Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 29, 1877, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29, 1877. The Tribane, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BT MAIL—IR ADVARCE—! Datly Fiitton, one yeal Fartnof & year, perm A0y #Adress fou Spectmen coples sent tres, To prevest delsy and mirtakes be sure and xive Post. Oftice oddress In ful, tncluding $tate and County, Ttemittances tay be made either by drafl, express, Fust-Oftice order, or in registered letters, at ourrisk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Laily, delivered, Bunday excented, 25 cents per week. Lally, delivered, Sunday Incloded, 70 cents per week. Addrens THE. TRINUNE COMPANT, Corner Madtson and Dearborn-ats., Chicago, Hil. Otdera for the dellvery of Tnx TRIBUXX at Evanstan, Englewood, and Hyde Fark left {a the counting-room Wil recelve prompt TAMUSEMENTS, Haoley’s Theatre. Tandolph street, between Clark and La! Kagement of Miss Mary Cary. and eventag. e, Ea-* *Poor Jo." Afternoon MeVicker's Theatrs, v Madison strect, between Etate and Dearborn. *'Bae ty" Adelphl Thentre, Monroe street, coraer of Dearborn, Honor,"” Afternoon aud evening. *The Flagof Cotton's Opera.Honse, onroe street, between State and Dearbora. ‘*on Sleath, the Detective.” Afiernoon andevening. * WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1877, CHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY. ‘The Chicozo prodace markals were gencrally cusjor yesterday, Mess pork closcda shade enster, 7% for September and $12.324@ .05 for October. Land closed 2!4c per 100 Ibs lower, at§12.271; for September and $12,323; for Uctober. 3lests were tirmer, closing at Gige for luuse shoulders and G%c for do short ribs. Lake frelghta were active and weak, at Jc asked for corn to Luflalo. Ilighwinos were steady, st $1.00 per sallon. Flour waa dull, Whest closed 1%@2%¢ lower, at §1.01% for August and 96Xe for Sep- temner. Corn cloded ateady at 42¢ cash and d1%e r September. Onts closed tamo ot 23¢ cash and c for September. Ityo closed e lower, at c. Barley closed 145¢ lower, at 883¢c for Bep-" teinber. Mugs were falrly active and 6@10c ligher for heavy grades. Cattlo were quiet and uncbanged, Sheep were dnll ot previons prices. Last $aturday evening tnere was 1n store In this «city 306, K31 bn sheat, 1,412,403 ba corn, 307,310 bn oats, 117,127 bu rye, and 00,033 bu barley, One hundred dollars in gold would buy $104,25 fn greenbacke ut the clos Greonbacks at the Mew York Stock Ex. cliange yesterday closed at An official Lulletin .regarding Senator Morrox's condition, issued at 0 o'clock Ilast evening, stotes that the patlent is conva- lesclny slowly but satisfactorily, and thero is now a good prospect of Lis racovery. — A 8alt Lake dinpatch brings tho intelligenco that Butonast Youxa has been stricken down Ly cholern morbus, and, although his numer- ous funily maintain that be is in a mending way, outside opinion lenns in n different dircction, and the saiut's early demiso i generally predicted. 3 B Tho officors of tha Bixth Regiment of Meryland Militia, belioving themselves high- ly nggrieved, contemplate resiguation in o, body Lhis evening. Thoy are blamed very widely for reckless shooting done by the men of their command in the riotous troubles of July %, whereby elaven people, meutly iunocent spectators, mot their death or were mortally burt, the last- victim ex- piring yesterday, after many days of excru- cinting agony. Abont the most remarkable foature of the battlo ngainst sin now belng waged on tho Desplaines comp-ground is the awakening of inferest in the bearta uf our 8wedish popnlation. Ordiuarily thaSwedo gravitates more toward tlo stolid than the emotional, and tho Genson must Lo of unusual refresh- ment when his heart is touched and his toars iuvoked. Yet a number of theso peaple’ buve been brought wunder conviction wince the camp-mecting opened, aud at & protract. ed meoting which lasted- wll of Monday night hirty move wera won uato the fold. They have tuken Lokl of tho matter in thorough earmest, and the natives sland around in considerablo wouder mw they con tumpluts un awakening amoug™ their alien Lretbren such nu they never looked for, and from which they now expect {ho best and groutest results, ‘There is considernble reason to believe that the new erdinance, passed by an almost unau. imous vote at tho last exsion of the Common Council, requiring the rendering establigh- wents to take out licuusos, will accomplish something practienl in the way of abating the stench nuisauce. Undor this ordinance, thu Mayor mny revoke the license of RDY 08~ tublistuent which is found violatmg any city ordinance or State law relative to the munsgement of that kind of busivess, and thy police will have tho right to enter the rendering houses night or day to nscertain whethor they nro cownplying with tho laws. ‘There Las at no time been any doabt that the night stenches which fufect tho tmosphere of this city wise from the failure of tho rendering lhouses to deodorizo tho foul yuses generntod in thelr process, Lut the dificulty heretoforo. has been in upprehonding the offenders whilo fn the sct of Llowing of the gnsos and in procuring witnesses for prosecuting in case of on in. dictment. The new ordinanco places a more sumary process into tho hauds of tho city nuthorities, nnd it fa not unlikely (hat the owners of the rendering houses will provide and constantly employ the proper deodoriz. ing machinery when they find that their licenses may be rovoked and thelr business Lrought to a stand-still by thelr noglect to do' 0. ‘The health and comfort of tho clty de- wmand tho strict euforcoment of this uew or. dinance, aud tho police especially should be put on the alert in order to glve, the publio the full benetit that is expected of it, SeTmTTTE————— The atteutive observer of Gen, Gain's taur through Europe cannot have failed to uotice the studious manner in which ho has tlus far avolded Fraace, although Parls just now would bo a very interesting clty for the General to vikit, as the contre of a great political wovement, involving perhopa the yuestion of the civil liberty of the people of France, The political campaign of Mac. Blauox ts. Turens would have been ot intense intercst to:one like Gen, Gaiwe, who bas been tLrough 6 wany political exporiences; und who conducted s groat war, involving the republican form of government, o & success- ful result. The General, however, bas not yet set foot in France, notwithstanding the intercating fact that the elections will bo’ Leld very shortly, and that all France is now in the excitenent of one of the most heated vwoupaigus ever kuown in that country, e bhus gone all round it, but not into {t. The route he has taken conld uot be of his own choice. No tourist, especially so prominent a one, would linve made it in this romarkablo manner, The canse has slready began to leak out, Gen, GnaxT is recognized in Europs as the champion of Republicanism, and, wherevar he has been, has received his most enthusi. nstic wolcome from the people. This would not do in France at the present time. The Republican manifestations and ovations which his presence would produce wonld prejudics MicMaron's prospects altogether too seriously. The French Republicans could not sk for a mora . powerful advooate for their cause than this reticont but suocessful Republican soldier, who, for eight stormy years, was st the helm of the American Republic. Invidious compari.. sons would be inslitated at once; so tho cunning diplomat steps in and intimates to him that he had better postpone his visit until after tho selections, and that he will rocoive a warmer weleoma in cooler weather. Probably ona reason why the managers of the Inter-Stato Exposition, which opens to- day, wero induced to fix the opening this yoarat an carlior period,and determine upon alonger term than usual, was the general feeling that the fall trade will assume sotivity earlior than usual. But the succesa of the first fow days of the Exposition naturally depends to n large extent upon tho loeal interest that is felt in it, and Chicago people onght to take this sufliciontly into account to make the opening a popular success. The Exposition Is now an established institution, and it has been proved to have a value as well as an intorest to the city, Tho man- sgers confidently promise that the attractions for this year shall exceed those of auy pre. vious year, and b suporior to those of any othar similar exhibition ever ‘givemsin this country outside of the Centenninl, In this casg, Lhe prolongation of the lerm will prob. ably not abate the interest nor jeopardize tho succasy of the exporiment, a —— Exactly the best method to employ in the crushing of a crooked Whisky Ring, and especiolly that band of illicit Tenneasoe dis- tillers known to fame as the ** Moonshiners,” has puzzled the Treasury officials alinost s much a8 the financial question. For years the Ring Lias carried on its manufacture of tortuous highwines, shaking deflant fists in tho faces of Marshals and their Deputios, and daring the laws to interfero in their pursuit of happiness and the operation of theiy stills, All efforts at force having signally failod, the guardians of tho law dotermined upon a trial of moral suasion with *fixins,” last Baturday the citizons of Henry Connty insugurated a barbeeue, to which the *‘Moonshiners” wero invited, and | mattor, from $£300,000 to ©500,000 in New York, with which he conld restors credit. It was roadily scen that he would have wo first. class securitics left, and that the bank must go under by the 1at of Jannary, and bankers ooncluded that thore would be lass disap- pointment if it should fall now thanin the winter, when legs could ba realized on the securities than when the corn was waving, the crops moving, and business genorally ‘mors brisk, As to the dividends for depositors, Ar. Srexcea has claimed that they will reach 75 or 80 per cont, or, under firat-olass manage. ment, 90 per cent, if the paper woro sold wisely and slowly, while bad management will reduca them to 60 or 70 por cent. How much really will be realized depends upon the manner in which the vast mass of real cstats oan be ntilized, The question whother the affairs of the bank have been ‘managed dishonestly or meroly imprudontly is asked, and an investi- gotion {s awaited anxiously. Alr, Srzxcen has always been secretive, and has kept the details of his sdministration to himself. In how far this has boen a wise courso is left for time to determine. Tho depositors feel tlesirous of understanding the matter, even if they receivo no other equivalent for their 100ney. Prom theso facts it is manifest that the Btate Bavings Institution was doomed. No gioneral pressure exists upon banking inter- usts, and none was neceded to cripple the foundation of this one institution. Flush times might have saved it, but flush times ‘were nooesaary, aud a little pinching, which has not yet, and will not, affect the rest, hag nisod ‘the tombstono of the bank whose vitality has been sadly impaired sinco the fire, THE OHI0 IMPLACABLES ANSWERED, In the course of Gen. GanrrieLp's recent wpeech at Athens, 0., ho took oceasion to wmwako o statement in rogard to President Harss' attitndo toward tho South which should commond itsclf to fair-minded mon. His statemont of the case has the moro weight bocause Gen. Ganrierp is one of thoso who, lika Benator Monton, would probably havo taken a different view of tho oconstitutional rights of tho General Gov. ernment to interfero to sustain tho Repub- licon contestants in Louisiana and South Carolina, At the same timo he ndmits that the President'a action has been'nnquestion- sbly conformable to the constitutional ex- igoncios, and that it is in perfect harmony snd | with the declaration of the National Repnb- lean platform which Presidont Haves was pledged to carry ont. This view of the a8 advanced and sustained by Gen. which they attended with the alacrity | Ganrrzrp, will not fall to influence the o barbocue inevitably inspires. Speeches woro mada by the United Btates Senator, the Ropresontative, Revenue Collector, nnd Mar- shal of the District, and, under the com. thinking mon of Ohio to treat the Implac- able schemers with the contempt thoy merit. . Tho first point made by him is that it ir; bined influonces of rolling cloguence and | unfair and untrue to say that if Gov. Hun g ronst beef, the hoarts of tho whiskyites were molted within them, and they looked upon a proposition to agree with their adver. was eloctod President, thon Pacxanp w as olectod Govornor, and, tice versa, that if Pas jx. Anp waa not elected Governor of Toufsir aia, thon HAvEs was not elected President, Tho answer he makos to this is the same that Tz Trroon inslated upon when the Implae blen firat suggested the sophism. Gov. ] fayes was olocted President. of the United States up and stand trial for thoir formor short- Ly menns of the Electoral vote of Lou ksang comings when backond to by tho Marshal, | it is true, since withont that vote he ‘would This will tend to break up illicit distilling in | not have been elocted. But that E'fectoral ‘Tennessee, and will do much to oxtend the | vote was given to him by the Rc Aurning influence of the barbecue as n means of say- Board, which by tlio law of the State is inade ing grace. P—— ) .+ | tho final jndgo of tho count. It was sulee. THE STATE BAVINGS INSTITUTION, -, | (Vonly conflmidd to hifi by the national “Lhoro is somo littlo romanca in the failuro | tribunal upon” which otk Houses of Con. of tho Stato Bavinga Tustitution, aud not o | Ges8 agread in tho natdre of a comyromiso littlo mystery, arlsing from the close watch | When tho conflict over the natioaal ‘connt of catablished upon it¢ {ransactions by Preal. | the Electoral votes becamo laxm’ng, The dent Srzxoen, and his tenacity in refusing to | Yoto for Governor of the State v ng subject permit any thorough investigation into the | by law to very different cond} tions, 'The corporation’s affairs. The romance ‘croeps | Neturning .Board was not tlr 3 final judge out in tho struggles of the bank to mointain | 2 this case. Tt was fho province n poeition and socuro confidencs,—eflortatlint | Of the Louisiana Legislatare to dotermine wero wmot on every haud by peculiag mis. | the vole of Govornor. Dot '{here were two fortuncs, ond finally wignally defented. | Lepislaturos, sach claiming ; to be the gen. ‘Though sadly ctlppled sinco tho fire, | Mine, nttho time Mr, At ;'wag inaugurated, it was hoped by tho manngement | Flo chose to abandon il , old policy of the that the Institution wonld worry | Preceding Administratior 5, which would bave through,” but tho sories of sudden failnes | recognized one or the other, and sustaluod in Bt, Lonis brought a run upon the quiver. | hy the force of natiow’ \] troops the Governor ing bank, which, in an effort fo sava itselt, | it might nume; ho av :ajted the formation of prid out from 300,000 to §400,000 of it | o singlo Legislatury with a quorum of .lnw- cash means without wecuring the objest | fully-clected womb grg, who would then bave sgught—tlo llaying of the oxcitemont. It | An unquestioned 7 jght to dotermiae who had was finally forced to fall back upon the sixty, | beon elected G yernor, This is precisely dny rulo, thongh It hss conutantly poid ont | What occurred ' gubgequently, and, when o money to newdy dopositors, Thix drain, tho | single Logislay 1ro Lad been formed with a poymont of tho balf-yearly interest of 8 per | constitutional gnormm, it declared that cent on $4,000,000 of deposits, and tho slow | NicuoLts hat | poon electod Governor, and the receipls of deposits, couspired to atill | President ¥ 43 no choico but to recognizo further wenken the {nstitation, which, up to bim, July 1. Lind paid $800,000 over its recaipts, | Gen. '’ Gunriern eqnally denounced the aud thus parted with the bulk of {ls cash | chiarge (uat Prosident Iaves bas abandoned menud. the we grocs to the mercies of the men who Its ussets wern of an unfortunato nature, | h,1d ¢ pom in slavery, and who now propose Mussos of renl catato, which could not bo | ‘0 @ sprive them of thelr .political rights, turned owing to the general depression of | ‘The pecaliar injustice of this charge is found sary quickly whils In the way with him, and said it was good. With hearts full of con- tritfon and stomachs surcharged with ox, thay promised to forego their opposition to the laws in tho future. and to deliver themselves thio market, crippled paper secured by lots whose buildings liad becn destroyed by (b » firo, and an enormous amount of aniwmproy e property, taken for debt, and valuable r as b represented a dead loss iu tho ‘guyes that must bo paid, wnde up the list. The §500,000 capital bad been wiped aw ay ang, tho intorest of the stockholders oxti aguishe 4 by tho bard times that had eaten tho prosperity of the bank, ¢ it from o live and Viealthy jn. stitutlon to & pltiful mony pent of tho banking syatem, It is. egtimate d that uearly oue-third of its lor,ng wera to mo- chianics and the salaried cl asg, to Luild homes, and wheym the In stitutlon ondeavored by every m sans to av st when the Lour of payment found thew 1 unable to respoud. All this tir ng it preser yved jts bigh in tho fact that, thus far, under the now pole lo 7 of Presidont Haxes, there haa not boen o 7.ingle event to indicate that tho nogroes will ly | bo harassed, persecutod, threatened, or in. timidated as much as thoy were under tho old order of things, Auide from the consti. tutionu} objection to the cmployment of the army snd navy to sustain contestants for the sadly ir,to { possession of Southern States, tha chief ad shrguk | practieal objection to that polioy was that it failed utterly to guarantee to' tho negroes tho " protection of their political rights, though this was professedly its main pur. pose. It dil not provent bulldozing in who b srrowed | Loulsians, Mississippi, Alabaws, or South Carolina during tho last campaign; it had proviously failed in thoso and other Southern Btates; and, indeed, the only Southern States in which the negroes were permitted to exer. rato of interest on @ eposits, notr withstonding | clse their political rights without personal the fact that much of jtg it expensos heav,y, ita affains will resnovo an; exist as 10 the Yropriety of the ex ) It is certuln that Mr. 'Syucu? lo.n':;nnot fully enjoy the confidencr. of the financial communlcy, His unforts inata the Crok County Nutiual, which subse. quenfly lauded high and dry, sgalngt him seriously,, aud through him sgainst the State Bavin gy, militated | Btate there is politic mona'; was idle and | danger were the States in which the carpot-- Perhaps this ontline of | baggers had failed in spite of the support of y ¢.oubt that may | the National Government. The charge of abandoning the negroes could st the most bo made in tho single Btate of Lonisiana, all the other Bouthern States having passed out of experionce jn' | the controlof the Ropublicans beforq Prosi- dent Havzs wos lnn:Funtedpmd in that peace for the first time sinca tho War. Wuenover there shall But ho managed | Le a revival of political violence or an inva~ to stom oven this tide until tho troubles in | sion of the pplitical rights of the blacks in St Louis procipitate § the hoped to avert. But Ditle could be disastor he Lad | Loulsiaua, or any other Bouthern State, there iy no reasonabla doubt that President Harvzs learned of tho o juditon of the bank | will entorce strigtly all tho laws that Congresa for some time bef ore the failure, fact, coumeeled w th surmisqy that Mr, Bpxxczn had veaso oy for supprossing all in- formation, did 10 | tend to the eatablishment of the confidencs , ha covoted. Whon the uec esuity for ralsing money be- and this | hos provided for the proteotion of thoe negroes and the proservation of the peace; and, until ha shall full to do tlis, 1t wil continue to be unfuir and maliolous to charge that he has abandoned the colored yace, Gen. Garrizuo, who was iy & position to came abso'wte,, Mr, Sexvczs went among | be familiar with all the events of ‘tho excit- bankers and, sald he had $1,000,000 | ing period immediately procading tho sgrec- in paper good for its face, $1,000,- in glow paper, went upon the Electorsl Qommisslon and and 21,000,000 | during the session of thet tribugal,.denies in mlr pell aneons socuritios, Per con- ewphatically that President lavxs was in tra, 1iig obligations were 84,000,000, any weya party to any understanding that asd oo, thirs showing he wanted $800,000 on | bo would turn Louisians over to the Demo- such 1 secuxities as he couldallord to part with, clalr ing fiat this would enable Liw to raiso crats in case the Dewocrats would sequiesce iu the declaration of his election. Gen. Garrmean goes further than this, and de- clares it as liis Lelief that the mcquiescencs of the Soutirern members in the verdict of the Electoral Commission did not originate in any acsurmuco fromn any quarter that DPresident [laxzs would take the course he subsequently adopted, but that it was be- cause the Southern members who refused to defeat the count by flibustering felt in lonor bound jo abide by the verdict of a (tribunal to which ‘they had previously agreed to refer the dis- pute. It is not oasy to conceive that thero should have boen any nrrangement of this kind, whother authorized or unanthorized by President Haves, with which Gen. Ganrrzrd was nnacquainted, and this Imnaginary ver. sion of the matter, which tho Southern peo- ple were at first willing to admit as a means for inducing the sdoption of a policy of pac- ification, and whioh the Implacables Yiave since oncouraged asamoans for bringing that policy into disrepnte, may now be defi- nitely abandoned on ol sides. Tho Presi- dent's treatmont of the Southern Blates has Deen precisoly what the Republican platform promised, sud the only policy that could havo been adopted under*tho circumstances with eafety to the party or the conntry, HOW PROHIBITION PROHIBITS, Actoal facts and figures that cannot be oasily controverted mako tho best argument In dealing with the question of political tem- perauce, They involye no issue of moral suasion, nnd they nro readily undarstood. Faots and figures of this sort from tho Btate af Msine are most conclusive of all, becanse cooraive prohibition Liss been testedy longer and more thoroughly in that Btato than in any other. If ttiero is any one city in Maine that can furnisly better ovidenca as to the worldngs of prohibitory laws than another, itis Bangor. Tho Sherifl's posso in Bangor hos been particularly busy, as moy be in- ferred from tho announcements of seizures, which, onthe 17th of this month, were pla- cardud upon tho City-Hall. Above the City- Hall proper is a hall whero political temper- ance meotlngs are hold nightly, and below it s & lock-up where the venclers of stimnlants are incarcerated. ‘The - placards sot forth seizures of winoe, baer, and . strong liquors in glasses, flasks, bottles, and, othier small quantities, showing that the ant horities have been Lusy not slono in plr ces where liquor has beon sold, but in private closots, if not in travelers’ earpet. biigs. Now for tho practical results of all ! sis repressive vigilanco: The Prohibitory I tvw went into effect in Bangor in 1852, vthen the work of the clergy was turned cmer to the Sheriffa to perform, and police- men's clubs took the place of Christian per- suasion, Appeals to conscience snd renson wore substituted by arrests, fines, and im- prisonment. Let us sce how this system of Toforming drunkards worked. During 1852 tho number of arrests in Bangor for drunken- noss was 222, Frowm that time on the arrests for the eamne offeuso have increased almost stoadily year by year, nntil in 1876 they amounted to 770 drunkennoss, having in twenty-five years of political prohibftion noarly quadrupled! g A veory observaut corrospondent of the Boston Post, whose lotter we print olse- whare, writing from Bangor, gives some of tho wmaterial rosults of this polilical law of prohibition. He finds, in the first place, that two of the three prominent hotels have paaged through bankruptey, owing to the sovera enforcemont of the. reprussive Iaw, the third Leing kept alive by a heavy capi- talist, ' No'otél 'fuy *that -cily is allawed. o, have 8 wine-card, or oven (o furnish a trav- clor with n gless of beer. Tho result is, that the traveling publid very largoly shuns Bangor, and Tortland as well, nnd go to Doston; nand yet tho Innd. lords state that thero is more liquor drank in their houses than formerly, becausa thoso who have to come there bring their liquor with thom and drink it in their rooms. Second, the law interferes with tho business of druggiats, who are not allowed to import liquior to sell as a -medicine, and cannot sell liquo# at nll unless they procure it of the 8tate Agency ot an exorbitant price, Third, tho Hquor dispensed by the State Agenoy is not as pure o8 that formorly sold by tho druggists, and this is so notorious that some plysicians’ have cessod to proscribe any liquor obtained at the Agency. Fourth, by tho oporation ,of the law, the wale of liquor is largely trausferred to low aond irresponsible parties, who sell tho vilest quality, nnd soll it secretly, nt high profita, Fifth, the prohibition of boer affects only the poor. ‘Lhe rich import their beer in cases from Boston and drink at “Lheir homes. ‘Ihisis a discrimination sgainat the poorer classes, who, boiug deprived of n cheap and harmlesa boverage, are driven to buy n strouger and more expensive drink in the shape of bad whisky. ‘Tho uext resalt s thiat the poor go to tho Agenoy aud got their liquor and carouse upon it, the rich fmport their liquors and keep a great dual on band, while the young meu and tho middle classes organizo into clubs. Every one is a hypo. crite, ‘This correspondent says : ** Men are protending to Dellove what thoy really do- splse. Politicians, from motives of pertisan policy, advocate the continuance of n law which they ridicule and daily violate in pri. vate. Young men and boys connive at whis. ky-smuggling and resort to low, abandoned, and secrot places to procure lquors, Spies J(oven women, it is claimed, being used for the purposc) aro prowling about, walching for opportunities of petty revenge and kaep- ing an eye upon private dwellings and the conditlon of a gontleman's pau. try.” This vesult Is one of the worut, and Bangor is not the only city where it obtains, Wherever prohibition Lias buon at.' | tompled, it has invariably workad in this manner, and it always will. It is only the protest of human natnre agaiust ‘sumptusry legislation, the Old Adam avising in every man sud resolving that no man shall tell him what hie shall eat or what Lie shall drink, ‘We commond these practical workiugs of political temporance in Baugor to its ndvo. cates, becanse it has been more strongly test. ed and rigorously enforced in Daugor thun elsowhiere. 'The machinery for its execution has been perfect, aud it has been kept in op. eration with remorsoless industry, It is not an experiment there. It has been in force for twenty-five long years, and yet.drunkonness has fncreased steadily yesr by year, and to-day thero is 1078 of it than ever. The test of any law is ita practical results,—not theorivs,—and Lers we have results so decisive that thoy must stagger evon the most ardent advocate of prohibition, unless be is determined to shut his eyes and not recognize facts. With such there is u0 use in muking any argument. Fair.minded advocates of probibition, how- over, caunol but stop and question whether thero is not more force in woral sussion and Christion exhortation thau in compuliory legislation; whether an appeal to tho con- sciunco is not botter than a whack on the head with & policuman’s club; and whether and light wines, which are uned in conntrics whero intemperance is comparatively un- known, ' e ————— GARFIELD AND THE SILVER DOLLAR. Gen. Garrreeo has besn mnking a speech in Ohio, in which he managed to go ail around the silver dollar without fairly touch- ingit. What is the man afraid of that ho handles the matter so gingerly? 1f he really thinks the recoinage of the silver dollar n dangerous measure, why don’t he say &o, and wliy does he not opposa {t resolutely and bravely, as he would nny other wrong? Instead of doing this, he quibbles and cquiv- ocates, hesitates and stumbles, leaving tho impression that he would bavo n decided opinion if he dared, and that he knowa what renlly is the just thing to do, but he intends to keep his knowledge to himself. o en- deavors to apologize for the act of 1872, and ‘hos tho hardihood, in the light of tha record, o say of thatlaw: ** Its declared ohject was to ndopt the singlo standard for the United States on the ground that the two metals could not be kept.in ecirculation together,” ‘Will Mr., GanrirLp, when next he spenlks on this subfect, take the pains to point ot the part of the law which ¢ declares " its object to be the adoplion of the aingle (gold) standard? In fact, that act did not demone- tizesilver. It repealad the authority to coin silver dollars; but how? Even this wasdone no covertly that, outsida thoso secrotly in the Ring, it was not known for two years that it bad been dome. It dicl not sayin words thot tho silver dollar should not be coined; it met forth a list of coints that shonld there- after be coined, and omibled the silver dollar from the list. It was no! until a year later, when, underthepretext of vodifying thelaws, thero was an interpolstion made in the statate nnd silver was «demonctized. Mr, GABFIELD was & momber af Congresa ot this time, and nover was thare a word henrd from him on the subject, not even in the great Avvex and Hayzs cont est in 1875, when the financint question was th.e exclusiva topic of discussion. Gen. GanFrep is opposed tfo a doublo standard, because, ho says, it did not work well when we had it; but, at the eame time, he s opposed to the adoption of a singlo standard, if the offcat of it is to drive the other metal ont of usa. That ia the nearest wa can como to the meaning of what hesaid, and wo leave the roader lo judgo of the enunciation made by an aspiring statesmon ‘who has had a long experience in Congress, Theo timidity of the General is not creditable to his sagaoity nor promising to his ambition. Thero ara certain notorions fiwcts which can- not bo suppressed, and which no amibunt of ovaslon can provont coming «directly before Congress, demanding immediat's action, Iu the first place, tho cheapriwcss of silver did not exist, and, therefors, {urnished no axcuse or apology for the discontinuance and demonetization of the silver .lollar, nnd therefare i9 no reason why tho Inw’should not be reatored. It is conceded that the ro- monetization of sllver will advance tho valuo of tho wmotal, and in abrief time the dollarof 412} graine, nine-tentha pure silver, will bo worth 100 couts in gold. Silvor is an Amer- jcan production, which {s diseriminatod ngainst by the act of demonatization, and tho policy of the nct, even ina commoreial sense, Is unjust and vicions. It is notorious that tho domonetization of silver has de- loyed the restoration of the enrrency to par; “that, lind not the colnage of tho'sitver dollar boen prohibited, there would have been coined 1n 1874, '75, '76, and 77 perhaps two Lundred millions of dollars, which, being a lognl-tender and in general use, wounld long since have brought about an equalization of value in tha several forms of currency. Inall ages and in all times, all pocplo have exarcised the privilogo of paying their debta in the cheaper coin, and the ncts of 1873 and of 1874 nre the only instances «f ana- tion largely in debt depriving its own peo- ple of thia privilege, ‘That was the states. manship of the Congross that voted the salary-grab,—a donation of $5,000 to each of tha wmembors, including those who had shaved in the Pacific Mail and other jobs. At the very moment when the American people found themsclves overwhelmed in debt, when the labor of the country wes stratned to 1ts utmost to ynoet the extraordinary taxa. tion, and when for 'the firat timo for eighty years they had the opportunity. of awailing thomselves of thu right to pay their debts socording to contract In the cheaper metal, they found that their represontatives in Congress, ignorantly or corruptly, had bar- tered that privilegs away, aud that, instesd of having the option to pay in either gold or wilver, they wera compelled to pay in gold coln, That option must be rostured, and wo be to the politivian who stands in tho way of that rostaration, If the ailvef dollar was good enough. legal-tender during oighty years of the Republis, if it waa good enougls logal-tender when the nation was compara- tively free of debt, it is certainly good euough for legal-teuder to pny debbs which by express coutract were mula paynble in silver or gold, at the option of the dubto?, Qon, Ganrmxto is afraid that silver will Lo demonctized by Frauce and by other conntrios,mud tho United Statos will be left alono. If we are to regulats our coiuage of wmonay hy what France does, why was silver domonetized here without waiting for Frauco to set ns the example? Fruuco bas done uotbing of the kind; the blessing of tho optional atandard hes beon loo recent and too great tode discarded. While other na- tions Lave been discarding silver, it has ound a welcome in France, whera it is nlegal. tender now, a3 it hns boen for years, und where it circulates fresly, Qen, (Ganvszro's apprehensions that we might coin more ail: ver than we want are cutirely imaginary, The whole capacity of all our rints conld not turn out as many bilver dollars in three years as the Bank of France now holds in the form of B-frano silver pleces. When tho {ime shall come that tuere are miure wilver dollars coined than use can bo fouud for, then it will be time enough to proposo the suspension of thae cuinage. It would be uo particular dawmage -or incouvenience to the United Hlates to havu two or throe hun- dred millions of silver dollars deposited in the Treasury, aud coln certificates in the bauds of the people, snsweying every, pur- pose of business. Iow would that st things be of damage to the country ? of Riazra ¥ Io Copuecticut ou monty loaued fn Ll Bolay whero sbould be by taxed v Lils mouey; ur, i all the money owned in Conzecticut were lozued in 1lluols s0d ‘could put be taxed Ia Cengecticut, fruia whas source would Conmecticul derive 1ty revenue! Certainly mot from & tax on wonsg loaned. Yours, Ixqrizen. Taxcs are uot levied ou persons, but cu prop- erty, unless it be poll-tazes. KinTLanp?s $20,- 000 are not ju Cunnecticut, but lu ITlools They con’t bo In buth States at the sane mo- y‘ the real interests of temnperance would not be Letter subserved by inducing people to loave off drinking fiery, poisonous com- pounds, and substitnte the innocuous beer ment of time, nor should they be taxed twiee,— once fn IHlinols and once In Connecticut. While Kirrr.Axn kept his money In Connectient it was rlxhtfully taxable there; but when he sent it to Tilinols it came under our tax-laws, and was lable to nssessment hiere, He lonned it to a cit- 1zen of Chicago on the recurity of pirce of wround, The money was spent hiere ln evecting a bulliling, which fmurovement bLas since then Dheen assessed and pald tgses to the Stato of Titinots, County of Cook, City of Chicago, be- sldes township and park taxes. 1t has been well taxed, our Quincy correspondent may rest sasured. After putting up this taxed butlding, the money passed intoother hands, and has been taxed a second time fu one shape or another. KIRTuAND reeelves his annugl Interest of perliapa 7 per cent, and [s rightfully liable to taxatfon in Connecticut on the -inter- est-money as fast ns it comes into his poascssion in that State, Dut the principal has been out of his hands for elglit years past, and I8 In anodher State, vie: Illinole, aud ho may nover get it back,. For cight years KIRTLASD has not had the property. He holds merely o guaranteed promise that some time named tho property ho loaned will be restored to ls fossession. How lio can be rightfully taxed on that promise of tho Chicno man to return him the property be- fore he ietu.ll, s not easy to see. Taxing in tho hands of B the prémise of A to return n plece of pfoperty which 1s already taxed fn A's hands would certainly bo doublo taxation,—once of the substance and once of the ehadow, * In- quirer" wants to know from wimt source would Councctlcut dérive Its revenue if all the money owned fn - that State wero foaned to Illinois? It capitalists shonkl gather up all- the money in Connecticut and migrate to Iinols with it, from what. source .would Con- nectlcut after that derive its revenuel We sup- pose It would be derived from the remaining property, from the houses and lands, factories and stores, goods and chattels, which would continue fu the State, and the new money which would qulckly flow In to il the vacuum. —————— The authorities of the Dominfon propose to et rid of Mr. 8rTTiNg Bury and his companlons Ly starving them out. The troders have been prohibited from bavieg any dealings with them, This policy will send them howling back across the frontter, and 1t Is feared tho. United States traders will not be equally virtuous If the hos- tiles have anything to trade. The only thine ot great valuo to this country that SirTiNo BuLn possesscs {s his life, aud there is nothing he would less williogly part withal. ——e——— PERSONAL. GentO. O. Howard kas written n lotter to Gov. Potts, of Montana, deprecating the criticlyma of tho local prees on his candnet of the campsiga, The shrewd negro who rot afloat and traded on tho story that the father of Charloy Ross was & party to tho kidnapping of the child has been serested. i Coleridgo remarks in his table-talk that the discipline at Christ's ospital In his time was Spartan. Charles Lamb bears testimony to the eame offect- & Gen. Garflold's little son, Irwin McDowell fleld, urged to pray for Lle’ sister AMary. No nee,” prumptly replled the youngster; *‘n hundred gods conldu’t make Miss Mary good. ™ T'he Lord Chief-Justice of England recent- 1y reprosched a eriminal for not catting his throst “irather than face the dlsgrace ho had Incurred.” ‘The criminal did not kuow whata disgrace It was to faca tho Lord Clief-Justico of England. Dr. Bastion, the advocate of spontancous gencration, has sllenced his opponents, but not convinced them, They acem o have agreed that it {s useices to try to convince a man of his error who hae had already ample opportunities to correct his opinions. A curious comparison has been mado be- tween an article published in tho Moniteur in July, 1830, and another which appeared In the Bulletin des Communes of June, 1677, Both urge tho people to yleld for fear that the head of the Government may take **strong measures, " At a service for workingmen in 8t. Paul's Cathedral, London, toceutly, tho intricate Grego- rian music was played. Thero seemed o be » . manlfest Impropriety fn the choice, Inssmuch as the same people afterwards jolned 'with mnch heartiness in singiug tho O1d Handredth Psalm and **'The Church's One Foundatlon." _ Master Pongo, tho gorilla now on exhibi. tion in London, hasan income of £12,000 a year. Retng under the age of discrotlon, his funds are invested by guardians. His health ls very dulleato, and cod-liver o1l has been recommended for his complalnt; but, with the obatinacy of youth, ho refusce to take his medicine rogularly, =) The World hes n painful story of an indig- aity offercd to Mintster Naker on board the Cumard steamsbip. Tle was placed at the middle of the Captain's table, instead of at the top, to which he lald clalm by virtue of his ofice, It fa feared he will make represcntations to Lord Derby on bis arrival In England, snd cause an intoraatfonal complieation, < . ‘I'he composor of tho song * Listen to the the Mockiog-Bird " lives {n .Philadelphia, and s named Boptiinus Winuer, 1lia nom de¢ plume is 4+ Alico Hawthorne," le once published s wong under bils own signature, which tbe Round Zable eritickeed uifavorally, and compared, to its dise paragement, with tha musle of Alica Nawthorne, who was descrived as *'a pifted Jady, Dr. Councau, the physician to Louis Na- yalzon, died not long slnce, aged 7d. 1o wus burn of French parents, at Mian, lo IR0 Dr. Conucan hax restded chicily i P'aris, pasaing moch time, however, ut . Cilselliurat, 1o attended th Fmyperor uhla last ilinces, and it has bean widely rumared (hut If bls advico had not then been over- suled 'tho life of tho exiled woverelzn would prob. ably bave been prolonged. Tho Blisses, who have been _exhibiting spiritualishie poenomens in Philadelpia, have been exposcd a4 frauds by 8 sharp sud persavering Journnlist, The reporier, disgulacd as a plumber, ubtalued sdmlssion 1o the callar of the house In which the Bilsses followed thele trady, and found thero a dark closet with ateps leadiug up to the aperating-room, and all tho paraphernalia required for carrying on tho ** manifestations." London Z'ruth rays thoro is uo reason why 8 woman should be a worse sister, danghter, u1 wife becanso sha has & right put A, D, to her name, Shade of Hippocrates forbid, Ratnor will she cclio the words of a brilliunt operator and ound nnatomist, who makes bis heroine sing as Tollowat 2 40, Medulla,” ho crieds ** 0, thou light of my life, Tl bt of iay skclotan’s vens. fu} burlod my busd, fike 8 dutiful wits, 1y Busbaud's subtlayign fossa. g Dr., Thoobalil Oakes, represonting himsolf 83 an eminent scientlst and the frjond of Dr. Scblig- <mann, pasecd through Danville, 1ll.,; recently, Confidence in him was shaken by his casual obeur- vation taat ***T'was a roagh jou digging up the old sanch, but tho Doc (Schllcmann) couldu’t eat nor sleep unitl ho had vunk shafts snd prospected.™ Tiie Janguage was thougbt to be bardly commens snrate with the dignity of the nublocallng ju which Dr. Theobald Oakes had cugaged. John Brougham tells how he bought prop. erty In Chicago of ‘‘acerialn Dz Eagan™ for $CU0 por acro. It was subscquently discovercd. tbat this **Dr. Eagan" had signed hls wifu's names 1q $ho deeds without authority, The mate ter was aftorwards sdjusted, anid he obtsined a clear title %0 the property, Afterwards his agent 201d the property for $20,000. In 1508 the same property was worth $200,000, snd it was rapldly advancing towards a balf mililou when the panis came, A story of Conat Moltke's opiulon on the Russlan prospects in tho present struggle is circu- lating in Germany, 'Tho great strategist was re- cently asked by a Qerman noblewan nf Ligh rank what course he thought the war wunld take, and if Le dud not preduct tho eagly and complele vubjoga- tlon of, Taskey. **Cerlainly,” replled the Ficldy Morabal, *‘the Rusalans will be victorious, only thelr Jeader must not lack the four G's which every General requiree,” **What's four G's)" ' Qeld, geduld, gense, und gluck," replied Yon Moltke (money, paticnce, genius, and guod luck). Lhe two childreu appointed Lo carry the trail of the Lady Mayoress at tho rucent wodding folled of thelrduty, and it began Lo drag o the dirt as wbo was passing out to tuw carriage. Hhe dropped her husband's ara and picked up ler skirte. This way 100 much for oy old Jady, who indignantly ubserved: **She thiuks mors of her train than of her busband.™ A precoclous youth wtaudiog by turned round (o the irate lady, snd e~ warked: **Guite right, too. ldare wy ber Bus- baud will often neglect her to catch bus tralu." WASHINGTON. Matters Considered in Yester« day's Cabinet Meeting. The Sitting-Bull Commission Stin in an Incomplete State. Becretary Shorman Orders an Addition- al Bale of Gold for Resumption Purposes, Conkling’s Object in Hetumlng. from Europe at Last Discovered. Ile Wil Enfer the Lists with {le Machine-Mcn Agalnst Presi~ dent Hoyes. Specimon Pilferings Performed 1y Democratio House Ofciala, CABINET COUNCIL. SITTING BULL. Bpectal Dispatch to The Tritwme, Wasnixatox, D. C., Aug, 23.—~The Cabinet to-day decided to walt nntil the arrival of Qen, "Terry here to-morrow before coming to any con. clusionas to the organization of the Sitting. Bull Commission. 1f the General prefers o hisve u civillan assoclated with him, the Admia. istration will try to ind some one willing to ac cept the office. If Terry prefers to accept the trust bimself, he will be the only person seat, with Col, Mosby as Becretary. . In that evert the fostructious will be made out Immediately, and the Commission will start the latter part of the week. NEW YORK CUSTOM-TIOUSE. The subject of the New York Castom-Tousy ofticers was considered at length Ly the Cabinet, but no conclusion was roachied. Opinjons dif’ fered as to tho propriety of removing ull the 'g:lnclpnl uificers there, souie of the meibers ing In favor of what they, called o clean * sweep, while others were opposed to this for volitical ns well os other reasons. It was finally determined to postpone the settlement of this matter until the return of Necretary Ey. arts, whose volce, it s expected, will be quite fnfluential In the matter, THE INDIAN COMMISSIONERSHIP, I8 had been expected that Alecretary’ Schurz would briog up in the Cablnet meeting to-day tne plan for rmvldmc for the appointinent of new Commissioner of Indian Affalrs by the transfer of the present Commissioner, John Q. Smith, to eome other better office, but the sale Jeet was not mentfoned. it Is_expected some- thing of that sort will sooa be done, THE DEPARTMENTS. QOLD SALE. Bpecial Dlspaich to The Tridune, ‘Wasnivoton, D. C., Aug. 28.~The Becretary of tho Treasury continues hia policy of schliuy gold for the purpose of carrsing out the Re. sumption act. He to-day ordered the Assistant. Treasurer at Now York to scll next Saturdsy at noon $1,000,000 in gold, to redeem the United Btates notea rotired by reason of the fssuc of Natlonal Bank notes. DRFIANCE, The knowledge that A. B. Cornell, Naval Oflicer, presided at tho meeting of tho Repub- lican Btate Central Committec of New York, of which hois President, occasfoned conslderable comment at the Treasury. This sct was re- garded as an opon deflance of the President's order to officeholders, and 0s an indication that Corncll evidently, after an nunderstanding with Senator Conkling, Is determined to defy the Administration, and to decline to resign from his political positiun or his Federul office. Mr, Conkling Is represented ns having suld that hio was opposed to tho Presldent’s officcholders’ order; and that the officcholders in New York would nefther resizn nor ro out of politivs. - AOAINST THE STHIKENS, ‘The Post-Oflice Department was advised fo- day of the declslon of Juilps Coawallader, of Philudelphla, against the strikers woo wero ar- - rested Jor obstructing the paesugo of the maile. Judges Drummond, of Chicago, and Cadwalla- der, of Philadelphia, {n thelr rullugs, have thus supported the Departmeut {n its action through- out tue strikes. It appears the - Philadelphis strikers produced on thelr trial a tel which wns sont to Postinaster-Geueral Rey, wtating they were not only willlug, but anxious, that' the malls should proceed, and thap the rallrond = companies were In fut the recal oYatructioplsts, alnce ithey refused to let the mall cars go without passen- er coaches. Judgze Cadwallader, nceotding to nforination at the Post-Office’ Uépartment, Tules that tho right of a lawless mob 1o dictate tothe Goyeroment in what manuer the malls shall be carrled caunot be rocognized; that the coutracts between the Government and the ralt- road companies provide that the mail skall be carried on pusrenger tralos, and thatthe strikers can no wore declare that wails shall be carried on speciul troing than they can that they shallbe carried on three-wheel “couches or by white horaes, 5 TAE CIICACO COLLECTORSTLP, ‘The Becretary of tho Treasury sald to~lav that hu had received no answer from Collector Russell Jones, of Chicago, to the note from himaelf requestivg tho resignation of that of- ficer. Unicss an answer {a soon received, the Treasury will of course consider that Iussell Junes lateuds to - decline to resign, and to fne yite his auspension frowm oflice under the Tenure-of-Ofice act. Secretury Sherman sald that tne course of the Government with respect to the matter bad not yet been determined, NOTES AND NEWS, THE EXTHA 8ESSION, Hpeciat Dispatch fo The Ty:bune, Wasininoron, D, C,, Aug. 28.—The subject of thy extra scssion may bo noy cousidered as settled. The proclamation calling Congress to- gether Oct. 13 Wil not be revoked, MADISON WELLS still remalns hero to took after the $300,000-¢ clalm which ho bas pendiag before the Boutllern Clatins Commission. It will be remembered that this clatm-bas played quite a prominent part in national politics, ond was discusscd st length in congection with the Louisiana Re turning Bourd. . . GOVERNMENT PROPERTY MISSING. ‘The Democratic ollicers of tho House of Rep- rescutatives do not scem to bo able to keep posscsslon of Governmeut property there. Last spelg it was dlscovered that lmmenss quavtities of public documents bad been stolen, and that Blue Jeans Willlams® luvestigating committec had deliberatcly suppressed the facts which showed this, A polico oftlcer has Just discovercd at & Junk-shop oue lot of Cou- Rresslonal Records, Revised Statutes, Coast Survyys, and the most valuable Governmen! publications, welghing nesrly 5,000 pounds. They had been brought there by porters from tha Capttol for sale. A megro who lias been im- plicated o tho theft saya that he hiin- self purchased 1,000 pounds of stationcry in addition “to the 5,000 pounds Just mentionod from ove of the Doorkeapers of the House of Kepresentatives. Unluss Cougress vonyenes soou the iudicutions are tbat the Dewocrats fo chargo of the lHouse will bave thorobghly plundered that cnd of the Capitol. . TUE OUIO CAMPAIUN. Becretary Sherman ls roported as statlvs, with regand to the Ohiv cawpalgn, that fn bu recent visit to that Ntate lie conyersud with Jeading meo of the party, and concluded that tho chances of 8 Republicau victory are very fa« vorable, ‘The Democrats, he thinks, are uiuch divided on lucal fesucy, while the Republicans arg orgeuized and determined to lose uo chuuce of success. .+ . TOR SUFYERISG POOL. N ‘Thae saffcring atayng tlu destitute noor fnthis -Dlstrict 18- very gical. -Cowplssioner Thomas B, Brysn Lias undertaken to urzunize g systew of voarity wulch shall put bread fn tho mouths of the needy. Le saya not an bour of the dgy but what cases of tho direst destitutios oro brought to tho notice of the District Cow- wtssloners, and that most of the cuses are thoss of people who haye wot been accustowed 1o want, aud who, alwost driven to dlatraction, pasafrom door to door Lo beg for foud. A greub imany of the people come frum (Le States and Lave lost tbelr Guveroent places, TUK PUBRIDENT'S WESTENN THIP, To ths Western Associated Press. Wasuineros, D, €. Aug. N.—The Presl- dent, Attorney-General Deveus, and Postinas- Aer-Geueral Key leave Washingtoo on Thursday evenlng, Sept. 8, for Marietta, O., to aitend the Natloual Eucawpment of Volunteer Soldicrs va