Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 18, 1877, Page 4

4 e Tribane, TERMS ol-‘l.ml-nox. MY MATI—IN ADFANCE—POSTAGE PREPAID, .8]%00 00 2.50 Eaty A X 1) Tri-Weekly, one gear. ... S Xt T'arta of & VFar, per manin.. W30 WE One copy, per B0 HARE A 538 Fpecimen eoptes sent fres. Give Port-Ufice address In full, tociading State snd County. Jiemittances may be made either by drafl, expreas, Toet-Office order, or In reristered ietiers, at onr risk, TERMS TO CITY BUNSCRIRERS, Tully, delivered, Funday excepted, 26 centa per week, Jiatly, delivered, Sundsy Included, 90 cents per week. Addreas THE TRIBUNME COMPANY, Corner Madeon and Dearlorn-sta., Chicay Ontersfor the delivery of Tiz TRINUNE &t Ev Englewnod, and Hyde Park left [n the counting-room will receive prompt attentls MeVicker's Theatres Madinon street. between State and Dlearbamn. En- gagement of Jobn T. Ilaymond. **Rirke.” Mes. dames Don, Stoneal), ete,: Messrs, Raymond, Learock, etc, Honley’s Thenires Randolph street, between Clark and LaSalle, **Sardanapalus.” Mesdames Hanchett, Letourncur, ne.s Memrn. Morton, Morris, ete. Waad's Munenm. Monroe street, hetwern Dearborn and State. ty Dumpty.” ., Epectaity Olfo. *Mump- New Chicagn Theatro, Clark street, opposfte Eherman T Engage- ment of the Camphiell Comedy Combinatfon. **llow Women Lor: Mesdames Rand, ‘Datchelder, ete. Mesare, Norrls, Lake, ete, Adelphi Thratre, Monroe sireet, corner uf Dearhorn. Eagagement of Ratfe Putnam, **Old Curlosity Shop."” Merdames Futnam, Myers, etc,; Messra. Tialadell, Plerce, ete. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 187 OHICAGO MARKET BUMMARY, The Chicagn produce markets were Irregular yesterdny, provislons belng weak, Mess clored 20¢ per brl lower, at $14,20@14, Octoher and $12.00 for January, Lard cf per 100 1bs lower, at $8.60 cash and $8.20Q! forJanuary. Meats were casier, atGlic per D for 1ooee shoulders and T3¢ for do ahort ribs, Lake treighta were active and easfer, at 4!3c for corn to Duffalo. Whisky waa unclianged, at $1,08 per pallon. Flour was quict and firm, Wheat cloxed 1c lower, al 81,08 for October and $1.05% for November, Corn closed steaily, st 424@42%¢ for QOctoher nnd 421c for November. Oate closed cany, nt 22%¢ cash and 23%c for November. Tye was irregular, at 624@53¢c. Barley closed firmer, at it canh and 00R060c for Navember, Tlogs were dull and 16@20c lower, closlng at $4.00@5.30. Cattic wero quiet and unchanzed, with salos at $2.00@5.55, Sheep wero weak, st $1.00@4.95 for common to prime. Thera was Inspected Into store In this clty yesterday 021 cars wheat, 252 cars and 14,600 ba corn, 10 cars and 1,000 bn 031, 10 cars rye, and GO cars barley. Total (081 cars), 274,000 bu. One hundred dollaes In gold would buy $102.75 fn grecnbacka at the close, Greenbncks at the New York Stock Ex. chango yesterdny closed at 973. A lawsuit involving 820,000,000 is on trial before Judge Dnwntoxnp, in which the United States nppears by eminent connsel as plaintiff, and the Beof-Slough and Chippews- River corporntions are defendants, The Intter nre charged with disturbing commerce sud impeding navigation in the Mississippl ond Chippewa Rivers by their loggiug opern- tions, and an injunction is asked to prevent a continuance of the trouble complained of., The hundroth annivesary of Buraoyne's surrender wos duly observed yesterday by the patriotic citizens who dwell upon the Yuadson. 'They assembled upon the old bat. tle-ground, nnd listened to orations Ly Hona 10 Sxymour and Grorce Winumast Contis. T'ur: Trinuse gave quite recontly a detailed ncoount of the surrender and the fighting which preceded it, and therefore omits those portious of tho addresses which go over that ground. Tho Fronch Ministry has decided to em- ploy the same tactics in the elections for Councillors of Arrondisacments and Council- lors-General a8 were fo successfully used In tho election of tho 14thinst. Thero latter clections are very important, the Councillors chosen being eloctors of tho Benate, one- third of the members of which body retire in 1879, Gaunerra is said to bo exciting Lis utmost influonce to consolidate all the fac- tions of the Loft in one group, that the op- vosition may presoent a solid front to any ob- jectionable mogsure brought forward by the Gorverument, Gen, Gnasr is &till in Eogland, recelving tho hospitable attontions of the peoplo and dignitarics. Now that the Fronch election ia over, and tho prosence of the General will not be likely to embarrass the Governmont in itn electionecring campaign, it Is probable be will eross tho Channel and pay Marshal Mac- Manon a visit. Whils the two old soldiers ore fighting their battles over, it will afford the Gonoral an admirable opportunity to give the Marshal some political advice, and 1o teack him the true Ropublican policy of submitting to the will of the peoplo as ex- pressed ot the ballot-box ot it S— The long-deferred report of the Congres- sional Bilver Commission, with Benator Joxps ot its head, was comploted yesterday afternoon, and a briof abstract of the docn. mont—brief in comparison with the vo. luminous whole—is given in our dispatches this morning. 'Tho report finds that the de- monctization of silver by the United States, Germany, and the Beandinavian Btates hias been the chicf causa of the chauge in the relative valuo of gold and silver and the dis. ostrous effects resulting therefrom. Tho res. toration of the double standard in the United Btates and the unrestricted coinage of silver is reccommended, but the Commis- sion has been unable to agree upon the legal relation which should be established between the two oatals, Specie.resumption is re- gurded us impracticable until the law which makes gold the sole legal tender is repealed. Ou the subject of retainiug a paper currency in circulation concurrently with gold and silver, the Cowmission finds that intercon- vertibility is an indispensable feature of such o systeu, ‘Iho Conference Committees representing the Democrsts ond the Workingmen, who Lave becu laboning for some days to effect an union, huve ot last sgreed upoa a report, which shows with great plainnesa that it is ouly the spoils the former are after, and that they wro willing, so far as in them lies, to sacrifice the beut interest of the community to obtain a fow profitable offices, The gub-’ stauce of the contract is that the Democrata are to have the County Treasurer, Couuty Clerk, aud Clerk of the Criminal Court, while the Workingmen are to have the fiva County Cowmmissionery, Clerk of the Probate Court, * oud Buperintondont of Bchools. 'Fhe Judges aro to by nou-partisan. If this interesting trade is ratified by the Democrstic Central Cowmittee, it will show that that body is ready to ronounce all efforts to improve the character of the County Board, the suprome order that certain Democrats may got held of fat places with plenty of patronage, The vital issna of this campnign is the cleaning ont of the Ring which has been headed by McCarrrer and his asaociates. Even if the Democrats choose to ignore it, the voters will not, and any fusion based on tha above agrecment will inevitably come to grief next month. Gronoe W. Sxyazrey, in a recent lettor, gives the private history of the causes that led to the dismissal of Jurea Sisox by Pres- ident MacMamox., Tho story is that Mad- amo MaoManox took n violent dislike to the wifo of the Prime Minister, and had her im- pressions confirmed whon the latter, at a State banquet, came into dinner on the arm of her husband. This is an odionsly.vulgar habit, modern ctiquette requiring the Indy to go in advance aud have her escort follow obsequiously in the rear. Madame Bistox's oxcuse was that she had on high-heeled shoes, aud required the snpport of her hus- Land's arm on the slippery floor of the din- ing-room, But Madame MaoManox never forgave her. Hence the Marshal's violent personal dislike of Jores Bimox and the ab- rupt letter of dismissal, Bo wo bave another reason for objecting to high-heeled shoes. — Foreign dispatches indicate the proba. bility thnt two mors important battles will be fought in Bulgarla before the menson's compaign closes. 'The bLombardment of Tlevna was yesterday recommenced along tho entire Russian line, and under cover of this furious play of the artillery it is to be presumed that Gen. Toprrsey will ad- vanco his earthworks still closer to the enemy’s redoubts, with the intention of striking a decisive blow when the ‘opportune moment arrives, Meanwhile Osstax Pasha’s situstion inside the Plevna defenses is represented as far from encour- nging. Iiis soldicrs are said to bo deserting in large numbers, and his communications with Sophin have been sovered. SuLeiMax FPasha is reported as having concentrated his forces nt Iladikoi, and a battlo with the Czarowitch is considered imminent. —— The Russian victory over the Tnrkish army in Asin under MuxaTar Pasha is most crushing and decisive, aud seitles the cam- pnign iu. that quarter. Nearly balf the ‘Turkish army is destroyed, nnd the rest was routed aud took refuge in the fortress of Kars. Three whole divisions were sur- rounded, and sorrendered with thirty-two guns nnd all their munitions and materinls. Among the captives ara sovon Gencrals, Tho armles engaged probably numbered fifty or sixty thonsand men, The Russinns will now open intrenchments before Kars ond begin a regular sioge, closely investing the place until it is starved into a surrender, ns it Is dificult to sce where a rolieving army can bo found strong enough to brenk through the Nussian lines of investment. This great victory must exercise a decided offect on the remainder of the war, as it will olato the Russtans and depress the Turks, and make them fecl their case to be al- most hopeless. * It will greatly holp Russion credit fn the sale of bonds abroad, and in procuring subscriptions at home to carry the war to a victorious conclusior Muxmran Pasha's roport of the overwholm- ing defont suffered by his forcos on Monday lnst 18, eminently charactoristic of that un- veraclous military chronicler. Ha meations the affair s ono of trivial importance, the only disagreenble feature being the necessity of retiring to Kars, **there to prepara our revengo.” DBut it appears from bis own ac- count that he took but ono divislon of his army on the rearward, leaving the Constanti- nople folks altogathier in the dark concerning tho fate of the other divisions, Happily the reporta of the victorions Russian com- manders supply tle missing link, and satis. factorily account for the whercabouta of the divisions which did not join in the ‘revenge- ful preparations to bo mado at Kars, Deing prisoners in the hands of the onomy, they will be unable to assist in tho vigorous measures of retalistion which Muxmran promises to set on foot forthwith. The ‘Turkish loas is sot down at B0O,—which is simply ridiculons; it probubly does not ropresent onc-tenth of tho number of killed, wonnded, and captured. Obviously it ro- quired 1more moral courage than tho Armeni~ an General-in-Chief {s possessed of 'to make o true report of tho engagement which virtually annihilated lus armny, and if he had forwarded tho truth, the Porte would nat dare to pablish it to the world, ——e COUNTING THE VOTES IN FRANCE. The Republicans of France, although they have socured a mnjority of 120 in the new Chamber, are disappointed in the result. They hoped to fulfill the promise of Gau- neTTA bY increasing the memorable number of 363to 400. Their failure to accomplish this result is sald by them to be due not to a waut of strength with the peopls, but to a manipulation of the Lallots in many districts Ly the Governmont officials, They do not assert that President MaoManon has su. thorized the frauds, but they demand an in. vestigation in order that responsibility may be fixed whore it belongs, and that the in. justice may be rectified. Beveral Republican newspapans have pointed out the duty of the new Chamber to undertake such an investi- gation ; no doubt the Left will fall in readily with the iden when tho session begins. ‘The cry of fraud, it should be understood, is not of the empty kind so comnion in Amorica. The French electoral sys. tem presents many more opportunities for fictitions roturns than our own does. 'The voting is in charge of Government offfciala; the ballots aro counted and the results de. clared by them. They have wide discretion a8 to the time they may consume in the dis- charge of their duties. In America, judges of election are eujoined to count the votes Leforo adjournment. "The practice in Frauce is different. The canvass is made at lelsure, and need not be completed within forty-eight hours, The veturns are docketed with the Government Bureau, and may be published or not at the discretion of the officlals in charge. It is a matter of record that the frauds in election under Narorzox IIL wero of the most flagrant description, and, from what is koown of the preliminary measures adopted by the present Government, thero is no reason to suppose that it is more scrupu- lous in counting votes than any of its pre- , docessors. . In spite of fraud and intimidation, the Republicans in France bave won a memor- able viclory. They retain 207 seats of the 863 that voted the consure of the Govern- went, and have gained sevenleen more; they will probably fill at least half of the fourleen vacancies, bringiug their total majority to 121, The total Republican vote is believed to Le 880,000 in excess of that of 1876. Taking thiv estimmto os a basis of calcalation, the popular majority of the Republicans wust be wmore than 1,000,000 legislutive wuthority of Cook County, in | Nor do thews Sgures ropresent sl of the PHE CINCAGO TRIBUNL: THURSDAY, OCTOBER (x, 877, Republican strength. Many of thoso who voted for the Government would abandon it if it should attempt to subvert tho Consti- tution, just as hundreds of thousands in this conntry would have abandoned tho Tilden- ites if they had not respected the decision of the Electoral Commission. DProsidont MacManox will exhibit a plentiful want of sense if ho sols thia yote at defianco. A siguifieant rosult of the elections is the sudden riso of the Bonapartista to influence. At the closo of the war they were despised and rejected of all men, They wers repre- sented in the Chamber by barcly a dozen porsons, and theses possessed neither credit nor personal worth, When the Comte de Cuaxsorp was solicited to hecome King, the Bonaparlist voto dwindled nlmost to nothing. Sinco tho failure of that enterprise it has grown gradually, until now it is the party of opposition to tho Republic. The minor- ity is thus divided by the Temps: Bonn partists, 00; DMacMahonites, 4A; Le- gitimists, 4¢; Orleanists, 11. For nll practical purposes, the MacMahonites and Donnpartists are one, so that their vote may be put at 143. This is more than tho nu. cleus of a party ; it is a formidablo organiza- tion which, in view of the recent growth of Bonapartism, may well excite the alarm of the Repnblicans. Bonapartism is especially formidnble, Lecauso it Is in nallinnce with Clericalistn. The Clericala now rest all their Lopcs on the yonng Priuce Imperial, and the improvement in his prospects has been dne solely to that canse. It may bo that nsome-~ what tardy remorse has overtaken the cccle- sinaties, They urged Narorroy IIL into the war which destroyed his Empire. It would be only a jnst recompense, they feel, if they shonld restore that Empire to his son. While the whole hierarchy continues to plot in favor of the Prince, his cause is not desper- ato, nor Lthe Republic safe, Although no Lattles have been fought in Bulgarin sinco the Russians were. repulsed beforo Plovna and Meneser Aut fell back at Bieln, after his encounter with the Czaro- witch, the Russiaus have had a stronk of good luck through the nction of other ogencies than those of war. The wonther bag played an important part in affecting the situation. Nino days of rain have made both camps n senof mad. Theronds have Lecomn almost impassable. The Awollen strenms aud marshes hLinve sprend malaria. The nights have grown cold. In the Balkans, snow has been falling. These agencles must of course affect both armies, but the Russian s better prepared to grapple with them. Rain, frost, and snow will not nffect the Russinn soldier, who is accustomed to them, nsseverely as the Turkish soldior, who is an inhabitant of o warmn climate and not accnstomed to them, Malaria knowa no dif- ference between n Russian and a Turk, and if, os tho dispatches state, typhus and other fevers are raging in the Russian camps, there i8 no renson to suppose that they aro not raging with equal virnlence in the Turk- ish camps,—probably with moroseverity, bo- cause the average Turkish soldier, how-. over valiant or ferocious ho may be ns & fighter, {8 not nas lardy or robmst as the Russian soldier. The weather and disense aro mnot the. only ngoncics playing havoo with tha Turks, It begius to look as it starvation, tho most deadly foe of an nrmy, invincible to repoating rifles or Krupp guns, is threatening Osaan Pasha's army ro long a8 it remalns cooped up in Plevna, Hither- to the investment of that fortress hins been 80 incomplete that convoya of prisoners have found their way in by tho roar from Sofia, but the powerful cavalry forco recently or- ganized and placed under command of that brillinn raider, Gen. Gounko, has swopt around to tho rear of Plovna, and s so snc- cessfully harassing their communications that they can no longer depend upon relief from that quarter. A now danger thus threatens Osxax Pasha, and tho announce. ments recently mode that ho is on the ove of ovacuating Plovna seem to Lo conflrmed by his abandoning of the Gravitza redoubt, the koy to tho ' situation, which Sropxrerr stormed so gallantly, and which ho would have leld had reinforcomonts been sent to him, Tho Russians menanwhile are conducting their campaign in a slower and surer way that indicates they look upon tho waras a long and expensive struggle which they must win at all bazards, the defeat of Turkey not only belng at stake, but their influence over the Bclavonic prpvinces, They aro accumu- lating vast storos of provisions, clothing, and war material in their dopots, They are im. proving their line of communications through Roumaunin, 8o that, by meins of a railrond from Tralestl to Simnitza, they will have all all transport to the Danube, instead of being compelled to haul their provender in wagons through the heavy mud. The army of the Czarowitch has so strengthened its defenses on tho Lom that Surriuan Pasha, who re. lieved Meaxmer ALt because he has made a reputation for desporate fighting, has not yeot found it prudent to strike a blow, though it is nearly two weeks since he assumed command. The most significant change yet made by the Rusaians is the dispatch of Gen. Toorenen fo the front to assume command before Plovnn, which of itself isa confession of errors made by the folly of the Grand Duke, and an Indication that the fature movements of the campaign will be slowor, and that those sanguine people who fancied the Russians would be in Constantinople be- fore wintor will bo disappointed. War will now be conducted upon scientific pnnciples inatead of upon the results of accidents. In- stead of the useless, horrlb‘ln, recklens slaughter of life, which has characterized the QGrand Duke's operations hitherto, Gen. Topiresex will compass results by sclentific means involving smaller loss of life. 'The Russians in previons campaigns have met with terrible losses, but they Lhad something to show for 1t ; in the present campaign they have sacrificed the cquivalent of two army corps, and have not yot won a battle. Com- wenting upon Gen., TopLenrs’s appoint. ment, the London 7'imes, aftor enumerating the mnistakes made by the Russians, thinks that the Nlussian people now have some security that tho lives of their soldiers will not be thrown awsy. It'says: B The Husians remained for weeks before Plevna without attemptiug to lighten the perily of the slege by any of tho devices of the englneer. 1t is uncertaln, fndeed, whcther they had begun 1o re- palr thelr error up o the timo of Gen. Top~ Lx08¥'s srrival, and, Incredible as the story may seem, they aresald to have had noshovels. The Roumanian dlvislon of the aseailants have been much more alive 10 the necessitics of & siege, for ibey bave been laborlously constructing works to facilitate their aoproach to the fortited positivns beyond the Giravitza redoubt. Prince Cuanizs® Gernan tralning must bave taught bim to distrust the heaaloog rashness of the Hussian command sud, pow that Geo. Tobtxsex will direct the tack, 1t will doublices be carried on with & greater e for the posslbilitics of human valor, If the dispatehes be correct, there is also astrong hope for the Russians on the Asiatic side, after months of continuous disester. Muxurar Pasba’s ary secws to Lave peen disnstronsly defeated, with heavy loss of men and gunw, and ia retreating in threo directions, with tho Russians in hot pursnit. Tty thin victory tho Russinns have turned the Turkish position, and have cut Moxurin Tashn's forcen all to picces, ‘They hava sub- stantinlly recovered their old position when they wore defented at Zowinand Dolibaba, and now havo cut off Kars and onco more threaten Erzeronm, If the news be true, they have retrioved tho campaign in Ar. menin. Itremains to bo seen whether they will repeat their former errors and loso it agnin, At all events, itisthe most impor. tant vietory yet won on cither side, and will lavo an inspiriling offect npon the army n Bulgaria. Tho road to Erzeroum is open, and Kars is doomed. LOCAT, POLITICAT, INTRIGUES, Thero is just one legitimate purpose to ba worked out in the connty clection next month, viz.: The reform of the County Gov- ernment, Dut there are varions political ‘cloments * which desire to mako the elec. tion serve other ends. All thess * clementa” have a common interest, however, in antag. onizing the work of reform, sinceall of them are run for the benefit of certain poli- ticlans and cliques that Rope to fatton at the public crib. 1lence the work of consolidat. ing these ‘“clements™ has begnn with tha preparations for merging the so-called *‘Greenback " party and the so-called * In. dustrial? party into omo concern, to be known aa the “Industrial Greenback " party. It these two cliques rested upon the princi- ples which they profess to sdvocate, no allisuce could be more unnatural, Their nominal politieal professions diverge as much a1 tho creeds of the Itoman Catholio and Protestant Churches, The Greonbnckers favor tho dilntion of the currency: they want the volume of the frredeemalle currency watered till thore shall be at lonst twice a8 much, and perhaps several times as much, ns there is now outstanding. Tho ingvitable effect of this party, if snccossful, will be to reduce the purchasing valuo of tho greenback in proportion to the sxcess of tho insue; the greonback dollar, which will now buy 07 worth centa’ of coffee orsugar, will, un. der their plan, buy but 50 conts’worth of coffoo or engar, or atill less. Tho men who are in favor of this process of currency dilution nare debtors, and Inbor under the delnsion that thoy will be able to pay their debts moro ensily and chenply with a debased currency, But the interests of tho -workingmen, who are supposed to constitule the In. dustrial party, demand the very oppo- site of tho system. It is muech bet- ter for thom to recolve in payment for their services a dollar which will buy 97 cents' worth of supplics than one which will buy only 50 conts’ worth. If, then, thero is any ono political combinntion which the workingmen ought to antagonize mora than all others, it is the combination to reduce the purchasing power of the greenback; honce, & politieal alliance of the working- men with the party making this attempt is unnatural on principle. But the fact is that principle forms no part of the motives which prompt tho alli. ance. The combination is formed with solo reforenco tn the spoils, and it will not stop with tho union of Greenbackers and Com- munists; the work of merging tho various cliques will go on tll all are bLanded to- gether in o combined effort to defont that portion of the population which de. mand a roformation in the adwinistration of county affairs and a retrenchment in connty oxpenditurca. The presont outlook is that all the cliques will bo taken under the wing of the Democratio party, under tho agree- mont that thero shall be no retronchment, and that the spoils shall be fairly divided. On the very day of the coalition of the Greenbinckors thero wero two evonts that re. vealed tho programme. Ono was the meot- ingof *'the gang" to promoto the intorests of Couviy, the ex-Mayor, ns the Democrntic candidate for County Treasuror; tho other wad the action of the present Democratio County Bonrd in refusing to reduco oxpenses (though investigation showed that they might be roduced $70,000 a year without detriment to tho publio interests), and in determining to ask the people to voto an irsuo of 600,000 bonds, nominally for build- ing the Court-Inuse, ° Corviy, asa candi. date for County Troaauror, would best unito the soveral cliques who want to plunder the people. All of them wonld havo the most implicit confidence in his doing what he could to aid the County Ring in distributing all the money thoy could raise. CoLviN was the man who united ‘‘the gang" when the attack was made on the City Governmont, and who held them together till the City Treasury waa depleted, and no more monoy could be Legged, borrowed, or atolon; he would naturally be the right sort of a manto lend a slmilar attack on the County Govern- ment. With CowviN and Lien lending the Democratio ticket, all the raiders would rally around it, and enjoy a serene confidence that the County Ring would be maintained. The proposition to submit the msue of £500,000 bonds to popular vote is another bid for the consolidation of tho rabble in favor of the Democratio ticket, Al the broken specula- tors in the Greenback party, and all the ad- venturers and Communists who are trying to hoodwink the workingmen, would be aatis- fied, and the ignorant dupes would join them with the liope that, in some mysterious way which théy aro not able to explain to them. selves, they would get somo share of the public moneys to bo squandered and stolen, But the officehiolders’ and contractors’ rings would be the sole beneficiaries. The only hope left for honest County Gov-. ernmont is in the action of the Republican Convention. We do not say this in a parti- san apirit, or with & desiro to acquire any partisan advantay ‘The fact is forced upon publio acknowledgment by the manifest ten. dency of tho various raids on the County Treasury to combine with the Democrats, aud the Democrats cannot secure the politic. al advautage of such combination without conceding o division of the apoils and forcing tho respectable men in tho party togive placo to the schemers. There is an indication of o purpose on all sides, except in the Republic- an organization, to carry the election by intrigue, and by pandering to the greed of the viclons and the ignorance of the rubble. ‘Whether such a combination can be defeated will depend upon the wisdomn and honesty of the Itepublican Convention, whose only chance of success consists in nominating the best aud strongest ticket that can be made. ‘We are anxious to know what Mr. Conx- zino will bave to say of the nomination of ‘Fazopors RousxvELT to the position of Col- lector of the Port of New York, Mr, Roosg- veut is a gentleman of large private meaus who has retired from business and devoted himself to the enjoymeut of the leisure which be has earned. His sovial position is established, and his political experionce is still to be gained. Mr. Conxing will probably feel that the uomination of such & man to the tnost important office in New York is a porsonal nffront, Mr. Rooseverr i perfectly reapectable. Ho will not be apt to run with the mn. chine, or to pack primnries, or to pnll wires, Ho will probably insist npon fuliilling the duties of lLis offico without nsking the ndvice or consent of Conrrixa, and will submit tono dictation from any quarter cxcept from his superiora at Washinglon, This will ben total ravorsal of the traditions of the office, It will not be eurprising if Mr, Coxxrixa shall protest vigorously from his place in the Benate ngainat the proposed change. Ho may declare that Mr. Roosevreris * made up of deportmont, and Indies’ magazine, and gush,” and that the offico of Collector of tho Port of New York raquiros n hard-fisted son of toil who, like Mr. Prarr, has stood all day at the polls and worked incessantly for CoNkLING. TEE NEW SUPREME JUDGE ‘The President yesterday sent to tho Benato the nomination of Joun M. IARLAN, of Kentucky, to be Assoclate Justico of the Bupreme Court of the United States to fill the vacaucy caused by the resignation of Judee Davis. The people of this city naturally preferred Judge Drussosp, and hoped for his promo- tion to the vacancy. On tho score of fitness, abliity, and experience he richly deserved {t, and his non-appolntment will be a preat disappoint- ment, Itisreported that the Presldent was largely influenced by locality In making the sclection. It scems there was not a Bouthern man on the Supremo Court Heneh, tne whole elght being Northern men. There waa a reason which caused this scctlonal constitution of the Court, but that reason no longer exists. Tho South once more holds harmonfous relations with the North, ond occuples an equnl position in the Union, Tho President undoubtedly felt that tho vacancy shontd be filled from the Bouth. The North hins seven members of the Court and the Pacific Const one; the vacancy, thercfore, ecemed to fall to the South, which, numbering nixteen States, and more than a third of the total population of the Unlon, had no man on the Subreme Beneh, AnsxaNpzs i, STErIENS and other Cotton-State members of Congress recommended Hensongr, V. Jonyson, of Georgla, for the vacancy. Otner Democratle politiclons pressed W, P, Barsixozn, of Gal- veston, Tex,, who Is a fine lawyer but a rather ultra Democrat; but as tho Domocrata have al- ready three or four Judees of the Bupreme Court, the President could hardly be expected to add to thelr number. Judge Woon, of Alubama, was very strongly recommended by tho lowyers «of the six Soutliern Btates in his Clrcult. He s an able and excellent Clr- cult Judge, and quite popular in the Cotton States; but o cry was ralsed that he was u car- pet-bageer from Ohlo, and that his clevation to the Bupremo Bench would not be aceepted ns the appointment of a Southern man, The President finally settled tho case by se- Iecting Gen. Joun M. HARLAN, of Loulsvilic, & Kentucklan to the manor born,and a strafght Republican ia politics; in fact, the recognized leader of the party in the 8tate. For a number of years Gen. IIARLAN has been estcemed the _stiongest member of the Bar of Kentucky, and the flnest speaker In the State. le Is popular with all ¢lnsses of decent people, His high character and great legal nbifities have secured him o large Democratie clientage. Persunally ho s the most popular man In Kentuckv,~B. H. Brisrow not excepted. Tls clreult will consiat of indiuna, INinols, sud Wisconsin, for we sup- pose there is no doubt of his confirmation by the Senate, We find the fotlowing blographical sketeh of thoe now Southern Judze in one of our ex- chauges: Gen, Joux M, 1IanzA%, of Loulaville, Ky,, 18 about 42 yenra old, nnd ia Licxsed with remarkn- blo physical aud intellectunl nowers, Iiis parents woro natlves of Kentucky, and lis father tJasxs TlanLaN) was the dlstinguished Whig politiclan who represented the Mcrcee District In Coniress from 1830 to 1810, Tlls father was alen Secroiary of Btate of Kentucky from 1810 to 1844, and from 1830 to the thue of his death in 1863 he wan At. torney-ticneral of the State. Ilarlan County, Ken- tucky, was named after Gen, llantax's” grand. unele, who fell in a battle with lndians at’ Blue Llck, In 1K30, when only 24 years of age, Gen. 1lsnnax ran for Coneress in the Fayotie District (then called the Elghth) on the Opporition ticket, ancl, after o hard dght, wos defentod by the Demas cratic candidate Ly a majority of only 67in a total vote of 14, 707, ‘When the War broke oul he joined the Unlon army, and acrved for two vears ‘as Colonel of the enth Kentucky Infantry, The death of hix father then compelied him to tendor his rasignation. On retarning to civil 1tfe tlon, HariAN settled hiv father's cetate, and in the eame year (181:3) ho was olecied Attorney-General of the dtate on the Unlon ticket, which wiis headed by the Iato tiov, Huaw- 1xTTE, ticn, HARLAN' wajorily was 62,852, In 8 total vate of 78,112 Gov, BRANLETTE'S majors ity was 50.017. At the close of his torm ho ro. moved to Loulswillo and retuened to the practice of Juw. (en. HARLAN I8 probably the best orator In Kentncky,and the nbleat und niost succesaful mom- Der of tho lar in that Btate, Talent for oratory In wWith him o patural gift. 1ils command of language ia great, and hia sense of humor keen; but ho ine dulges in few rhetorical ornnments in hin speaches, When oniy $1 yoars of age ho canvassed hentucky for President Frineuonx, und there sie Kentucklans still hiving who mpenk of his boylsh cloguence in high tersma, Gen. HARLAN has the respoct of all Kentucki- ane, and his ylgorous canvasses have mads him the leader of tha lepublican party in the State, In 1871 Gien, HARLAN was the Republican ldato for Governur, and polled HO,204 volos, againat 120,447 for the Democrutle candidate, In 1875 he was again the Hepuollean candidate, and he 1hen increzsed his voto to D0, 705, against 126,070 for Gov, McUReany. Gen, Ta in_about nix % frot bigh, and weighs, porliup pounds. 1l hau good-humored, exoressive nlue eyes, falr coni- ploxion sil hair, o lsrgo head. imassive, lofly forcheud, decp cheat, and broad’ shouldors. Ilis powee of wolf-contrdl is groat, and Lo has an ubundant zenfality ond tact, lle {s probably tho wost Industrious, untiring lawyer in Kenticky, capable of working sixteen to clgnteen hours per dny. Hoin always in perfect health, 1t is sald that he was never sick a day in bl lire, e ——— The Detroit Tribune has floally swallowed its rival, the f'ost, The Tribune was started in 1840 by J. Brow and HENRY Barnzs, In 1862 the Tribune ate up the ancient Advertlser, which in fta timo had made way with hulf a dozen small- er concerns, The Fost was vatablished {n 1600 by Zacu Cuanpren, Jemoue, snd others, lo kill off the Tridune. And they succeeded in sinking a heap of money without effectlug their purpose except to provent the Tribune from payiog any dividends, Tho two concerns havo now *telescaped? Into oue,and pooled thelr canital and busineas, which was the wisest thing they could do uunder the circumstances, De- trolt don't need more than two morning pa- pers, The Postand Tribune publish an after- noon sheet called the Telegraph. The wisest thing they can do with it is to merge it fato tho Evening News. Says the Fost and Tribune: ‘The editorial control of the varlons puthcations lre reaanlled by the Post and Tridune has been odged In scores of nands; lmnn! tho lmn& alumanl of th lous eatablishments fnally merge, into one are ouus Dawsox, of Albany; Becre. tary of tho lnterior Cant Scuurz; Gen. A, B, WitLians, M, C,; the Re: Kalamazou; und Fugognick MouLs: ty. The distinct newspaper coterprlees whoss re. sources and gvnulu aro united in this catablish- ment are eight in nunber. e ——— Another respectable rascal has turned up in New York, Mr. Uxonrax T, PLums, broker, hay- Ing stolen $400,000 of funds he was hotding in trust for o family, Itls intimated that hohas squandered the securities in puts and calls, It is to be hoped that be is wot & church-member, 4 lover of the tine arts, & gentletnan of refined tastes sud genial disposition, or & bost who has lavished his kind hospitalities upon his friends, 1t may save a large amount of maudiin sympa- thy and much superfluous weoplog 1o Recorder Hacxerr's court aud Mr. Bxxcusa's church when he starts for Blug 8lug. The Chicago papers tell us that when one respect- ablo Chicoguan remarks, with a sigh, (o another zespoctable Chicagoan, *‘Amnolber old gitizen 0t eaponse {8, ** With how much? What ok —51, Louls Republican. But when s 8t. Loulsian vbserves ** Another old cvitlzen gone!” the question is, * How many counta fn the Indictinent ! Which jal) 1 ————————— It has been claimed that the * Ring" members of the County Board were knaves or fools. ‘They appear to be tho latter, for thoy swear they don’t know that they are the forwer. BURGOYNE Celebrating the Centennial of His Surrender, Addresses by Horatio Seymour and George William Curtis. Plan of the British Campaign and Its IHopeless Failure, Infinence of the Burrender on the For- tunes of the American Cause. Scniurrenvieee, N, Y., Oct. 17.—Bearcely lesa than 40,000 people are here attending the centennfal commemorating the surrender of Burgoyne. The exercises opened with the firing of 100 quns at sunrisc, when an answering gun was heard at Willard's Mountaln, whence tiates' scouts sitnaled to him the movements of Bur- goyue during the campaign. The procession of the many civic and military organizations was an imposing affair, The ofllccrs wore badges made from palmetto sent by South Carolina. 'The long procession having arrived upou the historic battle-ground, ex-Gov. Sesmour and deorge William Curtls delivered orutions, and a poem was read. At8o'clock speaking began. After prayer, Charles Lester, President of the day, delivered nn address, and as followed by the Hon, Ho- ratio Seytnour, who was recelved with cheers, Mr, Seymour spoke na follows: ADDRESS OF TIE HON. lIORATIO BEYMOUR, One hundred yeara ago, on this spot, American Independenco was madea great fact in the history of uations, Until the surrender of tho Britisi army under Burgoyne, the Deciaration of Inde- pendence was but i declaration. 1t was a patriotic Jurpuses nescried In bold words by brave men. who l)lt'lllud for ita malutenance their lives, their for- uncs, and their sacred honor. But here it wan mudaon fact, by virtne of armed furce. It had veen regarded by the world merely us an act of defance, but it was now scen that it Contained the germa of & (overnment, which the cvent we now celobrate made one of the Powers of the earth, Hcre reellion was made revolntion, Upon this pround, that which had n the eye of the law been treason, beeame trinmphant putriotism, At tha break of doy 100 years ago, in the Judg- ment of the world, dur futhers were robels againat eatabiished anthority, When the echoes of the evening gun died awiy alony this valley, they wero pittriots who had rescued thelr country frotn wrome and outrage, Until the wuercnder of the Hritlsh ary in this valley, no nation would recognize the azents of the Contimental Congress, All Inters course with them was in stealthy ways, ~lsut thoy were met with open conzistulations when the monarcha of Europe learncd that the royal stand- ards of Britain had been lowered to onr flag, We had pnssed through the baptism of blood, and had giined a name among the natfons of the earth, The value of this surrender was increaned by tho boastful and dramatic. l|l!;|)]fl which had been made of Uritish powee, It had arrayed ita discis plined armies; It had sent its e 1t had called forth ita navage allies, all of which were to move upon grand converging lines, not only fo crush ont. the patriotic forces, but 10 impress Europo with Rt atrength, and to check nny alllances with the American Government. It maile theom wilnces- e« of its defent when it thought to make them the Judges of its tiumph. Tho monarcha ol Lurops Who watched the progrers of the donbtful strug- Kle, who wero uncertain if it was more than a pop- ulardisturbance, now saw the' action in its full Jroportions. an felt that & new power had wprung uto oxistence, —o new elenient nad entered into the diplomucy of the world, 5 ‘Tho interest excited 1n our minds by thia occa- siun_are not Jimited to 8 battie fought. or an army eaptured; they reach even beyond tae fact that ft wis the turning-point of the revolutlonary strug- gle. Waaroled ton consideration of n chain of events und of enduring aspects of nature walch huve shaped onr civilization in the past, and which noty and throughont the fiture will in fAuence the fortines of our country. liurgoyne did pot merely surrender here an army, he sarrendered the con- trol of o continent. Never In the world's history was there n transfor of territory o vast, and of in- flucnces ko far reaching, ssthat made a contury 820 where we now stand Weo meel to-day to celobrate the anrrender of Iurgoyne, Ly approjrlate cercmontes, and (0 Iy the corner-stone of u monument which will com- memorate not only that event. but every fact which led to that resnlt. The reproach rests upon the United Statos, that wihile they stanid In tho front ranks of the powers of the carth, hy virtue of thelr nuinbers, theie vast domains and thelr progross In wealth and in arts, they give no prootto thue eyes of the world that they honor their fathera or those whusy sacrifices lald the foundations of thelr prosperity and greatness, Wo hupe that a suitable stricture here will tell all who look upon it that this woa the scene of an occur- rence nneurpassed In importance and far-reaching consequences in military sonals, And it wul also show that & hundred yenrs have not dimmed jts luatre in onr cyes, bui that the Hight shed upon its wiznificance by the lubss of time has made deeper and stronger our geatituds to those who here sorved thelr country su well, and by their sacrifices and aufferines achieved 1ta Independence and so- cured the liberties, the prospenity, and greatness of the Awericau puople, INPLUENCE OF TIE TOIOGRAPIIY OF OUR COUN- Y. ‘The apcaker and others who have addreesed the unlic with regard (o American history, have made requent references to tho uxtent that it haa boen ahaped by the toporraphy of thia part of our conn- ey, Dn'this occasion it forces itaelf upon vur attentlon, and we must again outline onr rolation- snip lo ovents. We cannot, if we would, separato tho deaien of the camp of Burgorne, nor the milys tury sapects of Its progress, from the churacter of the valloys throogh whicn ita forces wiro moved, nor frouw the coumnmanding positions at which it wasalmed, Our mountains and rivers have been the cauncs of vu muny of tho grest facts In thoe his- tory of thia continent; they are so _closcly Identi. fled with its political and ‘woclal sairs, that they ¥eeni to become senslent actors in Ite events, Wo ars compulled to speak of thelr bearings upon the cuurag of war, of commerce, and of civillzation, to maka a clear statement of the scapo and ol cance of the events we celebrate, ‘Tuis _cunnot be wtven If wo epeak only of the things wiich refate :iu'u-u( Hrltish tnyasivn of 1777, aud of its algnal lefeat, Taose who would learn tho causcs which have shuped tho cotrse of military and political uffuirs on this cantinent, whica bave given victory In war and prosperity i peace, must spread out botors thens the map of our country., Iuving traced ite grand eystcum of wountains, rivors, and lukvs, they will be “struck with the fact that for a thousand miles the Allexhenies make long tanges of barriers tween the Atluntic and the great plaing of the in- terlor, Avout midway of thelr lenzths theso lofty mountalne are cut down to taeir bases by the gorgo of the Hudson, through which the tides of ihe oceun pour theie Roods in trlumph. Towerlng clilfs oyershudow tho deop waters of the river, Had but a single spur of those rocky buttrouses which crowd upon elther shore beent thrown across the narrow chavm, had but one of the beetling clifly which stand upon 1ts brink bevn pushed but & fuw foet acroxs its course, the ciirreut of events would have beon changed 8s completely as tho cur- rentsof thefloous. The nationa who controlled the outlets of the Misstssipol und the 8t Lawrence would have been the musters of this continont, No ona who Las marked the physleal chwructer of our country, and who lins studled ita history, can puse throuch the highlands of the {udson und note how at overy turn of its stream thue cliffa threaten to close its courds, withuut fesling that the power which made the mountain chsine 1o stop abruptly lfi 1ts brink waa higher than bllnd chauce, —sowmes thing wore than tho wild, unreasonlng action of canvulsed naturc. The valley of the Hudeon docs uot end when it bas Jed the ocean tides thryugh the niountsln passes. It stretches ltacnan- nel nortward to the 8¢, Lawrence. and holds witys in {ts decn bosin pot only the ludson flowing south, but Lake Champletn, which empties fis waters into the ocean fur north through the tiulf of 8t. Lawrence. It thus not only cunnected the harbor of New York with tho basine of the grest lakes, but b{ the Mohawk branch of the Hudson It bas aleo chanueled out anothier lovel passaye, btretching westward u ?Illn- watered oy the confincnts of the Mlssiusippl ~ Theao valleys of the 1lludson and Mobawk have been the pathways of arinies [n war and the routes of commerce Inl‘:’ ce, 'They liave been the high- ‘ways (hrough which the nations of Europe and the auple of the Atlantic coust bave poured thelr Eofl‘ of ewigrants ioto the vast reyions which stretch out fzom the Alleghenles 10 the base of the Kucky Mountains. But Nsture did not stop in her work when sho gave to the reglons 1 which we mect the advantages of deep vatleys, making the easy communication from Lhe seacosst to thy tnte- nior of our country, From the outward alopes of highlands which guard thess channels of Inter- colirue, the waters fow by diverying valleys Ino almost every part of our U'nion. Toeso highlands make, In Inany waye, the most remarkadle water- shedio be found on the fuce uf the earth. Thore la ot clacwhere an Instunce whers luterlocking sources of rivers pursde courses diverging iuso many direcilons, lutmlnfiw many extendiog val- leys, snd at length 8nd thelr outlets into the ocean st points 80 distant from each other, beadwaters on the pround whera th common orlgin. For those reasons tho valleys of the Hudsun sud the Mobawk, and mountain strungholds which command'thum, Lave ever boen the great ceulral polnts of control'ln the wars of botb civilized and savage races. Ouce, when in company with Gen. Bcolt, we overlooked from sn clevated point the ground oo which we stand and the confluence of tces fivors, and the rangs of bighlands which marked their courses, The old warrior, with a kindliog eye, stretched out his arm. and temember, Lhis bas been the stratenc point fu all the wars waged for the control of this contluent. ‘V'ou fuduence of the valleys of our country has not been lost (0 the ward uf our day. **We stiould have won our cause,' waid (lov. Wise, 8 distin- kulsbed lesder of the Bouthern Contederacy, *bad ot God made tl ivers which spring from the highlands of New Yoik 1o low from tha North 1o the South, thus making, vy tbet vallcys, path- wsys for arwies Into all parts of our Lerritories, 1lad thelr courscs been 1o other directions, thelr streame would have wads barriers mgalost Nosih- and from the vy had thele ern armies hstend of glving avennes by which they coutd amarl wse ' Nor e they been leas e, teolllng In peace than in war, They my the sreat channels of commerce betwern the Eact ang the Weat, nnd enahle 14 10 driw 1o the reabosrd tha abundant harvests of the valley of the Misjas #ippl, and 1o send them to the fae-od minrkets of Europe. Numerous and vaeled e hinve boon thy movemonia of armive alone thise water. couracd, even they sink Into tnelenifennen compnred with the vest multitudes which poured throngii them from Enrope and the Atlantlc eonay to 4l the Went with civifi-ed States, Throngh Them we draw armies of (mmigrante. Prisanorspf neace cavtured from Enrope by the steenzih of the {nducementa hcld ont to them by the material and political navantazes of ou country. Wa are in our day the wilnessen movement of the humnn race, and tnluence npon eyvilization, (han ia er-corded n unst hintory, [t can tell of no suca continued andg rreal tranafer of povnlation from ane continent o another, Untike other invastuns, 1t daca not bring war nml rapine, bnt it bears penceful arte and chvlilzution into'vasg reglons berctoforn occupted only by scanty trlbc® of warring aivages, Famjliar with this greal movement, we are prone to lunk nwon it with some degree of fndiftercnee, s thirough the centurics to come 1t will be rezarted :- m'm of the greatest events in the history of wan- snd. After mentioning the plan of campaign of the Britlsh, the battlo at Orlskany, the inflience of the [ndiun allics, ete., the speaker continued: INPLUENCE OF DURGOYAR's SURRENDER, France saw that unon the very theatro of war where Britain had wreated from it Uhe control of this continent, it ancient cnemy had been beaten by the new power which waa apringing into exints ence To the French Uovernment thin victiry had a significance that no like victory could bave lnd upon other fleliey 1t knew helter than othecs the cammandinz features of thiareglon. [tanisstonacies were highly educated men, who marked with cace the characier of our mountalne, lakes, and atrea Impelled by religions zeat and devotion to the fn. feresta of their “nutive land, they boldly puehed intn the remoto portlons of ' (ho conttnent 1n ad vance of commercial cnterprise or military expe. ditfons. ‘Their noreatives ara. to this day of vreat value and interent, 'Tho surrendee of Burgoyne had nteo n marked effect upon the fone and toficy of tho Hritish Cabinet: 1t no longor foucht for conquest, but for compromise, I armies werq moved with 8 view of saving o rm i could not hold all of its ;nrlm ictlon, 1t was ablo to take possesclon of tho principal citiee, but It could not find elsewhera pimitions, Tike that almed at by Hurgoyne, which sould ent nbie it to sunder ami paralyze the pateiot Toreos, It extiusted fta armics in campaiens which pro- duced no reaults, cven when succesatul in repals. ing our lorces, or In vccupyIng the points at which they were directed. Tta commanders were animated by “only onc gleam of nope. ‘Fho proud power which al the outsct called upon the worlil to wit. ness ite atrenyth In crushing rebellion stuoped to denlings with a teaftor, and soucht to gain by cor. raption what it could notgain by force. Tha treason of Arnold-excited the deepest fevlings, becanse thy luss of West Point, the key of the Hudeon, would hurte glven the Liritish o position fromt which they conld not have been dislodeed at the centra of the stronghoids of defeure und the conmanding basis for attack of the Hudson and Its cuardian mount. nins. ‘The fact that the loss of West Point wuutd hiave been deemed a fatal blow tothe American cause placen the strategic tmportance of this region i the ‘strongest lght. > ‘The surrender of urgoyne not only gave new hope to the patriote, but it oxerted a moral inilus , ence over oiir solufers, ‘The Colonist up to that time had been trained In the bellef that Diritish roldiers were feresintible. 'To hobd them superior to all others In arms had been Americin puteiot. ism. Through the century of the French ware, precedence Liad alivays heen yielded to the oficera uf tho Crowns and tiis Coloninis lonked mainly to the Hriush nemy to protect their homea from ine vaslon, Coloninl Pnpt!rl showed no extruvazanco of layalty which la fm«tucmly oxhibited {n the outlying und exposed settlements of all nations, ‘The Revolution, while It made a revilsion of fevs- Ing, did not at the outset destroy this seneo af the superior aklll and power of Urltlsh nrms. The early enna}nmenh In the open flelds hai not been fortuuate for the patrlot caunse. Toe armics of the Crown were atfll buoyed up by that rense of snporiorlty which In ftaclf s An eicment in martial suce Burgoyne did not donht his avillty to destroy any atmy he could reach. The battle of Beinls [feighta wa a fale and open contest on cgua, lerms, In stemtery, in steadinees, In valor, the Continental troops vroved themncivea innll ways t‘r‘llul to the pleked aud trained smen agalnst whom they fought, From the day that victoey wan won, the Amerlcan roldjor felt hihneelf the equal of all who could ne broucht auainat om, und hie know that be was anlmated by higner and nouler purposea than tioss witci moved the ranks of his enomics. ‘The whola spirit of tho contest wan cliunzed. Our armies rénped & double triumph on this fleld, There wos much n the contempt which had been shown by their ene- mics of thelr quatities aa woldlers, winch in the tounts aud sncera of the Uritish Caninet. much in tho pllageand desteuctlon wiiich vt uttended tiin march of tha Invading nrmice, to excita the victors to exhibltions of triumvhover fullen foos, But they core themselves not us men intoxleated by auccesaful furtunes fn war, but ss mea who felt it was in them to win victorles there e eisewhers, There was a calinness in the hour of telumph which, more thai even cuurage unon the Luttleticld, imprensed the defeatedt army with the churacter of thosy of whom they nad Bpoken so contempinously, The enviny were twice conquered, nad 1n many iaya tho Jast victury over them was most keenly felt, " The moral and the military advantazus of the sarrondor of the Britiag army wan nureed by no act which lessoned the dig. ity of the conquerors, And ho wno feady tua ntory of tho cuntest Ands iimeell most teinmph; in s feelliva over the inoral ruther than tho niar- tiul victory, of a nreate, Doth as to llllm‘ll‘f: TILE MONUMENT. A monument npun thia spot will not merely min- fster to loeal pride ; 1t will not foater sectionnl peeje udices; uvery citizun of every State of this Union will fecl as ho louka upon It that ho has a right to stand upon thie ground. 1t will tell of the come mon aacrliicos and common trinls of tho fathurs of tho lepublic, Men from ull parts of our Union will hera be reminded that our fndependonco 8s & prople was wrought out by the wuiferings and sacrilcca of those wno catne frum ovory quarter of our country to ahare in this valley tptiio perils of battle and In the teimpba of victory. = lHero sec- tional passions will fade away: muf the glorlous momories and the fraternal folings of tho past wilt Ve rovived, We aro told that, daring more than lwnn(z turles of warand bloodshed, only fifteen have buen decislve of lasting uits, of Karatoga is ono of thede, I'rom the vattle of Marathon to the feld of Waterloo, a periud of moro than two thousand yoars, there wia no martla) event which had & Frcull'r inflnence upon himan affalre thunthat whiclh took place on 1hese crounds, shall not some sultable structure recall thia fact to 1he public mind? Monuments muke as well as mark tho civilization of npeunle, Noither France, nor Britaln, nue Germany, could snare tho statues or works of art which kee) ¢ in the minds of thelr citlzens the memorien of patrivtic sncrifices or of personal virtugs. Buch allent teachiors of all that onnobles nen have taught their learons through the darkeat ages, and have dono wuch to save suclety from slnkinz unto utter docay and dogrudation, If Cirosco or Itome had foft no memorials of private virtues or public rruulnzu. the progi of clvilization would have los powerful atimulvs, If thelr crumbling romuine should Lo mwept away, the worlit would niourn the loss, not ouly tolearnlng and arts, but to virtue and patriotiam, It cons cerns the honor and welfuro of the Amerlcan people, that this sput shunld bo tnarked by sumo structure whichh anall recall its history, and anl- mate ull who look upon it by ite grand tea No people ever held Iaating puwer or yreais wha did not roverence the virtucs of their fathe or who did not show forth this reverence by mato riul and striking testinontals. Lot us, then, huild here a lasting monumnent, which ehall tell of vur Kealitute to thoss who, ‘through sutfering and sacrifice, wrought out the independeace of out couantry. At the conclusion of Mr, S8eymour's address, George Willsm Curtls was intrduced, and most cordully recetved. le spoko as folluws: ADDRESS OF GEORGN WILLIAM CURTIS. Withio the territory of Now York, broad, fortile, and falr, from Montauk to Nisgara, from the Adirondacks to the bay, there s no mare memor- sble spot than that on which we stand. Elsswhere, indeed, the groat outlines of the Ilandacapoaro more impoaing, and on this autumnal day the part. oy benediction of the year rcets with the aumo glury ouathor hills und” other watcrs of the [n- rinl State, Farabove, thess gentle helghts riso nto m"""nf mountaine; (ar bolow, this placid stream broadens aud deopons around the motrop- olisof the Contincot jutu & spacivua highway tor tho commerce of the world, "Other valleys with teemlng intervalo wnd fruitful upland, rich with romantic tradition and patrivtic story, filled Like this with happy hor nd humming workshops, wina through the vi nonwealih, smple chan- nels of its various lifo; aud town and coity, viilizo and hamlct, church and achool, uverywhiere illua- cen- nttica The contest trate and promote the Prvsperous Teposo of a cummunity great, intelligeut, and free. But this aput alone within aur bord consucrated ¢ tho scene of one of the decls fect the course of history, 'Fh which the welfare of thy world s conicts in which liberty is loat or won by which the staudard of human proyre high adranced. Beiween sungeo and suvsct ot some chanco feld tho deed is done, but from that suhy nu fuadcld enchaoted. Imsgination invests it w The light that naver was. on sea or land. ‘The grateful heart of mankind repcats its namei berolaui feads upon ite stoty; patriotiens kiudlcs with lta verennial fro. Buch { the seld on which westand, 1t lsnotvurs, Itdoes not belong th rk: nor to America. 1t (s a0 indefeasibly e 1 the world, like the field of Arbels, of Tours of Hastings, of Watcrlvo; and the samio lofty charm that draws the pilgrin to the pisin of :-mhun roststicssly lesd him to the flold of Hara- ga. The drama of the Revolution opened in New Esgland, culinioated In New York, and closed in Virginia. 1t was & \un&y fortune that the three colonies which represented the vanous territorial scctions of the settied Uontinent wero cach fu tura the chief sest of war. The common escrifice, the common strugele, 1o common trumpl, tended to weld thew locally, politically, sud worsily together. ~ Doubtiess 'there were conflicts of roviuclal pride. and Jnlmn{. and _suspiclon. e Virglols officers swiled Joftily st the raw Ydokes unlitla; Green Mountiln boye dis- diacipline of New York; and buyler thouylt tlioss buye brave but dungerousiy independent, Iu every great erlsla of the war, howover, there was a comumou 1wpulre and devotlon, and the welfare of the Con- tincot obliterated provincial lacs. It ls. by the few heaveu-plerciog peske, not by ihe con- Tused wass ofe upland, tbat we mcssure tho belglt of toe Andes, of b