Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1877, Page 4

. 4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY., OCTOBER 16, "877, Thye Tribmnc. : Are now pronounced to be so much of n suc. TERMS OT SURBSCRIPTION. United States manufactarors can sell their goods in Canada at a profit protected by the duty on imports, they can do the same in the United States, so that substantially the rela- tions of the teade of Groat Dritain towards the two couutrics will not be seriously their groceries at the Ring headquarters. Up to the prasent time therg seems to be no ronson to relinguish the gritifying vxpecta- tion that the prosecution will be successfnl in thinuing ont the ranks of the thioves, and thus breaking the powoer of the Ring, Tho trinmph of the Repnblicans, in the face of all these obatacles, is marvelous testimony to the whole-heartadness of the French peo- ple. They know this timo what they want, snd ave determined to have it. If Marshal MaodMarox does not nnderstand the meaning have had twenty-five, or that he went to the Penitentiary no longer timo for stealing $200,000 than somo poor devils have gono for stoaling a coat with which to keep them- selves warm, that madoe tho detectives weep ? ‘Whatever may lave hoon tho causcs, it is title of a shect quote, For instaace, # alludes to the ¢ World newspaper,” a3 though t5 make the ailusion more binding and to represont the churacter of the article referred to, Ordinastly, when a quotation Is credited, people understand that & lournal s meant, and when the Graphic cern that the proprictor of the long-tdle grain clevator in that city will probably be ablo to put it to goad neo, and it is whisperad that negotintions have alrendy been ontered inlo with Western grin merchants looking BY MATL~IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGE PREPAID, . % or auy otber paper observes that “the San Jusn E"’ngfvd‘.";.’;';,‘";; yeé lufim b —— of such avote and respect it, ho will on- | to tha handling of large volumes of corn | just such sickly sentimontslity as was dis-,| affected. Fernandez filow Pipe says, cte., the Intelligent Banaay LAlti " Congress yesterday nssembled in estra | connter serions risks and awmsumo a grave | from Central Illinois at fignres much lower | playod in the court-room that tonds to make Reciprocity ia oppored in this country by | reader docs not need tobe Informed that the dromiu b §;3{} seswion, and the organization of the TMouso | responsibility. than thosa contomplatod by the officers of | ths orime & forgery respectable and to | all those who favor a protoctive tariff, sud | Biow Fipe ta an ablo cantemporary of the papse El‘;“.‘;f‘:‘i'.. 190 | was at onca effccted by the cloction as tho East and Wost lines of railway. The | venoer this class of stealing. Itis just such [ nlso by a class who nrgue that if reciprocity | quoting. The Uraphie would allude to “the Speaker of Mr. Rawpary, the Demoeratic eancns nominca. Opposition to the roll of members as made up by Clerk Apaws was domonstrated, on the Republiean side, in tho cases of contested geats from Louisinna, Florida, and Colorado, but dehate was prohibited until the usual preliminnrica were observed, To- day it may bo expected {hat the Repnblic. ans will be heard from, more espe- cinlly with regard to Colorado, npon which they will make a stubborn fight. 8ponker Iaxpant’s inmaugural speech was noticenble by reason of the course ho suggested in referenco o the Prosidential quention, the Democrats of the Ifonse being advised to drop the cry of fraud and nccept the Presidontinl situation as it is. The Democrnts of the Senate are understood to have resolved upon a similar course. RANDALL'S TRIUMPH, Not merely in RANpaLr's clection a8 Bpenker of the Ilonuse, but still more in the mauner of his trimnph in the Democratio enncus, may bo found o significant indiea~ tion of tho future purpose aud conduct of tho Democralio party. RaxvALn in o typoof tho old party politicinns,—sbrowd, plucky, tricky, nud noscrupulons. e is essentially o political schemer. He is endowed with all tho herediments of selfish, partisan politics. He has been reared in tho school of the spoils system, and knows reform only to 'seoff at it in private and use it as a catch- word in public. IIo lives on politics and trades in polities, The order of his natural relection would bo IRaxpaLy first, the Demo- cratic party next, Pennsylvanin interests third, and the nation Inat of all. All hia in- fluence and all his sctions will be gnided in the fnturc, w8 they have been in the past, by personal and partisan motives, -withont regard to principlo or the welfare of the nation, For instauce, RANDALL is & Pro- tectionist,—perhapa not on principle, but beeanse it pays him politicslly to be n Pro- tectionist whilo appealing to n Pennsylvanin constituency ; he will be a Protectionist so long ns it paye him, no matler what the tendency of his party may be, and no mat- ter how urgently the abandonment of the fallncy may be demanded as the only means for increasing the exporls of the nation and putting an end to the long ern of commercinl dopression. It will be found that his organ. Ization of the Houso Committecs will con- form to every interest which hao desires to promoto ond every schemo to which he deomed it necessary to pledge himself in or. der to soouro Lis clection. Ranpars's chamacter as a politician was thoroughly known to the Democratic caucus whon it assombled. There lad been combi- nations formed to antagonize his candi- dature, and somo potential inflnonces had boen ot work to defeat him. Only a couple of weeks ago the opposition to him was so docided that it was confidently predicted bo counld not.got the nomination. Suddenly, just Lofore tho canons mot, all the opposi- tion vanished into thin nir, nnd Ravpavy was nominated by a largo majority on the first ballot. Br. Monmson, of Illinois, found that his following was deserting him, and withdrew, Cox waa slaughtered in tho liouse of his frionds, and waited till ho waa told that not only would the New York del- egation refusa to present him, but that they would not vote for him if his name was presented by an ontsider, Goobs, the candidate of *the South,” discovered that ¢ the South,” when it came to voting, was for Raxpars. Rasparn, st tho last momont, swept everything before him. It cannot be doubted that this sudden and oversrhelming trlumph was tho result of promises, trodes, and jobs. It cannot be doubted that Rawpart's tremendous influ- onca in the manipulation of committees, and the direction he will be able to give to logis- Iation, will conform to previous agreomonts Lo has made, not in the intorest of national legislation, but in tho interest of private schemes, It may woll bo suspected, from the largs Bouthern vote ha received in cau. ous, and particularly from that scotion of tho South known to bo in favor of the Bouthern Pacific subsidy, that ho will pander to Toat 8corr's lobby, in spite of his boasted opposition to all subsidy schemos and the oxplicit condemnation thercof made by tho last Damoacratic Convention in Tonn- sylvanin. At oll ovents, he will handlo the Houso 5o as best to subserve the interests of RanpaLy, to sustain the spoils clement in the Democratic party, to promote tho class interests of Ponusylvanin, and gen. erally to keap alive tho most offensive char- acteristica of party politics. This is the kind of man chosen to the chief place within the command of tho Dom- ocratic party, sud clovated to a position where, with his tact and experience, he can do moroe to shape legislation than any other man In public life. Ho socured the place, not after a desperato strugglo, but in the way of a personal triumph, What n commentary this is upon the Democratio pretense of de. votion to reform! 'Tho Domooratic hopo of weuceess of lato years has been based wupon the errors and abuses of a long INopublican tenurs of power, and the first notablo ovidenco of the manner in whick they will employ political supromacy is to met up an acknowledged symbo} of scheming, stralegom, and spoils, A fair notion of the Democratic purposs wmay bo obtained from this ready and goneral snbservionce to the political schiool to which Ranpary belongs, and of which ho iu the recognized leader. It portends no higher grade of statcsmanship thon that which gov- erned the last Ilouse of Rupresentatives, It menns bickering and dickering to the neg- lect of the national intorcals. Any hopo fur improvement that may be: found in the re- flection that Rawpart crushed the Braoxsusns, and Husps, and Bemixo. eng, and fifty or aixty filibusters in tho DPremdential count, is wpocdily dissipated in the furthor refloction that Rawopars's conduct in that case was suggest- &d by Lis superior shrewdoess, He was con. sclous that any coup d'efat would cither orush the Dewmocratic party out of existonce or leave no Unitod Btates Congroas of which he could be Speaker, His attitude during the count of the Electorul vote may lave nsslsted him in his re-slection ns Bpouker, but it caunot bo rogarded as a promise of o patriotio future. mandlin exhibitions na theso that make men doubt tho .offieacy of jnatico and the dignity of law, and compel the question, Is thore much incentive (o be honest when n court and a church unite their tears over a felon on hig way to the Penitentinry ? ————— THE RAILROADS AND THE PUBLIC. The Grangor laws of Illinois, Minnesota, Towa, and othor Btates hava received tho jndicial support of the Supreme Court of the United Biates, and we have moro partion- larly the rocent decisions of the sama Court in tho Wisconsin cases. It ia timo that the rallrosd companies of tho United Btates should take warning, There is uo moro legal objection to the cnactmont of laws regulating the rates of freight in ono Stato than in another, snd ihe legislation of tho bLnif-dozen Slates may become goneral. Now that the principla has been established and tlio power of State Legisintures to enact such laws cleatly rocognized by all tha Courts, railroad manngors may well consider how far and Low long the people will submit to be robbed by any mannor of combinations. 'The Now York Journal of Commerce, one of tho most conservative papors in the country, and which for years opposed tho Granger lnws, has discovered in tho judicinl de- cisions aflirming theso laws a possiblo rem- edy for monopolies nnd a popular means of breaking np milroad extortion. It says: The United States Supreme Court has at length recognized as valld tho extremest power claimed by n Ytate over a rallroad. The queation {nvolved the authority of the Wisconaln Leglslature tocstab- 1llsh a maximuin of charges to be mado on passen- gore or frefght taken up outalde of tho State and brought within it, or vico verss, s the State a control over the inter-State commerce which affects ita own people, or does this matter wholly belong to the Federal Qovernment? 'f'ho Supreme Conrt decidcs that n State, where it hasnot parted with 1ta power by contract, can regulate the fares and froighta, under the clreamatances mentioned, on & rosd ontskla of 1ta llmita which is consoli- dated with one on its awn territory, The power of Lhe State reackes beyond itscontnes as to things which directly cancern s own people, however ita action may Indirectly affect the people of ndjoining States, This s good law, snys the Bupreme Court, nutil Congrves takes to itacll, by epccisl cnactment, the regulation of inter-State commerce by rall. The grasping railroad monopo- 1fen which arc plauning to ralso tholr freights this fall, and to keep up thelrodious pool arrangement, nhould take warning In scason from the ominons drift of the Supreme Coort declsions in the Granger snd other cases. When the peopla of tho different Statea realizo how much power they have—if thoy would but use it—aver the rallroad corvorations, they will not much longer abatatn from exercis- ing It through the Legialaturcs, 3 The recont combination of the various trunk lines, by which they have resolved to tako from the producers n larger portion than usual of the product,'may evoko a popu- lar storm which will not easily bo quieted. Five years ngo the railronds demanded three busbels of corn for carrying ono bashel to markot. The outraged and plundared pro. ducers resorted to the ballot-box, aud in duo time what nro kuown ng tho Granger laws wero onacted, The rallrond manngers have now rosumed their policy of combination for extortion, Tho peoplo of all tho States are now advised of their power to deal with these corporations; thoy know thoy have the 1ogal power to limit the exactions of railrond companics, and with that knowledge thoy will not long submit to such combinationa without exerclsing thoir powor. Let the railrond companiea take warning that, when this power of control shall be exercised, it may not mark tho limit of tolls at much less than would be willingly submitted to it no oxtortion was attempted. corn of this year's crop promises to bo of quality loxs liabla to damage than usual by {ransportation throngh the sub-tropioregions. The possibilities of this ronto are cortalnly great enough to make our railrond magnates pausa before they decilo on a return to ox- orbitant rates. A little reflection ought to stisfy them that it would bo neither just nor practicable to reimburse themselves in this way for tho losses which n foolish sai- cidal policy entailed in the recent past; nnd thoy will best exhibit their wisdom by de- sisting from the attempt to snatch to them- solves tho snbslantial gain from onr magnifi. cent harvests, leaving only tho shadow to tho produacer. Chicago 2imes newspaper” or “the Chicago Inter-Ocean nowspaper ! as it the appendiz were necessary to avoid the inference by the reader that one ls a barber shop and thoother a peanut stand. In the case of the World, perhaps the usc of tho descriptive word would furniel & plece of tnformation to & majority of thoe com- munity, or it may havebeen an idlecompliment, but for general usage the word is superfiuous, and its introduction should be discouraged. iy et il bo withheld the Canadinns will ultimnately seck political incorporation into the Amer- foan Union. It is useless to argue with the Prolectionists, while the schemo of annexa- tion is entirely idle. Reclproenl trado is nomothing which pertains to the present,—a living want of Lotk conntries,—nnd should not Lo embarrassed by,any other question. In Cnunda the iden of ruciprocity is confined to an oxchiange of n limited number of speci- fled nrticles, which partial system of ree- iprocity is mot only absnrd bub unres- ronnble, opy, it et Fpecimen copleq rent tree. Olve Post- Oftce addrom (o foll, Inclading Btats and Coupty. Jiemittancen may ba made efther by draft, exprosy Port-Oftice urider, urin registered letters, at our risk. TEAMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS, Doy, delivered, Funday excepted, 25 cents per week. Lutly, dettvered, Sunday Included, 30 centa per week. Addres THE TRINUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chicago, 1l Onlers for the delivery of Tite Trinrxz at Evanston, Englewsod, and flydé Park Ieft In the counting-reom willreceive prompt attentlon. Mr. JAcK PALMER Ia a sharp specal ploader, but he will have to pleat sharper than he hay vet done In the Jeyliter to conceal from hig readers the notorjous fact that tho Domocratie Cungress ot 1853 debased the subsidiary sliver coln about ¢ per ceut and limited its legal-tene der power to 85, That s tho fact of record, It Iio docs nmot know cnbdagh to know that the “‘spelter colns' were the production of a Dem- ueratic Cougress, he wonld spare his reputation by remitting tho subject to soma onc of his emn. ployes who {8 better posted, Buch person wiil foform JAck's ex-excellency that tho Congress of 1873 left the Democratie spelter colnnge of 1853 alone, discontinued the silver-dollar colnage, and provided for that ¢f the trade dollar, If Jack Lias no employe who can furnish him the origin and history of the Democratic spelter cofuage, let him ask the irst Springfleid achool- Loy in his teens whom hio ects, sud obtala the information. et Seldom, but eomctimes, Mr. WaATTERSON Dreaks Jooss from the influcnce of his 100,000 Demuocrata, and when hie does he puts greas chuuls of wisdom Into the Courier~Journal. As for iustance: Roscox ConnvniNnsaid the other dn{‘ in a speech to his friends: **Frequently have learged through tho press that there arc dlsscnsions in the Repnblican party, and that thess disscnsions will canse the defeat of the party in the coming elec- tlon. 1 honextly heliave ihat these dissensions exist unly In the press, 1know of no man in the Republican ranks who would by auy action ot word injure the Aduinistration.” Thls,to say the least, in tolerably cheeky, in view of Parr's Rochester blacksunrdien and the bittor nbuso of the Admin. istration on tho partof the Noston Tyaveller, the Chlcsgo Inter-Ucean, and the Bt. Louls Globe- Democrat, AMUSEME. S TWEED'S “DIXCLOSURES." Mr. TWEED appenrs to be reducing himself to a sort of monkey-show, or, to prescrve that fllustration and carry it still farther, he fs 8 sort of a condensation’ of a 8t Louls newspaper. For some time ho has disported himeelf in o variety of antics for the mnusement of his ad- mirere, while his evidence, like Nouthwestorn news items, fs offered one day that it may be retracted and apologized for the noxt, Ifaving in his possession a vatlety of checks, nssorted, ke develops them on the slicghtest provocation, and talks learncdly of fraud that hio may have an opporiunity at 8 subsequent period of show- inz n refreshing change of heart by solemnly swearlng that his former equally solemn assov- erations were false. Ilis testimony, his confes- sfon, his every actlon, the peeuliarity of the political erlsis In New York, nll point to tho fnevitable conclusion that Tweep s dancing to . party bagpipes In order to intimidate political enemier,while ut theeama timo he 1s carcfully concealing the facts for which the people of New York are clamurous. S far, his exposnres have been ut- terly worthieas aa affecting the recovery of the money out of which the taxpayers have been swindled, Tiisgrandiloquent pledee to yield up Iriend and foe alike, having nothing more to ask of either, smacks savorlly of poppyeock; whilo his manlfest disinclinntiontoreveal the material matter of which he must be in posseasion shows that some skiliful manipulator is handling the crank, and that ultimate diecharie fromn prison depends more upon the thic’ssflence than upon the penitent man's revelations, That Twesbp is slmply operating to save himsell and such mon- ey us lis lawyers have left him, {8 a fafr deduc- tion from the nnture of his evidence and the eagerness with which it fs offercd. 8o far lic has confined himself to the smuller of tho steals whereof he was the en- Rlueering spirit. Tie has rought a number of publlc names before the community, aud alter- nately smirched and whitewashed them as his fancy or his master dictated. Ilfs manner fndl- cates exultation rather thun contritlun, and his matter, unimportant as it is, betrays the exist- ence of o job, the success of which depends upon him, and upon the succcss of which he depends for the releaso he sighs for. In short, the whole business bears the lnef- faceable stamp of party good, maliguant enmity, und political clap-trap. It suguests that some cundidate retles upon some other candldate’s fears of what Tween might tell, and that he {8 expected to reward “Big 8ix" for telllng or not, a8 the exigencles of the camnalgn may sug- gest. Itis n blundering schema at the best, une which New Yorkers should readily sce tlirough, and ore which should, in the sharp and severe rebuke that might be administered at the polls, teach the new Ring that humbug- gery {s an unsatisfactory diet, auil that the head of the oll Departiment of Public Works caunot escapo s punishment through au interesting serics of badly-told llcs. MeVicker's Thentre. ‘Madison etrect. betwcln State and Dearborn. Fa- gagement of Johu T. Ragmond. “*Risks.’* Mes- dames Don, Stoneall, etc.s Meurs. liaymond, Learock, ete. SUPERFLUOUS WEEPING, It ia rolated by that veracious chroniclor, Mank Twaiy, that when the cavaleade of pile grims reached tho brow of the hill overlook- ing tho tomb of Apas, every man, womnn, and child spontancously and with military precision pulled out bandanas and com. menced to weep na they contemplated tho reting.place of tho father of tho race. So iutenso waa the sorrow and so copions the tonra that tho mules and pack-horses caught , the infection and wept bitterly, refusing to Lo comforted. Sinco thnt aquoons time thera has not been a like flood of salino sor- row until Mr. Giryay, the Now York forgor, waa sentenced to Sing Sing the other day, “Tomay " Suganman's lament for Beronen cannot comparo with it, for that was only au individual boohoo, and ono man, howover indnstrious he may be, cannot hope to com. peto with a wholae conrt-toom pumping up tears for an nccomplished rascal. Wo have no disposition to dopreciate ** Tomuy"” SmeazMan's abilities nt weeping. e can give nuy singlo man odds and might not do digcredit to Nropg, but in tho GraaN case Lo was simply overweighted, The Associnted Pross, in an unusually pa- thetic strain, considering the usually apa- thetio naturs of that calloused ugonay, has told us the mournful story,—how tho clogy of toars commenced and progressed from an inauguratory drop that trickled down the red- doning nose of the defendant's counsel to tho river that rn down tho aggregate nose of the court-room. The business saems to have commenced with tho counsel, who reed Grraan's confossion. Mrs, O'Lzany's cow kicked over a karosane.lamp on a festal ocea- sion 81X years ngo, so runs the legend. It was n little nffair of itsolf, bup tho trifling excriion of that foyous animal's hind leg started a spark that evontually wrapped Chi. cago in a sheot of flame, and left both city and cow o samoldering heap of ashes. Wo are told *‘ the counscl who read the pa- por didsowith a trombling voice.” That was a littlo thing of itself. Itls o fine dra- matie piece of businesa for a lawyer to uso the tramolo. Nothing unusual in that, but never beforo has the thing worked so well, It began to spread immodintely. ‘The nsso- cinto counsel saw tho tremblo and went one bettar. Ha became ** deeply affectod,"—that is, his voice not only trembled, - but he took off his glasses and wiped them; ho took ont Lis handherchief and blew his noso ; aud he sniffled and hommed. Thon came the Dis. trict-Attornoy in the full panoply of woe, with ¢ tho tears coursing down his cheeks and with *choking utterances.,” Threo woro now in full flood, one trambling, ono deeply affected, and the third weoping and choking, Tho counsel on both sides bod canght the infeotion, nod tho Judgo was tho next victim. % Rocorder 1Tackerr, in passing sentonco, waa much affected, and wiped away a tear.” At this sigual from the Bench ihat thoro wwould be no contempt ju weeping, all the speatators began to boohoo, probably for the samo roason ihat whon one sces another yown he yawns also without knowing why, Toars flowod freoly and noses of all sorts wero blown. Thore was the ery hysterical, tho cry boohooical, tho absolute blubber, the gontle weep, and tho grief that lies below tho wells of tears. It was too much, and at last even ‘‘tho detectives torned their backs," averted their gazo, and,like Mr, Junrsy, went to the wall and gently wept, these myrmidons of the law, too proud to Iot the world sce their tears. For tho life of ug, we cannot sce why dotectives should weep ; perhiaps they themselves could not, oud that is the reason why they went to the wall and wept ns unofticially ns possible, inatead of rosortiug to tho hacknoyed pre- tenso of u cold in the head, Considering tho area of the flood, it is o little remarkable that tho steam pipes did not collapso a joint, the water pipes spring o loak, or the stern figure of Justico squecze ont something ro- sembling a toar from her blind plaster orbita, On the following Friday evening, Alr, Brecurn bold o prayer-moeting, and as he entored tho room his brow was overcast and his face woro o look of gorrow, Thereupon tho brows of his whole flock were overcast ond ali their faces wore the same look as that on the faco of their gentle shophord, Thon they hul nsenson of tears when he announced: “I have boen suffering the most iutonso pain and nnguish for the past weck, because of the fall of a near and dear rolative, & nephew by marrisge, who was to-day sentenced iu a New York court to five years in the Penitentiary for forgery.” Now that thorain s over and gong, it may not be hwpertinent to inquire why all this suiveling and Loohooing. Were thoy weop- ing because this respectablo rasoal stole over 200,000 of the people’s money by the re. flucd processes of ralsing the values of serip and of forgery? Bocause a large part of this ‘amount was astolon from his owa Lrothers and sistors, whom he would not sparo in his genteol operations? DBecauso hie had used his position in church and his veligions reputation as a screen for his dis- honesty ? Becauso he not only was a hypociite in his dally life, but even carried it into a confeusion that was filled with sick. ly sontiment? Becauso ho concealed . his real charncter from a trusting wife and loving childron, and gave them to expect a life of ease and affluence when he knew his thieving must soomer or later becpme known, and that his faml. ily must suoffer from the nawe with which he would be branded? Because, with every incentive to bo honeat, he deliber- ately entered upon a criminal life, commenc- ing with & breach of trust and ending with forgerios upon his own relations? Because he gave liberally to religion, to charity, to art, and to personal hospitality, from other people’'s money which he had etolen? Was it for those ressons that Bxromes and Haoxerr, counsel and spectators, aad all Plymouth Church, cried? Was it becausa he Rot only five years’ sentence when he should flooley’s Thentre. Tandolph street, between Clark and Lagalle, **Sanlanapalus, Mesdames Hanchett, Letonrneur, etc. ; Measrs. Morton, Marrin etc. Tho citizens of New York havo at last raised tho sum required to transport and place in position the monolith tendered the city by the Egyptian Government known as CreoraTrA's Needle, and a companion to the needle now thrending its way to London. It isn matter of special pride that ono of these monuments of Egyptian civilization 3,000 yoars ago is to find its way to the New World, and take its place amid the stir and din of its busy motropolis, tolling with ita rude hieroglyphs storiea of the days of Raxzses the majestio, and of Tuornwes, who was one of the Pranioms, and perhaps the Pmaraon who would not let *f my people go." These vast obeliska wera erected lika the Pyramids for elornity,—atloast an Egyp- tian oternity,—and symbolized somo iden of the religion of the living, ns the Pyramids symbolize the ead of life aud the future. It would not probably be any epecial consala- tion to Toormuss or Baseszs to look out of thelr mummy cases and sce these monoliths they erected with so much skill and patience, to stand forover on the Nile, one by one dis- appearing and finding their way to the cen- trea of modern civilization, where evorything is new and strange, but it is a matter of na- tional pride that Now York ‘comes next to Ttome, Paris, and London in securing an obelisk, From a local point of view, we have no hesitation in congratulating Now York, Chicago will nevor bo content with anything from Egypt smaller than one of bher Pyramids. Somo day wo will have it. 1f the Common Conneil is indisposed Lo pur- chase one, the Coanty Cammissioners may go over and stenl it. - Wood's Munneum, Monroe street, between Dearborn and State, ** Bump- ty Duinpty." Epeciaity Ollo. Now Chicago Theatre, Clark strert, opposite Sherman loumse, Eagages ment ol the Campbell Comedy Combination. **How Women Love." Mesdames liand, Batcheider, eic.i Messrs, Norris, Lake, etc. Adelphl Theatre, Monroe street, corner of Dearborn. Engsgement of Katle Putnam. **That Lass o' Lowrle's.” Mesdames Tutomn, Myers, elc.; Mensrs. Blaludell, Pierco, ete. Taso-Ball Park. Twenty-third ond State strects. Game between the ‘Boston snd Chicsgo Clubs, at3 p. m, SOCIETY MEETINGS. R LODGE, No. &#, A. F. and AEHLA As M.~TRegns er Meciing thite CPuesday) evoolag in theif hatl, 70 lunroe-si.. for luslgon and work on tho M. Degres, 3 cordialiy inv i 4 C. 1. CRANE, Bec. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 187 CHICAGO MAREET SUMMARY. The Chicago produce markcts were generally easier yesterday, with less doloz, Mess pork <losed THc per brl lower, at814.25 for Octoher and $12.72%@12.,75 for January, Lard closed easler, at $8.70 for Octobor and $8.25(®8.27X for January, Meats were casler,at Gic per D for Joane shoulders and 75c¢ for do short ribs, Lake treights were quict and casy, at Ge for corn to Buffalo, Whisky was unchanged, at $1.08 per ‘yallon. Plonr was quictand tame, Whest closed ¢ lower, ot 81.08 for October and $1.O4K@ .05 for November, Corn closed ¢ lower, at 42¢ zash and 42@242%c for November, Oats closed tame, at 22%BLCNc caah and ke for November. Fyc waaqulet, at 2. Darley closed steadler, at B81c for October, and 50%c for November. Cattle were dull and wenk, Hogs were moderntely active andashade firmer. Sueep wero quict, Tho ex- ;am from the seabonrd 1ast week Included 51,670 rls four, 1,210,574 bu wheat, 875,076 bu corn, P7.185 bu rye, 3,955 brls pork, 2,430,807 Ibs Jard, and 4,787.417 1ba meats. There was in- spected Into atore In this clty yestorday G4+ cars wheat, 207 cars and 37,5600 bu corn, 47 carsand B,500 bu oats, 15 cars rye, and 07 care barley. Yotal (D0f curs), 413,000 bu. Onc hundred dollsra In gold would buy $103.25 in greenbacks at tho tiose. Greenbacks at the New York Stock Ex- chango yosterdav closed at 07, Last Friday the Eventuy Journal was howling, Ou to Resumption, coutending that 1t was pee- fectly cosy, ns tho Government had 8119,152,083 availuble gold on hand, and that it was eighteen wmonths untll the time when resumptlon was to commence,~Jan. 1,'701 Last evening it dropped down a cent or two, and now only clalms thst there ara $35,000,000 fn the Treasury available for the redemption of §356,014,000 of green- backs, or Iess than 10 per cent of tho amount to bo redeemed. The Journal's firat statement was not cvena “half truth'; it was not the third of the trutb. Stl, it was nearcr the truth than the Juurnal usually gets when dise cussing u subject beyond fts depth, ———— The Times says it did not mean * The per- souugo of the namo of Mank TArLBY created by Mr. Dickens was remarkable,” et it meant * a personage created, not by Mr. Dicg- ENs, but by tho lmagiuative faculty of Mr, Dickess with the nanio of Mark TarLer.! In other words, it sticks to its grammatical jim- Jnims, and assigns to Mr. Dickexs another allas than that of Boz. e—— A man named DLAacknunN, a Congressman from Kentucky, hoped, Ina recent speech, that Gob would not sparo Senator Montox to agals take his seat in tho Upper House. Perhaps this fellow will realizo the siguificance of the last syllable of nLis naino when tho hand of an avenging Delty hurls him off the foco of thy earth that his very shadow desocrates. ———— THE Tho elections in France have been genor. ally favorablo to the lepublicans. Their majority, it is truo, has boen decroased, but it iy still large, and, in any other country professing to live undor & constitutional Govornmont, would be considored over- whelming, If overy one of tho scats still open should be filled Ly the Government— an evont every way improbablo—the Ropub- licans would bhavoa clear majonity of 100, In England this would bo considered decis- ive; and the Gxocutive who ehould attampt to dofy such an exprassion of popular will would bo doeclared an usurper and turnoed out of office even if a revolution wers required todoit. It is o curious commentary on the posi- tion of affairs in France that the Important question suggeated by tho elections is, Will the Republicans be able to gather tho fraita of their victory? Unquestionably thoy have the country with thom. In spito of the ful- minations of tho Marshal-Prosident, the in- quisitorinl polidy of his Cabinot, tho *bLull. dozing " of tho Prefects, and tho liberal ugp of national funds for campaign purposes, tha voice of tho pooplo has given forth no uncertain gound. Bonspartism, Clericaliam, and MacMahoniem have beon condomned. TRepublicaniam has been approved. Vicron Huao, GaxperTa, and the dead I'mzra have been justified. Dz Broariz and De Fortou bave been ordered to tho rear in disgraco. This is the only intorpro- tation that can be roasouably put upon the eleotions, . But President MacManoy, wo havo too much cause to belleve, is not ac- customod to interpret eventa in the ordinary manner. If this had beon hishabit of mind, bo would never have resorted to the oxtrome moasures of the 16th of AMay, and would not have followed his firt mistake with the blunders contained in his manifesto, and the various ncta of tyranny by which he has sought to deprive Franco of her libegties, A man who is capable of such acts caonot bo judged by common rules, He has boen ignorant and rash in circumstances which demanded onlightened statesmanship, and there i3 no reason to suppose that be will bo less igoorant or less rash when the emergency becomes greater, MacManox may do anything that a wisa and patriotic President would not do. Ho may dissolve tho Assembly ngain amd again he maoy, with the assistance of the Benate, ob. struct logislation ; he may invoke the army to amist him in enthroning the young Prince Imperial; or be may resort to intrigue and corruption a4 the best weapons with which to destroy tho Republic. o is likely to do soything rather than nccept the altornative which Gamperta thrust upon him in the now historical phirase: **I1 faut so soumettro ou g0 Uemettre.,” 1o will not aubmit or re- sign if hocan do othorwise, for ko is too narrow o man—too much the slave of a fool. ish consistency—over to admit that ho has blundered. . ‘The succass of tho Republicars, under tho circumstances, is very gratifying, ‘fhe wonder is, not that thoy havoe lost forty votes, but that they Lave retained wmoro than 800. The Government possessed ali the ndvantages in tho prosecution of the campaign, cxoept the good-will of the people. ‘I'he army alone constitutes an immense vot. ing-power, unkoown in our country; the volice, both municipal and provincial, are coutrolled by the central authority, and sup- port it in elections; the clorgy, tho school- maaters, oud the cogservativo property- owners all throw thelr influence ou tho spme side, Thoso arc the oloments which in Frauce constitute the political machine,” and overyone of them was in the hands of MaoManox. He bad not only their voles, but their influence aud power. By means of them ho was oblo to suppreas newspapers aud to send refructory opponents to prison. Moreover, hio had the 'Treasury st his com- mend, and thero is no zeason to disbeliove the statement of one of the correspondents that the campaign fund came out of the Treasury or wmust ultimately come from thero. Thus the woney of the poople has basn wiad to dofeat tho will of the people. T'he Episcopal General Convention yester- dny consented to instituta tho consideration of tho long-pending proposition to shorten tho forms of servico in the * Book of Com- mon Prayer.” The subject was referred to the Committeo on Prayer-Book for joint ac- tion with a similar Committeo of tho House of Bishops. et— ‘The grammaticaleritic of the Chicngo Times attempts to removetho obscurlty that hangs over his MARK TAPLEYISM, but darkness I3 now greater than it was bofore. An explanation was, cverybody will admit, nccessary. There los been a good deal of complaint fu the country, where nany subscribers to the Timnes are ** hap- py and cheerful {n the Inverse ratio of tho une pleasantness of thelr environment,” and -are particularly not **happy or cheerful? since the grammatical eritie encompassed them sround about. To quict these complaints there was need of an explanatfon,—a good expla- natfon, . be it understood. Wo arc sur- priscd nud grieved that Mr. Srorey did not undertalio the work Limeclf, 1o fs an adept In this department of journalism, Long practice in withdrawing Hbcls and apolo- glzing for defamation of character has mnade bim tho most accomplished retractionist,as well as the most accomplished grammarlay, of the age. How could he, with proper regard for his own reputation &s an apologetle editor, permit his granmatical eritle to write this lame de- fensa: Tho Times spoke of & fictitious personage; of a creature of tho Immginution: of n personage created, not by Mr, INickesw, tut by the imagina- tivo faculty of Mr, Dicirxs, with the name of Mauk TAVLAY. The Zinies wrolo words that cxpress with preclaion’ exactly the meaning 1t Intended to convey, oxcoptiug thut tho particio **nn " should not havo been prolsed t tho ward *plessuat- nes 4 Mang TArLer was not, then, a personage created by Mr. Dickens, but s personnge created by the fmaginative fuculty of My, Dick- zNs, Not only this; Mr. Dickens' iniacinative faculty was blessed with “the name of Mank Taveey.” Probably Mr, Diciexs' Intellectual faculty. was called ManmiN Cnuzzunwit and his moral faculty Mr. Prexssier, Probably, also, the critieal faculty of the young granuna- rian of the Tlmes s called Jeyrensox Brick, ‘The grammarian of the Thues hus really donean fujury to the persons who read her parsgraphs, for a doubl begius to find expression in the commnuuity as to whetber the personage of the namo of Mank TArLey was ever cfeated af all, May he not have been tho prototype of Mre. Haunta! Wo call upon Mr. STouey to repalr the injury which hia gramimatical crjtle hasdone. Lot MARK TAPLBY by resuscitated. e et s ‘The greenbacks are not heldin as high esthna. tlon by Jack PALMER us they are by most of his Democratiec brethren Ia the Weat. 1u bls Spring- field (I1L.) Jepster of tho 12th inst. ho thus de- nounces and spits upon thems But all the reasons given for the fssuo of green- ks ann_war weawurs have falled to conviiico tha dleglaler that 1ho act was & wisu one, while as to the acta of tho livpullican Conercas making groen. backe a peaco curreacy, tho Jeglster 1s of tho opia- Jon that they are utterly uncoustitutional, friud. ulent, sud vold. For more than twelve years, since the War closed, destroving the Jast vialize of any cxcase for 8 papcr-cusrency, 1ha peonlo of this culintry have been forced by law to do business l\:‘,llllkl.l dirty currency, composed of rage and lamip- ac It must boconfessed, ot least, that thislsa very candid, outspoken expression of opinion upaon the part of tha late Democratic candidate for United Statea Scnator of Iilinols, ‘The Board of Trads of Nashvlille, Tonn,, has ro- solved In favor of **making greenbacks recelvablo {ur c\u.lnmi; I\:‘?lyunlu.un:l L:A;‘!u S1u prowmisce 00d e ;‘I}&?{J not receive that nrox‘x‘zlu lul‘?‘f]fifl’n‘f '0d Unclo 8ax has promlsed to pay coln interest on his bonds. Buppose Lo’ sccepts his grecn- backs for dutics, bow fa Lo to obtalu the caln to pay the fnterest ou bis bonds? e ——— ‘The Bpriogfcld Jeylster owphatically dentes that the proposed appropriation of $333,000 to cowmpleto the Stute-Hlouse 1s & 8pringficld meas- ure, Btill, it Springflold really desires to bave the wonsy voted for the completion of the building, hier leadiug citizens should use thelr fofluence to bave the JAX®-BunwiTes vacate thie Board of State-louso Commissloners. ‘The tarpayers of the Btato have lost contldence tn the ftness or Jutegrity of that King, and it will be difficult to foduco them to put any moro money fu lts hands to squander, Scritmer's for October contuns o neat little poem rolative to the corn crop, and represents the urdent Granger ng casually remarking some thing nbout *Bo, ho, boys, ho! We'll at it then with shout and bustle.”” It occurstous that this has the proper ring, for what Is more appropriate than for the husband-man to Lo around o bustlel According to the statement of a gontleman * just arrived in Washington, there is little or no ground for hope that Senator Monton will over again take his soat in the Senato. The sick statosman is sald to be almost a living corpao,—his body practically dend bolow the chin, and his system so enfecbled that nourishment can only be administered with oxtrome dificulty. His family are still hopoful of at least partial recovery, but well- fnformed friends do not sharo in the expecta- tion. e — Upon the market valucof railroad passongers the New York Sun (urniahes some statistics: The Lako Stiore & Michigan Bouthorn Railroad Compnny have pald for sixty-five of the elghty-one lives lost ot the Ashiabula dlsaster ol a rate nvcru‘l;lnz 85,000 aplece. The mont expemsive Iife sacriticed cort e Company 80,000, and A nowlys marriod coaple wero appralsed at only £, 000, RECTPROCITY WITH CANADA. Tho Montreal Journal of Commerce, a commercial aud financial organ in Cauada, discusses tho question of reciprocity be- tween the Dominion and the United States, and roaches the conclusion that there is very littlo hopo for nny eatisfactory agreement Lotween the two countrics. 'To reach any satlafactory reciprocal arrangements botweon the two countries, tho iden of taking ndvan. tage of one munother must bo abandoned. Any schemo which proposes to limit reci- procity to any number of articles, or of olnsass of articles, cannot be tolerated. Thore must be goneral reciprocity or there can bo none. I'io measure must admit to the United States overy articlo, the growth, product, or manufacture of Oannda, free of all tax or duty, and must also provide for the like odmission of all things grown, pro- duced, or manufactured in tho United Statos to Caunda froe of duty. Practically, so far as the interchange of commoditios Is concerned, tho Statca of the Dominlon will become meroly additional Htates of the Unfon. With regard to the forcign trade, the quoation is more difficult, Canada hasa low tariff, deslgned for rovenue purposes; the United Btates have n Ligh tarif for pro. teotion nod not for revenue, How can theso bo arranged 8o as to admit the intor- chauge of imports botween the two coun- tries, without any additional iwposition of duly? Ieciprocity might stop at tho freo intorchango of commodities produced by.the two countries, but this, instead of breaking up smuggling, would mako it goneral in tho matter of imported goods. 'To ineet this difficulty there will have to be a uniform tar. iff adopted by tho two countries; this beiog done, tho dotails of the busi. ness con easily be arranged. Tho propor- tions of tho population of the two countrics being ascortained, the duties colleoted in both could be divided pro rata, If the United Btates had 44,000,000 of poople aud Canada 4,000,000, ono-twolfth of the revenuo col- lected would be pald to Oaunda and the other cleveu-twelfths to the United States. ‘The Montreal paper asks what would Great Britain have to say to such an arrangement. From ali sccounts, Great Britain would not bavo the least word of objection. If the pooplo of Canada should find that it wonld be to their benefit to raise their tariff to some extent so as to conform with that of the United Btates, Great Britain would mnot interpose any objeotion. Wo bhave no idea that there is sny serious disposition on the part of the British Government to Interfere with any commercial arrangement tho Dominion nay maks to its own advantage with the United Btates or any other Government. 'The parcntal caro the DBritish Governmont hus shown towards all ita colonies of late years bas boen to lot them do whatever they may think best for thelr own intereats. It is true that American msaoufectures would be ad- mitted into tho Dominion free of duty, and to that extent st an advantage over the British goods; but, at tho same time, the genoral reduction of the American tariff will sdmit British goods to the United States at a much less daty than is now exscied If the e New York’s millionalres, having subscribed the $100,000 for CLEorATiAS Nucdle, aro read- ing thelr titlo clear to Heaven, Any camel, they think, can get through that eye if he dousn't get lost In it. Latest figures from the Fronch elections £how that tho Ropublicans roturn 825 and the Conservatives 191 Deputies, with ten cases in which o socond elaction will be re- quired. Perfect tranquillity obtains through- cut tho nation, and alrondy the wholesomo effect of the verdict of the peoplo upon the Morshal is seon in tho suggestion froma Bonapartist source that the position of af- fairs is such aa to render it possible for an odjustment upon tho basis of mutual con. cessions, | Among the appropristions asked of the spe- clal Congressional session fa ona of $180,000 for soldlers’ ccmeteries, As BrrriNg Burl s still at large, there shounld not be a moment's heaita- tlon, T ——— In view of the Paristan dispositlon to name strects after American Ministers, the qulet proplo of the French Capital are proteating agalust a shnllar perpetuation of Noyas. it e o v The breaking of the cablo land wires left ns indoubt yesterdayas to what battle it was in which both Turks and Russiaus bad been victo- rioua. S ————— Ttiaintimnted that Gov, HarTRANTT, rather than rospond to the summona of the Grand Jury of Allegheny County to appear and tify concorning the action of the Btate ati- thorities in connection with the Pittsburg riots, will declare martial law, and thus evade any attachment for contempt of court, in caso Judge Kirxrarnick should adjudge him guilty of contompt. Buch a possibility wne suggested yestorday by the Altorney-General in his argument before tho Court, and tho improssion produced by the threat upon the people of Pittsburg is anything but favor- able to tho Btate authoritics, ‘I'he declsion of the Caurt of the question of contempt is ruscrved for the prosont, 4 Mr. 8, 8r7 Cox fa roported to be adverse Lo 8 second torm for Speakers, but. lu favor of une lmited candidaturo for the first term, f President Iavzs makes o strong bid for the support of newspapers, Hls mcssage is only a coluwn long. # PERSONAL, Zach Chandler is the owner of the nsw consolldated Detrolt newspaper. Gon. Ozd's wardrobo in Toxas is estimated to Lo worth almost 85, The Edwin Adams benefit in New York will yleld about $10, 000, Victoria Woodhull was to have deliverod her lecturo, **The lfuman Body the Temple of God, " lu Liverpool Bept. 27. Prof, Tyudall delivered o remarkable ad- dress bofore tho Midland Institnte, Birmingbam, Oct. 1. o began by deprecating the necessity which be was placed under, of delivering s ad- drese as President of the Institute, suggestingthat other sclentldc investigators were not called upon for wuch efforts, llowaver, he went on with a dls- course which lla four and a half closely-printed columns of the London Twnes, Tho subject of tho address was ntroduced by the following defule tion of tha speaker's views: **The ordor and en- «rgy of tho universe, I hold to be 1nherent, and not fmposed from without; the expresslon of fixed law, and not of arbitrary will, exercised by what Carlyle would call an almighty clockmakor.™ T'he followiug are a fow of the principal srticles contained iu the forthcoming volume (the seventh) of the Eucyclopadia Britaanica: **Dece slogue, " by Prof, Robertson Smith; **Defos," by Mr Sslotsbury; ** Demonology,” by Dr, E. B. Tylor; *'Demostbenes,” by Prof. Jebbdi *$Denmark,* by Mr. Grosse; *¢Descartes," by Dr. W. Wallaco; **Dialling, " by the lats Mr, 1L Godfroy; **Dickens™ and **Dryden,” by Mre Minto; **Dictionary, " by the Ruv, P, A. Lyonsi 4'Diderot," by Mr. J. Morley; *‘Distetics," by Dr. T. K. Chambers; *‘Digestiva Organs,” by Prof. Turner; **Distribation,” by Mr, A. R. Wale 1ace and Prof. T. T. Dyez; **Divlng,” by Mr. D. Stevenson; Dockyerds," by Mr, Rowsell; + Dogmatic, " by Prof. Candlish; ** Dragon-Fly,"” by Mr. McLauchlan; **Drawa,” by Prof, A. W. Ward; *'Dresw,” by Mr, Bully; **Dredgs," by The gentlemen whose Congressional seats wery decorated with flowers yesterday (and the nuwber was 80 small as to attract atten. tion)} are newly all identifibd moro or leas ‘with the Twplacables and the supposed op- position to President Haves within tho Re- publican party, This may have been sccl. dental; aud, if so, the flowers would simply wesn that the personal admirers of theso gentlowen (presumnably ladles) Lave been mory uttentive and domonstrative than the persoun! admirors of other Congressmen, But, if thero was political significance in the thstinction, may it not have been suggested Ly the sume charitable and benign spirit which prowpts the floral decoration of praves? Our commercial columns have indicated several timos recontly the oxistence of n dis- position to expect lower prices for breadstuffy in this market s a cousequence of higher freight rates to tho scaboard. 1t is rogarded as certain that rail rates will be agein ad- vauced b conts per 100 pounds this wock, and probable thal auother 5 conts or more will bo added near tho closs of navigation. ‘The effoct of this would naturally be to lower prices here, unless thoy be corre- spondingly advanced at the East. It soems probable, however, that such a movement would not sgain loave the West entirely 8t the mercy of rilroad combins. tions. Already wo hear of large quantitios of corn that have sought a marketdt Bt. ZLouis and other points on the Misdaippl River becauso of a lack of railrosd facilities to transport the grain to Chivago. ~ A oconsiderable percentage of the ocormm thus diverted will sock an outlet farther to the southward, and enablo tho long-cherished scheuo of a Mississippi route to Europe to become an notuality, The jettics below Now Orlaans ‘The casa for the defensa in the trial of the indicted County Ringsters began iu the Criminal Court yesterdny, Tt chiefly con- sisty thus fur in ovidenco golng to show that’ tho defendants aro persons of good charnce ter wnong that portion of the community which either knows nothing or cares nothing sbout tho stealing that hos been going on for several years; that Xiuoesiy wos o drunken, dishonest, and incompetont incam- bout of tho place ho held so long by the votes of some of these defendants; that there were no shortages fn the goods reccived at the Poor-House, or, at least, that none of the witnesscs were Predent when ghortages were discovered, and that all the sccounts charged up to ** profi snd loss * on Preiorar’s books were paid for iufull by the Cowmissionars wha ohtained ++Durer," by Prot. Colvin; **Eaz,* by Prof. Mc- Kcndrick; **Eccleslastes,” by Dr. Glnsburgi ¢ Kdigbarg, " by Dr. Danlel Wilson; **Educstion,” by Mr, O. Browniug; **Egypt,” by Mr. R. 8. Poule; *‘Elasticity,” by 8ir W. Thomson; sod 4 Klectricity," by Mr. U, Chryatal . e —— e The New York Graphic introduces into jonr- nalism & new styls of speakiuy of its contempo- saries, by addlug tho word nowspauer ¥ to the