Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1877, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1877. per lotter. Elmro is no difficulty in having tho mail tranaported ; in fact, there s an Aot~ ivo competition for the work. Why should Congresa vote cight or ton millions of dol- 1ara A yosr to subsidize vesscls to cntry the mails to and from other countrics, when tha mails ars carried now without any cost the practics of the law, He had lived in Dixon for over forly yoars, was regarded as an excellent lawyer, having several times been Cirenit Judgo, and waa widely estcemed for hia Integrity, his incorruptible character, nnd his ngroonble porsonal traits, "thalers’ worth of silver offected s deprocin- tion of 4 per cont n silver, the simultancons absorption from Eagland of gold incroased {ts purchaming power 4 por cont, making in tho relativo valnos of the two metals 8 per cont, Hnd tho disaso of silver in Garmany been offset by sn incroased demand clse- ness wonld be moderate-priced churches. Now, & church loaded down with debt ean- not be moderate-pricod. It must make ita pew-rents pay curront expouses and tho in- terest on its dobt. Whon once it hns got rid of itg dob, it enn roduce renta to tho limits of fnoderato purse. gt mny even becomo wido ntrosts thatare not thoroughfares. If theso wore coversd with a top-dressing of limestone, bowlders, slag, or even gravel that 1a gravol and not allavial, and curbed, they wauld not presont a romovablesnrface. Miles of this style of macadamizing might bo laid vory chenply, ns tho matekial con e had al- pristo place 1o the colnage, thie leglslation 0 not eniy @efensitle, but even highly commendadle on many grounds, upon which [t 1s neediess hers ta dwell with technlcal detalls, Suffice [t that neither domestic nop forelgm creditar wootd havo & right to compiatn, fnss. much as tho implted computation f values n ail con- tracta where the reverse fa not expronly declared e ap in(tin and x 8 matter of course the silver dolinr. Tha ‘Trensury helug unable to use hoth precious metals con. The @t&huxiz. TERMS OF SURBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IX ADVANCH—POSTAQE FREPATD. aiiy Edition, one year.. Jlfl-w = — s gurrentiy and as might be found most convenient, the Jartaof e sermenty: i The anuoancement is mado—or atloast | whore, the sceming depreciation would have | to tho Govornment? Can it bo that | most for the digging, and could bo applicd | church for the poor by sotting apart A por- | cnormous transsctions consequent ui@n tho resump. 5 ;:;é:' !‘: hect. 8 anthorized to bo made—by Bocretary Evarys | been nvoided. Tho United States might | the Plitaburg rovelstion moane that | very ensily upon the submidiary streots, and | tion of its spaco for whoovor may choosa to g‘;‘;:“”':;‘u',‘d‘;‘rm;’;::d",":u"“."‘&:"l'mfi o :x;‘\'r;'- kiy, ooe year. Ly that the differences are abont to bo healed | have availed itsclf of this opportunity of re- [ Congress should promota the goneral | it onught, aftor sufliciontly hardening, to last | come froely and be ontortained. Debt in 8 | the proper relstions between gold and sliver, whi {hat have divided tho President nud the Re- | turning to a epacie besis, had not silver boen WEBKLY RDITION, POSTIAID. : prosperity by voting n subsidy to each of a havs Istely been so unacconntably pertarbed, {o the for years, if not centuries. Then, in such church ia often & badgeof aristocracy. The gnecopr, peryear. H‘B publicans in Congress, and that the restors- | almost aimultancously divestod of its mon. | dozon or more lines of steamships, nominally wenther 88 wo are now having, our paved } poor whom we always have with us have B it ts St e C. Habiin nbn tlon of harmony fs nenr at hand, Nothing 18 | etary sorvics by tho foolish or wicked | to carry the mails, but really to pay for the | commareial straots would ot bo sa fMiliy ns | not the means of putting their salvation ont | cated by such 4 readjustment, and tho loss, 1f aay, e Poct-Omos sddrese 1n foll faciuding Blatesnd | foreshadowed as fo the basis of the negotin- | acts of Congress, But it s om ne- | ships? American ships can be built for even | they are now, and covored with such a mur- | st interest. would fall upen certaia rings of specutators. County, Remittances may ba made eithcr by drafl, express, Toat-Office order, or in reglstarcd letter, at our rik. TERMS TO CITY SUDACRIDENS, Dally, delivered, Bunday excepted, 25 cents per weok. Tiatly, delivered, Suadsy Incinded, 20 cents per week. Addren TRE TRIDUNE COMPAXY, tions or tho terms and conditions of the com- promise, but it is a roasonable presumption {hat tho Presidont will recode from the un. tenablo position taken by him in referenco the New York nominations, It does not np- pear that the rotiroment from the Cabinet of Mr. Evarrs and Mr. Sumunz is nmong the articles of agrecment. Mr. Evants gives no hint of any intention of leaving the Cabinet, and Mr, Bcnunz oxplicitly and positivoly denies that he has now or has heratofore had any thought of resigning. count of fho legal prohibition of using silver ma money In this country that the United States has not only been ex- cluded from the advantages of silver in tho difficult effort to retarn to a speclo basis, but hns likowisa had to bear the extra burdon of an abnormal sdvance in the valuo of gold. The distinction boiween shsolute de- ‘monetization and the actual process of con. version going on in Germany also dotermines another disputed point in the silver contro. versy in this country, vizs The effect of con- ferring tho logal-tandor character upon thoe silver dollar. It is contendod by those who nclflshly oppose tho romonetization of silver that to coln the silver fall dollar and make it a logal-tendor will bo to debase tho legal- tondor dollar to the present London bullion valuo of silvor] The fallicy of such & theory has been arguod out in a varle oly of ways, bmt it is actually demon. .strated by tho status of the silver thalor in Germany, In epite of the slur put upon silver by a gradual process of eliminating it from the monelary system of that Empire, in spite of tho decline in the valuo of silvor 84 a commodity ocoasioned by thia prooess, o spite of tho incrensed value of gold brought about by the incroased use given to it, the 800 millions of silver thalors of Gor- many circulato side by side with the German gold coin and thio Gorman gold notes nt par, and will continuo to do so just ns long as thero romain any silver thalers in the cotn- try, and just s long na these silver thalers shall b legnl-tender equally with gold. No better ovidence can be required to demonstrato that the Amorican silver dollar, onco restorod to ils original function as @ legal-tender for all shms and dues, public and privato, will acquire tho spme valuo for homo use that the logal-tender notes have to-day, and tho samo value as the gold dollar whenover a specio basis shall have been doflnitely attained. If silver to the amount of 250 or 800 millions of thalers can circulato at par with gold coln in a country whore tho policy of the ultimata extinction of sllver coin has heen adopted, then thero is no ronson in doubting that the Ameriean silver dollar, with ,tho charagter of lawful monoy rostored to it, will circulato iu the samo manner in the United Statos with the incroased ndvantage of being a pormancnt port of our monotary syatem. less money than like ships clsewhore, if the Governmont would nbolish tho tariff on all the materials. - If wo nro to export steel and iron to othor countries to sell, thon we can furnish iron and steol to Amorioan ship- Luilders cheaper than they can gob those ar- ticlos clsawhore. Why then protect those orticlea? Why not repeal all duty on iron and stoel, and lot American atoamslip build- ing revivo, without tho nocessity of taxing tho wholo conntry to build vessels for privale companiea or individunls? Bubsidy logisla- tion is notorlonaly and of necessity corrupt. Bubsidy of ocenn stosmors in the post was o continuons record of dishonesty and bribery, Tho lInst mubsidy to the Pacific Mall Bteamship Company was fol- lowed by tho exposure. of a thorough system of bribery, lavolving sovernl mom- bers of Congress. There can bo no subsidy without scandalons corruption, We trust this is not, aftor all, the wholo objoctof the Convention called by the Pittsburg people, and that tha Couvention will not begin sud ond with a recommendation to subsidizo some ocean steamship companies at the ox- pence of the whole conntry. . American manufactures to prosper need the foroign as well as the domestio trade; that trado fsat tho pational door, walting to be taken up. Theoflicinl publications of our prosent trade with Moxico, the West Indies, and tho States of Cepdral and South Ameriea, show {hat wo pu¥ehase of those States $166,500,000 and sall to thom $47,000,000. The balance wa pay for in coin-bills on Lon- don, where these Spanish-Americans buy their supplies of cotton and other manufac- tures which they ought to bo supplied with frow this country. All theso Btates would buy American manufactures if they could bo- had st pricos os low as ara paid to othor conntres, I we ara to produco for export, we ‘must be able to sell at competing prices, froight inclnded. It wo cannot prodace to sell at suoh prices, wa cannol export ; and if we can produco at such prices, we can export jnst:as frodly withont ns with subsidized linos of stoam- ships. Thess Biates sell to us annuslly #155,000,000 of their goods, and thoy pur- chaso of us loss than one-third that sum. To the poople of these countries wo sell loss than $3,300,000 of cotton manufaatures, leaviug them to be supplied with that class ot goods from England. Wo now buy of those Btates thrlo timos s much a4 wo soll to them, We poy tho excess in gold. Here is an opening for the enle of at lenat $100,000,000 more of domestic manufactures than wo now sell to thoso Btates. Are we prepared to deal with theso people? Are we propared to so prune nnd redace the taxiff that onr manufacturors may produce their wares at n cost admitting profitablo exportation ? Is Pitteburg to lead in this demand for a rovised and reduced tariff? If so, thon the conntry has reason to rejolce. face of prairie mud that the pavemonts ara buriod out of sight. The remedy is cortain= 1y a conslstent one, and its sucoess elscwhers is tho best proofof its efficacy. The corps of mud-shovelors at present working in the stroets ia neithor nseful nor ornnmental. THE MAYOR AND - MIOHIGAN-AVENUE MUD. The Mayor, baving beon interviewed by ono of our evoning contemporaries upou tho Michigan-avenuo * gravel,” makos o series of statomonts that prosent him in the light of & projudiced ndvoeate of the unctmous and nnsty top-dressing that now covoers that thoronghfare. He expresses his disbelief of the charges that are made, thinks ihere are no frauds in the construction of this ohampion mud-puddle, §s certain that when; it was finlshed it wns ‘“a benuty ‘of A streat,” and declares that when the investi- gation {s mado no trace of crookednoss will bo found. Befora his Honor commits him- self too far on the gravol question, we would suggest to him the proprie- ty of taking a look nt his ‘‘beaunly of a streot,” In order to geo it from the most favorable point, and to thoroughly test the solidity of the gravel, we would advise him toroll up his pants, start from the Exposition Duilding, nad walk through the middle of the avonuo as far south ‘as Twolfth streot. He nced not go nany farther; in fact, he could not and pro- serve any semblance of a human being. Having takon this walk through his “‘beanty of n stroot,” we wonld then like to hear his viows on this alluvial soll, its color, consiat- ency, its composition, its adheslvoness, its dopth, its unctuonsness, and its filthiness. ‘We wonld aleo like to hesr his views ns to tho honesty of. contractors who load soven and a half tons of this alluvial on a car and thon chargo for ten tons of gravel. Beforo he exprosses himself any further on thia subject 1et him acquaint himself with it by personal inspection, and thoro 18 no better way to do thia than fo get right into it and see if he can find any trace of gravel abont it. If Lo csnnot clearly make up his mind by the tima ho reachos Twelith streot, lat him keop on unti) be renches Twonty-second street. 1f by that timo ho is not the nastleat object on the fag of tho carth, and is not con- vinoed that ovon our own black alluvial is profernble to this red and yellow sticky stufl from Jollct, wo shall bellevo that he is sin. coro in his ndmiration of Michigan avenue a8 ‘' benuty of a stroot.” % 'OHURCR DEBTS AND DEBT-RAISERS. The spoctacniar porformances of Mr, Kni- DALy, the dobt-raiser, have stirred the popu- lar {magination, and humblo imitators have gone to work in varions parts of the country. All ot onoo it has become fashionable for churclies to pay thoir debts, ns'if they were 10 better then honest individuals. This is & commendable thing if it {s kept within ‘bounds; but the dabt-raisors have in ons or two instances shown immodorate zeal, The churches which were imprudent In contract- ing dobta have no special privilege to be imprudent in paying them. If tho effect of ralsing & churoh debt {a to snddle individtals with burdens heavier than they ought to assumo, tho act is not prolseworthy, It fs then a shifting of xesponsibility from the church in its organized capacity to the indi- viduala who compose it; and tho odium which elings to excessivo debt is distributed, not romoved. When the dobt-ralsers, by working on the sympathics and prejudices of their mudiences, induco Ohristians o mortgage iheir housoz and deprive their families of comforts to which they have been acoustome d,—ns some have done,—the charaoter of the church is not improved. The kea! which carrios Christians to ex- tremes of self-denial is a form of tatemper. ance, Tho same apirit has exousod overy kind of nscoticism and zeslotry, * Whon the thing Is done decontly and in order, the ralsing of a charch debt may e n beautiful soclal phonomenon, Skiliful argu- monts, the influenco of example, and earnest appenls to the religious side of men's na- turos, captivate even the dull minds and opon tho hearts of good business men in an unaccustomed manoor. It s a pleasuro, on such pocasPns, to soe icy exterlors thawing under the influence of gencrous impulses, and the momentary happinoss which comes from the approval of conscience is shared by all presont,—oven by thosa who aro merely spectators of the good work. When that ar- dent churchman, Mr. Hoxxs, so far forgets himaelf as to mbscribo one-tenth of his last montbly dividends to tho good onuse, ko fools, and makes others foccl, that there is joy in Hosvon over tho rich man who neods rvepentanco, It is a privic lage to be witness of 80 beneficont an act. Likewlse, the roluctant subsoription of’the thrifty merchant who gives, not from an abiding faith in a Hoavenly roward, but to keep up his standlog in the community, nwakens o responsive chord in tho breast of every graceless scamp who drops his coln in tha contribation.box for sppearance's sake. None of those give twice by giving quickly; but, in view of thelr previous habils, giving ouce lu quite sovera onough a stroin upon their nervous organization. Thoy all feel, more than dovout and humble Christiaus should, that they bave & lien upon the Di- vine gratitnde. T lay up treasuros in Heaven to be drawn'Won at sight, and hope to check oftt their belances long belore their commercial value on earth has been lost or dopreciated. With pardonable prido they reflect that in these times to contributo for tho psyment of anybody elso's dobts—church or no church—1i4 a proof of financial integri- ty that cannot be divputed. “Fhe process of paying debta by revival mothods is bad for many good mon and good for many bad men and it s always goud for the churches. It enables some of them to bg eonsecrated, and theroby makes botter churches of them. 1t takes them out of the clutches of the monsy-lendery, and givos & higher self-sespect to the whole congregation. ‘Phe disreputableexpedlent of *shiuning * for +he beloved pastor's salary has nover soumed in precise keepiog with the dignity of the Oburch of Christ; aud, from the postor's polnt of view, the expedient of not paying the walary is still moro dis- reputable, A church out of dubl s better sble to fulfill ita mission becauso it can bestow the Gospal upon & starving world ot living prices. Free churchos aro dreams of vislonaries which canoot be realized ln this practical sge. Noxt to theso in useful~ Thoro is one thought which probably hias not struck Mr, Knmare with much forco, and that is the desirability of extending his plan in such o manner s to embrace indi- vidua! casos. If debt ina church is & bad thitg, so is debt in a clurch-member ; if the failure of the whola to meetits just financinl obligations is disgraceful, so is the failure of any of the parts. Thers ars Christians, oven in Chioago, who do not and cannot pay thelr dobts. How noble, how philanthropio, 1oy plous it would Ge_for Mr. Kitnaty to call A public meeting’and * raise” their dabts! ~An effort of this desaription would have the sympathy and active support of & larga patt of the business community, and wonld ondear 3Mr. Kmpary to his follow- citizons 08 nono of his labors among the ‘Eastorn churclics can. JAT Goutp s getting up soms theatrical thunder and lightning in his paper agafust the honost sllver dollar, He devotds the strongth of his paper to bulling gold,. The dearor gotd becomes the better.for Gout®! The New York Graphle laughs at bis froth and bellowing, thusly:- The puper that was founded by Jorsos Orzzsur fs Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts.. Chicago, iil. Orders for the deliveryof Tz TaIRuN=at Eranston. Englewood., and Hyde Park lefs In the countlag-room t fn & tertfbla frenzy over the prohahillty that tho Dtaxn Bllver biil will becaine & law whather it fs vetoed or not. 1t tellstho Prestdent that ha Is **a dreamer," and summons him to use all hle fnfinence to command the Senate, sscrificiog, If nced be, bath Southern conoli- atfon and Civil-Bervies reform to tha defeatof *'the stiverawindiers.” 1t threatens Chilcago that Netw Yorx will never trust It anothier cent, and ft crich In s ago- nyt ‘ls thls country golng to sitquietiy while the Tepullator cutsitathroat? Fvery honest man shoald ot only ket mad, but seo to It that his nolxhbor wazes wrothalso.” Now, we respoctfully suggest thst, as tha Braxp il fsbound to become a Iaw, tho Tridune would show its senso by keeping cool. It 18 pueriie to **get mad™ over & thing thet one cangot help. An overwhelming mafority of Congress and of tho peopla of the Uiyted Btates dgpot agree with the Twilaune cone ceming the sliver dollar. They ara thope ' alores and planderers, &8 4 matterof course, sito Repullators with # 1ar20 1t but then {f ** waxtog wroth " will not roscue the ountry, whiat fs tho use of waxing 17 ———— Tnx CRroano"TRINUNE has established branch offices for the receipt of ubscrintions and advertisements &8 follows: e NEW YORK—Toom 23 Tribune Bulidtag, F.T. Mo- ¥appax, Manager. AN FIIANCISCO, Cal.-Falace Hotel, Cramtxs W. Nonruoe, Manager. TARIS, France~No. 16 Rae de Ia Qrange-Dateliere. T, Mancen, Agent. LONDON, Fog.—Americsn Exchange, 440 Birsnd. Hizxay F. Giue, Agent. e The list of officers yosterday olected for the ensulng year by the County Board is no mora objectionable than might have been expboted undar eirenmeatances so unfavorabl to tho choice of the best men for the differ- ont plnces,—one Ropublican Commissionor belng abscnt on account of sickness, while anothor went bodily over to the Democrats and voted with them throughout, Tho so- loctione, as & whole, might have beon botter and thoy might have boentworse. No fanlt will be found with the choico of Judge Watzacs ss County Attorney, sn offlca which, both ns a lawyer and an honest man, he is well qualifed to Al It is groatly to be regrottod that the Ropub- lienng wera unablo to carry out their design of eleoting as County Agent Mr. TauspeLy, whose exparfence, wisdom, and integrity would bave beon of the utmost value in dis- pensing tho county's charitios. Capt. Mo- Gaarn, the successful aspirant, cannot do botter than to emulate Mr. TruspELr's splendid record ns BSuperintendont of tho Telief and Aid -Booiety. The election of THuox McLAvanun as Warden of the County Hospital will bo a disappointment to thoso who had hoped that no remnant of tho old regime would be carried forward to the now. It will, howover, rost with tho Board after il whether tha wastefalnogs eod fraud of tho past fow years are to be checked by hold- ing,the officors to o rigld acoountability. If thé Commissioners do their. daty, their sub- .ordinates will be compelled to do thoirs. TAMUBEME; e—— atory in his New York Tribune to the effect that the ‘‘strong banks” of that city have filed away a 1t of the Chicago firma and merchants who signed tho call for the silver demonotization mass- mecting. The purpose is to *spot " those gentletnen in the future 88 men who want o pay 00 conts on the dollar whonover thera is aflaw in tho contract that will enablo them todoso. Jar Gourp will discover, beforo tho end of this contraversy, that he hns mado a mistako in erncking his whip, and that the Westorn poople sre not to be intimidated by & Wall street bully, or any number of them. It is not unlikely that the momory of the ‘West will prova to bo s long ns that of the East, and thero may boa filing of tho names of thoso who desire to compel the croditors of the West to pay 126 cents on the dollar by renson of a fraudulent chauge in the con~ tract. The silver dollar, romonetized, will have to-day a greater purchasing valuo than the dollar which the creditors advanced, but tho Jax Govurp class of sharks aro not satis- fled with this; thoy domand repayment in an exclusive coin worth from 20 to 80 per cont moro than the monoy they loaned.” If they desire a list of the Waestern morchants who aro opposed to this cxtortionate swindle, they should: securo all the commercial and mercantile registora thoy can lay their hands on, and copy nino names oub of ten in the wholo community outside of Now York City and tho money-contres of Now Englaud. Jay Gouto {8 man who has cultivated extortion na a fino art, and it is notoral that ho should sustaln it in whatever form it appears, but discrotion should have taught him to work §t out by menns of tho tricks ho is master of rather than proolaim it as a croed, Ix Govtn tell McVicker's Theatres s adlion resi, between Elate and Dearborn, #Deauty and the Besst,” and **Simpeon & Co." 1Hoaley’s Theatres Tandotph street, between Clark and Lagalle. Engsgement of Joteph Murphy, **Rerry Gow.” Jonn SnrnMAX made a spetch in the United Btates Benato on the bill to “*Btrenathen the public credit,” approved March 18, 1809, in which he strenuously advocated the payinent of the bonds in sllver s well as gold, In speak- ing of the obligations to resumo specld poy- ments ho sald: ‘The honor of the country, the good falth of tha natlon, tho tnterest of the Tabarer, tho rich and tha poar, all classes demand that we should resuma spects Ppaymonts as early as possille, and place all the obliga- tlons of the peoplo of the Unflod Btates upon thasolid basls 0OPGOLD AXD SILYXR COIX. 2 And again e gnfd: What {s the firat "section of this biUF 1t 18 atmply & solemn pledy bf the United States that all tho ablia- tfons of the Unltéd States, notes and bonds, shall b paid In G@gP AXD BILYER COIN, axcept only thov ‘whera the 1sw expressly provides that they shall be patd inJawtol money. Jy The repested usdof the words “gold and sil. ver coln" was not an accldent, or & mero formall- ty, or tho employment of a meaningless phrase, Rut now he fnslsts that all obligations siwll bt pald in gold slone. * Tiaverly’s Theatre, Monroe strret, corner of Dearborn. Engagemeat of Toss Eytinge. *‘Antony and Cleopatra,” Coliseum Novelty Theatre. L‘ll.‘lk atreet, oppoaite Court-Louss, **asonry Bx- Now Chiengo Thentre: Clark streew opposito the Shorman louse. Callen- dar's Goorgls Minits Bechs: THomen Sl coraran Cors; Fhe fraternity ot b, CHARLETTE Bec. ————————— THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1877, OHIOAGO MARKET BUMMARY, The Chicago produce markels wets less active yentorday, and generally fim. Mcss potk closed 215c per brl higher, at $11.724@11.75 for Janu- ary and S1LKT@11.80 for February, Lard clasod 234 per 100 Ibs higher, at $7.724@7.75 for Janunry and $7,80@7.82¢ for February. Meats were firm, at 414 for boxed shoulders and 80.00 per 100 1bs for do short riba, Whisky was steady, at§1.00pergalion. ¥lont was quicl. Wheat closcd agc highor, at $1.00% for December and 1,10 for January, Corn closed steady, at 44ic cash and ary. Oats closod firm, at 25¢ cash %0 for January. liyo was ateady, At e, Darley closed Ko lower, nt 674e cash snd B7%c for Jonuary. lloge wore active, and Gic bigher, closing at $4.16@4.35. Cattle ware firmer, eith salos at $2.00@5.26. Sheep were nominal, al §2.76@4.85 Tho exporis from the scaboard Jast waek incinded 74,714 brls tlour, 930,413 bu wheat, 003,240 bu corn, 4,044 bu oats, 30,242 ba rye. 103,581 bu batley, 5,128 brla pork, 5, 890, 400 ril, and 7,610,345 By meats. In slght fast Eaturday, 10,050,727 bu wheat and 5,840,612 bu corh: Inspected into storo in this_city since Batueday morning: 220 cars wheat, 07 cars corn, 20 carn oats, 11 cars ryo, 103 cars barley. Total, 400 cars, or 176,000 bu. Oue hundegd dollars o gold would buy §10:2.75 In grecubacks atthe close, e ————— There ls more danger lurkiog in the present abnorfuat state of the weather than people gen. erally imagine. For instance, thers 1s a Phila. delphia doctor who makes a speclalty of what becalls versleulasiatlectionfof the bratn? {le cloims that lanacy In many cases fs caused by tho generation of a number of small worms un- derneath the skull. In proof thercof he cites the testimony of an English physlclan, who made a diagnosts of the casc of Hlver Dukn, of Norshumberiand, who died in 1817, Boblind tho ears of this DUKE were two holos, thu size of a commun garden pea, from which issucd every day over two-score small white worms. The Phila- delphls man gags that this vermicutok discase la caused by extreme wot and dfsagrecablo weathe er, and tho latter phratedescribes accuratoly the kind of wuu:cr Chilcago has been rocently hay: ing. ——— W coply with tho wish of Pruva®s Date 2ELL, with pleasure, to givg publicity tothe fol lowing in our columns: * No grave charzo agalust Uls abllity or moral chargcter has yet been made, ur, indeod, soriously speaking, can be. But tho nowapaper press of the country - Jolns with one volce In favor of hla appolntment to some forelgn misslon,—the foreigner the bet- tor. On this point thero is n& disagreement whatever. Iobos our cheerful couscnt, Ho has hiad it for yenrs. But it is sald that Privata DavLzeLy really has his eye on Danronn’s scat 1n Congress, in the old Bixomast District, whero tha Ropublicans have 2,400 majority, and wo ehall not bo at ell surpriscd next to find him nfter that, 1 he falls to get tho Belgian nis- sion, for he {4 as hard to cateh andkill as o flea’” GERMAN DEMONETIZATION OF SILVER. Theroe {aa very ' goneral misapprehonsion 1n this country concerning what is called by common consent tho demonetization of sil- vor in Gormany. Tho uso of this term wonld iudicate that Gormany did in 1874 just w.hnt tho sharps accomplishod in this country by phoncts of 1878 and 1874, viz.: That silver beon summarily oliminnted from the monetary system except a¢ sub- eldiary or fractional curromoy. But this is not tho fact. Tho American domonatization was mado complete and final (1) by dropping the colnngoe of the silver dollar in the act of 1878, and (2) by dopriving sl the silver cofn in the revision of the statutes in 1874 of the legal-tonder quality beyond the amount of @5, In spoaking of German domonetiza- tion it is inforred that the same course wns pursued. On the contrary, the legal.tendor property of tho German silver thalor (a coln corresponding in kind, though mnot in smount, to the Amorican silver dollar) bas mover beon token from it Tho process of domonotization of il ver ‘in Germany is by contraction; by gathering in silver in large quantities ‘(hrough the sgency of tha Government, shipping to England and selling it in Lon- don for gold; shipping the gold back to Ber- lin avd colning it into marks, the now Ger- man coin standard. The subsidiary coln, like tho groschen, gulden, ativers, otc., have been nlmost entirely taken up by the Gav- ornment, and reconvorted into subsidiary coin called marks (which aro oqual to 24} cents of our money), half, and quarter marks, which are logal-tenders for a cortain amount, oquivalent to about $6 of onr money, What remains of the original silver thajers, how- ever, ‘eiraulates freely by the side of the gold colng and Govornment notes, and are a full legal-tendor for all dues, public and private, 1t is estimoted that there are betwoen 260,- 000,000 ond 900,000,000 of theso silver thalers (worth 78 conts each) still in circula- tlon; thoy perform the mame servico they always did fn the monotary system of the conntry, aro regarded with the same confl- dence by the people, bave an equal purchas. ing power with gold, and aro paid out and yocolved in the current ,trausactions of Lusiness as always before, This distinction between the real conditlon of Gorman demonotization and the popular notiou of what was dona is important in the pending silver controversy in this conntry, The effect upon the relative valuo of silver and gold, regarded as commoditios, has boen sbout the same as if the demonctization of mlver in Germany had hoen as abrupt and sweoping as in the United Btates, but the procesa has loft tha relations betweon tho standard gold coln and standard silver coln in Germany what they proviously wero, The provocation for getting nd of the eilver coin in Gonnany, or at lesat for roducing it, was found in tho redundancy and confusion of silver coins after the consolidation of the Empire. France paid a large part of the in- demnity fand in silver. The various Ger- man States that forgied the Empire cons tributed a confusing variet§ of silver colus, oud it was desirabla to agree upon some com- mon denominations. 'I'hereupon the Gov. oroment entered upon the process of con- verting all the miscollancous descriptions of silver coin into gold coin of the standard called marks, Xb is estimated that, attho time of the change, thera were silver colns equivalent to about G600 millions of thalers jn circulation in Germany. The Govern- mont has gone on with the work of convez- slon till the silver coln hasbeen reduced to something between 250 and 300 millions, 4nd these aro now in great bulk silver thalers. In throwing silver upon the London market amounting to between 800 and 850 millions of thalers, and withdrawing neasly au equal amount of gold from the London market to substitte therefor, the German procoss of demonetization pecessarily depreciated . the bullion value of silver by forcing on other markets more than they demanded and faster than they needed it, and at the same time en- hanced thas value of gold by making it much scarcer than before in thosa countrles where it is used as coin. The effect has been to widen tho difference belween sllver bullion valus and gold valus, mot merely fu proportion to the surplus of silver thrown out of Geiman circulation, but also in the added proportion of the gold absorbed by the German 1arkot ; that 18 to say, if tho proctical demonstization of 830 millions of D) THE TARTFF IN PITTSBURG. There has been a partial dawn of eco. nomical light at Pittsburg. Tho clouds have liftod somewhat, nnd tho wiso men of that clty think they have soon enough to justify thom%in calling a Natlonal Convention to meot in Washington on the 224 of Janunry to unite in petitioning Congress to protide tho menns for transporting onr surplus man. ufsclures to forelgn conuntries to bo sold. This in Pittaburg?! At last it fa discoverod that the American manufacturers, if they would prosper, must sbaudon the fallnoy of an oxclusivo *‘home market,” aond have o forolgn market in which to sell their gurplus, This hos boon disoussod in Tie Trmuwe for soveral years, aud the Pittsburg Protectionists have at last got a glimmer. ing of tho truth. For years thoy lhavo beon lnboring under the dolusion that all trade with other countrics was a national losa; that it should bo prohibited by law; and that Awmerioan prosperity, Amorican industry, and American labor could only bo promotod by confining American manufac. tures to the supply of the American murket, Tho Pittsburg Chamber of Commorco has {ssuod the following circular to all the other commercial organizations of the conntrys Belleving that the tima by come when {t s es- sontlal to tho business prospority of tha country that an enlarged export market should be sccured forour over-production of manufacturcd goods, and deeming it advisable that our cohimorcial troatles with forelgn Govarnmebts should be ro- visedaud s0 amendedasto mora fally fostor and pratect our cominorca at forslgn portey and con« ceving it to be tho duty of tho Qovern. ment, o8 well as & matter of political economy, that arrangemonta should bo made &t an carly doy for the Improvoment of our mee- chant merine, 80 tLag tho United States mail may becartled In American vosecls, and that eficlent marino resources bo catablished for the transit of our oxcess of prodactions to forelgn ports on the Amorican continont, we Lave concluded to call a Natlonal Conventlon to be held in the Clty of wastingtoy, D. C., on Tueslay, Jan. 22, 1878, for the consideration of this fmportant matter, and we most carnestly fnvita the co-operation of all Boards of Trade, Industrlal, commorclal, snd fnancial orgsnlzations who agres withus as hereln spacified, and roguest them to sppolat gates troprosent thom in smid Conven- In support of tho proposal to pay off the national debtn clipped cofn, 1t 14 constantly nrged by tho fn- 1and sahiool of economiats that & very conslderable pore tfon of th people who were so depraved s to lond the conntry money whan the country needod It wero fors olaners, —~.New York Tridune, The inland peoplo can reply to the border rufflan that the * forclgn peopld?” are the last ones who have any occasion for fault-finding. The faco of the bouds they subacribed for promiscd interest fu coirt and payment fo *law- ful money,” meaning greonbacks, Tho acts of Congress authorizloz the ealeof thoss bouds promised nothing but lawful mgney paymentt JAY CooRm, in hls advertisements, promiscd “cofn,” but never promised gold. Tho Gov- cromeht nover recelved efther gold or sllver for its bonda; nobody pald it o dollar of coln of auy Wind for the 520s or the 7803, Everybody who bought bonds patd for them ln groonbacks, which were worth 40 to 60 and €0 cents in cofn. Tlie forclgn pitrchasers bought their bonds from Amer- fcan Importers and brokers. The importers sold them for manufacturcs. If thoy received drafts or billa uf cxchange, this paper was used to purchase goods {n Eurape. No cola left Europo for the purchaso of American bonds, as they were In tho *last analysls" all pald for in commodities at 30 to 60 per cent of thelr face value. The shave wes a frightful one; but the chances of tho War bad depreciated the public credit, snd® tho Govornment was obliged to stand the enormous loss on the bonds. Not. withstanding ft wéuld have been perfoctly legal, becauso strictly within the letter of the con- tract, Congresa determived in 1860 to walve the right to pay the bonds in greenbacks, and to mako a new promisc to pay them in gold and sllver coln. The bill becamoa law & few days stter Gen. GRANT was {naugurated President. But a naw howl {s now raused by theJAY GouLn class of sharps that the bonds must be puid fn gold coin alune, and nono of them In silver. Why?! Beesuse tho sbarps bave man- nged to appreclatg thovalue of old above silver about 10 per cout, therefors thoy howl for gold payment. - They bave run thegrico of gold far above it nominal vatue, and sCalat the colnage of legal doliars at the Mint. The poople doun!| propose to pay In “clipped cofn mor weornered " colo, Thoy will pay thole debts, Natfonal, Btate, municlpal, andprivats, in fuil- weight dollars of 4123 gralns standard silver, or 25 810 grains standard gold, at thelr optlon. Np degres of nolse and fury is going fo change their purpose, and . JAx GOULD may stick to his Wallatreet stock-gambliog wnd sparo his barbaric ya + Groonbacks at the Now York Stock Ex- chnnge yeaterday closed at 07, T m—— er——— MUD AND 118 REMEDY, ‘Thore has nover been a3ime whon Ohica- go was 8o blessod with mnd as now. Thore {s mud on the streets and on tho sidewnlks; mud on wagons and horses; mud splashed upon shop-windows, and stroot-lamps, and atora-signs, and men and women ; mud ev- orywhere, Evorything is fllthy and every ono s filthy, from the most prominent citi- zen to tho lenst important yellow dog that poddles throngh tho puddlos. At o rocent weeting of the Common Council Ald. Dary presantod a plan for a systematio cleaning of the streote. 'Thia is nothing now, however, Plans for, systomatio - strect-cleaning have 1 been suggested overy year sinco Chicago hss had a Common Council. This yearthe prop- osition cmnesat an unususl time, because wo aro passing through unnsual thermsl condi- tions, and aro having rain, dnzzle, and mud when wa should have snow, sleot, ice, and frozon ground. 'Tho conventional outcry hias usually gone forth in tho annual spring broaking-up, whon tho molting snows aud April raing pour thelr largoss of mud upon our highwoys in rich profusion, At such times the clty suthoritica expeot thelr annual denun- olation for nllowing the streets to be sodirty, and remodles pour fu without number, somo of which aro usually adopted, invarinbly without ancoess, sinco tho romedies are ap- plied without any consideration of the causo of tha filth, The rosult has beon that our attompts at stroot-cleaning havo been quite aa fotelligent and as offective as Mrs, Panr- 1xaToN’s famous effort Lo mop tho rising tide qut of hor doors. Three-fourths of the streots and alloys of Obicago are unpaved, and are simply so many stripsof the original black, soft, prairie soll, laid out for public use, In long periods of wet weather, and when the grbund breaks up in tho spring, thesa unpaved parts of the city become lakos'| and rivery of liquid, adhesive mnd, and overy team that loaves a paved street and traverses them and returns to a paved streat casrics with it & certsln amount off this’ mud on ia wheols - and the horses, which is shekon off@ and deposited on the pavemonts. Whea it {a conaldered how many thousands of buggles, hacks, ex- pross wogons, trucks, and hoavy freight teains are ropesting this procoss daily, the csuse of tho mud is lently accounted for. And yet, with the miosi cheorful and childsh fnconsistency, we omploy men with shovols, hoes, and teams to remove the mud and carry {t off, fresh installments mean. whilearriving every hour from the origiual sourcos in tho unphved streets, ‘The remedy that we employ wastes time and money and aczomplishes nothing, because the causs of the mud is not considered. There i# » remedy, however, that will give us permanently cloan streots, and it by be found in any city that is thoroughly paved. Tu Paris, for instanco, all the streets and alloys aro covered with & hard surface. It rains there as much and evon more than it does hero, but it does not leave a surface of original and adhesive soil to be taken upasd distributed over paved streets. TI tis no dirt thero excopt such aa is made day today in every city, and this {s daily re. moved. We need not go furiber than Paris to find onr remedy, sod to be convinesd that if we wish to avold mud we must make & bard surface on all our strosts and alloys that cannot be tranaforred from place to place by the me- dium of vohicles. Experionce bas demon- strated that wood makes the best pavement for our principal streets, but wood would not ba dssirable on many accounts for alloys acd Tho educational futerosts of Illinois and ‘Wisconsin aro being looked after by the Btato Teachers’ Assoclations in session rospectively at Bpringfield and Mndison. On tho 26th of noxt Februarygthe Diocese of Quinoy will hold a spacial Cohvention for thio eloction of a Bishop made nboessary by tho declination of Dr. Hanns, P ‘The London Fun belloves in “strikes, and in order that the real nature of strikes miny ba appreciated it prescats the matter in this light: Flirst mason (on strike)—'* Qolng to the saloon?” Beee ond mason (oo atzike)—***Taln't noguad; all tho saloons Iashuts the browers' men havo struck.” Flrst mason —*4Nog afn't ft & hinfsmy?" Becond insson—'' Dang *am{ if 1 was shelginaater I'd nee if they snould atrixe, the blackguards, O Lor, DitL, [ am just thirstys ain'tit awful? First mason—''Orta't to be tolerated In any elviiized country, Istiallchioke with dry folly soof. Cussthe brewers' men." ‘The prosent and prospactive success of the rapid trapsit and elevated railway project in Now York was colebrated lnst ovening by a banquot given by Orrus W. FixLp, whereat were presont Sccretary Spzomax and many other notablea, e The old and oft-revived propasition tu gather 1he tribes of Isrnel together on Jordan's stormy® . banks 1 sgain recalled by the potition of the Rev, Tuomas Rosxxneng, ot Columbus, O. who begs the Emperor of Rusaia to givo Palea tino to the convorted Jews for the purposo of establishing there s Republican Governments But why petition the Emperor of Rusafe, who are the converted Jows, and wherefore a Roe public? been created by the fallure of Nerrzs & Co., o firm engaged in a heavy bufincss in the woy of loans upon stock collaterals, The dlsgovery is now made that the firm also did 8 heavy business in **spouting” these samo collaterals, the owners of which are consid- orably exercisod st the uncertainty of being wble to recover their property at all, or in any ovent without suffering considerable loss, B —— A Turkish officer of high rank ts reported to have said that the Turkish Government, from the moment the war began {n earnest on the part of Russia, felt that {t would not be ablo to malotain itself In Europe, but would bo obliged to witbdraw foto Asla. Yet, if tho history of tho past summer goes for anything, tho Turks bave fought as If thoy futended to live for some years In Constantinople. —T— It Is o standing joke smong tle English to remark that all Americans are Coloucls. And thero {s reason in thelr madness, too. Nearly every American who goes abrosd sssumes & military titlo; besides which, recent statistlcs show that oven the United States army has ona officer to every elght and a half men. S —— The subjact of the military schemes and preparations of the MioManon Oabinot dar- ing the period of uncertaluty which preceded the recont entiafactory adjustment isto bo thorouglily investigated by the prosont War Minister. It is nssertod that monsures had beon resolved upon looking to the employ- went of the armiy to resist tho sccesslon of tho Republicans to tha control of the Gov- ernment—measures of which it is claimed the Marshal himself was ignorant, —— nd, sppraciating the wisdom and power of the public press, we cordlslly luvite lts co-opora- tion iu such manuer as it may scem proper, It will be seen that it is conceded to bo ossontial to tho prosperity of the conntry that wo should manufscture goods for ex- portation. O counie, goods cannot be ex- ported unless they can bo produced, export- €d, and sold ot prices na Jow sy may bo asked by the manufacturors of other countrica, Nor cat we export and sell our prodactions unless wecan purchase tho products of othor countrios, or take them in exchange for our own. Ourexpojt trade must, therofore, be attended by an lnport trade, The request that our treaties with forelgn Governments be so revised as to afford greater freedom in our trade with them, is most pertinentand advisable, particularly as it includes the stipulation that tho United, BStates must sot with equal liberality with all other pations. We must be -pro- pared to remoye all the obstructions which our tariff Lias placed in the way of a general exchange of commodities, and a general free- dom to buy and sell whero such matiery can be the most advantageonsly transacted.~ Wo have hardly a right_to complain that Ching Las built a wall to exclude trade with the rest of mankind 50 long a3 wo have & legal wall equally exclusive, We cannot complain of ny exclusive commercisl regulations or tarift of any other country so long a4 our own ox- isis. We must prosent clean hands whon wo ask other nations to unite with us The solicitude of tha Board of Trade o? Pittsburg that the mail betwoean the United Blates and other countries should be carrled only in American vessols is patriotio, though at the gamo time it is intended to bo costly. Wby the ®poople of the whole United States should bo taxed to pay s steamboat company $1.50 postage on every lotter from San Francisoo to Ohina or back, simply be- causa the steamer is an American, is hardly to bo explainsd to the satisfaction of oven the people of Pittsburg. The ocean mails aro uow carriod in all the steamers fob the ocean ostage, which is, we believe, two cents The fresh troubles reported to have ‘brokeg out at Ban Ellzario prove to be of no especial consequonce, acd at Washington the afair is regarded as virtually at an eud, The Federal troops aseisted the outhoritios in arresting parties ocon. cornod fn the murder of Mowasp, Artgmisoy and McBaiog, and upon resistance being offered by the Mexican mob they wero firod upon and sevogal persona were killed. Tho situation is now so completely ynder tho control of the Biato and Federsl foroes that no renowal of hoatile operations is prob- ablo. e —— The Memphls 4valanche has very little faith 1n tho EaDa jettles, It Is not converted by all the telegrams sent to the pross and diffused over the country, proclalmiug the jettles tobo a grand success. it talks ‘in this cynlesl sort of way: Capt. Eaps conviaced the Govarnment—~though the facts wero against bim 'ho had s clear chasael for practical purposea J0 fest deap aza 200 foet wide, snd vbtained €300,000. 1o now clalma & 34-foot chsunel of 200 feet widtls, &nd aska for & second Installment. As lung after the Aret fnstaliment was pald, Capt. Bavs' 20-foot chaunel broved lasuticlont for tho passaga of & vossl urswlng only 155§ feat. |6 i certsloly Bot ssking 100 much to dewaand, on bebalt uf tus poople from Whoss pockeis tha moncy comes, 8 Hgid ssminstiva of thio channel Ly the Uplted Btates Eoginoers' Depart ment. Mr. OMEELY's remark, that & 33:fuot chaonel accomplislies practically the *'gress object for which the jctsles wero designad, Way wesa more thin appears on the surfsce. No“ 1 ou il mste terine with Capt. Baps. L'arbave this s equira- Teut to saylng that 1a the greatestdopih Jutiying aud dredging combined can accomplls Taken ln conneg- 1lon with Capt, Esbs late sssortiof (st the chauact la Mrs. Gen, BnESMAN, in her crusade sgainst daucing, hes found au opponent o the editor of Furs Claviyera, who declares that music and dancing sre, after all, the only safeguards ot morality. But, perhaps, Mr. Ruskix lias nover waltzed with an able-bodied American gizl, and ~bnt this is only & mild suzgestion. ————— Amanwho deserts bis wite snd chlld tsan inhuman wretch, but what shall besald of a man 'Wwho deserts 340 wives and chlldren, to say noth- {ug of one picksniooy! Lat,the baby-show man hercafter beware ot Chicago. ‘The scapegrace of the Vaxpxaomr family was in the hands of the Philistiues yester- day, it being the turn of the counsel on the othor side to cross-gxamine the improvident . Comnxurus, who confessed to having carriod on a most usconscionable sys- tem of discounting his expectations by borrowing money from whomsoever was foolish enctigh to trust him. His debts of this description amount to something like $100,000, from which §t may be inferved that & large number of people ardently join iu the hope that he may ye! suocesd in com. .pelling & new distribution of the Commo- dore's plle. ' m——— The sad partioulars are given elsawhere of tbe sndden death of Judge Hxarox, of Dizon, T1L, and Chiet-Justice of the recently-orgau. ized Appellato Court of this oity. The ds- ceasod had been spending Christmas with trionds in the city, and while making some srrangements with Mr, Hxmupvarow, the Bolicitor of the Chicsgo & Northwestern Road, with reference to the marrisge of bis daughter, which was to have taken place st Dixon to-dsy, fell unconscious into Mr. H.'s aros, aud in 8 few minutes expired. The ¢ Judge was born in Now York, but came to [, this Btate at a very carly age and commenced e ———— There ts nothing like & Scoatorlal coutest for veviving tha old polltical carpses, and the glosts of PAnDLETON aud ALLEN are once more stalk- 1og sboat the strects of Columbus, O, et Now that Brarna sod CONELIRG &re reconr ciled, the Russo-Turkish war may g0 08« o ——————— " PERSONAL. Susan B, Anthony isleoturing in Missourl, Mre. Viotoria Woodhult has £ailed as o leol- wurer in England. Jansuschek bas earned $8,400 by one ‘week's performances In Pbilsdelphis. Oameron, the African traveler, is to receive & gold medal from King Victor Emaauel. Mr, Btory, the American soulptor, hastost . poned bus doparture for Europe len days Mrs. Bowler, a sister of George H. Pen~ dleton, was formally received fnto the Romsa Catholic Church at Loadon un the 15th of Deces: ber. 1t is reported that Secretary Evarts, in re- cently erltlcialog the courve of Bomator David Devis, apoke of bim a3 *‘too political oa s Bench ud too judiclal in the Benate.** The Grand Rapids T¥mes bad the enter- e s original poem from Julls A weot aluger of Michigan, on Christ- Mouss 18 growing gradsally weakes i osthugrapay. e to srrast atiention. T the jetties do uot coutaln s reliable feet, 15 mar bo 24 0ue day, snd the fullowlng day 18 feet. Everythlas depeads vu she locatiun of the aver- ahifiing mud-luwps. And the Nuw York chaunel i nearer 30810 23 fect, As wo have already stated. tho chagnolnow clalmed for the geuth Iase Julties is prac- tcally useluat, for one oxlatcd In Wg Bouthwest Fasa before Capt. Eavy’ gigsatio rald va¥ho Troasury, The first 8ppropriatin 02 $IGA00) was mopey (Lrown sway. awill tbe second be; yet, for 823-foot chan- nel@nopubiio faith 15 pledged for & milion dollars; sud, outrageous though 15 Ue La tuceptien, and uscless in reault, the Goverument witl cowply with thu con+ tract. Dt has §¢ beon fultlled on Caph. Kabs' part? This 1a the questton. o —— The London Pall Mull Gazeits holds relatively as high & position among Britlsh journals as tue New York Ewaliy Pot does amonz Amoncan pewspapers. Iu discussiog tho American silver remonetization question it talke In this sensible manner, which we commend 1o the goldites wbo' ara tearibg their halr and roodiog thelr gur- ments i, Now, (£ the contomplated menetasy legislailon of the Ulted Btstos 1s Litanded to Festory the Amcricsa sli- verdollar fTum 8 mare Doasy of BCOUDN 12 Jts BPRO-