Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1877, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO 'T'RIBUNE: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1877, The Tribyne, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, RY MAIL—IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE PREFAID, aily Teition, ane 2.0 WEEKLT EDITION, FOSTPAID. One eopy, B Qb of rour. i Epecimen c Give Fost- tice address 1n foll, {ncindiag Btats and Connty. Remittances may be mado efther by draft, express, Post-Ofice order, orIn registered irtiers, at ourrisk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIDERS. Datiy, delivered, Bunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Dany, deltyered, Eunday inclnd cents per week. Address TIE TRIBUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chleagn. fil. Orders for the deltreryof Tix TRIRURE at Evauston, Englewood, and lyde Park lefz1n the conatng-room Wilirecelve browpt autention. TAMUSEMENTS, MeVicker's Theatre. Madison wtreet, between State and Dearborn. % Lilian, or Woman's Last Love." Hooles's Theates, Randolph streer, between Clark and LaSalte. Engagement of Fryer's Opers Troupe, **I1i Trova: tore." Huverly’s Theatve. Monroe street, corner of Deatborn, Engagement of ABle. £oe, *'The French Spy."* Coliscum Novelty Theatre. Clark sireet. between Randolph and Weshington, | Tartety performance. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 187 OHIOAGO MARKET SUMMARY, ‘The Chicago produce markets were qulet Satur day, and mostly easicr, Mess pork closed K@ 7He per brl lawer, at $12.024@12,05 for November and $12,20¢12. 224 for Janfiary. Lard clored 5c per 100 Ibs lower, at $7,87% cash and $§7.85@ ,7.87% for January. Mecats were casfer, atGe for ~boxed aboulders and 6%¢ for do short ribe. Lake freights were lesn nctive and firm, at 44c for com “to Buffalo. Whisky was aunoted at $1.06 pergal- Jdou. Filour wan steady. ‘Wheat closed e lower, yat $1.07% for November aud $1.05% for Decem. fber, Corn closed casicr, at 45%c cash and 44 @ “#45c for November, Oata closed steady, at 23%c +ansh and 25%¢ for November. Ryo was drm, at ‘fYe. Darley closed strouger, st Glic cashand WXRO2Ge for Derember. Hozs were 10@1ic Tower, closing at $1.30@4.50. Cattle were dull, &t $2,40@4.75; and sheep do at $2, 7524.00, Re- celved in this city darlog the week: 71,049 brls «flour, 363,077 bu wheat, 848, 205 bn corn, 206,018 b oats, 26,007 hin rye, 160,000 bu barley, 145,027 +head ive bogn, and 18, U84 cattle. Inspected into wstore In this city Saturday morming: 214 cars whead cars corn, 30 card oats, 17 carsrye, and 5 cars barley, ‘Total (560 cars), 217,000 bu. One hundred dollars §n gold would buy $102.75 in greenbacks at the close, In Now YE;n Saturday your greenback dollar represontod 97§ cents in gold. JosaTman Epwarps, the eminent Prosby- “ferinn theologian and proacher, diod yester- day at Hartford, Conu., aged 75, The Pittsburg Dispatch was burned out .yosterday, but its publication will not be in- terrupted in conscquence. It is gratifying to kuow also thal tho insurance is ample to covor tho loss. A Russian official dispatch announces the occmrronce of the most important event in the war since tho crossing of the Danubo. Tho fortross of Kam, tho chief Turkish stronghold in Asin Minor, was captured by tho Russinns yesterday, nfter on nssault srhich began at 8 o'clock Saturday evening nod ended at 8 o'clock yesterdsy morniug, No detoils had beon recoived na to losscs, prisoners, otdt Tho pesaceful quiet of a Philadelphia church was yesterdsy disturbod by a pistol- shot, and the place of worship suddenly converted into tho soene of o tragedy. Arex. ANpER B, SArnes, a rogular attendant upon tho rorvicoy, left his seat, advanced up the nislo to whare his wifo was sitting, drow a pistel aud shot her through the back, inflict. ing & wound belioved to bo mortal, 'They had been soparated for two yoars, and Baynes hod once been imprisonod for broak- ing an arm, e ———— ‘Whilo tho people of the West stay at iome and mind thoir business, leaving their Rtep- resentatives in Congress to attond to the duties for which they wero elected, the East- ern gold lobbyista rush down to Washington to importune tho Presidont about the Silver bill, Fricndsof that measuro aro anxious, that tho other sido should also mend deloga- tions, bLut, in tho absonce of ony ovidence” to the contrary, it is to be prosumed that the President knowe what hels about, and that ho has alroady hoard tho voice of tho silver wmon spokon through the enormous majority which the Branp bill recefved in tha House. Maj. Kenvaen, ex-Treusurer of Cham- paign Conuty, Ik, hasescaped the Peniten- tiary upon n curious technicality of law, Ho wau confessedly guilly of tho fraudulent issue of $4,000 in county bonds, and was indicted for forgery. Ilo sdmitted the act, but raisod the plea that, as there was no outhority of law for the origiual fusue of the geuuine bonds, the charge of Yorgery could not bo sustalnod in couneotion with the fraudulent fssuo. 'This point was sustained by the Court, and the jury instracted to bring fna vordict of not guilty, It will not be surprising if, with thia broad hint to guide them, the poople of Champaign County should repudiato tho bonds altogether, At o Democratic caucus of Senators to bo held to-day it is expected a proposition will bo introduced to attompt the withdrawal from tho various Committeesof all nominations and coses of contested seats, and to bring these watters to o speedy isane before the full Sonate. 'This courss is so eutirely at varionco with the traditions of the Hanate that it is doubtful whether the Democrats could obtain the Republican support necos- saxy to carry it into effect, It is well known, however, that a great deal of dissatisfaction snd iwpatienco has been created by tha in. teativual dilatoriness of several of the Com- suittees to whom nowinations have Leen weferved, and extreme messures may be sdopted if the enemies of tho President wersist in their exaspernting tactics, A —— ‘I'ho falss msertions of wany of the Eaat. ern press in regard to the kind of money in which the nstionnl bonds are payable iu very provoking. They persist in declaring that. the bouds are specifically payablo in gold wlone. It is amazing how they do lie on this peint, when every inother’s son of themn well knows that the face of the bonds Lears the wordy: “Thisbond . . , , ig re- - deemable st the plsasuro of the United Btate . . . . 0 coin of the standard value of the United Btates on said July 14, 1870." On the said 14th of July, 1870, the sllver dollar was standard legal-tender money equally with gold The ‘said July 14" was the dale of tha approval of tho Refunding act. The law fixed upon the coin of atandard value on “hat day 50 03 to juevent sl sub- having this effect. over the matter, and, therefore, cannot be held respansible for its consequences, cheekjost thing we have seon in n long timo, ‘When Mr, W, asserts that * tho law demone- dobtor,” haeither intonds an jronical ploas- antry or & barefaced falschood. Ho knows very well that the swindle porpetrated on tho *‘ debtor * and tho country at large was managed in two bills, one passed in 1873,—a hingo bill consolidating the seattored coinago acts, which among other things mado a list ot silver coins, including the trade dollar, and innocently omitting the regular dollar ; tho other rovisers dollar the unit of value. was in this sneaking, indirect wanner that the chango from the doublo to the single standard occurred. Ho knows that not one wan in o million knew what had been done until & couple of years afterwards, and that President GRANT was not awaro of it twelve mouths afterwards, Tho ayes and noos were not even catled on tho act of 1873, and only tho initiated fow know the offect of the bill on the silver dollar, well, aud acoomplished by stealthy, frandu- lent logislation in 1873.74 what, if allowed to stand, will ioflict on this conatry enor- mous damage. bo permitted to romain on the statute-book, now that the rascally act is cxposed and known? Where nine-tenthsof the American peoplo stand on the issue, cannot bo conceal- od. Tho silver dollar must bo rostored | sequent disputes as to the kind of money in which the bonds were payable. Thera is no- body above the intelloctnal grade of an ape or an idiot but kuows that the dollar of 412} graing of standard silver was then a perfect tegal-tender for ererything, withont exeep- tion, and continued to ba for threo years afterwards, and until secretly and fraudu. lontly demonetized. All the bonds sold since said 1{th of July, 1870, are redeomablo nt the pleasure of the Government in coin of the standard valno of the United States on tho said July 14, 1870, That is the law, Messieurs, and yon can’t change it by howl. ing *' repudiation.” Policerann Wrire, the brave officer who was shot by tho desperado Raxpe in the fear. fol encounter in a St. Louis pawnshop last Friday, died yestorday of the wonnd in the thigh recoived during his strugglo with the murderer, Amputation of the leg hnd been resorted to in the hope of saving tho officor's life, but the loss of blood suffered beforo snrgical assistance could be procured on the day of the shooting probably resulted in a degreo of prostration which - bafled all nttempts to save the victim. Thus another {s added to the already long list of munlers committed by the flond of Gilson and St. Elmo. RAxp: himself was moro fortunato, or at lenst the community was, for ho is likely to recover from his wounds, and be spared to adorn the high station for which he {s 80 eminently fitted— that is to say, the gallows. The requisition of the Governor of Ilinois will, it is thought, be honored at onco, and Raxpe transferred to tho custody of the authorities of this Stato. We prlnlo:l a lotter on Snlnfl;y from Mr, Joun Uxpeawoon, of Muscatine, Ia., which contained & particularly remarkablo assar. tion: The plain statement of his case seems to bo this: Thobonds were fssued by the Government at a timo when both gold and silver coin wero legnl-tender, and were of cqual valae in buying, sclling, or paying debts; bat in 1873 & law was enscted demonetizing silvor, and by so dolng re- duced ita value. This was the dcliberato actof the acbtor, who alone had power to enact alaw The creditor had no power For cool assumption this is a littla the tizing silver was the deliberato act of the slipped in by the statute. 1874, wmaking the gold Ho Lknows that it of They kept their secret Shall this thimble-rigging — THE REAL POIRT AT ISSUE. Many & controversy hns been sustained by a porsistont misuso of terms, It looks ns though the malcontent Henators intend to reat thoir case on thisold trick. Tho burden of their Intost conforence was to impross their opposition to the President on tho ground that hia denled thom *tho right even to auggest to him tho names of persons to be appointed to office,” statement of the case, the Presidont could scarcely bo sustained in his position. It would Indicate that ho Lad sot himself upon 80 high a pinnacle as to be literally unap. proachable. all keoping with tho democratio theory of our Governmont, grocious and impolitic in the Prealdent to refuso to listen to suggestions mede with un. selflsh purposes and for the good of the serv- ico, taken no such stand as this, The humblest citizon of tho United Btates may exerciso the right to **suggest" to the President, if he does 50 in a proper manner and without boing 0 porsistont o to make himself offonsivo or interrupt the course of businosa, It isabe snrd, thorefore, to assumo that the Prosident has denied this privilege to Senators and Represontatives in Congress; and, in so far s tho Benators seek to spread the impres. alon that hoe Lias dono so, it is plain that thoy aro ondenvoring to conceal the real point at iasue, to receive proper and reapeotful *‘sugges. tions" from mombars of Cougross, but be- cause he declines to snbmit to their dictation of appointments, that they find a cause of quarrol with him. But the malcontent ele. ment in Congresa dare not use the right word It that wero a true Tho attitude would bo outof 1t would be at ohco un- Dut it is obvioua that the President Lins Itisnot that the Prosident declines in stating thelr difference with the President, for they wonld array public scutiment against thomselves; bence their substitution of tho word **suggest " for tho word *dic. tato,” with tho purpose of confusing the fssuo, ‘Thio real issue botwoen the President msy be best illustrated, perhaps, by an sctual in. cidont that ovcurred during the last year of President Granr's Administration. A well. known, highly-respected, and thoroughly- competent citizen of Chicago had been ap- pointed to a Government oftice in this city, at the request of the Bocretary of the Treas. ury, it whose department thy ofico belonged. A then Benator from Iilinols bad another eandidate for the place, and insisted upon the withdrawal of the original appointment and the substitution of his candidate. Upon Leing asked whether there was any objection 1o the gentlewan who had been desiguated, tho Benator replied that thero was none, that the gentleman named was in every respeot qualified for the position, and would give emineunt sotisfaction to the people, but that Lie (the Senator) * proposed to mako it & test case to determine who had the right to make appointments in his baili- wick.” The result was thas the original sppointment was withdrawn, and the Sena- tor's *suggestion” acoepted. In other words, it was conceded that the appointments in Illinols might be dictatsd by the Ilinois Sen- ators and Congressmen. This tells the whole story. When President Haxzs camo into offics, he found the United States par. celed out into districts for appointient-pur. poses, with the right concedsd to the Con. gressional delogations trom the various States to dispose of the Government patronage as they might see fit. Tho President bad be- como a mero registry clerk, whose function was to go throngh the furm of a nomination which somo Senutor or Representativo, or n number of them combined, had previonsly dictatod to him. Under this statement of the case, the dif- forenca between the President and tho Sen- nlors takes on another espect. President Hares set ont with tho determination to re- ators to the Ohief Magistracy the constitu- tionnl prerogative of makingthoappointments to Governmont office. e has never shown A disposition to tronch upon the Benate's constitational right to determine whether it will confirm or roject his appointments. e docsnot dony to the Sonata tho privilege of wmaking o guasi jndicial investigation of the fitness of his nominations, e concedes the right to ask his reasons for removals, but asks in turn that his appointments be not rejocted withont gond reasons, 1fo does not cavil at the claim that Bonators nnd Ropro- sentatives may suggest appointments, but h denies their right to dietale, and then insist upon the appointinent of those they may name. Ho denies the right of tho Senate to hold over him a threat of indiscriminate re. jection of all his nominations in order to compel him to accede to the former system under which they dictated the appointments. This 18 the essence of the quarrel botween the President and the malcontent Senntors. It hna been so from the beginning. It will continno to bo so until thero shall be such An expression of public sontiment as shall force the machine politicians to nbandon the old spoils system. The Southern question is not tho bone of contention; a5 a matter of fact, it was nover anything but an excuse for such dissension ns would enable the politi- ciang to press thoirclaims for tho retention of tho spoils system. - The South is getting on very comfortably. - Nobody wants to send troops back there to keep the country in a constant turmoil for the benefit of n few carpet-bng advonturers, The purpose of a certain cliqua of politicians is to intimidate President Hayea into an acknowlodgment of the old order for the distribution of Govern- ment patronnge. The modern politician has sdvanced upon tho inauguration of the spoils system under Jackson. Jacksox maintained thot the offices bolonged to tho party in power, but it issafe to say that he did not tolerate Congressional dictation in making hia appointments, Jaok- 8oN may have regarded party servico ns giv- ing somo epecial claim upon offico, but the prosont-day spoilsmen maintain that thero must also be certain servico or possiblo usc- falnoss in thoir personal intercst. It was enough in Jacxson's time that the men select. ed should bo members of the party in power, but tho machine politicians now contend that appointments must not bo mado outaide of a cortain clique of the party in power; it is for this reason that they object to such men 28 Evants nnd Scnusz in the Cabinet, and MenrrrT and Roosevert, who have been appointed to the New York offices ; all theso gontlomen aro Republicans, but not the par- ticular kind of Republicans whom the mal. contents desiro in office, Thus, it is not n question of suggestion, but of the most offensive and intolerant dictation, for which tho Sonato cancus is struggling. THE ARMY BILL ‘The Army bill, ns amended by the Senate, has at length passed tho ilouse and will be- como a law. Tho main. fenturos as to tho size of the army and tho disposition of troops are sottled. Tho fow nmendments apon which the Sonato hea yet to act aro of an unimportant character, and do not affect the roal spirit of the bill, or those features of it which interest the people at large. Tho strugglo has been o memorabla ono, particu. larly ns exhibiting the hatred and malice which the Democrats foel townrds the army, It was first shown in their rofusal to pay the army. Their most violent manifestation, however, was doveloped in the discussion upon the bill from the Appropriations Com. mittee. Tho hatrod arose from two sources, First, thoro was an old, mean, Copperhend malice against tho, army, because it had boen employed in suppressing tho Southorn socession and in protecting Southern citizens from outrngo and violence during tho period of reconatruction. Second, thero was a Commaunistio hatred of it developed by such men a8 BracksunN of Kentucky, Crurrex. vey of Missourd, aud others, becauso it had succeeded by ita presence duriug the labor riots in arresting the incen- diary efforts of a mob engaged in de- stroying property, killing fanocent peoplo, and soeking to paralyze, if not ruin, the wholo business intercsts of the country by stopping its vast systom of exchanges and destroying its depots and storchouses. Out of this hatred sprang the effort {o reduco tho total strengthof tho army atfirst to 15,000 aud then to 20,000 men, which would have so crippled it that it could not perform ita duties in protecting the frontier. Against this the Texas Democrats mada a violent op- position becauso they wanted their own frontior protected against tho ralds of the Mexican groasers, They knew that, if tho army woro reduced to 15,000, or even 20,000 ‘men, this could not bo done, and &t the same time protect the vast Western frontler, Therefore, in (he Committes of the Whole they voted with the Ropublicans against the proposition. A way was fonnd, however, to oppaase them, By the most duliberato vio- Iation of the Constitution, the Democratic oancus Insorted o clause in tho bill ordering four tull reglnents of cavalry to be stationed on the Rio Grande. It waa an act of violent usurpation. It took from tho Presi- dent one of his most important functions as Commander-iu-Chief, Itusurped, moroover, the functions of the Becretary of War and the General of the Army, Clearly, if thoy could order four regiments (o Texns they ocould order {ho whole army there, or they could order the whol ariny to Alaska snd leave the country absolutely defenseless against foreign invasion or domestic violence, It was an oct unconstitutions! in its opera. tion and dangerous to the liberties of the country in its tendencies. It roused a storm of indignation all over the country, and con- servative Democratio papers North and Sonth warned the representatives af that party of the folly they were cowmitting, but all in vain, ‘I'he ‘foxas Democrats accepted the bribe, and, forgetful of the service the Ke- publicans bad rendered them, voted for the bill. With the exceptions of thoss who were absent, the Democrats registered them. salves as hostile to the axmy, aud recorded & promise, by their votes, to commit an act of usurpation upon -the executive fuuctions that was clearly in wiolation of the Constitation and the laws; and. in this act of deliberate malice and reck- lessillegality, Cantex H. Hinguaoy, from this city, who makes up in Bourbonism what he lacks in ability, joined. The bill went to the Benate, and the latter body amended it %0 &% to fix tho limit at 25,000 men, and to restere to the President the functions which other condition must be fulfilled boforo the papor can be maintained at par. This con- dition 1s the presence in tho country of an amount of coin equalto the nominal valua of the outstanding paper. indifferonco whero this coin shall bo depos- ited, It may be in tho Tressury or in the banks, or in the bands of tho peoplo, It may ba In aotive circulation, or ropresonted by coin certificates. DBut somewhiore in the country it must be, if specic paymenta are to bo maintained without interruption, The experienca of all civilized countrics lns es- tablished this rulo of fiunnce as clearly ns acy law of nature, In viow of it, the ques. tion the oppononts of resumption in 1879 have to put to tho Sacretary of the Troasury is this: Whero can gold coln equal to thc nominal value of the outstauding paper in the United States be is o scarce 'Tho demand for it thero has boen stimu. lated by tho action of Germany in demone- dabtedness which ato coming back to us ot ¥ United States cannot buy ontright $300,000,- 000 in gold coin for bonds without convuls. ing tho markots of the world, and depreciat- ing tho crodit of this country in them, There 000, 'That coin was & legal-tender from the would of abrond ; and in o fow years, our foreign in. the Democrats of the Honse had rought to usurp. It came back to the Honse, and the Texas Democrats, meanwhile having fonnd that the President wonll afford their fron. tier all the protection necessary, flopped over again and voted for the amended bill, in which they were joined Ly Lurreer, of Californin, and Wirtrans, of Michigan., The main features of the bill, therefore, are safo, nlthough saved by tho narrow ninjority of 14 on the Texas clause, nnd of but 4 on the amendmont to insert 25,000 instead of 20,- 000 a8 the limit of the army. While the peoplo of the country will rojoice at this ac- tion, which saves onr army from virtual de. struction, they will not fail {o observe how far Democratio malico eoxists ngainst it, and tn notice tint out of 189 Democrats thers were 130 willing to so eripple it that it would in future bo nttoerly useless ns n national po- lice. THE ROAD 70 R TION, e Secretary of the 'I'reasury and his w supporters havo been handicapped throngh- out the financinl discusasion by unnecessary restrictions which they have imposed upon themselves, They have followed two lines of argument which are inconsistent with cach other, mnintaiting nt the same time thot the legnl-tender quality of the silver dollar siall not be restored, and that tha dnto of the resumption of specie payments shall not bo postponed. The resumption of specie payments in gold alono by the 1st of Jannary, 1870, without commercinl disaster is a physical impossibility. Ignorant peo- ple, or peaple who have not given close at- tention to the history of tinancial legislation, may bo excpsed for thinking that it wonld Lo an ensy matter to wips out the small premiom on gold thal exists at pres. ent; but a wider comprohension of tho subject may reasonably be demended of professed financiers. Thoy ought to know, if they do not, that a premium of 3 per cent’ in gold represonts much moro than an inflation of 3 por cent in currency, The retirement of 50 per cent of tho outstanding paper curroncy wonld probably bo required to bring it to n par with gold and hold it thero if no other metal were msed the process of resumption. Mr, J. W, Snucxers, who writes to the New York Iferald in this connection, calls ntten. tion to the remarkable fact that a con. traction of &4 per cent in tho volume of currency wns required to restoro spo- cio payments in 1819 in this country, whilo tho contraction in 1837 was 64 por. cont, and in 1857 nearly 50 per cont. In each inatance, tho premium on gold was small, but resumption was effectod at tho cost of the industrial and commercial classes, and their lossos wore onormious, of England was obhged 1o contenct ita fssuos 5O per cont beforo & resump- The Bank tion of specie payments could bo procured in 1821, The Bank of France, after having re. tired 20 per cont of its circulation, and hav- ing gatliered 450,000,000 coin in its vaults, and enjoying tho bomefit of asilver legal- touder, is still not yet quito ready to re. sume, #400,000,000, or $200,000,000 less than the currency ‘of the United States, and the promium on gold there s not n tenth part 8o groat as in this country. til ita issucs are roduced to about $300,000,- 000, it will be unablo to maintain speclo pay- monts, The active paper notes of Great Britain do not exceed $270,000,000; those of the Gorman Empire are less than $300,000,- 000 ; and the Bank of France lind In ciroula. tion only $280,000,000 when tho war of 1870 broke out. It outstanding notes amount to Un- When tho volumo of currency in the United States has been rednoed to the limits imposed by the trade of the country, an- It is o mattor of obtained? Gold commodity in Europe, tizing silver. 'Tho balauces in our favor arc not sottled, and will not for years be sottled, in gold, but in the evidences of our own in. tho rate of §200,000,000 per annum, The i% o coln, howover, of which Europe las o surplus supply, and which this country iy producing aunually at tho rate of £140,000, foundation of our Government until 1873, Its restoration to its old place speedily bring £100,000,000 coin into this country from debtednesa Leing largely reduced aud the balances in our favor largely paid iu silves it would be possible to accumulate a resumy. jon fund suflicient for the purpose, The road to resumption, then, lies through e reduction of the valume of paper curren: the remonetization of silver. Even with ilver restored as o legal-tender, it willbe o ong road aud a hard road to travel; Lut: witbout silver it will be for a generstion yet an impaasable road. It is unfortuuate for Secretary Suzsman and thoss who sympa.- thizo with him tlat they have undertaken so. much, It wonld bave been enough for them to keop the date of resumption and restoie ilver; but to inslst upon resuming without lver Is simply to lovite disaster and ruin, \Wo Liave seen it asserted iu several quar- that the Hon, Wizrram 3. Sprixazs— the * jumping-jack " of Congress—had pre- sented a little bill of $10,000 againet the Government for making & stwp spoech be. fore the Supreme Court on the $1,500,. 000 Centennisl sppropriation, but supposed the chargo was & mere plecsantry got off at the Honorable gent’s expense, Hut, as there has boen no denial of the allegation, it begins to look as it the report iy, actually true. The facts in the case, 1t may be re. membered, aro theso: When the Philadel. phisns were pressing Congress for a subsidy to complete the Exposition balildings, it was concluded to &an them the woucy, to be ru- funded out of the yowipts of the fair. Mr. Eozw, M. O. from this Blate, drow @& carefully. wordsd amendment to the Senate bill changing thegift intoaloan 0 bo repaid. EBeminoxs managed (o geta night at the amendment, and tried to mem- orizo it. Ho rushed off and wrote ona ns nearly like it ns he conld recollect, When the bill enme before the ffonso he sprang to his feet, yelling ** Mr, Bpeaker,” and, securing recognition, offered his plagiarism of the Epex amendment, aud, we beliove, moved : the previous question. At all events, the i Houso adoptedd it, and the Senate was foreed to concnr therein, When the time came for refunding the million and a half of dollars tha Philadelphiana refused to do it, claiming that ns tho amendment was worded they were not bound to return the money. The District Judgo snastained them. Tho caso was appoaled to the Bupremo Conrt, which decided it in behalf of the Government, on tho presumed intontion of the nct rather than on the doubtfal and bungling languago of the nct itsell. Sratsomn nsked the Attor- ney-Cenernl to be permitted to nrgue the case before the Court. That fanotionnry naturally presumed that he merely wanted to explain tha weaning of his words and save his own credit. Therefore he allowed Wivz.- 1y to fling a lot of unlegal slush at the hends of the learned Judiciary Deparlment. Butitturned out our 8pringficld member was nctunted by a very different motive, for ho Lins actually presented, it is said, a modest little bill of 310,000 for his balderdasl: lin- ranguo before the Conrt. The Indianapolis Journal, referring to Mr, SeriNuzn's modest claim, says: . Mr. SrniNaEn, of Niinols, 18 succeeding (n make fng nis record in the Moueo of Kepresentatives ex- ceasively odious. Hie cunduct as sn ohstractlonlst during the days of the Presidential count procured for him the execratfon of all Republicans and n great many Democratr, 1lls recent lttlcachemeto *grab ™ §10,000 1 more disgusting than anyinlng he has ever attempted before. . . . Inthefirst pace, ho Ia accused of stesling the amendment, on which hts pretended rorvices were rendered, from one of hls colleaznes. Whether he con. templated atch on amendment before he read the writton amendment of Mr, Eurx ornot, the evidence s presty clear that he took advantage of Iho information thus stealthily obtained to anticipate his colleagno's amendment, Afterbe had presented his amendment in such bungling laoguage tkat {t bad to bo taken to the Supreme Contt to have the Judges decide what his meaning was, Mr. SrmiNoen ssked lhe Attornev.Ueneral 1o be allowed to assist in arguing the matter bofore the Courl. The Attorncy-tioneral very natarally supposed that 3r. Srmixarn recognized hisown fault inthe olunder and wished to do his bost to untangle matters, ‘Everybody supposed that, s it was his scrape, ho would want to do his utmost to straighten it up. Ihis little biil of $10,000 for aervices rendered, therefore, look thoss who under stood tho case by eurprise. The impndenco of Me, Srurxann wonld do credit to a book-agent. He should bo promptly and effectually sup- Preesed, s 'WESTERN INVESTMENTS. Tt secron that the racont article in tho Now York Times prodicting a genernl collapso of all Westc:n mortgsges, and making the most reckless atatements obout tho existing con. dition of things, hns provokad aimilar nrticles in different' Eastern journals of influence full of approliension and calculated to create alurm among capitalists who hold Western investments, Our attention has boendirected to an articte of a similar purport in the Bos- ton Adeertirer, which, assuming the state- monts of the Now York ZTimes to Lo true, counsols ** modorntion and patience among tho Enstorn eapitalists,” and advisos them to renew mnotes and carry along the Western dobtors till times rovive and real estato and farm property resume something liko their old values, Now, all this is very kind and patrouiziug, and, so far as thore are Instances = whero . thero is on {nability to poy mortgages coming duo and at the samo timo o notablo deprociation in the property mortgaged, it will bo wise in tho Eastorn creditors to grant extensions in proforenco to enforcing foroolosures ; for the moro foreclosuros (horo are the longer the deprecintion will last, But what wo dosiro particularly to impress npon Eastern capital- ists, aud upon those journals which have been misled by the statementa in the New York Times, is that thoro hns been n gross and unwarranted exaggoration of tho real condition of things. A striot examlnation of botk Chlongo mortgages and the farm mort- Kages of Dlinois and fown shows that thero is uot the slightest cnuse for alarm, and that tho chargo of * swindling™ sweepingly mada ngainst Western loan-agents in overvaluing proporty is absolutely without foundation. It appenrs thnt the statements in tho New York Times regarding tho condition of farn mortgages was based sololy on a singlo fail. ure of a loan broker,—that of Conrpoy Weep, of Bloomington, who hiad been in the hanbit of guarantecing the interest and prin. cipal of tho loans which he mada for othors, As amattorof fact, Mr., Weepfailed aud went out of business as long ago as February last, Hia personal linbilities umountad to some- thing like 50,000 or £00,000. Ho has re- cently filod & voluntary petition in bankrupt. ¢y, aud it bocame necessary to include his gunraatees of tho loans in order to get a dis. charge. But ueither the loans themsolves, nor the securities therofor, are affucted by thesa proceedings in bankruptey, excopt as far ss hls personal guarantee is concerned, As tho loans he uegotiated on farmn.lands amounted to nearly $2,000,000, it is not likely that those loaning. thy wouney did so upou his persoual guarauteu, but accepted it aimply asan ovidence of good faith on his part in properly placing ‘the loans, Asa mattor of fact, n Bloomington flrn sncceed. ed Mr. Wezp In his bustaess, and cestify that the mortgages, with scarvely an excop- tion, aro perfectlysafe, Whilo there has been somo depreciation in the value of farm lands, they stote that it bas been materially less during the last four years than in any other class of real property, and that farms in McLean and adjoiutug countics are being sold every week at prices ranging from $30 to §00 per acre, or a large advauce over the sums loaned upon them. Yet a perverslon )o! the facts in this single caso soemad suf. 'floleut warrant to tho New York paper to ulter o wholesalo libol against the entira class of Western morigages. From what we can learn, the practice of guarantosiug these mortyagas is not general among Western loau agents. ‘Thera are cor- tain fuvestmont companies in Now York which make a Labit of * bonding” their ‘Western farm-loans, selling the bonds on their own guarantes, and reinvesting the procecds in other farm mortgages.. In' this way a company with $1,000,000 of capital might have outstanding $10,000,000 of their guaranteed bonds, and thero is more likeli- hood in that case that their business is done carelessly, But this is not a Western scheme, and thers is no way wheroby tho ‘Weslern States can provent the Eastern com- panies from operating in this * pat and call” ‘way, if Eastorn capitalists want to invest in their bonds. But Western agents loan money on tha basis of the security itself. We re- forred yesterday to o statement of one agenoy in Chicsgo which showed that, out of 420 farm mortgages, aggregating an investment of over $1,000,000, thers wore only three cases where the interost was not paid prompt. ly, and in theso three cases there ik no dan, gerof & pomt:&:: failure 1o pay. We have since had & s sssursnce * from another Clicago sgeucy, which loans about $1,500,- "0 on Town and Illinois farms. This firm has hean engaged in the business for fifteen years, and never till the Inat year have they been compelled in s single case to resort to foreclosnrs and salo, and in these recent casey the ngents havo lhemsslves bought in the property when tho principals did not desiro to tako it. Itis only fair thatthe Eastern jonrnals which hava. given circulation to the New York Times fucorrect genoralizations sliould repair the mischief, which threatens rather Enstern capitnlista than Western {nterests, As for tha Zimes itself, we suppose it lns been deceived hy misinformation, and pre. sime it will not hesitate to correct its erro. neous allegatios ‘The following is the passago h-n_t'lm speech of Mr. BrasD before the Finance Cominittee of the Senato Ir support of the Stlverbillto which the repreacntatives of Wall street so much ob- fected. Mr, BLAKD had been truclng the fluan. clal condition of the country and conteasting the price the bondholders paid for bonds with what they sre now worth, and, speaking of the Bilyer bill, safil: T want Lo say now, withnll dna deference, you had better accept thie proposition. If I know the people that { represent,-—and [ think I do, throngh- out all the West and Bouth, and we had a Jittle ex- perbmeny of It Jast summier, when fiere wan an np- siaing of them from one end of (s Unlon to the other.—yon had better take tho bill. Promincs were maile that (his financial matter should be at. tended to,—that this people should have somo rellef,—and {hesc men went home and aro looking to Congress toedny: Lot 1 ftell you, If you pit on the screws minch further and reduce these neople much facther to the necesi- ties, when that ttprising comes agsin there is no power In this Government to put it down, and in- reail of your bonds beln pald in gold, they will Ve wiped vut an with a llmn?n. And I atanil ltero s & cunservativd man. and [ eay here Tam willing 1o puy it a¢ denominated in the bond, or fur what the contract calle, but, unicas this teasurs iy ndopted, you will see men In the next Congrces that wlli place y. u back whero you wera in 186, making your deht payable in paper; aml Trprakto you as a Irlend nnd not as an enemy, and nea friend to my country, And I warn you now sin- cerely and honestliv—and take eare of that warn- inz—that you had better pass this bill, p— . ‘The official returns of the Penusylvania elec- tlon cxhlbit thave facts: First, that the whole vote {s 200,000 less than one year ago at the Presidential clectlon; second, that the Denio- crats polled from 6,500 to 0,000 more votes than the Repuvlicans; and, third, that the combiued Communist and Creenback ticket recetved vver 50,000 votes In tho State, or about nine per ceut of the votes cast, viz.: For Supreme Judga Bterrett (Itepublican) Trunkey (Democrat), Uartiey (Communiat and Winton (Prohibition) .. . The candidates for thie other offices ran about the same as those for Supreme Judge. Thoe third ticket drew the heaviest from the Repub- Heans that and apathy and dissatlsfaction beat them, . ——— 1t aTepublican had, Jike Mr. FROST, of Mls- sourl, clalined a seat to which Lls only title was an alteration ot figures that was at once und clearly exposed, and kept that claim up even atter threo courts, composed of Judges of his own polltival faith, had unanimously declded that his pretensions were without foundation in Justice or law, it s quite probable that we should have ind u fiowl from the Democratic presa about “counting in' aud “keeping con- stituencies unrepresented’ that would have doue one's heart good to hesr, It makesa wzood deal of dliference whose ox is gored, o il et e It does not secm to oceur to our Democratie Iriends at the East, when they ruve about at- tacks on the natioual eredid, that thelr last na- tional platform (which was written by a New Yorker) demanded o repenl of the Resumption nct. Perhaps, though, they are llko the man ‘who asked the oyster-opencr for six dozen oys- ters of a dameged sort, and then ordered o doz- en Blue Poluts on the hall-shell, explaining that the first ot were for tho tape-worm. May- bo the 8t. Louls platform was for consumption by the HeNpricks tapeworins, while the East- ern wing got a TILDEN e a— It Is 0 most Insplriting sight to enter the Now York erald oftice ut niglt and hear the patriot who is, in the name of ouf common couutry, pitching {nto the West for sectionallsm and sil- ver prefereuces, exclaim to auothor pillar of the uation’s hope, *Panpy, alanng, Is Canada ong of the Weetern States { Ay it was Dooblln I'd kuow ull about it, but I can’t make out the zo- ology of thia at all, at al},” and to hear the other reply, ‘uix, Jissty, it's o State In the 8out’, Don't yez mind how Wape Hasrron and thim other nagurs of tho Returning Boord counted Haygs out I" ——— Wo canuot for the 11fo of us understand why Aistah CoxxLiNe went down to Clucinnati last June like tho wolf on tho fold, aud tried so desperately to securs a nowmlnation to the Presidency, If 1t be true, a8 Mistah ConkLiNg now contends, that tha President s o sort of satellite und fifth wheel to the Benate, without elther power or privilege of bis own. W fear that the welght of his forelock has disturbed the balance of Mistal CoNxriNa's braln, - e —— Another Fraud on that night-blooming cercal, Mr, Sanuss J. TiLbEN. An ungrateful nation refuses to estavlish a flap-jack depurtment at Paris and put him at the head thereof, notwith- standing bis cminent qualiicatious therefor. But thero Is still u way for Mr, TILDEN to up- proach tho crowned hemds of Europe, and to that end Tue Tmisose cheerfully opens the columns of its Home department to him. Brace up, SAMUEL, there I8 still bope. el bk bl o Heretofore 8t. Louls lias been contented with tho bad smell oxhaled by jts moral and physical uature but at last It has been compelled to udopt l‘no cent of Its grandwmothers. ‘This refor has been brought about by an awakeulng on the part of the citizens to o realizing scuse of the value of thelr town, which bitherto has been quoted at the exorbitant rate of u nickel, S Hex Hutieg, It was understood, went down to Washiuzton with o hat fuller pf bricks than a temperance apustle in the crude and uncon- vorted forui, Congress hus becn [n sesslon for wmore than & month, and the statesinan of Es. sex's bricks remaln unhurled, unwafted, and unslung. This will never do, Ye that have Urlcks, prepare to ifng them now. 3 e i—— . 1f our Bouthern friends vould only moderate their rapturcs till they were In full control of the Uovernment, they mlght meet with less op- position in obtajuing ft. It {s our private opin fonthat, as “AntEMUS WARD” sald to Jzee Daviy, *Ihe sunuy South ls makivg an egro- glous muton-bead of herself.” ————— e ‘That was a grave complalot of one Senator, that, when be approached the President concern- ing affalrs in **nis district,” Mr. Hav®s con- frouted him with * the Clncinuatd platform, kis letter of acteptance, and suudry Civll-Servico papers,” To the cau-cusies theso documents arc eapecially unwelcome. Tt s revresented that DoN CAMBRON is less perststeut thau the other Scoators in demand. iug that uoue but Itupublicans be sppointed to oftics, Stall we take this Inconuection with B1M0N's threat to houd Pepusylvacia over to the Democrats] One of the most contemptlble sugzestions of the period is that the ubjecs o permitting the cofuage of spuuns L8 to secure the fnfuence of the Hon. Bexaaviy F. Bufr.n In favor of the sliver measure. i At last the Texas delegution havedefined their position. Oun Mouday, Wednesday, and Frdsy thiey are on oue sido of & question; on Tuesday, Thursday, sed Baturday on the otber, sad Suu- day on both, —————— Speaker RAxpaLL {s now at liberty to explaln that the Armny bill was passed under a mistaken lwpression that its opponents were all sober, ————— e winter season 1s near at hand, and ft bo- boaves all good citizens to recall the words of Buaa fo the “Rig-Veda™: “The man of sla — who casteth ashes on the - sidewalk (s nearer the Kingdom than the Brahmin who saith to lile servant onacold morning after a ratny night, * Never mind; 1t thaw,! " ———— ‘The Tarks have fought desperately to ata Plevna. Ttiooks as §f they \E‘lll lmyl'luhllné:: desperately befure long to get out of it, s g Another victory for the Southern polieyt Four regiments lhave been withdeawn frow Texas, It looks u little anomalous, but this corn busg uces was beaten by the Bonrhona, et — - PERSONAL. Mr. Darwin s to recaiva tho degres of Dactor of Laws from Cambridge, t The World snggests a new bontitude ; “*Dlessed aro the pour, for their wills shall not be contesied, Tt is sald that Father Hyncinthe ig very nnxlous to retirn to Parly to live, but cannot do n owing to clerical infigence. Sonator Davis' recont fall in the Senate Chamber Is described by an eyo-witness ag one of the heaviest thines ever acen there, Walter Morton, the sccond son of tha Inte Senator Morton, has gone back to lils wark on the Minstantppt Jottles, whero ho has been employed for some {ime. The London 7imes’ corrospondent says that Plesnn {s fast becoming a small Sovastopol, and for the same reasons—neglect of the tavoralle chance in the early daya of the affalr, Georgo Alfred ‘Townsend says the issno between him and Senator Conkling, as to the cor. rectiesa of tho celebrated tuterview reconily print. edIn tho Jlerald, Is one of memory rathier than verncity, ‘Tho intest petrified man was buried near Pucblo, Col., In 1875, by a party of five, who hired & neghboring stone-cutter to creato his maj. ity for $1i5, They pnta tall seven inches long an kim, and had him made up In the stylo of sn Aztec Indlan, Miss Hortha. Von IHillern's walk of 100 miles inslde of twenty-cight lionrs' s a recent ecnsation §n Philadelphia. When she stoppod hep bulse showed 120 pulsations a minute against 04 when she started. Sho wns greatly enfecbled and very droway at the end of her walk, The Boston dny-school for deaf children now hza moro than soventy puplls. Me. Wil Weish, brother of tho Minlster to England, b made arrangemonts for the opening of & similar establishment In Phlisdelphis, The deaf-mutes aro taught ¢o read and sueak by the motlons of the lips. One of Vauderbilt's danghters i to bo married the Inst of (hls month. Sle will recslve #a a bridal present from her father 8500,000, A, Vandorbilt has given the prospective bridegroom a permanent situation ns Superlntendent or Manager of all the New York Central Company's grain elovators In New York Clty, Eflingbam Lawrence, the now Collector of tho Port of Now Orleans, Is a carpet-baggor and an otiginal Unfon man, but has of late years fallen into the habit of votiuz tho Domoeratic ticket. I wad elected to the Fortyethird Congress, but only obtained his seat on the last day of the Vession, after a contest of two yoars. Mes, Frauces Hodgson Burnett, author of '! That Lase o' Lowrlc's,* makes some explana. tlons concerning certain of her earlier storics which have been published by the Petersons, She says thee storics ara issued in buok form without her consent, and ogainat her earncst proteat, The Looks fesued by her own publlshiers, Scrilner, Armstrong & Cu., are tho only ones which have her vanctlon, Tha rtatutes of Now York contain this proviston: **No perron duly authorlzed to practice physlc or surgary stull be wliowed to disclone any uformution which be imay have acquired In attend- ing auy putlent ln o professlonal charactor, and which infurmation was nceessary to enablo bim to prescrfby for such paticat as a physiclan, or to o any act for him s a surgeon." 'Tho attentlon of the physiclans who teatited in the Vanderblit case fu respectfully directed to tho law heroln stated. Deacon Duncan sat in the oflico of the Ban Fran- cleco savings bank that ho had plundered. The thirty daye’ rule was in force, for this was Just bee fore the ual collapse. An enorgetic woman puah- ed lier wuy Into Nlv presence, and demanded her wmoney. ‘The Deacon sald that ehd outdn't have it. Bho drow a revolver, almed It at his hend, and aald that sho would get tho cashor out would ko Lo braina. Slie got the cawh, und the Deacon, ale though his reputation for honesty ls gone, retaing his brafus, Dr. Edward Richnrdson, a young American who liaa travolod extensively, has been lecturing in New York on his experionco In South America. When ho went to Brazil In 1847 that country was 1 war with Parazusy, Tho vessel on which he salted to Rin Janeiro had on board 800 cannibals, and most of the crew woro down with.the small- vox. The Captain wae in a deadly sleep from the Inluence of sume stronz narcotic, and br, Hlchardson himself, who bad some knowludge of navigation, suled the vessel Juto port, Tho catalogue of Yulo Collegs for tho cuerent year has just been pablished. Tho Froshe mao class pumbers 100, Included in It are the followlng youny men from Chicago: George Sunow lshani, Denlamin Uissell Lamb, William ‘Wilson Kirctiofer Nizon, 8heldon Phisris Patteraun, Charles Edwin Rand, Willlam Riggin ‘Y'ravers, and John Van Alstlue Weaver, The cataloguo gives the total nuiber of students as 1,049, Including 133 academic Scnlors, 144 Junlors, 131 Sopho- wores, und 109 Freshmen, 157in the sclentifi chool, 107 theologues, 60 in the medical schoo), and 63 in the law, ‘I'he Springtield Repudlican is romindod of a llitle atory: *‘Mr. Edward Learned, of Pitts- Beld, is reported at Washtugton ludulging in wome curlosity as 1o whether he §1 8 Republican or not. 1lls ignomnce suazests n littlo story. A traveling cvangehist oot on ono of Mr. Learned's or Joy Gonld's milroads, dlscovering a forlorn-looking yuuug man at the end of tlio car, assailed him with the usual cateporyt ‘‘Are you a Christfant* 4+0h, 0," was the promp reply, **I'm only & brakemani™ If Mr. Dawes whould tedl hls neigh- bor and constituent that he was only 8 rallroad wau, his bulitical dlatress might be abated, "Ihe Daltimoro American of Nov, 12 says ¢ Until very lately on occasional fino daye a venere sble lady much Lent fn Agure, Lut with an alr of distinguishment about her, might havo been seen walkiug slowly down Charlcs street avenne, leans 1ng on the arm of young and handsome min of medium . holght, squarely-bullt fgure, and dark complexion. Therv was somethlag #o out uf com- mon about the couplo that passera-by who did not know thew stopped totake o second look and won- der who they were. Poople who were woll ate qualuted Iu the clty stopped aluo and remarked one to amother, ‘*4lbero are Mme, Bonsparto and hor graudsun. " “The venerable lady was the wide- ly renowned Mme, Honaparte, and her cacort was Charles Jeromo Bonsparte, her graudsou, s tlslnzmembeor of the Balilmore Bar. Recently the distinguished lady, now 00 odd years of age, hias becomo very feoble, and does not vonture vat of dours, and there are grave apurehensious that ber romanticand moat eventful career iv fast approach- lug ita close.” Ouoof the most charming actresses of Now York ls marrivd to a man, anon-professional, who 18 smurlyr to gout and jealousy. Thoywoparate sbout four times & year un an averaze, and thoso separs- tlous are fult cruclly by the Lusband, who is siouutely devoted to the woman, wo that he is v suzlous to “'kiss snd make up™ on Lhe at notification, - They had an una lively quarrsl this summer, and, after fu vain for some time ln New York for som: turesof concilistion onhier pazt, the husband for unual summer-tino Jauns in th dacks, about as sick andsore s man atLeart and foet 88 thoro was In the thirty-eight States. fe Mogered & day or two mors on the verge of the woods, in thy vatn hope that the lady would relcat, then rte- luctantly pushed Into the foress dopths, leavil wond that if a telegeam came for bio the in: er was to forward it at once after blw. Three da; afterwards o lelegram camo sad was st once dls- patched 1o charge of a trusty messenger to flad him, ilo hsd, howerer, shifted his camp, and, likotboe wounded deer, pressed deeper into the tangled wilde, sceking to esso the sorrow of bls soul. Not till after four dave' bard search did the messenger Sud hini Tho cost of thls servico was $26, but tho havband of his wifedid ot heed this, and bis heart was glad (though be had been do- voured alive by black fiics, and the brandy deml- Johu was broken, and ho was suflcring the sgonles of thedamped with his toes) ss the mosscuger withdsow from its coverings of handkerchist and birch-bark tho preclous telegram. The husbend touk it, raplurously tore I8 opes, and read; ** low 50 Jour poor feett”