going brisklyon. Oats ylelding from torty tu seventy-live. Price 13g15 ceute per Lushel, Very Hettle being shipped, 1 ‘Tho power can be, ought lo bo, and will be exocat- | Brctai™e ven” coig almost bo classified ay | criine ty protect cven real righte, they must ed, tf not repualad. eivit war, No just mau will withhold from tho | be dealt with tho same way ane’ othera who Thwaccumnlation, both of ailver and gold, can | Gdministration fair prates for a dilicult task weil | Violate tho law, howover much wen may be made by arresting from exportatton ourown | gone, Theso atrikes bring prominsntly inte | sympathize with thelr distrews. f ain stating production of thera wetule, ‘This 1¢ moro thin | Aimercan poiltics the contest betweon capital ana | only Wlist the law bay always provided, and with against him by a Republican court, and he was only apt In posscasion of the State-ilonse by the act- ual prosence of United Staten troops in the bulld- ing. Ho had appealed again and again to President : Grant to recognize him as Governor, and to give was opened by popular subscriptlowin the United states on the 16th of Jane, and within thirty dave aftorward $7,600. 000 were taken In (hla country, and $10, 200, 000 In Europe, —making $77, 400, OY sold. ‘This sum, when pald and applied to the him the sid of Federal i - | ‘hae or O percent bonds, will make an annual | *wMlcient to supply our wante for this purposes | jabor that for many years hueturbed Great Britain, | fullayinyathy in an honest domand by laboring. Berar , Fe eee eee ne eee een oe ee eee mal | Raving to the people of the United States ‘of | auch fortunately, we have plenty of other produc’ | ond was the Foundation of the ucone of the reiga of | men for fair wares fora falrday's work, . We 1aust NEBRASKA, " a: Grant had refased, and ‘songht onty to IN THE WESTERN COUNTY, $1,550,000, The aggregate of the Honea patton Meat, and fabricy, the fruit | terror during tlw French Revolution in17i1. flap. | ony the flaw, und wo must punish any violation of Spectat Dispatches to ‘The Tribune. ” preacrve the public peace. When President Hayes | whero our political movements ara more freo from | both clasecy of bonds, since the ‘ofous industry —for 4 ry, pily, In tlitscountry our strikes have been local | the law, Life must be prutected,.and property | Cretantox, Knox Co. Aug. 17.—Grain not ' ‘Was lodugurated, both contestants wre called to 1 Washington, and both were patently beard, aud tho Apeations Ereeentet wera patiently and caro- fully examined, The Vreeident beld that a case ‘was not presented in which, andor the Conatitdtion Aeenteat, producer of gold and silvor in the world. | and unimportant: ont the great change made Invur | Hlso.- Those are the cunditions upon which suctety ie balance of furoign trade ta tn our favor. Dur- | fiduatries since the War, and the. cnormouy en- | etats; and no party can temvorizo or hesttato in Ing the lust Gucal voor one exports exccodod our | jarveinend of aur mining and manufacturing indus. | the face of an upon rovolt axatnat, theso principice Iunports in guld-vulue the son of $1UU,050,85% | tejow, tue great increasy in the number of curpara- | Of public order. Wnt. while thie la truc, wa tu und this bahinee fy steadily Increasing, tlone and their extended power and inflicace, | Not fall to examine the complain the Influence of oficehulders, thoro has ul been a strong popular fecling azalnet the Interno- altton of machine-politicians, ‘The people hero able, without the ald of officehold~ @ thelr conventions, caucnaes, and 877, will be $d, 681,000 a year in coin, ‘And this process of saving has Just commenced, We may confidentiy hope that, if no adverse legia- lation shall be bad that wil) injuriously atect tho ublie credit, the entire stuount of tne punile deht threshed, Most of the gral will be sold as soon as threshed, as money is fu great demand here. Corn growing rapidly. Sume fow telds 2’ humid vnla year, Providence has Uleated ns with an itizen; and give ty bima all th have Jately been damaged by "hoppera, but il and the Jaws, be wos Justified in using the army of | Grranizatiens; and it bas ulways been a matter of | bearing interest at aver 4 per cent, now amounting f alnat du atton compel ws to consider thls question, and, tf pos citizen; an ta all thy protection and all Mf u the United States In decid ocal elee- i ec rOf | to nearly $1, 700,000,000, may, ae it becomes ree | enormous crap of almost every production of the | bie, wonnds remudy. When labor is chieny con. | the romodty that a just Gayernment can give. there are no more raids the crop will be a lures ton contest. accede Mucaeineay or ih ae or nN poe Ey fo neatly Str reonveriod ialo conde notexcceainga | ffl oF plantation, and the forelmn demund Ww | sued to tho if ‘And. now, fetiow-citizens, In conclusion, allow | onv yet. P largely Increaved by the Rugelan war, Russia le our great competitor In. supplying Eurupo with ‘THE SOLDIERS AND HAYONETS percent, of tho United States were then withdrawn from the State- House, —not from the State, nor the Cup- Atal of the State, bot from the building in which the Legislature, thst alone could Jaw sally decide this contest, moat mcot, Thle was ail that was dono by the President, and Goy, Chamberlain, without further contesting bis claim, abandoned it end left the State. Isayto you uow, that, strongly as 1 desired the succeac of Gay. Chamberlain and tho Republican party in South Caroilna, the Preaident had nut 4 whadow of right to Internoss tho power of tho army in this contest, and his attompt to do so would have been rash and abortive ag well oa with- ‘out legal rigbt. ‘TH CARE OF LOUISIANA was far more dificult, The local returning ofticers of that State had, afters full examination, certifed || tu tho election of the Legislature, showing a Hto- qublican majority in both Houses. had been tloug by excluding from thelr rcturn the votce of certain parishes and countica wherein Intimida- tiou, violence and frand bad prevailed tu anextent suticlent to ebange the result of theclection, t Was present, ol the request of Gen, Grant, tu witners the count; and | asauro you, as 7 Dave gale oMfcially, that the proof of this intimi- non, violonee, and fraud, extending to murder, cruelty, and outrage In overy farm, was absulutel y conclusive, showing a degree of violenco in some on feuslvely oficious In controlling popular conven- tien; and, us a tile, such things bavo not been tolerated. But, tn the great cities, tho office. holdersare rvlectud, not only to be active at the eluction or to influence the election, but to run the machinery by which nominations are made and caus cusoa held. “They select dolcgatee to conventlona, pay, thair expeuscs. control thelr votea, appear on President, Secretary, or guiding genius of the Convention: and thus the whule machinory of pol- iticaia on oficeholding monopoly, offensive tothe masa of the people, und tendiny to provent the Just contro] of political movements by free, unbiased popolar opinion. IT WAN THIS ADUBE, the grentestof all, thattho President strack dl- rectly at. ‘The President hae not, aud never did, object to the most actlve incn being appointed to, and aspiring fur, oMee, He would naturally select. from uinung the moat active men tn private lie those who ure to hold public articea, and, other things being equal, wonld select one of his own party ratherthan ono of the adverse party, Atal uvents, that temy own view, think it would bo oshade dishonorable foruman to seek an villce froin the parity whose success and principics he op: oxod, though he way accept an ailice tendered to ius. Itt natural Unt, in xelecting men for oflice from the great political organizations, compoued of large masacs of people, frlonds rather than ad- CULTIVATION OF THB SOIL mv to express, vo far ns Jouguunte enables me to ilo bread, and she now will consume her own prod- | Of sopamic{fariae no contest between capital and so, ma onthe thnal Sen ean etre Y aay ucts,” We have now reachod the coin-basly in the | labor can arlzo; aud where, as In former tines, | (nis short visit, but in all thy timoL have Nved ties for a . | our mechanics were Independent artisans, —cach sone production of commodities for the forsiga mar Mrruing ener alone or wil few overs {h ahope among you. [ cau only say, I thank you. OUR EXPORTATION OF HOME-FABRICS acatlered baronial: the conutry,=therecoul no has Increased and te Incrousing, and wo ore now | avetitroublo. But when great corporations or In- |, THE CROPS. competing with Manchestor and Iirmingbam inthe | dividuals ompto large numbers of porsons who wale of products that tave madd thoaocltivs fainous | depend upon thelr dxily labor for thelr daily bread, IOWA throughout the world, Our iunufacturoy of cot. | And whos waxus may be alfected at any thine by saidgiebs Hlcathaer is chao ton, fron, and wool now rivalin foreign markets | {be Will of the capituilst, there hus been, and of La Pins aA Pl chee tho oldest countries of Europe, wayw will bo, an irrepr: onfiiet bat t! Gneenvitwe, Clay Cu,, Aug, 17,—Wheat and We have, during the fivo months of President | 4p who furnishes or direct the capital, and the | oats nearly all in atack. Just commenced to Mayes, made an actual accumulation of currency, | 14 borer who does tho work. | Whentothistandded | i Oats ext ud. Corn dol 2 and of gold aud sliver coin and builion, of $44, + the fact that. by recent cousolldations, great rall- | throsh, Oats extra gcud. Corn dong fine; THO, From the Jat of May to this time we | fad companies have been formed, each doiny a | ronsting ears plenty for a week past, have added to our coln-roserve $20,000,000 uy the | tfauxportalion business Jergcr tan the whole | Cusxocee, Cherokes Co, Aug. 17.—A fow ante of bonds, without disturbing the monoy-mar- | transportation on the 3 walaxipp! or on the lakes in thopperalince & but d ; ket, und with guld steadily onthe deciing. Wo | the North, with the power Io tho uillcers of the uppers Lave come town, but do not secm to Ive reauced he ae dott Ate ee ee ae racist | Mave any appotite, Many are ducased.| Wheat aor ee ee te tlane'et Gur lone atresdy | He conitick would vome time come betwen the | 1 the southeast of the county very good emp; referred to, without ‘disturbing the coureo of trade | cefporatiunw and the employes, excellent quality, Qate good, Corn doing Heeauelne i ahiprient f gold. Ay the feurs ox+ Let mo Pr id td cpormpus ponecthat | =] well, rasavd wo often in the papers al jeaa mOvemen| el 8 0) sf y prusaed vo often in the papers at theso movements, | -ccuieally concentrated within the willof four | | FAULKNER, Franklin Co, Aug. 17—We will We aro now within ave degravs of the specto. | niet. Wuon the War broke out the common cry of all be ready for thrceabing fo a few days. Farin- standard: We nave aA: piveuteon junta belure tbe: er ree that ay, Helwl reannee chant shrcalan era busy stacking. Weather tine aud dry. ich to complete kK. The same ge 2 vi * ey. Our cause 61 % Hacthat hasbeen tande vince. tho agut Morey, | murco should flow untaxed to the wen, Convax, Jusper Co, Aug. 17.—Have been Sxwanv, Seward Co., Aug. 17,—Threshicg has just commenced with those who wish to ship, Corn dulng well, Thirty-three per ceut in roasting cars. Weather fine, Buatiicy, Gage Co., Aus. 17.—Nearly atl thy Brain in stack fu tine condition. Wheat: twentr to twenty-five bushels to the acre, Oats fro fifty to suveuty busliels. Rye heavy, but nb threshed, A Gnu rain one week sinco {naurced ‘ood crop of corn If the "hoppers will hold of. Thoy have been flyiag southengt and southwest for a number of days, but fortuvately are nit stopplug here, ‘ SPECIE-PATMENTA, And now, fellow-cltizens, thia brings mo tu the question upon which there fx xo much diversity of opinion, so many stranye delusions; and that bs, the question of apecte-paymenta. What. do we mean by thia phrase? [alt that Wo ore to have no paper money In cirelationy Ifo, | am ow innch oppoved to {tas any of yon. lait that weare to retire our greonback-circulation? Ifo, I am op- pe toit, aud huve often so aald. What l moan by apecle-payinents tv amply that paper money ought to be made equal ta co, ao that, when you pad it will buy aw much beef, corn, or clath- Ing ad cuin, 3 Now, the {mportance of this caunot be overestl- mated, Adepreciated paper money cheats and robs every man who receives it, of o portion of the reward of bie Inbur or production. and, In all tlmos, {thas been treated by stateamen a¢ one of the greatest cvlis that can bofalls people. There aro tines whon auch taoney fe unaveldabie, as dur- ing war or great public calamity; but It has alwaye been the ansfonscare of utalesmen to retro azaln to the auld standard of coin, Therefore It is that ‘specie-paymenta, ura npecie-standard, ts proveod hy the geeat body of Intelligent mon who study these guustions, ae an Indispensable prerequisite for ateady basincss and guod times, ‘Now, most of you will agree to all this, and will only d{ffer av tothe modo, of time, and’ manner; z 5 . INDIANA. Spectat Dispatches to The Tribune, Apaus, Decatur Co,, Aug, 17.—A greater portlon of our farmers arc seliing their wheat) dcalershere, Wheatis good. Oats tho sane Corn not so good last year, owlug to uy weather, Should hayo sent dispatch before Lit delayed ou account of harvest. Rocrront, Spencer Co., Aug. 17.—Farmes weneralty selling o8 soon ws the grain fa threalicl Prospect for a large crop of corn never better, versarios auontd bo aetceted. But there are oc- routed twelve montha longer, will certainly | ‘The ontie tonnage paving any ylven pointon | bicased with splendid weather for harvesting MISSOURT, parlahes tot was more rovolting and bar- but there an large class of people who beliove that < a vel i the Mlaviesipps Miver fs now cutiwated Bue, re ‘tan anything T could pitt tan Sai of casions whore sae eLurTalde paperean be, and ought tobe, mada inta. monuy fring ae tothe anaes Prous f, tent condgent rtd DP! 0 and stacking our gratu, Considerable wheat Snectal Disvatchea to Tae Tribune. hog been threabed und marketed, Cora is ma- Hawsonvitty, Cass Co., Aug, 17,—Threshhe turing fost, In good roasting cara. in full blast. Wheat turning out well, Fart crs only selling sufllciont to mect their want Holdlug for bighor prices. Not be more thea hatt acropof corn. Laxtan, Darton Co., Aug. 17.—Oats threshel; peiding rem forty to suyeuty-fve bushels # WW OTE. wi plain that the returning otticora bad the lozal right 1g pusa npon and certify in the first instance who were elected members of the Legistature, and that (hey wera Justided by the evidence in ‘excludlag Unlldezed pariahes; but it was equally clear that their return was not conclusive upon the members vloctod, snd thateach Houve had the constitutional Tight tu pase upon the returae and elections of ite Mmembery, and to act aside the action of the Re- i tumlng Bi ahonld not be drawn; und, in ull cases whero par tice put up bad men, it fa the firat_bounden duty of avery good citizen tu refuses te voto fur shew, and thus compel the eelectlunof the best wen for olfice, But where any one hua urtaiued office, elther by ap- ointment our election, he ought nob to cons that ha bs therefore to be the ruling, guiding man~ ager of conventions and cauctses, with a view to pup thi» Republican and put down another, or fo pull duwn this Perucrut to put ap another, He ought to buld Lis oflice with xeemly modenty, Jeav- {ug to the people torua tho inachinery of thelr own political urgamations. ‘There never wan, and ucver will be, danger In oureystem that the neccewary movements of the people neod the wuldance of paid uticeholders. Of late tho iniuence of oMicehotding in politics haa grawn worae and worse, When. cixbteon yoara aga, beard a promincnt imeinbor of the House of without any promise of hope of redemption; that & note should be vrinted: “THIS 13 & DOLLAT,'? and bo made w legul-tender. Ltegard thle saa mild form of Innacy, and have no disposition to debate with men who Indulge in such delusions. ‘They have prevailed to some ox- tentatdifferent thmcein all countries; but thelr life has been brief, and they have ever shared the fate of uthur popular delusions. Congress will never entertain such a proposition, and. If it shyuld, we know that the echome wanl! not stand. & moment before thy Supreme Court. That Court only matntalned the constitutlouality of the Jegat- fenser peatilee io Pr adoilardy a divided Court, wu ground that it wae iseucd during the War. a6 in the nataro of a forced Joan, to be r devmed upon the payment af a rua) dollar, —-tl de, wo many grainy of silver or gol ‘WUUtonM, with oF withont a change ot the avr, wrory Soller ope Great Eee on tile. North Rasa bean snciken of United Statue notes will, before x0 “ y Bek Ci Toes tunioptions buy aecwuch as an Cine inode | Wouderful provision of Nature for tho vast if Gaunen, Hancock Co. Aug. 17.—Farmers ara in elther cold or wifvar. nalcommerce of the continent. The dvhole tons | Happy vow. One furiner threshed from tweuty- A CONSTHUCTION OY THE RESUMPTION ACT nage paning ata given pulnton the Huu of thy | Que wad one-half neres of wheat UL5 bushels, has often beun prevsed upon the Department, that, | Lakests about 3,000,000 tons Outs arog goud crop. None threshed. Corn fPeorrect, would wate it tilt more oavy tocarry ig | , Tho Rela Canalin Now York, trom Buffalo ta | las mado a great growth, but neuds ral {nto cxecutiun. Tt is insisted that tho Secretary | Albany, has boon extolled ava work of wastor- || Wast Stpz, Crawford Cu., Aug, 17.—Whora hiss tho power, Sn preparing for revumption, to wail | steven, which hav contributed more to | thresting {s being done farmurs are sclling. bonds for col, and then tu acl! the coln for United | the | luterlor development = of | this coun: | Boring wheat good, Yield from ilfteen tu States notes to be hoarded in preparation for | ty than any other single work, and hes | twenty bushels tothe acre. Outscxtra. From reeumption, The Department hav not octed | !{imortalized the names of DeWitt Clinton and | forty to si C ing fi ‘out Tponany sich construction, but hav sold-gold | others. ‘The outire tonnogy of this canal during | forty io sixty, Corn prowing: ely, ut lato. onty {p tho current curse uf bus Or forthe | thy last year ts olticlally atated ut 2,418, 42:1, ‘aud Re GUeany, Marshall Coy Aug. 2%,—Thresh- Cetial” redempton of notes supplanted by na. | of all thy Now York canals, tucluding the Erlo, at | fhe commenced. Wheat turus out trom vight- tiousl-bank uotes. If thiv power sercived, it | 417% 170 tons, teen to twenty-five bushels, Oats from forty- shouldonly be Inpurauance uf tho plaln will of ‘Thevo threo water-arterlow of commerco, two | five to sixty. Wheat will bo mostly held tor Congress; and, Inthe exccution of vo delicate a | Natural and ope artificial, furnish o tonnage of | higier prices. Selling wow at 85 couts. Corn duty, ua power should be used except such ay 20,277 170 tons, anda few years ayo were pracy | doing Hnely. Great pruspact If frost holds off, —_—- 5 ‘tin TWO HOUSES, 7 when organized, had also the power to pass opon ” the returna of tho clectiun of Governor, and they sione and nooneelse, Neither the Presidcut of 4 the United dtates nor the Returning Nourd has any powcror right ¢o pass upon tha siection of Gor, eroor, And hero the dificnity jn the Loulelana Case commences. Gov. Packsrd contends thats majority of the onto. Apecial Dispatch ta The Tribune, AsuTayLa, Aug. 17.—-Oate belug threshd Best for years in quantity and quailty. YL of wluter wheat surprises everybody. Sef flelds exceed forty bushels. Generally bese i. Having splendid showers, which vil rt two Houvey, aa duly roturnod, did pas: Iopreventatives declare that at cost hii 1 therefurg disuse such wild theorley, and speak | clearly utven, o sulo menus Of transit between the East iy Temes help our periebing corn, statue fe Aaveaotaat aerate | see tutasse pura nots uacoay, | gli ureling aeirapea; | unas en fre rfempon ot | Riya teat aan | aa ean yen deer at he aa as duly cicetod: but thle wae sont I id fi jour on ju EY er, of colina actlanal currency, provides that allver col a 4 o N 4 eee eee eee eee ee ee ee ere t abald havetoss | money, hare Ween proven by" all Lundan experts | bo faved ia crchatigo Wor Uulted Bates notes, ang | of thy War, thera have been built uo four grand | statlons aud sold. Wheat and oats generally ta MICHIGAN, Special Dispatch to Tae Tribune, Atzoam, Allegan Co, Aug. 17,—Thresbiog machines going in all directions, Wheat, 7% and all above an average. Drought has sbort- ened corn. No crops moving. WILLING TO GO WEST ON LAND, ‘To the Editor af The Tyiti f such notes ahall be kept asa spectal trunt-lnes of rallway, reaching fram the Atlantic | thustack. Hoy crop the largest ever cut in the edcaptionet fractions currency,. Tule fundand | seaboard car away {nla the Weel with thele lines | county. p the ordinary curroncy balance {u the Treasury aro | 'n all directluny, Iku tho branches of great trovs, Conway, Taylor Co,, Aug. 17,.—Threahing the only piper wouvy of tts own. Tho culn and | Whose orzautzation extends to almost overy bam | begun in earnest, Wheat good quality, Eight lezal-tondera deposited In the Treasury are thu | let iu the Siseleiypl Vulloy or the Atlantic slope, ech busticls to the acre. ‘Oats forty-tive. Corn roporty of privato individuats, over which tho | Withwcommerce so vast that, tu comparison with | {mproving, mostly {nroastingears. Rfeieury has'no control, Mt, tho great water-tines of communication become | PTUs tinny 8 FANN Oar i 1 ttave, felluw-cltlzens, 1 hope withont wearisome | !uelgaiiicant. He toe cet doe where tee detail, dane over xome potnte on this quewtion of prarket yuk 1 need Sih ous tinal aby one. Teaurmption. “It lw a dull ‘but Important tople, | The ¥rto teltway ca ‘aur prospect for half a crop of corn, ie enco t be the best possible standards of value, and that paper money tu sluply a promise to pay ancl colned inonyy, and whuuld be made und kept equal to colned muney, by belnz convertibie an demand, ‘Now, the question iw as to tho time and mode by which thc inay be brougivt ap: nd an this wub> ject no man should be dogmatic, or stand without Yelling upon a plan of bis own, but whould be Wilitnz tu give and take, securing the bost expo.i- that public opinion wil allow to be adopted. defeatud; snd 1 can way iu your presence, for you know It, that the custom then provaitliz prevented any larg peuuitare of money; and that, though four Umes elocted to Conureys tn thin Utetrict, Lubd ‘not, and could not without dangertomyecif, epend any considcruble suns on my ulection. But of jute thy expenses of elections haveso increased thatwe orelu danger of the very evila that fora hundred years dixgruced the clection of the mein: ers of te House of Cominoua, snd ted to laws of serted and denied by tho adverso partics, and the Legis\ature of na divided Into two hootile Bodies, bolding separate acaalons, cach ascrting Ata Joga! power, and denouncing the other asrubels and traitors GOV, PACKAKD AND U19 LEGISLATURE called anon President Urant for tho sid of the army to put down ingurrection and di ic violence; and here Tcupfess that, if a President instead of Gen. Grant, I woald havo recognized fe wine. Vackord gad evetaltied blu with the fall powor of | the greateat severity againet britury and corrup- | ‘Tho purpose and obligation ta Lrlng our paper | which nifects your daily Jifo, upon which iny of. Aoi Rep Oax, Montgomery Co. Aug, 17.—Har-'| Cuycago, Aug. 1,—A glance at this will tell te eu Geernt,"Mystnee feat | SACs van nc a. Breanne, at nope | Rete eeead Oy Sesecoutsea Suits | uuceeame a aciteae eee donee | TE aa rea ait AH oneidegnae | you tht Cam tt ied fo handiog 8 es é cause abrocitics oulsisna y have un- ellave in order ol ealdent, and ho} lave OLY AC! a the cleares! victiugs oO! The 3 Ay ed, ih Zolug lutotmarket. See Oe oe te tee set ae eistothtgued were | theplautonns of the stept political partion of tho | fubliciuterest. Teear (eclanied ine teeter ‘About onehalt will-go forward at proscut | Waa workingman, aud a sledge comes more 10 " thia woe his duty, J do nut criticise bls action, | of bis Aininistration the breuking down of tbls | country. Acurrency of United States notes based upon od my Wiking, =~ Tu your article of the 11th, headed * Homer for the Unemployed,” you say the unty thivg to prevent our going West fs a want of money. Ie that notenough? A man cannot co anywhere prices. Corn finproved rapidly within the Jast ten days. but only state the facts, He would only maintain the peuce. Ho would not recognize Packard as Governor; but Lknuw, what te now an opensecret, the strong bent of his mind, and at one tite bis declvlou way to withdraw the truops, to recogoize Nicholls, aud ihus end thia danyerouscontest. Ho olficeholding olticlousness in the management of cawpalguy, ibis runulag of CAUCUSES AND CONVENTIONS by officeholders, and forced sesesement from uo. willing oficebulders for political purposus, und will secure tu the people a free, unblased control tha public creat, always convertiple inta colo, aud | | Or au aggregate of. Or a0 Hmlied an amount supported by reverves | Being nearly three thues aa inuch u one that tts convurtibitity cannot. bo endangered, and | comuereu bir water. : Pa ea ag aap ty Nak - SEE eee dali canaries nd pen ie hich Couceee ie atte ee tive bushels per acre. Sotne gulug {nto market any ove fara | mene spaces be Una tnents gad at from 80 to Weents, Those able holding for AP RESOLUTIONS AND PROMISES would bring avout apecte-payments, wo would havo been there long aga; but the diversily of pinion as to thu mode naw—twelve years altar the close of the War—sllli leaves ov RY er inoney at a diy. Until this is removed, there = nt, the nuta-hutder {4 vate fruut J Bi t did not do this, but kept the peac of thelr primary movements lg the electlon of ofl- thes invoiving geoat auina, ) redeemabla in coin or United States notes, un- | within the reach of its juilu bigher prices. without some money, There are hundreds o! wou nhs it aSadpPauette MHS tad: | Coby stort ie Paitin oP Bots reece wad Be aa) UE aeconmgteenh a ug waco waa, | Heme tea ee iowa, rion pg deg ener templet J va. in Loulsiang, | only In iniportence to the 7 a a : 7 : Tee eee ear ated Red aitddd aay | ele dee Oe tae broied: dee Soe tannins [fare wa touch thesoecievetanuarde yet again Wie whecleot tudustry, 4ivo valle to your | oavdree: with Hoard: of Dicectora gad tatermsedt: Special Diapatch to The Tribune, they could get away. I havo beard wen say (bey je specle-standat Jo 18d Congtuas pludyed the public falth that thy United States would pay yold or wilver dollars fur United States notes. Avzuln, in January, 1875, after mora than a your'e debute, Congress deciarod that, ky the Ist of January, 1870, the United States Would pay ite notes lu coin. ‘Tho Sccratary of the ‘lreusury te expressly re- q and maintain, the redemp- qv Slates uvics pressuted at the ‘Treasury on aud alter that date; aud for that pure pose he is anthortzed to uso all the warplus revenue, ond to selj bonds of the United states until) it had scarcely a sbudow of strength or au: thurlty, except at the State-Huuse, whore it was Upheld by Federa! bayonets. ‘THE COVHRNMENT OF NICHOLLS Mad extended its authority over the State, and was ¥ ' fu full existence as the de-facto Governincut of oe Loulstana, supported by the great body of the white men and early all the wealth and intelli- gence of the btatc, and by the ted soguiescence Of a large portiun of the colorud peopl’ somo of Whow deserted the Packard Legislature and cuter- cd tastof Gov, Nicholls. The dclay and bestts- with the right of any Uficer te vote or to express his viows ou public questions, sithor orally or through tho presy, aud f, ot your invitation, talk to yee, tu-day; but you would regard tt as offensive if P should undertake ta manipulate your convene trons to secure the nomluatton of perronal Fricnds, or tuterfere in any way with your free choice la popular moveimonts. And thls {a all that the order Of Provident Hayes undertakes ta prevent, ADMINISTHATIVIE REVOUM. comumurcas Inbar, to your artisans, This, indeed, wou! \ tral 4 BET PAPER CURRENCY 1N Tits WonLD. So Te eee ota whos Wilh oP oleae | outs in Northern Towa will bo nearly, if wot all, Lat this currency te supported by a public credit | inuy raise the freteht ‘on prtuce, and thay alect | intho stack by the firet of next weel,—that to against which e whisper ordoubt cannot be uttered, | ovury farmce in the laud; or may raise ur lower the | at) that will be stacked; * of th snd your public debt will ba reduced to, ita lawost | waxes of every cinpluye, and tuus adeet thy bread a e stacked; inany of the farmers yourlolo ors of utereat, sad wil become thy | and life of every ous Sepeudent upon these Iabur- | On accouut of recent decline of wheat are great dey ory of the savings of labor, tha trusteo | ing men. thresbiug out of the shock, from fear uf a fur- of the widow and orphan, the safe rest of capital Ie ba Juat U hat emjMoyed iu active tadustele imperdiat gosltione nce auoug tieeabtoctardsveey | enor fall in prices, and rushing thelr wheat Lato Hew, as I understand aro the great uct ft ine: market as fust as posstble. ‘ \t visit~ tant Piola al Sete mtunhatatratttey wo great | sazaclous of the usinusy mau of thlv country, but possible. ‘The rain that visit- would go on foot {f they could only be sure thetr fatuitics would not sCarve while they wert goue, Lwould do most anything to get out o the city, and on a farm of my own, where there ‘would bo no danger of starving, anyway; whl’ 4s thu caso here, for, if the work 1 au aot wat i stop, there would bo nothing else for me, as mn ‘wages haye been so stnull for a Jong time, ond have been out of work so much, that it takes ty 1 can make to keep mo; and there are 8 i many just like me in the eon 1 sun worklug (0, ntendents, yet. practically, the executlyo McQnucox, fa? Aug. 17.—Tho wheat and Tcome now to speak of wome adwinistrative re- forine that ure usually the subject of demaoricat « thoy must necessarily bu governed fn the main by | ed this section of Jowa to-day, if general, will . won of Gen, Grant bad been‘ fatal to Pack- juusleue, but aru always an imperative duty, ond ood & per cunt Intereet ot par ia our permiiesion gud boy sanction of Co; tholnicresteof thu curpurations they reprus nl C1 Deis de 0 mien aru 1, Bed, and wcll Hayes, became | Ureslens Valeb Tewu falely elalor, has buen fulthtully per- eee ee ies Tacnttad act: | President way hope wo celeurste bis outgoing tauat look to thoay lutercetv us the doutuatiug uuu | SP gna hh of potatogs and corn u great deal | E have been atk teas, ord eery 000 s3"8 . eatu: rea apsed. * now bo much discussed in the papery. that luposes upon the oltice | bold most uicult and important dutica; and, without replying W ony attacks muds upon me, Fam anxious to convey to you persenal- ly what (have dou und must du $a obodlence to toe provisions of thia act, Jt iavald that the law isdefcetive, but, if the grest ebjectang policy of tue law te right, the machinery of tho law could exaily be changed by Congress, ‘That seeuinption cau be secured, aud ouzht ta be secured, under tl law, it wilbs my purdose to show you; aud shall uot hesitate to point out auch detects In tho Jaw as have occurred tu me tn ity execution, TUB MOLES OF REAUMETION, There are two wodce of resumption: either to dininiah tho amount of notes tu be redecmed, waich is common)y called a cuutractlon of thy cur- rency; of, by the accumulation of cola tu the Treasury, by cnsble the Secretary tu maintain _re- sumption, ‘Mbu one practical defect iu thu law is, that tbe Secretary be wot ut Mderty to sell bowdds of the Pulted States fur United States notes, but taust selithemforevtn, Avcula ly not la circulation Binoug tbs people, be ia practically pronibited formed by this Aduluiatration. ‘Yhe eapenscs of the Government in many branches were unnegvesarily large, and have bec reduced with mpch advantage to you: hut it was paluful to execute the reduction, frum the neces- alty of dicharying a larye number of cunployes, This bas been done tn all the Departments, but wainty ip sury Dopartment, which, fru: erations, emvloycd throug! about 12,000 perwas. ‘In . at of Kagraving and Privt- waa reduced al vans, _ aiwal waving of $360, 000, In the York Uastom-Houre” tho number of employes bus ulready been reduced 270, making a aaving of $255,020; aud thls process hae nog yct ended st that port, At ulthnore the pum- ber of owployes reduced was Sity-two, and the uiwyunt saved Was $47,207. In tho New Urleaus Custour-House the number of employes bas vera reduced elgbty-ulug, wubing a waving of $95, 450. In dan Frouclico, the reduction, nut yet com- pleted, ww estimated to amount to $74,340, In Poiladelppla to $4, 760, and in Boston ta $142 jour debt reduced tod percent, anduvery note of | contrulling motive that must guldv thelr acts. fie Be. Rround Was” Oryana hard, and iru Dunved States worth pur in itu bustccin levued | few yeare tio the (telght on theve roade was docu cee bal Ha SLE teeS very. rate evd. The fo the mint. You vow occupy the forefruntaf | ed ta be uoduly bigh, uuu this uroused the whole | Weather durin this sumer bes been every- thie battle. 1 beseech you to Uphold hiv bands, ing luterest of the West, under the name of | thing that anv! could desire, and yet s ride snd not let the delnelons of the Lour or tho tem- through the northern counties of lows would rer Janguor of business, which you share with aye the itopression that many of the farmers bu civilized world, (ura you frou a policy which jd nut fully appreciate the Importance of iak- you have sanctioned und can now hope to reallze. fog special effort to get this enoriaous crop tutu Ula very commun, fellow-clilsens, to bold the coy tay panle of Luts led ta a. rivalty ond | Woey ack: Zon very inguy Aelus of wheat and el cauac iw punle o1 4, ledto a stvalry an c] Goverusicht rucpoustble for bard cuca caused by | competition botwaua thee great lines. thats In a | O88 4pparently bave not been stackod as yet, the evo and dow of trade and production. If tho | shurt Uine reduced the rates fur frelght aud pas- = a erup falls the Admiutatration ts abused, If wagca | seugors Lolow tho actuul cust of the business, — ILLINOIS, Gr prices fall, tio Adinjulstration ty blunted. If | thus teoding to destroy the capital iovested ‘In Special Dispatches to The Tribune. roduction exceeds the musket mado by consump: | more than two-thirdvof the railway-liues ip the Guwroup, Cb: Ci At 1W7.—Som on, it iy eatler lo ubuse auine oficer of the Gor. | Uulted Blatea, and yreutly crippling, the Ananclat » Champaign Co., Aug. WW. 8. auank than to fad out tus roal cause, And soit | condition of the trunk-llues. These curporstions threshing being done, Half of the small grata aypeoe au: overnMeys, VOR Ve Di! vored tu varlous ways make agrce-" es x sah es tts fort, sta pecie, Or hard Umaga, Or-overs [mentor bat uither bacause thay werd bot faithtul: at Pane (oe Behe Herein resend prodyetion, ore pestilence, famine, of plague | by observed, or frum tho inberent didculty of | Well a danger frous te Wil require mes, the men inoftice are madu tho scapegoats | making combinstlons between powerful rivals, | @ long, warm fall ty bring it to maturity. Flax- fatty produes ortemedy: ‘Ahdwo hows when | andbsdcoucss oud bow iy war bu aaid that og | SCG Yietdinis unusually well. ic uy ra HOW» 6 | oud absnduned; gud now pet wal u v p TL eaehaUE che warts. neadis Ue dnupaahiig, ead: | secarersger sbeatuunt received fue Trelgut "and | ELTWAN, Jackson Co., Aug, 17.—Farmers sell- lhe would Ike ta zo; but, of course, they dau't sce how they are to go without money. 1 Tbelicve, with you, that some one Would help us cnt, if We organize ava show our wish M4 better ourselves, Thope you will give this suble: a good alriug (a your paper, aud help to promot it all you can. respect Louls Watil for i efforts in bebalf of the poor, but think it woul be bettor to send two men and their fall out West than to put five men at work " ninety days. It would cost no more, and wu he auch better for all bands, as the men puts to work will by in the saine fix uext fell. i J only work nbout half of each Ord aud sa be willing to devote the other half to geil! : upacolony of honest, sober, and fudustsiol tuaried men. au ‘This letter ls too loug now; so 1 will wind | 4 by askivg you, in behalf of scveral, to req Wee through your paper, ull who desire to BO. Nee to scnd thelr address, and a stamp for ans¥<r One thing was clear: that a Lecislature had becn daly elected tu November previous, sod Waa then in exatevce, though separated into two varts. If thy members lawfully elected could be convened, they alune could decite ive queation of who was Governur without the Intervention of troops, aod thelr decision could be wupported If heccesary by the General Governucol. ‘The most anxious cunsideration wus given to tuts question. Days aud weeks of ansivus deliberation were viven to itby the Prealdent und the Cabinet. ‘Uut one way ecemed open for A PEACHYCE soLuTiON, + and that was to gather. If possible, a alngle Legls- lature who could be recognized ax the depuritury Of (be repreavulative will uf the people of Luuial- : Sus. If this could bo done, (t ad the uuques- 3 toned right, decide why bad been clected Gov. erour, aud oll otber questions would scitly them 7 sclves, Tu ald fu this object a Commission : of the most ewinent men, bizh in posl- 5 ¥ Uva from ditfereut States and distinguished for ¢ fuscia! Popa was selected, gud the result A ne! known toull,, ‘Ficy weut to Louisiana, and, | 740. In other ports of the United States the nui- | from scl’ ay ovada to the peuple, except by an | Waxes bavo fallen, aud Industry doce uct meet ite biverv dove uot bay thu actual cost of ing thelr wheat 1 oshis. Wi vory | With the pubes: in fuuuily, aud g refercace wish great audleaty, brousbt togetice theee bus: | bet of sumpluyes reduced iy (oriy-elguty waklug « | evadon of tie law, of (Uroughy private partic | Usual reward, itl Theting ngs SE a ae ee een titsen te tent) bushels perecre, | to character, bo Josupls North, SI Haaau strc : tly Legislatures, which wet, orguulzed, promptly | saving of SA7.134: aud eight Appraisers, tn ports | Moods are tu demand ond can readily ve sold ut par QUITE COMMON YOU DEMAGOGUES "The result bas been, that the rallroud companies, 3 y fs per acre. | Rritgeport, Chlesgo, Ml; and you will grew * Bele the qucetions ty dispute in favorof the | wigre tuvit sctylces were we longer weed ju cola, an tUl caaler at par, orate premium, io foasy. Tura out the Administration and put | aut willivz to sey tuele property cutirely de- | Oste thirty to forty, Corn tea fallure. utes, “Khe process of aching for us fu, ond all will be lovely.” Such arguments | etroyed, have grudusiy redaces the rates uf Wauce ‘Tuxess, Alexauder Co,, Aug, 17.—-Thresbivg ave y vorklugiuch. Yours, wacd with, ub ow advlag uf 924,300, -~ oblive a pumbes of workiujtuc 1 te Governsauat of Nicholls, aud thus waded thls west Neva Say Dum Vnlted Stat