Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1877, Page 4

' Thye Tribue, TERMS OF RUBSCRIFTION. RY MAIL—IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGE PREPAID. Give Post-Uttice address In fall, facluding Btate snd County. Liemittances may be made elther by drafL. exnress, Fot-0fiice order, o In reglatered letters, at our tiek, TRRMS TO CITY SUBSCRIDERY, Fally, delivered, Sunday excepted, 23 cents per week. Latly, deityered, Sunday fncluded, 30 cents per waek, Addres THE TIURUNK COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-ats.. 1 Orders for the dellveryof Tng Tas Englewood, and Hyde Park left in wiliseccive pruicpt attentton, McVicker'a Theatre. Madison street, between Ftate and Tearhorn. " The Delle” and** I've Written ta Brown.” Mesdames Asye, Sroneall, etc.; Messrs, Wheelock, MoVicker, [ Haooley's Thentre. TNandotph street, between Clark and Lasalle. Btrack OfL." Mesdanies Moore, Smith, etc.s Messrs. #lliameon, Sulllvan, etc. Tiaverly’s Theatre, Mouroe street, corner of Dearborn, Contlnent." **Acrom the Coltemin Novolty Theatre. Clark strect, between Handolph and Washington. ‘Variety performance, Now Chicngo Theatre: Clark strees, opposite the Sherman lfouse, shazzar's Feast." MeCormick all, North Clark street, corner Kinzie, Apolio Club Cone cert. TIIURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1877, CHIOAGO MARKET BUMMARY, ‘TheChlcapo produce markets were generally firm. er yesterday, with more dofng. Mess pork closed 102124e per brl hicher, at £11.00%4@11.021 for December and §! 712,05 for January, Lard closed steady, at $7.873% per 100 ta spot and $7.85@7.87Y for Januvary. Meats were firm- er, at 43jc for boxed shoulders and Bigc for do short ribs. Whisky was steady, at $1.05 per galion. Flour was dull, Wheat clored 1@1i4c higher, at $1.08% for Decemberand $1.08% for Jannsry, Corn closed X@%c higher, at 42%c cash and 41%@413c for January. Onts closed }jc hicher, ot 24)c cash and 24%c for Jannary. Ryo was firmer, at50c. Barley closed 1c higher, at Gic cash and 03%c for January, Hors were active and strong, at $4.25@4.40 for common to choice. Cattlo were dull and lower. Sales of poor to ex- traat $2.40@5.40. Bheep wero quoted at $2, @4.12%. Inspected into stora {n this city yes day morning: 00 cars wheat, 88 cars corn, 17 cara oate, 4 cars ryo, and 18 cars barley. Total (! cars), 83,000 bn. Ono hundred dollars in guld ‘would buy $102. 02} in greenbacks at the cloac. Groenbacks at the. New York Stock Ex- chango yesterday closed at 974, Minister Wezan is to bo formally wol- comed by the Mayor and Council of Liver- pool on his arrival in that city. l Jovetuag, Coptain-General of Cuba, offl. cinlly denies the statement that Gen, Man- TNz CAsros hins recently ordered tho shoot- ing of all prisoners of war, Tho sceret circular to this offect published by insurgent journals i{s promounced an unscrupulous forgery, — Tresont indications aro that nelther of the Colorado contestants will bo awarded the reat in tho Houso until another election bas beon held. Nothing but tho fear of failure on ac- count of the consciontious scruples and sense of decency of a fow of their party provents tho Damocrats from making tha attempt to seat Parrenso ———— Tho big Turkish victories raported by way of Constantinople are shown to have been quito small and wnimportant affairz. Evon tho later roports will probably bear pruning. It is now claimed by the Turks that at the capture of Elona they took #00 prisoners, eloven guns, and twenty ammunition.wag- ons, and that the Russian loss in killed and wounded was 8,000, ——— Intheeventof the seating of Evstis psSen- ator from Louisinna, which now scema prob. able, it {s understood that ho will consont to pair with Smanox until the latter puts in nn sppenrance. On these terms SnanoN might a4 well stay away altogether; ho would nover bo missed on the score of ability, and ju this respect Loulstana would havo much the ‘worst of tho bargain. —— The action {aken by the Directors of the German National Bank virtuslly adds an- other to tho list of our insolvont banks, Its strugglo for survival has been desperate, and in ordinary times and under ordinary ;eir- cumstances would have been sncccssful, 'The Comptroller of the Currency has had to liquidato fow National Danks that have so alean a record as tho German National, Its managers have already liquidated 85 per cont of its liabilities, and tho Receiver, if tho Comptroller appoints ous, as wo presume ho will, can have no better oxample than tho conduct of its officers, Contradictory roports concerning the sitna. tion in Paris are the product of yosterdsy's news-gathering at tho Fronch Capital, An afternoon dispatch recites the intontion of MaoManon to prorogue the Ohamber and forn a Dissolution Ministry in tho event of the refusal of the Ieft to vote the budget to-day. Another report. is thal, in view of a disclsiter by the Republicans of any design to modify the Constitution, an adjustmont of tho dificultios is possible, and negotiations may bu looked forat once, Tho Left are said to bu disposed to du everything possible to bring about an undorstauding, ond, with that view, are expected to postpone uutil Mouday the debate ou the hudgot. ey The staterent ia mado that potitions aro Bow in circulation among the various county omployes, whose pay was reduced shortly before the old Board gave up tho ghost, ask. ing thut the order for reduction, bo rescinded aud the salarics restored to what they wero bofore. 'This putition will bo ono of the first things to try the strength of the now Board, Tho fucts in regand to the reduction are theso : ‘Tho old Board had maintained salarios 4t tho highest rato up till the time they were dofeated, vud it becsmo ovident that thelr retainers ond depordents must give way to sew people ; then the vutgoing Comumission- ers sought to gain credit for economy by reduciug tho pay to about the figure they were pretty ware the new Board would adopt. ‘I'he positions to which the new rate of pay {4 fixed will bu filled, for ibie most purt, by new wen taking the places of thoso whio rotired when thelr friends in ihe Board retired, Al these won have had anple potico whut the pay i3, and thoy need ot take tho ploces if they regard the com. pensation as toolow. Asto thy old employes who still Lold on, they aro at liberty to va- shtu st auy time thoy think they cau improve THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1877. their condition outsido tho pullic rervice, The new Bonnl i3 confronted with the pros- pect of a deficioncy of over a qunarter of n million at the pfescnt rato of expenditure. Itis their duty to rednco oxpenditures to moet the constitntional tax-levy which they are not permitted to oxcead. A part of thia necossary reduction must fall on the salariea that have been paid herotofore. Irobably this will bo the most dificult part of the work of retranchment, for tho Commission- ors will meet with the most persistent im- portunities. But they must refuse to give way in this matter; for, if they hositato at tho very ontset, thero will Le littls hopa of their anccess after thoy shall have become more intimately associated with the diforent departinents and officials, An ordinance is now in the hands of n committes of the Common Council provid- ing that the wheel-tires of the heavy trucks, wagons, drays, otc., ball bo nat least fonr inches tn widlh as a protection agninst the rapid impairment of the street pavenients under heavy londs and sharp tires. An ex- ception is made of light, one-horse wagons used for \distributing parcels and supplics from the retail stores, and also in the case of farm-wagons bringing produce into the city, The matter is one which should receive proper cousideration. It in cortain that such pavements a8 that on Michigan avenno will not lnst for any length of time under tho constant cutting of narrow tires containing Leavy londs, and it is certain that tho eamo causo leads to the moro rapid wear of the wooden pavemonts. Unless it ean be shown that some special hardship will resnlt from the proposed ordiunnce, it should be reported favorably, 'There 13no evidenco that tho elnborato deforence of the Presidont ta tho views of the monometallista has sccured for him tho degreo of reciprocal good-will in other mat- ters that was looked for. Oantho coutrary, the Republican Implacables are apparently planning for a moro vigorous warfaro than ovor before, It {5 understood that in the re- arrangemeont of Senato Committees madeo nece ossary by tho near approach of the Democrats to numerical equality, Mr. Conxuive will tako caro that the Republican portion of the Committeo on Commerco contains no member who is friecndly to the Administration, and that ho has arranged to drop Mr. Brrwsing, the only Ropublican of the Committes who favored the Presidont’s New York nomina- tions, and in his plece take Mr, Joxes, of Nevada, who can be relied upon for un. varying lostllity to tho Civil-Service polioy. ‘This Committeo, to which muet Lo referred alarge proportion of the most important nominations, will under the new nrrange- ment consist of five anti-Administration Republicans and four Democrats, It is to Lo presumed that Parieusoy, of South Caroling, will be retained on the Committeo, 08 hois just the sort of man for CoNkLNG's uses, THE PRESIDENT AND THE FOUR PER CENT SILVER BONDE. Tho Presidont, in that part of his messnga relating to the silver coinnge, presonts as tho only material objection to the full re. mouetization of silver that the 4 per cent, 44, aud 4 per cent bonds emitted sinco Feb, 12, 1873, having boen issued whilo gold way the only coin legal-tender, thereforo these bonds were gold honds as digtinguished from all the bonds issued prior to that date, when silver as well as gold wns o legal.tonder, Neither the Prosident nor the Secretary of tho ‘Treasury has intimated that the 5-20 bouds or auy of the uther bonds fssued whon the silver dollar was a legal-tonder aro not payable, both principal and intorest, in eilver dollars of 371} grains onch, That is conceded not only as n legal and un- deniable fact, but the admission is stronglh- oned Ly tho President's demand that when silver shall bo mouetized tho bonds issued sinco 1873 shall alone, of all other forms of dobt, be oxompted from payment in silver, ‘The Prosidout's great anxiety on this sub. joctis to bo ablo to fund tha outstanding ¢ per cont bonda issued beforo 1873, amount. ing to $700,000,000, 5o a8 to reduco the intorest to 4 per cent, which reduction, it is stated with arithmetical correctnoss, will amount to $14,000,000 & year, o thinks {hat if theso gold bonds be now made paya- blo in silvor, it will be a breach of faith which might interrapt or defeat tho salo of 4 per cents. Vortunately for the country, tho President's conclusions on this subject aro not incousiatent with o goneral and satis- factory accomplishmont of the grent ond tho Presidont has in viow and tho remonctiza- tion of tho silver dollar. Loaving out of the uestion the bonds fssucd sinco' 1873, tho principal of which will not be payable until aftor 1895, aud wo Lave the following agreed facts; 1, All the bonda issued prior to 1873 were {ssued when silver was a legal-tonder with gold. All thoso bonds are made payable, principal and interest, in coin of tho United States, which coin menns gold or silver at the option of the Government, 2. That all thoso bonds bear 6 per cent ; that thoy amount tb 8700,000,000; and that to exchauge thom for 4 per cont bonds would be u large saving of anunal interest, 3. That silver belug remonctized and coin. ed inliboral mwounts, the Secrotary of the T'rensury could issuo to the couutry n 4 per cent boud to be exchauged at par for gold or sllver, tho said bond to-bo redcomable thirty yoars henco in silver or gold coin of the United States at the option of tho Govern- nient, 4. That as rapidly as the silver shall bo paid iuto the "I'reasury in exchango for theso 4 per cent bouds, the proceeds shall’ be ap- plied to the redemption on call of ontstand- ing G per cent bonds, There is no need of argument in favor of the issue of a popular lonn of 4 per cont bouds, the President, Seorotary of the Lreasury, aud Comptroller of the Curreuoy hiaving, ad we quoted yester- day, most edruestly advocated the issue of such bonds, not only s n great blessing to the conntry ns affording the means of in. vestment to the savings population, but, ay tha Presidont so aptly stated, strengthening the Union financiully and politically by mak. iug so wauy of our own people directly in. turested in its preservation. Our object is to show that, oven according to the President’s own interpretation of the uaturo of the untional obligations to the publio creditors, all the outstanding bonds, iucluding the groenbacks, are legally payable in silver, that coin Leing an unlimited legal tender at the time the debts were contracted, except the bouds issued since 1875, As these latter bonds are all of a low rate of interest aud aro not uow redecmable, the question coucerning them muy be adjourncd until the next contury. But the 6 per cont bon concerning which the President is so justly concerned, are all redecwable in silver, and all that is needod to reduco them to 4 per cent bouds is to restors the silver dollar and offcr to the peoplo a 4 per eent bond re- deemabl at the pleasure of the Government, principal and interest, in cithor gold or sil- ver coin. Acconiing te the argumonta of the Contptroller of the Currency, the banks of the country, nntional, State, and savings, wonld largely absorb 4 per cent bonds of small denominations. According to tho Secrolary of the Trossury, n very Inrga portion of mionoy now deposited in the sav. ings bauks would bo invested in theso 4 per cent bonds of small denominations, All men nnd women in the land having mon- oy to the exient of 2% oand in sums of larger amonnt waiting other disposi- tion would, if silver wero received, readily invest in these 4 per cents, and, betweon all these classes, the Secrotary of the Treasury would havo no difficulty in disposing of 4 per cent bonds for silver as rapidly ns is needed (o enabls him to take ujrall tho ont- standing 6 per cents during the term of tho present Administration, With thesilver dollar remonetized and receivablo in exchawge for n 4 per cent bond such ns wo have described, aud tho wints permitted to coin tho dollars to the extent of their coining capacity, tho successful refunding of thoe ontstanding ¢ per cent bonds will be seenred; the green- Uacks will be plnced at par with coin, and the work of specic pnymeuts n year honce will bo rendered n vastly ensier operntion, without any ndvance in gold sud withoutany contraction of tho currenc RENEGADE PATIERSON, An opinfon has Leen rendered in the habeas corpus casoof the renegnde PATTERSON, discharging him from custedy, which will provent him from being taken back to Sonth Carolina unless the Governor of that State should mnke another requisition, which, of course, ho will not do, unless the Democraty should deliberntely Lreak their coutraot by which thoy bought lis vote with inununity from tho Penitentiary, ParTensoy is con- sequently Lappy, having since his dischargo reccived a dispatch from Columbla, 8. O., saying that the Democratic members of the Teegislature will uso their influence to stay all further proceedinigs ngainst him, and that the Democratic papers throughout the Stato favor his course in voting for Burten. In tho ecxuberance of Lis joy ho oxpresses specirl prido in his speech nssailing the President, and intimates that ho hias recelvod over 400 lottera from Ropublicans (7) in the North conunending his conrse. In view of Ronegade Patrenso’s happi- ners and tha goneral ontburst of Joy in the Domocratic eawp, it mny bo well to inquire into the rensons for it, What have they ac. complished? ParTEnsoy hns saved bimself from tho Ponitentinry, and his joy over it is aconfession of Lis perfldy to his party., Ho liag kept Lis seat in the Benate to which he was clected by bribery, for which ho was in- dicted with suflicient evidence on that score to havo sent him to tho Denitentinry. To keephimsalf in tho Senate nnd out of the Penitentiary ho gave tho casting vote to il o vacaat seat in tho Senate with a nian who waa not clected to it, and that man prineipal- Iy notorions na the lero of the lMamburg massacre, aud kept out the mau who was legally elected. Knowing thnt Benator Davip Davy, notwithstanding his strong Demo- cratic bins, would not vote for Burren upon tho law of the case aud tho facts before him, ho left his party and voted for Burren, whereas, had lhe mnot bLeen afraid of the Penitontiary, ho would have voted for Conpry, who way elected. By his perfidy, thorefore, the Democrats have ganed two nccessions to their power in tho Benate,—n man who sold his vote and Limself to escapn the Btate's Prison, nnd a man who was not clected to his seat. In other words, a man who was nover elected Is givon his seat by o Ponitentiary candidate, and over this com- pounding of n folony and double rascality Renegace Patrznsox and his follow Demo- crats oro rejoicing. Ulio former finds addi. tionnl cause for joy in the receipt of 400 lot- tors from * Republicans in the North ” com. mending his course, The word of a man ‘who will sell hiu vote and his very manhood to esenpe tho Poultentiary is not implicitly to be trusted. Ho may have received 400 letters, 40 letters, or 4 lotters, or no let ters. Thero aro undoubtedly other carpet. baggers who hiave absconded from the South and had no opportumity to secure immunity from the Penitentiary by aclling their votes, their only immunity depending upon koep- ing ns far away from the Bouth as possible, who sympathize with him. Thero aro un- doubtedly bulldozers in the North as well as tho Bouth, who bellove in the dirty kind of pohtics fllustrated by Parrzason's course, who sympathize with Lim, There never yot was a dirty ird who did not have otler dirty birds to sympathizewith him, But if aver o 10an in this country was regarded with utter contempt nnd lonthing by all respectable men, whether Republicans or Demoorats, that man is Ronegade Parrrnsoy, & THE HALIFAX AWARD. London nowspnpors suggest that the de. clslon of the Fishery Comwission ot Halifax be niado the Lasls of the fnal settlement of tho disputes botween Cannda and the United Btates, It Is desirable, on all accounts, that such s settlement should Lo made; indéud, the poople of tho United States had this end in view when tho Treaty of Washington was concluded. Lut beforo nuy further nogotin- tions aro entered into, the justico of the lato award must bo ostablished. 1If Cansdn has obtained an advauntage by finease, the United States will not accept the concession of o part of that advantage as o reason for graut. ing better terms than would otherwise bo agreed to. This would bo merely transfer- ring the ndvautoge ¥rom one side of tho e count to tho other, and confirming by n sim. plo feat in bookkoeping a titlo acquired by impropor means, Tho award ought to bo considered on ity merits, apart from ity PO siblo use a8 an inducement to tho United Btates in future negotiations, The papers in tho caso have not as yot been fully submitted, acd it is possiblo that they will remove sowe of tho doubt that now bangs over this whole proceeding, But it the Canadion claim I8 as good us thy pross of that country assert it is, they bave showna lawentable want of zeal and informntion, If they bave facts to support them, those fucts ought to be adduced in an intelligent manger, The people of this country would be pleascd to bavo a Canadian estimate of tho ac- tual benefits that havy beon derived by the United Btates from the fisheries in dispute since 1872, ‘Tho figures ought to be drawn up in o wethodical way, and the ezact ad- vantage of the United Btatea in each yesr be shown. This would make the credit sido of tho Canadion ledger. On the dcbit side ought to bo placed the loss of revenue to the United States resullivg from the admission of Oansdian fish to the markets of this country free of duty. We bave al. ready shown that, by virtue of tho rebate, the United Btates lost in customs and gave to citizons of Canada §181,778 in 1878, B179,880 in 1874, $155,- 070 in 1875, and $153,000 in 1876, All theso swns ought to kave a place in the trial-bal. !anco of the Halifax Commission. There shonid elso bo a proper acconnt of the ben- efits Canndian fishermen have derived, or might derive, from tho fishories of tha United Stntes thrown open to them. If the com- mercial valuo of the concossions made by Canada to tho United States over and above those made by the United States to Cannla was thus clearly shown to Lo $158,333 por annum, there would be no hesitation in pay- ing the awanl on tho partof the United States Government. Bnt so long s« it ap- poars that tho sum of §5,500,000 was fixed upon meroly because it wasn good guess, or beeaaso the prejudicos of the Belgian nm- pire had been enlisted on the British side, thero will bo at least a disposition to quos- tion tho legnlity of tho proceeding. The chiel objection to tho Halifax' Com- mission and its finding s that nothing hns Ucen sottled by them, The fisherics dispute, which has beon n constant sourco of irritn. tion botween the United States and Canada, is now no nearer n conclusion than it was fifty years ngo, Nenrly half o the period of twelve yenrs covered by the award hns al- ready elapsed; and, if tho present verdict be allowed to stand, the treaty will bo prowpily terminnted by tho United Btates in 1984, ‘Tho differences Lebween the two canntries on this subject will then bo greater than over, Arbitration will liave nvailed only to nggra- vate oldl troubles and lo intensify the hoatile spirit that provionsly existed between tho two countries. It scems to have Lesn tho purpose of the Caundian counsel at Ilalifax to keep patt of the ecnse in rcsorve for {uture oceasfons. Finding that Caua- dn - was likely to profit largely in the transaction, the represontatives of that country did not desire, or at least did not enrnestly endeavor, to remove every pretext for controversy. The guestion with refer- enco to trading for bait and supplies was therefora not touchiod at all, and the awarl was mude in such a manner as to Insuro dis. covtent and suspicion on the part of the Unitod States. It might fairly be inforred from tho proceedings at Jalifax that it waos thero adjndged to be the mterest of Can. ada to keop tho fisherion question open for fature use, What this futuro use will bo can bo better mngined than deseribed. Teorhups the fisherics mny again bo heard of in connection with reciprocity, Hopes of gain from this kind of diplomatio Largniu- ing ave surc to be delusive. Tha sooner tho Canadian peoplo abandon them the botter, Whether the award is ultimately paid or not, ona thingis certnin: Itwill not bo mndo the *“bnsis" of future negotiations, It will Lo considered separately on ils merits, nnd pald or rejeoted ny the honor of the country dewmands, A DANGEROUS MUNICIPAL EXPERIMENT. Ald. Giupenr, of tha Fourth Ward, intro- duced into ‘tho Conneil lnat Monday ovening the following preamblo and resolution: Wizngas, Under the present charror known ns **Annct to provide’ for the Incorporation of cities and villages, " the City Council has greatly enlarged powere, which are duly «ct forth In Art. 5, Sce. 62, of the sakd nct; und Wuznzas, The varfous departments of the Clty Government hiave not been organized under sald sict, nor have thelr duties or relations to the City Councll been defined ; and WitrneAs, 1t 8 of the greatest necesaity that the departments be reorgantzed so that they will be more dircctly under the supervision of the City Councll, in accordance with the intent of aald act; therefore, teaolred, That the Judiclary Commitice be In- stracted to prepare such ordinances as will be necessary to so reorganize tho various departments of the Uity Government and define their relations, with two purposes fu view: Firet—~That undor each organizatlon the expensw of carrying on such department shall not. be In- creaned, but, If posaiblo, lessened. Stcond =That the departments be 2o organlzed under ralil ordinances as to brng sald departments more under the supervision and coutrol of the City Counci! "Tho purposo of a proamblo to resolutions of alegislativo charactor s to set forth tho provoeation, reason, or necessity for tho nction dirccted; but Ald. Gruoenr's * whoronses " fail to furnish a satisfactory explanation of the radical and sweeping changes ho proposes. It is known that the charter under which tho city is now organ. ized (tho Genernl Law of 1872) gives the City Conncil plenary powers, and it was the fear that tho Council would abuse these powers that excited the goneral opposition to tho ndoption of this charter. Itis noto. rlous that the chiarter was lmposed upon the city In spito of tho popular will, and Ly au organized systom of ballot-stufling, Lut the peoplo rallied at the fimt opportunity there- after aud cleclod a Council of now men who wero trusted to reform the corrupt aud extravagant practices of the previous Adminis. tration, and to mnke no other uso of the new clhiartor than to follow out the simplest and wost economical form of City Govern. ment possible undor its provisions, So far as the public has bad an opportunity to judge,tho olty affaira havo boon feithfally administered during the past two years under the prevail- ing interprotation of the new charter, and 1o radical chiango should be entertained un. less eomo good and specific reason can be given for cach departure from tho presont systont. 8o far from dolag this, Mr. Gir- veut's resolutions Is gouersl In chorsecor, ond npparently weoks an cntirely different wodo of managing wunicipal affairs with. out assigning sutficiont canse, If the Judiciary Dupartment should pro. cocd to do just what Mr, Giroent's yosolu. tion domnands, it would roport an ordinance practically constituting thu Oity Council just such o Board as that of tue County Commis. sloners, invested not only with. legislative, but executive and guasi judicinl powers, This 18 the vory thing that it is desirable to avoid, ‘The experience taxpayers have had with the County Board system has been sufficient to warn them agaiust its application to city af- fairs. 'I'o confer upon the Common Council the executive detail vxercised Ly the County Board will be to croats the same temptation to tho formation of a Ring that hasexisted in the County Government,—a temptation to which, experiencos teachos, publis officials aro soouer or Iater inclined to yleld. Wo should have a revival of tho old Department or Board wystem under n more objectionable form than ever, for every Committes in the Council would practically become a Board, aud eventuslly a Ring perhaps, ready to trado with other Committess and play into the hands of cach other. ‘Thus thers would be a Yolice Board, a Fire Board, a Health Board, a Strects aud Alloys Board, o Gas Board, n Board of Public Works, etc., each cousisting of the particular Comuwitiee baving in charge the affairs of its department, cvery one of them dabbling in patronsge and contracts, and all combiniog (o increase expenses aud “swap” appropristions. Wo bave bad enough of this sort of Government n the past, aud waut no wmore of it, 5 It thero is any particular branch of the City Governmont tLat is not sufficiently cared for by reason of & lack of special attention, then it sy be advisabls to intrust it to some person sppointed to the duty, and respousi- ble to tho Mayor, the Council, and the public, If, for inatance, the building of th Hall is likely to placo moro responsi upon the Mayor, as the Chiof of the Pablic Works, than ho ought to carry, a Suporin- tendent might be appointed, whose position in respect to public works would correspond to that which Hickry holds in the Polico Department,, Bexxga in tho Fire Dopartment, and Dr. De Worr in the Health Dopnrtinont. But we want no more Boards, eithier insido or ontside tho Common Couneil. The per- sonal rosponsibility of the varions heads of dopartments seems to be protty definitely fixed under the prosent system, and it is do- sirablo that it shall remnin so. It will be dangerous to enlarge tho powers of the Conneil beyond what they aronow. The Conueil is the City Legislature, It doter- miines the genernl policy of tho City Govern- ment, catablishes the ordinances, votea tho nppropriations, lins the right of {nvestiga- tion, and oxercises n general -snpervision ; but the execatise ngents should be, ns thoy aro now, merely responsible to the Council for tho managemont of their dopnriments, but not subject to Council dictation in pat- ronnge and expenditurcs. A gentleman who recontly oceupied a responsiblo position in connection with the City Government has been henrd to say that thera nre alrendy ele- ments of n Iing in the City Council which requiro but an aceession of n fow mora votes to bo a8 powerful and self-reliant a4 the Iato Ring in the County Board; no tompiation nor opportunity should bo opened to such n combination, and the enlargement of the powors of the Council will bo s dahgerous step in tho wrong dircction, THE SITUATION IN BULGARIA. Tho situstion in DBulgarin {s onco more enlivened by roports of battles in which the ‘T'urks claim succosses, Lut, as thesa reports comp from 'I'arkish sources, they nro to be recoived with tho customary margin of al. lowanee. "Tho oporations go to sliow one important fact, and that is the evident de- termination of both Powers to concentrate all the resaurces of thair armios and war miaterial around a single point, ns was the case in the Crimenn war, and hang tho issue of the contest upon its fall. That polat is Tlovna, nnd around tho dootinad foriress the Lussians are continually narrowing their circles, occasionnlly tnking somo new posi- tion by direct mssault, but maiuly rolying upon enginceriug and heavy artillery to nc- complish their objects, Moennwhile, tha roportd of battles near Tirnova on the. south nnd Orchanio on the sonthwost ariso from tho desperato cfforts of Mrxeser At and Sureistay Pasha tobreak through tho Russion lines and come to the reliof of Osaan Pasho in Ylevna, The situation around Plevnn ns materi_lly changed siuce tho 1st of Neo- vember, About taat time, it will be romembered, Meuever Anr, who com- fronted tho Czarowitch on tho line of the Lom, was suddeuly removed, his placo being sappliod by Bureisay Pasha, and ordered to tho commaud in Bosnin and Ilerzogoviun, ‘When it became apperent, hiowever, that the Russians were collecting a strong forco along the line of the Balkans, with the intention of crossing and advaucing npon Adrianoplo, Gen, Gounzo meanwhile threatening Sofln, he was summoned in hasto to nssume com- mand of tho forces in the vicinity of the Iatter position, which wero then undor com- mond of Cneveer Pasha. Ho left sufficiont troops in Dosnia to prevent a rising, gathered up & strong forea from thy Servinn frontier, and added to thom the resorves nt Sofia and Adrianople, thus orgsnizing an army of between 40,000 and 60,000 men. Tho sud- den nppenrauce of this forco near Orchinuie necensitated o change in the Russian plan. Gen. Gounko wns in front of Meneser Avy, but his cavalry division was not strong euough to cope with him single.linnded, Thoe force which had been concontrated to crosy the DBalkans and penotrate Iou. meha was suddenly ordered back to Helvi, south of Plovnn, with tho intention of op. ernting ngainst Meuruer Art's flank, and it must have boen oither this forco or Gon. Gounko's that Meururr Avt claims to have ropulsed at Kamarli, The fighting at Tirno- va, the reports from which are vory vague, must have beon between somo portion of Surenman Pasha's command nnd o portion of the Dalkan army, It is evident from- thoso concerted attacks, occurring on differont sides of Plovna at the samo time, that the Turks are meking o supromo offort to Lreak through the cordon around Plevna and ro- liove Omray Pasha, and that they aro con- centrating every available resourco for that purpose, This Dhelng the case, n col. lislon botweon the Czarowitch and Burenun Paslin can hardly bo avoided much longer upon tho east side. In fact, SoLuistay Pashin alrendy clanus to Liave won a great vic- tory at Elena, near 'Firnova. alde, the Russtany are evidently caleulating upon the Servians to make s diversion by at- tacking Menrver Ant in tho rear; but, bo- foro thoy can do this, thoy must overcome very serious rosistance at Nish and Ap- palanka on tho ono hund and at Widdin on the other, and as yot they have not moved atall. If Bureiuax Pasha cou capture ‘Fir- nova and Menrser ALt suceeedsin brenking through Gounko's lines, the entire Turkish and Rugsian armies, with the exception of those coufronting each other fn the Dobrad. schn, must speedily be hurled against oach other, and the most desperate fighting of (he war may be expeoted. DRESS AND COEDUCATION, Among tho thingy the people of the North. west had reason to by thankful for tho day aftor Tlauksgiving was o letter by Jaxx Gaey Swissuzras ou the subject of coeduca- tion, It was priuted in Tue Tribung, and ‘wus pointed toward tho University of Wis- consln, in which the vxperiment of coeduca- tion, having been tricd, is said to have proven a fallure, BMri. Bwissuzta maintains that the failure of the girle in that institution to compote succesafully with tho Loys is duo not to the physical reasons nssigued by some edical men, but to other inequalities pro. duced by improper food and clothing and want of exerclse, Tight lacing is, in tho opinion of Mrs. Bwissurry, the principal cause of tho feeblenoss of Amierican women, No doubt she is not far wrong in this, It is true, oa she says, that tho mistaken ideas of beauty which prevail among our women in. duce them to contract thelr bodies just be- low thoe ribs, where the vital orgaus of di- gestion are siluntea, and where thero is the greatest need of fair play, "The fomale figure in a stats of perfect health {8 larger just below the ribs than just below the bosom; but, in most instances, these proportions have been roversed by fashion. ablo girls, What Mrs, Bwissuxry Las fo say about other errors in female dressing may or may not be equally true. Iligh hoels, gar. tory, tight shoes, and a crying want of sus. penders may slowly have sapped the ener- gles of thosex. It is not desirablo at this time eithor to establish tho truth of her statoments by statistics or to ssseverate the contrary. The chief inquiry suggested by Ou tho other | her lottor in whother it mnkes out n cnso in favor of coedueation, It is, in fact, rathor an insidions plea for tho *dual gar- monturo” than an oxact and woll-bal- anced argument for the tenching of both sexea in tha samo institutions, by the samo tonchers, and undor similar conditions in other respects. Admitting that the fashiona- blo girls of Americn are n proy to physic] wonkners, it follows that apecial provision should bo made for their soparate education until thoy can Lo induced to dress properly, ond therenfter until they recover from the effocts of previons bad enstoms in dress, Even Mrs, Swisanerar will admit that, in theso dnys, no school authority ean nbsolately regu. Inte matters of this delieato nature sand, un. til snch a power oxists, the girls, on ber own showing, must continne to work nt a disad. vantago with the boys. M. Swissuers's proposition therefore reducos itseif to thiss "That until the womon of Ametien can Lo taught to dress properly, thoy had best be taught overything elso in separnto institu- tions, Haro wo come to tho gist of the argument againat coeducation, nside from the physienl rensons which have boen so largely dwelt upon by certain wrilors, Thoe fact that the associntion of buys and girls in the class- ToomR, at tablo, and on the promeunde, puts into their head notions concerning lovo and matrimony with which they have no busi- neas, cannot bo gninsald, Notions of this kind- nggravate the ovils of which Mrs, Bwissnitat complains. By stimulnting tho spirit of coquelry in the girls, they give provocation and excuso for tho silly excossos in dress which atunt physical growth and impnir mental energy, It propor inquirics were mado, wo_liave no doubt it wouid bo found truo that the studonts of Vassar Col- loge in Toughkecpsio, or tho Hmith College at Northampton, dross more plainly than the girls in tho Wisconsin University or any similor institution whoro coedu. cation provails, The avernga of health m tho former clase of institutions would also donbiless bo fonnd highar thau in the Iatter, and tho proficiency in studios ot lenst ns good. 'Thereys, infact, very little extrava- gauce in dresa at Vassny, sud that which (ocs exlst Is ngninst the unwritten law of the little commonwenlth, Thero bLelng no iu- ducement to jam the ribs togethor and tor- tura tho feet for the' admiration and delight of tha other sex, tho girls do 1ot 80 jam and torturo thowselves,—or ntleast not in tho wamo degroo a3 inafter life, Now at tho ‘Wirconsin University tho inducements to do these things are very powerful, and they provail in many instances. The argument of Mra. Bwrssnerat and others, that coeducation is tho best means of Dbringing tho soxes together for matrimonial purposes, I8 precisoly that which oppouents of the schemo most carucstly combat, It Is, morcover, the one which appeals most pow- erfully to parenta ngainst cocducntion. Boys aud girls are sent to school for specifio pur- poses, and one of thede purposes, necording to tho practico of all civilized nations hero- tofore, lias not boen love-making, If the studonta nro old enough and discreet enough to tako tho Art of Love ns n rogular part of their collego course, they might ns well bo married ot once, and complcto their con- nubial dxporienco nt the same institution. ‘This would bo tho doctrine of covducation for matrimonial purposos carriod to its logical conclusious, If it Is important that girls should know what it is to hinve alover during their school-life, how much moro important it is that thoy should know what it is to have o husband and children? 'Tho exporiment ought to be made under the direction of somobody as full of knowledge and zeal, and s thoroughly possessad of the confidence of the community, ns JAxe Gney Swissnerat, Tioe Memphis Appeal aidvocates the vast lovee schome at national cxpense, and makes out a schedulo of bonefita that are to nccrue from building tho 1,270 milos of huge em- banknieuts. T'he reclatmed lands, it says, will produco 5,000,000 bales of cottom, which is more than all the cotton now produced in the United Stntes. In what respect will that Lenefit the proseut cotton-growors in other parts of tho Bouth? It 5,000,000 extra balos of cotton were produced, the price would be knocked down fo threoor four conts o pound. Nino-touths of nll the pres- ent cotton.growers would be rulued. Why should the roprosontatives of the other cot- ton Btntes vote a Lounty of, a huudred mill. fons—in part out of tho pockots of their con. atituonts—for . the purposo of euabling thio owners of Misstssippl overflowed lands to undersell their constituents in growing cot. ton? In what way would the Mississippi reclamation schomo bonefit the cotton.plant. s of North nud Bouth Carolina, of Georgin and Alabamn, of Florida and 3Middle 'en. ncsseo, of Texns, Eastorn Mississippl, and Western Arkansns? Is it to thelr interests to have such o surplus of cotton grown us to smash down the presont low price more than Lnlf? Aro they willing to bo taxed for thirty years to pay interest on the Londs Lssued to causo that resnlt, nud then b taxod to pay tho principle of the bonds whose procoeds wrought ruin to thoir mterests 7 Noither the Mamphis Appeal noxthe Louisvillo Journal bos successfully shown that it would pro. mote tha cotton interest of the Sonth to re. duce tho prico of cotton to four conts a pouml. But they mnst demonstrate it to tho satisfaction of thu cotton-plantors Lefore thoy cau oxpeot Bouthern representatives to vote thio hmndred-million mortgage on the public to build the 1,270 iniles of lovoes. ‘There was a baby-show at Newark, N. J,, the other day. Tt was unique Iu its inception aud outconie—perkiaps more so In tho former than in thu latter, as witl Lo gatuered from the following narrative. Vo properly explaly what the baby-shuw was like, it will bo necessary to tell what It was not Mke. First, it was not con- ducted on tho joint-stock principle; n fuct, the manager took paina to zolemnly sssure tho pub- Jie that the proceeds would wot be divided among the parents of the cumpeting infants; that thelnflowlug wealth would sot be expended In cuntectionery amd red Munvel, wherewith to smooth the rueeed path of babyhood, oy sume- thing of that sort. Neither was it to be con- ducted as an ordinary busiucss venture, Hko other shows of a theatrical and pervipatetic ua- ture, to which the public Is always expected to contribute without grumbling, or, It critielsing, to be chareed with Ingraticude and called mean, and unsympathetic, sud jncapable of appree clating the sublme bewutiea of art. No, there was none of this, Tue enterprising munager, with u geuerosity worthy of all commendation, anuounced that be Lad loog been Interested fu the condition of the sutfering poor of Newark, and had made a careful study of the best wethods of relieviug thelr nccessities. The casiest plan wos to give a charituble enter- talument. A3 o close aod o shrewd ob- sorver of human uature, be had learned that the baby was a popular aorticle 1n all classes of soclety, espoclally among young married people; and he had arrived at tho bighly orlgiual, not to ssy startling, fden of opeving o baby-show, charging a small adwis- bion-fee, and devotlng the proceeds to locul charitablo objects. Thure wasa novelty about the scheme wolck to that futclligent manager reemed & promiso of success. People, he argyey hiad mover hearl of laby-shows, and way] throng his gates, not only nnxjony to gazo upon the rare phenomenon commoyly known as tho haby, but even cager to alle- viate the condition of the suffering Poor of Newark. The day came, and with {t *uch g shower of babies ns had never exieted |y the wildeat dreams of the enterprising and vhilanthrople manager. And there were blenty of visltors, too. The affair was, as he antlef. pated, n success, When evening approachy) the manager counted his receipts and foung no Icss than $165 In his cash-hox. But prosperity, a8 In the case of many nnother man, was g ruin, T an evil hour he fell. Intoxfeated with the possceslon of ro much tnoney, the philap. thropist cast to the winds all his vows, disye. warded hla rncred obtigations to the sulering poor, and took the firat train out of town, Ity said, but the story {s hardiy probable, that ag hg stepped upun the platform e smiied n Satany, smilo and muttered batween histeeth, “Charity begina at home," e e — There was a tine when ALEXANDER 1Ay, TON'S oplnfon on finance earried weight, and when he was looked upon ns high authority, This fs what he sald when the question of the sinzlo or double standard was up for settlement in 1702: It seems to ho ndvisable not to attach ths unyg exclusively to cither of the metals, becatine thiy cunnot be done efectually without destroying thy ollice and eharacter of one of them as mouey, snd reiuemy it to the situntlon of mere merchandise, which, fecordingly, at different tiincs, has beey praposed from diferent and vary respectable quar. terd, but swhich would vrooablyne a geeater eyit than accaslonsl variationa In the wnit, from the Ginctuattons in the relative value of tho metals, erpeeinily 1t care by taken to reulate the pry. portion between them with an eye to their sveris commercial value. To annui the ute of elther of the metalu as oncy is tn aorldge the quantity of circntating medium, and 1s hnble to 1l the objec. thon« which arlee frora n compariaon of the benefts of u full with the cvils of a scanty ctreaintion, ‘The conclusion which HAMILTON drew wag this (page 150, vol. $): **That the unit i the colns of the United States ought to correspond to 243 arains of pure gold and with 71i¢ terains of pure silver, each answerlng to a dollar in the money ot account.'” e S Speaking of the part taken by womet 1o polities, the New York Time: says: ‘The ponulnr {dea that wonien liave not sufiiclent power In these dava is u curious tiction, The Eme Jress of the French made and radned {iperiatia Tho Empress of Russis peecipitated the Ruseas Turklsh war. Lo Marechnle MacManox i cause of the nrescat tronbles in France, The Duchexs of Saliabury did a lot of wischicf st Con. atantinople duriug the Confereices the Countess of Waldgrave lends \Whig roclety in England; the plot suninet the Sultun Manvoun was hatched tn his own harem, and the Sultana 18 the chicf conspiratar; nehort, what great eventever occurs that womnaa §u not at the buttom of 1t? Will Mre, STANTON come ot plalnly and say whether or not she rezards this as compliment. ary-to her sexi ——— A reporter of an Enstern paper was let Jonsg on a fire and worked himself up into on ngony of cnthusiasm, notwithstanding that the fire was in the fourth story ot a bloek, nnd was ex- Uorrulehed I a few inlnutes, In his reoort he sald that “the frcmen worked with n will, and abovo theliss, ronr, aud crackle of the flames, fall- ing timbers, shouting meu, nid weeping women, could be heard the stentorian tones of Chief- Euglueer Woon, rallying his men until tho whole was extingulshed, and thousauds of speo- tators separated for thelr hones.” et — — - A mild kind of divorce was that of the Rer, Jacon R. Sumenznp, of New York, from his wife, Inan interview with a reporter hie atated thut over fifteen years ngo his wife and lie had made up their minds that thelr marrfage was a mistake, A year ago the vlan of scparativr was ngreed upon, the divorce procured, nnd they had parted from ench other fn the most amicabla spirit. Both partles wore Chicagosns formerly, ———————— ‘There seems to be some question about the existence of n God, accordiug to Col. INuERSOLL. He has found a worthy oppouent, bowever, In Mr. E. R. Paiag, whose “molding of environs ments” tssnld to be of a thrilline character, But 1f thero Is golng to be u discuasion between these gentlemen, why don't thoy take a llve tople—the Landlug of the Pllgrims, for lustancel R S ‘Tha cizar-makers of New Yorlk have proclaime ed to tho public that many of the cligars sold fn the shops are chemleally flavored, and are nos the renuine weed, They might have told some- thing new it they nad said that many of the Havanu elzars fu the market were of Connectls cut ortgin, ——— The Sunday Liquor law, If uot o dead-letter, ls certalnly very shaky,in New York, Thesuthorl ties have been teying for some weeks to pre- veut liquor from belug sold ou Bunday, buts wicked and ververse generation of driukers fu- sist on the saloons keeping thelr doors open. - et — Whenever n correspondent of a London paper sends a telegram from Belerade, ho always tucks on his dispatch a rumior that a change of Miulstry 18 lmpending. The sly dog knows that ho is safe, —— Canr and KELLOGG have Lecume reconelled at lust, and S17riNe BuLt is still in Canudi e e — PERSONAL. Senntor Lamar's henlth has sufferod from the recent night sesslons of Congress. Kato Ficld has been giving her lecturo on Churles Dickens in London with vuccess, Uen, Miles passed Thnnksgiving-Day with his unclo’s family at Jamaica Plains, near Boston, Mr. Ruskin's lecturos at Oxford this your aro attended largely by ludles’ achuoly, which crow( out mumbors of tho University. To a friend who saw him in his slck-room recoutly, Samuel Bowles suld: **Nothing s the mater with e but thirty-ve yuars of bard work, Dr. Edward Hammond Clarke, the authot of the hook **Sexin Fdueation, ' dled fa Buston last Priday evening, He wus graduated from Har- vard College fn 1841, was furoierly Professor ot Materla Medica atthe Harvard Medieal School, and, at the thao of hls death, wasan overseer of Tiarvard College. 8ir Charlen Tomple, whoso wifo cloped sonie time sinco with Mr. Hungerfurd, has brought o divorce suit sgainet ber, though bho Ls s Catholic, 1lis abject l4 to recover the settlument Lo made upon bier ot the time of thelr marelage, 1o has no intention of bucoming o Protestantgnor of vio- Iatinz the laws of his Church by marr¥ing agaln. Auong those roported loat on the Hurou was Mastor-at-Arma John K. 1folland, of Boston, ‘who baa been fu the navy tha greater part of hiv lite, Wlen the news was cowmunicuted to his wife that Jack was awong the loat, sho sald: -1 dou't balicve s word of it. Were sny saved? 1t two wero saved, Jack wa one of thow." And s it proved. Later reports placed Mr. Hollaud's nauie smong the survivore. Mr, Myens induced his wife to withdraw & divorce sult by giving a promissory note, in which hoagreed to poy the sum of $600 (o a common frioud one day after be should becowe Intoxicated, ordrunk, or mistreat or abuse Mre. Myers. 1o #00n broke his pledge, and suit was fnstituted ta recover on the noto. The defeuse was wantof sulll clent conslderation. It was overruled by the Court of grst revort, but reafinned by tue Suprews Court of Iuvls. T'he Duke of Norfolk, who was latcly mar- rlea to Lady Vlora Jlastings, gave his bride a pearl necklace unco owned and worn by ‘Queen Mazy, of Scotland. The bridcaroom s Premier Duks snd hereditary Earl-Alarshal of England, aud by virtue of the latter rapk attends mll great coust cere- montaly with his Earl-Marshal's batun. He bs noé only the head of the English peerage, but the recognlzed fosder of the English Romau (‘stnclia laity. Tounew Dachicss s a convert 10 that faith. Gustavo Doro now donles that ho lhas bought a villa and palnted on the facade ** Lo, Ml, 81, La, Do, He.” llussye: **What should 1do with o villa in'the country? Mesci; my lifo is work; my plessure, my passlon, ls my art. 1 must Uve within reach of my tools. My workelop bs in Parle; my bowe fs fn Purls. Noj for the paluter Parie ls the oniy place. My plessare Hes where I cau glve substance to mv jdeas. 1 have wadoe up wy wind pever to buy land, It would bo uscluss tome," =