Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1877, Page 7

‘LHIS CHICAGO 'TRIBULu: CAPITAL GOSSIP. Why Judge Davis * Dodged " the Butler Vote. Alexander H. Btephons’ Peculiarities-— His Opinion of Ben Hill, JThe New Democratic Organ and 1ts Proprictors. Gtilson Hutohins ns Editor and Politiclan ~His Ups and Downs, - genator Conkling's Coxrrespondence. From Our Owen Correspondent, Wasmixatox, D, C., Dec, 0.—Congressional memories are short. It this abstract proposi- {lon should ever be denied, thera are 40,000,000 pf constituents in this country who might he sattsfactorily producod as witnesses (n the But short as the memories of Con- gressmen arc, they still oling, affectionately 1n somo reapects aud critteally In others, around {be sction of David Davis in the Butler case, Davls’ refusal to vote has never been explalned by himselt uatil now, and not a little specula- tion hes boen based upon his hurried fight to the clonk-room when the Clerk commenced the foll-call on that terrible night last weelk. Davis bad steadily promised the Democrats to help them In bringing tho matter up.: Ilo prowmised them faltbfully nob but ‘all fnducements to wote for Dutler's sdmission falled to win him over on the final question, Tho fact is, Davis ncver belleved tbat cither Butler or Corbin was elected, position was that the wholo matter should be sent back to tho peopls of Bouth Caroling avd anow clection ordered. was, ho d1d not deem It advisable to take such a stand, and a8 ho could not consclentiously vote for the admission of aman who was ot entitled to a sent, ntd as bis procitvitios milltated rainat {njurinls the Demueratic party, hoavolded o voto and stepped into the cloal-room. Had ha voted sgainat Butler, It would have resulted in a tlo, and the casting vato would have closed old Hamburgogt. ‘Then the question would have cwme up on Corbln, nnd, had Davis voted againat him, the tie nud casting vote would have admitted him. ‘held ‘out to him But, situated as ho tho question nelther olected, standing on the same plang, and you having the declding vote, which will _you scat, the Demo- ‘crat or the Ropublican! In answer to the ques- s "flon—he tasn't .pregent at rollvall, and the Democrnt wns cliosen aud thic other left, Ivisited tho Senator to-night and put the question to him falrly and squaroly, whether or oot this rtate of nffalrs represented his position, In reply he said that hé Lad never before beet talled upon to explaiu his yotes **but In answer to your question, sir,” sald he, “T will call vour attention to the fact that I voted for ) T bellove to thls day that and * therefore ¢ Davis always interviews by [nnuendo. ileult to get at his views In a dircet man- ner, but Lo will oveasionally oxpress Limaclf in depending upon the pereeptive facilties s futorviewer to et at' hls meaniug, and {rom tho peculiar sxpression of Is fuce and the empliasis ho lald on tho word ** hie," it 18 safa to assumo that the Seoator Is willings to baye the cotntry belive that the explanation of his vote I3 eorrectly given, It would scarcely do for him to come” out flat-footed and glve his . renson for his action, for ke haos all along as- sumed the Tudepemlent attitude, and lio natu- rally shrinks from confezslon to Dewmoeratie udgment of exceilent poll- iere, Benator Dayia showed more grace in etLlig out ol thie Senate Clinmber before bia numd was enlled thau lio hind fn get- Aing out of the ecrapo since, TISCHNACIC 1AM ABANDONAD FOLITICE and gone fato philosophy. Darwinfan - thoory of the survival of tho fittest 28 fraud almost commenaiirate {n extent with 1bo 8enate Comnittee on Electtons, Beoator,” sald hio to-1av, *as much of a Benator s auy of them, but § dun't care for the seat now, Tyuo Senata will be Demacratic in 157, aud a Republican won't have uny swing,’ 'm L don’t want any more of it. Wheu the three Ropulilicans on the Commit- teowent over to th Demourats t Ewtts will et the seat Il th T rather faney from soms other akd that Piachbacke fa hard un flawne v, [lo Invested what little money ho bad (s0 hie oxpressed It) Iu Now Orleans réat-cxtute, sod it deprecdated on bis hauds somo 40 or & - At present there {8 no prospect of hu evidently nceds remonctiz- - leatingza, hut in che tledaus of both sldes Ho lonka upon tho golong out of politics, xfiulhnuon, au 2. ALNXANDEL 1, STEPHENS, A Uttlo to tho lefe of tho maiu alsle of the Houne, and just between the first row of deska and the Clerk, Is @ Jittle, withered up, uervous old rguw, ' ‘Mounted upon a complicated peduestal bullt of wheels, platturmas, and a back, ho bnbs its head or nods it {n accord or diseord with the gontleman speaking,. Rarely (8 bls voles heard, + Whoover ‘posscs stops to alake hunds with fow wonla to him, not that they all have avything epeelal to say, but the green membors think It looks well from the glicrica to bo suon ln conver Uon, Aloxunder 17, 8tephens, of Georzin, The old mpn fs pitifully thin., His face i livid and Ills bead Iy sunken belween his slioulders, I1is cheat Is duprossod, and bis urms and lower Hinbs are fearfully and wondcrfully , But weak and emaciated as he looks, his " muscles gro always in operatlon, and hie jogs backwari aud forward In his wheoled-cnalr, or taps tho Hoor nlcrvounl_r with e foot e [¢] —anud ‘his nany Infirmities scem to psrunt breach of Congresslone) in fact most cyery . thing he "does 18 referred to the cccentricities rapully-approaching dissolution, Yot tl weak aa hie looke, and worn aa he 1, manitestan miraculous vitelity, He s seldom ahacnt from 1s always on the olert, watchful, wary, A In this he is Iu strange contrast with certain coxcombs in both branches who deem it deroputory to thelr dignity to pay any ottention to the proceedines, sid who aifoct o rolound iInchiference to all that gooson aruuud Btephens, on the contrury, listeus us at- teosively to the .bitl Bmithyille, $10.75, ns to p measura regulat tho currency of tho country, tbink thut ‘he was sent to Conureds to know on, even if o does not partlel pate, and it Is patnful to watch the ‘rapt ol tentlon tho liptle, shriveled-up old mau pays to the proceedings. In conversatiou he ls grave and sovere, [l looky upan every questlon presented to him ns his vatural epemny, and proparvs himsel for its uen, ho regards 8 excrescencus and he th #oun appolnted of Uod to remoya thurn, The Quickest way to preak. up hig casuro Is to agres with hit, fol 006 of yeplatance and resentment, agres with anybody, nor will be allow any ono him, and wheuover Ly fuds that Qusof his bobbics s popular, ho will dlscover ju the arguments supporting bis show that thoso arguments pposite sidu of the o ouines down to 0 11 (hat he relaxes. Talking ot Hill is bis 31, Bo groes ot on {cking the wud and 40 sl) dirgctions. Not that ke doesu’t llke lin, or that Lie fatls to ‘uporeciute HIW's ability, but Fill, os 3 proplct, he looks upou with hila- ohin Npiith, of He appears to their opintons udginent on & hix inatinct 1s loni on 8 diametrically o 1t {4 only when Lorseback ride. tautioysly repeated to him Hill's statement 4 there would be no healing of the breach betwesu the Preadent and Hoscoo Coukilng. Humph! HIl says 20, dogs hel Wull, J uow whether thery witl 11 save thery wou't, [ am inclined to here will be. Thirty days, twenty days, ) ten duys befora the War closed, he sald the lmm wus {n a inore prosperous condition, aud tter alle to carry on tho War, thao it bad Thera's forecast fur you! by, eyory-ony knew we wers whipped then. Brow, of Georeia, und Hill used toquarrel 00d deal, aud T think Brown summed bun up *Mr. {1l s » right smart mau,’ got any ud:z»vlml.' ¥ for biy judg-medf, As far as this tizht is ved, coutinuod Afr. Btophens, ¢ b t the two fellows down in b Georgin. One of themw was known to be larly witbout uerve, whilo the other was ‘Lhp gume man chul- ho sccepted aud coolly weut 0 Work 0 wake his preparatione. His (riends erpd i his cooluces, aud when bo weat to be or not, but el sfica It yturted. ‘bat Now, thar's (i) toad to e game. ged tluu;um-,g‘l e thn ground ho was mure compored than aver. ‘The ground was marked out and the men placed, whicn the game man demanded a parley, Final- 1y tha nfTair was patched up, and, a3 they wero all leaving the ground, zome one asked the chal- lenged party haw he could he ao cool tinder such tryiog circumatances. *Hush, my dear fellow,’ anld hie, ‘don’t rav anything about it. T had the dead wood on hin ail the while. If he hadn't a gin in, I would,’ and [ reckon that's the way it Isin this figat,” TR NAW DEMOCRATIC OROAN. One of the freaheat featurcs of the town, from a journalistic standpoint, {s the introduction of tho I'ost, tha new Democratic paper. Mechan- feally It Is susceptible of a @reat many Improve- ments, while editorially It appears to be as able a8 cditorials’ on its political stdo usually are. The main {nstigator or head devil of this ven. turo {8 Btllson Hutchins, of Missourl, a man whoae phienomenal succeases and brillfant fafl- ures entitie him to at least » pnssing mentlon. Hutchins was organized in the Eaat,somewhere, —Vermont or New Hampshlire, I forget which, —and haviug met with great disappointment in endeavoring to unite the functions of Gospel ex- pounder and Iocal politielan, be drifted ta Iowa, where pre.achers wero fow and voliticlans fnex- pericnced. By dint of hard labor and strict cconomy he managed to amass A cook- stove and n_ tea-kettle, and with this tunder ho took up bLis line of merch for St. uie. Starting a firo In the cook-stove, he con« nected the apout of the kettle with an ol hand- ress, and tho result was tho 8t. Louls Times, a Democratie orean, run on tho principle of the drag-uet, with meshea fine enough to eatch even the sinalleat “shincra.’” 1t was whilo warming overcivliization in the cook-stove oven that Hutehing cams in contact with tho late Lewls V. Bogy, whom ho rolled and molded into proper shape, marked * great man” on the dough, and’ shoved him In to couk as United Statea Senator, At that time young Hutchins had but limited political asplratfons for himself, Hlo met his mind upon becoming a Warwick, contented to make and unmake great men; bt tho bee he had tralned turned ungratefully upon him and stung him with a desire for Congressional honors, In thoso days he was modest, and, not being satisiied that lic was a praper. man for the position, he fallcd to sup- vort himself very strongly ‘in his own papsr, and he was defeated, But’lt buflt up the Times, Democerats, scclng that the paper was dis- eriminating enough to know wham to “damn with faint praiso,’ tuok hold of It, and it roon became the acknowledged organ of the Missourt De: racy. It rapldly Increased (n value, and finally berame sulliciently infinential to elect Ilutchins to the Leglslature, = Either while ha was fn the body, or shurtly after the expiration of his torm, he sold his one-third Interest in tho Enmr for §00,100.60%¢, and touk hold of the 8t. puls Diapatch, Running for the Logislature again, he zot his certificate after a hot and bit- ter campalan, and lmnediately assumed the leadteralip of the Houso. But hia political suc- ccsses had a corresponding depressing infiuence on his journalistic success. 1o depreciated in value 88 o ncwapaper manager in the same ratfo that he apprecinted s a statesman. He conducted, during his last term, one of tho most brilllant fightsever known in Missouri’s Capital. The questiun nrose upon patponing paymont of the Btate bonds. Tom teynolds, une of the ablest Inwyers in the Btate, backed by two-thirds of the Houss, favored the postponement. Hutchina, with the Committeo on Elections reaay to report that hie was not en- titled to his seat, claimed that postponement was practically repudiation, ‘There was nota slugle speaker on ks slde excopt himself. Rey- nolds had prepared himscll for months, and lils sunporters nwnbered atnong then some of the beat debuters n the Legislature. In a threo dnys' baitle, during which Hutchina stood alone, lie, by the force of his arguments, overs came Reynolds, snd on the vote an overwheim- g majority was glven in favor of payment. It was onie of the most famous vietories on record, and won single-handed nud alone, But Huteling rtoasn *nurual(at appeared to have run. He sabsequently regained possesslon of the T¥mes, but it didn't scem to work, and he was admitted tothe Bur. In the seclusion ot Lis study ho appeared to realize the source of his mistakes, and, breaklng loose from the assoclatlong that had welphied him down, he has cone to Washinzton to try his hand again, In startine the Zost he appears to have wone back to the ofd principles that mado the Times suo- cessful. When tho Democratie caucus offered Lo indorss the Jlost, ho reapectlully warned them to desiat, Ila did not propose, hie safd, to run his paver in the fnterest of ln{ Job, ring, or subsidy, andgho ouly support he cared for wus In tho nature of subscriptions. ilo showed that he had money fu the bank to run him for six months, at which thine he expected to baon a IF\\,ylmz basts, The Democrats in Conerees Hked lits style, and sub-. serlbed for his paper, from ten to ity coples cach, with the understanding that they should e ealled upon for pay whea the six moaths had cxpired. ‘Thus hestarts In with a subseription- st of sbout 7,000, a . torrible determination to win, aud au_encrgy rarely vouchsafed In this day und gencration. Tho past of the man has glven riso to tho statement that hoe carries o steam cngine fu vach coabtall pocket, und Lhero In o superstition among those who know him that his charactorlstics in this direction were tho origioal sugiestion of the Keoly. muotor, But will he succced? Washington fs notord- ously thie poorest vlace ov carth for a newspuper, but Hutehing, looking confidently for a Dem- ocratle Administrution and Congross in 1880, thiuls ho has found the field. The worst of his divining-rod s that it {s forked ot both ends, and ordinarlly strikes two great projects at tho same time. ~ Heretofore, bis journalistic offorts have borne the saine relation to liia real object that demovetized sflver bears to gold, but now he clatms to huve glven all outside matters the alip aud to have ect blinaclf down to tho hgher alms aud advertiscments of the profession, Inthis ho is aided by John Cock- crill, fonmerly of the Clneinnutl Enqulrer, os the greenback of the concern, and A, Co Buell as subsidiary’ currenzy, I am told that the sup- porters of the paner expeet great unlnFn of It, and it must be sdmitted that tho LSoxt has already wou cousiderable notoricty for so young an endeavor, ROSCOB CONKLING. » Attontton has been called from time to time to Benator Conkifug’s habit of writing lctters wheugverthers Isanythizof morothan ordinary fmportance before thy bodv Lo which ho belongs, Careful observers have noticed that he recelv in une day the exact number of letters ho wrote the doy before, and this has given - riso to the story that oll hig correspondouce is entlirely with himaelf, 'Tho following document is belng shiown around guictly, and it is sald to have been pleked ub In oneot the Capitol corridors near ono of the Chamber dours: Wasitixurox, D, C., Dec. A.—7he Ilon, foscor Conkling—3y Dean Sint Though 1 have not the honor of yuur scquaintance, Iaum €0 far fuipressed with e n'nlnndnr of your personal sppusrance and our menifest intellectual superiority overall oth umen betngs, that [aw constrained to sddro yo und oatend my. congratulations to the hand. sonicat man und ablest atatcaman extant, § regret not time cntor maore fully into d 1 have sevoral othor letters to write atug sublect, §trust, most honored alr, that you witl exouse mo. UcHeve me, Senu- 1oz, yuar most profound admizer, . Huecor Conkrina. ‘This 1s rather a Toots lice method of dlscus- sing o question, but it cnables the Seoator to got hile uwn viewsconelsely before Wmascl?, whito at the sume time llr‘iuil Lim on record, on the, to him, wost finportant subject now under de- qute. 4 8. o, ——— WHISKY HATH ITS VICTORIES, Specius Dispaich la Tha Chicago Sribune, Bramazcx, D. ‘1%, Dec, 10.—The Seventh Cav- alry oxpediiion for the Hills moved out Sunday. Tue town, since pey-Juy, has beéen full of #hoozy ' soldiers, aud the famous Scventh had sowg of them along, The disclpline after pay- duy is evideotly slack, For four days wugons and uiund- of cayslry have been over every day from Lincoln pleking up loads of soldlers who were $full,” Fiye cumpaules of the Sevouteenth Intantry srrived this afternoon {rum Btanding Ruck, en route to Forts Totten, Bisscton, Pears Livg, and Sncltivg. o the camp last uignt, two companles had & rough-and-tumble tight, Capt, Donuvau led one of tng divistons.’ The weht befure there wag alsg 8 fight, and Licut. Kilpatrick knocked & blg rnvnlu down, A second blow would Layve killed him, had not unulll‘nelr‘rlllgcdr cnlnugat Ih"m"iw:‘. u(:‘l:l Ben Clark le uy for Chicago with six Cloyeuns Chisfs to meet ghurh!nu. e - ——— THE UNION LEAGUE. PmrapELrui, Dee. 10.—At a meetiog of the Unlou Lesgue to-vlght the Miteenth annusl re- port was presented. It defenda tho Proadent’s Boutheru polley, commends his efforts to cn- furce the Cival-Service rulcs, sud coudcmus the actlou of those who oppuss him fn the latter coursc. e ——re ANOTHER TENTACLE, Bax Faancisco, Dec. 10.—President Orton, of the Western Uplon Telegraph Company, statcs thatan agreempnt has becu reached by the-Western Unfon and Cootrul Pacltie suthor- ftics by which sl telogravh Uues of the raliroad coinpany are to be consvildated with the West- ern Untop systew. Mr, Orton {s reticent asto tho terws of she sgreciunt, but stawa that tho transfer 13 in the maturcof a co-ops rangement, by which the offices of the raflroad 1ines will b discontinued and ail businces car- rled on under the immediate control and name of the Western Unfon., The new arrangement is to go into effect Jan. 1. THE SILVER-QUESTION. —_ . Paper Itead by the Iton. i1, G, Miller Ne~ faro tha Philosophicat Boolety of Evans. ton, Dee. 10,1877, Monay s that form of property with which com- mereial exchangon are effected. A unit of money is the denomination In which accounts are kept. A unlt of other property faa definite porlionnf any kind of praperty by the multiples and fractions of which the various quantities of that kind are ex- Money being the medium of exehange, the nnitof money becomes the measure of the valae of the vatlonmkindsof othor property. ne #a synonomous withprice,) A definita ty of any kind of wproperty Is worth the amount of money it will bring. tion has naeda medinm of exchango for a long time, the vaines of Its other property will become rajusted to thie medinm. If its finances ara in portlon of its entire proporty. [Tt is impossible to state accutate- 1y what that portion fs, but we will snppose that the ratio of fts property In the form of mouey to itaproporty In other forme is as 1 to 30, —thatIs, that for every dollar of moncy thercars 830 of other property. Under these conditions each dol- larin -money has & fixed purchaeing power. this ratio or rolation once established can be made permanent, snd contlnue withont change, then the purohsaing power of the unit of money will alsyays be tho same, Whatever thinga dollar will buy to-day it will huy atany fatare time, If it will buy a bushel of wheat to-day, and influences affecting the orice of this commodity continuoas they mow are, it will buy Just one bushcl of wheat and no more ut any futnre time; but If thia ratio or relation s changed, thentha purchasing power of this unit of It {s diminished jast fnthe proportion that tule gatio is diminlshed, and in- creased just i the proportion that this ratlo is In- In other wards, the prices of property In wother forms than money will rize as the purchasing power of money decreases, and fall as tho pare chasing power of money lncroases, Wo will aup- poso that the volume of money {s doubled, with no addition to the other property, then the ratio wi.l bess2to300rlta18. Two dollars will now buy Jnst what -and no more than 81 purchased A bashol o!l wneu!f Is mow worth morey {s changed. Tong timo will be required to accos change, nnd verfect the now ndjnstment. bt this aubstantialiy will be the resolt; and thls change in 1t progrers will be distinguished asancra of rising prices. *Wo will suppose that onc-half of the money stock 18 taken away; the ratlo will then be .increased fiom 1 dollag will now purchose tha bushel of wheat, or what' 81 purchaeed before, In other words, L bunhelof wheat that wam worth $1 before the chunge was mndo I naw worth only half n dollar. "'his change iarke an era of falling pricen. the prices of all exchangeable proporty are in addition affected by tl tho ' prices of particular property, such an roal estate 1n: rapldly- cities, and grain whon the crops have fatled, wi #t timas advanco more rapidly tha in other forms )y & 1all {n the prices of thoms kin: that are from various causes subject ta the do- influences of this law of "sup) aving the sum of the property in the nation, other than that which {a in the form of nioncy, under tha sole Inituenco of the avent which fizedand established them, —nantely, ted ‘1 other natlons by fta creating demand for the subjects of thls “Ihe pricen of property ii the couutry nre thorefore controliad by twu iptlaences, depond- {n upon the manner in which it is viewed or ro- If viewed In respect to ita various kinds, thon the price of each Lind is controlled by th Juw of mupply snd domand. , that (s, if the o at, then this aggregate 31 viewed {o fts ou- egata of prices 19 looked extabllshed and rogulated by the ratio that exista between thé amount of property fn the form of wmoncy and tho amnount uf property in othor forms; in other words, by quantity of the money stock {n the cunni uantity of nthee propert o unchanged when it catabllatidd, the stalility of prices, an aunorring In- dex of & hoalthful commerclal activity, s maln. anpfopriate. ohject. that are ' adapted compared with the relation to all clrcumetances 1 scale, and therefore successfully pros- Capital and labor will receive a Just rece ompense for thelr reapective contrlbutlons to that which In tho resnlt of thoir friendly co-oparation. 'i:h beneficent object 1u nl- tesman used, that ia credits, ed npon and lo rospoct ctual woney inthe The accomplishing of o amounts, menaired by ¢ hands of the hands of the buuker who lenues them, To properly restrain the lasuc of these notes, thoy #lionld nlways be converiible into actual money at the will of the holder, and thon thelr fasio will not. exceed such o limit as experience hias shown cannot bo transcressed with safoty. convertibility I8 taken from thein or suspended, then they become virtuaily a stock of the conntry. Thu ratlo between mone forms of yproperty Is dlministed, 1l wmoney {s reducod, prices of other praperty Increased. enluryo with the swelliug volumo of money, Thess credits take the place of money, and hot rices_ect In the direction of indefinite ex- Fictitious monoy beguts fictitious credits and fictitious prices, and this policy, If persiated In, will, of gourss, cnd in fluanclal di increasing the monay stock Increasce tf uther property, so diminishing It canm. In the uther caso the purchuring constantly duprecintin wployment in If 1l _quality of nrt of the money {n consequenty Private credita will vagerly seol dustries to share with Javor the profits of thase fn. In the othor {ts purchasing power, or with othcer property, 1 con- appreciating, and it will retire es, and fuave labor to take care of ltsolf, Money le sellashh and quick lo discern fts real fus 1t hears no cry of distreas, Is neither moved by sxpostulation” nor gajoled by flattery. wilt hibernato fn’ yaults or ent_{nvestmonts at u low fnterest when tho socuritics are amplo, but it wili nover engage 1y productive Induutriua while prices “The productive eneriies of our country t to endury the process of recovening from an_unnaiural Increase of its money stock by 2 ruduction of this sfock to its norpal quantity, If 1l corrective is adminlstered with some regare but it cianoi withistand tho con- vulvions that m:st cneuo if, in addition to the ad- ministering of thid corroctive In extravagant doses, (ho process of redacin below 1ts normal yuantity k The roduction of the inoney stock o rices nntll the valuee o becomo ad]usted to the suduced volume of money, und when this is reached, to coutinue the thun ratio between mioney and other proporty, consta: supplies must be mada to the money atoc clent 10 cover tha lossos occasioncd by uso and castalties, und o weet tha wanis of advancing pupulations and production, othurwles tho inclius- cuntinuously dowa- the mvantime, while this dlsmsl value, as compared Fattening In repose, venture intu purmas uonoy niock tou far {uterest constuntly accumulating upon them re. mats with the dxodness of fatu at thelr summite level, ond fAcy muat Lo dollar, with ths deurer money the legitimatae feults of snch & policy are cnuitics, nnd endlcss chyn In tho vwaerslilp of of Judicial wules, muiey can only be cutupared to thewaste of a con. discharged, dollur for As totheso debts, roperty, through the uring the C'olonlal period, aud the the Confederailin, thers was no ly ‘Fhere wus no mint in the country, bat avid sliver calna, ebtainod by au vxchan woditios for thew, clreatated here as money, The wilyor coln, was the principal uring those perlods, penerally used 1n coln payments, and wes curront throughout the ‘Colugles, bpuulsh dollar, & coln of commnerce In Bec, 8, Art, L., of Coustltution, Congress is suthorized money, fogulate the valuo City of New York, March 4, 1760. Cangress paseod an act lating the vslul Colnsge uct of April ty zranled in the Conetitutlon time gave to the people of. and legalized currency. 1o colaist of the two ptals, mint wad catablished inta coin The coina of sither wat: Jegul touder st thelr mint value in payuwent of delts withont lualt, acd the coloage orcither was ersuns depositing bullion at tao Mint. be Spaulsh willed dollar was mwade the unit of account. ~Ita languags on thi V+There shall be fra time to il colned od the Miut dollars ot unite, the value of 8 Gpanish mitled dolls now current, and o coutain 3713 gratus of pure nd silver," "Of tuls fualare dertuan, Director of quantity of Sno miver h dollar then in circulation cordiug Lo Lhe aasay of 4 ulin- the Unlun a uniforay or 410 gratugol atan ¢ Sr. waye: *Tho average 10 tuls country was, ber of pieces, 371 grains, (o which was s graiu Lo avoid inconvenient fractions in presc the weight of 1he culn underthe ratloof 1tol og this courso o refeconce to the colned dnllar Mr. Hamilton no douvt had 1a mind the im- nce of exact justice between deblurs and creditors. and recognized the crument jo Axng 0, dopreciats the cxistlug micasure of cog- tructs to the lnjury of creditors, or appreciate it to tho ipjury of debtors.” Thls sct provided for cach coln tocuntalua pro- cve upits, apd tu bo nisde af & Iy ratio of thels winting gald colu scribod number of prescribed welght and finonoas, colu-value was based upon thelr thea-s bullion or warket values, uud was as 1 1y ono oance of gold was warth Aftscn oul the adjustment Lad buca sl sccurate, then these wetals would have circalated concurreutly aa moacy, and cvnkluus b0 29 civue I8ts a0 Tong an thelr relative coin valoe witn colncident with their relative market valn At this time the moncy rtock of the world con- Mated of thesc two metale, In romo countries eilvor alone way used, hut in most, If not all, commercial conntrles buth rold and silver were nred, Gold was ot ezcinaively ueod anywhero. Tn addltion to the quariti=s they have In common to commend their use an ancy, the mors valoable of them, gold, is especially ndaptsd to largs, and silver to amall traneac.ions, and their joint usa promotes the parmanence of the ratio hetween inoney and_ othor propertr, ani consententir the ty of pricea, Tbe aupply of eachof thesa mctats is variable, and governed by canres that are pecullar 1o each, and which cannat be anticipated or eomtrotled, and for this and other reasons it may be dificalt lo secare thelr concurrent clrculation. When tho ideal unit of value and account jis repressnted In the cuerency by each metal, then If tha bullion value of one, by reason of & reduced wupply, of becanse thore is a larger temporary de- mand for it in foraign countrica than in onr own, is ralsed above ita mint or coin valne, its place fn tuo enrrency Lretires will be reanily taken b the other metal, The quantity of the money stoc! will thereby be preeerved, and prices remain une changed. To secure the uve of cither of these melaie as money ita coin value must he at Jeast equal to 1ta market or bullion value, otherwise it will not o to the mint, nor remain in the furm of coin 1f colned. To recure their cancurrent circu. lation an woncey their reiative ¢ nn value was fized by the Cotnage actat ono to fifteen. Thin corre. rponded totheirthen market value, Withtn o few yeara thelr relative value, ss determined by the market, changed ro that une aunce of gold Instead of being litnltea to fifteen onnces would buy Af- teen and a haif to slxtecn ouncen of silver in the Inariets of Enropo. Conseguensdy golkd left us and nllverremained. Toremedy this, by thelawof 1824, the welght of the gold coin was ‘reduced, and by the act of 1837 its finencss wan slightiy reduced, while the silver coin rematned thte same as hafore, the_slight lucrease of ils purity to make the per- centage of its alloy the samc an witn that In the goll_eoln belnz comnensated by o rednction of fta welght from 414 grains to 412'¢ graing of standard metal, ‘Thia added i il per cont to the colu valus of gold. Their logal valae then stood to each utlicr a8l 1o 16,448, insead of 1 10 15, as before, This change, lustead of making the relative mint value of these inetals colncident with their relative mar- kot value, nroved to be an undue Incresse of (ho coin value of gold, and tho bullion value of silver wall consequently higher than the value stamped At the Unlted states Mint, Stiver has since besn, untll within & fow gyears, at a pre- mium of from 1% to 3 per ecent, Wo aro _accastomed to regard Lbe Governments of Furouve ns entabllshed and administered 1n tho Interest of tuie uppor clasecs, In which are fonnd the cavitalists, rather than in the intereat of the common people. A few yearsoge o wcheme was st on foot In asme of the countries of Europe in the Intereats of the owners of mouey ur croaitor classes, and those wio lived on fixed Incomcs, to reduce the money stuck by denonetizing ono of the metals, and “thereby ‘increase the valae of money. Tho ubjects which the promaters of thin schicinie had In vlew, and the motlves that funpired then, are clearly atated in the following extract from tho ofiicial _resume of the French Manctary Commisnion of 1460, found on page 11 of the ree port of tho Monctary Comnmission created by Con- grees Aug, 15, 1870t **The rixcin price which has tiken' place within twentr years Ina wrreat numbee of articles of merchnndiac is evidontly due {0 many causen, such ns war, bad hiarvests, andin- Crease in COnmLNtIon; but it is very proboble that tha depreciation of the preclous metals Lus con- tributed to 11, since there has been a steiking coin. cileice between the risa of prices and tho producifon of tho nmew' mines of, gold ‘nnd eilver, Tho annual production of the two metals, which was only 880, 000, V00 in 1817, exceads now #200,000, 000, It has nearly tripled, and it Is easy to ses that the real valuo of thc motals hae diminished. It is difiicult to esti- mate exm:ll{ what the diminutton fa: but whatever it mny be, It dewanda the attentlon of Govern- ments, hecause it allects uniavoraoly all that por- tion of the pupulation w incawe, remulning nominally the same, ondergoess yearly dimjou- tion of thio purchasing power. As Qovernments control tho welghit and stundard of maney, thoy ought, a0 far as pueaible, to aseure its valne, and, asit s admitted that the tendency of (he metals [n to deprecinte, this tendoucy should be arrceted by demonetizing onw of them. " They detarmined to Qlacard sllver, and accordingly Giermany decreed the demonetization of this metal in 1871, the decree totake effcctin 11 and It colnave wasis. continucd jn France. Tacarryoutthinachome, [t was necesusty tusscure the co-uperation of this country, whoso annusl prodiuct of silver is greater than the joint product of all other nattons. Un tho 13th of February, 1873, an act was vassed by our Con- serean, entitled, **'An act reslaiug und_ amendin: tho Inwa relative to the m!nu' -ofices, an colnage of the United Stat and the act con- tained sixty:seven scctlons. It asuthorized the colnage of fractions of the silver doilar, below standand weleht, as subsidiary colns; also a new cutn to be calied the trade dollar, snd to contaln 420 gralns of ilver, never intended for circulation In this country, but for Asiatic commerco, and rrnhlblmd thess particular comns from being a el tender for more than five dollars In any une payment. Noallusion whatever calcalated (o ar- rest attentlon war made In tho actto our afiver dollar, and it would have been unaffected by it but for the scventecnth rection, which Ia In theso ‘words, *' No colns, eltber of gold, sllver, or minor colnnge, shall hercafter be {asucd frum the Aint other than thoso of the denuminations, standards, and welzhta herein set forth.” The colunge of the aflver dollar wad hers covertly smothered. Under n rule adroitly invoked and eniorced, the bill was not oven read on ita passuga through the House, and this provision, fraught with snch serd conscquences, passed sub silentto into o It.Is not urotended anywbore st the. avshors- runioters of ‘this meamira’ did!not kdow db the [ that 1t would bave the eifect of demonetizing silver, gqul they wore the anly personsin the couns try who did know ft. It [s manifost that the I'res- fdeut, Gon. Grant, who approved the Lill, did not kuow lth:ol {u biglotter to Mr, Cowdry, written Oct. 3, 1873, sowe cight months afiur 1§ became & taw, ho says: ** 1 wouder that sllver is not slready comlng Imio tho wmarket to supply the deficiucy i tho circulating wedlum, . . . Experlenco has proved 1hat it takes abont &40, 000, of fraction- al currency to muhe the amallchan e necessnry tor tho teansaction of tho business of the country,” 8il- ver will gradually take tho place of this currency, and furthor wiil’ becoma the standard of values which will be hoarded ina small way, 1 estimato that this will consume from $200, 000, 090 to 3500, ~ . 000, in tino, of this specles of oar circulating medlum, .. confces t0 & deslito to »_ limited hosrding of money, but I want to 800 a huarding of something that T4 a standard of valno tho world over, Silver{sthis. , . . Our mines aro now producingalmost unlimited amounts of mlver, and it 8 becoming a ation, *What we dowith it?* 1 sugwest hore a solutton jch will answer for some years: To nut fL1n cire cu)nlmna kreping it there until Juis fixed, and then wo will fud othier markots. Nor {s thiw all, Thy dollara that bad been cofued prior o the act, and which then remained, wera mot affectod by lt, They were stilla J«tender, To put thom out of tho way the fol Ing soction wan placed in the rovlsfon uf our laws, which was pasaed lu 1874, Upun an assursnico given by the revisors that it was murely & rovision of exlsting laws without any cliauge or introduction of new matter. *‘The silvor cotnw of the United States shall be & legal- tender ut thelr noninal valne for any amount not excecding 85 iu any one pavinent.' The market value of ailver commenced to decllne {n Enropo lu Inza, and it renched it lowest point in July, 1870, when its market price In London wiy 40%d, per_standard_ounce, When this dociing commeneed Its market price wasabout 61d. por ounce, Attention to tho wabject soon dlscovered that the most sificient cause of this decllve was 1he dewonetization af sllver, by which frous 200, » 000,000 to 300,000,000 hatt been cast out of the money stock and thrown upon the market In tho form of a commadity, snd that our own country, In she quiet uf profoutd gnorauce, bad liyely cdus trlbuted to this resultinitscommittat to thls policy by tho act of 1874, The authars and promoers of 1hia baleful measuro now asy that they did not 1n- tend by it uny {njury to thoss who owe monay. vpecial benedt to thoss to whom 1t 18 duu, “Tms will not do. Porsous in oftice must be considered @ Intended the natural and ubvious conso- of thelr acte and wecaeurcs, o no other WIA! can oficlal revponsibliity pe upheld. bill lv pow pending in Cougress to reatore site vor ta tha place 1t oc*upldl in our mouctary tem prior to the act of 157, and tho question Huould this bill becows law? Apast frumn the question of the propriety of des monetizing silver, we cannot tolerate thae mode of lecislation by which, in thin ca: t was acconis lished, Wo cannot endure it g8 an example. ‘.\'lxkn & measury with the evidont purpose uf elud- fug observation has stesithily crept inte our tutos in the manner this found its way there, 1t should ot be allowed_ to_reciain, The people of this conutry cannnt afford to be tricked by lugislas tion affucting wo dellcute ® subijcct us that which uteasures tho value of thelr property. 1t will In- vito the usa of atratayem and astlice In securing tho passayge of objeciionable menvuros through Congrass 80 10ng a3 1L remaine in- the tatuto-hook, The repeal of (his feature of tho act of 73 in de- wmanded for its noral effect, {f fur no other reason, ana then if silver fs to be domanvtiaud, let it ba dona {n the clear Uuht of day, and nttor & full dlss cussion of the subject. The burden 14, theroforo, upon thoss who favor a stngly col firatsh valid ressone for demonellzing 3 aitlrative o with them, and not with the advacatus of the duuble st 1u support of their views, thoy say that silvor 1must be excluded from the mouey stock vy takiuyg from {t its lewnl-tender quality, otherwise the Guv- ernment will Le In & position where {8 1 bonds in silver whenever this 1 (b two metals; and this would tempt the tiovernment 10 a dishouurable act. “T'he uation's houur I8 more precious than silver or gold, and must under no circuwstances Lo tar- nivhed, Noran sowaatiug In bea'tbful, patrutic sentiment se Lo suppose thut a sunaltive rogurd for tho national honor 18 peculiar to any tectioi of our country. ‘The severvat ralu of commurcial intug- 7ity requires o man to perfurm bis pass of the cone tract into which purties have freely sotered aa it {4 {ntarpreted by the law in view of which It was made, and the law always g uck 10 tho plaln and obvious mcaning of ita By uniformly dols a man arquires a reputation for honcsty and |af .rl\{. Within the linits of this rule each wan is left o tako cate of himself, and ba is cx. pected asa pruduul man to Always consult bis own Iundividua! Intereste. o dolug eo he ts overned by ihat epirlt of sclfishucas which, fnr a benecent purpose. {s implanted in the hu- men heart: for if o apirit of beovvolencs dad boen fwplauted fo the pluce of it, uwn would vive thelr attantion $o tho sulrs of oihors sbout which thoy are the least acquubtcd, rutber than their own. Quict sud goad ender in tue soclal vrgau.am cuan only bo oblained by each mun's miudiog bis own businues. Bi. Paul severely ruproved a disre- ward of the wholusomo sugyestians of this spirit of selduhinces where hu sayv, **Hut if s Eruvldu not for bls uwn, and specially for those of Lis own house, be bath gealed toe fulth sud is worse than su infdel.” It1sto coutne thiv aplrit within it apprvpriato splerv, 80 10 extiuguisn 18, tuss luwe . WEDNESDAY DECEMBER t hin the limits of thiarulo a regardn the interests of thie other party in pare formins his eoateact rather than hla own, he ex- pnena himeelf to ridiente, mercist credit If he has any, end will roon bo known ae & man onAt to manace hie own affaire, Natlone are bnt individnale nguregated, and are governed by the same rais In thele dealings with each othier and with private cillzenn and supjects. In the same way they acqnire renatations of hone esty and integrity, and he does not properly reprenent hin conntry who undertakea for what_he wonld not under the ranie cirenmatances nndertake for himself as rn honeet man, regard. falof his own Intererts. ernment fseucd during the \War were, by the laws anthorizing their fsaue, coin, and those who purchascd them pald gold for becaune that was then the cheaper metal. They wouli have paid silver §f miver had been worih leas than gold. T tion of what there bonda paid, by the act af March 18, solemnly pledged the faith of the United Biates to the pavment in coln, of it equivalent, of al) ita outatandinz onligations. y ono that the (overnment haw ever assnmed any severcrdnty to ite creditors than that declared in thinact, or that it has st any lime undertaken o pay any of ite obligstions otherwine than in Dollars_are the things to be pald, expreated in the bonde, Jte wlil lo<c his com- bonda of the Gov- made exchangrable for forcver the anes- 11 be patd with, when RiD), Congress = and they are to be The coinaze law of “the Uaited States defined 8 dollar 2 & monetary unit consint. ccifcd amoant of alivee o these units, composed o 8 legal-tender In piyment of debts to an unlimited are o he sflver dol- d it Inlelt with the Govern- ment to say which nhall e relected for paying thesy honds when tha rulting its own fnterenst, It will of conrse aclect the cheaper motal for this purpose, and in doing this it perform the terms of These dollars bhad alresdy heen measared bythe of this country wher the cuntracts were made, and the most that can be claimed fn that the same measurement shall be ohaerved when the contracts are performed. these Londs In the coin money of a farelyn, but in the coln money of our own, Jects of theac payments are describe A4 units of var own coinage, is depreciated, nat worth a4 elther metal, were {o be These dollare, then, lara of gold doliars, ayment i made, We did not aeree to d tn the bonds 1t {a waid that rilver much as 8 _gold old t 1n_ only worth §2 ' cen dlver* Who has cansed ue of the two metals? It verntaents of Europe In demone- tizinz It, in casting §t out of thelr money stock, thoreby increasing the demand preciaiing the value of, gold. senses clalm thst this Government raoral obllzatfon to tho enbfects uf theee Uovern- ments, who happen o hold taese bonds, 10 pay them in gold, simpfy because tholr Govcramenty have for thelr own “selfish value of yold and ditninishes eapocially when it s onr supreme Interest that allver be continued In the world’s We are famiflar with what 1s know. wheat,—that ls, Where & mon of B conspiritous cambination of men mell largely for future delly- cry, and then secretly buv np all thg wheat within the reach of the purchasers and hold It with a view to compeliing them, when the time shall aerive for performine their contracta, to pay the difference, ae dictated by themseives, Vho has deprec dl=parity in t the not oF the Go for, and thus ap- rposcs tncresaed the the value of silver, between the cane In much the these Eoropesn Governments, after their anbjects had obtained oor bonds payable on thelr face in sliver or gold coln, devised and entered npon A schemo to raluce the valua of sitver and appreciate the value of paying these bands, together with ol the rivate dubts we owe them, .in gold, ed that thin conntry of ours will purchase their good will by nalvely acauteselng 1n this acheme to dofraud herself The Eastern newapapers, cates of the creditor classes, whose acqulsitions were largely made during the era of s, aro overflowing with denunciations silver bill, now before Congress, Intended as & corrective of the measare of "7, 1y vt lunorantiy charging those who favor this measure with the fraudnlent purpose of secking by it the payment of our Government bonda as b2 rents on the doliar, when their sole ohject is 10 have this [deni unii of valae ond account repre. wentel 1 our currency by the two metats, goid and eflver, of the same refative quantities, and pre- ciseiy a8 it was reprasented thers wlien the bonds were (saued, instead of by gold alone, and assum- be the speclul guardian of the national honor. they warn the country that this bill is an assault apon the very clindel of lts antesrity, it np ann ** Granger mwindle," s an of Western wickrdness, and all t will not, in servile doference to bow down ta thelr goldén calf and . Ve geatefully torn from this torrent of vituperation and abuse 10 the kindlier wonds of the mors eandid and sober-minded Engllshman: ¢ In rome comments on a lciter written by fir Tlector Hay, the great bulllon broker of Lond the Londun TVnes says 1n its inancial column: ldcration of the probabie effect of in Amcrles would provally do alarin that may have beel rubved by Father lissty talk about *repudiation *and tie o' first piace, it {a necensary 10 separate al- fogcther tho *allver 'men fram the “Roft-money* tians uf the asricultural States of the tnterior, bl for thie retionetization of sitver hias ilitle or nothe {ug 10 du with projects for the issne of unitmited ps. wasing of the wieasu render such isuo useless. I - that can 10 no sease mrictly apply W the United Btates, suppuaing it should d nd har dobtor 83 tho sdvo. sliver reinonetl, much to calm down ecree sliver as tho sule Tawril ey ol marro, ) wéuo wiictict et price . Fa 551, per oul D | lTier wouid he maci: aimafler than ta commonty a ainale duy wore silver acain ‘monettzed, y sed {1 at once Jutip to fully oe, per ‘brice ths above loss would e 4 takon from Tux Cuicado Thimexe of the 27th of Novembher last, —a paper ti Ereat setvice to the count ubject snd removiug the rul ubstructlons to_the bill, na fast as 1t 1a thrown in the way by the Eastern press. It s saad, **Qur graeshicks are now within 3 ou’t let us juse what we hnve Lot us keep on until a dollar rep- already gnined. worth a dollae in renentod by a greenback shall be Then wo shall have rescoed botton, ' Mhere can thea be no further dechine in prices,” Tha truth {s, when we reach this goal, our dificaltics will have only coummenced, Tho policy to which we will then be fully committed ea tho entire excluvlon of al} tho money stock of the world, excent coins more o7 Juss dubased to keep thom lu tne countrios whero (hey uru tised; and not circolating With, tisey con have no Inflnence upon the price of, 0ld, the real money that will propel our Industries. 'he unit of the guld coin will appreciate as one nation after another drops silver. and, whon it shall becoty the exclusive standard, the volame of money will bo lcss than ono-half of what 1t fa st rices Of othor propert readjusted to this roduced volume. djnstment will of course produce s prolong- « It will last while the reseut genoration lasts, and when it fs completed perty will have ceascd prescit, The ra” of falling prices. ¢ present owners of p hive any farther intesest in their possaws! The commerce uf the worl be on an ever-narrowing basls, ply of gold. from the mines, naw canatantly dimin- taning, will be nuflicient ta replace the lonses occa- tirition of circula- ineut the incroaslug wante of advancin "The inclination re bo continuonyl the evil can only be romcdied detleioncy with crodit woney or by arresting Tha annual sup- poptilations and ces will there A gricvous wroug Is Inflicted by this policy upon 1 Allxnno{r 1lam!iton, rl"’l-) go act of 1702, was su soilcits pective intorests of debtors and ld a8 Lo regard icz that their rela. author of tho Col re croditors in a oveu fractions of s grain, in or ttony to each other mizht not in the lenet be affect. e by the act. what language can adequalel wcribe the reprobation ho would havo visite ancieme that has for ite object the entiry e slon of oue of thuso metale from onr cazrency? Oar corporate, and private, arv extimatod 0, When our property shall have beon readjusted Lo thu reduced volutue of woney contumblated by 1hls scheme, the munvy valug of It will hardly excecd the amount uf thoda It cortaluly will not equal them with tholr ‘The messure, then, meany a conflscation of all other forma of property tho owners of moncy. rocoedud far enough to jeopanlize thoao whose debts were ~prudoatly P evil effccts of this measury upon and social fustitutions cannot by 'hoe quoetion whether silver abiall Lo renonetized e conaequently of vustl at portance thau the queation whether our credits shall be foated foralongur or shorter permacent poticy, the & merely (rmpural ‘I'he remanctization of this wetul will Our credit-money will accumulated luteroet, tha property o vther concerns disall W 3ld resumption greatly, much wore readlly gravitato to and coaloece with & large wass of twguy than A small ono, sud it s nuch wiser to look to ous sctive Institutions and {ncrensiug productivns (ar the sitractive furce that b this gesult natursll temot to cumpel mouctizatlon of zeault In tha restoration of i sluck uf Kurope. tl tite 'coautry tmay metal $0 the mono, e e ot il s e cuumanded cfure @ act ! g iver contsining 412t grains will be worth sty Ao X goid tontainiug valy 23 8:10 han adollar ln oA Tewill not fhea go to gralue of stuudard guid. our wint, but will gu to forcign countrics. It thorefore will not Increasa the volumwe of our W 'Phe answor be, tho lugal and warket ro- f theso meals can be made 10 correspond slightly jucreasing the welghit of tho slng tho welght of the wi when they wiil circulute coucurrently, as they have [n France for moro that it thelr Jegal nud warket relation should remaln ne they were before, silver repluced In the monetary | 4 eseces restralulng Julaence upun o upward toudeucy of gold. ! Iuycaicd with thls 0 half o century, Even market, silver uuction would crforn the scrvice for a ressonalily should becowo the 10070 eXpeuatve servant, sliver would take ita placa, In tbls regard wilver would stand in the sawe rela- bat oar witur routes do to railroads, Thele very existeacs would save wmillions to the country by kevping down raliroad charges, Lk hiey did vug float 8 pound of freight. 1t i4 spparent that our prescut fnanclal disordurs ara largely dus o viclums leglalation. orundo (his leglelation fs. thercfore, the sppro- "Who Lwportuuate ey for **cond- be mowent gold priale Fewmeary. den willdo no gool. As well might by clan prescribe *'health® for a sinking patient, Financlal confidence fe not a canre, bt the resuit, of the narmal and hirmonions action of the varione organa f the financial aystem, ss heslth {8 of the harmonlons action of the orzana of the human aystem. The only cflectual remedy in either caso 13 that which wili remarve the digease. MARINE NEWS. DETROIT ITEMS. Fxchanges of yeaterday coutain the following: ‘The tog Muasic gets $050 for towing the schr Fos. toria from Bay City to Baffslo. The barze Bylvia Morton has been ordered sold by the United Statea Court. ‘The schr Crawford arrived yesterday at Walker- ville with grain from Milwaukee, She la expected to winter st Algonse, The schr Gusan C. has boen consigned to tha bone yard by Deputy Unlted States Marshal Cash P. Taylor. Capt. J, W, Westcott has diacontinned his lighta in Lake 8t. Clnir, near the entrance to Detroit Tiver, and navigatore who may still beaut wiil govern themsolves accordingly. The achr Sunnyaide In taking her eosl back from the harze Roscius at the funt of Flrat atrect, and wiil endearor to land it In Chicagn next epring. M. Engclmann, President of the Engelmann Line of ateamerd, of Milwankee. Capt. Thomnas Crosby, of Chicago, snd Cant. Frank 1, Anger, of Port Huron, wern in the city yosterday, Capt. A, C. Chapman, en toute for Ludington, wae in the city Snmll{. 1le_har been ordered to take command of the Northern Transit prop Clty of “ll;nledn. which will run between Milwaukoe and adington, ‘The tug Winslow returned from Bnffalo yester- day forenoon, having deliver=d the Acontias safel At that place. The Acontias and the Jane Hefl wore both left below, ft havinz been concluded H:::nl‘:nwanld bo a risky undertaking to bring LAID UP AT MANITOWOC. Following fa & correct et of the steam and sail craft In wintor quarters at the above port: Stmrs Chicago and Shebaygan; props Oconto and G. J. ‘Trocedell} sall vesseln: Mariner, Luns, Lydia, Industry, Annle Tomine, Blue Belle, Etlza, Alica Rtichards, Itap. H. Euch, Minnehaha, Glen Cuyler, Frankiln, Julia Larsen, Felicitous, 11, C, Poat. Espondola, Nelly Anna, Lottie Cooper, Im- perial, Mocking Birk, /tns, Charles Lallag, J, & A. Btronach, Buccess, THE FIRST TRIP. The Northern Transit Company's stme Kashna Teft Jast evening on her firat trip to Ludington with afall cargo of four, provisivns, feed, etc., about 100 tons of the proviaions being conelgned throuzh to Europe, Mr. A, W, French, manager of the line. accompanied the atesmer for the purnos. obtalning camplete voundings of Ludington bor, and to get an ldea of the location of the bum.-mlwaufu Bentinel, 11tA. THY, ERIE CANAL, The Buffalo Courier makes s good shawing in favor of low tolls on the Erie Canal. Over 20, 000,000 bu more graln was shipped during the season just closed than in 1876, The number of Losts thad cleared this year was 0,038, agalast 4,854 lnst yoor, an Increasa of 2, Efforta will Le made to place several new steamers and con- norts on the route nest sesson, the outivok for ‘which is good. 2 2 — % A JAM IN TIIE RIVER, A jam of vesscia occorrad at Sixteenth strect yesterday, and for a tima threstened dsmage to sorho of the nnmerous craft Istd up there. The steam-barve Davidsan was endeavoring 1o get to Armour, Dole & Co.'s elevator to load 8 cargo or grain, and ot wedged o #0 in the narrow stream uu‘f it required some time and effort to get her on! —_— ON RACINE REEF. A dispatch from Htacine, roceived yesterday, stafes that the schr G, Barber ran on the reef off that port while In a waterlogzed conditlon, Bhe has & ur&u of lumber on board for Blanchard, Boreland & Co., of this city, and is ownod by Capt. P, O, Feterson, ber master. She waas re- purted off tast evening, having been lightened conslderably. THE BARBER. Special Duvaich to The Chicago tridune. Miwavkse, Dee. 1L—The Milwankee Tug Company this afterncon received a dispatch from tho Master of the schr G, Darber, aating that that vernel was hard opon Rlacing Reef. The tug Wel. come was sentto the acene, but no luter reporis have been recotved. NAVIGATION NOTES, Elght vesscls left Muskegon Sundar night, and ara cxpected horo to-day. They are Jumber ladon. +vesTho Grand Laven barges left again for {hat port yesterday, and will contlnus 1o make trips while the weather pormits... The achr Lrightle has been engsged to load 38,000 bu wheat, to bo delivered at Uuffulo inthe spring. The rate re- celved fa 414c. She went to elevator last evening, +.osTho schr Tichland Beauty, which was onder seizura at Belleville, Ont., was spirited u\u{ from tkat port on the Sth inet....The new irou stesner of the Detroit and Cloveland line, building at Wyandotte, will be alid Into her boainess ciement in January next.,..The stcam-barge [ssac May and consort bevern have luld up at Port Col- ‘borne. Theschrs F. J. King sud Huseian bave also Iald up thero... Alico was the name of the small craft tbat wus wrecked on laciue North Yoing Friday night last, and she had o load of evergreena oo board for . James Channon, of the schr St. Lawrence, Lae acrived hore from Oswego ...Ucorge Lindsay, lute Oret mato of tho steam-Uarge liershaw, hos been re- corded aa Laptaly hat ceaft, to A1) the vacancy caused by the loss of Cupt Harrlson. Capt, Lindsay led with tho Masticr of the Keralaw for suve al yeard....T! r Tempest lett for Grand 1laved yestorday, and wlll lay upan reaching thers and recolve an overhauling,...The N.T. props City of Toledo and ity of Concord left for Mil- waukes Ie-lndl . 'The former will take her place ou the new line to Ludington, in convectivn with tho Flint & Pere Marquctte Jiaflroad.., The arrivale yosterday comprived the steam-bs Willfam Crivpen, a0d the schra mfim Thompsun, eludeer, and Loule iurtou,—all with Jumbst from the cast shore....The steam-parge Michaol droh towed her cowsort, the “Windsur, np the river yesterday to Stetson's Slip-an ususual occarrence, sud did the jub quickly and safely, thoreby saving sbout $20. " Hoth vesscls ar- rived from Manbstes with lamber....The tugs Bhields and Tarrant left Bt. Joo yesterday with lrx‘u echra it. B, llayes and Sunrleo 1n tow, and unlese the Hi-fate that has sttended them decrees others wise, they should ba bere this morning. The sall yeau All Iny up....The Natlunal Lloyds, of New York, bas pald to CapL Lindgren, ownerof Lho Kale I, Tiruce, which la hclioved to have foun- dered oft Thundur Buy Island in the groat storw of Nov, Sand 0, thesum of 8000, tha amount for whichthe frelglt-list uf thoJout craft was lasured. ., The achr Alida J. Itogers le to recélve a rebaild this winter at the Milwaukco Company's yard suf+ ficiont to rulse her classification to AL, She will be given naw ends, plank-shoer, rall, decks, deck- beamns where uceded, etc....The suit of the vro- rietors of tho stmr W ust the Northern 'ransporiation Company for damages to tho W, by the p"iy Mllwankee last full s on trial Tutedo....The Caplaln of the ochr Duraud, on rviug at Cloveland on Sunday uight, reported an extensive fire raging in the woods about two mlice back from the Detrolt Ttiver, and that is probably v;l:lx the Clovelanders sawand took to be a burning ship. PORT OF CHICAGO. The following were tho arrivale and clearances for the twenty-fonr bours snding at 10 o'clock I night: xxiyars—Props . Groh, Orand Heven, jumher; \\‘?ll(lm rpen."!llaulrr umrx‘n hupere, Milwau- .~ Behirs Windsor, Greqd Ifavon lumbury roe., Urran Hay, fishiy Maggle Thompson, imbertftatudear, Muskedun, woody L, Mustoon Wubery | yee eabri whisky = D Dt e A penarieas . S sinirlos Manisbec, 83 O bl schy NUFR AILT, Beqiwhier: J it ost, 150 brla e, 150 bris pork, 10 tons havs 7,20 ahd sundries; WISCONSIN, Spaciog Dispaick te The Chicago Triound, Mamsox, Wiv,, D The oo, A, J, Turner, of Portage, aulhorizes the announcement that Secrotary-of-Blato-cloct Warner Las offered hiw the Asvistant-Sccrotarysaip, but he bas de- clined the honor, Col. ¥. H. Putaey, Qov. Lud. ington's private secretary, is being strongly ureed for the position, sud many prominent pulitiolans here are confident he will succeed. Turner says be will accept the Chief Clerkship of the Senato and supervision of the Blus Book. Supt. -elecs Whitford has selected the Rav. J. B. Pradt, of this city, as sssfstant. Pradt ls Sesring’s sssistant, and bis served for several yearsin this position with grest success. Whitford and Warner sre cxpecied In tows to- morrow. Atloroey-Ueneral Wilsun is already Lere. conforence of lesding politicians will dqabticss ben be beld. A’Kpllunh for offico er¢ here to-night from many sectiol o8 of the Btate, EDUCATIONAL. Special Dispaich to Tha Chicago Tribune. Axy Ausox, Mich, Dec, 11, —Uéorgs K. Mor- is, Professor of Modern Languswes sud Litera- ture in Mlchigan Univeralty, has accopted an lavi- tatlon to lecture on * fca” at the Jobns Hopklus University fo Lalui- wore. He will dolivers courss of twenty lcturce thero next wonth. Atrapgements bave been ef: fected pormliting his absence from dutive bere for that lngth of time. - —— Cleaning Engraviugs. Wilmingion (Del. ) Commcrvbal, 1t frequently happeus that fine cngravings, de- e uwran{&k uof thew, will in sume ugace countably wauper bacome stalued aud glsty toauch 80 ¢3tent ue 1o verlously dwpair thelr besaty. To thus0 0f 08T reuduns WLO uwis vugruvioge thal bave been Injured in this wa; cleaning them mi)l prove graving on & smooth board, thin layer of common salt mple recipe for a) h od cover it with a Iverized; then fqueezg lemen-julce npan the salt antil a con. #idorable portion of it {8 dissolved. After overy partof the pictare has been sabjected to thig treatment, elovate one end of tha board so that ¢ will form an angls of about forty-five dexrace with ¥rom s tea-kettle or other uitable ur on the engraving bolling water until nd lemon-juice he all wanhed off, rrectly clean And frea 1L must be dried on'tho board, radaally, 1t dried Ingea with a di* gy, yollow engraving will then be rome amooth surface, fire or sun, 1t will be A GRAVE CHARGE. TMelnons Crimes Alleged to Fiave Teen Committed by the Kalamaroo Insane Asylnm Authorltiess Bpectal Dirparck tn The Chicaan Tribune. Kataxazoo, Mich., Doc. 11.—The case of Mrs, Nancy J. Newcomer Saperintendent of the Btate Insans Aeylum, for - faise imprisonment, was opened thin afternoon In the Clrcult Conet, The plaintiff expects to prove thatshe was taken by force from Alblon, in this hor reiatlves, who were actoated by 0 galn possesaion of *her prop- erty, and Incarcerated In the anylnm here for ten months, while sho was posseesed of nn entirely sonnd mind; that, while in tho aaylum, she was abuzed by nttendants and the patlents into whosa that she entered jum in good physical and mental heaith, , whilo there, afia wan (arced to take drugs for alleged consumntlon, so that she departed frum there & disensed and helplesa cripple for Hfo; in apita of her remonsirances, sha wassq ed torongh the means of a consplracy bes tween her relatives and the suthorities of the say- Inm, who accepted and retained her withont dus process of law and suthonty, eated in thecanwe are Sesera, Al of Detroit, and T, It, Sherwood and O, W, P’ of Kalamazoo, for the Havher, of Grand Haptd, . Dwizht May, of Kalamazan, for the defendant 'I'hin case {a one of much Importance, and its resu! cannot be foretold for several days. The connsel Intere lsintiff, and D. Darwl: ind Happy tidings fc 'nopmy'n x,'é‘é'.’. o"r nervous suffercrs, and thora Pulvermacher's Elcctric De'ts effectually cura premature debility, weakncss, and decay, with Information worth thousands, malled free. Address Paivermacher Galvanie ©o.y MCVICKER’S TIFATRE, Mamixes Paiozs HesEnvn BEATe Evxxixe Paicar, 25, 50, 75 cts, and 81, Anottier New Play, SIDONIE, THE MARRIED FLIRT. ew and beaatifnl secnery, Fel cv 3, My Wil 25 Cts.| |60 Cts. Lo Bal ) tilereson the Selne. BATURDAY MATINEE. X0 FAINY EXTRAVAOANZA. HOOLEY'S TUEATRE. 3 OPERA COMPANY, THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY, Itecelved with deafening encores. We m. Miss Emeite Loul) EIY SIGHT A For tlio Jivlldays, Gra: Inatantaneous success of HESS' ENGLISH in the beautiful npera, e . M. aod Baturday M fei¥iifer unl"}u':finla‘rf Edward 8¢guin. J. 1. lenttz, Mr, G T Opertt. Fricés o Batdrday Maits NAVERLY’S THEATRE (Late Adelphi). J. 1. IAVERLY, Froo. and Manager, ive Wednesday Matines and Kigh 8 oresale MiSsTiELs (it 8 RURLESQUE THOUDE, y" artiste of Prafesional m wh have stood the erf past yenrs of thelr aganza, FEMA 8 miillon Wednss- flerkins (tmportant), Numerous novelt diversifiod uttraction: the us prosnerty, Also "BTEVER aatinee ey and €atunlaye. 2:0 ec. 17—Bhakspearean This evening and Galn Matinee Friday, 3 1, m., MISS CHARLOTTE STANLEY, In ier celebrated Scusational Drama entitied T BURENRD OLIU by alt the favorites. FAIR AND NEW IS'IIVGLAND SUPPER atthe Church of the Redcemer, cor. Sangamm & Washington-ste,, on And evening of Thursday, Dea. 13, preasnts for sale, Bpeclal trutucotal music und readings. Cotns Admisalon ta the Falr free. PREMIUM CIKOCOLATE. enterialnmenta WEBBRS PREMIUM (hocolate, Cocoa and Broma, ESTABLISHED 1843. F ods have taken the highest the pirinclpal Patrs {n the Uslte Manutactored by JOBIAH WEBB & (0, Milton, Mars. Ohiosgo Otfics—41 Hive CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER, What Might I{ave 13cen Heard, day duriog the Centeanfal, & knok of hi hava beon seon gaihero A cusaing Its merite plasters, and the stener m, 7aisa fall (rom their rovoluliun it would likely el treated !}lcurnlll y such as A 4upariority over other poroul hcll’\l"u!;h"‘.l! o3 spoky U the adie for discasse 1aine sad weak were aleo loarned vl t sl glven Lo porous plast, the ¥0rd Cauclno 1a cut BENSON'S CAPGINE . aln 3t once un: scnaativn of keutle an and cuifort to th yle of Porous P rell B PUTS AND CALLS. B ik freqsaatly ey, Frou : *eudan i stayuns Jusbecod. siock bous e 0 eposlt of ¢clrculars anG weekly reports TREASURY DEPARTMENT (FFIcE 07 CONF1EOLLER UF THE CURBEXCY, Waan: 77, ~Rotica 14 beroby & a)iud asaloat tha Tol g 5410 et b by vo'muntlis from ¢yl ey will be disallows: by Druggists br.A.G.0 st curnd. Cald ot puiceian iy e SRR NN AR e T 7 s FAIRBANKS' or 08, FAIRTANKS, MORSE & 08, &113Lake 5t Uhicaga Besarciultobpy caly e Guanlagy