Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1877, Page 4

THE CHICAGU TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, IB77—'1'V LYE PAGES. 4 Shye Tribme. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ¥T MATL—TK ADVANCE—TFOSTAGE FREPAID. 1y Fditton, one yea X 3risof 8 year. ber mi o Banday Edition: Tionble &neet .30 Aatnrday Fdith (7 - Weekiy, one yenr. 00 'arta of & vear, fer monti. 1] wrAkLY EDITION, POSTPAID, 30 copr, per . R orTobre. 338 Epecimen coj Give Post-Oftice sddress In foll, inclading Statesnd Caunty. Remittances maybe made efther by draft, express, Toat-OMce order, or fn rexistered letters, at our risk. TERMS 7O CITY BURSCRIBERS, Dafly, delivered, Sunday cxcepted, 25 cents per wesk. Latly, delivered, Sunday Included, 30 cents per week. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison end Diearbarn-sts., Chicago, 1l Orders for (he deliveryof Titx Tninuxz at Evanston, Engleweod, and Hyde Park left In tho counting-room wllireceive brompt attention. P AMUSEMENTS. . MoVieker’s Theatre. Ma®son treet, between State and Dearbomn. *'The Della® and** I've Written to Brown.” Mesdsmes Maye, Btoneall, ete.s Memra, Wheelock, McVicker, tte. Afternoon and evening. Hooley’s Thentre. Tiandolph street, between Clark and Lafaille, **truck OI1." Mesdames Joore, Bmith, etc. s Measts. Williamson, Sulltvan, ete. Afternoon and evening. Haverly’s Theaire. Menroe street, corner of Desrborn. Contlnent.” Afternoon sud evening. **Acrom tho Coliseum Novelty Thentre. Clark ntreet, between Tandolph and Washingtom. Varfety performance. SOCIETY MEETINGS. CLEVELAN! Members aro LODGE, No. 213, A.F. and A, M.~ ered; Tall, o Bunday next, Dec, . i ot our late Tirotner Wiiam Gosdurin rawn, - Car 3 a8 iages to depot, 0 Hosehlli, _ 1ark clothing should e wort, ‘members of the 'Veteran Assaclation of Rattery A, Chicago Lignt, Anfiiery, will accompany the cortege. HEO, F. SINCLANL W. M. WAUDANGIA LODGE, No, 160, A. F. and A. M.~ Bpecitl Communication thia (katiirday) afte o e olclack, for work on M. M. Degree, at Masonic Hall, 70 Monroc-st. The prompt sttendance af m 1 earneatly requested. Per ord > ‘WILLIAM 1. WARREN LODGE XO, 20, A. F. &‘ al ~Tegular Comunication this Anturday evening -past 7 0'clock promut, at hiall. 74 and 768 Monroe: for busincss, Visiturs welcome. Iy orderof the M. 371 DUNLOL, Secrotary, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1877 CHICAGO MARKET BUMMARY. ‘The Chicago produce markets wera moderately active yesterday. Trovisions were easier, and moat dreadatufls firmer, Mess pork closed steady, at $1L.00@11.06 for December and $12,0734@ 12.30 forJanuary. Lard closed firmer, at 87,874 " 7.00 por 100 Ba spot and §7. 007, 1233 for January. Meats wore casler, at 43;c for boxed shoulders and 0c for do short ribs. Whisky was steady, at $1.05 per gallon. Flour was qulct. Wheat closod 1%c highor, at $1.09% for Decemberand 81.10 for Jenuary, Comn closed 4@%c higher, at 43%c cash and 42¢ for Janusry. Oats closed firm, at ¢ cash and 25%c fof Jannary, Iiye was nnchanged, athc. Barloy closed !ic lower, at 82%c cnah and 03¢ for Jannary. Hogs were aciive and ateady, at Gedecline, with sales at 84, 25@4.50 for common to extra. Cattle were quiot and firmer; sales were 1t $2.00@5.20. Bheep wwere salgble at @4 25, [napected Into store Inthls city yesterdsy morning: 138 cars wheat, 4 cars corn, 25 cars oats, 5 cors 170, and 10 cars barley. Total (252 cara), 07,000 va. One hundred aollars In gold would buy $102.756 In greenbacks at thedlos Greenbacka ot the New York BStock Ex. change yesterday closed nt 973, — (3 Comptrollor Knox yosterday stated that ho shonld probably not appoint & Receiver for tho Gorman National Bank of Chicago be- lioving that tho bank will bo able to pay all its Mabilities, This view 18 concurred in by _tho baftkers of Chicago nnd by all who are in a position to judge of tho probabilitles. , r. Coxxrna indigmantly deny that ho bas recelved with favor advances from Mr. Evants looking to tho bestowal of Now York patronage in return for tho former’s support of the Administration. Frienda of the Administration should lose no timein denying that any discreditablo advanceswore over made. Sonator Davis, of Illinols, is a firm be- lever in the Silver bill, and is confident it will pass the Scnnte by n heavy voto,’ He assumes that evory Benator is in favor of tho bill in some form who voted to make it the special order for Tuesdny, and is evidently encouraged to hope that the bill moy receive the neceasary two-thirds vote in the avent of a volo. It turns out that Wirriam O. Greaciy, the forger and swindler now serving out a sen- tence in tho Now York Penitontiary, wos a member of the Grand Jury that returned the Indictment upon which Ronerr L. Casx, President of the Socurity Lifo-Insurance Company, was oonvicted and senteuced. This fact ought to have a place among the white marks {n GiLaux's prison account, 'The proposed amendment to the fire ordi- nance permitting the unlimited erection of wooden buildings not over two storles high 15 04 to form a continuous cordon of combus. tible material around three sides of the city was discussed yesterdsy by the Committee on Btreets and Allvys, and was finally re- forred back to the Common Council withont recommendation. The amendmont amounts toa practical repenl of the fire ordinance, and ought to be promptly voted dowa by the Counal. 2 Lill work collecting damages of uewspapers which ventilate their records for tho enlight. enment of the voters, - Mr, BaLey, of Kala. mazoo, who recently ran for office in that sity, undertook & levy of $20,000 upon the Teltgroph on socount of some damaging dis. losures which appeared in that journal, but the jury, after heasing the evidence, failed to perceive wherein the character of the gentleman wasinjured unjuatly, and brought in o verdict for the defendant. et ———— Ex-Ministor Wasusurxe's lecture on * The Siege sud Commulie of Paris,” deliversd last svening at the Tabernacle, attracted and in. terested a very large audience. It way an able and impartisl review of the series of svonts beginning with the declsration of war by Narorxox III sgainst Germany, includ. ing the regime of the Commune in Paris, and ending with the entry of the German anny iuto the Frenth Capital. As liberal au'sb- stract of the lecture as our space willallow is given elsewhera in this issue, ‘The Turks aro trying desperstely to re- lieve Osuax Pasha's army, which is cooped up in Plevna, 1f the Czar's srmy, which bas surrounded it, forces it to surrender, the rosd to Constanticople through the western passos of the DBalkans will be open. Surzimaw Pashs, whose bass is the powerful foriress of Bhumls on the east, is operating with 8 relieving army sgainst the. Russian forces under the Emperor's son. - If he can break it, ho hopes 0 strike the army which invests OQuuax Pasha at Plovoa. Surxasax Pasha has about 85,000 mes, and the Rus- sian force which he is assaling numbors per- Laps 60,000, but they fight on the defensive, posita of a savings charactor, says in his roport : vatue. ployed In the redemption of outstanding bonds and it will cost the Turks dently to drive ther: back. But oven suppose thoy ware driven back upon the lines of the investing army, conld Svrzimax then raise | tho siege ? Could the two separated Tarkish armies defeat tho combined Russian army ? One thing is certain, that Osyan Pasha's forces mnst soon be relieved or thoy muat surrender, as they are nearly out of provis- ions, They may have scanly food for a fort- night longer, but the eatastrophe approaches daily and inexorably. Surenan may gsin somo advantages ovor the Czarowich, but it is hardly possibla that he can gain sodecisive a victory as will enable him to raiso thesiege and roltove Osuax Pasha's beleagnered army, which is being slowly starved into surrender. r—————r It is related in the Washington dispatches that a friendly interview recently took place between the Prosident and Scnator PatTre- on, at tho request of the former. Accord- ing to all nccounts, PATTERSON Was consider- ate onough of the FPresident's feclinga to make no reforence to the abnsive por- tions of his Benate spcech, and it is to be presumed that the President, not to bo outdone in delicato considera- tion, made no roferonce to the yawning portals of the Bouth Oarolina Penitontiary, ParreRson insisted that the President had destroyed the Republican party in Bouth Carolins, and the Prosident insisted that he bad done uothing of the sort. Harmony being thus happily restored, it may bo sup- posed that the interview terminated in the same spirit of friendship and mutual regard in which it was begnn. A serions and probably fatal hitch has oc- curred in tho negotiations for the formation of a Ministry satisfactory to the Loft, Mac- Mawox, presumably awayed by the appeals of the Clericals and Bonapartists agninst the complete surrender implied in the au. thority given M. Duravne to organize & Parlinmentary Cabinet, scems to have recanted at the last moment, and now insista upon reserving to himsell the selec- tion of the three most important Ministors— thoso of Foreign Affnirs, War, and Marine. Duravne would listen to no proposition that contemplates the placing of three Cabinet colleagues beyond his control, and promptly withdrew from the negotiationa. M. Batsie hins now beon nssigned the office of patching up a hybrid Ministry, but there {sno pros- pect that the suddenly-conceived reserva- tions of the President will be tolerated by tho Loft, or that an sdjustment scceptable to the Chambor of Deputies will be nc- complished. @3-} Now that Booretary Saeasax has drawn af- tentfon to the obyious necossity of a national systom for the safe-kooping of the surplus earnings of tho working classes, Congress will scarcely neglact to take the subfect under advisernent and discuss the means best adapted to the ond in view. Hecretary Sneauan's recommendation of such a system is bosed upon a popular demand that has Yeen generally exprossed since the many savings-bank failnres of the past year, and upon tho successful experience of other Gov- ernments, whera it hns long beon the cus- tom to provide a national guarantes for de- Mr. Suznsan The sttenl on of Congress {a callad to tho great, value to out fellow-citizena of the organization of somo plan for the collection, safe-keeping, and profitanle employment of small deposits by the people, Jlow far this con be done without tronch- ing upon tho proper functions of the State Gyvern- nient 1a & queationof diicalty; yet It {s important to sccure, if possible, a gencral systom throughous the United Statcs. This can hardly be eficted by the orzanization of & multitude of savlugs banks, deyending upon the fdelity, integrity, and skill of tnelr oficers, but the beneficial objects of such banks inight be secured by authorlzing tho deposlt of small sume with any postal monoy-order oftice in the United Btates, and tho {ssus of Government certificatos, convertible on demand of the holder into 4 per cent bonds of tho United States of such character, descniption, and smount as will enable and Induce prudent porsons to convert their earnings Into a pablie sccurity of stablo The money thoe received could bo em- bearing & higher rate of (nterest. Dy some such system 1t la belioved that the great body of our publlc debt, reduced to itasmalleat possible burden, could be distributed among our own people. With o slight modification of existing law this beneficial it would be securod, The deposits now held by savinus banke throughout the country amount 3, 164, 804, deposited by 2,100,000 peraons, and mostly by deserving citizens, who thus wissly seck to presceve small savings for fature need. No object cuulit more etronkly svpeal to the conslder- ate judgmont of Congress, The heavy I that have heen Ined through sayings banke, whuse funda bave been Improvidenfly loaned upon fnsuf. felent security, bave lnficted: fac greatse injury upon the dopositors than wonld & similar loss suf- fered by persons engngod in bankling urcommercial pursuits, The Bocretary, therefore, recominends that authonty be granted to lsaue cortidcates for smali deposita, convertiblo into 4 per cent bonds now muthorized by law, the proccuds to bo used solely for the tedempiton of bonds hearing & higher rato of juterest, and now redeemable at par. The system recommended by the Boore. tary of the Treasury is, to all intents and purposes, tho English systom, leaving the details to be adjusted to the working of the departments to wkich it will be attached. 1t has been suggeated that a system of bank- ing in vogue in cortain parts of Germany might supply the need. Under the German system the deposits are guarantced by the Government, which sppolots the oficers of the banka; a. regular Lanking business is done, loaning by preference to the deposit. org, who are likewise in some sense stock. holdors, asthe intercst they recelve on their deposits is regulated by the profits on the bLusiness. It isapparont, however, that such & system would be attended by great risks under our form of Government. A banking business, done undor the auspices of the Government, nnd depending for its honest and intelligont manage- ment upon offlolals appointed under the ugnal political influences, would not be 50 aafe a8 tho private savings-banks wystem which is now so geverally condemnsd. Par. tisan favoritism would induct jncompetent men into the control of the banks and lead to the negotiation of bad loans on worthless securifles ; Lo make the Government respon- sible for deposits subject to this sort of ma- nipulation would sitmply be to {mposs,upon it an sopual burden of defaleations and losses. No system can be adopted which in. volves the Decessity of the Goveroment, di. reotly or by sgents, doing anytbiug like a banking business. It is simply s question of affording cbsolute safekeeping for sav- iuge-deposits, and paying » small interest thereon, without incurring loss or risk on the part of either the Government or the de- positors. The fact that the Government is a large borrower, and must of necessity continus to be so for an indefinite period, offars the op- portunity for the proposed systew of safe- keeping of deposita. Becrelary Buzsumayw statos that tho savinge-deposits of the coun. try amount (o nearly $850,000,000; bat thin is not one-half the smount which the Gor- eroment owes, 50 that the entise sum of savinge-deposits conld bo taken by the Gov. erament without aoy loss. In fact, there wonld be a decided gain for the Government, inasmuch as tho doposits or savings-bonds wonld draw only 4 per cont interest, whila the Government wonld take up with the fands thus acquired the bonds on which it is paying & and G per cent intereat. The navings of tho Fronch people are largely in. vested in what are oalled the **popular loans,” which is mercly another designation for mavings-bonds; in France it has proved 8 nntional bleasing to have the Govern- ment debt held by the people, aud this {s what tho proposed national savings.system in this conntry would lead to. It will not bo necossary for the Governmont to hold o large idle fund of money as n reserve where- with to meet the withdrawal of deposits. Thore will be no panics to contend with when the savings are intrusted with the Gov- crnment, but 08 a rulo the ourront deposits will Lo amplo to provide for all the current withdrawals. As an fnstanco of this, it may be mentioned that the National Banks havo only beon required to keep a reserve of i per aont s n rodemption,fund for their circenlat- ing notes, which aro protested by Govern- mant bonds, No matter how many National Banks suspend, no holder of National Bank notos feels o tremor or oven looks to see whether any of his notes are on the suspended banka; the 5 per cent redemption is sufficiont to take care of all the current demands for redemption, and the bouds are converted in cnse of susponsion ns voluntary rotirement by any particular bank. Thero would bo the same universal and perfect confidence among_depositors with the Gov- ernment ; apything like n run for the with- drawal of funds could never occur; n very small reserve would be ample guarantoo for all demnnds for money, and the great bulk of the deposits (perhaps 05 per cent) would go into 4 per cent bonds, either by the vol- untary conversion of the depositors, or by the action of the Governmont in taking up 6 por cents and G per cents with money on which it would be paying only 4 per cent in~ terest. The funds in tho hands of the Postal Agonta receiving the deposits would not be nenrly 80 large as wonld appear at flrat thonght, and noither the temptation’ nor op- portunity for frnuds and defalcations would ‘be materially increased. There is one phase of the proposed legis- Intion which should be kept well in mind. There is nothing compulsory about the sys- tem that will at all interfers with savings banks as a private business, excopt in 80 far 88 the Goyernment facilities offer a greator inducoment in the absolute guarantoo of safo- keeping. The private banke may go on as be- fure, offering & per cent or 6 per cent intoreat, or any amount they choose, and all those tompted by thoe promise of a higher rate will be at liberty to déposit with them. But then tho risk will rest exclusively with thoso who take it, and thore can be no outery that the laws are deficlent’ in failing to provide a means for the safo-keeping of surplus earn- ings. Every man, womsn, and chgd will be daly informed that they can deposit thelr eavings with the Government at 4 per cont, and that they can withdraw their monoy or convort it without notice or delay ; if under theso circumstancos their desiro for moro rapld sccumulation prompt them to trust privote bankers, it fs o matter of businoss risk for which they alone will bo rosponsible. Just now, we fanoy, tho bulk of the savings would go into the Government's hands. silver. Thero in hardly an opponent of sil- ver in either Georgin, Mississippl, or Louisi- ana, and the poliey of increasing the valno of gold by making it the exclusive motallia currency will receive no’ favor in thoso Btates. Tho only Benator from the West and Northwoest who has intimated an opposition to tho Bilver bill is Judgs CrnisTiaNcy, of Michigan., That ho is op- posed to the bill is mnot yet certsin, whole people of Michignn if ho shall sepa- rato himself from the mass of his country- men to vote with the scctionalista of Now York and Now England to reduce the metal- lio currency of the couatry to gold, giving to that metal an incrensed value, nnd causing corresponding depreciation in Yhe valne of 1and and all other property. Tho good peo- plo’of BMichigan will perhaps be somewhat nstounded if tho pnssage of the Silver biil, ovar all forma of opposition, shall be dofeat~ ed by the vote of oue of their Senators. In tho meantime, a week nearly has to elapsa Deforo a vote can bo taken on this subject, and in that time it will bo ascertnined how many Senators who are now classed ns doubt- 1l will vote ong this question, which fa now o national one,—the peoplo on one side, the monoy-lenders on the sther, A CANADIAN RED ELEPHANT, Wo had thought that the lacum tenens as woll as the guid pro quo in the cnso of Bir- o Bont had been satisfactorily settled, and that wo should hear no more of that unpleasant individual, or any of his squaws, papooses, ponies, and dogs. Tho United States substantially gave n quit-claim decd for Srrrmte Bogy, and the Canadinns took him, for batter or worso, with all hig incam- brances and linbilitics, and made themselves responaible for his fature good conduct. Thoy assigned him a resorvation, placed him on it, granted him ample hunting-gronnds,— in fact, set him up a3 o housckeoper in good shape, and gave him a handsome house- warming. Now it appears, however, that thoy want to got rid of him, fearing that bo i going to prove a tronblesome customer and will not keep his poace, butany day may start on an expedition after Canadian scalps and other loot. They are sorry now that Brrrmve Bunt, did not close with Gen. Tenny's propomtions, and Maj. Warsw, tho Durgomnster of 8. B.'s bailiwick, has boen noeking to convince him that ho did not understand Gon. Trrry's fine offer, and has done himself agreat injustico in notaccepting it. Maj. Wansn's nnxiety that Brrrina Burn shall do the fair thing by himself doos not secm to mnko any vory de- cided lmpression upon that gentlo savago, however. Ho scems to bo contont with his lot and eatisflod to stay where ho is; but, whether he be or not, the peopls of this country, withont rogard to sex, color, or provious condition of servitudo, will firmly and omphatically protost againat any policy that promises to restore 8irrivo Boiu and his dirty pack within thelr bordors sgain. Such a policy, in tho first place, would be an injustice to Srrrmvo BuLr himsel? and his nomerous family. He wants to stay in Connda. He went thero with the intention of staying. At the conferonce with tho Com- missionors he voluntarily announced himself s a British citizan and a subjeotof his great- grondmother, the Quecn. Although covered sll over with blood himself, he would have nothing to do with Gen. Tenny, * who has blood on his hands.” He was confident that his great-grandmothor wonld treat him bet- tor than his Great Father at Washington had done, and for that reason he had taken his squaws, papooses, and othor mis- cellancous traps, and crossed the borders. Ho wants to sty becanso ho does not 1ike the poople of this country, aud the poo- plo of thia country want him to stay bscause they do not like him,~this being the only point on which the two ever agroed. Ex- patriation and denationalization have al- ways been rogarded’ with favor here. Wo accept foreigners and naturalize thom, and wa part with citizens, not complaining if they denationalize themsolves. It is looked upon a8 n fair oxchange. In Brrrive Buwv's caso, wo should never complainif we did not receive any equivalent. We handed him over without looking, and don't dosire to take him back, It wasa fair and squaro bargain, and was not mnde at our motlon eithor, Brrrio Buiu wanted to go and tho Canadians waoted him to come, and took him as o full.fledged British subject beforo he had been over the border twonty.four hours. When our Commission subsequently sought to treat with B. B., he invited the membors *to go to hell,” and, wrapping his horse-blanket about him, struck a pose as deflant as that of Crnus when bhe threatenod Barsumazzas, placed himsolf under the wgie of England's power, and proclaimed himself a * blarsted British- er,” They took him on their own terma without even consulting us, and we prefer now that they keep him, So far from feeling aggrieved or entertaining any suspicions that the Canadiana got the better of us in the trads, we have lots more of the same sort of damaged goods that we will send them in the original package on tho same terms if thoy will accept them, or we will swap them for muskrats or yollow dogs. It is bad énough to have five and half millions charged up against us on the fisheries sccount without® THE SILVER BILL IN THE SENATE. ‘The proliminary votes on the Bilver bill in tho Senato leave no doubt that n large ma. Jority of tht body is in favor of tho passage of the bill. That question being determined, tho other ono arises, Will tho President voto thobill? Ttis notoften that a Prealdent Las the opportunity, or, having it, ovails himself of it, to inform Congress of his per- sonal opinions as to the expediency of a monsuro. In this caso tho President, in his annual messnge, lafd before Congress in strong and unmistakablo langunge his objec- tious to a bill which had alrendy passed one House by a four-fifths vol e aud waa then pending in tho other Honse. The theory of a veto i, that the Prosident, in returning a bill without his npproval, may give such reasons for his negative that members of Congress shall be influenced to vote dif- forently aftor hearing theso . reasuns than they voted on the first occasfon. In this case, howerver, the Presidont's objections have been heard in sdvance. He and the Becretary of the Treasury have in fact ox- baustod thelr ressoning in opposition to the bill, and a veto message with any expecta. tion of ohanging votes will ba a valn de. lusion. Ho vain wonld such a procoeding be, that it is more than lkely that should the bill pass the Benate by a two.thirds vote, tho Prosident would confine his action toa protest such a5 other Presidenta ‘have done under similar circumstancos. Bhould ke, however, veto the bill, what are the pros. pocts of ita receiving the two-thirds vote necessary to makeitalaw? With the ad- mission of Evstis, of Lonisiana, the Senate will consist of seventy-six members, and, it all are prosent, fifty-one votes will be re. quired to pasa a bill over s veto. The Beno- tors have, by their votes.and otherwise, nearly all expressed an opinion on this ques. tion, and the Benators may bo classificd as for or against the Silver bill as follows: TEAS, Senaftors, | Slafes. States, tors, . A Ot | our] v.orAsemitors, | belng compélled to take Srrriva Busy bask. Arkauius o luteny, Cavada, %’::‘:;;‘L ‘We would rather call tho account ten millions California ,.Booth. i * than have him and his crowd sgaln, and, in Calarada, ...Coakee, ones. N, Carolins . Merriinon. tansom, Oblo..ye +ro Matthews, ‘Tharman, Pepnsylv's,, Wallace. fact, pay a little somothing towards his board and stand prepired to furnish the Canadiaus with & lot more just Jike him, Itistoo late Oglesby, (8, Carolins..Patterson. . | for Maj, Warax to bamboozle Srrrixe Burr. .Voarhaes, [Teonessee ..u':fl:;" Ho doesn't want to come back and we don't McDooald, Harris want him to come. If the Canadlans find seoseflillon, - [Tesss s, 4. G0 they have drawn a red elophant that is likely Kensas .., "H}:E' Virglola, ...d0 to prove an ugly customer, that is nona of our <McCrasry, |W. Virglnia Herelc :oohml!; “T;t-wmqn w-" x;ot clh:mr -&-k- ek, , ng. af. Wazax can't kee) m oty uullllu...}:::l;: Wisconaln ..g:::,.“‘ heg had better bang bim nrpnnd M‘L to Baotany Bsy. x4 s e e i ‘The frauds which bave been committed in callfotnls..Sargent. 18, Michigan...,Christlan ¢! l“‘ i Yo Connecticot. Bsroum, |2 lgs| . Lamsr. Belawars . (o iEmal, Roliioe . | the construction of the St. Louis Custom. st t:lul-l:lhburr. N, Jcm:..-}'l:ma:.n House are of the most serious kind, and will Loutslana... Ksifo New York...Contllug. . | probably require & large part of the work to b ilasds e, be dons over. The evidonce which has been e . % "'5“,.,.,.14{', brought out is the trisl of one of the guilty o, Deunls. . |Vermon orril persons bofore the United States Court Maictiny’ W Daas, . Edmunds. | ) owa that more thau halt of the hundred . 3 BTPUL hich the building rests filled Als P e 3 piers on w! B T are un::w:‘: .?}'3'..":3' l‘}:".!."-‘u‘-m..’é.'fi'.’x'lk with concrete,wheress thaspecificationscalled for solid stone, 'Tho exterior sppearance of each pler is that of one honestly bullt of solid blocks; but the experts sppoluted to examine the work testifiod that, in five piers out of six bored into, the interior was made up of spall and cement. Thoe testimony on this point was as follows: ® : No. Swas partiy filled. No. 3 was filled with apall, and otherwiss defective. On the back was s atrip 0f cement two inches wide and threo fect long. 1#/apld toese what was behlod tha cement, tu thoso In charge would uot allow ¥, No. 3 s three foet wide snd sesou fact by six feet long. 1t 1s Slled with spail and cémect. We went one foot nine and & balf loches. At 8fteen Inches we struck the 8lling. Wo waso atopped alter reaching ioto ko cement baforo we resched the solid rock oa the Of those put down ss doubtful, the two Bepators from Oregon, and Mr, Cauzxox of Pennsylvanis, judging from their antece. deuts and the opinion in their Btates, will vote for the bill. Mr, Bexxoxs msy vote the other way. Included in the negative vote, however, are Messry, Hut, of Georgls, La. aum of, Mississippi, Kxiroaa of Louisiaoa, and Omustaxcy of Michigun, all of whom represont constituencies overwhelmingly in favor of the uslimited remonotization of and it will be a gurprise and a regret to the other rlde of the cavity. Thero waa a square nices ahout five inches by four Inches naed to level the top of the pler. No, 4 we wentinta filicen Inchea, We found an atea of about 8 foot equare, Some of the fling was preces of atono s Inrge as half brick. the balanca cement and spall, No.4 fa fonr feet vy reven feet six Inches, In No, 5 wo cntin ten inches, and found plecen of loose rock. Col. Doty stopped na, and aaid that Supt. Warsn had Blven him directions not to allow any farther tam- pering with the plera except by boring. The work as it stands ia suflicient proof of rascally condnot on the part of the contract. ors and’ the Government inspectors, Tha Iatter officials are, if anything, mora guilty than the contrnetors ; and jnatice shonld Iny hold of them at once and make examples of them. 'Thisis a case in whiofl responsibility cannot be ovaded. Public opinion will not bo satisfled until the officials who botrayed the Govorhiment in this scandalons manner 800 the insida of a Penitentiary. Tho offonsa against publio mornls, it will be observed, is two.fold : not only has the Government been robbed outright by the delivory of an srticlo amly half na expensive as that Yor which it contracted, but, in the second place, the safely of the community has beou endan. gered, If the building were completed on tha present piers it might fall in ruius at any time, and Involvo nn enormous loss of life. Having rocollections of similar frauds in other places, and the fatal consequences that followed iipon *them, the public will not boe in the mood to triflo with these offenders, They should be punished by the sevorest sontenco pormitted under the lnw. An extraordinary pressuro was brought to bear upon Gov. Youxo, of Ohlo, to induce him to pardon the murderer Brnoey, who was hanged yesterdny. The dispatches say that some or all of the officers of tho law concorned in securing the conviction of Brnoex signed the potition for his pardon. How mnny of the officers joined in this peti. tlon is not known; but it not infrequontly happens that the Judge who presides at the trial of a murderer, tho attorney who prose- cutes hitl, and the jrry who convict him, nimist n movement to relense him by the exercise of Executive oclemency. A more scandalous prostitution of justice cannot bo concoived. Tho officers of the law ecithor perform their duty or they do not when they find o criminal guilty and sontence him, When they have not dona their duty, they have laid themselves opon to criminal prose- cation; when they have doue it, their con- neotion with the case consvs, Thoy are not appointed to go into the sentimont of the' caso, or to turn the machinery of justico upon itsolf. As tho reprosontatives of,tho law, they are bound to insist upon the exe- cution of ita sontences. 'The contrary course, which-is now so often pursned, is bringing tho law itself, ns woll. as the persons who administer it, inta cuntempt, and encourag- iug crimo by making tho commission of it safe, Affaira have alroady reaohed such o pass in many of tho lerge cities ‘that tho criminal conrts ars not respected even by good citizens, and it only ncods a slight change for the worse to inducs thom to exe- cute summary punishment upon conspicuous offenders. The innocont lives that may bo sacrificed in this manner will be chiargenblaas much to the wenkness of men now appoint. od to exocute the law asto any inuate de- pravity of good citizous, It should under ordinary circumstances bo a bar to tho re- election of any public officer that Lo has joined in & petition for the pardonof any criminal whom he has helped to convict. THE VOTIRG OF THE YEAR, ‘The veur 1877 hos, of courec, beon an * off- year," but by no means 8o much of an off-year as people will think. The peopla of twenty-four Btates have beoh summoncd to the polls, name- 1y of: tallfornis, Maine, New Jorsoy, Colurado, Maryland, New York, Connecticat, Massachusetts, Ohlo, Qeorg.a, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iliinols, Minnesots Tthodo Jeland, Jows, Misshalppl, Virzinis, Kanssa, Nebranka, West Virglola, Kentucky, Now Hampehlre, Wisconsin, The total vote cast in these States was ahout threoand three-quarter milliona—that {a to sy, somothing over s half of tho votersofthe nation have been invited to declare their political preteronces, In not alt of theseBtates, however, wero the clections of a character to have value fnthe eycs of tho studont anxious to derive somo positive information from the factaand figures presented. For instance, in Californln the State vote was on the non-partisan propusi- tion to call a Constitutional Convention, though tho elcctions for tho Lenlslature gave a declded Dewmogratic victory, and insured the return of a Democratic Benator intha room of Mr, SARGENT, Thid result was, however, largely dus to the Re- publicau rovolt against the 8an Franclsco ring. In Colorado, tho only candidate voted for was on both tickets, and there was no party line drawn on the question of femalo suffrage. In Connecticut, party matters did not enter into the discusstonof the constitutional amendments submitted, but the Ropublicans made galos in thc Legislatare, and on tho sgeroguted voto for Sheriffs had a majority in tho Btate. In Georgla the yotlng was on propositions alfecting & Btate Constitutional Couventlon. In Illnols on the State-House appropriation. Theso Ave Btates, therefore, wo omit from our gencral tables, as for quite other but ‘stii) sufllclent Teasons we omit four others. Theso are Minne- sota, Mississippl, Virginis, and West Virginta, Though Minnesota guve a wholesome majority for ttis Republican tivket, no cownplete roturns aro up to the time of writing available. In "Mississipp! and Virginia thero have been no re- turi there was ng necessity. for any returns, the Democratic nominces having had a “walk- over.” In West Virginla tho vote was on a proposition alecting tha lucation of tho Btate Capital, There remaln, therefore, fifteen Btates whero falr, stand-up fights took place, and almost all of thess were important States, The lat in. cludes the great States of Mussachusetts, New York, Ohlo, and Penusylvania, and among those ‘which are closely balanced or susceptible to tha alightest vibration of “the political needle are Massachusetss, New Iampebire, New Jorsey, | New York, Ohlo, Pennsyivania, and Wisconsin, ‘We have, thus, & very falr corpus of statistice to work upon. True, there are some minor discrepancies which wiil slightly affect the tables, but fothe looz run these will about counterbalance each other. For lnstance, if lo Jowa GEaR'S scratching by the Prohibitionlst Republicans cuts down the Republican strength, in New York the Democrats luso some 10,000 or 15,000 votes by taking the polt for Becretary of State, for which they ran the smirched Mr. Bracu, 4 With theso explanations and reservations, the followlng table may be given of the returng from fAiftecn Btgtes, most of the figares being ou County mining. 481 coantlrenot b $8even couutles ot ™ frourtees plan 553 yotes, pot included. YN0 eicctiva e fad Muskiou. Tho Deaio’ i $*Waslilogton Louuty fxures not oiiclal; the ] Tiot oo eha G eeul et hFs Yoted tbe scabo Hekars ¥ There were, of courso, other tickets in the fleld, and tho vote for theao Is therctore glven, as followa: Probitition, Labor, Scattering. 10,437 Totala.... ... 42,480 12,03 2,04 Tho tota ¥01a 61" the States InEraded 1n' the nbove table was 3.400,415, as agatnst 4,578,800 votes laat year for President, the counties nnd towns not reported thia vear belng omitted in the latter calculation. The falling oft in the total votefs thoreforan fraction under 35 per cent (24 2-8 per cent, tobe more accurate), and A3 upon this basls the vote is barely less than that cnst for Presidont five yesrs go, tho fact remalns that for an “ off yesr ! there wasanun- nsually keen fnterest taken in pollties. We may compare tho vote actunily cast this year with that brought out lnst November, when almost every voter in the country went loxthe polls, The showing Is as followa: ofe, Renabliean 3,400,415 blo 28 per cent. If it were assumed that the same per- centage applied to all parties, wo should expeet the Republicans to cast 1,738,810, They did cast 1,017,714,~s falling off 0f 120,603, toaccount. for which there are the Labor and Greenback movements in Ohfo so actively fermented by the Democrats to draw- off Republicun votes; nnd jo Pennsylvania the same movements cul- ting down Republican majorities In such atrong- holda as Luzerne, and the oppusition to the Phlisdelphila ring, bealdes the secrot opposition of the CAMRRONB. After making allowances for all theso causes, there Is a very small margin left for tho loss to the party caused by that dis- satisfaction of the ‘*‘old wheel-horses” and “raok and file” of which wo have heard so much—Io sheets hostile to the Prestdent. True, the Democrats, who do not carry penclls on clectfon day and turn ont faithfully In all weathers have mado constderable galns for the time, but not until the Congressional electfons next November can wo form anything like an accurate estimata of tho oxtent of tho Influence for harm upon the party of the President's policy, if influcnce for harm there was, e ——— The boarding-hiouse. keapers of New York Tave never heen acensed of dullness or jnatten- tion to their otvn interests. In fnct, some of thelr devices would do credit to the fine tasto and discrimination that have always character« ized a certaln avenue of Chicago on tho South 8ide. A notable caseis reported ns happening fu o fashionable up-town boarding-house of tho first-mentloned city, The residents of this luxurious caravansary have for a long time past annoyed theworthy lady who acts as the pre- elding delty of tha establishment by eating & larger amount of food than the circumatances and the price of Loard sppeared to warrant, Accordingly a plot was concocted by the landlady and a devoted adherent of tho landlady’s clacst daughter,—a plot which was scarcely loss horrible and cer- talnly more ingonlous than the one which was once Invonted for the purposo ot blowisz up the entlro English Parlinment. It was just be- fore tho usual dinuer hour, and the young men of tno establishment wero just sauntering in after a brisk wolk up Broadway aud two fingors of something to stimulato their already-cnor- mous apnetites up to the point of mad voracity, when there appeared at tne parlor door the fleure of the devoted attendant of the landlady's daughter, appurcatly no long- er in his right mind, but raving, and shoutlng, and swinging his arms about ina tragicand really dreadful manner, Naturally all the young ladies who were anywhere in the vicinity of peoplo of the oppositc sex immedi- ately fatnted, and pen can but faintly describe the scene that ensucd. It was not until alter thu wretched adbersat had gone to ‘s neighbor- ing saloon with the avowed object of procuring, ahorrld lea-plek wherowith tu New the young ladles and gantlomen of the establishment Into frogments that 8 policemau was ' catled, tho doora barrleaded, and the dinner-bell rung, Alas! what was thoagony of that wrotched sandlady, when Instead of paving, as she had anticipated, an ¥noty, diuncr-tablo, found to her horror that ull the young gentiemen and ladies had recovered their presenee of mind, and shat they rushed into tho dining-room with even moro alacrity than usual. Builicient to relate that tho plot was a dead fallure, and tho land- Jadybad netonly the unhappincss of sceing her cherlshed hopes decay on tho very eve of fruitlon, but was obliged to pay a fino of $10 to oxtricate the devoted adhoerent from the Tombs, wherohe had been remandud by the guardians of the municipal peace, - —— Tho British House of Commons appolnted s Commnittee {n 1879 to Investigate and report tho causo of the great decline in the bulllon value of sllver, [he following 1s an extract from the teatimony of oncof tho ablest Nnanciors in QGreat lirltdln, ‘here was no higher authority thon Bagenoron such a subject, as no man had fnvestigated closcr or mory intelligently: g Mlautes of Evidence, Pago 03, July, 1770, Mr, WaLten Daozior called tn, Quostion 1,U1—You have been for many ycars, l\’ beliove, v, Question 1,382—1 think you have given partica- lar attention to tuis silver question? Answer— er, K Questlon 1, ul&—-Turnlm‘lo another subject, the ovidenco before the Committes, I think, has boen generally tu the eact that tho’ depreciation of wil- vor has beon csused by tha increased productlon, or thy improsslon produced by the fucreased pro- ductivn in Awerica, by thu desionetization in Ger- many, snd byxlw_inucn- of drufts of tho Indian Coundil, Do you sgrea inthe existence of thesa causesY Answer—L taink thess causes aro real, but 1 think o fuurth ought to by added to them. Questiun 1,403—What ls the fourtn cause? An- swer—A T““ number of Htutes which aro grouned togetkier in whiat 18 called who Latin Unfou bave cousod Lo coin sliver uvor wincu Lue year 1874 In the :a manner which tiey did before; Comm! o aware tho Latin Htatos, France, Holgium, Italy, Bwitz d, and Greece, which up to the year 1874 had what they call 8 double staudard—thatis toeay, siyver and 0ld wore tenders for any amount for debie. and he colonge wad framed oo tho refation of 15844 to 1. Up to thut thine it was open 10 anybudy te golo tho French or any otaer mints, with silver or gold, 84 tho caso wigut be, The con- soquency of couras was thut th cawne dopreciated the holders $00k 48 to thoso miuts oditor of the Kconomsst! Answor— Union is and bad 1t corned, But fu tl ar 1874 that proc- ess way orrested, becauso thuse (overnments limited the amount of msiver which Lhey wuuld coin, and {/ it Aad not been for thut chan of policy, ull the sllver which b4 now fooding London market and lowering the price, would b en loug sinca in the minta of thuse countrie ould Lt leasod gold from them, aud (¢ com- bined qffsct of the luo operutions would Aave been thatihe comparative value af qoid and silver would Augedeen sery l.ttle altete BADLY ¥UT AT ALL, —————— Doctors, it is well kuown, areas apt to als- Agres as auy otlier class of wan or wowan klud, The difficulty of arriving at s falr dectsion o case of such dissgrcement has become gener- ally rbcognired, and las given rise to s com- mon proverb which it is ?ulu wonoccsanry Lo quote under the present’ circumstauces. But there Is & tolerablo sdegres of safety fu sssert~ jug that the quarrel between Dr. WiLLIaM Can- pextRR and Mr. Wittiam CRoukms can be arbitrsted upon jo s maoner which should be sutlsfactory to the public, if not.to one of the scieutific gentlemen cvgazed fn it. Dr, Oane PENTSR {8 a physloloist of high standing in England, and Mr. Crooxxzs is an fovestigator of Bpiritualism snd the fnyeutor of an {nstrus ment callod the radlometor, which the good brethr¢n who attend Eldor WitLixa's Mouday meetings would regard gsa kiud of diaboli- cal dispensation, '{f their attention were duly called tbercto. This radiometeris s pot hobby of Ma CrOOEES', aud LY its means bo proposcs to make ‘grand dlscoveries in the hitherto cumparatively unexplored fields of psychology. What was bls cbazrin, therefore, when Ju a reccut vumber of Nature there sp- preared s paper devoted tu ridiculing the radi- ometer aod its pretensions, aud declaring that Mr. Crooixs had wrongly jaterproted bis own sesults by attributlog the motion of tho sails of 2% the radlometer ¢ the direct Imonct of elortrty waves. Now. Mr. Cookes, being n sclentifle manm, and therefors vresumably of & phiflosophie temper, might well have trfisted his radiomoter tareveal Uts own inwardness and vindleate jty own reputation. Hut that was precisely w'hu, Mr. Crookza was unabls todo. Fe chose rather to direct a flery enistlo to Dr. Canrexree, and even called in meveral of his friends to oy with him in the fray, which lias razed ever since with unabated fury. Mr. ALPRED Wariace and Crof. J. CAnr Fostzr are among the par. ticipauta In thia litorary war, whicn has not in- antly boen likened to unfortunate eventa whic, interrupted the proccedings of Mr, Bupp Hanre's Btanislaus Boclely. At present wiip. Ing it has reached the stazo when such af. Jectives as *knave,’ **fool,” etc., nte comman expresslons, and readera of the aclentiflc joyr. nals of (ircat Britsln are paralyzed with a cop. stant dread that these great and good safontisyy will have each othot's gore. Lest a similar i, presslon might prevail in this country, we hasten to assure our renders that such a calam. ity 1s quite beyond the bounds of probability, the radlometer not being & weapou that will go off. ————— Mr, Vexnon, of Montreal, who 18 widcly re, garded by Canadians as the leading authority on tho weather, gave the following severay weeks ago ns lis forecasts for the northern belt of this continent, which inludes the Northery States and Canadas: Autumn marked by 8 fine warm India after & rather uurl; cold tnrn, and u&fi&" T&i’. Winter short, warm, wet, aud open, with wno or two severs terms of shor duration, Altogether loomy and not healthy. 8pring veey wet np g he middle of Jnno; aummer intensoly hot and op. presaive, The winter will lvulnvafll{fln to the In. creane of thront-niscance and fovars: alan canle d“l“?’l'he l.ll!rcn 't:lmr l;ml.‘i\h!:luslu. in antict- atin proach ol jatic 0] Forihom Intiiaden. SR M ‘The autumn proguostication has been pretiy accarately tulfilled, and the foilowing letter of s to the Montreal Witness, dated Nov, 10, may Dbe read with Interest: ‘The preaent balmy weather wiil abruptly termi. nate towards or In_proxhinity to the 25th” of the present month, and probavly fiiw place to a shary #pell of wenther, with sicct and snow. 1 shall not b aurprised shonid_the waters hecoms praity wei lce-locked—as {n 1874. in the Iatter part of Xo. vember or the carly part of' December. Tius con. ditlon, howsvor, will be of short durition, and will speedtly give place again {o raina and opon weather (ufing December and Jannary, Conse. uently should the waters ercape this first pinch of the winter, navigation will probably be open toan nnusoally Jate date, To all intents and purposes, howerer, our srinter of 1877-8 will be upon us to. wards the last week of the orescnt monthi bay thin, 88 1 have alrendy sevoral timos stated. biss fair (o be gloomy, wet, and open as well as short, e ———— Amerfean manufacturcrs have got to leamn that thelr market is the world, We have been 80 accustomed to regard importinz g the nor- mal and oxporting tho exceptiondl state of things that the presout success of Amerlean goods in forelgn markets fs looked npon asa transicnt phenomenon of trade. The Ibila. delpbin Exhibitfon helped greatly to disabuse the publlc mind of this{dca, and it Is to bo hop- ed that for thelr vwa Intcrests alone, to say uothing of national pride, nierchants and man. ufacturess will havo a completo ropresentation at’ Parls next voar. A correspondent sugmests that manufacturers stuly carefully the Con- sular reports which the State Department is now publishing in the ncwspapers, as many of them statc uxplicitly what articles can be sold, and how they must be made, to commanla ready markot in the countries where the Con- suls reside. —— The position of tho Turks from tho Tarkish standpuint {s thus summed up by a Constant} nople torrespondent of the New York Times: Tho most {hat can bo hoped in Ania s to pain time tntil another srmy of operation can bo formed; in Europe that Osxax Pasha can maaage to fizht his way outof Plevan and unite wita the forces in the Halkens. Although written four weeks ago, theae words aro cqually applicablo to the present sltuation, It s clearly understood amome "Turkish (e~ crals that Osstax Pasha’s onty safoty les In ovacuating Plevun. But the Palaco authorities still hold to tho theory that to retreat is dis houor. —— The Russlans, according to'Mr. Fonoes, of the London Daily News, aronot at all surc to take Plevna, Dhit 1t is now two months sinco Founzs left the front, and aflalrs bave greatly changed, Between TopLenex with his sicze guna and Gounko with his light cavalry Osuax Pasha bas lod & hari Iife. ¥ e — The Mexican troubles are looming up fn the political horlzon, but they are snsigaiflcant in comparison with the war that CONELING has begun against tho President. ——————— The schemo for a Natlonal® University for women baa faled, the Houso Committes having decided to report adversely uponit. This is ungallant, togay tho least. e — The reason why Boucicaurt’s Combination Company separptod was because his **Mar- ringa " was not provorly performed. e et— PERSONAL. * George Franols ‘Train fasted six daysto show that he conld do It Richard Grant White has boen very ill of & fever, but 18 now recovering. ‘Gambelta hos been unwell, and is unnt- terably weary, bat atill docs the work of ten mes dally, Prof. Bumner, of Yale: Colloge, is to de- ltver & lecture on the miver queation in New Haven this woek. % The King of Bweden is announced a3 the author of a dramatic poem for which Ivan Iall- strom has writien the music, Mr. Eustls, prospective Benator from Loulslana, man tall, Iazge, and broad-shool- dered, with s red face, and black hair dashed with krsy, Mr, Walker, the hero and author of the Vinegar Ditters, was in the Toombs In New York Mondsy for deserting his wife, who says she mado his fortune for him peddilng the bitters lnthe alreot until they became famous, Alphouse Daudet in ¢ The Nabob"” de- scribes with singular boldi he persansges of the Becond Empire. | The eblsode of the death of the **Duode Mora® calls up De Morny with won- derful vividneas to the recollection. Lawrenco Barrett doclares that so far from the popular taste detdrioraling, the only great suce cessas of thoe acsson bave boen thoss of tho stands sra dramas. *>Mr, Booth has had a round of mag- nicent engagements. ' My own success thusfar surpasses that of any previous season.’ Boms little excitement has been created i1 Parls by the publication of an srticle entitle *4The Legend of Msgenta,” in which the autho asserts that be proves, by the ald of ‘offlcial docur ments, that tho Marshal de MacMahou is not en* ttled 1o the credit which bs roceived for exploits in the 1talian campaign. Porsong] allusion in the Hlack Iills Cham- plon: **One of the most versatile ladies that eves graced toe Deadwood stage” has packed ber kn,. **1it out from the land of the howling wilderncas, and Ls en'route for Chicago, where sbo will *-chaw scenery and **whoop it up" en **oid Terpsl chore.” Col. Robert Tyler, & son of the ex-Prusl- dent, dled at his bome 10 Moutgomery, Als., Te- cently. He was nearly 60 yearsplfago, Hewass saldier & the Confederate ary and afteswards Reglater of the Tressury of the Confedorate States. 1n exrly life ba married Miss Cooper, &, daoghic? of the eminent tragedian, who snrvives biw. A Washington dispatch says tbat among the suditors 1n the Senate diplomatic gailery vese terday duriog the dlog of the President's med* asge was bir Eaward Thoroton, who returned from Eogland seversl days sgo. While thera he was tendesed the position of Mintster to Madrid, but declined it, prefersing bls presant position as Min- ister 10 the United States. At the martjage of the Duke of Westmio- ater's daugbter ln London secently, the Queca pro- souted the bride with & maguidcent India shawli tha Prince of Walos sont hor Ladyaslp s besutiful gold bracclet sot with emoralds sud peasls, and Lo Cept. Cavendish a silver Tenth Hussar fokstand: thy Princess of Walcs gave tho biido s dumoud aud pesl locket; Princess Chulstian, a pair of allver Queen Augze candlesticls; sud Priocess Beatrico 8 dismond strow brooch, 3