Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1878, Page 7

cazacan THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNm: MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1878, 7 SILVER. Thurlow Weed's Solemn Warning o the Shylooks. The West Will-Not Be Bulldozed—Silver Nust Be Remonetized. What the English Paid for Their United States Bonds. A Gold Aristocracy Will Not Be Tolerated. Deolegates Appolnted totheSpring- tield Conventions Lotters from the People on the All- ., dmportant Sabject, ¢ THURLOW WEED. # " ¥ nuust rRoM THE OLD MAN. § % Letter to tha New York Tvibune, NawYonrx, Jan. 10.~I did not err in & former fetter {n saying that the public feeling on the (iver queation woald ntensife. The hope ex- pressed In that lettar, that the dlscassion of the question would lead to a botter understanding of it, has not, so far as the zold ndvocates are concerned, been realized. That class, Shylovk- tike, stand with thelr bonds in one hand and a kulfe in the other, demanding thelr * pound of gosh But thoy will learn hore, what thelr predecessors wére taught In Venice, that, In taklng thelr “pound of flesh, no drop of blood must be shed. The moral taught by Shak- speare may be uscfully studied by capltaltsts who, purchasing their bonds at s lsrge discount, diug to a polley which has given them hand- yome premliams on thelr Investment. #0LD NOT MENTIONED IN TIE ESUMPTION ACT Congress fu an act providlng for tho resump- tionof mpacis payments, passed Jan, 14, 1873, anthorlzes the Secretary of the Treasury to nay the public creditors in” cofn. Gold 1s not men- tloned {n the Resumption act. To mako this polnt clear I quote from shat act: *“And on aod after the Ist day of January, anno Domin{ 1570, the Becrotary of the Treasury shall re- deem, lo coln, the United Btates legal-tender notes then outatanding on their presontation for redemption, at the offico of the Amaistants Treasurer of tho Unlted States In the City of New York.” Asain I quote from the sume section of the Resumption law: * And to en- able the Becretary of the Treasury to prepare and provide for tho redomption in Ehis act authorized or required, he Is authorized to use any surplus rovenues from time to time in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to fssue, sell, and dispose of, 4t not less than par, Incoln, eltber of the descriptions of bonds o tbe United States doseribed fn the act of Con- gyess spproved July 14, 1870.” On angd alter Jlnlxllm;‘]m, the Resumption act provides for the payment of the public creditor not In gold, butfn culn, By a fegal constructlon of the act providing for ‘the resumption of specis ba: ments, the Secretary of the Treasury is autl ized after the 18t day of January, 1379, to pay interest to the public creaitor in sitver or gold. It this was not the intention of the Resumption act, why waa tho word *coin " substituted for “gold”1 Inthe debate of 1878 upon the bill for the better regulation of tho mints, ete, ele., while theclause discontinulug the mlmg of the sliver dollar wns being considered, the Hoo. Mr. Potter, of Westchuster, eald: MR, POTTEN'S REMAIKS, #Dat why shonld we leglslate on this now when we arc not using cither of theso metala as a cireulating medium? The bill provides also for a change in reapeet of the weighit and value of theallver dollar, which I think is a subject, when we_come to require legislation about it at all, which wiil demand &t onr hands very serlous conslderation, und which, as wo are not uaing sach colns for circulation now, scema at thia time to ba au uniiccessary subject about which to leglstate.” That wusa most scusible viow of tho question. Had it been left, as Mr. Potter sugzested, nntil it camp to be practical, Congress could have acted intelligently, Wera wo now called upon to adopt™ & sine gttmuueg.nm.dunl, e standard, in yiew of all the couditions amd circuinstunces sure rounding it, should be sliver. Had clther of the Lstin Goveruments hecn a8 rich in siiver s weare, when dociding upon a single standard that Governmnent would have decided the ques- tion in favor of stlver. 1ad Encland nrq()ur- ml:{ been fu possession ot our sliver mines, would those Governmunts, or elther of them, voluntarily deprive themselyves of an inexhausti- blo source: of wational wealth and prosperity! Itad the leglstation of 1873 und 1874 |un uslna fuancinl condition to micot thls question upon Independent q|muudn, it might and would have been discussetd and settled advantugeously, It might he so disgussed and settied uow, If tlic old men would consent, or 1T the Adminlstra- Hon wduld take controd of it, for us Leald In a prevlous letter, thicre 1s i broud, eloar, open, sll- Yer avenye through which tho Government can lead the country und the people to resumption Aad prosperity. WITAT FORBIGON BONDIOLDERS FAID. The seasitllity manifested by our ‘nuru:uu for the forein baudholders calls forth congental fesponses from thelr London correspondunts, Tue Womd of ’l'nl:ldlr publishes u letter from s correspondent, giving the -lurmlnF intolll- Egence that, upon the receipt of nowa, Indicatiog the ponsible pusesgo of the Bland bill over the Presldeut’s veto, *Amerlean accurlties fell off ooe-half of I per cent.” Atter lndulgiug {n the Timillar cpithivts avalost thuse who advoate Ve remonetization of silver, the World's corre- soondent, saye: *'Choy paid gold for thelr nds. Of that there “1a no dount; for the Gorernment at Washington and the broke: ere would not sall thow for avything clso. Tuey say, Why should wo be paid i silver? Be- cause 1t & depreviated medium, s wo should be donu out ol 10 per cenit of our money.” 1t thiswere all true, there would bo justice and Teason in thelr'clalm. ~But {t & ezacdly the re. weruof trulk, Thoy did noy pay gold for thelr bouds. They wers alow Lo takv them at sny brice. 1spcak understandiogdy, Tor 1 was in London when somo Enilish coplialists pur- thased Confederate In preferencs to Unlon 0c's, and. ¢ American bankers hositared about revomntending Union bonds to tuelr cus. touicrs, Engl'sh and Ueraian caplralists walted voll the “war tide beyuu to turn n vir favor, and then, with gold at a premiuin of from 130 to 200' pee cont, purciised our bonds at a discount of from 40 to 50 per seat Instead, tierofore, of * paylng gold for belr bunds,” the Evgllsli uud Gerinan capitale bt reuutied their gold to New York, whers 1t Yaacouverted by their sgents fnto currency, ith which thelr bunds were purchased, The dreragy cost of several hundred antllions of ¢ ercent bonds purchased on_ forelgy account 9d not oxceed 50 por cent i gold. —Upon,thesu nda the holders Luve for twelve years' teen Jeceirlug lutereat i gold, with the fusther ad- '}:Jllllllulutmpllml from tuxes. O ull this, wever, I do not complul, Cupltaltste walt 2 WIIAT | DO OBJECT TO I3 that, .A'nulngluhhlelummer .;ulu to Emln: porato by asscrting that our Englls! :bflllun pald 31,000 I gold for a §1,00 6 per “fll ond, while the exact truti (s he yot hifs k,\m Lond lor leas than by por cent in gold, Y 14 the panle-making etlorts of the banke * bondholders, Liie press, and. the pulviy bave gfenbut indiffercitly rewarded. The passage Slthe Hluud bill, it was saldy would finuc- 5 ;fly aud disastrousty affect Ameclean credit e and abroad, Uur bonds would be rusbed T0s8 (he Atlantic n such Guautitics ss would mfly dhntulsh the valuy of those beld ay b e, Theso fulminations, though loud and Leesrsted, have dons no lisru. N bonds have SmMied howeward, and thoso held bere ara Bop Uminished 1o valuc, ~ Gold-shrieking docs m‘)fi bay. [t will be the feult of the bonid- m:n thomselyes if barn corues Lo them orto 8. Let the Bland bill, ulu[wr.lly amended, become a law, and the futerest of afl classes will ,fl:‘:‘vl:fi::d T'nd vm.:nuu(.'d. wisuppirchiension, it may bo proper resent what £ havo saiq 1o s fosuiey letter, (Iowaen ¥o bavo recovercd the advantages s ‘;u\uy by tbe detuouetization of silver, et ould, by oy publle consideratlon, be ol d:l expediont to pay the loreign boad. Nlldg.‘“ Kold, that goncession can and should TUN OLERGY very properly of thanksgiviog ) rak of such public eycutd 88 ary fullyoulug. They dwell sloguenily sud Krate- iing "ot e gooducss of Providency fn pro- knuf; 1}" our wellass wud buppiucss. They oiber” Jusuks for bountiful barvests and for b xm:mrn.uumu ot Diyine favor. Oun the “{w LULY st apart fur geugral thanksiaving Gy ) caatnient divines failed 10 discern ladom and giunliess to i3 uo & revnls in aval g wkualy :lm:ncl opening up for our hepefit, Just when our neces- nities required such rellef, an abundance of the previoun metal which tins served tha world as money ever sinco a atandard and medinm was nueded to regulate the valae and faclitate the cxchange of commoditics. One would have supposed that the Hev. Messra. Beccher and Taglor, In thelr cluse and constant stuly of the Seriptures, wauld have found in the teachings of the Oul and New ‘Testamenta enough to have made tlicw talerant, at least, of flyer ss monny. ‘They must have discovered. in addition to tho historical fact that silver was siways money, even a higher value was imparted to it h{( o references and llustratfons of Divine writers. The Psalinist, for example, In the aixty-sizth chapter, tenth verse, says: For Thaa, O fiod, hast proved u Thou haet tried na an sfivor Is tr Mr. Beecher, fn his Thanksaiving sermon, sald: © Tampering with a standard {a a ba thing, If all standards were liablo to be tam- red with, what would become of nsi” This 8 preciscly our vase, It s exactly our stron) ground of vbjection. In the legislation of 187 and 1874 a * standard was “ tampered " with. Jtis that ‘“bad thing we complain ofy for when Cuugress, by much tamporing, depreciated the silver dollar 108 per cent below the gold par the wrong from which wo are suffering was perpetrated. ~What we now ask for, and what ‘we shall persiat In ssking or, Is that Congrees shall * lnmuflr" back again~that silver shall ha remonetized, DUTY OF CAPITALISTS AND LAW-MAKERS, My purposs and hops In what I have written on this rubject han been to Indice capitalists to act wiscly, for it is with this class that the dif- fleulty exists, and no othor class s so deeply coneerned in its ml‘]umnnnt. Coulid rapitalists discern tholr truc foterosts they would fose no time ln restoriag the relations which existed ba- tween silver and gold before the suspension of l,mcln payments. They have the power to make the Bland blll just what it ought to be. Gold ond siiver are equally valuelcss as mongy with out the “superacriptinn™ of the Govornment. With that ¥ superscription,” the wold and ailver dollars can be made equal in value, And with tho double standsrd as a bssis, resumptiion cannot ouly be accomplished 1n 1879, but ren- dered beneffeent and enduring. Bat i eapl- talists and Influential journals persist inn course which prevents the “utilization of sflver, and consequently aggravates tho business paralysis from which we liave already suflered too long, they will provoko and precipltate oyils which 1 o laboring to avert. WESTARN LOANS. T will uot permit mysel? 10 belleye that New York bankers, even under, the stimulus of the New York press, are so Infatuated as to carry thelr threats concorniog Western loans fnto offect, We hnve been compelled for a long time to pay fur sllks, champague, cigars, ete., fn gold, This i bad onough, but the grinding process had better stop here. There are vauscs cenouh alresdy at work to denrive New York of the business ‘of the West, without a combina- tlon of bankers, cgged on by .the press, to rofuse Western loans untess payment in gold 1s “mominated fn the bond. New Orleans, Chnrleston, Baltimore, and Philadei- phia, with the laws of climate and distance their favor, are sctively competiug for the busi- ness 80 long monopolized by New York, And t0-daythe Tribune announces the catablishment of alins of steamers botweon Fortland and Glas- ow, conuccted with the Canadlan Grand Truok flway, Coufronted with such eventuslilics, I8 this a time Lo threaten the West with exac- ttons which may disrupt our busiuess relations with those to whom we must Jook, and upon whom we must rely for our future growth and prosperity? If our capltal I8 refused, the West will find It clsowhere, ~But If new chanpels in- vite, and now outlots aud outlooks- withdraw Western business from Now York, where and how shall we Indomnify ourselves for alicnating a reglon bronder in” extent, morc rapld In growth, and richer In resources than any other portion of onr Co 1 TONDIIOLDERS VA, LADORERS, Wille vujectivg to a double standard which makes gold and silver of a?unl value, the goid men offer A compromise which makes gold the standard for vapital and silver a standard for lubor, In other wol while demanding a gold standard tor the payments of tho bondholdors, they offer Lo make sllver a legol-tendor for th ayment of all debts under $20. The valuo of his cunceasion can ouly be estimated fn retem- bering that by the demonctleation of silver it has fallen 8 per cent below par. In practico, thercfore, e have two standards, one above aud the other below par. The rich man, who “tolls r.ot," recolves and enjoys his Interest In gojd, while the laborer {4 pald fn cur- rency, B per cont loss in - valuo_than that which the capitallst recelves, Thore are privileged classes jo other countries and under other forma of government, 1t has been our hoast heretolure that uo auch distinction exlsts among us~that the high and the low, tho rich and tho poor, were rccognized and brotected under and by our Constitution and ‘laws. Is it helleved that a law of Congress which providea & high standard of value for tho rich aud a lower ong for the poor will be endured? If such g be- liof cxlsts, it 18 8 delusion which will soon be dispelicd. ~ Hundreds of thousands of laborers, whils suffering from what wero supposed to_bo unavoldablo cuuscs, have endurcd all with com- mendable forhearance. But patience und sub- misslon can bo overtasked. Laborers wilt fall tosew elther justico or equity in laws which de- vrectute tho siiver [n which thev are pald and nenrente the gold in which the bondholders are pald. i MIDDLING AND LABORING CLASSES will demand that silver, instead of being made & leyal-tander for 5 or even 820, shall be rec- ounized and declared a full and equal standard, und fortunately for themselves. Silver baa been ‘' monoy curront with ths merchants ' cyer sines mien have had dealinua with cach othier, Silver was coined lo England aud sent over to the American Colonivs, where ji becamo and rematued a legat-tender untll the adoption of our Constitutlon, by which guid and allver wers made “Mewders. ilver maintained its standard “valuo untll 1874, when It was wrungfully demonetized, This wrong must now be righted, The effect Lo repress enter- prise und opprees {udustey by attempting to resume specis payments Upon o varruw basis, will prave utterly auortive, Resuinutivn can only be maintained by the remonctization of silver. Any attempt to striko a star or obliter- ate a l!rllm from the flac of the Union would be Indignantly rosentod by the Amcrlcan people, All schomes sud laws having fortbeir obJect the repullntion of silver mouey will encounter a re- sistance cqually indigoani and inflexibie, In view of tho circumstance that those who usk for tha remanetizution af aiiver are reviled ds men wauting tu }my thelr hunest debts in dis- hovostmoney, L may be partonud for saying that my Interesc and nssociations, pecuiary ang porsoual, ure ldentieal with those who maintain the othier sklo of the question, 1 differ with them only {n the meuns calculated, {n my judgment, nhot only o protcet thelr * Interest, but to rumate the geucrsl wellure. In a small way wit u bondholder, It 18 quite conveniant, after rocelving from Gon. Hillbouse, the Nub-Treas. urer, fntorest fo kold, tocross Wall strest and vive [rom Colgate & Co, thu premfum in Kreenbacks, But T never pocket theso pramiums hout reimeimoering that my guin fs anothor's ha refloction that gold presuums are 1 drop by drop from thé swoat of 1abor” is anything but pleasants “I'he suoner, therefore, wo get back toa financlal condition which affords general rolief the bettor it will be tor all coneerned, AMONO TIE OBJRCTIONS TO MILVRI as a staudard, Its fluctuation o valuc ts urged, 1 jection might be urged with equal force azalnst golil, the value of which has fuctusted cqunu’ with silver throughout the muney mar- kets of the world, AL the Uold Exchunge in this city during the last sixtecn years golrh‘u sisen trom par to 250 and then receded to within 8 per cent nbovo pur. Can any such fuctuations be found! In of carly civilization, when re, and comnierce were in d standards of value as me- e were needed, two metals n wers found hidden in the carth, roserved, doubtieds, until the time arrived when they coutd be utilized. Theso preclous metals (for they were lnmedistely recognized as preclous) have bLeen revealed throughout the world fn disceiminating pro- portions aud In quantitics correspoudivg with lia fucreaalag papulation, the deeetoulug re- sources, and the basiocas requlrements of the uulverse. Sliver aud gold, therefore, seem o have been awong the bouatles provided far tha Duman race by a Ruler the wisdom and beuet- icence of Whose evactments should not be hehtly questioued, Nor untll very nuntlz has that “HI}IIH Law,” to which wo owe_ric the prog trade, maoul thelr Infaucy, aa. dlung ol ox suited to the oc discoveries of silver, been hnpugued. T, W, THE STATE MEETING, CHI04GO. A meeting of citizens was held in the reading- rooms of the Palmer House last evenlng to sp- point delegates 10 the remonetizstion meeting to be held at Bpriugfeld next Tuesday. Mr. William Bross was called upon to preside, a0d Mr. John Forsytie appointed to act as Becretary. On motton of Mr. Forsythe, the following. pamed gentlemen were' appolnted delegates to tho Springtield meattngs . Miyor Hosth: W, Bross, Willam C. Goudy, 8 B Yngton: Judeet BR': o 5’"{: v Ho nston, Judee C. B, Law, i Judi It. W, Boott, Joseph I Chand: Fursitu, ler, R, P, Derickson, tho Hon. Hebry ¥. Sherd- dan, A. M. Wright, Robert Law, Murry Nelsoa, T. 4. Sioran, Jesse Spaldivg, J. It. Doolitile, Jr.. the low. Hevry G Miller, Christisn Cuasell- man, Mfles Kehoe. Arno Vo, Potter Palme Joscph Medill, Robert C. Wright, Judge Van H. Higeins, John B. Calhoun, Danlel €. Rkel- in . 0. hl«m;r, Willtam M. Derby, ex-Ald. Plekering, Thomas Hoyne, Col. Edmund Jues- sen, Michael Evans, On motion of Mr. John ilire, the delegation was authorizei 10 add to {ts pumber a8 many as in its judement should be decmed best, On “motion of Mr. Forsythe, Judze C. T. Lawrence, the Chairman of the Taborna mecting, waa Instructed to forward to the Bel torsand Represontatives from Iilinuis In Con. @ress & copy of *hocall for that meeting, to- “3"“.’ lvrlm & cupy of the resolutivns thero adopled, ‘Tae meoting then sdionrned. Boma of the delegates will leave for 8pring- field this morning, but the majority will go down to-night. PRORIA, Proria, Iil, Jan, 12.~To-night a large and enthusinsbic antEresiimotion and llver remone- tiziog meeting was hcld fn the Conrt-Tiousc in this city. Judge Putorbsugh presided, and tha Jion, Georze A, Wilson was Beeretary. W. T, Dawdall, Chalrman of the Committeg on Reso- lutlons, reported atrong resolutions demanding tho fmmediato repcal of tho Hesumption aut, and the enacting of & law rcmonetizing silver, which were unantmously adopted. The follow- fng-momed gentiemen were selected to attend tho meeting at Soringtleld on the 15th: W, T, Dowdall, Z. N. Hotehkins, Henry Manatictd, D, J, Calligan, B. Cramer, L. .Du( F. Cantello. E. Emery, M. Teneborry, Jonn Wetzell, . F. 3";6"" Louls Greene, J. 8. 8tarr, J. C. Dolan, . Nye. PP g o b el DUpafch 14 The Chiongn Tridune., Brugxarian, 1, Jan, 12.—] urmcr advices regardiug the Silver Mass Convention on ‘Lues- day indicate an increasing intercst thronghout theBtate fn the meeting. ' Decatar chosc dele- gates to-day, but most of the points heard trom will send alarger representation than an ordi- nary delegations would be, Slnco It 1s known that the meecting is open to the entire Stale there is & promlisc of large and represcatative delegations from Bouthern Illinols. Z AT QUINCY. Quingr, I, Jan. 13.—A largely-attended sflver mocting was held hare on Baturday even- Ing. The merchants, manulacturers, biisiness men, and workingmen were tell represented. Remonetization resolutions were unanimously adopted, and fifty-five delegates appointed to the 8itver Conventionat Springtield on Tucsday next. They Jeave here ina speclal car early ‘Tucsday morping. COMMUNICATIONS, THE CONTRACT. To (he Editor a7 The Tribune, Cnicaao, Jan, 12—The favorite assumption of the opponents of the remonctization of allver 1s, that {t would be breach ot faith, & violatlon of the contract, and thorerore filegal and fm- moral,. They have no words of condemnation for the law demonelizing silver, whereby tho contract on the Yacs of the bonds, atipulating for thelr payment In cofn, was changod to bay- ment ln gold only. Tho term coln bas from time immemorial included silver as definitely as gold coln. The two metals have been stamved as money by the Governmeat from {ts arigly, and have been used as such throughout the world for ages. Al efforts to restrict tho term cuin to z’:‘fi only Is fallsclouscfTrontery, Siiver dol- las, a: the timo of tho issus of tlis bonds, were as well underatood to bo coln as tho silver of which thoy were composed was understood to be moetsl.” A contract paysble in coln was as clearly payable In gold orsilveras wasa contract for the delivery of merchantablo wheat, at a dx. ed price per bushel, executed by the delivery of elther winter or spring wheat. * The law which chaneed the payment of Goverment bonds from coin to gold only was as gross a vlolation of the terms aud obligations of a contract as would bo a law deciaring that all oxisting contracts for the delivery of merchantablo wheat should onty he dlscharged by the delivery of winter wheat. Suppose, us was the casc when somoof tho bonds were Jssued, a_silver dollar of tbe pro- scribed welght had been, at the passage of the Ilaw demopetizing sllver, worth moro than agcld doliar of the legal atan , would tho law have passed without _persistent ‘opposition and de- nunclation by every holder ot a Government Lond?! And fustly too. Can any ono belleve, If a sliver dollar wera now worth ifore than a gold one, that Congress would not be flooded with netitlons from’ bondholders for repeal of the lswi Would uotthe plea thal the Lerm coin did not Include silver bo scouted as a dishonest Drotonse, and tho apponents of veveal b do- ‘nounced ks ropudiatora and swihdlerat Beeause 1t chanced thatat the timeof tho passage of the luw silver was worth less than gold, and 2o continucd to bo, whether caused by the eubanced price of gold or deprecintion of afiver, docs that nffect the terms of the con- truct, or sanctify its violation in favor of the crodilori* May a contruct with tho Governmant Lo changed {n favor of its creditors to tho detrl ment of the peaple, but never agatnet the Inter- esta of its creditors and in favor of the peoplod 1t must be a strango principle of moral or legal justico that depends for its security upon which Party to a contract invokes itsaif. While the peopleure boand to perform thelr contracts with scrupulous fidelity, they are under nio ob- Jigation to pay thelr creditors anything more, or in anything difterent from what is Immmd iotbelrcontract, usTion. FHOM MIOUIOAN CITT. To the Editor of The Tribune, Micntoax Crry, Iud, Jau. 13.~In my com- munlcation of Jan. 9 i reads, '*As money is the ecreation of law i {t should hava road #creaturoof law." In to-day’s lctter of Mr, Horace White I find the following: As for the gol, ndard men, they will ba an 1uitto In favor of specia resumption after the Kland bill passes the Greenbackera themselves. and for this reason, that they ara onposed to expend. inz the nutlouat rosources to purchave s motal of such variable and uncertain valuo swfiver, . . + o Therelore If the Biand Il passes you ‘will fiave the Greonbackers relnforced by the great ms)ority of tho gohi-stondura mon, and there will ba arrayed on the other side tho compsratively fow whoare 10 {avarof resuniing epecie pay- Taay the comnarativoly fow per- v Tents in sitcer, sons, because, when thediland bill becommes 3 faw, and the wlio uh)icl of resumption uicana the yurchase of &creal quanhity of sliver buillon (o uttes which are quits az well performed oy b oreenvackss AT mof better. 1 havo no iden that any conaidersble number of the present silver adyocates will bein favor of making the uccassaty expenditure to bring about sctual re- sumytion, Now, sir, just 11dd thewords * orgold " to the word *aliver" whorsvar it oscars (n the above, sud [t scoms to ma we ‘‘bLaid-money" and forced-resumpdiun men might Just as well “threw up the tponge™ at oucd, und become Rreenback tmet, aud setile this quostion st once aad farever. My beliel s that when the battle shnll have been fought out we will nearly all arrivo at the sama conclusion, and that Ja: Mako the preen- back = full legul-tender and futcrconyertible with tho bond. Cse o)l the gzold sud siiver that we _can mino and colu in paying our foreign trothere, or those at bome who dealre or prefer t. J beifeve, however, the samo reusoning and obsarvation that has brouznt us to scknowledye that » lagal-tonder paper 18 really thy best and most conyenlont money yet dovisod will load them to the samo conclusion, and they will really prefer our paper groenback, even if it doea not draw 4 or B per cent Intercet, ag they do now our puper bond. ‘Yo whole git of Mr White’s argument fs: ¢ We want apecle-ro- sumnption; ‘Ly umui poth gotd und esliver wo may 10 time reach it, throw out silver and go on with the attempt Lo forco resumption fn gold, sud i will bring universal bankruptey upon the country, sud, stier all, jusi as soon 88 thers 18 » proapoct that we aregolog to bave plenty ot -:Fu. and gold no one wauta it.!' ‘Wuy, sir, add_the words *und gold " after *allyer® to Mr, White's cloalug sentence, which {s us fotlow: 1 expoct that whea the Anal tug comes tha whole sliver movement will out, ™ belng bot- tomed upos nuthing in the wide world bub a dis- Du:;‘-n which motal dutfes vn lmports shall be paid In. wod I think it covers the whole ground, ‘The truth {s, we have allowed a lot of money- sharps sud speculators, who have got the pold 10 thielr possession, to fiave their own way, and & pretty muddle they have wade of it Tho People are uow golug to apply littls commap- sense 1o the question and aettle fu 23 it should bo—~in their own futerests. Yours for the right sud Lissurr, LIPS IMSURAXOR AND SILVEIL, To the Kditor of Tha Tribune. Cuicado, Jan. 12.~3r. ¥. 8, Winston, Prest- dent of the Mutual Life-Tosurauce Compauy of New York (salary, $30,000 per year), has pub- 1istied & letter in the New York papurs fu which he clalms that the remonetisation of sflver would result in 8 1088 to the future widows sud wrphavs of bis Company of $4,200,000. That s, that the m(umlgn of sliver would a ciate the sssvts of the Company, consist- \n?r::nlyhol bonds and mortgages, to the awmouut sbuve nawmed. . Nuw, this widow and orphan tune bas been lsyed'solorg as to have becoe rathor fist, ‘b story 1 too old to druw fresa tears, Tho widows und orphan bepuficlaries vf any snd every Hfo-tpsurunce cotpany tu Awmerics will be Hit aubjects of covgratulation if in the end they recelve the moncy Inveated fn thesy trusta, Jess Sger cant or ovun lou 10 por ceot. Yidhout baving auy exuct Sgurca 8% haod, I think §t may be safely nsserted that not one- hall of the moncy {nvested iu these concerns ever comes hack, When It Is kno=n that sut of evers 100 poli- cfes feated by lse-Inmirance companles ninety- (hree lapae from other canaes than death, and that the proceeds go someslicre vlaa than nto the hands of the wilows and orphans, the cause of Mr. Winaton'a meluncholy forehndings wilt be apparent. Mr. Winstop fails to state that e n‘;pre«lntlnn In the price of gold, occazfoned latgely hy the demonetizatlon of silver, s al- ready devreciated hls real-catate sceurliies mora than 825,000.000, and it fa very rluutlnmtfle whéther his $50,000,000 of bonds and nortzazes would to-day bring their face vaine, And yot he a6 bpus up gold and put down real property i Gro, A, BRUFELOT. |, ™ “JoURNAL" To the Editor of The Tridune, Aunona, TiL., Jan. 11.—~The Journals logle is 1n auch great chunks it can’t e swallowed. Its vositlon scems to be that gracnbucks are worth G4 per cent and goll 9 ver cent more than allver, If silver fs allowad Lo come fn compett- tlon with them, It will bear the greenback down amiong the clglities, bull gold up out of siehit, 1 biow itself out of the countey. If thisis ’L‘l‘.}y‘v 18 1t not time for Tus TRIBUNE to order a 4A.D. PROP. SUMNER. To the Editor of The Tritune. CEDAR FALLS, Ta,, Jan. 10.—I have just read the lecture of Prof. Sumner on silver. Buch egotisin, stich sceming want of & knowledga ot Luainess and business resnlts, leads one to ex- ciaim, God save the country from the advice of educated {diotal BusiNess-MaN. CURRENT GOSSIP. STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A DRY- GOODS GLERK, 1 will a tale watold, “Tevll) make your blood run cotd! Not thin 8 legend old, Past all belfeving: *Tin of a tover bold, Tlow he wan barety sold, THow hin fond heart grew cold, Tast all retrioving, Ho toved s dark-eyed gitl, “Chought her a tttle pearl; Tia hesd was In & whirl, Tor hie was **spaony.” She wan to him so falr, With her bewltching alr, Ther dark and waving bafeme O he was “luny "t One doy he sid, **Witl you Accept this heart so trie? Na'or will you have o rua 1t you will take me." Then, ax bo plainly saw, “Trembled hot Jiltie paw— she nald, **My crusty Pa Borely would shake mo. *Yon ste & dry-goods clerk, Cannot your dutles shirk— Yon must forever work, Yoar wages earning. ‘Though on you 1 havo smited, 1 am a nch man's child; My P would bo qmita wild, Your offer spurning. *'J3e would ba la d ed O hio wonld tear his hair! 1 fear that ho wonld swearl He would bo frantic. Fomo dark and gloomy night, Hidden and out of sight, Then let us take our fAight— "Twlll be romantie,” When darxsoma clonds dld lower, He, at tho midnight-hoar, ‘Went to the matden's bower— Hoivr can vou blame him? And, at \his hout a0 late, Sho met him at the gate: 1ie thanked bls friendly fate— 01t o’orcama him! ¢4 Hasten and do not foar! Come now with me, my dearl ‘There {a s preacher near— Wo'll bo united," Wranped In her sombro closk, « Notonce thn malden spoke,, . Not once the sllence brukews He wan affrighted. They from the midnight-gloom Enterod a lighted room. 1+ Koo wiil 1 be your groome— Your husband lawful," Say what ho felt, I can't— 1t was ber malden-aunt, An anclent termagant— Q it was awfal! Palo grew he aa the dead, Then tnrongh a window fled, On, ever onward, sped, Catilng wild capors. 1n halves bia heart was torn, Left thus Wls grlef to moarn, Bo sad and 80 forlorn— "T'wan In the papers. 1o muttors st ha fate, No'er will ho tuke a mate, does he hate— 1tis sides untllthey acho— 156 fs & bad man. Cuicaao, Jan. 13, 1874, DELIGHTS OF CALIFORNIA. “Yes,” sald a traveler to the editor of the Salt Lake Herald, Callfornla {s u wouderful Exxa Conxzria country,~wonderful—wonderful! Tarzntulas uig aa pulleta’ eggs, black, halry—legsall around them, to crawl over you at uight, Big trocs— enormous—centinedes, every leg a sting, sting- ing whilo thoy eraw) over you—Bfty legs—~muke 5,000 stings while thoy crawl over your leg. Enormous crops ot graln—when they got *em— ouce In two orthree years. Wind In 8an Fran- ciascol Blows o gale in Ban Franclsco every summer-day from ¥ in the mormug uutil 4 i the afterucon. Sand and desertf No. Grit, wruval, ond pebblo-atonca; and, as for sand alone—puro sand—it drifts four fest doep over pavoments and covers lnmp-posts. Yoseinitel Grand, sublime, and balf-a-dollar toll cvery forty rods. Ratticsnakesf Long ones fn the modutains, short unes ou the plalns—short and thitk—look like Bulogna ssusayes, sud lying by doxens about the puddles. Country parched and dry aa s brickbat 1 sumwer—~no sod—no grass—and hot! Cook ab ey out of dours any- where. * Coal In San Franclacol Yes, too cool hall tha tlne for comfort,—and for every day, mornfuy sud night, fog, thivk, damnp, pasty, aud clammy, Beorpfous fn the country—ating with thelr talia—feols llko a yard of red-hof kuitting-noedlo run through you; they get futo your boots u ulght, und sturt you otit of them on the double-quick in the morning, Yes, de- Matittul country; s much thil ts sow t feel, and think abous all the time,—especlally feel. There’s Lhe yellow-juckel, & cross be- tween the wusp aud the hunible-hee—scttles on tho table while you're eating—bores holes in the bosfsteak, and varries olf tialf an ounce at a Joud, and stings like fury if interrupted. Ntocks—winlug stocks! Yes, people are fre- quently bitten by themn awfully—half the cases are fatal, buch u varicly ol the works of nature fn Californle, Mosquitoes? Yes. Golng by river, Lo Stockton or Sacramento, clouds ou clouds ‘of .- Yerduro o the country ! Yes, Polsor touch it und your head swolls to the slze of & peck-nessury, with Y!mulal and the {ten, Greal countey for put- ing & head ou you, you know, wOId Califorvmn! Old miner and *40uri? Graud, nuble, geucerous, large-hearted Westera mant Yes ys drinka whou ssked—lives wuch of the thmy [ waloons—tvousers ten years old, tied sbout the walst With Fupe yarn—liut no Tiw, not wuch crown—came Fouud the 1ors in 49, Haan't waslied bimsetf since—livesio u cubln hard by, 3x18, onsalt pork aud dour—gzuy shirt, pever washed—ay talk of nothing elve but the ‘ounve u duy Lo made i the winter of 50— splendid typs of manbood, and smells Hke & dutitiory. Wonderiul n}uull;;'—llnll‘u of the carth—everybody calling for Easteru capital to cae and (L‘lelup our mioes. Dust on ruad) Yes, much tue dust, red, ke pulverized brick- bats. Land of woly, and cverybody mmmo take your grecubacks, Live therel Yes—when Tean't live auywhers elas—izoud Dlace to scud mun"bcu they dic 10 punla thew for their sius.” THE ROTHSOHILDS, New York Worid. On tho 30th of November Jast the Reformur and Jowlsh Tunea of this city printed the fullow- Jug editorial parsgraph: ‘The report thut & daughter of the Rothschilds is --l?: warslaye (o & Christian 18 sutbunitatve- 1y dealed §n & pelvate letter roccutly recelved trom Loudoo, The Rol cpposed to marcsea o the daugbtar o tbo Len. Mr, Eliol Yoiko aio ks bevn vistually *|'body, Scven or cight years subs: ostraclzed hy her relatives, The Rothachilde are evarywhers orthodox Jews and the most liberal suppnrters of the aynagogne, This paragraph, it seems, found it way across the Atlantlc, and was read nt Frankfort by the Baroneas Charles de Rothachild, the mother-in- law of Sir Nathantel de Rothschild, of Loadan, from whom it has drawn forth a letter which, wearce informed, will be pablished in the Re Sormer to-morrow, together with some com. ments on tha recently announced engagement of Lord Roscbery 1o 3flss Hannah de Rot child, written before the fetter of the Barunes: Charles had been received. The Baroness' let- Ler is as follows: Praxsyont-ox-Maty, Grawisr, Dec. 25, 1877, =To the Edilor of the Rrformer: A8 8 member of the family of Kothachild, Baroness Chaties de Hothsehild thinka it sdvimble to notice a short prautaph which apyeared in the Zeformer and Jerciah Times of the 30th November. Although the miarriage af the eecond danghter of $ir_Anthony de flothechlll with the Hon. Ellot Ynrke mav not sve met. with the ent tion of rome members of her family. of belng sirtuslly ontracized by ner relatives, she continiies 1o be rocoived hr them sll, whether In Eaeland aron the Continent, sith tne aamo kind- nene and aflectlon an befare het marriage. 1t 1n to e huped inat Leing a liseral nupporter of the #ynaguzue does hot. treclude liberality of thought and ventiment, aud &io (hat the Rtothechiidn, as & Tale, are nut A0 LiZoLed or KO nATTOY-minded ‘an lo disown any member who chooses o deviate from the beaten path: leaviog all 1o foflow the dictates of thir awn consclence, they #how nu diffcrence 10 thowe who may differ in opinion or in practice. Neligiun 14 between man snd his God, and noede 00 buman {nterfarence, It cotnection with this sxeellent letter (t ma; by worth while for us to revive a_dellzhtful ol Tondon story of the Baroness Lionel de Koths- child, the mother of Sir Nathaniel. Sometwenty yeurs ago, when Cardiual \ikeman Jroded aver the Cathiollc Ciurch in England, be liad oecasfon to consult with Baron Livnel on s mat- ter of busincss, and for that purpose accepted an Invitation Lo lunch at the Baron'sseat ol Guunerabury, While the party were at lunch an English Jady, the wife of a Cabinet Minister, called on 1ha Baroncss, who weat out and sked her o Joln the party wt Junch. explainiog that the only stranger present was the Cardinal, The Minsterial lady drew herself up rather coldly, and bezved 1o e excused, aa she ‘made it a matter of ]\flnr\nle never kuowingly to hreak bread with a Romish pricat,” “The Raroness, with the swectest of amlles, nssurcd lier huw aorry sho was to have wounded her unwittingly, ‘and_added: ' You know, my dear, [ s not a Christfun, and so can't beex pected 1o entor 1uto thoss fecllngs." S8TRANGE DUFELING EXPERIENCE. New Orleans Democrat. ‘The Iate Alexandre Grallhe, whore remalns were brought to this city from ‘Europo in the steamship Nuremberg, had asiugularand rather unpleasant experience on the fleld of honor ju his younger days. Likeall adventurous youne Frenchmen forty yeara ago, hu could ot avold involyement i some of those numerous per- sonal affairs which were then so frequent be- tween Frenchmeu and dery youug Creales. With two very prominent and’ ly.vnn-m, gentles men of the latter race Mr. Uralhe became en- gazed in controversics which led to mectingson the field of honor, In the first Instance the duel was fought with swords, and the un- fostunate Frenchman was run through the body, snd not only suffered greatly from his wournd, but exhibited for years afterwards the effect of the injury in & certaln Incliuation of bis bodv, Which was not natural. owing to the interval sbscess resulting from the wound. Home time after he cugawed fn his accond rencontre, In which ho recelved the bul- fet of his adversary right through the body, Strange to fay, the. beneficent inisslle pasned bt through the foriner wound, opening the absceas which threatened the esti) ‘man's iife; and by (ndicting & new, severc, and painful wound, not only cured him, but had the effect of straightening his person to o rigid and exact perpendicular, so that lis carringe appear- od even unpaturally stiff and haughty, Quite & slnilar expericncs of the cffect of wounds §s reluted by Dr. Guthrle fu his cele- brated work on gunshot wounds, of that dis- tinguished British chieftaln who recefved his deuth-wound on the plnins of Chalmette, in the ‘memorable battle on the 8th of January, 1815, Wa refer to Lient.Gen, Sir Edward Pak- epham. In the attack oy the Britlsh at the close of the leat century on the French fortifica- tions on the islund of Martinlque, Col, Paken- nm, who fed the storming party. recewved a musket_ball, whicn passedthrough his neck, He recoyered from the wound, but was for some jears afterard very markod'by It leasiue his heud with a stroug Inclluatios to ono side of his ently Pak- enbum was the second man toascend the ladders which had been cstabllshed acainst the walls of Badajos, in Spatn, fn the brillfant assautt of the Bricish on that fortiled town, and was ogaln shot through tue neck, the balt anteriug outhe opposite side to that of bis old wound, and passed spparently through the same track, Op recoveriig, his neck was brought into ite origi- nal erect and natural position. QUIFS, The study of ceramics Is s modern {ntellect- ual struggle to fiud out what sort of piclures anclent Egyptians had on thelr shaving-muge.— New Orieans Picagune. s And now s meddlesome person has discover- ed tnat the old Colossus at Ithodes was #a bicer man thao old Grant,” When the Genersl gets hero he will plesse straddle. Great quantitien of clothesnins are shipped fram the United Btates to New Zealand. The e of aclothespin {n New Zealand must be & slugpish existence,~Lanbury News. **They've aeated Kellozg. " hubby sald, The inorning paper in bis hand; And elfoy ratsed her sinipla hewd— **Poor Cary! will she have Lo stand Jonea—*DIid you ees the star-shower the other night, Mies Jessles?” Miss Jessica (with a rapld bul comprehensive survey of the heavens)—**No. But it couldn't bave been 1tich, for thereare no stare missing) P— Punch, A dentist tried his first operation with gas upon 8 robust colored wuman. — After she had usad up all the gas lo the oftice she wheeled in the chalr and shouted: ** Hurry up, boss, an brine on anather bag of that sweetcned wind.' “Jilcas me!" exclaimed Aunt Towzer the other duy, with a s the ers ary o}l in & poor old Y “They say 8y he's often {n » state of nd it won't be long before ho comos to pei—Bun. Mrs, Macarthy: % Faith an’ I doo't want the things at all, st all, Biddy O'Brady, though it's yourself with your plieint tonzue I'd rather iava than any 6o elao to cliste me.” B. O'H,: 4 That"s thrue for ye, Mrs. nlmnhs. an' shure 1 don't know any one In the wide world I'd be half so plessed to chate.” Wo have acall bell in our private ofitce, It fs used to call one of our hoye with. At Jeast that 18 the popular legond connected with thuarticls, When we want ona of the boys we ring the ball, aud then go out in the back offfice sod bunt him up and tell hln of the fuct. It slways pleases him 10 Jearn that wo have beea ringitg,— Kock- land Courler, A _hot-headed Frenchman, who felt himsel! insulted b( the remarks of a friend, wrote s follows: **Dear 8ir: Your remurky pereunal to myself aro 0 offensive that I wish yon to con- - sider your sars well cuffed. [ expect to give sathfactlon.’ A'few duve afterwand hu re- cetved this reply: “Dear Bir: My oars tlnmn sl | am mad clean through. 1 rngret the provocation, but I wlsh you to consider yourselt run through the body with & broadsword, and laid out fur lwinediste buria),” ABOUT DOGA, Waco (Tes.) Ezuminer, A gentleman livlug (n South Waco has {n his employ an old darky who rejolces In the sabri- quet of **Ueu. Skluner.”” The same gentleman owns & large aud intelligent Newfoundland dog, aud toe dog and the Genersl aro fast friends. ‘Ihey sleep togetber lo the eanio stablo Joft, and aro seldom scan apart. Ou Christmas the dog atl the darky sallied forth to spend the day In the town, but before muny hours had elapsed the twali were scen returnlog in the direction of home, The General bud become profound- y Louzy, aud the duz, the mast lotelligent dt the two, was leading bim lome by the £oat-sleeve, Whea within 8 huudred yanls of home the darkey's legs guve way, avd fulliug to the ground be Juy there a Bt subject for the solice, and futo whose bauds be surely would ‘\aw fallen but lor the sazucity of the dug. The falthful suimal bowled fu his wsre and (ugged ut bis collar until Bually he becaine sutficlently aroused to stagger oo home. Afterwwrds tho dog returued and got the darkey's bat, which fallen on the street, aud carsied It howe. From P'raf, Seelyes Leciure an Kvoluiion. The Iate Frof, Sodewick, was fa the Babit of taking Uis dog frow Caiubridge o the hills of Cuwberland every year, aud on gach ovcaslon of ls viuse the dogg Togulady Jeft bun sud took & {uu.mn] of sume bundreds of miles over the 1i)ls to see another dug witt which be had svent. bis youth. e FAILURE OF A& CHICAGO ORATOR, roum Proceedings of Lima-Kiin Club in Duirolt Fres s It belog snvounced ¢hat the Hou. Samucl Jones Plumstead, of Chicago, was in the ante- soum, prepased 0 take his great apdech va the subfoct, “*Our Firesides—How to Make Them Happy or Unhapos,” he was cscorted folo the hall by the President, who introduced him s follown: * Gem'len, I takea do wilest kin' o' piessure In presentin’ to you dis weil-known Ch orator, who I ofén_spoken ob by de_highes' vapers aa * De Bald Esgle ob de Plaine,’ I hez na doubt dat he will mash dis subjeck In de most brillisnt manner, aa’ thus add ‘anoder leat to de chalet tied upon bis marble brow. Now, den, keep dozs fect atifl,” 'The orstor anbuttoned his coat, clesred his thruat, wiped his nose, and began: # Qur firesldes! How many—ah, how—how many—ah—bow, sh—" He was atucic. 1t wna plain to be seen that ‘ho was embarrassed, but s alight shufiling of feet encouraged him 1o go ahead : *Qur Oresides! Mow many tender memorfes —how mauy—how tender—low freaides—how, He tied up to the same post again, His knecs shigok, his chin trembled, and. when Bamuel 8hin snorted out, the brililant Bald Esgle flop- ped his wings and fell intoa chair. Jtwasa dead failure. Every one realized it and felt sorry. Brother Gardner oscorted him hack to the ante-room, where the frost was an inch thick on the base-boards, and, upon returning, said: * Gem'len, T hoz bin boanlin’ an* lodgin’ dat Bald Eagle for de last five days a-pury henh dat specch. It may be dat ha waa selzed wid what dey call stage-fright, an' it mar be dat lie duan’ know nufiln 'hout de trado of ora- tory. Inany case, let dis be & warnin’ to all of un fieber 1o bite off moro meat dan we kin chaw up widout onhiogia’ de jaw-boue. De session am closed.”” DEATH OF TERR RUMMKORFF. Nature (London), We regret to record the sudden death on Dec, 20, at Paris, of Henry Danfel Rahmkorfl, whose aame 18 80 closely connected with the history of magneto-clectricity. 1ie was born Io Hanover, Germany, fn 1803, and but little {s known of his early life. In 1810 ho wandercd to Paris, and obtained a position as porter in the laboratory of Prof. Charles Chevaller, at that time one of the leading French physicists, Here he displayed a remarkable fondness for clecricol apparatus as weil 88 ingenuity in ita arrangement, and was enabled shortly after to start a modest manu- factory of physical apparatus, Through the efforts of Chevalier aud the excellence of the work performed, tho business was rapldly ex- tended. In 1844 Rubmkor{l brought out hls frst inventiun, & cqnvenlent thermo-elecirio ttery, especlally the roduction of the nduced cucrents, discovered by Faraday In 1382 A long ecrics of ex- perimenta resulted in tho appearance, In 1851, of the famous ** Rubmkorfl coil,” with its later modiflcations, the most [thpoitant piece of ap- paratus in this brauch of physfes, With this powerful adjunct the elcctrician waa enabled to obtain sparke eizbteen foches in length, plerve thick plates of glass, and carry out a vast varle- tv of experimenta. The Iventlon was rawarded by a decoration snd medal at tho Exhibition of 1535, while {n 1858 it recelved the first prize of 000T, at tho French Exhibition of Eicctrical Apparstus. Eince then the manufacture of thio colls and of electrical machines in genersl baa assumed enorinous dimensions, sud the feading ohysicists of Europe are well acquafoted with the dingy little bureau in the Rue Champolifon, near the'Univeralty. Personally, M. Rubmkorf was of a quiet, dignificd apoearance, and, despite the dlsadvantazes of his early lite, ba enjayad tho friendahip of the leading’ Parisian esvants, and wos an bonored member of the French Pbylcal Soclety. M. Jamin dellvered an addresa aver the grave, (o which be stuted that Ruhm- kor(l died almost & poor man, beeause he had snent all hls elrnlhi:a on behalf of scleuce and In works of benavolence. London Glode, The vintage of 1511 has now acquired & pecullar celebrity and the good wine prodnced that year all over France has been generally attributed to the influenco of the comet. It s strange that its excellencs was pot recognized at the time, France was In that year passing through too anxious a crisls to care much for cholce of wincs, and these vintages wers fo tho sutuninof tho followlng year freely sold at from 1,200 francs to 1,500 francs a cask. In 1603 there was & salo o the cellars of Chateau Laflite, Including much of the Comet claret, ‘The suction was bLeld on the 27th of Octuber, and as, these were the days of tho luxury of the Sccond Empire, it Is not surprising that high nrices were realized, The lots were staricd ab 30 francs a bottle, and the bldding went up to 121 Irsnuh)n which price an hotel-keeper st Hordeaux bought s large quantity, Botties of this wine were exposed in the windowa ol the hotel afterwards at the sensation price of 150 Irancs, or sbout £72 & dozen, In the meantime ths Comet claret has been growing scarcet overy day, and at s great wine sale just coo- cluded i Paris the *"gems of tho collection " were two bottles of the tamons vintage. The auctioueer, after n lttlo pardonable proface, a1 he could not consent Lo start the lot ) less than 800 francs, which wus the prico reslized at tho latest sale of the same article. But the room was cven more enthusiastic than the sue- tioneer. The prica rose ravidly, and it was 'evl. dentthat many purchasers were eager tomake an investment, At last the fale uf the two bottles rested between two restaurants, and tho bidder at 020 france was declared tne purchuser. We conld nuderstand in this country a very wealthy nobleman, whose cellurs were his honby, giving such a price, but that the proprietor of a caf2on the boulevands shouid pay nearly £25 for two bottlcs of claret shovws that the refen of Juxury 1s not yet over in Fari: ITOW TITE ANCIENT GREEKS VOTED Thomas Daridsen's Laner. {nm Greaca1n Bouton Ad- tertlacr, Like most students of Greek I hava {requent- Iy been asked about the Gruek ballots, but hitherto I have never been able to give a aatia- factory explanation of them. A few dayssgo, liowever, 1 was fortuuate euough to huve four of thew In tny bund,~gonuino bullots, corre- sponding exsctly to the description given of them by the Bchollast to Aschines, aud having eugraved on them In large cleur totters the Greek words signifying public ballots. As no deseription of thiese has, 8o fur as I know, ever appeared fn Engliai, and sa the account of thew crmuun’s Lolwbuch des lxrlucul- schen Autiquitaten fs {ucorrect, il tell you what they aro like. The look Yor all the world' ke bronze whirll- ¥ They couslst of n disk about two jucbes tn dismeter with an axie In_the middle, profecting about three-quarters of au fuch on cach slde. Those which represent the negative vote bave the axlo perforuted, o that o prett thick kaltting-veedie miglhit bo passed througl it; those which repruseut the positiye vots bave the axle solid, The ballot-box evidently had an openfug, shaped liKe & cross, and each voter lhiad two yutes given him, ous bored and one un- bored, These bo uo doubt covered with the folds of his vobe, and when he came (o drop them Juto the boxes be took hold of them bs Blu’lllz his thurmb on one cud of tho axlo an 1s middle finger un the other, so that no ong could tell when he dropped w positive and when a negative vote. | huve used the word boxes In the plural tentionally, becauso cach voler dropped both hLis votes, one iutu a box which reprevenied what he voled for, and the other nto & box represcutiug what ho voted agalnst, mlzg the oug was controlled by mesny of the other. — A LUNG-TESTER, Baton (1u.) Free Press, ‘We doa't waut a Moure Townsbip girl for & luug-tester, At aaluglog-achoal up there ths other night a young man was bragging about tho streagth of bis tunge, and Invited a girl ln the couspauy tohit him In the breast. Sho suld she wus left-hauded; had beon washing that duy and wis tired, and didn’t feel very sctlve, but at hls urgent request slie let go at b, When his friends wout (o pick bitn up Lo said he thought lis would dis casier lyiog down, 1le bud 1ost atl recollection of buving oy luugs, but the young lady consuled M vy adwitting that sbe didn't hit hiw as bard as she might liave doue, becauss sho rather iked bim, DLVORCED AND REMARRIED. Ottawa (114} Ties, Some time axo tho sitizens of Mendota were surprised to learn that & married coupls, who had spparcntly lived 1o peace sud harmovy In lilinole, had beeq divorced in Kausus. The inystery is now explalned. Tbe husband bud homesteaded 160 acres of tloe fanining laud, aud there was auother 100 acres adjolning uot yet taken up. ‘The pair were divorced, the widow eotered the vacant quarter section, und estab- lished ber claln ua tho bead of 8 family. Woen this was done the wert remarricd, s0d now have s Hue farm of ball & wection. | e e— Estraordinary Bigswy Case. Au excrsondluary bigamy case wae lately tried {u Brigbton, Englaud.” Tue defndsnt was journeymun baber osmed Tureell, and thg charge of Ligany was 1nade against bim by & widuw named Cox, whow be hal ltely warrled. 8he utleged Loatbe bud been previously warded o & widow named Mockford.” Turrell did nut deoy tha Lact, but sileged toat Mrs. Mockfosd ‘hersclf bad committed bigamy by marrying him whlie Mr. Mockford was still ative. Thenit was suggested that perhaps Mockford also had com- mitted bigamy. The cate, therclors, resolved ftscif In this way: If Mockford had committed bigamy, tho person known as Mrs. Mocklord, had not heen guiity of the erime; Turrell Bad’ been legally marved to her, and the sabse- uent marriage with Mrs. Cax _was bigsmons, 1, on the other hand, Mocklord was the legat husband of Mrs, Mockford, then the m: ) with Turrell was bigamous oh her part, but rell was innocent, and the marri; with Mra, Cox was legsl. The last supponition turned oub 10 be the true one, and Tarrell was dlscharged. Owing to tho confusion of tne law, the zuilt or Innocence of the defendant was determined, nov b7 his own act, but by the acts of anothes man, whom he might never even have seen. It csne nut b said that the case was bhapplly settl for, although the only person who was on tria went clesr, he did not recover hig Iawful wife, Bhe said that she would not take him for her husband, having dlscovered that he was on'IJ carning balf a8 mnuch ashe had dedared, an thet lic was tea years older than he had acknawl- edged himself to be. As for the interesting Widow Mockfond, she conlessed to the Judge that ahe had alrcady reassumed her malden pamo of Huggett, but, if we may beallowed the ‘pun, it Is probable that she will not Hug It long. 1t 1s more likely vhat aho {s already on the look- out for anew bustand. GEN. JOHN A. DIX. A Lstter RBearing upon the New York Appointmenta~ilis Defente of the Presi- dent Againat the Conkilng Faction. Nzw Yorx, Jan. 11.—The Zimes of to-more row will contaln & lenghty letter trom Gen. John A. Dix relativo to the Prealdentand Ben~ ate. e says tho President cannot relinquish his position without surreadering tbe Independ- eace of the Executive, The rejection of & nominee [n such a case, on the ground thst that change Is uncalled for, {8 an assumption the Inevitable tendency of which is to apnil the, Executlve prerogative of nomination and render: him utterly subservient, In this reapoct, to the will of tho Benate. He eays that the Execative, who {1 respousible to the country for its fidelity apd the proper administration of public aftal should on every principle be the sols judge m . the novessity of ‘a chanze of Incumbents of office, The sssumption of & co-ordinate branch of the Gorernment to Judge of the necesaity of' removal s usurpation, e says (¢ {a no wonder that the hostility of the Bepate 1o the Preste dent should lead to such manifestoes as that which bas been put forth by & member of the Republican National Cowmittes from New Hanpahire. In concluslon, he says Hayes will, earn lor himscl! a repulstion whblch only ons President (Lincoin) in the Jast quarter of & con- tury has esrucd,—thatjof exm-.uu:gl the hizghes$ public trust without falot of scllshncss or poze sonal ambition, The Herolne of the Gold Horseshoon. Niagara Fails Qaseite. Last summer a lady guest atthe Cataract IHouso attracted no little attention, both st the hoteland In the village, by her whims sod ca- Drices, which wero equalcd only by Rer eccons tricitles, Bhe never registered her name, al though *“Miss Thompson™ was ascertained t¢ be part of it. * Bhe repclied all social advances, pald all her bills promptly, and usually with 320 gold picces; would leave the hotel without announcement 8nd be sbsent several days, and. upon returping would seck her rvom as {hnun stic had been ont for a short walk only; and (g numberless other ways she eridenced’s mind decidely pecuffar. Bhe had a valuable mars which ‘she was in the hablt of riding, ususll; with a groom on foot to lead the animal by the bit. While occupying spartments at {le Cat. araci she left one day as quietly as uspal, and some days ulterwards the proprictors rocelved » disputch from Bristol, England, from their eo- centric guest, requesting_special cars for the mare untll lier return, Weeks after thia the lady returned, and rewalned a short time; and n ahe took her departure fur Scotland, with lier ware, and one of the porters at the hotel to take care of the animal on tho way. On ber departure ahe distributed 820 gold pleces among her liotel attendants with as lavish & hand as though thoy were mere valtry quarters. She s belleved to ba the same Miss Thompeon who recently bad a set of gold horscshoes made fof 8 ware {o Edinburg, Whipping In Schools in Germany, Correspondence Ketwe Ihiianmique BeruN, December, 1577.~1 cannot quit the lub)u\:l of ‘education withoue polating out s curfous fact cliaructuriatlc of Germuau manners. I mean theacitation which exists {n a great number of school-circles relative 1o the re-estabe lisbment of corporal punlsbiuent for children, ‘The new laws haviog prescribed Gucs for both the institutions snd tho I'rofessors who have recourse to stich meus of repression, the latter constder this an fufringement of thefr rights and suthority, They contend that It ls impossible for them to enloree obedlence without corporal mmllhment. and_petitions to this effect have en seut to the Reicharath, e —— Tritlats lndia, London Tmex, Dic, 3. A statlstical abatract reinting to British India resented to Pariiament was yesterday fssued. ‘e ares under British adwliotstration (s 09, miles, with & population of 101,U3,445. The pative States Svomprises 578,083 miles, sud & populativn of 45,238,678, [ncluding she French #nd_Portucuesa possesaious, the total aresof all India {s 1454150 square mites, with & popu- Iation of MUTHB05 Of the 191,000,000 fo- babitants of Hritish fndla, the religions denom- 1nnt! ro giyen as foliows: Hindoos, 139,- B43,8:20; Blkhs, 1,174,430: Mahomedans, 40,867, 125% Tidddbists and Jains, 3,832,351 ; Christlaus, 507,683; others, 8,417,004; aud “‘religiou not knowa," 632, o 4227, AMUPEJBENTS, COLISEUM N-?‘::BLT‘ THEATRE, afl‘g ?“A“ m‘\""_l NP 'muun}suhfi‘fl'flp: N ’l‘ K Wkfil‘ senratis tad e iRADS Y ER, [y sy BLACK . lsf‘i’;“u' Yousg ‘2{“‘,‘.'.1“.%\.‘!:‘}3,‘”: Aol 3ies VIC u[fi%m'." "n'if.'fl'n?fl’n ey 3 W) % f: -":'t.’s‘:‘nuu’n‘rr"}c“m. nfnvfl‘lfnfl‘is' X i HUGHES, sad iz GILACE K A ':cfiu"l‘l‘l!x"';‘xb. Oal Origtaat, thy Iaime teabld [ra bkwich Artia Kl},‘% Afid‘ xgg a8 L Puuy’ Moken M ARCHRSTHIE AS 30 NGB, e B ORI S ARTAUR DOTT, sad & it Dbt fsaew odued Aniiate, ) M) QUINLIN & looLk: 230, 80c, 784, A A sad basurdsy Natinea, ibo 3 3 lfil;l\;l::‘ll&'r‘l' \'l:‘N‘ H'I'A‘.\l“'l‘(‘ly P T T e Hlonday ud Tuewdsy everings sud Wodnesdsy Metluon will bu prescated tha Graud ifistorical Piay, LADY JANH GRBEY. Miss Von stamwhz as Mary Tudor, with full cast of chatscters by Bpuldiug’s Ofeuatio Congaay. —Plie givatChicaga tavarfies, ‘ROB CHANF {0 thelr luuieusoly succsmi bl come Uk BAUIELO UERSUEY DIUSIC BALL, SESE G T i e MME. RIVE-HING, Astsied by Mins A ?'Yc'gflf’f. H‘,{';‘ Baatan, i g e Yill taks place TH1S EVENING st 0'clock. Resarve el sent tickels Tur sale b fiuoi & Bons', 156 Slata-sh “Aduiialon, 75 ceutar Reaesved seats, §1 DIEVICKEER’S ‘TUEATRE, R THIS WEEK ONLY. (1! IJ:I" Y nuuflu.’(‘:mun. L0ST IN LONDOW, RUARING FABCK, anncters. JQUIET FAMILY s QT AND BAVURUAY MATINEE. Noai Werlod budyet of wirth, ' All Ui Bads." our cowediaus I the east, HAVERLY'S THEATRE, Late Adelphil.) J. H. HAVRKLY,, s Jprietor sad Manager, N 1 LBl X, 1 !t fn R T e R Bt S Dlll;‘ Joun A.TB;I'&VKNI. P s 8uic L . This great ply AR SN, ST YR M;V'F" ‘c lL.u“‘ CEhetaber thla N et T etocaday s paiuedey s e SWUELLANEOUR, i o ot W wilh' ieat Sucoess by the pbraicians of Faris, st Now Vork. and Loal an, snd su- iharafor the LA of all du- sharges, cent of of loux ~ etao. : i aiiied GAP SUI‘E§ Soid by Druxgists 1 Ly Usited States. f A, &R e v3rod. Coll or wikiafor Bood sad