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

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1577, €ne capr. pe Cinle u fonr, Erectmen .ce nddrera In fall, Including State and ences maybe made elther by drMt, exneess, e order. of I rezlatered letters, At our riek. TERMS TO CITY SCNSCRINERS, delivered, Sumday excented, U3 conls per woek. cifveted, Sunday Inelided, 30 conts per week. e THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Curner Madieon and learborn-ste., Chicago, 11l . Ortlers for the dellvery of Tnx Trinuxk at Evanston, Lrslewood, and Hyde Park left tn the counting-room whnreelve MeVieker'n Thentre, Atron #irect. between State and Dearborn, ominos.” Mcsdanies Hon, Etoneall, Granam, Mesrs, Vi hoelock, Learock, Vearson, etee 1inoley*s thentre, Tandolih etrect, etween Clark and Le The Evangelinc Comt {natlon. **Le Petit Cotsatr,™ Mes- cames Weatlieraby, Claney, Messrs. Goodwin, Tiosine, ete. Afictroon and evenlng, Hnverly's Theatree, v af Dearborn. Engagemert of Mazep Afternoon and eveniog. Monror rirces Kate Flsher. Thentre, ngtos and Randolph Colircum Nov Clark street, between Wast **Our Workingmen.” New Chicago Theatres Clark rtreet, opposite the Sherm4n llouse. Engage- ment of Camnbelt Comedy Company, ** M7 Foollsh Wife." Aftcrnoon and eyenin, S, GARDEY CITY LONGE, No, 141y A. F. and A, M. — Tie members are herehy totned ‘1o npiear it the todge toomy on Wednesdny, Nov., %, fartho purposs of ;\"l'{\l"ll (Ilnvr‘rl-’lfl' "rltl‘d"rfiln"ych;\!::pl‘m‘flry"l" :“I:' Shiin 13 OF SHLOY Todjrem T atly 1 13500 e HOLCOST B e S \WOR’ WEDNESDAY, rgovmmmz 7, 1877 CHICAGG MARKET GUMMARY, ‘Thero was litle irading In produce yesterdsy, the Bonrd of ‘Trade having adjoarned for clection. Mexs pork wan quoted firnier, at 812, 75¢212, 80 for Jauuary. Whent cloacit firmer, a1 $1.05% for No- rembier and 31,0515 for December. Other ralnand provisions were pominally unchanged, 1loce were sctive and 10c higher, closing steady, at 81,700 210, Catue were In rovil domand, at 102 15¢ ad- th 2 S W Sheep were steady In stare tn this city last Sataeday 7182 bu corn, 178, - TNBLu barley. Total, b a year ago, In store at Milwaukee, 701,275 bu wheat. spected [nto stoze into this city yesterday: 25 at. 247 cura and 14,700 b corn, 8D cars 'y 13 cars rye, and 113 cars bnr- re), 250,000 bit, Ono hundred antlara in vold wonld buy §102,024 In grecnbacks at the close. ey I'his morning's dispntches report the sori- sus illness of two shining thentrical sturs, Miss Ania Dicxivson and JonN Boovanast, The former is auflering from congestion of the brain, and the Intter is represented s lying noar denth's door, ¢ Complate failuro hina nttended the cffort of Povven-Quentikr to form a now Ministry. Tho Di: Broarie Cabinot will Lo compelled to meet tho Chambers, and it is said that cven tho Sennto will 1efuso n vote of confl- denee, lenving tho Cabinet no alternative but to yicld to tho inovitablo and resign. —— ‘¢ Great interest is mnnifested,” say tho dinpatches, at Shroveport, Lo, The Repub- licans hava elecled their Mayor and Admin- istration by a majority of two, and tho re- sultunt ** intorest ” s probably that of tho Deinocrney in suflicient shotguns to prevent iho officinls from performing the functions of their offices. Paris provided Gen. Gnant with o fenst of reason last night, mildly diluted by tho flow of touls orthodox on nuch occasions. I'hcre wero o brilliant nssemblage, attractive decorations, and a good time generally, and the banquet was:of (hat superior quality that French hospitality is ablo to compass on great occasions, Ewivo's Resumption bill was squarely be. fora the Honse yostorday, and the fight over it hiag fairly begun. A flood of amendments poured down wpon it, but tho dato of re- siption was not nffected by any of them, ting tho inferonce that its opponents to that extent. virtoally yiclded ,the that genus, Yesterday thirteen of Te nrrnigned beforo the United States Cowt at Bt. T,ouis, and threo plead- cd gnilty. "They wera fined $100 oach, and Acnt to the County Juhl for from ono to three months, while tho rest wero Leld over for trinl, ——— Gov. Wrr.Ltams, of Indians, hassupprossed Lia peraonal aspirations aud appointed Dan W. oonntes, alivr the 'Tall Hycamora of thio'Wabral, to tho scat i ..o vueant, by the death of Henator Mow: Mr. Voouners into the Senate u pair of long legy, o e of strong lungs, nud one specch jn- iously adapted to all sidos of all ques. stull times, In politics e is uventy di- d hetween Dan snd Voonuees, aud in stotesmannship he is as clear a8 tho walers from wkich lio takes his preudonym, ‘Two now poiuts have boen ralsed by the Giovernment Bolicitor ngainst the exemption of the Chicago savings banks from taxation. Lhoy aro, that the local depositories are not sovings bauks tithin the meaning of the cxempting uct, fornsmuch as they sell and purchaso bills of exchange; and, secoud, that the special and general exempting acts wro to bo taken together and regarded as a whole, and the banks must show that they aro exempt under both acts. ‘It has boon contended by the Chicago Lanks that thoy wero reliuved fiom {uxation under the act of 1571, nud that such act was sufficient, and their position is somewhat staggered by the vew aspect of nffairs. The argument will be continued to-day, After howling as lustily as their langs would allow for the regular army during the Late lubor riots, the Demoorats in Congress are now secking to reduce it to 10,000 wmen, which would mean in reality no army at all. 2t preseut the nominal strength of the army 000, rank und file, but, making sllow. e for the sick and desertions and ' those oiheryise employed o8 clerks, the army can. aut uuster much over 15,000 men for actual Y Redueoit to 10,000 men, and it s ealstantinlly legislated out of existouce. Gu. Suinuay, fu bis report to Congreas, hui suggested what will commend itself to the pecplo of this country, nuamely, the filling up of the various companies to thefr full strength, which will not uecessitate amy woru officers, and will wmake tho nominal “this county. strength of the army abont 23,000 men. Even at that figure thera js no danger that the nrmy would interfere with the liberties of Democrats, while in n time of real danger like tho Into riots, when Democrats clamor Instily for the army to help them, they would Dave some one to call upon to como to their rescue. Supposo dnring the recent riots tho army had beon reduced to the figure now demanded by the Democrnts, what wonld the Democratic States of Maryland and Vir- giuin have done? B The Rnssians in Armenia are earrying overything beforo them. Mcraran has been driven from pillar to post, searcely taking anew position beforo compelled to withdraw nnd choose nnother to avoid capture, Ilis Intest position was so serionsly throatened that ho wns forced to abandon it and fall back upon Erzingnn and Trebizond. The brief intelligenco is conveyed in n Constanti- nople dispatel that the Russians have occu- pied Erzeronm, the principal city of Ar- menin and n strategio point of vast impor- tanco. With a prospect of tho early surren- der of Kars, and the certainty that the ene- my will soon be thundering at the gates of Trebizond, the Turkish situstion in Asin Minor is well nigh hopelest The Stato elections yesterday resnlted varionsly. The Democratio’ State of New York has clected tho Democraic State ticket by n small majority, and the Republican State of Pennsylvanin has given a decided Democratic majority, Massachusetts lss clected the RepnblicAn State ticket by a plurality instend of n majority, and the Republicans havo mado large gnins in Connecticnt. Wisconsin has undoubtedly clected the Republican Stato ticket, with a probability that the Legislature will have o Tteptiblican majority in both branchos. Up to a Inte hour no adviees whatever hiad been received from Now Jersoy. McCLELLAN Lins won a viclory, it is to be presumed, but hns probably ordered the strengthoning of his position for an claborate system of earth- works beforo the result is annonneed. THE COUNTY ON. The returns of the clection in this city and county yesterday will bo found in detail in other columns of this morning's TaipUNE. Tho friends of reform and honest govern- ment of nll parties have reason to rejoico in ' the clection of all the Republican eandi- dntes, including the fonr County Commis- sioners olected within the city. This will securoe, if not o majority, at lenst n strong and vigilant minority, and prove a valuable chock on the hitherto arrogant and domi. neering corruptionists, The vote is n small one; but even with this advantage the Lizn and Lyyen gang has been disnstrously de- fented. 'There will be a now Clerk in the County Court office ; tho contre of the mng will bo broken, Thero will bo n settlement of nccounts in that office, and Lien's gang will bo broken up and dispersed. This elee- tion will scrve ns auother example to official wrongdoors, that the peopla of this city will not submit to be plundered and dragooned by any party organizations into the support of incompetont nnd untrustworthy men for office, especially when such men have boen tried and fonnd to be unfmithful or disreput- able. ’ . There was considernblo seratching of tick. ets, nnd the Communists turned out in full forco, but the mnjority for tho Republican candidates is sufiziontly large to carry the wholo tickol, The towns outside of the city give quite n large majority for the successful candidates. The returna of the voto in the city on the State.Ilouso appropriation are in ek confusion, and in somo cases nre grossly erroneous, and it will require an official canvass to determine tho result in The Court-Houso bonds have probably been defeated. Tha gold faction of Democrats nnd Re. publicans are now consoling themselves with the iden thnt even if tho Sonate shnll pess the bill remonotizing tho silver dollar and making its coinago free, the President will certainly veto it. Thia is purcly an assump. tlon which has uo warrant in anything the President has ever 8ald or done. 'The Presi. dent is tally Informed now of the manuer in which tho coinage of the silvor dollar was prohibited and silver demonetized, o knows that Bo privately waa tho act done that oven hio, whilo engaged as lato ns Octo. bor, 1875, in the most exciting nnd wenrch- ing discuasion upon the subject of finance and currency that has ever taken placo in this country, was not aware that Congress Iad, two years nnd a half proviously, abolished tho silver coinage and limited tho legal coin of the country to gold, The Presidont is fully nware that thero wns no occasion for such legislation, and that it resulted enlirely from tho cfforts of thoso who inslsted that thero was too much coin in ke world, and that it was too chenp, and that its purchasing power should be ad. vanced by limiting it to oue metal, The President s fully aware that this act wna never approved by the country, and has caused considerable loss. The President is awaro that those who oppose the remoneti. zatton of silver are limited to “certain locali. ties in tho Eastern and Northern Btates, but that, taking the wholo country through, sev. enty-fivo or more out of every 100 of the peoplo not only favor but demand tho f- monotization of the silver dollar, and its restoration to the national coinsge on tho same terms on which it stood from 1703 to 1873, Tho Dresident is awaro of all this, aud it is not probabla {hat ke will interpose his voto for tho mere purposs of defeating the populsr will, Why should the Presi. dent veto tho restoration oMho silver dollar? Tho free coinage of that dollar had been cstablished for eighty ycars, aud nover was there an objection or a protest. For e¢ighty years the country had the double standard, aud bod retained the right to employ na legal-tender the cheaper coin. Buddenly, silver, for the first time in twenty-five yoars, Lecame relatively cheaper than gold, and then it wns discovered that Congress had previously abolished the silver dollar. 8o secretly had it becn done that President GraNT, uix months after ho had signed tho law, was wholly unaware that the bill con- tained any such provision. The President waa looking to tho silver colnnge as an aid in the return to specio payments, when he was astounded to learn that ho Lad six months before sigued o law abolishing the silver dollar. The decline in tho value of silver was mainly dus to the demonetization of silver by Germany, which threw an unusual sup- ply on the market to bo exchanged for gold. Had the coinaze of tha silver dollar boen thon frea in tho United States, the greater pott of this silver would have found its way hero to bo coined into dollars, and the prob- lemof a return to specia payments would have been hastened in its solution, and, the surplns silver of Europe Leing thus exhanst~ ed, silver would have recovered its rolativo valuo with gold, Bnt the demonetization of silvor by Congress in 1873 deprived the country of all the ndrantages resulting from the decline of silver in 1875, and at the samo timo increased the losa of the silver minoa of this country on their production in the years that have followed. The President will not bo driven into veto- ing tho Silver bill by the suggestion that if silvor bo romonetized thero will be a rush of silver to this conntry to be coined. Letit come, and the more tho botter. If the out- side world have five hundred miilions of dol. Iars of silver to spare, and send it to the United States to bo coined into dollars, tho money can only bo employed in the purchase of Anieriean prodnets, in the purchase of lands, in investinents in mining, manufac. tures, or in ronds and canals, or somo other form of productive industry. Who will bo damaged or injured by that? When the surplus of silver shall bo exhausted by its American coinage, the foreign demand will at on¢o incrensa the value of the metal, and when silver becomes worth mors in other countrics than hiere, the oxport will begin, and the relative value of gold and silver will be rapidly restored. Tho DPresident is not a man to be seared by tho *“ danger " of a flow of metal to this conntry to be chined into American doliara nnd to be exchanged for American products, Nor is thio President & man who wiil veto the Silver bill on the ground that there fs too much metallic money in the world, aod that it is necessary to discard one metal and limit legal money to gold, The President knows st lonst ono part of the world to which me- tallic monoy has long been a stranger, and whose greatest concern at this timo is how to obtain enongh of it with which to redeom ita long-overdne nnd depreciated paper. o certainly knows that a very largo portion of even the adult population have no recollec. tion of the timo whon coin was the currency of tho country, and paper merely its ropre- sentative, Nor will the President be moved to voto tho Silver Coinage bill becausa silver is of greater woight in proportion tq its valne than gold. ‘Tho President knows that thero is on deposit in the Trensury an avorsge of £40,000,000 of gold coin for which certifi- cntes are ssued, and which cortificates pass from hand to hand in all transactions with. out ever materially disturbing the gold, He knows that in like mnnner room can bo made in tho vaults of the Trensury fortho deposit of 0 hundred mitlions of silver dollars, or any other nmount, aud that certifiontes of such deposit, like those issned for gold, can bo issued and used in all business transactions, Hokuows that the presonco of such coin in tha Trensury will nover embarrnss or oppruss the Treasury or the public becauso of its woight or ita bulk; certainly ‘not to the ox- tent to cango him, s a preventive mensure, to opposo the wish of Congress and of the country by vetolng tho Silver bill, 3 The President will not be soduced into vetoing tho Silver bill on the ground that if 4 become » Inw tho valuo of silver will riso, the product of our mines bo increased, and tho coinngo of metallic monoy Lo doubled annually, o has no objection to tho silver dollar being” worth 100 conts in gold; he hne no objoction to tho value of tho silver mined in this coun- try belng incrensed 10 por ecent; and he can havo no objection to such an addition to tho stock of our motallio eurroncy na will furnish n coin basie for paper,—nt lonst his objections to theso results caunot bo strong cnough to induce him to put the country at deflance by vetolng the Silver bill. ‘The President is too intelligont a man to bo deceived by the suggestion that silver remonatization be postponed until thero shall be an international ngreement on the subject, and n universol ratio of values be fixed for silver and gold. That isn wenk invention. Thero is no possiblo objection to an international systom of coinage ; but to postpone tho restoration of the Amorican silvor dollar until then would bo to postpone it forover, Tho President is not tho man to tell his countrymen that ho cannot permit them to have a silver colnngo until the nations of the world shall decide whether such: o coin shall be tolerated or not, The American people, with an almost nn- precedented unanimity, have demunded the freo colnage and remonetization of the silver dollar ou the exact terms proposed by tho bill passed by the House, and they will tol. erate no delay or defeat of such a law, whether by the action of Congross, or Cabi. net officer, or President. They demand an honest edministration of the Governmont, and they hold that the silver dollar was do- monetized by a trick discroditable to those who knowingly participated in it, and that the evil and tho outrage then perpotrated shall bo corrected. The coinngo of gold is free, and properly so; and the country fnsista that tho coinage of tho silver dollar shall Lo free, and without limit, cither os to the amount that may be colned or as to the amount for which it will bo a legal-tender, Tt is tho historical and constitutional curren. oy, whose demonetization should be rebuked by its prompt and unlimited rostoration. GEN, GRANT A8 AN ORATOR, The American people Lad learned to be. lieve fn the silenco of Gen, Uwpant; and, when ho announced hia intention to to visit Europe, overybody felt asagred that hoat least would bo betrayed into nospeeches, With the bitter experionce of PieangroNt fresh in mind, tho thonght that Guanr was abont to appear in Europo as the Silent Mau was, it wust bo coufessed, grateful to tha sober scnse of the country. But he had not been in England throe days belore he disappointed popular expectation, and disappointed it agreeably, Not only did he speak when. vver tho occasion demanded, but he spoke well, His fuency and command of the nicetios of expression would have marked bim a4 n practiced orator if Le had poussessed no provious reputation. And kis discretion was os admirable in his new character as it bad been in bis old one, He lauded at Queenstown on the 27th of May, and on the S1st of the same month spoke to o large and Dbrillisnt compan, ot Manchester. His words wero unpre- meditated, and suggested by the address of welcome offered to Lim on bghalf of the Municipal Council. Nobody who follows the course of events at all closcly can have for. gotten the surprise aud dclight which this Manchoster speech excited in the United Btates. It was surprising that the ox-Presi- dent should bave venturcd at all upon ground so delicato as the special friendship of Manchester and the north of England for the North during our Civil War; and, hav. ing ventured, it was delightful that he should lave come off with so much homor. His words will bear quoting: * The expressions of the people of Manchester at the timo of our great trinl," ho said, **incited within thoe breasts of my conntrymen a fecling of friend- ship towands them distinct from that felt towanls all England, and in that spirit 1 nccopt, on the pnrt of my country, the compliment pnid mo as its representative, and thank you.” This waa at onco n gracions recognition of the kind. ness of the north of England, and a fitting rebuko of thoso in the south of England who sympathized with the Rebels in Amerien. ‘The dignity and tact which characterized the specch were remarkable, showing that the President was grateful to tho frionds of Amerien, and cherished n just resentment towards her onemies withont feoling too strongly in either direction. But tho Manchester speech nlone wonld not have established the reputation of Gen. Grayr nsan orator. It was necessary that ho shonld prove bis newly-found powers in othor places, and uuder moro trying circum- stancs, Ilo mot every tost successfully. In all the Loudon festivities, nt Liverpool, 8tratford, and throughout rural England, he was as ready and Lappy in his re- sponses ns if he had been aun Ac- complished diner.ont from boyhood, At Ediuburg he nchioved his greatest triumph 03 a spoech.mnker. The trocdom of tho city was to bo presented to him, and the Lord Provost had prepared n speech as weighty s it wne complimentary. Thinking that the ex-President might be glad to know what he wonld bo ealled wpon to answer, the Lord Provost sent a copy of his specch ton gon- tleman in the Presidential party with a sug- gestion that it be shown to Gon. GmANT, Tho Iatter refused to look at the manuscript, raying, in his Lrusque way, that he had never prepared a speech but once, and then had broken down. The refercnce was un- derstood to be to the Des Moines episode, when the President, having to mako somo expression of opinion on the subject of com- pulsory education, wrote out what he bad to say. Bnt the consciousness that he hnd tho Jnanusctipt oppressed him when he eamo to deliver the speech, nnd beforoho had spoken half.g-dozen sentonces his momory deserted him, and ho was obliged to draw the written speech from his pocket and read it with what grace he could. Not desiring to ropent this experienco at Edinburg, he refused to propare himself, nud relied on his powers of extemporancous cxpression. His friends woro not so ensy in their minds as ho wos in his. They waited with concern for his re- sponse. It was the best effort of his lifo— o8 natural nnd forcible na if it had beena studiod effort, while ondowed with all tho vitality and sympathetic quality of words fresh from the heart. Tlio Scotchmen that day sot Gon. Grant down for a great orator, and all his countrymen who happened to be present wero promd of him. Almost ns clo- quent and moro pithy was his specch at Bir. mingham, when ho was unexpectedly ro- proached with the Protection policy which prevailed in the United States. IHis answer was complota from his point of viow, and it hardly oxcoeded 200 words, It contained alt that was to be sald on the subject, and not one superflnous word; and, although we do not coincide fully in the opinions of Gen. Graxt, thero is no harm in saying that he expressed them admirably, Enthusinstic ndmirers of Gon, GravThavo snid that it is o proof of his grentness that ho riscs to every emorgency. Withont going &0 far na this, it fs safo to ssy that ho risos townrds evory emorgoncy. Whetherhoquite reached tho demands that were mede npon him when he was Ppesidont of the United States, will long remaln an open question. As a Commander of the !United States armios, tliere can Lo no quostion, ho earned and de. served military renown socond to that of few living mon. However great tho rosponsibil. ity imposed upou him, ho was always faith- ful to it; he nover disappoiuted n just ex- peclation formed concerning his military skill and success, Lven during his civil carcor ho falled only in small things, His veto of the Inflation Lill{s ono of the great acts of his lifo, which will stand ont conspicuously when Bancock, Iloss Bnge- neno, Tox Munrny, and the rest of that un. happy company aro buried in oblivion, It romaiug to bo scen whether his civil lifo is onded, whether he will roturn with new ac- complishments naver beforo imnginad, and astound the country on tho stump as he has previously excited fts admiration by bhis worka in tho fleld and the cabinet. It will perhapa bo nmong the important announce- monts of the campaign of 1880 that ** Gon. Gravr, the great orator of Illinols, will ad. dress tho people on tho fsaues of tho day.” BOME FEATURES g}’o;l"fl FRENCH ELEC- Tho London Times of Oct. 20 contains somo very intoresting dotails of the first French election which Lave not before been stated, and which give s very cloar and com- prehensive view of tho real victory which the Itopnblicans achieved against the most tremendous odds, The Left had the majority in fifty-six dopartments out of eighty-eight, and the total voto wos ns follows: Left, 4,273,000; their opponents, 8,5671,000; Jeaving the Left with about 700,000 ma- Jority. The Republicana lost 53 and won 17 seats, leaving o net loss of 36, The 53 lost seats are occupied by 21 Bonapartists and 32 Monarchists, and tho 17 seats gained by the Republicans are taken from 10 Bonapartists and 7 Monarchists, The total vote polled was the Iargest known at any general olec. tion since 1848, Iu 1876 the Republican vota was 4,316,000, and the anti-Republican 2,881,000, showing a mafority of 1,142,000, but only 7,200,000 ponions were polled, wherens at the last election thero were 7,793,000 polled. In the election of 1848 there were 7,893,000, The conclusion drawn from tho figures by the Zimes corre- spondent is that the Left bave lost 43,000, or about 1 per cont, while the Right have gained 680,000, or nearly 25 per cent, from the ranks of the neuirals, 'The principal losses of the RNepublicans were the largost in the Pas de Culais oud Vaucluse. The former is in the cxtreme north, which is very conservative, being Ilonapartist, also Free-Tradoand Industripl, whilo tho latter is in the extreme south, whore partiaan pas- sions are very intenso,' In Vaucluse, and also in Bouches du Rthone, it is said that the population is almost completely Republican, but the stuffing of ths bpllot-boxes, or nrus, sud illegal practices of the Mayors, carried tho day sgainst the Republicans, on account of which the elections will be invalidated. In Landes and Dordague, where the Repub- licans met with losses, the people live in a state of denso ignoragce, while Nord, Ar. dennes, and Meuse wero carried for Mac. Mawoy by the priests’ on the Flemish, Belglap, end Rhine frontiers. In thirty dopartments .the Republican voto was larger than last year, Dordague, for instance, rising from 88,000 to 47,000; Finsterre, from 52,000 to 65,000; Calvados, from 82,000 to ¥7,000; Landes, from 24,000 to 29,000 ; Puy do Dome, from 64,000 to 77,000; Heino Infericuro, from 77,000 to B4,000; Denx Bevres, from 35,000 t0 43,000; and Yonne, from 54,000 to 61,000, In thirty othor departments the voto was smaller, falling in the HHautes and IDasses Alpes from 32,000 to 23,000; in Arricge, from 85,000 to 27,000; Bouches dn Rhone, {fromn 61,000 to £4,000; Cotes dn Nord, from 41,000 to £6,000; Eure, from 5,000 to 46,000; Manche, from 57,000 to 46,000; Meurtho-ot-Mosclle, from 63,000 to 54,0005 Nord, from 131,000 to 120,000; Seino (or Paris), from 206,000 to 286,000; Soino-et- Qise, from 81,000 to 74,000, The individual clections aro vory signifl- eant in their political indications, It is stot- ed by the London Spectator that nearly nll the Republican Mayors who were dismissed, ns well aa tho victims of MaoMarox's arbi- trary prosecutions, were trinmphantly re- turned by the peoplo by Iarge majorities. M. QaxnerTs, who wns a special victim of Mac- Matox's wrath, recoived n Inrger voto than ever before, - M, Bonxer-Duvenoizs, who ia in prison for hnving epoken slightingly of the Marshal, was roturned {rinmphantly for Lyons. 'Tho Duo DecAzes, the Foreign Min- ister, was rojected in Libourne, where his entates are situated, in favor of a local physi- cian, aud will have to sit for mome placo in the Maritime Alps. In Paris, M. Gnevy received 2,000 moro votos than M. Tnens bind in the somo arroudissement nb the last olection. Tho empbatic manner in which the Fronch people declared their te- pubticanism on the 16th of October was con- firmed in the electiona Inat Sundny to tho Conncils-General, which in turn must elect soventy-fiva Senators in Jannary. The Government made n desperate effort to earry thom, ns without tho consont of the Benato Mac)ManoN eannot obtain n dissolution of tho Hduse, or oven hope to éompromise with thoLeft. The rosult of tho two electiona shows that the French people are steadfast and immovable in the Republican faith, that they cannot be bribed and will not be intim- idated, ond that they aro indifferent alike to political or clerical threnta. They have declared their adbosion to Republicanism in a mannor that Marshal MaoManox would do. well to heod. The sccond election is tantamount to a soc- ond notico to him that he must submit to the will of the poopl The nowspapers hnve given some promi- nence to a scheme recontly developed in New York by n couple of former residents ot Chicngo, Messrs, McKinvoy and Tewks- BERRY, {0 Bocure a guarautee of the paymant of certain bonds {ssued by certain Southern Btatos and munieipalities that are in dofault. ‘Cne Tninune has already rolated some pre- vious experiences of Mr. McKixnoN in the gamo direction, nt a limo when he went to Virginis, roprosented himself as the ngent of English bondholders, obtained mouey on drafts, lef: suddenly, and was snbsequently roturned under » requisition made npon the Governor of Illinois. This incident in Mr. McKixxox's careor should suggest somo can- tion on the part of thoso holding repudiated bonds, so far as the advancemont of any money is concorned, DBosides, the schemo itaclf is not worthy of serious confidonce. It is n proposition to securo n guarantee of payment by tho passago of lawa through the Legislatures compelling the Statos, counties, and municipaltios to lavy an annunl and preferrod tax for tho paymont of interest and tho ralsing of a sinking-fund to apply on tha principal. ' The iuducement to do this is, that the worthleas bonds, now nominally drawing 8 and 10 per cont interest, shall be fuuded at tho rate of £ and 6 per cent interost. In thefirst place, thoso Statos and communities which are resolvad to repu- dinte tholr bonds, and thus got rid of their paymeont altogather, on the ground that they wero unlawfully issued and stolon by ringy, will scarcely bo tompted to ronssumo n pay- mont by reason of o reduction of interest ; go long oa they do not propose to pay at all, it is manifestly immnterial to them what the rato of intorest mny be. In the nest place, 10 such schemo could bo carrlod out except by o bribory of the Loglalaturos which it is proposed to manipnlate. This would be fraudulont on ita faco, and any auch actlon would bo repudiated by the peoplo at the first opportumty, and probably st nside by the Courts, Tho schemo is altogether too ‘smart,” The chenpeat transaction—tho heaviest purchaso for the least money—wo have evor heard of in political mattors, and the meanest betrayal of publio interests, ls that which took place in this city on Monday, A man camo hero from Springfield, ropresenting the disgraced State-Hlouse Commissioners who wasted the money, and he offered the mom- bers of the Republican Committeo of this county $200, and tho membors of the Domo- eratioc Committeo $200,1¢ they would have tho tickots of thelr respective partics printed with the word *For" the Statc-House ap- propriation, and omit the word * Againat” that appropriation. Tho bribe was n small one, but the two Committees, or thoso who ‘ran them, were unablo to veslst the op- portunity of bhandling oven that much money, 8o thoy took the cash, and yestorday all tho Democratic and all the Re- publican tickets were printed ** For” the ap- propriation and none * Agalust” it. The nomes of the Committees who sold out the public for 400 of Bpringfield monoy de- serve to bo puton record, }lero they are: Republican. Demaeratio. CuanLes B, Fanwers, Mises Kruog, B. G. Gut, Tuoaas Boexay, Cnnis Maues, J. J, Croweey, J. 'l Rawereion, D. W, Lovioy, Aptuus Diton, Fuancia Horruax, Wat, PNy Nixow, Marcorxn MoDovawp, F, MiLLiGan, Jonx CoMiskey, H. B, BaarroNn, Prres Haxp, ‘Wasamaros Hesivg, Dave THorNTON, J, M, ArseN, Pui Retoy, E. A, Fruxins, A, O, Brorey, o Dave Ilauavax, Any person pamoed on eithor of these lists who wishes to disclaim participation in, or consent to, this treacherous fraud on the voters, can publish his disclaimer ju Tay Tupowe, It is due to the publio that all who are directly responsible for this dis- graceful swindle upou tho people of this county should be known and identificd for futuro referen: In the death of a well-known St. Louls cyprisn, the papers of that city tind food for bengficial reflection. She was tho duugbter of a well-known mioister in Cape Girardeau County, Mlissourl, who, when misfortune overcame her, cast ber off. Durlog all ber public life she pleaded piteously for restoration to her father's favor, but while preaching the Word of Ged, repentance and charity, he turucd o deaf car to her implorations, and left her to dlafn ueglect and shame. His congregation will listen to that divine with more thau ordiuary interest, bere- after, when bo glowlngly palotsa pretty hot bl There was troublo in the 8tate of Indlana. Ol WitLians was anxlous to resign the Guberns- torial chair, provided his Licuteoant-Governor would appolot bim to the Benatorsbio, The Licutenant-Governor hal also aspiratfons, and wasprepareid to sellout Blne-Jeans and eesign, it he could depend upon the President of the State Scnate to appoint bim to the vacant shoes of MonToN. Hut thencame the President of the Senate with views of his ownas to his ca- pacity for statecraft, and experlenced a willng- ness to resign if ho were surc the Speaker of the Ifouse would Jift him into a position to per- form Senntorial functions; and the Speaker of the House smiled blandly and remarked thatshe was In the hands of his fricods for the situntfon. The whola business was a muddle, all the moro complicated Ly the poendiar position of ihe Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, who waved his bands aver the crowd and asked In stentortan toncs, * Why don't you take s fellow of your sizol” Bo WiLLiaMs took Bre. ————— ‘The Italian War Budget for next year is cstl- mated at 106,008,000 Jire, or about 39,201,000% the Marine Buddet at 48,040,107 lre (89,789,000), giving o total expenditure for the land and sen forces of $48,000,000,—an Increasc of §801,050 over the appropriation for the present year. ‘Tho increaso I8 ocensioned by lsrze purchasea of lorses sud an addition to the .chasseurs of twenty-four companles, It Is reckoned that the army next vear will consist of 12,030 officers, 185,684 men, 8,128 officials of the Administra- tlon, with 253,705 horees. The total expenditure of the Kingdom for 1878 Is eatimated at $248,- 233,000, Of thls amount, $155,000,000 arc ab- sorbed by the permanent expenditure, includ ing the charge on the public debt, the King's Ciyil List, Pope’s Clvil List, cte. There remaln, therefore, $93,200,000 for current cxpenscs, mora than half of which {s absorbed by the arny and navy. ‘This 8 what ltaly pays for war cxpenses in times of peace. e —— As Toyt Ilnxpnicks claims to ba Viee-Prest- dent of the United States, howould havo to re- sign that olfice hefore he could properly acecpt the vacant Scnatorshlp of Indiana. But Mr. HENDRICKS was too knowing a statesman to sink the greateroftice in the less, and held on to what lic had rather thanaceept the baser gift. —————— For the Information of thoso who esteem an editorfal position a sinceure, or n soft thing, may be clted the experienico of Jonux D. 8tock- TON, of the New York Jeratd, who, though al- most at death's door for four years and nearly blind, continued at his work until a few days before his decease. | Old Blue-Jeans was In a variety of quandarles, Ho had always agreed with TiLpen and Hex- DRICRS {n thelr clalm that they were ctected President and Viee-President, but he didn't scc his way clear to appoint HExnnickstoa body over which ho clalms to bo presiding offteer. Tho only reason old Blus-Jeans WiLLIAMA I not reslgn In favorof Gray, his Licutenant- Governor, was that tho latter shrank from dis- gracing biinsolf in the first act of his Guberna- torfal existence by theappolntment of old Blue- Jeans WiLLIAxs to the United Status Senate. e — About the only scttlement of tho Custom- House-loor controversy,—thatis, plain,stralght- forward settlement without fuss or hard feel. Ingy—is for cach manto earry his own door with Inm, and go n on which ever slde of the butld- ing his preference or his fancy dictates. o e— Those desirous of gleaning Scuator Mor- TON's opinlon of bis own death should read the obltuary published {n the Phifadelphia Press, It was written by Fonszgy and submitted to Mor. ToN, who approved of It last August. sttt o el Itisnoy yet definitelv acttled whether the peopte will enter the Post-Uftice through Mr, Jonn B, Dmake or through Mr. Porren Paruzi., * D10N BouciCAULT asks, * What fsa comedy " Prohably tho best definition fs Dion's claim that ho ever wrote one, % For what oflico were you defeated yesterday? PERSONAL. * Presidont Whito, of Cornell, will stay in ‘Europe til] next September. Liout. Lebron, of-tho Fronch nrtillery, wha for the Jast seven yoars lins been A nrisonor in Uermany, hoa just succeeded in eacaping, and has arrived in France. . Itissald that tho resson nssigned by the venerable Archbl<hop French, of Dubllin, for nover permitting stercotypo plates to be made of his little Looka on the Engllsh lunguage, Is, that ho may have tho opportunity of revising each cdition before it goos to prens, In order to keop the books abreast of the philolegy of the day. Liebig suggested many years ngo that the uss of cod-llver olt would bave tendency topro. mote a distaste for alcoholic stimulants, A well- known man of sclence, Mr. Charles Napler, baa tested this nsvertion, and intwenty-seven instances tound it, withln hmita, (o be true. Tho discovery s an Imporsant one, and ought to commend Itself to victinis of inebricty, I'ho engagemont is announced of Miss Au. tolnette Folk ang Gen. Haron da Chareito, late commander of the Tontifical Zouares, The mur- riage wili take placo at Itemo at an early dato. Mles Polk Is a descendant of Willlam Penn, the founder of the State of Vennsylvania, of Gen. An- thony Wayne, a former Commander-in-Chlef of the American army, and a relative of tho late Prestdent Polk, The Kellogg-Cary Opera Company have been #inging In San Francisco. In rehearsal two supernmneraries wero instructed how fo seize Don Glorannl, who was for that tompurary purpose personatea by Carl Forwes, In the evene ing perfuormunce tho two men grabbed Formes, who waa euacting Leporetlo, and forced him throuih the trap Into the infernal reglons, lcav. {ng Don Gioranntunpunished for hle crimes, Mr, Bryant's 84th Dirthdsy, which oc. curred Maturday, suggosts another notable lterary career also,—tho career of e&nother poet that In tlme, at least, and also In somu other respects, bas run paralic] with that of dir. Bryant. When *+'Thanatopsis® was publishod, Richurd H. Dans was oue of the club that conducted the Reclew, and then bexan hid acquaintaice and friendship with Mr. Bryant, A week from to-morrow Br, Dana will bu 0 years old, *Cunnda Bill" (Willlsm Jones), an - En- glish Gypsy, known extensively as a ga died penalless recently st leading, Pa., r having won and lost fortunce. lle always traveled as a uchfly dresscd. At one Giwe he le, und cmployed 200 negrous in cleanng wwamp-lund at the mouth of the Ted River, Subicquently ho won thousands of dollars inuswbliug on tho Western rallroade. All the tricks and polnts lu monte were luvented by **Can- ada BiL" The news editor of the London Z'imes is Mr, Clicnery, who has been for years one of the leader-writers, Me is & man of 50.0r so, an M, A, of Oxford, and a profound Orlental scholar, in which capacity he recelved from the Sultan in 1809 the bonor of the memberahip of the se:ond cisss of tho Imuporial ordar of the Mudiidle. For aoms time hu was Almoner's Professor of Aravlc st Oxford, and §n 1870 bo was appointed by the Committee of the t'envocation of Canterbury one of the revisers of tho authorized translation of the Old Testament. The Army and Navy Journal backs up Aduwliral Rodgers as the best Superintendent of the Naval Academy against all comers, It would 1iko ta know If it be trua, as reported, that Li 8. C. Barncy, of Maryland, summarily dropped in 1803, has been selnstated, promoted to Rear-Ad- mirl, ana retlred, wilh back-psy amounting to over 845,000, The Journul saye that of Baraey's twenty-cight yoars of service eighteen were une employed, that be was dismissed by Becrolary Weilea for good cause, and that thersis no just reason for this procedure. Nearly a thousaud pictures were loaned this fall to Chicago, St. Louls, Loulaville, snd Burlington, Vt., by the New York artists and dealers to help out the art exhibitions fa those cltien: and the New York papersanuounce that they are not particularly crcouraged by the dnancial re- suit of thelr Joans to cliber of tho threp Western citles. Nearly 200 plcturce woro sens to St. Louls s0d only nino wers suld, whilo of the 23¢ acat to Chicazo ouly soven tound purchasers, and Louls- villo, which got 274 plcturcs from New York, bought fawer thau elther st. Louls or Chicage. To Burliogton, vn the contrary, oaly 100 piciures were seut and twenly-threo were sold. WASIINGTOY. The Anti-Resumption Bill Cop. sidered in the House, Some of the Many Amendments that Will Probably Be Offered, Mr. Phillips, of Kansns, Makes a §ot Speech on the Measure, Arguments Before Qommissioner Ranm op the Bank-Tax Quostion, Another Lnrge Batoh of Bills Intro. dnced in the House, ANTI-RESUMPTION, AMENDMENTS OPFERED TO THE MOT3N DiLr, Special Mupateh ta The Chiecags Tridunpe. Wisnisatoy, D. C., Nov. h—Discussian on tho repeal of the Resumptlon bill began, under yesterday’s order In the Tlouse, Iate this afier. noon by a set speech from Mr. Pinllips, of Kap. sas, ono of the Republican members of giq Commilttes on Davkinw and Currency, Fivg amendments wers submitted, belng offered 1y the following genttemen: Hubbell, of Michj. zan; Morrlson, of Tilinols; Pound, of Wiscon. sin} Cummings, of lowa; Cox, of Ohio; ang Hewitt, of New York. Cox's amendment, |y the nature of n subatitute, includes frea bank. Ing. This resumption plan fs to e gin Jan. 1, 18M; to redeem pgroen. backs in caln at 07 cents; to pay o7 from July 1, 1878, and so on, Increasing hy hajg acentrthe rato on gold at which they il e redeemed cach six months until Jan, 1, 1831 when par shiall bo pad for them in gobt. When the volumen of greenbacks s reduced to &30, 000,000, a1l redeemed In exceea of this sutn ary to be destroyed, and the outstanding grecnback circulation fa to remaln at £300,000,000. HEWITT'S BILL dircets the Secretary of the Treasurgto accumu. Iate aunually $50,000,000 of gold and place it fn g special fund for redemptlon purposes. When 50 per cent {n gold of outstanding legal-tendery has been received, tho Beeretary shall give no. tlec that grecnbacks will bo redeemed in coin, 1t prohibits enies of gold alter next Jauuary, except the excess, if any, over the #50,000,00) necuinulated, Tho Sccretary may uso surulys reyenues to makecup the annual £50,000,000 fund, or may scll forty-year bonds at_such rate of intercst na the Scerctary may be able to com. mand. It authorizes the Becrctary to 183UE THEASURY NOTES not to exceed £50,000,000 at not over @ per cent. or current expenses, and authorizes the Secro- ary to exchange bonds for greenbacks, and, last- Iy, it repeals the low providing for o sluklng und. SAVINGS DEPOSITS, ATIGUING THE TAX-QUESTION, Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribuns, Wasuinarox, D, C., Nov. 7.—3essrs, James L. High and Kirkland made anarcument to-lay before tho Commmissioner of Internal Revenua in favor of the excoption of the Chicazo say- inga institutions from taxation on depusits. Tha arqument was substantially as outlned lasy night in these dispatches. An afildavit was pre. sented by three attornoys setting forth substan tlally tho facts described fn thelr arguments, Mr. Chesley, Solicitor of Internal Revenue, rep- resented the Government, and the Commissions eracted as Judire. No declafon has been mada nor any time Indicated when one will be reache ed. Additional argument s to he mide to. morrow upot the points developed by the Goy- ernment Sotleltor to-day, Those polnts, 1n - ditlon to those which the Chicago men had en- deavored to make, wero brlefly these: First, that the Chicago savings banks ARB NOT BAVINGS DANKS within the meanlng of the Exempting act, for the reason that they purchase nnd scll billa ot exchange. Sccond, that these banks must show that they are cxempt both under the apeclat Exempting act and under the general act of which the Exemption act {s explanatory. In other wonls, that the two acts are to be taken together s a whole. Tne Chleayo lawyers have proceeded upon the presumption that the Lx. cmpting act uf 1874 stuod alone, aud that It the Chitengo banks came within the exemption ot that net, tRey were oxompt altowether, To this the Quvernment Nolleltor demurred, and arcu. ment {s to bo had upon that demurrer to-morrow, ‘The Commissioncr will not declde tho case untid hie has recetved THOOP OF THE MATTER ALLEGED by the Chicago counmsel, ‘Thelr statements, of course, he is compelled to considér as ex parte. Collector Hasvey will bo called upon to furnish nformation which the Government can aevept aa ofticial and authoritative, 'The rumors clrue lated herews to the reported reslunation of Collector fHarvey do not secem to be well founded. The Chicugu counsel have declded to make the Statc Savings Dank a test cuso he- fore presenting tho others, Should the Com- misaluncr evet Insist upon obta'ning formal cvie dence from Chicago from Collector Harvey, the Chicago ottorneys will probably ot fully pree seut thelr case until the Gnvemnu:-m {s ready. WANTS AN OTFICE, BUT ISN'T PARTICULAR ANQUT TILL PAY. Spectal Disvatch & The Chicagn Tridune, Wasitixetox, D, C., Nov. 6.—The President scnt to the Senato to-doy the name of Dennls N. Cooley, of Jows, to be Consul at Spezaia, Italy. Judie Cooley was formerly Indlan Cowme missioner here. Some of the Sonators have cx- pressed surpriso at tho fact thut the nomination of any person should have been made as Cousul at 8pczzia, for the reason that tho salary of that ofllco was abolishcd two years sgo, at tho tlme when the Democratic Ilouse abolished so wany Counsulates and Consular Agenclos, It fs o disputed point bogween the Senate and the State Department whether thoe refusal ot Con- gresa to make an apprupriation for a place abolishes an office. Tho Stato Uepartment has held in several Instances that an ofllce created by law existe UNTIG THB LAW 18 REPEALED, notwithstanding Congress for sny number of years may rotuso an appropristion for tho salary. It ‘Is possible that the Benate may refusg to contirm Cooley for the reason that it is rather the custom of the enate to deny that an oftlco cxists to- which no salary attuches, but the 8tate Department could send Cooley to Spozzis as a Consular Ageut without compensa- tion without the necessity of sending his nane to the Benate for couflrmation, Inany event 1t is a barren honor, Cooley is represcited ud behlf aman of wealth, who wishes to take his family to Europe, and to enjoy whateve: d“lmtl y can be extracted from an unpald cous sulate. THE RECORD. SENATE. Wasninazox, D. C., Nov. 6.—During the moruing hour & numberof bills were introduced and referred. A largo number of petitions were presented by varlous 8cuators from fcmales througrout tho country, setting forth that they are taxe payers, asking that their political disabilitics ba removed, and that they bo allowed to exer- cise tho right of citizens at the ballot-box. ‘The Vico-President lald beforo the Ecnate 8 communication from the Postmaster-Generaly asking $681,650 to supply deticicucies in the ap~ promfmon for compeusation to Postmasters tho facal years ending June 30, 1870, aud June 1877, Referred. Mr. lhuhnusmenml s communication frool Gov. Young, of Oblo, In favor of an uppropriation aaked for by the Cosst Buryey for connsctingacroes the continent for the benefl; of the Interior Siated the systems of iransporiation extending along tho Atlantio snd Pacidc cosste, Referred. By Mr. Windom—To amend the Kovised Statates 80 a8 to exemnpt vll vessels - betongi the Unliod Statea and trading st ports within iho Unlted States or employed in whaling or other flsheriés from any tax. charge, or tohl for lcveo of wharfago dues for landing ot or transacting husle noas at ur 6cross or on any public whorf, dock, or EI“ which s coustructed or malnl cd by or ln which any muplcipal corporation bas any vacuniary lotereat. By Mr. Plumb—To further dcfine the riguta of persona with fespect (o bomeatead ontrive un thy public domaia; w0 1o providy for the payment of clerical and other expenses of tho Land Usce; als0, to declare certain landa subject to taxativn, By Mr. Usmcron (Wie. )—To appropriste woney to luprove tus Mississipol Liver from tho crogsiug of tho Chicagu, Shiwaukes & st. Paul Rallroa bridge, Wiaconslu, 1o thy mouth of Root River. Mr. Mitchell sunmitiod the fullowing: Redolved, That the Sccretary of tno Interlor ba directed to communicale to tho Senato (he slates -