Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 8, 1878, Page 5

s 0. 0. Opdyk o ehject was to help over sixty 1o reference, The o ; oo who conld not get Work. O matuer Conly remarked s enly mo- (iye In moving (e reconslderation was to allow tre pentioman (Spoffurd) to put himselt on the records 11 be i} aatoncr BpofTond £afd no man woul i o help the heciy: dhan et it the matter of meana should he louked Into. e mount. appropriated this yeae for tio County Agrnt's office was £100,0005 Jast year it was £215,00. The county hald got to thie con- e tional limit of deit, aul alkw of taxation. ‘Alout $350,000 of last year's fndehtedncas was arrrien over, and there was alao out $100.000 of Cartifl atcs wora than there was funds, and both :rmnd fiave to come out of this ycat's tax levy. Hle nsked Lhe Ilnnlnl to ;‘nnahllor what had Lo be o aholishing the rule. et et e Fitzizerald sald the people of the county dldn't wunt o scc micn starve or freeze to death, Thers would be money enouch. Cnmmhmnc;' Spofford wauted to know where ome from. g v (‘F::n‘r‘n’lfu(oner Fitzgerald reolied, it there was not suflicient, they would go before the peopio and ask to be alluwed to borrow 25 per cent of present tax-leyy. ‘h&(:n\;':nmlonnr Lenzen thought {t no more {han fair that men out of work should he help- ed to bridge over the next two monthe. Commissioner Fitzzerald moved to lay the motion to reconelder on tho tatle. Commissioner Conly withdrew it. Commissioncr Mulloy didn’t press his motion to refer. so the subject was dropped, ‘A resolution was offercd providing for adver- {sing tor praposals for filling the Hospital lco- house. Referred. A vommunication was read from the Clerk of the Probate Court asking that tho salaries of his emplayes be tixed by tha Buard. Referred. The Board then adjournced until Thursday alfternoon. ¥ RAILROADS. THE EASTERN COMBINATION A - TFAILURE. ‘Tho meeting ol raflroad Manngers, which will be beld in New York to-morrow, is belng look- ¢d forward to with much auxlety as onlis action depends whether there will be another rallroad war on East-bound freights or not, It Ia the general opinfon that the dificultics, on nccount of the cutting of rates and other violations of the agrecments, have already assumed such formidablo dimensions that it will be fmpossible 10 stop the breach at this juncture, and most of thie ronds are preparing for another desoerate conflfct, Much, of course, depends on the atand which Mr. Vanderbilt will take. It he mects the other mauagors In tho proper spirlt, and makes amends for his past untaithful conduct, and gives pledges for future good Lehavior, a truce might be effected, s most of the nan- agers wilt moke concesslons and sacrifices rath- er thon hazard the Intcrests of thelr ronds by anotlicr_ disastrous competition. It s very doubttul, however, whether Vanderbilt will wmeet them in such a splrit, for 1t understood that be s courting a new conflict, which ho expecta will addstreneth to bls roads, fr. N. Guilford, who was lately appolnted Weatern Radlroad Commissloner, fcft this cliy for New York yesterday to take part in the pro- ceedings ot the mecting. 1le s reporled ns liaving stated, before be Jeft, that it would bo fmpossibie to harmontze thecontlicting nterests of the various Western roads under the vresent arrangemeuts, and that he could do no better than the Exceutive Committesof Manuters hud done. The success of Iis work depended, at the vutset, on betug met by the varfous roadsin an accomniodating und favorable splrit, With- out their ald, e kuew Loforehand that he was powerless, Bo far hie has not been met in such aspirit; on the contrary, most of the rouds lave thrown obstructions in his way, ond done thelr best Lo deleat the ubjects for which hewas appointed. Mr, Albert Frink, the Eastern Youl Cowmissloncr, ulso stated when ha wns [n this city Jast week that no Imrmony cauld posslbly be sccured among the Weateris roads except by a pooling arranzenient on the eame basia as that existing on the West-bound businesa, which he considered a success, This pmwsu{ou 18 lauzhed at, however, by the Man- ggers of the Western roads, whio elaiin that the Euost-bound business canuol possivly bu pooled on that basls on nccount of the large nutmber of roads which would bave to become parties to such an arrangement, and which divergo 1 all directions unu have different policies to pursue, A TrisuNe reporter had n talk vesterday with saveral of the principal shippers in the city regard to this subject, Thoy are unanimous in suying that the combination of the roads lend- ne Enst from this city for the purnose of mok- * {ng rates has not only done lmmense mjury to tho Interests of tho “city, but bas also worked disastrously to the roads themsclves. While the rates were maintained from this point, they were cut ut all competing points, and the “¥ consequence hos been an immense falling. oft in tho shipnicnts, cspeclally wraln, = from this polut. Grain conld be shipped much lower from Milwauheo vin the Detrolt & Mils watkeo and tho Flint & Pera Marquetts Ruil- ronds than yia the Chicaro roads, nnd Chleago, which lizs alwaga led, is now tar bentud Mil- ‘wanltes in graln shipinen Tt antot Beo why o llue of stcaers is not establlshed bo- iwcen this ity and Grand Haven and Luding- ton to wwnneet with the above-nained roads, dteamers could run all winter from this clt those pulnte just as well as from Milwaukee, In this way tho rates made frum Milwoukea could he met, aml Chleazo lhlmlmra would no lopier be ut u disadvantape durloe the winter montiis, As loug as Chicazo «id not pet thie saine rutes and aavantoges us other competing poluts, 8o lone ity bustiess woubl continug to fail olf, until tinaliy it would dwindle down to o 1ere w atlon. A raliroadd war would help Chieago muterfally, for It would spur our ronds to extraordiuary elfortsto et the business, and cates woulll be a3 low from this polnt as Irom othiera, ‘Thu shivpers here are olt luoking tor- ward lmlmtull,v tor the campletion of the tirund ‘Irunk Kallway to this city, which they expect will ronialn as Independent of combinations v tho tuturo ns it has been {0 the past, oud will nuke such rates os will turn the businves of the Northwest on Its Hue and forco other roads leading Trom this city to the East to suandon thelr sufeidil polley “of charwiug bleher rutes from thls thuu trom other competiug polnts. BDIG WAR OVER A LITTLE ROAD, Special Dieateh to The Chicign Tribune, Fosp puLac, Wis., Jun, 7.—A little narrow- gaugu rallroud running from tais city to Mav- vilto, n distance of aboul thirty wiles, 1 just uow the sourcy +f as bitter and desperats n fizht between two rival fuctions protending to tho munagement as any of the old battlos over the posscssion of the Erls Rallway, A Judee Keuyon, uf Amboy, Iil., was the originator ot the cuterprise, and malnly through b cfforts the road wns hullt. The con- tra-tors — Kasturn parties — crowded him out of theenterprise. Then the Kenyon faction went into litlzation and ejected the contractors, 'Thu contending partles for u weck past liove been fa battle array, brandishing pistols frecly, hut not allowlng them Lo axplode, thatigh the Blrhas been rile with rumors of bloodshed, ,'Tu-duv the United States Marshal sicpued in and took poescasion, toths temporury discom- flture of butl parties. Prubably'a Recolver will be nEnoanl. and 3 peaceful termiuatlon of the trouble be reached. MISSOURI, I0WA & NEBRASKA, Keokus, la., Jan, 7.—Tho annual meeting of the Misvouri, lows & Nebraska Rallway was aelik ut Centreville, Lo, to-day, Eight thousand snd forty-clgbt shares were represented. The fullowing officers . and Dircctors were tlected: Prestdent, Uen. F. M. Drake, it Centerville; Vice-Preskdent and Superin- tendent, Col. Heury Hill, of Warsaw; Bevretary and Treasurcr, James Fitzbenry, of Warsaw; Dircctors, B, E. SBmith, C. A. Sccor, M. D. W. Loomls, 8. §, Stawe, Heory Hill, F. M., Drake, A. B, Btoue, J. A, Tuloott, Willlam Bradley, Qeorge 8, Kooz, ohn E. Walkcr, Jowes Fitzhenry, The toutracts for running arrougements over the Bu Louls, Keokuk & ~Northwestern and Keokuk & Des Molnes Roads were condrin- a will colence Keokuls est Sonda el L TERNRE ITAUT, EJINDIANAPOLIS, Teuws Havre, fTod,” Jan. 7.~Tho anoual mectiog of the Terre Haute & Indlanapolis Hail. ruad wag held here to-day. ‘The old Board of Dircctors aid the oflicers were choscn, A seal- aunual dividend of 6 per cent was declared. TIUE FITCIIBURG RAILROAD. Ssecdal Dispaich in Tha Chicago Tridune. Bostox, Jso. 7.—The Fitcnburg Railroad to- Uay purchased tNe Coustitution wharf property sud elevator fn this city, which witl give it tes- mluu. facilitles unegualed by any corporation fa New Euglund. Toe Property covers fOve acres, aud the docks are capable of sccomimudating toe largest ocean steamers, sa t\luz tho road can bring freight trom the Vost by wuy of tae Hoosac Tuussl end place it On Yesoels without chanze,” Tuo shipping trade Gl the purt 1 expected to recelve a great - betus from the purchase. The Fichburz Ruile fosd Laa tuken woine risks uecessanly o | iy preparing to recelvs the business end of theline, but tha future is promising, and Its vosition Is such asto justify its enter- The only thing wanting now Is a noliey perinanent an to the future opera- tion of the tunnel sand that part of the line owned by the State. © ITEMS. ‘The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rallroad Company is now busly engaged {n compiling fts annual report, and the managers expect to have the document ready, for publication in It is understood that the net earnings for tho past year aro larger than thicy have been for sume years past. ‘The 1ast number of the Chicago Railway Ke- vlew nppeaes ina new dress, and now presents as fine an appearance as any railway journal in the country. It s ably edited by ‘Mr. Willard A. Bmith, and [s reported to be in a highly pros- perous condition, Mr. M. Knight hag been appointed Assistant Qeneral Freight Agent of the Wabash Ratlway, in place of Mr. Charles Knox, who nasumes the ositinn of Examinerof Claims pertaining to the Ight department, FIRES. AT APPLETON, gorcinl Danateh to The Chicago 2rdune. ArpLETON, Wis., Jan, 7.—This city has been visited by a disastrous fire. this morning smoke was discovered Issuing aloon recently started from ' Oshkosh, about three weeks. Atout 1 o'clock from the cellar under Block. The night was very cold, and, despito the efforis of the Fire Departmentfthe flames got under full headway, and resuited In the de- struction of the two stores with thelr contents and considerable damage to the rcmatnder of tho stores nnd At ono thno the so threatening that assistance was telegraphed nnd promptly responded to, an entine belng sent over by speclal train, but Lefore {ta arrval the' firg had been got under The total loss s about $40,000, with about $30,000 fusurunce, In the Fire Association man’s Fund $1,500, Glen's Falls 83,600, Roval 81,000, Uniderwriters’ $2.000, German-Amurican ¥2,000, and unknown £2,000; Simon & Becker, 1uss on bulldings $2,000, covered by Insurance; Begtsehy & Julinson, dry 000 nstrance u the Nortli ¥ $1,500, Phenix of Brooklyn 81,600, Underwriters $1,500, Imperiul & elnting Compar ) i the St. Lu K , Atlantic $300, and North The J'ost Compan: beaviest Josers, haviog lost all thelr type, and materiul, the saloon-keeper, orchestrion; ine bouk-binder, lost 8500, fire _appeared for from Oshkoi ritish 81,600, 1 Appleton Loat P insurance, $3,000, mau American $1 Hammersmth, lost $8,600, {ucluding a $3,000 about $1,600, and Barrett & Schlvsser about the same, both fully covered by lusurance. ‘The origiu of the Nre 18 unknown. Two men con- nected with the saloon were arrested on suspi- clon of Incendlarista, but, thero being wo evi- dence against thew, they wore discharged. CHICAGO. The alarm from Box 331 at 10:25 last evening was vaused by a fire in a clyar-shop at No. 821 the property of P. Bluthardl. Damage, $25; causc,an overheated Madison streoty Tox_46fat 5:03 yesterday morning was caused by a firein a one-story cot- tage, No, 220 Clyhourn place. owned and oceu- pled by Luke Walsh ns a residence, and coutents were éntirely de- ¥600 in the Agricultural of V Loes on contents, £400, covered by a policy for the same amount. in_the same coinpany. ~Tne adjolning, owned and Datnoge to building, ‘Che alarm from fire spread to N occupied by John Bratt, §700; Insuréd for 81,000 in the same vompany'i to furalture, £200, fully covered by a polley for #500. Causo of firc unknown, Tha alarm from Box 051 at 7:20 yesterday morning wus caused by a flro fun story-nnd-a- No. 83 Grant place, owned by m Hishop, of M; and oceupied by ding, $500; fi- surance unknown; to furniture and clothing, fo the Sprioguld of Mas- Cause, s defective chimnoy, ‘Thealagn from Box U2 at 10:40 lusi evenlng was_causcd by atire on_the' southeast corner of Sixteenthh strecet and Wentworth avenue, building _known Mills, and occupied at present by 3l L. Wheel- Damage to butlding, 8305 to stock, §200. Caues, & hot Journal in sume of the ma- chinery ou the secand floor. A olil) ulurm to Babcock No, evening was caused by fire (n J store, No. 448 Milwaukee avenue, §30. Cause, a gas-fot [ a show-window. AT FARLEY. IA. Boecial Dispateh to The Chicaga Tridune, Dunuque, Ia.,, Jen. 7.—This morning at 0 o'clovk a firo brokio out In the Unlon House at Furley, Dubuque County, cutire contenis were reduced to ashes. Jid the flames spresd that Mr. in the bLurning ing, wua obliged to jump from the upper perty was owned by Nie Myoers, was valued at $2,6003 covere Loss on furniture, $300; fu- 20t 6:40 last Thobulldine and its story, The pro of (:{-n!m"n. pm LAGRANGE, IND. Bpectal Dispuich fo The Chteuzo Tribune, ¥ort Warsg, lud, Jan. 7.—A firo at La- grange, Ind., this morning, destroyed Drown's largze Lrlek block, oceupled by a hotel, the First Natlonal Bauk, a drug store, meat-market, cte, Fart of the contents were saved. 1 Tusurance as follows: . $3.000; Underwriters, New York, $1, X, ]l‘Jruaklyn. 82, ,000; Franklin, Indianapolls, $2,500, can, of 'Turonto, Cun., TH¥ A'TLANTIO MONTIILY, Suectal Dispateh to The uhicugo Tribwie. Bostox, Jan, 7.~Fire in the dryloz-room of the Riverswde Press, ut Cambrilgo, this afier- caused 8 damage to stock of $10,000, Hovghtou unnounces to- nignt that all bis periodicals will be published at the regular time, exeept tho Atiantic Munth- hich will come out Sawurday fnstead of AT NASHNUA ) Nasuva, N, H,, Jan. 7.—A fire Berry’s and Bowers' blocks caused a luss of $25,000; insyrance, $15,000. e— THE WEATHER, Oreice or Tuz Cuisr SioNaL Orricen, Wasuminaron, D. Cy, Jan. 8—1a. m.~Indica~ tions—For ‘Tennessce, tho Ohlo Valley, Lake Reyluns, the Upper Mississippi and Lower 3lis- ationary or talling barometer, y winds, cloudy weather, aud weeasiousl light snows and rulus, Meurus, ‘lenn., coldeat of the season, the merc 11 above at 6 this mosning, BT.Joserit, Mo, Jan.T.—The temperaturehere The river s Hrmty D [ve has been cking goes un Jan. 7.—=Vo-day was the ury registering for two doys hus frozeu, and the vigorously commncenved, with resewed vigor, good, and 1he wholo business aspeet {s cheuriul, Kicimoxnn, Jun. 7.—The voldest weather of Tho Juines Rlvur froz across mucter, 13 degrees ubove our luches of anuw fell at Covington, Allegheny ¢, Couunty, thermometer U degrees below zero. Pl rts in the State (ndicuto_elmtlar severe weather, Lucal thie seuson prevall Luivago, Jan, 7. Vi, Aw. Teather 10460, Jaa. 7-Midafuhi. (Kin Waainar SEESaE TRESVL ERNEEES [ TERYFR THLS CHICAGO (IRMBUNG: TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1878, NDAL. A Rumpus in the Largest Catholis Charitable Institution in Cleveland, The Lady Superior Alleged to Ba a Priestess of Bacchus. Her Nightly Orgies with Joyous Friars Tarrying Within Her Gatles. Scones Evidently Borrowed from Boc- caccio’s Convont-Tales. The Dismay of fhe Good 014 Mishep to Think the Thing Cot. O, Arecial Dinpated fo The Chieago Trivune, Cr.evzLAND, 0., Jan, 7.—A real scnsation has ocentrred hete. Charity IHospital {s tho largest institution owned by the Catholtes n this city, It was organized some years ago under thedl- rection of Bishop Rappe, who, having large fn- fluenee amonge the citizens on account of plety and deeds of charlty, was succossful in obitain- ing from several wealthy Protestants large do- natfons, Among these inay be mentioned Mr. Joseph Perkins, Mr. Stillman Witt, cte., gentle- men well known all over the State, who do- nated $10,000 aplece. Dr. C. G, E. Weber, an cminent physicinn and surgeon, was placed at the head of the incdical stafl, and everything was supposed to be pasaing off to the satfsfac- tion of all concerned. But about efx months ago g VARIOUS RUMORS OF DISCONTENT upon the part of the physiclans were heard. Nothing detinite, lowever, being obtalned, it was belleved that affairs had been adjusted with the iehop and everything would move oll satls- factorlly ngain, This proved but the quict which preceded the storm, and on Friday last Dr. Weber annonuced to lis class, in the Brownell Strect Medieal college, that thev would meet in the smphitiieatre of the College hereafter for thele daily clinfe In place of the hospital At thia first meeting {n the new room, the Doctor gave his reasons in fullfor the change. 11e satd that there had been HUCH GROS3 IMUROPRITTIES constantly under his eye, and such a display of fnefiiciency tpon the part of the Lady Supcrior, that he had felt calledl upon to lay the whole matter before Blshop Gllmour, the new prelats of the diocese, This hie had done In June last, and bad been nssured that the' diffculty should bo righted. Affairs hnd gonc on from that time o this In the sume old way, and atlength, hav- {og become unbearable, he had withdrawn, Further Inquirles of the Doctor, and among thoso who know niost of the afluirs of the mati- tutlon, reveal the fact that the Mother Superior 18in the lablt of indulging very profukely tn {ntoxicatiug drinksj that she has frequently been Known to hold DRUNKDN ONGIES with priesta and othiers who bave the {nslde of affalrs,and that she has several times aporoach- ed the verge of delirium tremens, Ou account of nil these things she had becowe yery inedle clent in her work, and paticnts had been nee- lected, or treated in o harsi snd fuliiman man- ner Some timo since Father Conlan, an Irish pricat from the west slde of the ¢ity, on account of some slight nervous diileulty, came’ to the {nutitution. e was un espeelal fuvorite with the Superior, and she was frequently in his room, It s n rule of the hospltal that ol the Mszhta shall be out at 9 o'clock. But some of tho nurses, sceiug lights late ot nizht fn this Reverend gentleman's apartinent, took the lib- erty tolook In ot the transom-light over the dour. Here they beheld a slght which UROUULIT HURROK TO TULIN PIOUS BOULS. There was the Mother Superior und the holy Fathier enzaged in o riot over thelr winc-ylasses. Watchlng them for o short thue, other nume- less tmvroprictles were beheld, The Muther that night wus taken to ber bed in a brutully ntoxicated condition. ‘These are only slngle instances of what sre alleged to bo alinust constant ocenrrence Tamediately upon the Doctor's withdrawal. the other physiclaus who weru enguged with filn dn the work of the hospital and the college followed him, nud thus affalrs stang st the present tine, Yesterduy I called upon - LISIOP GILMOUT, thinking lic mlght have sunie communfeation In reguni to tho alair which he would ke to ma'ke, At thrst ho oxpressed un unwillingoess 10 speak, but, at lenoth, sald: Y1 was ureatly surpiised by tho withdrawal of Dr, Weber from tho hospitul. 1 was not prepared tor i, aod I must eay that I um nouplussed, It tovk mo Nka n thunder-clap from a clear sky.!” “ fladn’t ho spolien to vouabout it1 " Tasked, # Certainly ho hud, some mouths ago, sud I hiad rephed that 1 could not think or making suy chuuge AT 118 NEQUEST or from nnr outsido pressure, The matter lny wholly with s, and we conlil not think of Gele. eating 1t to any outslde purty, Bat the neces- sitlea of the ‘case seemed 1o us to demand a change, and wo deterained to muke ono as soon aa tho appesrance of outside pressure liod been taken awav by the lapse of time."” Wit ehaee did you propose? That of dls- missfug the present Buperior for lucompe. teney i ‘4 X0, NOT TIHAT. You sce the instiiution hos mown very fast. At first the Mother Superlor could do the ven- crul work of the fustitution and that of the hos- pital ai the same time. But of lato it has scetned Impossible to do g0, W propused, therefore, to appolnt what Is called a local Su- perlor to look alter the uffalra of the hospital proper, i Do you tako any stock in the roports of drunkenucss, ete,, tuade by Dr, Weler!® 1 preter not to make uoy.reply to that question, The yuestiun is A VERY DELICATS ONE. Thore 1s 8 lady's character involved, and her religious character, tou, ‘Ihls makes it very diflfealt, I 1t were a mian, 1 might cxpress my- sell moro frecly, but as it fs I refuse to soswer the question, ' »You are acquainted with the Lady Superior, I supposed" ‘*In u business scose, I am, JustasIam with all the other Superiors in the Divccse, and in no vther way. It 1 not possible that I should e nequalnted with all the detslls of the many nstitutions that are In Iny churges thut would be requiring far too mueh.” ©110W DO YOU REUARD DR, WEBERI' ¢ With the most slicere and kindest recands, I am very sorry that auything of this kiud sbould have oceurred, and would huve dune atl in my power to have prevented §t. As lato as Christiuns Lve we had eversthing nrrauged for the chisnge that he derlred, bit bo hus taken us suddenly, and resorted to the newspapers with Il story, which be bas o perfect right to do, 1 suppose, but | muat suv that . 1 TERRIBLY HEGHET IT, 1 dislike to bave unything said in tho papers about our alfairs, for we never get justice at thio liands of newspaper-inen. With this ‘I took my icave of the prelate, and with this | will take leavo of this article, What wiil cume from the sgitstion arutsed ree waius to be secn. Ganx, SILVER MEETINGS, Sneclnl Dinuaich 1o The Chicaao Tribune. BpuxarieLD, L, Jan. 7.—After consultation smong the fricuds ju Central Iliinols of silver remonctization, it bas been determined to hold & sy convention {n this city on Tuesday, Jun. 15, The dats has been selected with espevial reference to che early reassembling uf Congress, aud, from the present advicer, the mecting wil ba w large oiie, In case tho bill passes, there 18 somo tulk of an etfurt to secure the locatiou vt & wint In 8priveticld. B7. Josren, Mo, Jan 7.—A larze wncetiog of workingmen was bheld this evening. A 1esolution was adopted curnestly urging onr meibers of Cougress to stand drn for the full sewouctization of siiver. ———— * FINANCIAL 8ax Frawcisco, Jan, 7,—Hickox & Bpear, stispended bankers, to-dsypmade on assignnient to their creditors. Assets, $338,150; liabilitics, $335,400, A Now York special to the Clocinoat! En- quirer of Buturday, glving the statement, professcdly from a Ban Francisco bauker fo Now York, tbat a Sau Francisco syndi- cate Is being organfzed to purchase $50,000,000 4 per cent bonds, paying iu silver, ana that the Puific coast will require 100,000,000 of uew silver dolisre, is character- tred by Louls M, Jiank, an preposterons. He savs the bauk would readily ijn(nfl ayndiente of Amert- can bankeraof the Pacific and Atlantic States, hut not n one confined to the Paciflc const, Yonk, Jan. 7.—A aispateh fromn Potts- a., awsnuunces the closing of the ta- New YORg, Jan, 7.—~The following recurities were sohl today on_account of Jonn Bunner & Co: £10,000 worth of Buftalo, New York & Erle Rallroad first mortzage bonds, at 1033610314 %) shares of Northwestern, preferred, at 635 ; 500 Lake Shoro nt (3354 ¢ 200 shares Bankers” & Brokers' Assoclation, for &1 Chlcnzo & Alton, at-77: 100 rhares Panama, at 1155{; shures Unfon Pacifie, at 63; 20) shares Bankers’ & Brokers' Assoclation, for 8412 810X o1 Un- fon Pacile Sinking Fund bonda, at $254; 5,000 u{ }z"gluu Pacific first tortgage 6 per cent bonds, at 107, AMUSEME “TRUE WOMAN? AT MVICKER'S, At the close of the Tast act of thia play one of the eharactera points with the index finger of his right hand o a dying woman, and riys in sn explanatory tone to the sudicnce, **This was a true woman, " ilence tha title aMxei to the production which saw the footlights for the first time last esening st McVicker's Theatre, The name was probably selocted at haphazard by the ftage-manager, who, dniven to the last extremity, scized npon the “'tag." Wearo awaro of an over-widening gulf between headlines and fest, 29 sven In worke of fiction, in sermons, In nowspaper articles— where it s nothing unususl to ree **The murder of a Bishop”™ under the general head of ‘tEccleslastical Intelligence.” The playwrizht In, n A rule, more preciso tn his cholce of head-line, o selects the motive of the play, or, |f thero 1« none, the name of the principal character, or, falllug that, the name of the place where tio plot thickens, We suspect, not without good reason, that the original title of this drama wus ** The Myateriouns Mother. in-Law; or, ¥ast and Looee,"—a Kkaleldoscoplc dmma in three acts. Dut thiy would bave Ilmplled wmome hidden immorality, and the manager, having n holy horror of moral criticlents, Innlsted on glving it a mill and Inoflentive name—'*Trne Woman, " ‘Tliere are traces of unususl cleverness and Ine genuily In the arrangeuent of comic eitustions, and there are occasioual kiints of romething vettor tinan thint, in the crude sketch of the main character in the play. Dut as & dramatic fietlon 1t lae no coherence, and no Intelligible motive. It Is quite possidle to combine the emotional anu the Nnmorous, and make themn work togethor hurmo- nlvusly. In this cass the \wo elementsa—if we may call them so—muve In paralicl lines. We have an_emotional scene, then a cowle one, tnen an omolional, and so on lo the close. 'ho firet act v purcly introdactory, aul merely makes ux acquainted ~with the dillerent pérsonager, There is an old dundy of the traditional type, who Is peetered by the atien- tions of un anclent Aiet; & hencsolentold phyaician, who {8 born to give sound advice and” rectily wrunss;*a youny nephew, who i« in love; an ece centric natvrudst, who ight be calied o humorous excrescence: 8 Kculch eervitor, with 'n brogue; a giddy young flirt of tho period: o sweet ’mm]: ¢iel, a1l love and trustlulnees; a youtnlful niatron, with a past history$ an inczplicable taseal who Ia the key to the lockrd door of that past; nnd last, botnot ¢ important of all, an obliging old lady, who bas parlors on Staten Island and in New York wlclh ars_appurcatly open to all the pereons who 13k bund n the game. Thoy have access to thess parlors . L all times and in ol possible gulscs, lero the lover can deciare his asslun to the mistress of his heart. lcre the iind-hearted physiclan ean take tho enfd lover to task, nfter he jiss boen ejecled from the premises, Here the indsidioua villain with forbidding aspect, unkempt and unshaved, can bribe faithful servie tors, and_exttact family secrets, Here tho cne tomologist can circulaio around, ke a larme tess Idiot, and make notes, Airacu. lous preservation of the nnitles, The actlon vceupics, In time, elghteen months and ono werek, and {n epace—these parlors. For thut mat- ter 16 might be s weil contined to one parlor, for thero {s nu reason that une cun see why the scene should be chunyed from Staten Jsland 1o New York any more more than it ahould be tranafcrred from Clark wireet to Dearborn wirect, if the play hqmzned to Lu located in Chicage, ‘he nuthor meana to tellus a talo of motnerly devotion, and tha s about he does it Ared Lncoln (Learack) Is In love with Alice Somers 3 (Miss Graham), and be dociares Lis passion. She gives him to understand that she loves hi bat that there ia u past, which stazyers him, and the curfutn fails on tho first act—him stagveriny. Meanwhilo o considerable wmount of fitriation and frolic has been oz on minong. the other poo- vlo who uru introduced 8s ncceengrics, bat having no vital concern in the fateof tho two 'mnclun versonages, in the eame act wa bohold un une couths blackguurd, fresh from California, enter tha parior, brba the faithful Scotch eervitor with mnne{ ploy drunk, and obtain un andlence with Alics Somers. This i Altert Cnuge (Mr, Weascle), hustand of Alice, the ‘caune of all hur Wwou, and the hnsband of Lier chud £difh (Gieraldine Maye). He Jes vulzar villaln ihis, you cau age ut once, and merely wauta cash, An n- val of elguteen montha’ elapsce, when we find ‘red_Iancain cogazed to Edith, who timorously aske hier (unknown) mamma 10 Arrango miaiters with the young ma dfred comes in, thicra (4 mutual recoznition, aud tao two tind they aro stlll tadly w love. Zdith drops ont of sizht for the time, * Now 1t would bo casy, you woutd titink, 04 weil 4 correct and natarai, fof the ** true wowan ** {o tell Fred piunly thal she had a blacke gunrd uf a bushand. Lt no, Bhe vellu the fact In mysterioua ph known only to the stage, She talien £dlia away from lim. ‘Fhe benevolent family paysician (ilarry Peareon) perguudes him 1t fia hias done & Lriovous Wionz 10 Alice, wieres upon his luve for ber comes back with'a ruah, There 14 o passlonnta dterview. She now wants_Wlm to marry Adith, No, by llcove cns. bo will ot auyibing but that. iiis Jove 1a hern (Alice’s) Toruver, 1f he were Lo inarry Edith what would thelr lives bod--ead and lonely, *Hut0,” says she, ‘*taxo her for my eae,” sFor your sske!™' Tablesux, Thia 14 rathior hard on poor £dith, who ducs 0ot guss what is poinzon, Andin the meanwhtlo tho rascal huebund, Girgiived ae o piuno-tuner, hua come in, and been recosnizeq, ana dafied, uud hes yoneuway sk fnzhls st oa who shionld suy, ¥*but aday will come,” And the comic pereonuges have been pur- suine thelr Alrtatlons, etc., with a curlous uncon- wctuusness of all that'has been rolng oo, i the fast nct the r busvund comes in (eame parlor), clean shaved, 1 the putss of u One haraly knows what ho is ufter n a tnie-napkin and- {ndustzlousiy d nliko an_oid-farhiotied bl and ms t on peltiny hold of liug #red comes butween him and hle wish, an Tio retires hatiled, shaking uis et silently, . lle ls anbsequently caught agnin by Allce, who delow bim, and ho plunces througl a door, sayiuy his amo §8 now nearly played. By this time Fred s becomo reconciled 1o the marriate with &diA, and tho Klw arutions are come pleted,—Fred being sitll o love with the **irue wonian, " and the ** trao woman ** more than ever fa lovo with himn, But all ut ouce we learn from tno kind pnysician that Alice ls aying, She enters, dylng (in ‘white satin). Herolnes always die in white satfn on stato occavlone, Fred comes i and makes o last usppealmust be marry Edith7 Yew, be must, dhe faints. The battied butler spproaches her lifelces form, pantlior Jike, but le ouce mors batlled, le shaxos his st again, and reures, Mo comcs back, and nds ' Allce alone, —tella her that all wanls f# money, wmoney. tUoY el says; *‘go, monster: Ihero is 8 koy which will unlock tny drawer of my buresu; go, and nev let e your hateful face again.' grabs the kéy and poes, The wmarns; coremony 18 ‘i."hm on in_another room. It thie acanp cpmes back ence more bated, " E-fth ls marrled. Jilice falls down, and le 1iftod (o a chair, whers sho dies, The villain retires, baifica to the last, §t piight nal urally occur (o the wpectator of curtuus cou ciy that thera was no oceaslon for any coneeal ment in bes case, and that the Lusvand bad it not in his power lo put & stop to tuess lawiul pro- ceedings, sluce Adua w aze aud could chavse for nerself. Wherel . wonun ** is also suniothing uf a mvatery, She ve- [ from givinz wiy to a lmnmficr poslon for & wan who wa engaged lo marry ler auzhter. 'Phiv {n o tnibl virtue. §lad sho ‘dono wthierwise ane would hauve been a very bad woman Indeed—a hidwous typo of mather-in-law, The play, such a4 It ls, was well proscnted last night, uod met with applause. Mlss Aunio Grabam straggled esruestly, and witn occasional euccess. \o wuriray (he anowmal. ous _chdracier mubmitted to her, and por effurt was kindly reco.ved. Miss Geraldine Maye proscnted a wost wivning picture of girlish funccence in 2iith, which wude oue regret thure way nut smore for lier to du. Leatock, Reed, Lee, Wearele, aml one are tu be commended for their endvavor Wwake the wost out of very szt naterisl, aud the vanio rowmek may be ape plied to Miss Don und A lcv Jlastings—tae latter giving a, prubably unlotentional, lmitation of (o atyloof Mew. Florence, Thu piece wiil be on the cusrcs during the wo strained THE WIVE-KING CONCERT. The frst of the series of Rive-King couccrts was given last evening at Herabuy 1ull with & not very encouraging audienco In attendsuce, Evidently tho wueleal people of tha city don's care for wusic, or thoy dow't rare for foundlings, or they are afraid of cold weather. The audlvnce was nearly a9 cold as tho weathor, 1t let Schuman, Choplu, sud tho old standerds g0 by with a eort of weary indifference, but waked up ovor *7The Mariver's Home™ snd ** Robin Adal ‘which is rather sad fur 8 clessical coucert, The result of 1t a1l was that there was s good deal of good nusic wasted, becausv the audleuce which should have becn in atlendsuce sud to whoma ¢lassical concert shuold appeal was not Abers, Buy even granting thele abscace, It 18 8 little rv- markudle that so desorvioz & chanity as the Foundliug's lHome sbould have had s0 swall & constituency. There ls, however, room for amendment in batk n-:em lmnvnl;ww aud Thareday, whon the secoud coucert will be fi""' To xn,u'.llcll people sud those who lay claim the apprecistion of good mualc these concerts ought 10 apoes) with unususl force, as they atfurd Auc drut real &ppustunity 1o test Mow. Kiug's quail- hat apprared here mireellancons concerts, bt the fow numbers she has pinyed on euch uccanionaaforded no ideaof her nertoire or of het skill in various s¢hnols n? ni- ana music, 1n theee coneerte, howeser, which are really a« much in th uro of plano recitals an thote of Von Bnlow, Essipoff, or Sherwood, #na I8 the centeal fgnre, and hee nambera oceuny leyitimately the Inrzer shate of the prozamme. [t ia fartunata also that we arc enabled to hear her utpon an excelient inclrument and In A hall not toolatue to losealects. Mer opening prozramme, ilke ail the ramstnder, woe mado np with exeellent tante, mnd with A view to harmony hoth in desivn and Interpretation, anlrome of the numbers, ea- preially thnse from Chopin, were caicalated to oring ont nther qualitica than those of power and brililancy. in which she bas alway« held the fieet plico amonz the lady players of thie countis, anl harlly secand o any of the gentlemen, For last evening's prozramme she eler seleciionn trom Kchumann, Chopin, and Rubinstern, all therefore of the modern school. Schumann,'whom she has never playod hera be- fure in publie, we belteve, wan represented by the Aret mavement of the ( minor sonata and the Ko mance, op, 2M, Nn, 2, tha eecond of the ~ferion of ' three, “wrtten In 1830: Chopin hy tha second (andsnte) of the three nocturnes, op. f) the Impromptn In A flat.ov, 20, ud the Rondo 1n E fat, op. 18:and Rubinatein, bys Vaise Allemande. Notwithetanding the de- vreselng charactse nf the view hefore the piano and the frizdity of the audlenre, and this too in 8 »mail hall where's player needa the sympathy and enthosinam of an andlence If rhe ever does, 8he played.caneclally In thie Chuoin numbees, not only swith all her cl and fpe phrasing, and refinement of sentiment, and with an arthtic pereeption I interpretation and grace of fimsh whaich nnder onlinary cireamatances wonld have sroured enthueiasm Instead of mere nee knowiedgment. Where are the Phnn mayers, and the plano students, and the mnsiciane, thit they Iet such excellent playing uo unheard! ™ The vocallets of the ~ eveming wero Miss Abbie Whinuery, of Boator rs, Clara D. btacy, of this caity: and Me, W, Cinclunati, Mins Whinnery has 8 small” but very clear ana penctrating volce, of consterable Bexis bility and excelicnt qualitv. Her two nambers, Paine'n *Matin Sonw™ and Franz's ** Hia Coms ing. " fell rather colaly, " bat tha Hamdehan jingle of the **Jubat Lyre," which she rong very npiritedly and with fine rhytianic efoct, atned her an encore, to twhich she replted wih *Hotn Adair,”' aronsing quite an enthnsasm, None of her num howaver, wern of aultictent breadth to give a real teal of what she cun duin werfour madic. These, liowever, are yet tu come. Mrn, Stacy chose for her numbers Gounod's ** Mald of Athens' and Wullner's great concert stlit, ** Didone.™ The Gonnod song wus given with auch real feeling andearneatness that iteccured hor 1 Didone " arla, which e excecdingly dificn! nd really needs the orchestea for which it was origiually sct, would makea atrong demand upon sny voice, It is theretore 211 *he more to her credit that she succeeded so well 1n its lutervretation, In the dramatic expre: rlon, which the character of the atla makes very intenre, oy well as in H“fl“ of tone, natwith- standing the severe calls It makea upon the voice, she susiaihed hersclf admirably. Mr, Tyrrell, the Cincinuatl basso, who has msonnrous rather than robust voice and paod rangfe, and whose really vood tones arc only in i low volce, mng Moyerbeer's ** El Monaco' with rcarcely a recognition, but when he resched the Handegger aonw, ** A Mariner's Home {s the Sea,™ whicn 1« scurcely more thun u builad, he recelved an encore, ‘Though a classical concert, billads were evidently abead, Mr. Eddy added much to the enjoyment of the occaston his mas terly performance of the Thicls ** Concert Fat. in E fiat minor, and the exquisite Guilnnnt Sonata in D minor No. 1. The recoud concert will be ven on Thursday evening,—we hope to a larger nee. for that of Jast evening wan palnfully sugzestive of a foundlfie on A door-step tn & cold night wondering what it was there for. = . AIMEE, The Almee season was opened st Hooley's last miht, with **La Jotle Parfomense.” The honse was conifortably @lled, and the sudience were ap- parently well pleased, **The Pretty Perfamer® has been given bere vo often, both in French and English, that nothing remains tu be said about the plece itecll; and Almee bas so frequently Inter- preted to-us the role of fose Michon that little opportunity s afforded of saying anstbing fresh on the subject of her characteriza. tlon. Shels the same Almec that we have koown for the past ten years, more or less. Time bas nat infiicted any appreciablo damage upon her volce; and she Is 0s rogulsli as ever in physieal manifesta- tions, —swin! #hrugs, snups, kicks “stil} lending elicient 8id to her portrayal of the viva- clous grisette, Mlle. Marlo—a new-cowmer—wad gmq. sans nicely, and ly. Guevmun! as Clorinde~her old good vocally, but rather cold The JFoirof, though atrident in tone and mot at ' gl ethereal ~ in mutlon, was quite eficctive in the promation of geovral jolllty. Castel an La Cocardiers was more suggestive than comical. The encores of the evening were awarded to the saltutory chorus, ** Chautons dansons cncores”" the Lruscampilie rong, A ‘leulouse, en Toulousatny” and darky-wunnetrel ditty, in Francu-English, A pretty an o picture,” To ht will be presented, for the first time In this city, Lecocq's latest work, *‘La Murfolatne, ™ in which nearly every Imuurtant member of the company will make an appearance, Tha scene {a laid [n Flunders, fu tho sixteenth century, snd the plot is as fullows: At Brumels, before the durgnmaster and hia roatt, thiu anuual coinpeticion {8 held by the roune girls of 106 Sown for the Prizo ot virtue, wiilcl (s as uraed RN G to La JArioidiiie, o phet Jilo crcature. fatly welded 1o Maron, Palai ttle thits cerentiuny " comyny o bachielnrs apicar upoa . fho sceue, Al REter some WAIK. Mitowrds makes s ware? weith il leder, nii v, tust hie wite ty Ant = de s WAL fur ube er el gels in-ell von- afier the Limsuer of tie Here e encounters’ Muri: Guter-uuLtier, Frickel, (0 YOUNZ CI0CK:DAKT who coin=s (v tell Ler of the vu‘ i ontinal destin, A il captures & compauy. Il fitfo, a3d 2is uiiiie, arefuily tking dywn' her cotlectton of mefais, 508 o'F welin’ Srickel, “iho neat e dnibar i1 Guscsston uf e chateat, “and e engtiged (o him sa butle aime cone on with | whlh auzizest A o Tieate S and Fricrel and ble wart (ull of cuckuo: Qi and onor s viadicated. " Biuu fil.sinede has, while,. ot & diverces and the Tride, efnig thus freo 0 cnove for aeraell, very [roserty chousea ier irue lovc, Avctet, and Virtue (s rlumphaut. ————— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. New Yonk, Jaw, 7.—The Hoard of Aldermen orgunlzed to-duy by olecting ex-Cougressiiun Cuol. Willlamy Re Ruberts President. Tho city debt is $117,741,050. Bostox, Mass., Jau. 7.—The uew City Uov- ernment, With Magor Pleres at the head, was nstalted to-duy, The debt of thevity (s 813, 851,444, PiILADELIIIA, Jan, 7.—The Supremo Court to-tay entered judigment in the case ot the Commanwealth ex rel. Gov, Hartrunft vs. the uarter Seasions of Alleshieny County, n whicn the sttacbment granted by the Court below was sut aside, ‘Thu Court holds that tho actlon ot the Urand Jur{ und Court futerreres with the orerogrative rizh's of the Governor s Chlef Exceutive olficer of the Commonweslth, which were beyond their power, Judge btes- rett dissented frown the npinjon, Speclal Pispaten o Ths tucasn Tribune, LABALLE, 1I), dan. 7.~The Common Coun- cll of this citv on Saturday evening Just pasacd au onlinanee prohlulting the opening of lquor- saloons on Suuluy, and commanding the closlng of them as early as hall-past 10 on all other s of the week. Ordinauces and procla- of ke lmport buve repeatedly been sct at nauzht here, aund luwor aud blitlard saloons bave dune their thritticst bualness ou Suuduys, ENCOUNTER WITH BURGLARS, At 11:50 las, evenlnz burglars vasited the resldence of Pollce-Serat. MeCabe, Nu. 100 Bluc Islund. They wero first dlscovered by James McCabe, brother totle Sergeant,who was aslecp lu the rear of the house. The burg- lars preseutiog themselves fu the room with a lamp In baud, Be Jumped out of bed and wade for thewn, whereupon vus of them hit bim on the head with the lamu, smasting it to atoms and cutting McCabe's hiead severely though not dubgerousty. Fho other urdbbed u pair ol punts, and Loth ran, leaving thelr hats bebind, M Cabo tollowed, aud both burglars were captured by Ottleer Edward Laughiin and a private watch- man wamed Gottlried Ganger, At the station they gave the names of Samuel Yetter and Jolin MeComlakey, L —— HEART DISEASE. Mawruts, Jao. 7.~Tho lev. Leroy B.G a well-kuown Presbyterfun minlster of this citvy dropped dead (o the street at Helena, Ark,, to- day, Irow Ueart disease. Ho was {o good beufth when he lett bery Saturday, —u—— The New Method of Plastering. selentifle Aumegiran. Mr, Hitchings, of Btoke Newlugtun, England, has tutroduced 3 new socthod of forming cell lugs and uther plaster work which, tor duratuli- ty, saving ol thue, and cleaulluess, s unrivaled, By wicaus of this system tho plaster is prepured belorehand 3in slabs, whicu are tixed vipedl- tiously to the joists, furmingthe cellius st ouce 28 It would be when lathed aud plastered with the two coats ot himo uud baly fn the old pro- cess. Wheu the plaster is set theelabsare nalled to the joists, as belore wmentioned, avd Joluts are made guod with plaster of Paris, The third or Unlsblug layer of hue wnd plaster s tien applicd to the celling fu the ordinary way. Besides the advantsies denved from gavid x- ing, with the wivhuuw of drt und fueonvens leuce, the uew ceillng s practically uuinfam- mable, and very ecovomical to put up. More- over, unliks by old plaster cellings, it cun never bewome detackiod from toe Jotsta; fn fact, besldes befor scif-supportiug, it braces sud strebgthcns sbl partitions sud slighs tmbers. Tyrrell, ol Annnal snrplns revenae, and, it wonld be shameral - to 2o into voluntary banxruptey,—a bankraptcy entered info rolely for puraoses of galn, No man beiferea in 1560 that within the vext five yearathe United States would have to borraw two thounsand milliona. Snppore that Amenca hould tn the fatnrs he compolled o contract another heary deot, wonld not tae cap talist #ay that they remembercd how when ahe wantad tobarrow before the made oxtensive promises only t0 take adyantage of & wretched quibble when pay- day came? THE BILYER QUASTION [TAD REEN FORCED UPOX THE PEOPE UNNECE3SARILY, Time did not permit of a consileration of the . caoses which had led to the variations in the rela- tive valucs of gold and siiver, Tt ona factre- mained certain, and that wan, that, in the magoi- tude of mwdern transactions, every nation Lad heen compelled to discontinue ihe ilver standari. The preent position nf America showed the an Tute folly of “ever abandoning the only reifaln mtandard of value, Any nation whose standarl of e difered from that of the rest of the world ‘woald find 1taé1f exposed to Incunyenience and luns. Amerlea bad exnenenced that fof fiffcen years oy fearon of th paver money, and men who sold m- ported goo-la fonnd that thelr oroftaatthe end of the year dopended entirely upon their success ia apec- nlating In gold. It wan imposeible to put a narion nnder s graver inancial disadvantage than to maka that natlon work under 8 different atandard than that of the great commercisl nations with which rhe did busincre. The benefits of remonetization would fnure to the sabaldyistaand lobhyists, and the evil effects wonld fall on” the merchants and the laboring clasnes, Modimval Kings conwidered it one of thelr urcatest preroyatives tonend the coin- sge upand down at their pieasure. When they wanted 1o borrow they would make & big doliar; when they had to pay back they wouid coin o little one. {Ltughter,] THE PHOBABLE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF REMONRTIZATION mustniro be considered. They had heatd mneh of snibaidles and lobby echemes in the past fow years, aid if this measure paesed 8 new cra of cor- Tuption would begin, It was 8 old and true say- Ing thut nu desperateiy-indebted nation wonld en- dure a atable Uovernment, The Uplied States, rubjected within the past yeara to aacha terrible strain upan ite whole syetém of government, and ntill rocking 1n the theois uf civil disorzanization, coulitnot sfford 1o palter with its conacience, fe di not deny the hardahips whicn nccompanied an lb;l"cl‘“ll‘l currency, but was not the proper lesson tolearn that the error war In ever abanduning the onty atable standard of valnes? That abandonment waR the ereat mislake, and that the lesson which thev rhould lay to heart and teach their children. Thete wan no class ta whom the questivn was mora iBiportant than the young men of thie generation, who expected to pasa their romaining years in thia conatey. If miver were remonetized the United Ftates wonia nover retiurn to npeclo paymenta, cl- ther In gold os eliver. In view of all “the conse. quetices which would occur from the remonetiza- tion of silver, the question must be considered the most impartant one for the future of the mation now befors the people. There wass sacrifice to bo made, hut thers wan only one time to make it, and that was the prescnt, The queation of honest won- '.'g was 2 more vital ono than even tha War, the consequences of which were now pelny feit. Peonla forzot that they conld not taxe £,000.000 of men from industrial pursulte, and eet them 1o killing each other and destroying prop- rtv, witbout having to pay for it sooner or later, Within the past four years America had been called upon toface tne rnnse*utnl:fl of the internal strifo of ten years before, The bill had been contracted and had o ho met. The time had arrived, and all the conservative forces of the country wers called upon to rally to face the must important crisis of tie age, and to decide a_guestion which, 1f they crred in rettling, would produce conacquences wuich no man conld foresce. Lecture by Prof. W. G. Sumner at Farwell Hall. An Argment Azainst the Remonetization of Silver «1ts Alleged Exil Resalls, A very falr-sized audience assembled Jast evening In Farwell Hall to listen to the lecture of Prof. Sumner, of Yalc, on the silver ques- tlon, It would he extremely unfalr. howevet, to arue from this fact that all' or even a ma- Jority of those present were {n aympathy with the views of the Jectures, Indeed, such of the best-known citizens of Chicago as occupled scats in the hall were, with scarcely an excep- tion, known advocates and warm {riends of the Silver bill. and had testifica o that fact both by their public and private utterances, Such leing the casc, it {8 only rcasvnable to as- sume that a largo pronortinn of tha sssemblage were ‘‘sliver men," attracted partly by the lecturer's known atanding as a political econ- omist, and nnnlvfhy tho desire to hear what arguments could "ha advauced In furur of the other stle of the question. Bhortty alter 8 o'clock Prof. Sumner and Mr. Morace White came upon the platform. ML WHITE «ald that. owing to the abscuce of Mr. Hender- #0n he had been ealled on to introduee the Ject- urer of the cveninz, 1t lrm'lm:l to him that every man in America who had civen attention ennigh to the sublect to enabie him to instiuct uthers wos oppused to the DBland bl Tle same was true of all thinkers in the older countries, and dil not exclule the advocates of 8 bl-metallle atandard. Every man of eminence In financial alfairs who favored the double standard was just un much opposed 1o this measure as the cold men were, So-rutes Liadd et that I be wanied to learn oratory he wolthl 0 to an orator for lessons, and [ he wunted to learn coodery e would spoly to a cook. The man who deslred to learn philosophy must fearn It from the ptilusoplers, and the stus asnt In politieal ecomatny murt learn from the men who had muda that thelr study and had achieved distinction tn tuat el e had tho preasure of {utroducing one who had dous so— PllaP, BUMNER, OF TALE, Prof, Sum who was received with applau waid that a few dayn ago o man safl 1o him, ahe Iny e clenched fist the while, **'Tha people want the ativer doliar, and they mean to have jt." [Ap- platee, and a voice, **That's husinens, ' Tne apesger guod-humoredly obeerved that he hed heard that the tiret thing a public speaker ought 0 do was to fnd out the state of mind of his hearers, and he wan ciail that he had already dono ro. [Loughter.] The quetion was one for da- likeratiun and arzuwment, aud 1t one-lall our citi- rens a3t that the debate was closed n state of war was alonce declared. It mattered not wictlier the weapons were guns or votes: it meant simply that the people were dividal fnto two clasres, — debtors and creditors. Did It mean that they had tome to that? [A volce, ** [t does,™] IT thiy broad distinction waeto be deawn. every man m 100k out for ils own wounds, Every laboring man ielonzted to the creditor cluss, Tle “wan speaking from that standooiut, for be had nothing, A man with nothing but hia labar to depend upon wanted 10 get the highieat possible price fur that labor, 0 mistake nn ta what constitated tor, In his opiion all men live inz by Iabor ware tuterested in obtainiug the high. et and most atable form of cutrency, There was another point hedide rf:ut of the re. lations ot deotor and creditor which mast be con- sldered, and thal was the question of what cone duced ta the highest national interests, The rubject was n difiicult, technical, scientific one. and hiad taken him many yeaes of atudy. 1t would b fposslble for Lin to pot his conclusions iuto o fow words, of to condenso them into one lcctiro. For tu rearons Be would (reat the enbject stmply from A nopatar polnt of view.. Me hnd found In one of the Chicazo tnorning newapapern a statement Lo the effect that, if you took an onnce of gold coin to any broker in France, bwitzerland, Germany, or any uther of the Conti- wental natlons, he would glve in exchance for It precieely 151 onnces. of shiver and 10 miore, nnd tuat in excliunge for 154 ounces of siver ke would give an ounce of gold. Tuis was entirely Incorrect, for it sisumed that the broker kept larze »tocks of vold and silver on hand which he was ready to eschnnge at any moment without charging brokerage, which was not the fazt, The trouble wae thnt sriters who tuok the miiver side of the question cither misnnderstood or miscon- strued what facte they need, and umitted to men- tion many facts which they should have dealt with, He would pass to the cousideration of the question s o WHAT TIE CONEEQUENCES OF TIIE REMONETIZA- TION OF BILVER WOULD DE. 3t Airet proposition waa that if stiver was re. miouetlzed on the basie of 4123 prains to the dollar the effect would Le & depreciution of from 810 10 per cent on greenbacks. Doth gold and #ilver would at Gratadvance In price as measurod by greenuacka, Bt when &wuuiu had got what silver they needed, it would decline in price below that of paper. nnd the Lermanent result would by the deorectation atorcsatd. Littlo silver wouln comg ity tac country, It was generally believed that eilver would advance in value, and its advocates clalmed that it would appreeiate topar with gold. This he did not belicve, ana there was 2rave reason to doubt that the doliar of 41215 erains would appreciate at all it silver wera remouclized, The Germang had $100, 000,000 worth af silver, and would constautly throw it on the market ifyilver ween remonctized, To re- maonetize silver un tie basin of 16 to ) woull maks 1t sbsolutely impossivle for the Latiu Unlon to keen ug & hi-metallic standard. Therg was o free ming in exietence whero siiver eould be colned ot the ratio of 1 o 1. To remonetize the miver dollar Y pruto wou'ld cause the Latin Unton to flood the market, for Amerlea would be outblddin:e tuen. For this reason §t woald eeent that tae American ®iver-producer had nothing to imin Ly the proposed romunetization. Neither had the Western farmer snd the Southern planter, who expuried tholr prodacts. Tho bunds and othor ae- curitica werza held sbrond, and rewonetization would cause w punlc and depreciation: fu such ses cuntien. A large part of the products of the sl would, therefure, ¥ 10 Diy for thess bonda and secaritles, and gencrul disturbauce fn exchange wauld follow, The only man who would be benefited by the proposeid femonetizalion was the manufacinrer, wiio wanld protiably fnd (ht hin movable products wvould advance W price K 1o 10 per cent, Wa it pensunable 10 xupowe in the prescnt suate of the Fiboremurict that the laboree conld forco au fue crease in his wagea In [lke proportion? As to rea) eatate, that was the very last thing (o rise tn valuo the first 1o fall, snd indebted real-estate nion 1+ hupe for 10 saslstance from remonctization, Thero wiss one clasw whichwould enett st was the wuney hrokers, Al the recklcss apeculas tors were tn favor of remouctization, for they conld In that ewse ercet a Bilver Boanl alde by slae with the Gula Bosrd in Wall strect, and thus have & double chance for speculation, PEOVLE TUOUGHT Till8 'TIING COULD BE DONE ONCE FOIL ALl but this was & mistake, It was Imposalble to prophesy all the revalts of renonctization, but thero was no doubt that they would be widenpread and disastrons, ‘Une Arst gitestion was that of the effect of romonetization on the puohe eredit, 1f evera proniso was made aud aolomnly ratifed, the rowlse that the United States wonld pay for the s In gold was so tusde. A puolic debt was tialiy o debt of honor, for wo mongage or arity other tnan the public nonor was gaven, The public houor was the stmusplicrs in which wrivale industey wae carried om, and it was npo moré pussible to carey on lLonest xmumr( amld sillsted dnancial surroundings thun for wman to Jaburfnn ruom witere tho stmuosphiere vas vittatod, The public houvor was Hko that of an individual: there was but one grade Lo i1, and that wae perfectlun, Wien a mal or 4 palion Luve “R 1hat stuudaed, there way nu depth of infamy 1o which that wman or ihat pAs tion might not tail, A creditor could not bring & delinquent gatiun bheforo any tritunal, nor could he. adgment agaioat it Mill thesa were twa PROY. SUMNER ANSWEIS A CORRESFONDENT, To the Edutor of The Tridune, Citicaco, Jan, 7.—10nd In your Issue of this morning certain queations addressea to me by sn Towa correspondent, which 1 urefer to snawer In this way tather than from the platform, because thoy really have little to du with the lnblc(“u lam to discusn, Furst—A currency of coln, or paper always and immedlately convertible futo, coln. ts necessary ta busineas prosperity, I thiok we may now sdd that the eola must be gold. Second—It is of prime necesaily that the supnly of the redeeminy basis shuuid be an permanent in valne and a4 littie lisble to fiuctuation as it is pos- =ible in the nuture of the case to make it. Hence, rince nllver is found to fluctuate, and 1s not perin neat in valae 1o w0 high & degres as gold, !t 1s not 80 fit for a **redecining basin. ' Zhird -1f we liad $200,000,000 gold as & basts, and I&:gct circulation of $600,000,000, and if £000, 0 or more were the' specie renulre- nients of the country, we should not have an cx purtation of speele to the smount of $100, 000, 000 or any otber sum, which [ Supposs is wht s et by & balance of trade of $£10U,000,000 agaiust ua, Fourth—The demunetization of miver by othe natlons has nothing to do with the ease or difficul. ty of our supply of gold or aliver. It denends vt our own currency laws, 1f we \l\‘l{ what other people do not want, and pay more for it than it Is worth, wo ahall get plenty of It, If we use such s commiodity for money, we must look out for con- sequences, AS for Keeping tie currency ata anl- ;ml—;n degree of fullncsy, 12 would bs untlorialy two ull. Ffth—=With sllver remonetized, and our bonds for male for sllver or gold, neither Germans nur any one else wonid take then at jower Intereat tuan if only for eale for wold. 'flhe actual interest to the purchaser wonld be fizured by the cost to him. and tho price wouold fall, or tho tnterest risc, uniil the purchaser was guarantecd agilmt the posalble Quctuations of miver. Strth—Thu writer no douot belleves that we aro a **deblor nation" as compared witn England, France, and Uemln{. The notion I8 both falla- cious and fmmuterinl. Let {t be sasumed that wo arveo. If wearedebtors, our two higheat Interests sre: (1) that our creditors shall have the highest conildence in oue determination Lo fullll our ohli- gationy, withont ?Ifllbhlu or device; (2) that one transactions all Lo bu oo the best currency obtainsbie or conceivi A debtor who iy debased currency makes & proft once, at 1t e the most sulcidal folly he can commit, A deutor who_deals with tho best currency is suro that be will part with Lils products for their high eat vulue, wnd that the money walch he receivs will avanl sivle vivasuro; in ulker wurds, that every atom of Isbor whict he expends wiil do the utmost possi- ble to carry bim to indepeadence, Y our correspondent goes un to ssy that the West bolluves sllver was surreptitiously demunctized with an unjeat desten. 17 the Weat holieves, alter the full exposition of that watter which bas been made, 1 kuuw not what arguments couid ox- uae the errur, 1 bolleve that | wis oneof the (< few wnen 1 the country who nutced that Tegialation with tnterest, becauso it concarued sub- Jecws which 1study, 1 was not surpriscd that few People touk Interost in ft, Conage and currency aro difficult oud technteal subjects, and people wiil nut pay the necessury sitention . underatond tuem uilesa they are furcod 10 do su. T can apoak 1rom experience, hocause, beforv the panic of '7:! I never could gotany one to lsten to dlscussions of paper monecy. | wust conress that it 1s Ince- nious lo make the neglizent folly of that timu an arumwont for tntentlonal folly now. 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It cures dysontury sud diarrhwa, wind colic, sud regulaies the bawele. - e —— 10 143 Vilenatiun mizht want to borrow sgai, i1 this'scneme were carrivd vat furetzn cafitale would notlend, 1t wassaid. und truly, that the bondholders did not glve par val ticw auld 10 thew. 1lu had seen i'nifed Siates romises w‘!xly)lhfl In gold rold for 245 in poid in the durk daye of 1863, aud he Tmled to recollect thatany of the gentleien who now decleimed azalnst the bundhaluers came forward to bid o, of oren g, |t bad been propased by somo per- fectly honest men to cail an lnternational Congrees touvtee, 1f pursible, on 80me meang whercby ¢ two mctals could be kept In eirculation, He be- Meved these wien were mistaken, but they wero also houcet, lu thie case, however, ho wunted 1o polpt out the nost {mportaut fact {hut the proposcd sliver Lill wes chamuloned by a very thfferent cluss of meil, —by meu who wanted silver only as a stepping-stone 1o greenbacke, Thess men wera determiued if they got onu con' cearlon to uress for more, and sfic? getilny power 10 bay tho Interest vn thio duot t aliver, tbey would press for power W pay it {n yrecubic! “Toat meant_repudiation, ~acitlier more uor I Thy ol d arrument that tho creditor would Detter take 10 cents ju case he suould gut ; wan llmpl{ repudistuory doctrine, America was not {u a position Lo cumponnd with ftacreditors. 1t was at peace with all the world, and wae rupidly paying ts debts out uf the large * fs givey sway wilh No. 312 of e e Uymtartes vf _Tarls. ven fres [y every reader uf 3% i ular povcls will Lo glvea “fia Firslde Cowpaulon 18 | Newsdealers. 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