Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1877, Page 4

) THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: s | ; SUNDAY. D CEMBER 30, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. tlon in Scotland only up o a certata potac. Tiye Tutbmae, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE PREPAID. Dally Edition, one rear... $12.00 Taneot s yeds ool modi- 100 Eundsy Edition: Litera = Double Sheet.. 2.50 Saturday Edition, tweite peges... 2,00 ‘Tri-Weekly, one year.. 800 Firoor & tear. por ino R WEEELY EDI’ 1.50 One copy, per yesr. 1.5 b o four. 5160 pectmen coples sent tree. Give Post-Uflice addsess o fall fncluding State and County. TRemittavces may be wnade cither by draft. express, Tost-Oftice order. orIn reglstered letters, at our riek. i . TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS, Dally, delivered, Sunday excepted, 25 conts rer week. Tayy. delfvercd, Sunday (ncluded. 30 cents por week. ddress THE TRIBONE COMEANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-ets.. Chicago. Tl Ordere for the delivery of Tus TR1BUNE at Evanston. Englewood, and Hyde Park leftn the ~counting-room ‘willrecelve prowmpi attention. 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A Y;;u;:d A 78 iwaukee-av. *A Terular Communl. n of 4his Lodge wlil be heid “'Eflnc]dl( eveningz, 1878, at 7:30 0'clock sharp. for the installation d Llie transaction of othier mportact bist: hren cordially fnviied. iy order JOUX GINOCHIIO, See. R No. 148 R A. M.~The members i Thursdar evening. Jan 5. 1, Ure oy 252 11 evening an. 578, the Count e~ il be tonferred £reen . “AlR. A ‘members sre enti- dled o the degrecs. iy orer o TR “GUY T.GOULD, Sec. o0 e E. N. TCCRER. Sec. CASHIMAN LODGE, A. F. und A. M, tion; ho was cut off from supplies, and his own troops were forced to endara the great- ost privations, and his prisoners could not {aro better even if ha desired to alleviate their sufferings. The fact is that this was onc of the lamentable, yet inevitable, cir- cumstances of o war tht is necessarily more ‘than usually Barbarous by renson of the na- tional charncteristics of both parties. The Loundon journals are treading ou delicate ground when they discuss English mediation between Russia and Turkey, yct Dotk the pompous phrase of the Zimes and the studied tone of the Daily News betvay how doubtful they regard the chances of its success. Perhaps the comments of the North German Gazctte are more significant, as they are, probably, more unprejudiced and outspoken. This paper thinks that England's errand is simply to sound Russin as fo her willingness to accept direct appli- cation of the Porte for peace.” Anything clse would be more than medintion; it wonld be intervention. Englishmen, however Dbitterly disposed ‘“towards Russia, can find little cmfort in the mass-meeting held yesterday sfternoon in Trafalgar Square, London, Although this demoustration had been long advertised and looked forward to as a grand expression of popular sentiment, there wers not more than 7,000 persons present,—a number, it sany be remarked, that is quite insiguificant, considering how easy it is to collect a crowd in London. Besides this, it appears- that some of the Liberal people organized an op- position meeting ot the same place, and suc- ceeded in producing the requisito ecktt of an open-air mecting by instigating a free fight. Thus the entire force of the demonstration was destroyed. The devious Senator frem New York has DOW an apportunity for one of those person- al explanations of wh.ch he is so fond. The malicious, yot silly, Cmaspren letter con. tained certain insinuations regarding the counting of the Electoral voto in Louisiann, and Munj. Burse, of New Orleans, has promptly stepped forward to refute them. In an interview ho stated that theold com- bination between Coskring and the Demo: cratic Senators, which offered to the country —~The wembers are requested to meet in the parfor Monday. s, at 7:30 7. m., for busluess of imbortance 10 the Lodme: 1% J. DAUPHINEY, Chairman. INPERIAT, LODGE, Xo. —A ful attend- ance of members i Téquosted on Monda . Siceflon of ooy <o Adams and & eléetion of officers. ¥ 103 E.T. GILUELT, K. R, &S UX10N PARK LODGE, No. 610. A. F. and A. The duly elecred. Officers wlil be fnstalied st thetr os. 670 and GBI Wekt Lake-et.. Sonday evening, 518, inst. Visitiog brethren coralally tmvited. - D. O'NEJLL, Sec. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1877. . CHICAG) MARKET SUMMARY, The Chicago produce markets were only mod- erately sctive Satorday, and irregnlar in price. esa pork closed 5@7i4c per brl higher, at S11. 50 for January and $11. O2K@11.65 for February. Lard closed 8 shade firmer, at S7.60 epot apd $7.65 for Febroary. Meats were firmer, at 4%c Jor boxed shoulders and 85.87¢ per 100 1bs for do ehort ribe. Whisky was steady, at $1.05 per rallon. !"Jflgr was dull. Wheat closed 1xclower, &t S1.081¢ for December and $1.08%; for January. Corn closed ¥ @%c lower, at 2%¢ cash and 4234c for January. Oats closed }%®Xc Jower, az 244z cash and 24%e for Febroars. Rye was teady, at 50c. 'y closed 3¢ higher, at 374e for January and 56¢ for February. Hogs were Grmer, 21$1.00@4.15 per 100 Ibs. Cattle were sieady, 3t $2.75@3.00. .Sheep were *quict. at 3,006 4.25. The exports from New York last week in- 1ded 25, 203 hfls»r.nu: 435,375 bn. wheat, apnd 327,120 by corn. pired in thie city st weok, 09,230 bris four. 3203319 o wheat, 124,396 by * corn, $8, 620 ba oats, 5, 984 by Tye, 119,117 ba bar- 165,95, 342 ¥ 2 Augs, and 13, 653 catrle, Inspected 410 StO™ 0 TirCily Satirdar s eninn. GR s carsoals, 5 cars rye. £4 cira , 178 cars, 0r 70,000 bu. One han- 1. £old would buy §102.75 in green- acks 3t the clase. o Kew York on Sa raled at 973@97. e — TLwnrsr, the swindling President of the American Popular Life-Insurauce Company, %8s been denied a new trial, ———— The inguguration of State officers at Madi. gon on the 7th of January promises to be an unusually grand affair, and already the male aud female population of the Capital are thrilled with anticipatory excitement, ——— turdey greenbacks ———— The Rev. Dr. Sermoun is ‘undecided wleiler or not to accept the Bishopric of the Diocess of Springfield, and will wait, be-, fore deciding, wntil the Clurch ab lnrge, throngh'her constituted authoritics, has cx. pressed an opinion. — ————— The number of hogs slaughtered and packed during the past two wonths in Chi- cago lins been 1,622,537, nguinst 1,050,945 for the.game period last year. To indulge in Teportorial imagery, this is not bad consider- ing the inclemency of the weather. 1t is expected in Washington that the com- ing session of Congress will bo a lengthy one. Tho Appropriation Coramittee will be ready to report on the Pension, Consular, Naval, and Pogt-Office bills soon after the House assembles, but the condition of gen. emal business indicates that slow progross will be made. — —— A budgot of news has been received from the Mexican Capital, referring chiefly to the procecdings of tho Duz Congress. The newspapers of the Gty of Mexico aro still exceedingly belligerent in tone, and arg urg- ing. an allianeo of tho Central Americes States against what they ara pleased to {orm Northern aggression, Rerrmen il . Bietation 0l a defeat of* the Electoral count and a new clection in Louisiung, - might be revived with a view of reopening the whole Electoral question, but he considered such a course improbable. The question now avises, Did Coxxrrye form a combination with certain Democratic Senators as is inti- mated in the interview? e X THE SENATORIAL SPOILSMEN. It is very evident from the publication of the Bmu Crmaspree 1oapifesto, frowm the statoment that it was submitted to and approved by certain of ihe ** Implacable” Senators before publication, and from vari- ous other indications not necessary to restate, that it i5 the deliberate iutention of & spoils- grabbing faction of Republican, politicians 1o renew the war upon the Administration after tho holiday vacation.. It is intended that President Haves shall be confronted with the aiternative of surrendering his con- stitutional prerogative of making appoint- ments to the Senators, or, in case of con- tinued resistance, being deprived of the support of the Republican majority of the Senate. In other words, he is to be com. pelled to relapse into the old patronage spoils system under the thrant of being read outof the Republicsn party. T'he inevita- ble result of such an nssauit will be that, if for his support o the Democratic party, nssisted by such Republicans as may resent the attacks mede upoa kim and prefer to follow Lim iu his euforced political de- parture. 1t has occurred to us {hat this plain stute- szent of the logical sequence of events should be made as a warning to thosz who scem to ally his fortunes with his)former political opponents, while Presidenf Hyvres has the prospect of a Congressiora] majority on his side if he should {be driven to ‘act with the Democrats. jThe House has already a clear majority of 1t or 15 Demo- erats, and claims that it ropnsents & popu- lar majority; the Senate Republican ma- | jority Langs upon the slende; tenure of one or two corrupt wgnf—bngger's who have the Penitentiary staving them in the face, even if a further defection amoyg Republican Senators may not be expected in case Presi- dent Haves be thiust out of Lis party by the spoils-grabbing members. inother differ- ence worth noting is, that theformer Presi- dent who joined hands with the Democrats thougli elected by tho opposiug party, had formerly had Democratic affiliations, while Pressdent Haxes, whom the spoils faction are secking to drive out of the Republican party, has never been a Democrat, but was an original Anti-Slavery, Union, and Radi- cal Republican, g Now, wht hns the Implacible clique to gain bjthis cxpulsion progeatima? 1t o become morally certain that President Haves will not yield fo intimidation; he may possibly be fonced to the other extrem- ity, if ho encounters nothing bug opposition from hose Le expected to be political friends, aud aid sod comfort from those he had re- garded as politieal enemies. Suppose, then, he shall be forced into an attitude similar to that occupied in turn by Tyres, Fioe- MORE, aud JouNsoN,~—qui bono? The eabal that shall have brought it about will not be able to justify themselves by any devotion to o great natioeal principlo; they can only cite President Haves’ refusal to acquiesca in tha unconstitutional demand to turn over the appointing power to them as the provo- cation for their conduct. Will the people stand by them or by him in such an issue? Will the Republican party not have to bear tho odium attaching to n warfara waged for 50 bnse a purposs? And will the fataro de- feats of the Republican party farnish any compensation for the effort to brenk down President Harzs and the Cincinnati plat- form? Suppose ‘that Haves should ulti- ‘mately let tho ““old Apax ” prevail in him, turn upon his pursuers, and retaliate in kind; supposc, having the House with him, and probably the Sennfe, he should ravo- lutionize the Adwministration service as Ty1ren, Fiuudore, and Joussox did before bim,—would the defénted Senatorial cabal look nbout over the ¥eattered remnins of their friends whose heads had beon lopped off, and feel any particular satisfaction at the work they had accomplished ? In estimating the probabilities of a perz, manent breach between President Hares and the faction of politicians: who are seeking to drive him outof the party, the fact must, not be lost sight of that, in leaning on the Dem- ocrats for support, President Haves would only, bo following out the cardinal principal of parliomentary government as it prevails in all constitutional Governments except owrown. Itis the very essence of responsi- bls government, ns understood everywhere except in the United States, that the policy and personncl of the Executive branch shall conform to the majority sentiment of the popular branch of tho Parlismeni or Con. gress, becauso the Iatter directly ropresents the people. It is known that President HAYES hos a strong inclination to this repub. lican theory of government. Hais restrained uow by the traditions and customs of this country, and tho ties of party, butit is not likely that Lis conscience would trouble him 1 1TCR Lre prerlro¥ woceueiiy T smoh an acquiescence as Marshal MacMandy has been forced to make in France against his will and in spite of a mnjority on his side in the Senate. It is a question for the Jm. placable cabal to determine for themselves whethier they are not likely to push their warfare upon the Administeation farther than is’ wise or safe and produce results which, disnstrous'fo themselves as partisan imagine that the war apon the President can bo kept up without any more serious political consequences than have resnlted thus far. ft is proper that the liplaceble leaders und those who sustain them should be made to foresce the full_cntastrophe, wisich they sre likely to precipitate. . B We have had in our political history three conspicuons instances of & breach between a President and the party that elected him, though in all these cases tha Presidentsuccceeded to his position from thatof Vice-President, aud by renzon of {he deatlr of the President originally elected. The first was Jouy ‘Tyres, in 1841 Jn his ense the quarrel arosz from a proposition of the Whig Congress to revive tho old National Bank, and a bill to cherter such au instita- tion was vetoed by Acting.President W'sren, The fight, under the leadership of ITexny Crar, was a bitter one, snd TyLem was practically road ont of the party. 1lle went over o the Democrats, with whom Le bad had a former politieal association, nod gradually turned over the Government into their hunds. ‘I'he next ease was Vice-Presi- dent Fruuaone's, who succeeded Zack Way. zon. e cholleoged the bLostility of the anti-slavery wing of the Whig parly by sign. ing the Fugitive-Slave law and sauctioning the so-called Compromise measures, The breach was never Lealed, and he, too, sought sympathy and support from those who had been bis political opponents. The Iast case was Axuy Jonxson's. The Reconstruction policy was tho giound of dissension in Lis experience. Fhis was the most stubborn fight of all. The party which had clected There has beena great dead of discussion regarding the new Constitution of Georgin, adopted recently, and its defects and ad. vautages have been pointed out in theso colnmn} The voie upon its adoption re- sulted in & majority of 67,563 for the Con- sfi(\}hhn. while the msjority for Atlanta as Capital of the State was only 42,556, ) The official Teport of the Adjutant.Gen- Y eral ?E Pennsylvania on the railway siots contains some severe refections upon the couduct of the eisil authorities of “Pittsburg, Lo, instead of co-operating with the S, troops, encouraged the strikers by with. dx-g.yqng from the contest, leaving to the militis the defense of the city's property. surrender. Since then nearly every day has brought fresh. revelntions of horrors ey.- dured slike by the Tarks in Plovna, and there lios been a tendeacy tg throw the responsibility for them upon Os. 2ax Pashs, the commander of the fortress. 1t has even been reported that ho would be tried by court-martial by the Russians at Bucharest for cruelty to . prisoners, This statement, however, is scarcely credible. Os- s4x in Plevos was placed in a peculiar posi. and"their captives him Vice-President pursued him with im- peachment, and all but convicted him, Theiy majority sgainst him in Cougress was so overwhelming that the Tenure-of-Office act was passed to prevent his manipulation of the patronage, aad he was embarrsssed and harassed in every conceivable way. Iu spite of it all, Jomssox found a party, and eucceeded pretty well in revolutionizing the pablic service and securing the offices in the interest of the Democrats. . Thero are two important différences to bo noted between the cases cited and the thrent- ened irreconcilable breach betsween the ruling element of the Republican Scoate nnd Presi. dent Haxes. One of them is to be found in the fact that, in esch of the preceding cases, the contest arose from a conscientious dis. agreement asto some great nafional policy,— in one case the rechnrter of the National Bank, in another the tredtment of the slavery question, in the third the means of reconstructing and restoring”the rebellions States to their former statns in the Union,— while in the warfare waged upon President Haves there is no provocation except the low, unconstitntional, and indefensible am- bition to 1aake Lim subservient to the dicta- tion ‘of certain politicians in the distribation of official patronage. The other important dilference is, that when Trres was rend out of the Whig party, and Jomxsox out of the Republican party, the expelled President was confronted with » formidablo majority egainst him fn Congrass whenever ho should spoilsmen, may be the beginning of an im- portant revolution in the American political system, THE COUNTY SPOILS. Just after the result of the local election of lst fall was annouuced, it was_foudly and foolishly hoped that thers would no longer be A provocation for the regular waekly lament over the depraved condition of the County Bourd. Yho people bad been successfal in electing the five' new Cowmissioners who hud been commended to them as men who would keep faith and go into the County Legisluture with an_eye single to rotrench- ment, réform, and the public welfare. Two members of the okl Board were Republic- aus, uud had promised to act with the new Kepublican wembers, as they have done. Ono of the old members (Tanon) had been a Republican, and it wus thought that con- siderntions of public respect would induce him {o join the Reform clement. One of the Dewocratic members (F1rz0£841LD) had always voted against the Ring when the Riug was judependent and hnd a majority without his vote, and it was supposed that he would honestly continue in the same course, There wassome expectation that ono or Ltwo others of the old gang, liko Creany or Braprey, would join with the Roformers when they saw the tide fairly setting in that way. ‘Thus a certain majority of one was counted upon, and even o majority of two or threo hoped for. Bat the new Board had not yet been organized when the intrigues began. The old Ring element, mnavipulated and controlled by outsiders, had no mind to loasen their hold, but began to bait for Dew members. Thes. were enconrnged and abetted by the delay and trading into which tho new wmembers were betrayed either by inexpericuce‘or selfishness. The result was the capturo of onme of the ' Reformers " clected by the Republicans, the niter abag. domient of the Reforin poticy by tho only Demoeratic member who had_ever made nny professions in this regard, the relapse into indifference of another, anda final collapse of the Keform wovement, and completo sur. render into the hands of the Rivg. The whole job culminated lnst Wednesduy in the appointment of county officials, With tho single oxception of Jidge Wavsace, elocted County Attorney because the Democrats were fighting among themsclves as bobwoen Rouxteee and Hrxes, o set of men werg selected, including many of the old Ring ewployes, who are just os reckless and irre- sponsible as the old gang, An instance of the outrageous abuses practiced upon the public under the disguise of public charity hes recently come to us, We are told that not less than §30,000 have been paid the railroads during the carrent year for trensportation of passengers at the Ppublic expense. Whatever tho exact figures may be, the money has been expended nomi- nally for the purpose of sending paupers to their homes, or at least getting them out of town. Bat it is said that a part of this motey has gone to pay junketing expenses of Commissioners, and defray the traveling expenses of certain riends of theirs who were not entitled to this'or apy other form of relief. It is {even alleged that some of the tickets.thus purchased ‘ouh of the public fand hn';q actually passed into the hands of the scalpers and ticket specu- Intors. If these practices have been carried onin the purchase of railroad tick.ets, it is fair to assume that they have been in vogue t5 & corresponding ‘extent in the other branches of public supplies. There is no definite mode for estimating the amount of money thus squandered and stolen. Bn}t the point of interest is, that whatever villainous schewes of plunder nnd favoritism hnvsj pre- vailed under the old gang will be continued uuder the new gang of county officers re- cently elected. The only hope for the ensu- ing year is that there will be one or two men in the Board sufficiently shrewd, energetic, and patriotic 1o keep:n watch upon the scan- dalous proceadings, to expose and denounce them, fo invoke (b assistence of the public and the Courts to arrest them, and to keep the taxpayers informed of the sconndrelism 50 that it can thus ba checked in part. THE OBJECTIONS 1O SILVER. We print this morning s letter from Mr. Z. Stiues Ewy, in which he warns the peo- ple of the West against tho total wreck of credit which is involved in the coinage of silver. The arguwment is peculinr. It asserts that the great need of the West is abundant aud cheap capital ; that this capital is to be hed only in the Esstern States; that the men holding this eapital will not Jend it, nor permit their sons to live in the West, if the ‘West hos loose notions on money matters; that these capitalists want au exclusive gold currency ; that they want silver abolished as money ; and that, if silver bo remonectized, the West will not be able to borrow any money, and, having no capital, will go to tho bad bowwows of general wreck aud ruin, ‘That is the argament. If it have any force or point, it means that the holders of loanable money will not lend silver to tho West, even at good interest; that they will only lonn gold; umz! in their anviety to furnish the West with *chenp capital,” they will refuse to lend silver, which may be abundant, but will lend gold, which is scarce, in great demand, and very dear. It seems to us that the argnuent furnishes its own complete refatation. The moral nature of the man who lends money for hira ks rarely reached the point that he will refuse to lend that kind of money which is wanted. From 1862 to 1877, thera hus never been a time when Enstern capitalists were not willing to lend paper dollars. Even when paper dollars were worth but 40 cents enach, the Eastern copitalists did not hestate tolend them to the Government, and to the peoplo_ of the West, and take therefor notes, aud bonds, and mortgages. payeble’ thereafter in dolinrs, with n good round rate of interest aunuelly. The mornl sense of tho money-lender never yet re- volted against lending dopreciated money at a high rate of interest, the debt being pay- able in Tawful dolars, though snch dollars may bo worth 10, 20, or even 30 per cent more than when the debt was contracted. Admitling the extreme possibility that re. monetized silver may be at a discount in gold, it will naturally be abundant, and will seek investment. Why will not capitalists lend silver as well as greenbaeks? Why is it that gold will be ihe cheap eapital, snd sil- ver tho dear money ? Mr. Ery betrays his iguorance of the subject which he discusses, To_contract_the metallic currency of the disoredit or disgrace ;. pubtic or privite credi was not demaged thereby; we went through the War, and for eight years after the War the country had both coins a legal-tender. No man had ever complained that the two metals worked any injury; no one thought. it dishonest to use tno chenper dollars, and no one now objects to the recoinage and. re- monetization of silver save those deeply interested pecuniarify in haviog the money value of bonds aod mortgages, and debts of all kinds, incressed by msking metallic money permanently scarce and dear. Suppose, instend of reducing:the quantity of metallic money in the countey one-half, we take up the coinago of silver where we Jeft off. During Jannnry, February, and March, 1873, the number of silver dollars coined at the mnt was nearly a million, and that was when the silver dollar was worth more thon gold. Had the coinage been con- tinued thers would have now been a lorge supply of silver coin in tho country, sud specie payments would have been resnmed as n natucal operation in busmess. Tho ad- dition to the volume of metallic money would have perintted the withdrawnl of so muclt of the paper money. as was in excess of the wants of trade. Thers would be in- ilation to somo extent, but not of credit ; it would be such inflation as follows the pres- ence of actunl money,—nctual valne,—coin. There would be 1o person who would be so excessively moral as to refuse to lend silver coin, or who wounld- refuse to let his sons leave the holy precinets of Wall street to as- sociate with the people of the West, who-be. lieve in coin dollars, even if they are silver. WAR: Pending nctive military operations in Bulgaria, onother important chapter is reached in ‘the diplomatic progress of the contest Letween Russin and Turkey. The Note of the Porte to the various Powers, immediately after the fall of Plevna, it will be remembered, invited nediation and ex- pressed a willingness 1o consider ‘the propo- sels made by the Coustantivople Confer- ence, the wily Turk declaring that, as the war began owing to Turkey'’s refusal to ad- fiere to thosa propositios, it might be termi- nated on the same basis, butat the same timo explaining that Turkey Qid not ex- tend the invitation as s vanquished State, since she still had two lines of defense which sho believed she could hold. The Note did not weet with a favornble reply from any of the Powers, except Italy, for two substan- tinl ressons: First, the request could not even be considered, since, under the provis- ions of international law, medintion can only bo undertaken when both belligerents have solicited it. If granted ut the instauce of ouly one, it is tantamonut to au interven- tion. In the socond place, the very action of Tarkey in rejecting the propositions of the Powers at thy Constantinople Conference shut the door agninst all mediation on their part. So far as the reforns that coustituted the basisof the propositions were concerned, Turkey was left in Russia’s hauds, or, rather, Russia was left free to secare those reforms, or guarantees for their enforcement, with the sword, and so long as she adheres to that mission, and does not overstep the limits or antagonizo the interests of the other Powers,. there is no possible way by which they can interfere, cxcept by actual declaration of war. TheNote therefore having been thrown into the waste-basket by the various Powers, another chapter is now uufolded, and one of a.somewhat remarkable cheracter. Having failed with the Powers collectively, the “Sole menns of payment and The Soteighstg| Porte, cvidently encouraged to_believe by of values, wold have thodirect and imme- dinta effect of depreciating . the gold valnes of every forni of property, except mortgnges and bonds. The value of gold being thus appreciated above its ordinary value, tho present rates of interest would be substan- tinlly increased, and, the amount of losnable fands being limited, the demand be. ing wurgent, aud the rates of in- tevest nodvanced, the want for abun- dant and cheap capital would hardly find satisfactory response from the gold market. The permauent demionetization of silver would give to gold an increase of value not ensily mensared. ‘Whero 8 gold dollar now is the equivalent of a bushel of wheat, the gold doller, made the oxclusive metallic woney, would kave a value equal to perhaps 2 bushel and ahalf of wheat, and would have s Like incroased value inall other forms of prop- erty. One hundred dollars invested in a loan made payable in gold, with silver and all oth- or mouney permanently demonetized, wonld require property equivalent to $125 to S140 in gold o its present valne to pay it. To Lring about this condition of things, the blotting out of anc-half the world's supply of inetallic money, in order to give increased value to the other half, is, according to Mr, Tux, the wny to make loamnblo capital abundant and cheap. The trouble with the money-lenders is that ‘moucy is foo cheap. The argument of the scientific and the finan. cinl experts is, that metallic moucy s too cheap ; thatthe dollar ought to buy moreland, more food, and more property; that there is too much wetallio mouey, und therefora all the silver should be discarded as moncy ; should not be tolerated any longer,—in which ease the sum of gold in the world'’s use will bave the money value of the present sum of both metals combined. The gold doliar of the future, if silver can be geuerally demon- etized, will have noarly double the value in purchasing power of tho dollar of the pres. ent, and the mon whose bond or Tmortgago may fall due inthose days will fiud ihat, while only the same number of dollars wmay be exacted of him, it will Tequire twice the labor and twice the amount of Pproperty to get adollar that would be required if the volume of metailic cluTency were maintained and silver served with gold as the money of mankind. To claim that this condition of things is necessary to muke Joaunble funds abundant aud ““cheap,” o5 does Mr. Lrx, may be considered as an extreme casg of dis- ordered jmagination. g Wo are opposed to magnifying the dollar. The people of the West do not think or believe that metallic money is s0 cheap and so plenty that its valge must bo increased by reducing its quantity one. balf.” The people of the West do not want tle dollar reduced in size or value, but they protest against having it increased. The public and private debts of the country are counted by the thousands of millions of dolinrs, all payablo in coin dollars, aud this is 1o time {0 insist upon having these coin dollars increased in value, in order to 1. crease the sum of Inbor snd of Droperty required to pay the debts. Sach an increase of the value of money would be equivalent to the confiscation of the property held as security for thess thousands of millions of dollars of public and private debts, and yet Amad protending to be sane insists that such 8 stato of affairs is essential to make loanable capital « cheap " aud abundant, lev\er Was & legal-tender in the United Btate:v for eighty years, and it worked no, ment and the frequent meetings of the Cab. inet that Turkey is not utterly deserted by England, has addressed the English Govern- ment a Note asking i to act as a mediator, and England has consented by sending a Note to Russia asking her confidentially for information regarding the terms of Ppeace with which, as the victor, sho wotld be satis- fied To this, as might have been ex- pected, no official roply has been sent, although & fortnight has elspsed since the Note was sent. The remark of the Czar, made to the delegation whichk waited upon kim on his retura to St. Petersburg, and made while he was in possession of tha Ea- glish Note, expresses the nature of the reply, however, which Russia would make, *Fn. gland will apparently exercise pressure upon the liberty of our action, but we will not con~ sent 2o medialion, and are armed against in- leroention,” says the Czar, In other words, Russia will not ask for mediation. It Ean- gland undertakes to nct as a medintor, she intervenes in belmlf of Turkey, and against such an jutervention Russia nrumed. Docs the Czor menn that ngniust suth an intervention the Triple Alliance will opposo itself? This mmy bo tho undermeaning of this significant decln- wtion, and it lends probubility to the suggestion that the course of Euglaud in Qeliberately separating herself frow the rest of Europe, and doing alone what the Powers in the aggregate had just refused to o, is officions ju the extreme, and must tend to cement still sixonger the alliagce between Germauy, Austria, and Russia, By this action England has placed hersolf n w position where sho must cithor Bo stmigh‘z abend or back squarely out and leave the Tarks to their fale. There does not seem to be any middle course she can pur- sue, if, in the spring or as soon as the weather permits, the Russians euter Konmelin and threaten Adrianople aud Coustautinople. So far as the limits of the present campaign are concerned,—the linc of the Balkans,—sho has no cause for complaint. That Austrip is goiug to take Bosnia is shown by Ler deter. miuation to keep tho Servians out of it, asq fo this Evgland Lus no objection. That Servia will reoceupy Old Servia, Montenegro astrip of terrifory on the south, Groece ox. tend her frontier to the limits of 0ld Greece, is also probable, and Eugland would offer no objection o this. That Lussia bolds Bul. garia, with the exception of the Quadrilateral fortresses, which are now in process of investmont, is also clear, and to this glond offers no. objection. The moment, however, that Russian fun.'t:§ ‘eross the Balkans and com. enco oceupying Roumelia, then England must back down or make war. There is no middle ground, and the revalsion of fecling in Eugland favoring war seems to indicate that the latter alternative may be adopted. If such should be the case, there is no doubt she can make a formidable resistanca to the Bussians, and eveatunlly prevent them from occapying any territory south of the Bal- kans. She has, first, anlimited financial re. sources. She bas, second, n Eigantic flect, whicl can not only furnish complete and rapid transportation of men and naterial, bat dominate the Black Sen and its ap. pronehes. What are Ler resources in troops 7 She bas, first, the Turkish army, what there is left of it, clad with new hope, and such further levies as can be drawn from Egypt, Arabia, arfd Asiatic Turkey, whom she can esslly amm, clothe, aud feed, She is o bas 80,000 regulars ot home, 50,- 000 white Indian troops, and 50,000 Aohammeédans,—meking a total of 160,000 men now in hand who caun be quickly thrown mnto Roumelia. Shethas contingents of 20,000 men in Canada, 10,000 black troops in the West Indies, and 20,000 in ‘Australia, who can ho called upon for reinforce- ment, and back of all o reserve of millions of fonatics in Indis, who could be drilled and armed and would enter into the corflict as a Holy War under the- banners of England. With such a foree as this, backed by her colossal fleet, England and Turkey might ba ablo to hold Roumelin against the sggran- dizements of Russis, and the ultimate limit of the Russian advance would be bounded by theliue of tho BalKany, after ono of the most terrific struggles of modérn times. There is another side to the picture. Monarchs and diplomats employ language to concenl possibilities. When the Czar said ho was nrmed against intervention, it is not unrensonnble to infer that he concealpd the possibility that the Triple Alliance would au- tagonize England. When be declared, after 1he fall of Plevua, that the war was not over yet, Le may bave slluded to another cam- paign of still larger dimensions. ‘The call- ing ont of 250,000 more men, the purchase of 1,200 Krupp cannon and o quarter of a million more rifles, the significant declara- tions of Germany that she prefers a Russian to an Engiish allianve, and the quiet but very steady manuer in which Austria follows in the wake of Germany and Rassin, all point to the poasibility that an Euglish declaration bad to bear the brut of tae contlict with Qacey MART after the Lords had broken down the old Church, and bis infuence was felt even iy the earléer days when he was abseat jn Genery, But the struggle against Episcopacy which JAMES aod his successors for a hundred yeary sought to impose upon Scotland was bezun agg at the start maintained by ANDREW MeLvigy, It ended, as the other strugele bad, in e triumph of democratic principles, but not untl the reien of Wrinast TIL T demoeratiy solrit which was In this manner fofused fagg - the Presbrterian Chiurch has ever since bueg ; its controlling priveiple. It has been asserteq n the government of the Charch, and bas . Wways brought it Into symparhy with demo. cratic institutions. The growth of dem, and Presbyterfanism has, in modern times, been ‘simultaveous. They have Hourisheq i the same places, nat, indeed, because either wag cause or effect of the other, but Lecause the former. was tho condition of the latter. Thy Presbyterfau Church has flourished whereses politieal liverty has existed: it bas decageq under every form of tyranny “which it could mot subvert. It has adapted . seltv to circumstances in Fraoee, grop- inz strong or weak according as they hare beecn favorable to wpoltical liberty or atherwise. It has found no abiding place o the absolute monarchies of Europe, but tag reachied overshadowing proportions in free Switzerland. It has not been, howeser, an in. dex of the degree or kind of liberty which any people have enjoyed. In free America it flogy. ishes asa compact and powerful organization side by side with every other form .of religioys © belief; and, if it does not encroach upon their domain, neither does it surrender to them any offts own. Its growth here is 23 sure s that of the Republie, and dependent upon it. While of war means a general Europenn war. In that case, no oue can foreses the complica- tions that will occur, or the issue of the mighty conflict. i THE GROWIH OF PRESBYTERIANISM, Since the reuniou of the two principal branches of the Presbyterian Church in this country, there has been a marked tendency towards a consolidation of the denomination. The separation of the Northern aud Southern Churches, which was dueto politlcal rather than to doctrinal differences, is temporary and unimportant. The splits in the Cburch which bave becn caused by conflicts of opinion -on questions of faith and polity are, on the other band, part of its constitution. The Cumber- land Church and the United Church are disis- ions of thought as well as divisions of feeling. The Free Church of Scotland is a necessity imposed upon the opponents of patronage by the form and pressure of the age in which- they lived. These fractures are graduslly disuppearing. The forces which produced them are operating with diminished vigor, and a re- action has setin. The Presbyterian Churches which have adopted and represented various idens have a‘common origin; they all rest upon deaiocracy asa foundation, and all are drawn together by their laws and traditions. Presbyterianism was not an aceldent, though its early manilestations were disotderly, So eminent an authority as BUCKLE, whose clear vision was alwdys aided by perfect integrity, traces the origin of the Church in Scotland to gross suverstition. Making wonder and fear the conditions of - superstition, he shows that" these existed if Scotland in sn nnusual degree duripg the’ fifteenth and six- teenth centurics, and infers™ that the Dbirth of the Presbyterian Church Quring this period must be ascrived to them. It is true, as he says, that Scotland, at the time of the Ref- ormation, was sunk in iznorance, which, before wonder and fear, is the cause of superstition. Owing to the situation of the fertile Lowlands mear a hostile border, devastation, rapine, and murder held the countrs in a bondaze worse than slavery. “The cities that are now known as centres of trade were in those days scarcely more than bamlets. The populatios of Glasgow in the middle of-the fifteenth century did not exceed 1,500 persons, whose wealth consisted of of the largest shippinz towns in Seotland, was, in the end of the sixteenth ¢t tury, a mean fishing village, consisting of a single row of thatched cottages, which wereinhabited by poor, fishermen. Kilmarnock, now sa emporizm o! industry ana of wealth, contained in 1653 be- tween 500 and 600 inhabitants. _Paisley, in 1700, had but 3,000 peaple: Aberdeen, in 1572, 2,000 inhabitants; Perth, in 1585, under 9,000; and Edinburg, late in the fourteenth century, less than 16,000. These figuresrepresent not merely the comparative backwardness of the beople, but the cilects of the Irequent fovasions of the country by the English. The country was by them Kept in such a bdrren state, that it could searcety support life, and the very consequences of war - eveutually pre. vented it. Invasion defeated itself by making the country uuable to subsist armics. While the poverty.of the people on this acconnt con- tinued education was mealected. Until the fifteenth century there was not even a univer- sity in Scotland, the first having been founded at St. Andrews in 1412, Late in the four- teenth centurs there is said to be no Instance ofa Scoteh Buron being able to sign his own nawme, and the common people were so stupid and brutal that au iutellyrent observer, who visited Scotland in tue vear 1360, hikens them to savages. Innorance was thus the condition of the whole Scoteh nativn when the Reformation burst upou it. ‘Two great powers erew up simultancously in Scotland,—the clergs and the nobles. The former rested their strensth npon the lruorance f the people, and the latter upon their danger, The necessity of common protection agaiast the English, the weakuess of the Crown, and the pecular conformation of the. country, divided the people into claus, each of -which professed 3 bigher allegiance to s chieftain than to its sovereign. The oblizations 6% the codmon crowd 10 the throne were discharzed by deputy. Slender as they were, they were ackaowledzed Uy the Lords, under ordinary efreumstances, in behall of their retniners. The Crown was withonr influence because it coutd only reach the people through corrupt and ambitious agents. In this extrewity, it altemoted to array one elass of these ageals azaiust the other, By joiuing forees with theclergy, it placed 1e nobles upon the, defensive, aod made the coutest more cqual by opposing the superstition of the people, a5 represented o their Charch, to their hereditary attuchments to thelr cufet. tains. The struggle of the hings aud the clergy against the euormous authority of the nobles contiziued for abiout 160 years, and was brought toaclose 0 1557 by the triumph of the Lords of the Congresation, which was celebrated in the First Covenant. Tits result was confirmed three years Jater, when the first General Assom- bly met and the second deelaration was made, But the triumph was shoct-lived, The clergy, under the new name of Protestants, claimed atl that they had previously possessed as Catbolics, A new hicrarchy was established on the ruins of the old one; and, the strugule for the posscssion of the spoils was-longana costly, it ended in the restoration to theChuret vfmost that beloneed to it. “The arlstocracy of Seot. land,” eays Buckre, “uttle knew the men with whom they had to | deal Stll less did they understand - the duaracter of their own ave. Thes did not e that, in the stafe of socictr in whicl they s Superstition was fueritab, and that, therofore, the spiritual classes, though deprossed for, moment, wre sire speedily to rise gy, gy nobles Liad overthrorsn the Churel, byt thg prie ciple on whieh churel authority is baspy 1. mained intact. Al that was done was to change the name and form. A now ierarchy was quics: Iy formed, whiclh succocded the old on in the aflections of the people. Indeed, it Qid mors For, the Protestant clergy, negicered by the Dobles and unendowed by the State, ha onlya miserable pittancs whereupon to live, and they Decessarily threw themselves into the arms of | sqme. small cattle and a few acres of iu- B e e B e o e | never 3 cause of freedom, it is a cop. servator of it, and as such is entitled to o high place among the political forces of the time, Whether its origiu in Scotland was due to superstition or not, its prosperity in our times cannot, be attributed to that cause, and its be. neficent, influence is nome the less becausejt roso from humble beginnings, and had igno- rauce and fear for its foster-parents. — Although nowadays an extremely practical and commonplace fiuid, fok has more nses than are.often dreamed of in the philosophy of boak- writers. In ancient times, when Cicaro wrote withthe slquor of the cuttle-fsh, there was 5 Rlamor of romance attached to that material which had ol s0:important 3 part in the making of ry. It is sald that, later, the code of Upsal was written with silver ink on violet parchment, with gold initials, but even that wasa long’ time ago. To-day fnkis pro. saic, tiresome, except in some such circum. stances as we arc about to rclate. Hageizy Jacoss was anioky girl; tbat is, she was inks hued. But that was 'no resson why Jomy GrEeN sbould cast an imoutation upon her character and a bottle of ink upon heffront’ doorstep. The bofh lived upon “an ave. nue of Chicaco which bears an arise tocratic nome and & questionable repm. tation. The immedliate cause of the atrovions act of jnk-spilling is smid to have been jealonsy on the part of Jofx sud & nideous yearning for revenge. Just why he should choose to perpe- trate this particular kind of outrage is difficult to understand, except on the theory that he was an {guorant disciple of Voodooism, and this was one of the superstitions nertainlag thereto. At any rate, the inkv HARRIET caused his arrest on the charge of lihel. But this is only one of the instauces of the erraticuses of ink. Tt was only ‘Weduesday of this week that a young lady resi- dent of Galena, in this State, becowinz wearied With the burden of life. attempted to travel to a better land by swallowing the contents of aa ink-bottle, snd it Is needless to add that her effort was a success. Mrs. BROWN'S et is another illustration. Mrs. BROWN was 8 re- spectable and elderly lady who lived, 20d per- haps Is yet alive, in Ottumwa, Iowa, Providing she has survived the awful catastrophe which recently befell her domestic pet.* Thete was.a tradition among the people of Ottumwa that the" lady and ber gl white cat were coeval, that they were nearly, 1f 6ot quite, of thio” saie"age, ana that tuey were both laving up to live a great deal longer than: was necessary to the community. Tha habits of the aged couple were much alike ex- cept in oue respect. Both dozed all day befors the fire in winter, and in summer at the window which admitted the most sunlizit. But af might, while Mrs. BRowx was abed and aslcep, this cat became a changed being. Forgetting its age and dignity, to say nothing of its claim would steal out under cover of darkness and loin in the disreputable pastimes of the feling neighborhood. Thus it bapoened that the pa- tience of Mr. JomxsoN, who lived next door, was in time exhansted, and, aftera fraftless Te- £ort to old boots and the back window, reached the last stage of desperation, Capturing the offender one evening, he mot only emptieda inuntil it was past all recognition.’ Then Lo went to bed with a fiendish smile graven upon Lis countenance. The usual concert. was post- poed that night. Mrs. BRowx's cat hastencd home only Lo be greeted with an inveetive from ts mistress, who had hitherto been so placable and mild. Thrust out into the cold strect, the aged 20d mearly heart-broken animal souzht consola- tlou with its comrades, but, being spit unon and reviled 25 a strange intruder, went, softly back and; threw itself down tho well, where it was discovered some weeks afterwards by being hauted up fn a bucket. ——— v Jokes in. newspapers are considered admissi- ble when news is Qulls bus there is such 2 thing as carrying 8 joke too far. A case of this king bas just occurred fn the Times. One of the local staff detailed to write up the defeat of the Republican Commissioners aud the triumph of the Riug, dove down into his inner conscions- ness and came to the surface with the following fadsebood in ns mouth: y Joszri MeDILL, who won some renown asa Cisil- Service refurner; A. C. Hrsiva, who has had some expertence lu the same line: sad. CusnLey FARWELL MWL in woleidn couclave with the eight Republican Commilsstoners at the Grand Pacific lasc Friday. After Biuch discussiva sod careful Wwelghing of the loterests ot the **party.” & falr division of the Awag was made, sudaa accepiabdle ticket was agreed TpoD, the three adrisory members gettloz 1n & goodty number of thelr personal favorites. - The master-minds bay triuwmpled. and HesiNe was al the helm. . The editor of the Times assumes the trath of this * rovrback,” aod begins o well-garnished editorial comment thereon with the remark *'That tells the whole story »; but it tells a Iy ing story. It is suflicicut to say in reply that Messrs. MEDILL, FARWELL, and HESING never metat any *conclave " at the Grrand PacificHotel last Friday, or at any ather time or place, The subscquent modification o the yarn in the Times is equally destitute of every particle of truth waen it alleges thac they (M., F.. and H) +were {0 au adjoining room at the Grand Pacitic Hotsl at the time of the Kepublicn caucus, and dictated the ticket hich was put up and announced to the world through the press.” They were inno ‘*adjolning room,” there or anywhere clse; they **dictated ” no Licket; they were partles to 10 caucus or conference, in person or by deputy, and had no communtcation of whatever kind therewith. The whole thing Is a cocx-ana-bull story, iuvented and embellished in the ofiice of the Wells-street concera. ‘The experience of the Pittsburg church sock- ety ‘showed low Qifficult it fs to dispose of young ladles at public sale: but how much harder must it be to find purchasers for an old married couple! Yet a veraclous chronicler re- Iates that it is not an uncommon cecurrence in Lower Canada for old nabitants to be put up at. auction. A case in point is that of a couple who landed over their Droperty to their children on condition *that 50 long as the old people lived those children should lodee and board them; wash and mend~cheir clothing: farnish them With outer garments and linen, shoes and headl- dresses, all suitable to their condition; take the people, where alone they coul® find sup- vort and sympathy.” Y] Jous EXNOX was the leader of he Reforma- them to divine servico onSundays and feast das and bring them home; place 2 horse and vehicle at their disposal on demand; fetch and fee the buttle of ink upon it, but rubbed the dyestoff . to move in respectable circles of socety, it 5 '