Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1878, Page 4

existonce a8 A party, under the oppressive presence of 8 very low barometer, and be. nenth real clonds which unloaded upon them nnmercifully, The prevalent but un. founded Bourbon suporstition regarding the poisonons qualities of water also militated Thye Tailwre, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Y NAIL—IN ADVARCE—TOSTAGE PREPAID, aily F ition, one rea) k] harshly ngainst the overpowering eclat which *iilons % it had boen hoped fo atinch to tha cere- Ay vt §:80 | monies, and yot, notwitlistanding thosa e ki, one year of 8 3ear, per monih. WRERLY EDITION, POSTPAL : 54 | sorions ombarrassments, tla doy was a prond one in Columbus, and Gov. Bmoor antered into office with the most cordial evidences of good will bestowed from overy quarter of the city. The attendant scencs and a sum- mary of the innugural address may be read of elsowhore. Bpecimen Ulve Post-Ufice address fa fall Including Btatesnd County. Tiemittances mayho made either by draft, express, Tost-Oficoorder, or in registered otter, &t our riak. TERMS TO CITY BUDSCRIDERS. Datly, delivered, Bunday excented, 23 centd per week, Latly, deliversd, Sunday included, 90 cents ner week. Addren THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-ste., Chleago, Til Ordera for the delivery of Tig TRIDUXS: at Evanstan, FEnglewood, and flyde Park leftn the couatiog-room wiilzeceire promnt attention ———— TNIDUNE BRANCH OFFICES. Tnw CsircAno TRINTNR has established branch ofices for the receipt of subscrivtionsaud sdvertisements as follaws: NEVW TORE—Room 29 Tribune Bullding. F. T, Mae FaopEx, Manager. PARIS, ¥France—No, 16 igo da Ia Grange-Datelfere. 11, ManLxn, Agent. 1LONDON, Eng.—American Exchango, 440 Strand, Txxox F. GiLuis, Agent. BAN FRANCISCO, Cal. An unsncoessful attempt was mads yester- day to reconsidor the action of the County Boand in suspending the operation of Ordor No. 4, and In thus inwviting able-bodied tramps and lonfers to call at the Connty Agent's offico and help themselves. The motion to reconsider had for its object the restoration of tho order and its amendmont 50 ag to leavo tho granting of nid discretion. ary with tho County Agent, and it is to be recorded to the disgrace of the Board that 80 rensonable & proposition could command but fivo votes in its favor,—tlhose of Com- missioners DBoese, DBunrixe, Brorromp, WarrLen, and Sexse; while the majority which defeated it was composed of Com- missioners Dniprey, Creany, Coxry, Firz- orratp, Mormtax, Linzzy, Meres, and Murroy. The taxpayers will havo roason to remember the Commissioners who have saddled npon them the maintenance of an army of lunch.grabbers and dead-beats. —eeeeeee It s reported in London that Count Scmouvavorr, the Russinn Ambassador, s about to vacate that position, and that ho will be succeeded by '*Count” Onrorr. This oxtromely vague dispatch needs oon- firmntion bofore being implicitly believed. When a Minister vaontes a place, he either resigns oris recalled. If Count Scitovvarorr has been recalled by his Government, itisan act of significance which would be still more siguificant if ho woro to be supplanted by Princo Ontorr, the present Ambnssndor to Franco and n profound haler of England. 1t is possiblo that tho Russian Government has viowed with disfavor the friendly rola- tions that aro known to exist batweon Scuouvarore and Beaconsrizt, which have ovon oxtonded to o personal intimncy, Last summer, daring tho height of tho nnti-Rus. ginn excitement in England, tho fashionable seaside resort, Brighton, was amnzed nt tho spectaclo of these two gontlemen walking arm-in.arm nlong the beach daily., Perhaps tha wily English diplomatist has managed to impross too many of kis opinions upon the Tussian Ambassador. If Onrorr gocs to the Conrt of St. Jamos, look out for vigorous langunge and decisivo ncta. ce Hotel, AJMUSEMENTS, * _ Tlooley’s Theatre. Randolph _street, between Clark and Ladslle. "Rngagomeot of Elizabeth Von Stamwits, ** Lady Js: Qrey.” : ‘53" McVickor's Theatre. . "Masdion strect, between State and Dearborn. Lot in Loadon * and ** A Quiet Family.” Tlaverly’s Theatre, ‘Monroe stroet, corner of Dearborn, Eogagementof Jobn A, Btevcns. **Unknown." \ Colisenm Novelty Theatre, Clark street, between Washington snd Randolph. Varicly performance, —— SOCIETY MEETINGS, *% ' APOLLO COMMANDERY, NO. 1, RNIGATS TEN- PLAN-Btated con e this (T y) eva'got8o'clk. Halloting tinder diapensation. Comtnlittees \|rul| pett- t{ons_for the orders will please be prepared to repart. B e of T Commanier Lested lobe il 3.1, DUNLOP, Recordor. e o oW UUNLOR RaCorder TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1878, e OHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY. The Chicago produca matkets wera moderately active ond mostly wenk, Mess pork closed 7iic per brl lower, at $10.05 for February and 810,808 10.82%for March., Lard cloeed o shade higher, at $7.25@7.27'4 for Fobruary and 87.3258@7.45 for March. Mcats closed about Jgc lower, at§3.75 per 1001bs for hoxed shoulders and $5.45 for do short iribs, Whisky was steady, ot $1.05 per gallon. Flour was dull. Whent closed }5c lower, at$1,0514 " cashor Jannary and $1.05%@1.08 for February, Corn closed Kic lowor, at40¥c for January und 40 @40%c for February. Oats closed ot 24c. Ryo was weak, at 55@35Y4¢, liarley closed e lower, at e for Februury and G3%c for March. Tlogs wero active ard 10¢ lower, closing steady, at $3.05 @3.00. Cattic wero dnll, at 10@15¢ decline, quoted at 82.00@4.80 for inferlor to cholce, Bheep wese dull and weak, ot $3.00@4.25. Tho exports from the eonbonrd last week Included 60,000 brls flour, 080,000 Lu wheat, 034,000 bu corn, 0,000 L oaty, 10,000 bu rye, 74,000 bu bar- ley, 6,100 brls pork, 0,G02,000 Ma lard, and 14,880,000 T bacon. Inspected Into storo in this city yesterday morning: 180 cars wheat, 204 cars com, 50 cars oaty, O cars rye, 43 cofs barley. Total, 601 cars, or 215,000 bu. One undred aollat fn pold would buy $102.23 in greenbacks at the closs, Iiritish consols were quoted at 033-10 und steriing exchange at $1. 813 Bl ‘The murderous sssault on State Senator Jonx Buenren Ly the Dohemian Marso fs one of tho most cold-blooded and brutal crimes perpotrated’ in this community for many yenrs, Mr, Buznten has for a long time oceupied an excellent standing among tho citizens of Chicago, and was nlwaysn man of mild and inoffensive bearing. Thera was not ovon a disputo ‘in this case. Mr, Borneen had Leld a mortgage on a plece of Manso's property for money advancod to the latter, but had sold this mortgage to o third person, who foraclosed and sold the proper- ty on account of tho non-payment of interost and principal, This transaction, it seoms, enrngad Marso to snch an extent that he doliborately sharpened up au old dagger, slept over the affair, and yoatorday morning sprang upon Mr, Buenrsn and stabbed him sovoral tlmnes, jast as the Inttor stopped out of his office. ‘Thero is little reason to won- der that tho fecling in tho neighborhood was aronsod to o pitch whero there was appro. henslon that tho people would taks summ. mary vengeanco upon the assassin, Per. baps this sentimont wes cucouraged by tho prospect that tho flend will cscapo with a light puniilfment 1f left in the hnuda of tho Inw. - How muoh haa the maladministration of criminal justice in Cook County to do with bringing on this and similar ananssing- tions nud attomnpta ot assassination? A fow woeks ngo a nogre was found guilty of mur.- der, and tho pennlty of denth was passod upon him by tho jury. He had killed an innocent nnd inoffensive man for romonstrat- ing with him in his thronts that he was about to kill another; yot a plea of guilty to man., slaughtor wos nceepted, after conviction for murder, and tho brato was sont to the Poni. tontiary for n fow yoars, with a prospect of boing pardoned out ovon nooner. About the samo timo a raffian named Buzppanp was awarded twenty-five yoarsin tho Ponitontinry for killing Policoman MoAurnun without provocation or excuso, and thoe Court reduced tho sontence to two yoars,—nabout the extent of puuishmont a poor dovil would got for stealing an overcoat to keep him warm. Humau life is lield too cheaply in this com. munity, and Mauso's flendish crimo scewms to e o good point for a now depariure in the direction of adequate punishment for murder and attompts at murder. A WARNING TO CONGRESSMEN, AMr, FenNaxpo Woop, of Nuw York, ia ons of tho Cougressloual attornoys of the gold clique. Mr, Fenvaxvo Woop fu likowise o stroug partisan of the Democratio school, Finally, Mr. Fennavoo Woon is an old, ox- perienced, and wily politician, up to all the tricks of his trade, and especially export In tho manipulation of any Congressional move. ment. ut this and that togetbor, and the purposo of Mr, Fenxanoo Woon's so-called ‘tdragnet " resolution, which was adoptod last wock, Lecomes obvious enough. For wero partisan purposcs, Mr. FERNANDO Woop would not have ongulphed Congress in a wass of costly and uscless invostigations to the cxclusion of the necessary lugislation de. manded by the country; he would not have risked tho Indignation of the country by this courso without a special purpose, sinco pub. e rosentinent at the delay of publio business would have overbalancod any party advan. tage to be gaiued by the smirching of public ofticers omployed during tho preceding Ad- ministration. Nor would Mr. Woon have baz- arded his reputation ns a parliamentary tacti- clan and party leader in the Houso on a ven- turo of partisan gain fu tho faco of almost car- tain public contempt. 'Thers was a spocial inducement for taking this risk, and it is at this point that Mr. Woon's attitude, not as s representativo of the people, but as the at. torney of his gold clieuts, ssserta itaelf, 1o used tho party lash to whip in the unsus. pecting Democrats to commit themselves to o programme which willseriously jeopard- ize the prompt remonctization of the silver dollar s0 confidently czpooted by the people. What Mr. Woop Lopes to sccomplish is tho precipitation of so ficrce snd desperato o faction fight as to overshadow tho silver con- troversy and postpone it indefinitely. No - onoinvestigation, noronceline of iuvestigation, would have compassed this end. But, bav- iog provided work for somo s1ztoen soparato Tfi‘w‘ia‘fl:‘ Stock Ex- change yesterday closed at 973, The Bonatorial question in Jowa is con. ccded to bo settled in favor of Mr, ALuisox, whoso prominenco in tho silver movement hing undoubtedly strengthened and confirmad his Dold upon tho people of his State, Itis expected ho will reecive the entire Repub. lican vota in tho Legisiatura, < Tho Mothodist ministers of Ohiengo have concluded to onter upon an interchange of views regarding tho question, “How Shall Wo Toach tha Dootring of Future Punish. ment?” Some Intituds of discussion i per- mitted by the wording of"the. topic, and tho doctrino itself, &5 well a8 tho modo of ex- jpounding it from tho pulpit, is likely tore. celve considerablo attontion, Senator Ebpmunps lhos introduced an omendment to the MarTurws resolution, with the evident object of gaining some parliamentory advantage. Tho amendment ia practically a contradiction of the original proposition, assorting that the silver dollar . of the United States had long boen*’on obsoleto coln at the time of the authorization of tho existing loans, and that to forc it on the bondhold. ers would bo an nct of Injustico and Lad foith. Tho friends of tho silver dollar auglit not to bo troubled about disposing of tho question in this form, 'Ihey can sottle it na well by promptly voting down tho Ep. Muxps smendment a3 by votlng up tho Marrnews resolution in tho first instance, and they will undoubtedly do it. ™ In presonting tho potition of 400 bankers and business men of Chicago in favor of maintaining gold as tho exclusive standard of voluo Benator Davis felt impelled to mako o statement which in grest meusure counters acted tho efoct tiio document was intended to have. While rocoguizing the charncter aud standing of the siguers os citizens, ke gave the Beuato to distinctly nuderstand that tho viows sot forth in the petition wers hold by only n very small porcontage of the peo- plo of Chicago. He inight have fixed tho #iguro ot 1 per cont without overcstimating tho enormous preponderanco of ilver mon in this community, For his courtesy fu pro. senting the potition the 400 bankeis oud business men bave reason to be thankfal, ond they cun find no fault with him for speaking the truth ot the right timo and place. — It would be dificult to deviso & fairer or mwore effoctive plan for obtaluing an ex- pression direct from the poople themuelves than that adopted by the Ilon, J, I, Kenzre in the circulation among the em. bers of tho Tilinols Leglslature of a petition to the President of the United Siates that he will favor and eacourage the legiulation nec- eswuy.for tho restoration of the silver dollar. We print this wornlng o largs number of the vostscripts which have accompanied the re- turn of the petition, einbodying the individ. ual appeals of the siguors, Thore is not one swong theso Souators and Represcntatives who does not refloct the soutiments of nine- teoths of tho peopls of his District—the la. boring mon, farmers, mechanicy, werchants, aud business men gonerally, Presidont Haxes ym find in the petition the prayer of $ho untiro peoplo of Iilinols for the simple Yustics and equity so vitally essantial to their welfare, ————— ‘I'he Democrats of Ohio, who yeatorday wit- nessed the jnsuguration at Columbus of 8 Governor efter theirown hoart, wero forcedto celebrate the lifting & political clouds which Lad pretty ueady *lowered ™ thom out of THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. JANUARY 15, 1878 Sonthern Germany. Of the silver coins of Bonthern Gormany (sll now retired) it was found that 25 per cent had disappeared. Applying the same losa or disappearanco to tho coin of the thaler standard, the following result is reached s ‘Thaler coln, 1860, ontstanding......$331, 600,000 Lost, ete., 25 percent. . + 8,000,000 ‘To bo redeemed (n 187 Ttedecmed ainca 1870... Tote taben apin T 37,100,000 Remalning at end of 1871 20,420,000 It will ba seen that the whole Gorman surplus silver wan redncod to 67,000,000 on the 18t of December, 1877, or only $17,000,- €00 more than is authorizod to be coined in {his country by the Silver bill as proposed to bo amonded by tho Sonafs Committoe. If that bill be passed, tho immediate demand for 248,000,000 of silvor by the United Sitates wonld spoedily reduco the surplus of German silvor to nothing. Tho total new moncy coined in Germany up to Dae. 15, 1877, was of the denomina- tions and amounts followin, committees, cmbracing about 160 members of Congress, and covering all possible ques- tons over which there is striotly partisan dispute, ho has prepared the way for endless strife, ‘The strongost partisan pessions and the most vindictive porsonal spites will thus find opportunity and encouragement. Every membor of a Ring who thinks ho has not had his full sharo of the spoils, overy disap- pointed officcholder secking rovenge, overy fanatio who rides a hobby, every Congrese- man courting special notoriely, will find horein an occasion to put himsolf forward. Itis all to be At Government expense, and tho oxtent of this amateur detective businoss wiil not be limited by any considoration of private or public cconomy. If any alleged irregularitios of Graxt's Administration 1ail 1o nrrest publio attention, thon an cffort will bs mado to creato a sonsation with the utory that the filibusters of the last Con- grees wero defeated Ly a corrupt combinn- tion. If tha Indian Ring Is not cnough to start the desired contention in the Houso, thon the army offairs will bo trotted out to that end, If the Ronzsox scandals are too old to oxcits tho publioc mind, then an effort will be made to base a sensation on Mexican affairs and on alleged conspiracy to got up & war. Human ingenuity and partisan malieo will bo exhansted to met the Demo- crats and Republicans by the cars, and in- | augurato & tournament in Congress that shall defeat tho siivor lefflation cither by a sheor waste of time, or by stiming up such bittor fechings that Republicans and Demo- crats cannot bo broughs to nct together in this matter of common good and common justice. Tho dovica Is worthy of Mr, Fraxaxno Woon's peculiar political genius, and its proliminary success has undoubtedly brought jog to tho henrts of the Eastorn money-lend- ors, whom Mr. Woop Is sorving so vigorous. 1y and unscrupulously. But mombers of Congress from tho Wost and South, whother Domocrats or Ropublicans, will show their. wisdom by nvoiding the trap which Woon Lins sot for them. If tho presont Acssion is to bo dovotod to a factional row, lot them say with ono nccord: *First givo the ished tho coinage of the silver dollar, aud declared it no longor a legal-tender, Tho silver coinage, inolnding dollars and frao. tional parts of the dollar, contained in the proportion 871} grains of pure siiver to the dollar, and waa a legal-tondor for all amonnts and for all purposes. The gold coinnge down to 183+ wns not in goneral uso; it was worth moro as bullion than it wns a3 coin,’ and was oxported, the silver remaining ns tha genoral coin in eirculation in the coun- try. At that timo Congress did not ns it is now proposed vota toput moro allver in tho wllvor dollar, nor did it demonotiza silver; it voted to reduco the amount of gold in tho gold coin, theroby reducing the value of the gold engloor 10 coin to tho value of nbont €9.75 in silver coin. ‘Tho gold coin which was thus dobnsod and reduced 2} per cont below the .silver dollar, which had proviously been nt o disconnt in gold, be- cnme the cheaper coin, and silver, being worth more as motal than as coin, wes ox- ported, and gold then, beeause cheapor, bo- cnme tho gencral coln in circalation. For forty years gold, continuing all that timo to bo of loss valuo in our coinage than the sil- vor, was used to pay dobts, Any maon could tako bis gold or silver to the mint and hinve it coined; but holders of silver sold it as motal and bought the chieapor gold and hiad the Iatter coined, The wisdom and foresight of those who 1iad extablished tho bi-mnetallic system, giving tho country the option to usa cither coln, enabled tho peoplo of tho United Btates from 1834 to 1873 {o use the chenper gold coin, worth abont 97} conts on tho dollar in silver, to pay all thoir debts, Tho Inrge dis- coveries of gold nbout 1850 so reduced tho relntive valuo of gold that in Franco gold was oxtensively colned, and for a time dis- puted with silver for the general circulation of tho country. Being s legol-teuder nud chenper than silver, it formed a largo part of the national currency. Up to 1878 the peopla of tho United States aud of France onjoyed the advantages of tho bi-motallic system,—using the option of pnying in the chenpor coin. From 1861 to 18653 tho United States incurred an immeuse mnokind to perdition irrespeotivo of their own wille. Universalism snves all mankind poonor ov later.’ Mothodism, which Dr. Trouas says, ocouples n contral position bo~ tween Calvinism and Universalism, thinks somo will bo snved nnd rome notf. Al theso threo sects asscrt tho oternal oxistonce of all, Now comea n theory whioh' diffors from thom nll, and asserts thero i3 no posthumons ex- {stonco for tho wicked. May not onr friends in the pulpit bo on the wrong track in ns- sorting tho endless existonco of the wicked, and trying to establish tho dogree of their misery and its duration ? Bolicitous to have this important question (nvc‘,llgulml, with the hope that it may throw soma now light upon the question, ‘Tax Cuicaqo Tninune suggests it to the Chlvinistic, Mothodist, and Univorsalist clor. gymen as a very significant subjoct for their sormons, It ndds to tho impressivoncss and imperativonesa of tho thume that the advo- entes of the theory base their defenso not upon oxtrancous ovidenco alone, but upon the deelnrations of tho Beriptures, as well as upon natural and scientific onalogies. With- out oxpressing any opinion upon their truth or falsity, wo submit fo them somo of the considerations which the defenders of the theory have advanceds 1. May not the doctrine of Danwiy, that only the fittest survive, o doctrino based upon the natural principles of scionco, apply to tha future destiny of man? Of what use is it for tho Almighty to keop the rofuse and rubbish, whichshonld boburned jn Gehonna, erely for the sake of torturing it? Of what nso is it for tho Almighty to continno souls in oxistence whom Ilo cnnuot make into angols and whom Ho would not make into devile? Would not this theory of nnnihila- tion doter men from sin as effoctuslly ns the doubt whether one ia to Lo punished forever or only to enduro the pangs of purgatory? 2, Tanot the infliction of pain throughout an cternity an unjust punishmont for any conceivable mmount of sin? Ias not the Almighty implicitly promised a time when all things shall bo good and iniquity shall ond? 8. Is there not evidenco to show that tho theory of endless punish- Ohlo)—Yes, Mr. Broatzp-IoLnRR, you gave e a gold watch and chaln, but now I ean legal. Y 1y roturn a stlver onel” If Nast will reflect o little he wlil percelvo that he has thrown a boomerang that flies back and strlkes the thrower, STANLRY MATTHEWS s supposed ty stand foy the West fn the plcture,~that Is, the borrowers: and the pawner tho East,—the lend- cra. Ifave the money-Jonders loaned gold to the peuple of tho West, Mr, Nast! Have theyiven the borrowers a gold watch and chaln, Mr, Nasrl It they have mnot, there 'fs no point to your plcture; but as you nro an artist, and not s money-lender, you may be excused for mot kmowing. But the truthof the matter {s, the moncy lonned 'wns neither wold nor siiver—it waa dapreciated, Irredeem- able paper of various values. Somu of it was worth 50 per cent of Its face In coln, and someuf 1t 75t0 00, There was no promise to repay it in gold; no underatanding vr expectation of the kind, But the gentlemon who loaned this Qe tuating, depreciated paper now insiat ot being repaid {n gold alone, and they have been mis led by * soft soap?’ Into carlcaturing and mis. representing honest people who resist thelr Shylock demands. It tho wateh emblem fs to Lo retained, your Eastern sharps gavo to the Weatern flats pinchbeck watches and brasy chalns, and now demand gold watches and chalns In repayment, and refusa good ltonest silver watchies and chains, Do you understand it now, Mr. Artist? ———— Certain napers in Towa and a fow individuals fu the Leglolature, under the influence of gold- ite Bhiylockery, have been making nolsy realst. ance to the re-clection of Benator ALLISON on account of bis advocacy of the sliver dollar. The Leglalaturc of the State Is now in scssion and about to proceed to the electlon of a Senator, A Des Molues dispateli gives this report of the success of the goldites in oppusing AvnLisox: Des Moixes, In., Jan. 14.—The ouposition to Senator ALLisox, 'baving counted up Baturdoy evening, and tinding only twelve voted, have nban- doned the project, and will Joln tho majority aud &ive him 8 ananimous renomination, This demoralized dozen ¢mbrace the goldite strength of tho lowa Legislature, for we have not heard of so many as even one anti-llver member among the Democrats and Greenbacks ers in that State, Is it not about time for the Burlington and Davenport anti-silver papers “¢0 fold up thelr tents and silently steal away" on that question? 9,700, 000 181,280, 000 80,020,000 be eras 07, 253, 518 Bilver cotna {ontslanding) o Nickel cotn ... 4,600, Copper colne, about.... 2, This gold colnnge, together with the 67,000,000 moro to be colnod, will show the magnitude of the oxtraordinary domand for gold by Gormany, and will explnin why sil- ver, which alona was offered in exchiange for the gold, should hiava declined in value in gold. As this extrnordinary demand for gold will not snrvivo the presont year, tho forcod salo of silver will stop, aund the two motals will resnme thoir ordinary relative values—certainly if silvor bo remonotized in this country. e THE BALANCE OF TRADE IN ENGLAND. The apparont balance of trado ngainst En- gland in tho last twenty-four yonrs is shown ———————— At n meeting of the Athenlan Club of Boston last Saturday, one of the members read ex- 58,000,000 18 722, 000, 000 r,l:.OUO.D(lU 1875, + 92,000,000 . “ d and silver | mont in a literal Ilell originated with | tracte from two lectares, oneof them having peopla the monotary use of silver which 7,000, 000 1871 + 118,020, 000 nnfional debt, payablo in gold . they domand with such exceptional unanimi. & m;{,‘g}} 1877(est, 30000 | uoin, at tho option of tho Govornmont. In | Auoustive? 4, What fs the significanco | boen dolivered by the Rev, Josrrit Cook, and of the word **Iloll"? Tho Ilobrew *Shaol " and tho Greek ** Hades" mean that which is in darkness, and havo the goneral meaning of denth, *Gcehonna,” which is used by Cnrist a8 the symbol of Ioll, was tho place outside Jerusnlem whore tho refusa of the city was burned and wholly consumed, nnd, as Mr, Ilozates shows, this {8 the only word used in conneetion with the doom of the wicked to illustrate it. 6. Immortality wos lost through sin in tho Garden. After eating of tho fruit of the treo of knowledge, Apax and Eve discoverad good and avil, then the Lorp banished them from Eden, “‘lost he put forth his hand and take aleo of the treo of lito and Uce forcver.” 6. 'Che loss of oxist- onca nfter death is taught in scores of texts in tho Old 'Testamont, and was foretold by tho Prophots. Itds taught with equal force [n the New Testament, and tho Apostles proached it. All the illustrations of the Old and New Testaments favor the theory. Tho wicked are spoken . of ns baing like tho bensts that perish; consumed like the fat of lombs in tho fire; vanishing away Iiko exlinusted waters; liko taros consumed ; lika chaff burned up; like a dry branch ro- duced to ashes, ote,, otc. It would not be consistent with our purposo to quoto all the texts, illusteations, nnd prophecios that mght ba cited in favor of this theory, and which tend to disprove both AvousTiNe's nad Ontax's dogmns. Wa only present tho barest outline of the argumonts, which cer- © 57,000,000] Total..£1, “In viow of these figuroes, certain New York oditors have inquired, What bocomes of the balance-of-trado theory? It is immatorial what bocomes of that theory. Thae discus- slon concerning it has been so much con- fasod by looso dofinitions that fow persons understand the torms of the disputo, Bup- posing the balance of {rado to mean that ovory nation pays for ita smports by its ex. ports. ‘Tho BEuglish roturns scem to show that Great Britain has beon making good the balances ngaiust hor by shipping specie. But this is contradicted by tho facts. Instond of being drained of specio, Great Britain is tho Inrgost reservoir of spacie in tho world. The ‘nlanees must, thon, have been paid in some other way, ‘They have been partly paid by the profits of tho middlomen. In othor words, tho re- turns have beon falsified by an incorrect sys- tem of computing values. Exports have been nppraised at the point of production; imports at the point of destination. Coal has beon reckoned at the pit's mouth, cat- tlery at Shefiold, prints at Birmingham ; whila tho cotton, broadstuffs, and sewing- machines which theso articleshavo purchased havo boen valued at Livorpool, whero tho cost of carringo, insuranco, and two profits ara ndded to the original cost.. England has tho Lenefit of tho earrying trade both ways, It is concoivablo that o cargo of English manufacturod cottons should purchass in ty, aud then wo')l go in and fight it out.” . There should be no partisan row until legis- lation shall havo been passed which all par- ties agree in demanding. ‘Thisis tho posi- tion which should bo taken byovery momber of Congress who foels ho represonts a con- stituency In favor of 'silver romonctization. It n Domocerat, ho shonld say: **I om ready to go on investigating you Republicans after wo disposo of this silver question, in which wo aro both oqually intercsted”; if & Repub- Mean, Lo should snswer: “I am ready for your invertigation, and prepared to meot all proper charges, just as 6001 A3 W0 can pgreo upon the plan for remonoctizing tho silvor dollar, which is demanded by your constitu. cncy os well as mine.” Congrossmen who permit themselvos to bo diverted from this maln issue will be likely to suf. fer in their reputation for judgment or honesty, 'Tho businesa of this country is languishing, bankruptoeiea are following closo and thick upon ono snother, mon are losing hoart day by dny, whilo tho silver question romains unsottled, It 18 tho vital issno of the lLour, and thero i no public question that canmot wait upon its final declslon; but espocially party strife and bickering over post political ovents can bo postponed to cnable a response to a great popular demand on which Langs the prosperity of all buel- ness and the fate of all proporty values. If thiy decision shall be postponed, sud the present condition of doubt and apprehionsion ‘1870 and 1871 France incarred o dobt of almost equal proportions, payablo at tho op- tion of tho Government in silver or gold coin, In 1874 tho United State abolished legnl-tendor silver dollars, and is struggling to borrow or buy gold to resumo specio payments, while Frauco, tak- ing ndvantago of the temporary decline of silver, has been coluing legal-tendor five-frane ploces, and has beon able to resumo specie poymonts within less than noven years after tho close of tho war, ‘The United Btates, at tho end of thirteon years of poace, ls seom- ingly o8 far from speclo payments aa ever. Franca has onjoyed and has freoly exorclned the oplion of paylug her debts insilver, and Frauco has not lost credit by so doing. ‘Whon tha timo camo that the United States might havo onjoyed and oxorcised tho oplion of paying in either coin it was dlscovered that Congress hod, unknown to itsolf, re. penled tho option,—tho vital purposo for which tho bi-metallio system had boen es- tablished. Lot rny man ask h'molf what wonld have been the condition of affairs hnd sllver not been demonetizod in 1878.'4. Tho coinage of silvor dollars would hnavo beon resnmed m 1875.'6, and continued fn 1877, and from 060,000,000 to §50,000,000 of silver logal- tondor dollars wonld havo beon coined by this timo, Does nny man suppose that & measure to demonctizo silver in 1875, or 1876, or 1877, would fiavo beon tolerated by the chnllenged the assemblage to tell which was thy utterance of the roverend gentleman. There was much vogitating and seratching of heads, and finally it wus determined that both extracts wero Mr. Coox’s, Tho crucl young man then informed the Club that one was fromn o lecture by Mr. DANIEL Pratr, tho great Amerean ‘Traveler, on the **Incalculablo Laboratory: or, the Zenith of Four 0'Clock Civilization.” e ——— 8t. Louls Is haunted by a kleptomaniac in tho person of & mvsterious old gentleman who lias been golng around to tho different hotels and appropriating the rallwny clreulsrs that are placed thers for tho use of travelers, When ar rested, his pockets and boots were found to be \stuffed with paper, and the entire amount stowed sbout his person welghed four or five paunds. . I1is lodgings wore scarched, and fouud to be overflowing with old paper rubbtah which behad been for years patieutly accumulating. The question now arfscs, What can bo dono with thoman! He cannut bo convicted of larceny, as raflway clrealars o hotels are placed thers for freo distribution, —— Trince Bisstanck woull probably expericnes & momentary qualm of his stomach if hie should Jearn that his nama Is apprupriated by a fertils Irish reporter In New York who writea cable dis- patches to the ZiterOcean. —————— TALMADGE sava that the course of tho Impen. ftent leads 10 Hell as surely as Fulton street leads to Fulton Ferry. But cela depend § sup- posc one {3 golug the other way i ———————— Atazn was born n o Janclro, has made $250,000 in the United States this wluter, and indefinitely prolonged, in ordor that a lot of politiclans may quarrel over post evants with gola referonca to fulure spoils, tho peoplo will begin to get mad, aud the Congressmen who fall in with 3r Fravaxpo Woon's schemo will bo protty badly dasged before they get through with it. . BILVER aoib_un REMAINING IN GER- MANY. When tho Germnn Uovernment in 1871 decided to chango from tho silver to the gold standard, siiver was at @ small pre. minm in gold on tho basis of 15§ to 1, snd doubtless it wns considered that tho ex- change could bo made readily and certainly without loss. ‘The exccution of tho chiange was placed at the discretion of tho Govern. meont. Bilver, in viow of the expected change, doclined somowhat in value, but as Iate as 1875 hind not so seriously deolined s to ottract much attention in this country. During 1875 the German Governmont gave notice of the exocution of tha law, and silver doclinedrapldly undor the demand for gold,— ostimated ns nmouuting to from $300,000,. 000 to $100,000,000. This demand for gold was far in excess of the ordinary supply. It was o demand excooding the entire produe- tion of the world for four years, It was o demand calling for tho wholo gold production of tho world for four years, aud drawing on the stock on hond in addi- tion, This extraordinary demnnd for gold offerud silver in exchango in o market where silvor fs mot mmoney. -Tho act of Germany placed, or was supposed to place, £100,000,- 000 sliver on the London market in oxcoss of what commerco nooded, and called for au equal amount of gold in oxcess of the world's surplug stock., Tonco the advanco of gold s un cxchaugo for silver, 1f, during 15678, thboro should from any causs be an extraordinary dewand for en amount of cotton equal to tho aggrogato of even one crop in addition to tlfo ordinary annual demand, the price of cotton would advance, aud the valuo of gold as an ex. chango for cotton would proportionately de. cline, just ss the extroordinary demand for gold has incroased tho valuo of that commodity as an exchango for the silvor offered for it. Whon that ex. traondinary eupply of cotton has boon satisfied, and the annual product prove suficlout to moet the sunual dewand, the relative valucs of gold and cotton would be restored to their ordinary proportion. Bo, when Germany shall have parted with all its ailver that it needs to sell and has obtained the gold it has sought, nothing will be more natural than tho restoration of the ordinary relativo valuos of silver and gold. Xow far Gormany has progressed in accomplishing tho change from silver to gold, and how much silver romaing to bo exchanged, is therefore an important mattes” of informa. tion. Germany bas, In addition ta making the change from gold to eilver, made hor new colvage silver and gold on the unit of the mark, The old silver Is redecined on the basis of 1 ouncoof gold for 15§ ounces of silver. Germany has, however, provided for a largo fssuo of subsidiary silver, snd has used a cousiderable portion of the old silver for this new and chesper coin. Up to the st of Decomber, 1677, no less than §234,. 415,000 old silver had been takenup, Of this amount §181,780,000 was of the thaler standard, and tho rest was of tho coin of tainly presont a caso strong onough to war. rant our clergymon in investigating it. It is too significant & hypothosis to bo omitted, now that the entiro subjeot of Hefl has come up for review and possible rovision. It clallonges the dootors of thoology, and confronts not one sact, but all. peopla? Such o mensure could linve for it ouly purpose the addition of from 20 to 30 por cent of every form of indebtedness, pub- Mo and private. Wouldany Congress vouture to bravo the couniry by passing such an act ¥ It would ba n crimo like tho romoving of ancient land-marks. The conutry hay woke up to tho fact that in tho ‘night theso fand-marks, erccted for the protection of the public, have been removed, and tho question 18, Sball they bo restored or shall tho fraud have full effect? Bhall that legisistion be sllowed to stand which, if proposed now ns an original measure, would bo unanimously rojectod ? Bball the peoplo bo robbed of tho great optional right secured to them in the logislation by the foundersof the Gov. ernment? Haod this option been loft undis- turbod, the country would now havo the sil. ver in use as logal-tender, just as it had gold from 1834 to1873; and an effect of this would havo boen an increnso in tho valua of silvar bullion, and the practical placing of tho silver dollar on a par with tho gold dol- lar, nnd specio payments wnuid now be a matter of casy accomplishmont, South America acargo of raw cotton and wool that would ropreiont at Livarpool twice the vnluo of the original investmont. 'fhe balanco of trade would apparently be to this oxtont ogainst Gront Dritain, wherens it would in reality be richor by tho profits on the trade and tho wages of capital and labor employed in transportation, Another deduction from the apparent bal. ances against Ureat Dritain must be mado on ncoountof tho investments of that country in the securitica of foreign countries. 'The cffect of such invostments fa to bring back en onormous annual tribute, cstimated at £100,000,000, from all the countries of the world, Theso returns aro nol reprosented wholly in bullion, but in merchandiso which is sont’ forward agalnst bills of oxchange. The products of any country being cheapor there' than coin with oxchange addad, they will bo forwarded to meet tho interest nccount of that people in Lombard strcet. A lurge port of tho imports into Great Dritaiu roprosent meroly tha tribute which foroign couutries are compelled to pay to the superior sagacity and thrift of the Euglish nation, England is not growing poorer, although sho {3 ropresonted ns constantly having o balanco of trado ** against ” her. Nor issho losing hor stock of coln, 8he is taking her own with usury. Hastiar sald with much forco that o nation might alwoys have a bal- anco of trado **in its favor " by taking nll its products into mid-oconn and sinking thom thore. England has chosen to euffor what. aver oconomieal hardship thers may be in having tho returns * against her, while she has derived an cnormous profit from the transaction, Wiilo the English flag floats on every ocean and the American flag 1 seldom scen on any, the balance of trade is largely agalnst tho former country nud in favor of tho latter, 'T'ho differonce is greater on our slde, becauso our exports Lring to the country in wealth only tho sumg paid at the porta of delivery. Wo part with an extra sharo of merchaudizo to pay the English for wking the goods to market and bringing others back, The balanco of trado s conse- quently not accurately rockoned In customn. louse rolurns. Any arguments based on thiy theory without duo wllowances aro likely to bu crroncous, THE OPTION TO PAY GOLD OB SILVER, ‘When Arexavpzs Haxizzon sud ‘Imoaas Jervenson devised the system of Amorican coinsge they adopted tho mstallic plan for the expresa and direct purpose of securing to the American poople, au & protection against all flnctuations in the rclative value of gold and silver, the option to pay debta in coin of cither metal, In 1803 Krance, whoso ctr~ rency had been mainly paper for many years, 1nado the five-frang silvor coln tho unit of velues and the logal-tendor, with the con- current coinage of gold, nlso o legal-tender. ‘Thore, too, the bi-metallio system was adopt- ed to protect tho country sgainst any futuro fluctustions in the valucs of the two motals, France has rotained her system to this day, and by tho aid of her silver coin was ablo to meot tho installments of the German indem. pity, and has boen ablo ever since to main- tain hor. papor at mearly par with ooln, and was eble to resume specie payments on tho 1st of January, 1878. We continued the system in this country until in 1876 the people were astounded with the in. formation thet in 1873—'4 we had abol contemplates retiring to the seclusion of Paris. - PERSONAL. Yarkin G. Mendo hns mado o design for & Morton monaument. Mrs. Woodhull has bogun a socond serios of lectures in London, 2 Gon, Bherman doosn't at all ngreo with his wifa on the subject of danclng. At the funornl of Henry Moiggs in Peru 200 carrlages and 20,000 persons made up the pro- e DaynTrivs But , Chief of the Greek Revolutlonary Soclety, is dead, Ho was born tn 1801 fn the Island of Hydra, of which his futher was Governor. In 1833 he was appolnted u Mintster, durlng the regeney of Otuo, aud subsequently sat in the National Assorably. When the Crimean war broke out ho was mndo President of the Councll. From this position of truat he was vompoelled to resign {n 1830 on account of the stubborn realstance of the King to the lberal measures demanded by the people, Lut in 1862, when the revolution broke out, o was recalled to wower and becanio President of the Trovisional Government. ‘Ihe triumvirate of BuLoants, Caxamty, aud Rournos ordered an clection of a Klug by univereal suifrage, sud Priuce. Anrusny, of En gland, was chosen by an finmenso ingjority. Nefther England, Frauce, nor Russia, howover, would permit any of their Princes to accent the throne, und Priuce Groner, of Demnark, was fiually eclected, Buraamis wus sppoluted President of the Council uud sinister of tho Iuterior, but in 1865 agam resigucd wleu the King retused to dissolve or prorogue the Chambers. Duiing the present Russo-Turkish war e has been prowinent, us the leader of the revolutionary party, which aims to acquire for Uireece thu Proviuces of Macedonlu, Thessaly, Eplrus, and Crete, n. Dr. Petermann, the leading geographer of the world, places Btanloy foromost among all explorers. Dr. Newman had been elocted honorary Fellow of Trinlty College, Oxford, whera ho took s degree In 1820, Dr. liayes, tho Arctio explorer, has been appropriately mado Chalrman of the Canal Come mittea of the New York Assembly, Spurgeon soys that in this nge clergymen are not afrald ta profess princinles which formerly only the most daring sthelsta had the vemerity 10 arow. Mr, Remington, the well-known riflo man. ufacturer of Tlion, N, Y., 18 0no of thio notables of Cairo, Egypt. having & house thera which cost nearly $100,000. During o recont court-martial in Oregon tho evidence of Col. Cavler Grover, Lrother of Honator Uraver, of Orcgon, was rulod out becaust of his expresved unbollef in & God, Victor Emmanuel leaves fonr lawful chil- dran, —Clotilde, married to Prince Jerome Napoleon Hodaparto; Jumbert, now King of Italy; Amie deus, ex-Kiugof 8pain; and Princess Pla, married to King Luls I, of lortugal, Congroasman Bmalls, of Bouth Caralins, Uit docke his desk {o the Hiouse of Repreaentatlves with 8 bouquet from the Butanica! Garde: fuhaling its perfame, ho almost forgots that undce sentence to thy Penitontlary. The notorious dark-syod little Jowess Georglo Lee, was amain arraigned boefore Juat! BIxby, —New York Telegrum, And, st about samo timo, themotoriouw blue-eved littla Christian, Owen Murpby, stole $10,000 from the Excles-Ofice and abuconded. —Jewish Tass. A sketch of Baruum's life shows that be lost by fire fn the courseof elght years nearly 8 milllon and 8 half of property. 8till ko continueé 1n busioess, and announces that be will next yest take the road with **a combluation unprecedeats edly comprehoneive snd eatertaloiug." Ex.Queen Isabella has written a letter to Figuro defendlng and explaining her s0-calle Toconcillation with Don Carlos, She saye notbind Dbut & calumny can by soen in the suguevied 0P sition that shie is consplring sgaiuat 1er beloist suD, for whom sho bas sacelticed overytbiug, Dr. Mary Putnani-Jacobl, who recalved the Boylston medical prize at Cambridge, ~1b¢ Jjudges being under ths Improssion that they wer Fiviog it 10 & mao,—Ls honored by 3 raception Boston. The Boylston prige was good enough 1ts way, but the Hoaton recoption seitles detuitely her intellcctual status, S " “ Thg yeal troutle with'old Mr, Lord,” /& marks the Wasbington Slar, **the newly-marded New York octogunserian millionalre, o 10t 80 much that he marrled Mrs. Hicks o doesn't quietiy die sud lot the boye canve upt estata snd g to playiug polo. Nonaof hem b1 io buslness, it is sala, snd sl bave Leen lhh: protty extrsvagantly on incomes pecelved fr0! thele fathor. The Board of Tnquiry, in reciting the d: spairond dlstrust with which the Agents have i spired tho Indians, relates the following ln:ldl::; A poor 1odian bad worked long snd mmnu!m‘ sn Ageot, doing bis daties satisfactorlly. b when ho asked for his weges b was ridicalide L petition rojected, snd biy claim iguored. \N‘l‘" o at lnst was told plainty that ba would pot roce o & fasthiog, beveld: **khave listened totho slopazy;’but mow 4 1 ever dusuy morv wod A elther mysell oF my tesms, I hope the white m:‘ God will send me 0 tbe missiopary's belk arn me up there. " ANOTHER THEORY OF HELL, In discussing tho subject of endless puu. {shment, it would manifestly bo as nube. comiug for 'I'ns Cuioaco 'Tninusg, a socu. lar nowspaper dovoted to the affairs of the world, to indorso or ndvocato any particular dogma about Ilell, as it would be for religious newspapers, dovoted to tho affairs of o bottor world, to advocato Governmeut subsidies or Congressional patrounge, 'There is, hawaver, a ficld which the secular paper can conslatently occupy with referonce to this quostion, It may record what is sald and dono, and suggest now aveuucs of m- vosligation, This bocomes all the wmore nocessary becauso religlous papors, being the chompions of poculiar dogmas, caunot go out of thoir own bailiwicks. In pursuayes of this duty, Tug Omicaco Tamuxk yester. day presented to ita rendera tho viows of six- teon clergymen of varions denominations in this city upon Hell. Bomoe of them favored the literal, etornal Holl of brimstono ; kome a mental 1fell ; somo, o ITell of limited durn. tion; and somo, no Iell at all, ANl de. groea of bellef wero exprussed, from tho uni. vorual, ondless punishment thoory of AvousTing to the univeraal restoration theory of Ontoxx, Burveylng thoso sermons in tho wost comprelionsive manner, it cannot be sald that thoy solvo the great problem, In point of fact, thoy only open the discussion, and the curlous roader, whoso own mind is unsottled, who sought for a solution by read. ing them all, was probably even moro torn up when he got through than when bLo com- monced, If ho was in doubt whon ha com- menced, he must havo beon in despair whon he ended. ‘That this discusslon, however, may not be fruitless, and that it may be as comprehen- slve as possiblo fu its scope, Tux OR104G0 TasUNE now suggests to tho clergymen, as an ominently proper theme for their next sermons, & view of the question which ot one of them lLas touched, and yot one which ia very significant and which stands in their way moro dangerously than. Universalism. We refer to the dootriné of tho annibila. tion of the wicked as il wns wot forth in o communication by Mr. Buntoy W. Houuxs, printed in our last Bunday's fs- sue, s not this theory wortby of their con. sideration? Calviniswa decross o postion of Bays a goldity shcets Uold is Jower to-day that it has been aince May, 1862, Lolng 1024, "This meane that our greens backs arv nuw within 2§ conts of par with gold, ‘Flisa fu au indox of our iinproved natlonal creast, Thls s really an dndex of fndustrial and com- mercla) paralysls, towéther with o cessation of outilow of guld to Enrope. The “eedit! ot tho Uuvernmont dopends on its solveucy, upon [ts abliity aud williugaess to pay tho lutercst on its debts, and o the prosperity of its people. 1o these respects the “eredit® of the Goyern- wment {8 no better certalnly thau it was before the punle, when gold was at & premium of 13 or 18 above greenbacks; no money-lender doubted Ita solvency or willingness to pay then any more than now, or su much perhaps. Bustoess {s stagiant; mouney s idle; wea are afrald to borrow, becuuss the value of real estatu ix paralyzed, aud the price of merchan- dlse shrinking, white debts are growlng beavier and harder to pay, and grecubacki urs becoming more coatly. Dut is this & stato of things to boast of, or to deslra a contiuuance of 1 Yet there are certaln ignorant, uurctiecting news. papers who are just stlly cnoucn to clap aud so- plaud this distressed condition of the country, andg calt it *jmproving national credie.' e ‘Economy is pretty slow {n New York, the appropriations of tho clty for 137 belng still over $30,000,000—a reductioun of Jess thay & million on thosc for 1677, ‘Tho uct debt, it is alleged, bas been reduved §2,000,000 the past yesr, the first reduction in this generstion, but the debt still stands st over $117,000,000, or threo or four tunes os wuch as that of any Btate fu the Unlun. Meanwhlle tho citizcas are mortgaged up to thelr oyes, Tho recorded mortgages count by the hundred miliions, while rcal estate bas shrunk 40 to 50 per cent siuco the pauic, and still continucs to siuk: but the woldites still clawor or bulldoze for dearer money. New York will get ber fill of dear money beforo her debts aro paid. e Nast has been preased {nto tho service of tho goldites. Hé draws a picture of & pawu-shop, with STauszy MATTHEWS 8s keeper fu tho fg- urvof s hard-festured, sardonic “uncle.” Be- fore L on the counter ilcs o watch which he is pasaing over tathe pawncr, with the descriptivy fuscription uuderneathi 8. Matrupwy (Rev.