Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1877, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9, '8i7. Thye Tribuue TERMS OF SURBSCRIPTION. RT MAIL—IN ADVAKCE—TOSTAGE PRRPAID, B12.00 100 Brecimen coples rent trea. Give Vost-Ufice nddrers {n fall, Including State and County, Itemittancea may be made efther hy draft, expreas, Post-Oflice order, or In regiatered letters, at our risk. TENMS TO CITY SUBSCRINERS. Doy, Aclivered, Ennday excepted, 25 conts per weeke Tiatly, delivered, Snndas Inetaded, 30 cents Addrein THE TRIBUNE COM torner Madiean and Dearborn-sta, Orders for the dellvery of THE TRIRUNE a3 £ Englewoud, ord Hyde Park left fn the countlug-ruom will receive branpt nttentton. TAMUS McVickee's Thentre. Madiron street, between State and Deartorn, **Pink Domlnoa. Mrsdames Don, Kloneall, Granam, ete.t Mesars, Wheeluek, Learock, Pearson, ete. ilooley’s Thentre, Tandolph street, hetween Clark and laSalle, The kvangeline Combinstion. ** Conrdthe Comalr.” Meadames Weathersby, Clancy, ete.; Messra, Goodwin, Kostae, ete. Haverly's Theatre, Monroe street, corner of Dearburu, Engagement uf Eate Flahier, **Mazeppa.” Coliacum Novelty Theatre, Clark strect, betwren Washington and Randolph **0ur Warkingmen." Afternoon and crealng, New Chlcago Theatre, Chark street, opposite the Sherman lowse, Engage- ment of Campbell Cotedy Company, ** The Virgla- faus.” Metliodist Charch Ilock. Cotner Clark nnd Washington streets, FLecture by Alby Sage tchantson, Subjs Kivg Arthur sad the inlghts of tha Kound Te MrCormnick Hall, North Clark strect. corner RKiazle. Coucert by the Swedlal Lady Quartette. Farwell Iall. Madlron strect, betwern Clark and Lasalle. Lecture by Frank Beard. Bubfoct: ** Hurlesqua of * The Ueau- fult TINGS. NGTON CHAPTEHR, No, 41 T Convoration tils (Fridoy)” evenla: usiness of fnupostance, and A ries, Vislting Companions cordially lod i G [ iruer, LEORD, 1) 1LES B WHIGHT, Se my T4 Monroeest, Hinily by ited, Work un K, . C. HOWELL, Sec'y. HOME LODGE, No. 44, A, Coninteatiou ot 193 Fws bt T 1. e e, Tiewniiar Loimminle eatiun at Visitlng bretliren cordinlly i vited, 18 40 MERBICK, Sec'y, purt Half, Visltora car iy ordes & A, M.—11all n_fuis (Friday) Thind egree. TRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1877, CEICAGO MARKELT SUMMARY, (& produce aunrkets wero lrregular wivie buing duil uud eaeler, while 7, with moro dotog, purk L Ci512,90 eniber loose ahuulders awd HZ%G7c for tribs. Luke freights were quict und steady, nt ¢ for corn to I Whiaky was dull sud d, pallon. Flour was bigher, ut 81.00% cash for Nuvumter, Corn closed %@ 3c higher,tt $5%c cash and 43%4¢ for Novomber, Oats clused finmer, at 244 caslial ¢ for No- vember, Jye wos steady, ot Turloy clused flrm, at LHYc e nd G0¢ for December. w were falrly netive, ut ndecline of oe, closing 0. taitie wero dull and weak, with o Sheen wera fuactive, ut Inapecled into stors m this city yerierday mommtay: 108 earw wheat, 165 curs and 5,000 bu corn, Y4 cara oats, 13 care rye, and 50, 400 bu and 02 cars barley, 'Total (471 cara), 507, + 000 bu. One hundret dollars in pold would buy 8102275 In greenbacks at the clos, T ——y Greonbacks at the Now York Stock Ex- chango yestorday closed at 97}, —— et e Information hns been received at tho Rus. sina Bauk in Paris that the gates of Frze. roum hiave boen opened to tho forces of the couquering Mnscovites — A bill has beon prepared, and Senator Davis, of Ilifioly, is said to have approved it, for the relicf of the dopositors of the broken savings baoks from the demands of tho Govermwent for unpaid taxes, . Braxrry Marrunws dischims any joten. tion or pretenso of rellecting the Prosident's views on the silver question, What Lo meant (o kay way, that ho belioved the Silver Lillt would pnss tho Senute, bocauso It ought to Levone o lnw, und, donbtless for the samo reason, he belioved the President would not veto the bill, — ‘Tho Porto hing demannded tho withdrawal of tha Bervinn corps, of observation now oc. capying the fronticr, und threatons vigorous military measures it the demani s not com. plied with, It will probably oceur to Borvin that the prosent iu 8 good timu to sunp her tlogers in the fucs of the Porte, which has alrendy moroon hund thau it can conveniontly ott:ud to inshape of vigorous wilitary woas. ures, ¢ —— ‘Ihe total vote cust in Cook County on Tuesduy Iast was 67,561 On the Ktate. Iouse Appropriation tax the support of nud opposition to the memsuro wero reconded ag followa: For theappropriation, .. Aguinat (e sppropriation. Biajority againetil..c. v vreiann o 0] That is & very fuir wajority, but it would have been 10,000 lorger but for tho trick that was pructiced on tho people in printing all tho tickels for the tax, P i — The explavation given by Mr, Jouy Weran regarding the story of his fnterest in Cuban slaves uppeary to have been entirely satisfac- tory to the Committeo to whom wus referred Lis nomination as Mivister to England, Ay ufanimons report in favor of lis confir mation was yesterday submitted, and there is littls doubt that the Senato will concur in the appointment, Not tho least remarkable part of the matter ia the fact that Doy Cauexoy onka that the nomination be confirmed as personal favor to himsel! ———— s ®ir Lo certain reputable Demo- crats iu Chicago to say that there was an of- fort made by a portion of those iuvolved in the oauagement of tho local orgauization to combat the bummer cloment which finally encowpassed Tho defeat of the party ticket. Tk decont men succceded in keeping the old Ring element in tho County Board off tha ticket und in secaring the nomiration of three or four men of character why wers euried down, nevertheless, with the exces. sive load of bummerism. Justice to a good vy more right-minded Democrats du- wsuds the further admission that oany of them remained away from the polls rather than vote with tho bummery, that oth- e voted only sach portions of (ho ticket ns they lolieved to be honest and cat the hummers, and that still others voted the entire Rtepublican ticket for the purpose of rebuking the vicions element and driving it ont of politics. Tiiese facir are gratifying in 80 far as they encourage the hope that the Rting and bmmmer politicians cannot uge the Democratie organization in Chicago aud Cook County as a vehicle to rido into power, and it is hoped that the respectable eloment of the party will be able to nssert itsclf more effectively in tho future. Senator Coxguiva still continnes to take nilvantage of his position as Chairman of the Committee on Commerce to delay action on the President’s nominations for the Now York Custom-House, and it is thought he will undertako o keep back a report until tho extra session ends, The opinion ad- vanced a few days ago, that in this ovent the Democratic Senators will join the Presi- dent’s supporters in compelling Mr, Cotx. 1156's Commitlea to cither report at oneco or else to relinquish the control of the nominn. tions, hns gained ground steadily. Demo- crts now make no secrot of their intention to vote solid for the confirmations of the Now York appoiutoes. Accountsare received by way of San Fran- cisco of serious disturbauces in the Samonn Tslauds which, if tho reports are uot exag- gerated, are likely to Lecomo the snbject of sonio diplomatic correspondence between the British aud Aneriean Governments, The strong desiro on the part of Samon for the oslablishment of a protec. torate Ly the United States scoms to have aroused the ire of the Euglish popu. Iation to the point of making an attack upon tho American Cousnl, whoso lifo was threat- encd, the flag iusulted, and himsolf forced to take refugs on bLoard a French war ves. sel. Documents giving detailed information of the outrnge hinve been forwarded to Washe. ington, There Is little chatgoin tho French polit- ieal situntion, which is chiefly sccounted for by the fact thal neither brauch of the Chambers is fully propared for busiucss, The work of verifying the eloctions, especially in the Chamber of Doputies, will be a task in- volving great danger, If not the actual disso- Intion of that body, tho Conservative mem- bers of which threaten toresign if tha clec- tion of Ministerinl cendidates, who owethelr sticeess to Government influouce, in 1nvali- dated. Both of the Mounarchist factions are spurring MacManox on to resist the alleged oncronchiments of the Lower tlouse, and thers is little prospect under existing cie- cumstances that modorate counsels will provail, The tire of the Ifouso was entirely con- aumed yesterday iu the discussion of the Army bill, the Chanber took occasion to alr their views on the question of reduction or increase of tlie regular ariny, Ad far as con bo learned from tho speeches already delivered, s ma. jority of tho members appear to favor the retention of the present sireugth, about 000 mon. The lnbor riots of last summer aud the Texas Lorder question fgured to a cousiderablo extent in tho debatd, tho Texns mewbers elaiming that a reduction of. the army meaut perilous . thnes on tha bovder, and that only by a largo incrense of the troops in that section could poace Lo insured and the proporty of settiers protected. T'ho Bonrban faplacables, headed by the fire.cater nud Communist Jou Bricspuaw, of Kentucky, liave besn foiled in an at- tempt to agaln Lring forward the proposition to withhold any approprintion for tho sup- port of the army cxeopt upon condition that no troops shall be used in tho South, A cancus was held last evening at which this contemptiblo scheme waa introduced with a view to jts lncorporation in the ponding Ap- propriation bill, Mr, Eruts, of Lonisiaua, a ropresentativo of the improved order of things in the South, vigorously denonuced tho mousure proposed by Buacunouny s cu insult to the President and to the paople of tho. South who are now gathering tha fruits of tho policy of reconciliation and peaew in tho ncrensed prosperity that has resuited from that poliey, uud gave notice to the Demoeratic fuplacables that be would uot bo Lound Ly caucus dictation to support such o mensure, but should oppose it wheth- er carried by the eaucns or not, ‘I'he speech is wald to buve Leon exceedingly eloquont and efective—in proof wlercof remnins the fuct that the cancus ducided not to undertuke the propusitiou, THE nm_nAui?Hls‘"mn’ SILVER QUES- Among tho most intolerant and ignorant mdvoentes of un nxclusive gold currency for the United States is the Chicago 2%mes, In thin, nsin most ‘vthor mntters, it is morely Aogmatic and vituperativo ; it simply ascerts, but doces not runson, 'Thus, in speuking of the overwhelming majorities the remonotiza. tion schome revsived in tho House of Ropro- sentatives on Monday {avote which cortninfy reflocted the bulk of public sentiment), it characterizes tho measura as ‘¢ Branp’s swindliug bill,” aud calls it u blIl *to chient the publie eroditors out of ‘soven cents on tho dolar," ** to reduce the customs revenuo 7 per cent,” ** to onable ovaryboly who owes adollar to dischargo his debt by paying 93 ceuts,” and, finally, **» fraud and & sham of the first mognitude,” A Itis woll enough to inquire whoro the shum and tho swindle actually occar ju this silver wanipulation. v it in the proposed romouelization, or was it In the nctual de. monetization? Mr, Havsteap bus recontly thrown sou light on the controversy by re. calling tho fuct that Afr, Burssan, the prosont Becretary of the casury, but then o Beuator from Ohio, endenvored in 1868 to deprive silver of the offivs of lawful woney in an open aud honest bitl, which proposed {liat silver coins should bu a legul-tender to an swaquut. not exceoding $10 in any one poaywent. Tho purpose sud efect of this bill ware readily nnderstood, und it was thrown out o the ground that the public bad asked no chauge in the monetary systom, nud bLe. cause so radical a8 departurs would be detri- wental to the finaucial and commercial ine terensts of (ho country. Senator Mozaay, of New York, notably representing thy commer. cial interests, hilped to kill it "This experi- ence demonstrated that it would not be pos- sible to demonetize silver with the kuowlsdye sud consent of tho Awmericau peopls and their yopresentatives, Al frauk and honest' efforts in behalf of * demon- etization were then dropped. But in 1873 the job was accomplished in an ob- scure section of & bill revising the mint laws, which gave neither the public nor even the wewbers of Congress voting for it a fair in- dication of ity purport. All provision for the colning of tha silver doliar was dropped, and the bill, in another ,section, limited sil- ver coins (which everybody thus supposed to wean only subsidiary silver coius) as legal- Many members ou both sides of | tender to the amonnt of This was tho fraud, the sham, tha swindle. The decep- tion was 8o successful that President Gaaxt, who signed the’ bill, did not understand ita offect for six months afterwards, Gen. Gan- FIELD, & prominont member of the Ifouse, has beon consirained {o ndmit that he did not knotr wiiat ho was voting for. President Haves, a yenr and a half Inter, when battling for mpecie resumption in his contost with B AzvLey, supposed ho was conlonding for silver as well na gold. Members of both tho Senato nnd Honse wero ignorant of the con- cenlment that had boen practiced, and it wns not till three yenrs lator that the exposnrs and genoral disenssion by the newspapers rovealed tho frand to the people. Unlesa it be fraud to robuke frand, nuless it bo a sham to exposv a sham, unless it bo a swindlo to denounco n swindle, then tho re- manetization biil is neither fraud, sham, nor swindle. It is nun effort to restore to tho people a currency which wna stolen from them in snenk-thief fashion. The people have a right to demand a return of the prop. erty before any discussion is in order rolative to tho disposition that shall be made of it. Before the proper placo of silver intho Amer- ican currency, or its probable influenco on Americnn finances, can be fairly determined, it ia nceessary to renounco the deception and rostore the original, This doue, would the Chicago T%mes, or any othor ndvocats of the mngle gold standard, how!l for its” demonetization ? It the Shy- locks hnd never gained their present ad- vontage surrcptitiously and [raudulently, they would not think of asking for the de- monetization of silver in the face of the present publie sentiment. In other words, the demonetization of silver would Lo finpos- nible now, nnd wonld haveo been impossible at tho timo it was accomplished, oun the ments of thocaso, and with a full under- standing of tho purposo Ly the pooplo or their raprosentatives. The otler nssertions of the Chicago T'imes in chnracterizing the remonetizing bill are on a plane with tho epithets it applies. The remonetization bill will not ** cheat tha pub. lic ereditors out of sevon centa on the dollar, beeauss the law of 1869 pledging the fath of tho uation to the redsmption of bonds in coin spoke of gold and silver, and the law of 1870 providing for tho fulure issue of Londs, and nll the bonds jssued, bear the etipulation that they shall bo rodeemod *in coin of the standard value of the United States on the sald July 14, 1870"; that standard included the silver dollnr of 412} grains, nine-tenths fine, silver. Henco it is not cheating the public creditors df o single mill to pay them in coin of that standnrd. Nor will *the customs revenuo be reduced 7 per cent,” nor the individual debtor Lo enabled **to dischargoe his dabt by poying 93 conts,” for the Government aud the individuals wore alike governed by the Inwful standard, and Mr. Werrs, the ablest apologist of the gold standard, admits that ‘“remonetization of silver In tho United States will undoubtedly bring silver to par with gold in the open markets of the world.” Lot Congresu repudinte the secrot and dis- honest remonetization of 1873, and then we shall Bos how many persons will cite the rights of creditors, or produce argumonts of commercial advautage, to bring sbout an open sbandonment of the double standard. ‘TBE STATE-HOUSE BUSINESS, Tho people of Tlinois have, in voting down tho Btate-House appropriation by 100,000 majority, defeated o job of oven groater in- iquity than was geierally anderstood. Though the appropriation is now beaten, it will bo renowed {u the eamo shapo next year, nud it {4 as woll to expose the wholo trans. action now. ‘When the Constitutional Convention was in session, in 1870, the State-Ilouse Com. missioners, the State authoritics, and all the architeots woro invited to rovise all their es- timates, nud to report to the Convention the maximum sam which wonld be nceded to completo the State-House building, pravide the grounds, ond furnish the offices, This rovised estimato, which included several changes in the griginal plan, was the sum of £3,600,000, The Cpnvontion theu placed in the now Coustitution tho following pro- vision s 'The Genoral Aseembly shall not appropriate ont of the State Treasury or expend on account of the now Capltol grounds, and the construction, com- pletion, und furnisaing of tho State-1louse, o sum exceeding, In the aggregata, 833,500,000, inclusive of all apprupristions hieretofore made, withoat first submittine the appropriation for an additlonal ex- pendlture to the Jegul voters of tha State, at a ge: eral election, nor unless o majurity of alf the vol cast at such electlon shall be for the proposed e ditlons) expenditure, ‘T'his liberal ullowance, being nll that was askod, was gratefully acknowledged by tho poople of 8pringficld, and by the horde of apesnlators, contractors, and jobbers inter. ested, ‘The State-House Commissioners in duo time reported progross on the work, aud applicd for appropriations. In January, 1575, thero was $500,000 of tho aggrogato sum cxpended, and the Commissloners, in ap- plyiug for an appropriation of that sum, as. sured the Legislature that tho build. ing, grounds, construction, completion, and - fumnishing would by fimwhed by Jonuary, 1877, and the total cost would bo within the coustitutional limitation, On thot nssuranco tho §800,000 was appropri. ated. In May, 1876, work ou the buildiug was suspended; tho monoy was all gone, aud the Luilding and grounds were so far from complotion that it would cost nearly ane million of dollers mors to complete it, without icluding such, expenditute as might bo necessary to take down and rebuild cor- tain portions of the work., Whoen tho Logis. lature wet, in January, 1877, this condition of affairs hadto be wade known, and tho Commissioners pleaded, in e¢xtenuation of thelr proceedings, thelr ignornuce, incapacity, aud the deccit of their subordinates. When thoy informed the. Legiylature, in January, 1876, that the remalning $600,000 would complute tho work, thoy knew thbt, it they told the truth that they had wautonly, and under the circumstances criminally, wasted at least one million of dollary, the Tiegisla. turo would not have voted them the $500,000 then unexpended. 'The conduct of thess Commissioners could unot be extenuated. They had betrayed the trust reposed in them, Thoy had squandored a million of dolary of the public taxes; they had oxceeded the lim- itations of the law, und their plea of igno- rance oud credulity but sggravated rather than lessened thoir offense, The Commis. sioners, however, refused to resign! The Governor, with lameutable weaknass, did not removo them from office. Though the work had been suspended since May, 1876, the Cowmmissioners had continued to draw their salarivs for dolng nothing, ‘The Btatc-Houso Ring could not afford to let mew Comuis. sioners be appointed who would investigato aud probably tell where the missing willioaof dollars bad gono to. 8o resort washad toa wanipulation of the Kegislature. Tho Bpring- field Ringsters beca mo most gracions. Bocial blandislunents, oficial favors, the political <€ influence of both parties and porhaps otlier influences, were cmployed to ruppress the vigorous condemnation which the Commis. sioners hnd merited. Then came the appli- cation for nn additional appropristion. A large holo in a part of the roof was opened, or fot shnt, and the Legislature was asked if it conld leavo the building thus exposed to tho elements. '(As soou as the Legislature adjourned, the roof was restored.) Archi- tects woro called in who gravely estimated how much was nceded, Ona nsked £690,000 to complete tho building. Another said that £i31,712 and 18 cents would anawer, loaving the next Legislature to voto another half- million. 8o the Lamboozled Legislature voted nn appropriation of §331,712.18, con. ditional, of courss, npon the approval of the peopla of the State. Tho peoplo of the State, by avoto of six to one, have rejected the np- propriation, inclnding the 18 conts, Now comes to light nnother chapter in this Stato-Houno frond, In 1871 the Legislature, in appropriating 3300,000 for tho State- Honse, stipnlated that no portion of the money ehould he expended until thero was exceuted and filed with the State abond in tho sum of £500.000 thnat a deod should be executed to the State on' demand for four acres additionnl grounds south of the Capitol, without cost to the State. This bond was cxecuted by citizens of 8pringfield, At the Inat session of the Legislature a law was en- neted requiring o demand to be made for theso four acres of additional ground, When tho law was printed it was found to contain provisions that, if the land was not conveyed to the Stato as atipulated, then tho Governor was to.appoint o commission to condemn the land, report the compensation to be pnid to the owners therefor, and such dawnages a3 might be eaused {0 tho owners of the adjoin. ing lands! Upon this report being Aled the Seeretary of State was to draw his warrants on the Trensurer and pay to the ownerssuch compeusation for land aud damages out of any money appropriuted for State.llouse pur- poscs, ‘The Governor's Commission appointed to value tha four acres and nsscss the damoges has filed a roport, fixing the sum to be paid for the four acres, wo are told, at $220,000. Had the people on Tuesdny voted for the approprintion of $531,712.18 for the States House, there would have beon 220,000 of it pnid over to compenante the owners of these four acres of land in the City of Springfield. This outrageous swindlo was crushed by tho popular voto of Tuesdny last. Tho peoplo have not only refused to voto one dollar to Lo expended by the old Board of State. Houso Commisaioners, who have betrayed their trusts, bnt thoy have nlso crushed tho lifo out of tho fraud by which tho Spring. ficld Ihng intended to sell four ncres of land to the Sale at the rule of &55,000 por scre! The doublo frand Lis failed, The fraud of voting $5631,712,18 to completo tho State.Ilouso Luilding, aud then nppropriating £:20,000 of that sum to pay for four nores of land in tho suburbs of Springfleld, has como to grief, and the Springfield Ring aro in tears, The schomo to inflate tho Treasury, that money might be mado plonty at Springtleld, has not succeed- ed, ond tho venerable Mr. Paiuirs of the Journal, and the moro volatile Mrruirr of tho Register, weep fraternnlly over the de- cay of popular virtue and tha evident fnca- pacity of the psoplo for sclf-government ; while Govs. Currox nnd Parxen, and the State-Honso Commissionors, aud tho owners of the four ncres, aro inconsolablo that the peoplo should show suclhy sbversiyn Eouteinpt | for official indorsements os to voto down raseality and trickery without hesitation, The Btate of Illinols will not go into the real-oatato business; the peoplo have rofus- ed to purchase out-lots at 55,000 an acro ; they have rofused to tolerato the retention of the State-Houso Commiasionors in offico; thoy bave refused to indorse the Governor for not dismissing the Comunissioners whon thoy failed to resign ; and have decided to lot the State-Ilouso stand as it is until thore is a better and o higher standard of offlcial norality and less Govermmnontal (trickery catablishied at tho Stato Capital, THE ERIE ROAD IN NEW ENGLAND. The ecfforts of tho mnnagers of the Evio Tailroad to securo n terminus in Boston are ot Jost in o fair way of success. It hns always been essential to the prosperity of Erio that it should havo the same advantages in Now England that.aro possessed by tho New York Central; and sinco tho com- pletion of tho Hoosuo Tunyel, which opened a new chaunel of commerco botween the East and the West, tho competition for the business of tho new route Lins been constant, Erle Lashad two peculior difiicultios to con. tend with, Owing to tho jufluence of tho Nuw York Central on through trafle, tho existing lines in Now Englaud ‘are workad in tho interest of that vond. Tho Boston & Albany forms with tho New York Contral the old liue from Boston to Chicago, Its intur. cat has nlways beou opposed to the I{oosnc- ‘Tunnel route, and it has not seruplad to wio extraordinary meana to divert the tunnel from its driginal purpose, and make it another in. strument of mouopoly, Thecelobrated ‘Tun. uel bill, which Gov, Rice vetoed, way in the intorest of the Now York Central aud tho Boston & Albany, Ttauthorized contracts for sevon years with existing Hucs, Its effect would have besu to throw tho tunnel intu the hands of tho Now York Contral for all practical purposes, aud thus to conflrm the title of tho Hoston & Albavy os at least an cqual partner in tho pool. "The Now York Central now controls absolutely tho Troy & Boston Road, a short line running from 'Troy to tho west ond of the tunnel. The managers of this road have peromptorily refused to ndwit Erie to its ad- vautages, 'I'ho ouly moeauy of reaching the tunnel that was open to Erio under the clr- cumatances was to bpild o now rond from sowe point of its own liuo ut least a part of the distance to North Adams, tho west end of the tunnel. 'This work has been undertaken. ‘The plan is to build o voad from Schonec. tady, twouty miles west of Troy, to Eaglo Bridge, which {s aboul at the Btate lino be- tween New York and Massachusetts, From Esglo Dridge to the tunuel it is belleved the Troy & DBoston Iond may be in. duced to co-operate, since the . con. trary policy would juvolvo a mnoed- less expense. The whole distance from Schenectady to Eaglo Bridge is thirty- one wiles, but only twenty-two miles of road aro to be built, nine miles of tho Delaware & Hudson Canal Compsny's road into Sche- nectady being availablo for the purposes of Erie. ‘The twenty-two miles will be Luilt at compsrotively small expenso, the abandoned road-bed of tho Albany & Vermont Railroad having been secured. The other difcylty thit Erie has bad to contend with is its broad gauge, which blocks through trade. This defect will be remedied. The Supreme Court of New York last week, on the application of Re. ceiver Jowelt, passod an order for the laying of a third mll‘ from Waverly to Binghamton. Erio is provided with a narrow gauge west of ‘Waverly, and the Albany & Susquehanna has already been chianged to & narrow gango. All the changes that aro necussary can bo made before the connecting lina is built, and thero is wo reason why throngh traing from Chicago should not run into Boston by next July, With the impetus givon to its bnsiness hy this now ontlot, and with the sonnder finaucial condi- tion that will follow the enle of Erie nnder the mortgages as announced, the road ought speedily to tako its placo on a level with the Now York and Ponnsylvania Centrals, 1If it had not been injurcd by a Lrond gange and n corript management it would hava avoided bankruptey, and the unsavery reputation which still elings to it, in spite of tho fu- provements that have hwen mado under Re- ceiver Jewrrr. This repntation will be re- moved by prosperily more quickly than by any other menns, 'The telling feature of Erio's struggle for an entrance mto New Eugland is the intercst of the Boston merchants init. They have not boen idle spectators, They stopped the schema for bauding the tuunel overto n closa corporation for soven years, and they have given material oucouragement to Erie’s building enterprise in connection with (he lino from Bchenectady o Englo Dridge. There is good reason why Boston shonld de- sire nnew lino to tho West, It has avery- thing to gain by an open highway to Chicago. As the farthest point East, it is the tntural port for the transfer of Western products to ocnan steamshipe, and where tho transfors ara mnde those eagacions merchants know a Inrge share of tho foreign money reccived for the shipmenta is spunt. Chicugo has no menn spirit’ abont ita commerce, It is as willing to benefit Boston a3 Now York,—more willing, if Boston can offer an eseape from tho cxtortions of the ligliteraga and ware. houso systems which Now York has estab- lished. 2 f T —— Now that the nomination for the English Mission hins been settled, public interest cen- tres in the German Mission, which s the only other important place now vacant. It is already semi.offlcinlly snnpunced that the President will compliment Tlinois Ly nom. inating one of her promineut citizens, and that Col. Ropenr G. Inornsort will probably bo invited to ruprosent the United States at the Court of Berlin. ‘The compliment fo this State i all the mora gratifying because 10 one in her bordors was sevking the nom- iontion, and, as Ilinois Is largely o * Ger- wan" Stato, it is a very graceful recognition of her Gorman.American population to tender the representation to onv of ler own citi- zens, In pelecting Mr, INoEnsoLy, tho Presi- dent las consulted tho natural fitness of thiugs, Ho has eminent qualifientions for theplaco. 1l {s in the prime of life, is n cultivated scholar, an ablo lawyer, n clear thinker, an clegant discourser, and a untural orator—in the latter respect, ho stands with- ont a peer in this conntry. In personal bearing, intellectual ability, knowledge of stateeraft, nud n roputation as a thinker, he will hold a high placo in tho estecm of the Gormnn people, He las desorved well of the Republican party for jpho emmnent services hie has rendored it, and of the Presi. dent for the able and handsomoe manner in which lo has supported him, although ho wasnot his first cholce for tho Executivo office. Even Gen, Lien denouunces the disgraceful $200 bargein and sale with the Springfeld State- Hoitso ‘Itinz, whereby the tickets were all printed ** For " thetax. A reporter calied on bim at bis ofilco yesterday: Mr, Liza presented u very distracting appear- ance, His hair was disheveled; hls ?n possensed a strange vacancy of cxrmulan. and ho appeared 10 be, In overy sento of the word, used up. Iie evinced 8 willluguess to converse, though he talked {n o manner that was scarcely ratlonal, 1o launched forth intoa wild storm of discordang aonnde that wera little moro than Intelligible, Ilo #pnko, ot requuat, upon his deas of the nanner in which the tickets wero handled in regard Lo that spproptistion scheme. 1lo declared the whole trunsuction to bave been u plece of unecrupulous trickery, whichstamped the perpetrators of §t ne scoundrels, 1t wae » most infamous frand. 1lo nurrated the manner in which it had been brouzht about, shedding no nuw light on that already pro- acnted to the public, 1o declured that the ori¥inal or honotable Intentlon had been to leave the whola matter optlona) with the voter, but that, througin the instrimentality of scneming politicians, it hud culminated in the wickednesa that rulsed tho row, As for himuelf, he was clesr of any hnplication in the transaction, ——— . After thirty years of solld reflection upon the subject, the Rev. Evwanp Evenerr Harn has perfected atemperanceschoiue, which be haslald before the Massachusctts State Total Absti- nence Boclety. It contemplates the establish. ment of o town on Penlkese, or Cuttyhunk, or some other fsland of equally phienowenal cog- nomenal ndvautozes, ita population to be com- posed of poor men, who aro willing to cnter into a two-years’ contract In order that they may break down the unfortunate habit they have contracted. Mr. Harng has not yet ad- vanced so far as to securo his Arcadia nzulust thu “lmited-license " system, which would un- questlonably fullow cloac upon the election ot the first City Councll, or the fnevitable result of the estublishment of a Democratic party. ‘Tho latter danger s perhaps the more threaten- ing, und, if that can bo guarded asafust, per- clinuee the plan may galn suifivient favor to en- able it to faill, ——— . Tt also appears to he un “off year " for col- lege Fuculties, The muscularly-scholastie ciforts of the young gentlemen ot Rutwers recently have won an unenvlable reputation for that seat of learning, aud now come ¢l deuts of Unlon Cotlege, at Schenectady, P/f‘:,l with a clain for recogultion n enthustusyfic pur- sult'of knowledge. A crowd of them coticelved a dislike for o freshman, and tried to lreak into lis room. ‘lomet and scattered them with o revolver, when they guthered In front of hisdor- witory and split his countenunce with a brick, Great was the dellght of the gang over this achlevement, and, in order to properly recon it, they decorated the Prestdent’s desk with hiero- glyphies indleative of thelr prowess. The Faculty have secured a superior article of loga- rithuws, and are ealeulating how much thero will be left of “the Unfou as it was" when thess young gentlemen gut through, —— Col. Bos IxGuasoLL comes forward and de- nfes the atory, recently floatluz through the country, to the efect that his opposition to the punishment of children resulted from his fath- er's eruelty, and that bis repudiation of the Al lghty was based on his contempt for the Gop of bis parent. e saya: My father wae a man of great natural tendernces, sndloved Lis childeen atmost to tusuulty. The llttle suverity bo hud was produced by his rvlvmuu. Like wost uieu of iis tinie, he thought SorouoN kuew womething sboat ralstug colldreu, For iy pa think he should huve Kuown vetter than to the Jeast contidence in the advice of 4 twan so ule terly uiotic as to Jngiag b could bo bapuy with 700'wives, When I think of the kind ol Goo iy father adored, and the awful cousequences which be subposed would follow each iufraction of the S*diving™ law, 1 am smazed that Lo wos bs kind, loving, aud leulvnt as ho really was, . ——— One Wintz, President of the New Orleans City Rallroad Compauy, Batly refuses to run hils cars Letween midnight and daslight, assign- Ing 0s o reason that be desires to discourage in. +toxicatiou and poker-playlug by compeliing the sulld citizens to go bome at w reasouuble bour. Ho s tho most popular mau amoog the ladics there is in New Orlcans. % ————— ‘We published a Washivgton dispatch a fow days ago describiog @ bill introduced by Senator CugisTiancy, of Michigan, “to enlarge the Jurisdiction of the Court of Clalms.” and com- mwouted ot s0mo Jeugth o the effect of tha pussage of such a bill. The Detrolt Tribune, referring to sald bill, says: ‘The (anaressional Record (p. 1. No. 7, Oet. 0), showa that the bill In question was introduced **by request, ™ and the printed copy alo contairs tho rawe clnuse in its title, this expression heing used by Congresemen to denote the fact that they do not feaume Any responsiiility for any measura which t Yer with thie form of lndorsement, Weal- rm from en aunthoritative sonrce that tho mearsure in question was placed fn Mr, CHEIITIAN- cx's hands by an ol mewmber of the Conrt of Clalms, and that the Senator ngreed to_introduce 11 for reference o8 & motter of nccommodation, ex« Dremsly eaying that b - ephonld not now commit himeell in the matter, and svould resent 0t only ‘'by requesl.’ The inat ee \as thna dealt with rubetantially as etition would have been. the measure being cft 19 wiand npon its own merits or demerits as far 2a ks Introductlon was concerned, The measure ixnow on thie files of the Senatedndliciary Commit. tee, a Lody that may be relled unon to exerclse vizilauce on all propositions tending to lncreaso he public Havility tor questionable clanns, The better way is not to introduce * by re- quest” such bad bitle, ‘The eafe thing to dots not to touch, taste, or haudic Lhe unclen things, ‘The *Industrials"* Insist that they contrite uted fuily 500 votes to the Greenback-Indus- trial ticket, which recclved 830 votes In the whole county, 61 of which were cast outstde of thecity, This would leave 330 votes cast by the Ureenbackers proper, HorT, for Clerk, re- ceived 1,760 votes, but 800 of these were cast by Republicans who refused to vote for Kr.okke, and 130 by Democrats who *passcd ” on Lign, Last fall the Greenbackcrs cast 300 votes for Peren Coorkn in this county, This fall the same party polled 830 votes, deducting the Tu- @Qustrinls. ‘This shows n bandsume incrense of thirty converts nathe result of n year's active misslonary labor, and two addresses by their great gun, 8AM CARr, on the terils and beau- ties of the *rag-baby." e —— ‘The only man who ot out just fu time to cscape the crash and save his money was OLAF Riecngr, the Dage. o was first bounced to make room for ‘“honcst” ToM KAVANAUOIL who had been defeated by Rizcugt in the Con- vention, But the Danish gent kicked up such n fumpus about it that the Exccutive Committee was obliged to refund hiwn his expenses, amount- ing to §300; to pretend to decide o mock con- test trial In his {nvor, aud then accept his ¢ res. ignation (1)." It took the $200 rccelved from the Springficld State-louse Ring for packing the tickets and the $100 asscssment on * hon- cst” Tom KAvANAUOK to placate the Princo of Deomark, OLAP (s the only man of the crowd who came out ahead, aud he owes it to belug kicked out. e —— Periodically the British freeman rises up on hils tiptoes to luok fnto the uses and abuses of Euglish Junatle psylums. ‘I'hie season has come sround, and the dlacovery s once mors made that * the fucilitles for cousigning a person to au asylum are too great, aml the fucilities for getting him out too few." This remarkable find* is supplemented by the result of Dr, ARTUUR MI1TCHELL'S researches, which ls, that Insune people **arc scnt to maylums neither in the hope ot cure nor to promote their happl- ness and well-being, but to promote the com- fort of other people, or agn matter of conven- fénce.”” There the matter ends for o year or two, during whicli time the more linpeeunious of the novelists will reap unwonted rewards by coveloping the abuse in yellow covers. et aidideledy Jonx McCavrroy, ringster, who was sat down upon by the Democratie Conventlon, said to o L'ost reporter yesterday: The Democrats did not descrve botter than they had recetved. e nsserted that Judge WaALLACK wis the choice of the Convention, and If money Lad not been llruufihl to bear, would bava recetved the nomination. 'Had Lo been nominsted, Mac thinks there could have been no doubt of bi elec- tlon, e alsoadded that he would not liko to stato that Lysci bought up any delegntes, but he saw sumo Incidents 1 a West $ida saloon, the night before the holding of the Democratic Convention, which led bim to strongly fnfer that uo Jiitle money %md been expended by LYNcu to secure tho elece ion. ‘U'his is rather rough on Lygen. It was sup- posed that DAVE HAMNOND was the only can- didate for Treasurer who boussht delegates. —g— In beautiful contrast with the conduct of tha Republican aud Democratle Comrmittees, which, It ull the storles be true, accepted $200 aplece tonid inthe Btate-llouse appropriation fraud, Is tho manly and bonorable action of Mr, * Prio- c10N" Howano of the Tuacola Keslew. Mr. Bowanp says hie was approached by the cmis. sarles of the *Ring" and told to name his own price 1f he would priut the tickets with the ouission of the line ‘“ Agalust the appropriae tion.”” Flushed with Indignation, he spurncd the offer with tho characteristic remark that ho “was ot that sort of o man.” Iis virtnous example Is commended to a cholco varfety of other politicians, e —— Af it bo true that Col, INcxRSOLL has Leen, or will be, tendered the German Mlssion, there fa one objection which may be ralsed: that ho be- leves too little and doubts too much off theo- logieal subjects, Thysame objection could have been rolsed against FRANKLIN, JEPPRUSON, and Livcouxn. 1fthe purpose was to represent the Uulted States in & pan-theologleal couvention, the Coloncl’s views would rule him out, or ren- der it difMeult for bl toact; but,nsthemission 14 purely polltical, hls theological opinions have no more to do with the functions of the office thau they would iu alawsult where he was re- talned by & firin some of whoss members be- longed to the Cutliotieand Protestant Churches aud othens of thewm tonone, e —— Mr. Hznny G. MiLLER, the late Democratic candidute for Superior Judge, resldes ln tho radical Republican Lown of Evanston, where the vote for Superior Judge was aa fullows: illlrlnnm Majority for Jameson. For County Judge thy Republicans supporte thelr own candidate, with this result: L.oomls (ep, ), 545 Sunth (Dem, Loomie® maJority s coss sessans coriveronn St The contrast exhibits the persona! estlmation in which Mr, MiLLes s beld by his lnmediate /nclghlmn. g ——— Gentlemen elected to the New York Leisla- ture nre scratehing their heads aud wondering how to get around the fullowing *section ¥ of their cath of ofice: And tdo furthee soletnly ewoar (or ublrm) that 1 bave not, directly or lndirectly, paid, ofered, or romived 10 puy, contriouted, ur utfored, of prome flml o coutribute, uuy money or utber valuable thing as u cousideration ur roward for the q:vlnu or wittiholdioy s vote at un electiun at which | was clected to said otiee, and bave not made suy prom- un‘ to intlucuce the ymniar withboiding any such vote, I'robably not a successful candidate can truthe tully ‘subscribe to the provisious of this cath, as politics run in New York, ———— In thewards where Dave HTAMMOND Was best known he rau powerfully for Couuty Treasurer, For esample, he recelved fn the Flret Ward, where uverybody was well acquainted with the gentleman, 33 votes; fu the Sccond, where he was no straoger, 10 votes; in the Eleventh, 97 votes; lu tho Twelith, 38 votes; over the Rbae, o the Filteenth Wand, 7 votes; fn tho Ststeenth, 3 volvs; in the bloody Seventecntb, 7 vutes; and lnthe big Efgltecuth, 21 votes. He wbtained these on the credit of the Greenbackers sud Judustrials uud not on the strength of bils own popularity. e ———— Upon a recent lovasicn of Eogland, the Live erpool Post romarkas A report of a sensational character was made by the Deputy Town Cleck on Oct. 24, It was to tho efect that bwo Colorado beeties had been discove tred in u barrel of potatocs 0u board the Uotmanic. ‘Tue wogsiere, Woit providentiady, wore dead, but tbe particulare of the Aud wers loatautly tel- wirsplied t0 (e Lords of the Privy Couucil. No eply 1o the telegrim baving, wo fsr s 13 kuown, been yet recelved, taelr Lurdahips are presuwably engaged in auzious deliberation ss to &n disposal of the dead bodies, S —————— Col. InuzgsoLL will not sccept tho Berlin Misslon. Hecan't bring himself to the national aud emotlonal preface to all diplomatic cffu- slous, “*Aein Gorr.” ——————— Davip DupLer FisLo, the self-coustituted custodian of the Vernon Parish (La.) returus, bas returued them to New Orlesus as evideucs ugalost the iudicted Returnivg-Boardess. The clerk who was prepared to swear that he altereq them having been swindled out of the mone promised him for such service, now retuses (i touch the businers, oven with n Atick, whivy will reduce the returns fu value to something clusely approximating that of a Jast ycu& mare's nest. v e — They lave got a man down In P V., on the Judes-Appea’, or some sucly Paper, who ocensionally 1ita the halr oft the fumine! who inaugnrates involved scatences for the Chye eago Timer. Listen to him: After tha dalsien aball fase began to by thie molid which €overs & few mare matiamme 1ok resting-plces, the morl traces of tho Wag i 1 vers mear'y aa wel eficedas the prints e sy ehicl were mado on th Tefr hotaryof Neiure. g are now Almost wholly covered by the drapery of folia flowers, 7 the wrscefal tershurg, The Pust rather ohjects to the paputar diy. position to award Tna ERtnuss an undue sharg of credit for the Republican survess, Thu pyp. He only meant to include the Enxlish printeg papers. The Staats-Zeitunn and jta sliop nindes etronz and earnest fight, andeontributed larzely toward the brilliant victory, ————— Therets a painfal suspicion that the lnst Hyde Park ballot-box was hynothiecated for drinks, ——e—— i PERSONAL, The Emperor of Germany fs a violim of the earache, Mme, Nilason hns lenrmed Garman, and will hereafter sing in that languape at Vienna, Patrick Henry's grandson, William Wirt. Uenry, i runnine for tho Vieetnia Leglelatare, Col, Ingorsoll is soon to leetura under tha ansnices of tho Young Mcn's Christian Assoclation at Burlington, Mr, Glnastone has been photographed iy hls shirt-sleeves, eitllng nmongthe chinsof n fallen tree, with his woodman's ax beside him. ‘Iho Marquis of Balishury and Robarg Browning arc-candldates for Dean Stanley's seat ag Loru Itector of the Universlty of St. Androw's, Donald G. Mitehell has prepared u volung ‘' About O1d Story-Tellers,” giving the history mnll llterary gosslp of the great atories of the worla. The Washington correspondant of {hy Philadelphin Star eavs Senator Blalno has pona home a very sick man, and there fs no telling when he wiil return. Morton C. Innter's bill anthorizes the President tp organize and send ont ane ur more Polar cxpeditions, and appropriates $30,000 for the purpose. Tho Blackwoods are abont to' pnblish two short poemas from the pen of George Lillot, which were writton nbout tho timo of the ** ¥cenes from Clerical Lifo." Mr. Ruskin'’s Oxford lectures this year will canalet of a scrics of twelve readings in ** Modern Palnterd, " the nuthoe sclecting tho parts which be couslders most valuable, Houry Moiggs, thoSonth Amorican milway king, dirccted In his will that all his contracts shonld b earrled on by o dlroctory, and the prolis be atvided among bis belra, Mius Kate Claxton has married Charles A, Steveneon, the young actor who was reported fo by tho causa of the trouble that resulted in Miss Claz. ton's divorco from Mr, Dore Lyon, Charlos Sutner had no intorest in games, athletic sports, or pretty women, He preferred men, and it was {n valn for the lovellest and live- * Itest gicl to acak to engage his attention, Col. Cookerill, of the Cincinnati Linquirer, remained In Europo too long, and, when lio ra- turned, found hie vlace ns managing editor of that papordlled. e has gone over to tho 5¢. Louls Times, Senator Davis s sald to ba in ovory waya, great man In tho Senate Chambor. e oxerts the pecullar kind of iniuence that was wiclded by Sumner and Scharz and after them by Ferry, of Connoetleat. Mr. W, W. Btory ia to deliver o lecturo on **Thu Philosophy of the Fine Arts ™ {n Chickering Hall, Now York, next Wednesduy, Mr. Stury, Who Is now visiting his native country after an ab- wenco of twelve yours, expeets Lo return to Roms early in Decombor. Traveling with him fs one of his sons, o young man of about22. The sculptor's wo other children are lu Kurope, —one of thow, & son, atOxford Unlversity, and theother, a marrled ‘1’1"“‘“' in Floronce, Italy. Mrs. Story s In ome, At the monthly meeting of the Contury Clubin NewYork Satnrday night, the nrmy was reprosented by Glon, W, T. Sherman, Ocn, W, S, Hancock, Uen, (. A, Glllmore, Uen. Augur, and Gen, Stanley; politics by ex-Gov, SamuclJ, Tile den, who made his first appeurduca ac the Club einco his nomination as Prosidential candidate, and scemed to bean excellont bealth and wpleiue; wclence by Gen, Walkor and Prof, Mureh, 'of Yale; ard by Mr. Story; and Uterature by Mr, I L. ¥are Jeon. Only forty.two obelisks are known to oxist, At Karnak four are standing and two prostrate, Nino more are proatrate at Noan. Ono wtanls at Phile, Twelvo ara at lome, ~the lurgest une of them being at the Churchof Bt. John Lutersn, Floronce containa two, and Paris, Arles, and Con- stantinople ono vach. In England thera are four, —two at tho Iritish Museum, ono ot Alowick Castle, and the fourth at Kingston Lacy. Dorsete alire, brought over by Mr. Willlam Hankes, 3 friond of Lord Byron, The oLellsk now on its way to England was the companion of tho one st} standing at Alexandris, o which it had been trans vurted from On, ? A Cluveland (Nov, 7) dispatch to tho Cine cinnatl Enquirer says: **Mr, Will E. Chapman, the agent of the Brougham combination, and who was formerly manager of Hooloy's Thestre, Chile engo, wasto-day sorved by Sheri Wilcox with s notice of potition for alimuny in bohalf of a Mra Clhapman, with whom he lived in thls city two years ago, Tho petition alleges that Chapmas left ble wifo hero in June, 1876, and startud 1o travel an sgent of Barry Sullivan in the fall of 1570. While & realdont of Chlcago, he procared 8 divorca from her in the Probate Court of Bos Elder Coonty, Uisb. Mre. Chapman does nob alloge sny wisconduct agsinet hee husboud, but asks.the Court to order her a reasouablo alitmony for hur separate malotenance, " Talmage lifted up his voico against John Morslssey last Priday night, o sald: **Wo fad ouo of the most notorlous of villains nominated in Now York for the office of Stato Sunator—Jjohn Morrlascy! the reforner! Wonder If (lerod the Ureat had not bettar open an Infant echoul! Joba Morrlusey, who Las Leen Indlcted elghteen thuce forcrime! 1protest, snd §t js bigh time for 1he pulpits to speak out sgulnst thls mau, Wherears the pulpits of Now York end Brooklyn! Noons in tha United States docs woro to inyuro young wmen than that public villaia, John Morreey! 1o his gambling hell, every hour, he is covercd with the blood of bis vietims. 1 havo inthnated s wbh that he might bo washed off the face of tho earthy vut I would rether wilih that ho never had beed born. ™ s President Bartlett, of Dartmouth Collego, *in letter to the Doaton School Committee, sayed [ beliove tu glving our daughters tho best snd highest edncation, and therofore 1 bellove Armly fo giving tuewm o svparate and wpeclal educstion Co-cducation wmay suswer during sho period of childhood snd the carller stages of ustructivn; it may Lo necesvarlly and safely continued to 8 latef poriod n the limited circumstances and watchful guardiansbip of a coautry villuge; aud ander ¢3- coptional conditions may pruceed, purhiops, o 1be bigher range of study, But vo s00n aud 80 Jar &4 tho dhstluctive traite of msnhoud sud womanhood begin stroogly to develop and assert Ibcmkl'-’rl\' the phyaical, Juteltectual, and moral necessities o the caso seein o, we o detaund 8 difercnce of tnethod and sepafatencas of duily study, recilation, and Intsrcourse.” A singular rumor bas gainod considerable currency in Limerick 1o tho cfect hai the fate Viscouns Fitzgibboo, 8 gallant cavalry oficer, who wos supposed to bave fallen fn the cclebratcd cbarge of the 8ix Jlundred at Balakluva, did 2ok meet that fato which was gemerally, If not absoe lutely, believed, bat that, on the coutrary, be f8 on his way home 10 claiim bls estates. 1l wasnever sacertained whether the Viscount waa really killd or mot, the fact of his never having been heard of alnce beingthe only ong tbat removed almost 387 doudtns tobls fatal end. It Is mow stated Lhs when last sten o was leunlng, apparently wouodeds on hls borws; that he was taken prisoucr by 140 Museisns, and sbhortly after, for some ivault al* legad to bave been given to & Huselan oficer, W trsusported ta Siberis, whence, bis torm of vsild Baving esplrod, be {v rubusulog 40 Lrala ude