Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1878, Page 5

Py n fo 2z7 23 EFRF #EERRERaEEFsTFa Mewal . EmNE P anES B ¢ H “ in fts purchasing power aa compared with real- «utate, commodities, and labor, becauss jt has been compelled to do double duty—performing the functions formerly required of both old snd silver, and this i« why gold Is so dear, prop- erty 80 chanp, oul iebis so hard 4o Pay, as they ave fnereuseid with gold nearly ball. (3) A great many ablo thinkers and lawyers are rapid- Iy coming to the cancluslon that it s unconsti- tutlonal to demouetize siver. The more the polut is examined and considered the stronger becontes the opinton that the demonetizing acts of 15734 are unconstitutfonal. There s no questfon but they were an outrage upan the public, and must be wiped off the statute-books. The public good requires it. A correspondent writes us: ' Wmrrizn don’t {ive In Danvers nor BrAmg in Bangom Bkow- hegan {8 not north of Madawasks. See your »Matne-Massachusetts Mutidle,' Jan. 24" Our correspondent fs right In only one regard. Dy an Inadvertency, Mr. Braiw® was locatet in Bangor instead of in Augnsta. Mr, Wmirnizn has recently removed to Danvers, Mass,, and madle it his home. Bkowlegan was not located porth of Madawaska fu the artlelo referred to. It our carrespandent will consult his 'map ne will fin@ 8 *Madawaska North” and a 3fadawaska Houth"” on tho extreme northeast grontier of Malne. e e—— A rash young man in Boston asked a small but select dinner-party the otlier cvening the following _conundram: “Why is Loxoyei- 10w lke Zord Dundrearys aud when they had all given it up replicd, **Becanso ho has got a Brother Sam.” Au ley eltence fell upon the company, his fatlicr resolved to leave all bis fortunc to an asylum fo horse-car conductors, aud his betrothied, casting upon him a glance of Indignation that well-nigh fused her specs, sald tlat hencefortt, and even fn ajrafiroad collision, they must meet a8 strangers, e ———— A correspondent, in o letter published in yesterday’s TRIDUSE, tasked the newspapers of this and other clties with baving ignorantly printed the namo of the now star actress fu New York Mopazska instead of using the true form, MopnzrsEwska. Itls only necessary to say that her name was purposely abbreviated by her American manager, and with tho consent of tho falr actress hersclf, because in its orixlual shape it was simply unpronounceable by American tongues. —— While Bex Hiet, of Goorgla, voted against the Marruews resolutfon declaring that the Government had the Jegal option to pay the bonds In sliver, ho also voted ngalnst tho En- »uNvs resolution declaring that tho bonds conld only be legally veld in gold. Lasan voted as HiLw did on the first proposition, but dodged on the sccond, while Pitr KxrLoGo, of Louistana, dodged on botn propositions. ——— Home atatistics have rccently been published concerning the United States navy. It appears that during tho past year tho salaries of enlisted comtnon saltors amounted, to $1,500,000, whilo no less than $4,000,000 were pald to officcrs. An Ezstern paper appropriately asks if thero s any other corporation that pays its ovBrscera ‘more than all fts employcs. Mr. CosxriNg laughed heartlly at Mr. Brainz's attack on Massachusctts, That waa indeed on able speech of the Benator from the Little Rock Rallroad, but not nearly so effective s oue Lo mnnde about singed vate and turkey- gobblers some years azo. Mr, CONKLING may recollect the eircumstances attending its do- Wery. Among the nstives of Spacious Bay, in the Oceanle Archipelago, whenever agirl comes of marrlagendlo age, slic is locked up fn o tabooed house and not slluwed to speak to any one il ahe hes been marrled. Nofemalo resident of Bpaclous Bay lias been locked up over night for eleven hundred and thirty years, ————— ‘The Democratic soilcitudo about the Repub- tean party ia truly beauttful, It remiuds us of nothing so much as of the feeling of the tender- hearted littlo boy who burat {nto tears on see- {ng the picturc of LANIZL In the lions® den, aud wept to think that there woulda't be ‘enough of DaNIEL to go round. ———— To the Editor of The Tribune, 00, Jan, 20, —Plen dviso the eufering of Chicago if tho present colnage of shiver ral-tender for State, conuty, and town taxes, blige, TAXPATEW, A By law, in this Btate, silver coin 13 n legal- tender in payment of all taxcs, Btato and local, e ———— The Sunm quotes DRNJAMIN FRANRLIN'S optulon that a mllitla Is preferable to o regular ariny, by way of gratifying its svite against tho servica. We believe that Bzn was In favor of urming dur revolutlonary forefathers with bows and arrows. ——— Now that theso bluc and red ribbon move- ments are dolng such n good work, It may be well to remomber that the ouclent Greeks thought it was a deafrable thiog to bo fn tho arms of Munenr. L ——————— **Gat! Hamiltou™ Is writlng a serlea of letters on “Our Great-Grandfathers and: Thelr Civil Bervice.,” Iow prone peopla are at a vertaln period of 1ife to revert in mind to tho times of thelr childhoud! ———— Tb the Edltor wf The Tribung, Ceantow, o, Jan, 24, LI ide In your . 4. 01 dec! por Ihls queation: 1n wh B0730 atde payatter Tourssralye IPAUc03g R #Lawful monoey,"—greenbucks, —e— . ‘We thought “Little WiLLes™ CuaNbpres was golog to let us havo another letter about Haxzs uud thiues In gencral. “ Little Brueys should not weery of ill-dofug, e at— Perhaps there Is nbd Hell: but 12 there fau't, where Will people who welte to Tus ‘Trmusn aakiug that * Beautiful Buow " be republished 8o to when they diel . " - —— This would Ls a neat und economical way for tho Times to begin alocal dtem: A borrible murder was cowmitted on yustorduy snd Hal- sted atrect.” Mr. Diox Boveicavlt fs one of the lutest fllustrations of the truth of Dugberrys dictum, bt when tho ago s tu tho wit s vut. The Czar has peen sort of Ruustan things,— yes, Czar, ———— : PERSONAL. e The New York Ierald published a msp of Alfonsa's wedding. Krupp, the cannon.maker siys: * Der Lordt bias been goot to me, He makes lots of war 10 Lelp my poor vamily slupg." James A. Froudv, In & rocent historical ar. Hele, told some wonderful tales of the miruclcs Performed by the blood of Thomas a'Becket. It is sald that Justice Bwayne, who wis Distryet Attoruey for Oblo unaer President Jacl son, is golug to writo s blstory of ** 0)d Uickor; Thoes," It is eald that the Gorter vacant by the death of the Marquis of Afiesbury will bo given Slther Lo the Earl of Bradford or t9s Earl of Beag- onafteld, From the list of titled Americans hereto- fore mentioned wo have unsccouatsbiy omitted Don Camerop, the Adelantado of Harrlsburg. 1o 8l50 has castics In Spain, s Queen Olga, of Greecs, now in her 27th In the oldest dsughtef of the Grand Duke tanfice, brotber of the Emperor Alexander 1. hels not o basuty, but ehe is s woman of remarkable enorgy and furce of character. A Kentucky man was seen the other day - with s blae ribton pinged oa hls coat. A fricud faquired, ** Have you jolned the Murphys, Juiger" * Not ezactly, " he replled; **I only wear this In 3ha hops that some ane will ask mo 10 take 8 drink Uader the fmpresslon that I'll refuse.” Mr. Romualdo Pacheco, the Republican Dember from Californta, is & datk, black-oyed Spanab-looklug wan, who dresses In black and W24 8 rakieh somorero, lo is 8 spleodld rlder Sod gpert with th lawso, and Las killea soveral undred grizely bears with the lawo sud knffe. wa: MAJ. BURKE. The Leader of the Louisiana Democracy Interviewed by a Tribune Cor- . respondont, Ho Defends President Hayes and the Sonthtern Democratic Congressmen framn Charges of Partye Infldelity. How Tilden's Nephew Desired Tablic Opinion FRannfactored in Favor of the Electe oral Commission, Amangement Between Conkling and Til- den's Frionds, Wheroby Roscoe Was to Have Béon Made Tempo- rary President, How Grant's Order for the Removal of the Troops Was Intercopted by ‘Don Cameron. Blaine Very Friendly to tho South in 1875---Morton a SBupporter of Hayes' Bouthern Policy. Swecial Correspandence of The Tritune, New Onr.zaNs, Jan. 24.—The recent letter of William E. Chandler, ot New llampshire, while it has pretty thoroughly disiusted the whole country, has, at the same time, excited a tem- porary Interest In the history of the lato eam- paign, and that of tho Elcctoral Commission and the counting of the Presidential vote. Tho charge has frequently been made, ana denled, and made ngain, that some gort of bargalu or agreement wasconsummated, pending the count of the Electoral vote, between certain Jeading Southern Democrats, on the one haud, and the fmmediate personal and political friends of TPrestdent Hayes, and finplicdly with his sanc- tion and indorscment, on tho other, whercby the Southern Democrats wero fo refrain from flibustering, and allow tho count to e campleted prior to the 4th of Mareh, and tho President, on his part, was to withdraw all mill- tary support. from the Chamberlaiu and Packatd Btate Governnents Iu Bouth Carolina snd Louisiana, and allow Mampton and Nicholls to take forcible posscasion of the Governments of those States, MAJ 2. A. DURKE, of New Orlcans, who, during that excitiug perlod, represented the Nicholls Government in Washington, Las frequently been referred to o3 one of the princtpal agents In bringtug about thealleged ngreement; and it has further been stated that he bad o his posscssion o document In writing binding the several partics to a falth- ful performance of the acta stated, Mr, Charles Foster, of Ohio, fu o published lctter last sum- mer, cxplicitly denfed that any such document exiated; but o number of the leading Iinplaca. bles, and & portion of tho press of that factlon, have called fn question Mr, Foster's veracity on that point. The Northern Democracy, also, have thelr grievancef in connection with this matter, and charge bad faith on the part of the Southern Democratie Congressmen,~Mr. Tilden himself making o very broad fnsfuuation In that direc- tion, in a specch which he delivered immediately preceding his tripto Europe. The New Orleaus Jhmocrat receutly stated cditorlally that, Inview of theso several charges, and for the purposo of defending the Bouthern l)emucmu‘ ng well as the President, frum tho unjust criticlsm to which they had been sub- fected, Maj, Burko had decided to make & full siatement of all the facts within Lis knowiediza having any bearing upon the subject of this wmeh-talked-of *bargain.' ‘The TRIDUNE correspondent, accoraingly, called upon Ma). Burke one night Iast week, o had guite AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION WITIL 1IN, The Major 18 the shrewdest, and has been the wost suceessful, politician who has appeared on the Demoeratls side i Loulsiana since Jobn Blidell’s time, 1le {s about Hi years old, fvo fect ten or cloven {nches fn height, of medium but wiry bulld, with dark halr and gray eyes, and his Taco Is ndorned with a tawny, military- looking mustaclie, 11y nddress {s ut once cusy aud dignifled. His titlo of “AMajor” was ac- quired {n the service of the Confederacy, Hofs comparatively a **new man" In Luulslana, his restdence dating back (o but elght or ninc years ago, when lio came here from Toxos, poor and unknown, Ho was tirst ensployed os o laborer §u stone yard, it is safd, Lut withina yoar he had been promoted to the head of the business, la marked exceutive abllity brought bitn to tho attention of the oficers of the Jackson & Great Western Rallroad, and lio was employed by that corporation. \Withiu a sliort time after- ward lio became Frelght Azent of that road. In 1877, when tha Liberal movement took plnes, he realgned his position with tho rallroad, and ;5 ENTEHED POLITICS s the Liberal, and afterwands the Fuslon, can- didute for Adminlstrator of lmbrovements,— the priucipal municipul offlce of New Orleons, I had then been a resident of the Btate less than four years, and, on this sccount, met with great opposition, within the Democratic or Fue slon ]\nrw. irom the old residents,— tho Sold fogica” of the party, They carrfed thelr opposition to ‘the ex- tent of = placin nomination agafust him u cundigate of o Jues fmportance than (Gen. Teaurezurd, who, as a politiclan, bas beeu un fortuuate. ~As in 1850, when ho was the Dewmo- cratic candidate fur Muyor agsinst Col, Gerurd -Btith, Native Amncricun, then ke now forcian of the compostug-roum of tha Pleayuns utlico, en, Beauregard run just well enough to by due foated, Mo drew so” many voles from Maj. Hurke, huwever, that the effeet was to clect Col. Jomes Lewls, colored, aver both—the only Hupubllcun on the city tieket whu was_ suceess- 1ul atths eloction, “1wo yeurs later, hawaver, Mal, Burke wus again nominated, und this time elucted, Admiuistrator of lmprovements. Frior to Maj, Hurkie's apuearanco In the Dem- ocratie party,there was Jittle or no leadarship fn the organization, It was alwaya sctive enough hut its eilorts were nover concentrated or well directed. Its lcl&llut nembers were all pullin, 8t cross-purposes. Lach of thom had plans ol bis own, which none of the otliers wero willing tograut were the best. Mu). Burke stepped futo this discordant party, aiid, with coustiu mate tuet aud wkill, manuged to GET THK UKLM INYO UIS OWX DANDS as to the practical work of campaigns, und liad, It must be_ sulg, directed tho purey with great success, TTu wus the 1most active ageot in briug. inz about the *Wheeler Compromise ™ ju 1815, and durlug lust winter was the porsoual repre- seutative of Guy. Nicholls lo Waaningtou. To i, wmore than Lo any vther one man, is duo the -lunu vstablishment'of the Nicholls Uovern- ment, in reply to my query 8s_to tho statement re- ferred to'lu the Denocrat, Maj. Burke wu:‘ “1 have been so pressed with the dutles of m‘y vo {that of Btate Tax Collector of the First Disurlt of New Urleaus}, which embraces, as to asessed valuv, ubout two-llfths of the Srote, that I have hay but ilttls lelsure time to dovote 1o ft. 1 bad thought, in view of the wmany conflicting aud untrue statements In ro- gurd to the matter, that it would Le but justice to President Hayes sud the Soutbern Dewo- cratic Conf‘reumcu that I should state tully ‘what actually did occur In conucction with thes countiog of the Electoral vote, ro far as it caine under iny obscrvatlon. I have not as yet pre- pured the docuincut, howerer, and ans_bot sure that I shall do so. Al we want down bero s to l-awlln.ug- Ko wlong smoothly aud quictly, a do ot wiah $0 st up strifo ‘or bad blood, aud it ulehit be as well Lo say uothing further about it. Icun say, however. that NOTIING THANSPIRED at that time which could ta any way jmproper- ly colnpruialse President llayes or the Soutbvrn Democratle Congressmen. Correspondent—* it scema probable, Major, from the Wasnington -Iufiuu:hz-. that the Clan- dier letter will by wado tho pretext for the ap- puilutment of & Commitien of luvestigation b, Congreas, and you will probably be sumone: befors that Committeei” 3aj. Burke—" Yes. 1 haye thought of that. It such o Committes were lpouhlled. aps ¢ reaial mt:ubuu.-i’ =l 4 sothe aaid ni Correspundent—* Tho chargo has been by Nortl r.-lndlmrm{uu l.lu:,fiw Houlhtm%fi? gresimen ¢id not wet . g ! party ot Lt et ESEG BOMT AL thnie Maj. Burke (warimly)}—* Well, that is a1l non- seust. 10t people of Loulslana bad expressad ug favor fur the Electorul bill; they reganded it as @ wewws of lettivg Mr. Tiden down_easy. ‘Ihey hud been fed to exveet that Mr, Tilden and tho Demuvcratic party Nortd would ¢laim ‘overturued, 1 waa fu almost Catly cousultation THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. JAN tbeir_rights, and, [ needs bo, enforce them, Mr. on and the Titden manngers besought Loul a Congressmen and mysell to urge Nicholls, the Legislature, sud onr peovle, to work ups public sentiment fn favor of the Electoral bill, under the beltef that Mr, Tlideu's Hghis were secured by it: and we did s0 AT TIHEIR SOLICITATION and npon thetr rupresentations; therefore, Mr. Tiiden's declaration un the eve of lis depariure for Kurope, that *1le had always disapproved the Eloctoral bill,’ camo with bad grace. As to the charre of bad faith, it Is_ contemptible. When the determination of the Electoral Com- mission os to Loulsfana was made known, Feb. 17, 8 coucns of the Democratic Heoators amd Members was called at tho Capitol, to de- cide if, f view of the partisair action ol the Comnission, they would acqufesca in the de- cistons of the Elcctoral Comiulission, or resist. The Detmoacrats and Conservatives of Lousiana, believing that Tilden waa elected, hal dous everything In_ thelr power to secure him his scat} and the Democratic managers then spuku in the highest terms of our devotion to tha party. At the caucus of Feb. 17, we slwply de- sired to know if tha party had any cotpre- henslive plan or policy looking toward Tilden's fnauguration; if not, and ‘they ehould de- tormine to aequiesce fu the declslon of the Cownmission, then we_fnsisted that the party should commit the Republicans to the with- drawal of thd troops In Loulsiana and South Carolina before ylolding. Instead of making this conditiou, or any effort to save Louistana aud,Boutt Caroling, the cauncus AGREED TO ACQUIRSCE in the decirlon of the Electoral Commission, and practically absndoned Loulsiana and Bouth Caroling. As this was the last formal nssem- blage of Democrats authorized to pronounce for the party, wo have the best right to charge them with Ingratitude, at least. Thery Ty ned for us hnt one coursc to Yy, that was to secure Ly (ndividualaction what we had fajled to obtain from the party organiza- tion, Ouar prople hud suifered from carpet-bag rule until they had detcrmined to endure it no Jonger. ‘The Nicholls Government wes fi pos- session of the entire State, except the 8t. Louts Hotel. Our Government was in operatlon, sus- {ained by the people; aud, 1n onler to establish upots Packard, itwould be necesaary lomake war the Jegal State Government. This act of war would hsvobeen resisted tothe death, by whorn- soever attompted; and t required but little argument to convinco many membera of tho Liouse who had voted for the Ltcctoral bill, and were disposed to ablde by its action, that blood could not flow in Louisfana and South Carolina without endaugoring tho pesce of the wholo country; and that, i€ such a conditlon of affairs was to_ensuc, tho patriolic purpose ap~ nounced by Mr. Hewitd in suppost of the action of the Deinocratic caucus, of *preventing an- archy and strife, that would wupset ralues and disturd trade,! would bo defeated. Therefore, Democratle Congressmen who stupported tho Electoral bill to save the country from Llood- shed wero cutirely consistent when they de- manded that the Republivan party should atlow Ilayea to pacify the South, WHICH COULD ONLY DT DONR by withdrawing the bayonats from {nterferenco with the loval affuirs of the State. Prestilent Uraut declared in cmpliatic terms, and sald he wished his views to be known, ‘That the sentiment of tha country wasclearly against the use of troups in apliolding a State Govern- ment'; and nine-tenths of the Republican lead- ors eitlicr distinctly concurrcdor tactly acquiesc- od{uthedeclaration, whonthelr party success was in Jeopardy. We niked no mat. " e did niot roly upon Mr. Haves to cstablish our Govern- ment, 1f he sent a Comm! Yiere fo save misgulded o ublfcans frotn beingz efected from the 8t Totel, and toprevent acolllslon fn whi would bave been tho chief sufforers by reason of the universs suvcriority of thelr opponents, he was simply carrving out his often-declar disposition to allay discord and prevent strife, The foct {s, thu courage and numbers of the Packardites hod *petered vut? to such an ex- tent that this Hawley-MacVeagh Cominisslon was AB GREAT A MELIEP TO THEM ns tbe Electoral Cominlsslon wus to weak. Lucod Democrats North, *They thus got oif with thelr colora when the battle was utterly loat,? without any broken bones.” Correspondent—**Did_the Democratic lll'm'l.y have no definito plan for the lnauguration of Tildent” Ma}. Burko—**None that I could dlscoyer, otlier thuu the votes n Congress disclose. The ‘I'ilden managers i Washington had schemes for defeating the count iu tho Henate, aud for holding s nesw election uuder Conkling; DUT THB PARTY JAD NOVEW AUTHORIZED TiEs. Correspondent—** Do you mean to say that there was an understanding between Benator Conkling and the fricuds of Mr, Tilden with the ubject or defeatiug Mr. llayesi" "May. Burke (enalingi— Well, T am surpriscd 10 bear a uewspaper-man ask that question. 1 supposed thoy all kuew thot it has been kcr: wonderiully gulet, to bo sure, but { thenght wvery newspaper-man in Washington, Jast, win- ter kuew ubout ft. know- positfvely that \Scnator Conkling lind a speech all_prepured fo favor of throwing out the vote of Louislana, in which event lio was to haye been elected Fresi- dent of the Benate, and WOULR 1AV DBECUND FREBIDENT OF THR UNITED TATES ndiug the new clection, which would have ken place a year alterward, Mr, Tilden's friends were saitafled with this arrangement, bocause they thougtt that, with his wounds fresh bleedibe, s would have po troubls in soeuring tho Democratic nomination; and Sena- tor Coukling doubticss thought that, with the cuntrol of tho patrouake, hie would caslly stelvo Mr. fHaves and become the Republican ecauds- date. 'The vsuse which prevented an atlempt ot carrylng this prowrainmo out was thedistruat fely by Mr, Conkliug's ndborents on the itepub- llean “side,—the carpet-bug Scuutors from the Boughern States. ‘They wero all u{ wnough 1o slaughter Ilayes, bucause they had becoma alanned ut sowe of his utterances and at Uraut's declarations. But it was feured that, ustead of wupporting Conkling, they micht xum ('?r MMorton, ns they probably would have ane.! Correspondent—* Major, tha statement hns frequently been mude “that there was, about that time, an lsm:mmu made {n writing bo- twoun the Presddent, represented by Stanles Mattbiews, Claries Fuster, uud others, and lead- lnF outhern men, prominent wlom have been umined Uen. tordon, Ar. Lamar, Mr. Elits, and Mr. Gibsoi, of which you ‘were the custodiau, May I ask whether you havo now, or ever havo hud, such a document ln your pussession(™ Maf, Burke (after considerable hesltstion)— *You may say that no truo stalement on tuat subject has ever been published; that I have no agreament signed by Stanloy Matthows, Churles Foster, or anybody else for Mr. Huyes, AKD NHVER HAD. An to the methuda by which Southern Congress- tuen aud myselt weroconyinced that Hayes would be allowed by his party 1o carry out traot's declarutions about withdrawing troovs fromn in- turfertog with the Jocal aifuirs of our Btute, I du ot care o speak st present. Btanloy Mat- thews aud Cha Foster have been unjustly nesalled, s precty much all of their counes m:: :fih the Eiectoral busiuess Las besn pub- od. Carrespondent~*Who were the more fin- portaut Republicans to whow you have re- ferred " Maj. Burke-~"I do not know of any reason why every Republican connected with the guar ontees glven Bouthern mceu last winter should not frankly stato everything that tronsplred, They wers actlng for tLélr party, and 1 wn not awarg of any bargaln, grceinent, ur tranisc. tlon conuected with theso guurantees thut auy Republlcan o auy Bouthern Cougressuiun sbould be ssbamed to reveal. Ho far sy the President was concerned, wu did not seck to bind bitn in ony way, except through bis party, for wo wero satiaticd of MIS DEBIILK TO DO JUSTICE TO TIE §OUTI. Our fears ure, that his party jeaders, who Liad 1t 1u thelr power, might uot allow hLim to carry out bis wishes, 1t waa capeclally desfra- ble ibat & Cabluct should by compostd of en Whoto views wero tn consounnce with bis own unou tho subject of his Bouthern policy, Now, i1 I wero oneof thosa gentlewes, | wonld Luve 10 hesitatlon fu comiug out and saylng what what they all knew to ke the fact: that thes earpet-bag (overnments In the Bouth vouid not be sustained any longer by the buyonet, a3 the ;‘n_uhllu opluion of the country wus uverse 10 it he )leg_ubhun Darty, at the thue, was lu great ril. “The Hlibusterlog vote Lad run up ta the House of Represuntatives frow 40 to 116, und it asppeared us if they migud defeat the coant. I do not thiuk they could. Tho origiual tlibusters were men who bad 5ot been re-clucted, and were making poiltical capital to go home ou. The others '“::;l :cfibcn who :ut l!:x‘;%llr. to mako the uovement appear as formiduble a; dony Vhinlc toat wouss. of the L soirazy cueugh to stick 1t it. But tho situation looked yery erave for thie Kepublican pusty, ‘Gud tiey abould have been able to justily thewmselves fromn & party stau it for surceuderiug tho Southern Btates, ch they could uot Lold. Tho leadivg Northern Hepublicans Lave bLeen realy 1o sell out the Bouthern Republicsos _and negroes for the laat threo years. In 1375, when I wos in Washing. tou, shortly afterthy Kelloge Govervment was with A, Blafuo uud Mr. Lanius. Was, ut that time, VERY FHIENDLY TO THE SOUTH. He opposed the Force LIL), and appototed tho Plielps-Foster Cominittee, Afterwards oo lound he wis guing to Beed Southern voes lu tho Ke- ‘Tue former ruhllun Nationsl Nominating Conventfon, hecame thn * bloudy-shirt ' champlon. b i actlon I 1 2and e of his term, by ks ure the Nenatorship for his brother. fu-law, Jamos F, Casey. 1o you bellve that to Liayo been truel?” ). Burke (emphatfeally)—*1do pot. Grant ‘was much annoyed by such rumors, and [ took ocesalon to deny them npon my arrival in Washington. Grant’s eyes had been n&cnz«l to the perfidy nna rascality of Loulsians Republic- ans by Casey, who had " been thrown overboard by them as & candidate for Senator: and Casev doubtlees did much to show how they hul de- cotved tho President, and caused trouble and acorbity of fecling toward him in Joulsiane, He was determined, however, to do nothing that would peril the success of his party In the FEicctoral fssue, but was thoronchly disgusted with Packard, Kellogie & Co, Grant desired to cJoae his Adwministrution In peace with his arty, and was disposed to dispel Liie enmlty ereate toward him I:s Loulsiana In support of the car- pet-bag Government of Kelloge, by TAVORING TIHE NICHOLLS HOVERNMEST assoon as he coulld do so without defeating tho Electoral succeas of the Bepubliean pasty. He ndmired Nicholls a3 a West-Polnter nnd a man of ionor, relled upun his guarantces 2s to the colored race and Republfcans, and alwaya spoke of himn in the kindest ternn, ~ You toust recollect that Granthad niwass tphield Packare Kellogg & Co. They reade hit tronble throug out his_Administration, ! hut, when the Cin- cinnatl Conventlon ussembled, and Grant sought tho nomiuation of Limself or his friend Conk- ling, these worthicscoolly abandoned,their friend urant, and, while Mackard supported Diaine, Kellogg sustalued Mr. Morton, Jt was not ot all surpristug, therefore, that Grant shonld remark, on the eveningof March 2, when the order for removal of troops had been Ffl.‘ ared, that *he huped Nicliolts would thrash i—-1 out of that fellow Packard.'"” Correspondent—*Did Vrealdent firant ac. :unfly fssuo au order for the withdrawal of roops . Mauj. Barke—** 8nch an order WAS UNQUIYTIONABLY, ATADI. ‘The detalls of the witkdrawal of the troops was discussed, a5 also the effect upon the colored people and wpon Republicans, At Grant's 3 geatlon, Nicholla actually fssued o proclamation reassuring colorold people and Republicane, fn anticipation of the urder, nnd oxpressed sur- rise when Glbson and mysell informed tim, nto that night, that the order had nat reached Uen. Auger, and ho sent his son to iaquire the cause of dela; Correspondent—" Who stopped the order” Maj. Burke—* I was iuformed that Don Cam- eron and Kellogg stopped thie order at the tele- groph-office. It had been sent through Army Ileadquarters, or direct, and not through Cam- eron, who swore it should not go, and that he would resign first. Chamdler and scures of Re- publicans, who thought they would bag the Yrealdency and then fuduce Iisyes to fgnore tho cssurances ¢iven Southern men, urged upon Grant that cxposure of Heturning-Boazd schemes, disorder, and grave peril to Hayes, would be caused by imrmediato withdrawai o the troops; and, Dy some bhocus-pocus, the order was modified.!* Correspondent—* It 1s rumored here that Sernator Morton was a party to the negutiations of Jast winteri" Maj. Burke (thoughtfully)—*T prefer not to speak of the dead Senator. I know of nothing in this conncctlon that would cast o reflection upon his mrmor{ fua party sense. It 1a ol Just that I ahould say that he accorded with Urant's view, that the sentment of the country was clearly against the Turtner use of troops in unbolding Btate Governments ; aund, if alive, lie would fiave BUSTAISED UATES® fOUTTIERR POLICY with sll hiis great power and tact, 80 Joug as the peoplo of Louisians kept_falth in the enforce tuent of the Thirteently, Fourteonth, and Fifth- teenth Amiendments to the Constitution and in the protection of hife, Mberty, and \ rights of all classes. In tny opinton, ve, Air. Morton could and would hsve done mote tu wmfl]v.tlm country than any other nan, because ¢f s power uter his party. In bls deat, IHayes auffcred on Irreparable lose, and the South was deprived of the opportunity of doing Justice to the butver judgment maturcéd near the tlose of his oventful career.’” Correspondeut—* Did you ever hear that Don Camcron bail any further interest in keeplng back Grant's order than that wisich he paturajly hiad as g party manf" MeJ. Burke—* Reaily, my dear sir, you over- estimate my capacity wien you expeet me to be the receptatlo of g0’ many Prestdentinl socreta, as well us of the Cameron Inteiues, Permit me to say that you draw like n porous plaster. I should beglud to bave 4 talk with you sotac othier eventug, Good-night.” § THE CURRENCY. o, To the Liditor af tThe Tibume, (r*7 1 we Cmcan0, Jau. 20.—With the hope of gaininx entrance fur o wedge, which If it did wot over- turn the golden idol mignt ot least weakon ita positlon ln the hearts ol ita worshipers, 1 some timg siuce addreased saveral querles to tho New York Times, Tribune, and Vation, and more re- cently to the Chleago Timer; I have soen an- swers fn the last of thesv only, The queries were: 1. Ts there, or can thero be, in tho nature of things, an nbsolutely fixed] or Iuvarfablo unit, or measurc of value, as & yard Ia 8 weasuro of length, or a bushel & weasure of quantity? 2. Is the valuo of gold *lrrevocably " fixed by the cost of its production, or ducs it not, like that of all other commoditios, though beine made by law the standard, snd::conscquently remalning nomiually the same, in reality cou- stantly vary with the supplv and demand 4, 1fa gold dollar {s always sud overywhere of the rame Vatug, really as well as {u name, hiow can {t pay at one thne to trausport it from New York to Loudon aud ut auother timo back againd 4, Supposing that it docs really change in valug, sccording to the sunply and demand, how could the fact be ascertalued and the varl- atlon measured, while it §3 by law the standard, and of courso always nominally the same? "Tho Times of the Tth Inst. devotedigyer a col- umn of editortal 1o the disensilon of my querles, and edmitted tho truth of facts and principles which, taken as pramises and followed out to their loglcal conclusiuns, it secnis Lo we, prove the error of its position fn favor of the slugle Rold standard of value. A few days aftey, I cudeavored fo driva the wedge home by the followlug letter to the Times, whicly, & presume, it has reasons for not ubltetiog which Tin Thinuse may not have. T, ¥, Bxerer, Cnicaco,Jan, 10.— 7o the Editor of the Times— Drag Sin: am much obhigud to'vou fur the llloufh\lul consideration and candld suswors which you guve to my querivs in the Times of the 7eh inst., atnd hope that the cutio of truth aud fustico may Do advauced by a like treat- mient 'of i Tew wory querles, A8 you staty that motey, either gold or silver, {8 not an invuriabdle standurd or nieasuro of value, und thut the las of supply and demand to all cases goveras its changcs of value os woll 3s thoso of uther come woditles, 31 would ask: Dova it not follow from this fact that, It the uantity of money should by law be doubled, its value or ratlo of exchange with other prop- erty would b greatly diinlsbed. and thaiy If \¢ was Juswoned by “oiu-balf, ite value would Lo groatly focreasedt Au debts must vary ju valuo with the nnit of money, would not greas injuatice be done to 1hy creditore in uae case and tho debtor i tho otharr Wonld it muke uny practical difforenca fu the va- vlation of value whetlier the monoy, belng com- Jroaed of equal kmuunty of two wictals. one of thety whould Lo taken away, or, being 1nade of one motal, Balf gt it ehould be destrayeds Might wo-not infer, from the law of supply aud demynd, that the uao Of auy tactal as mouey by In- creasing the demand for [k would increase its cou- wercigl value; and that the disaeo of any mubal which had boen eployed as mongy, by taking away oue importaat use for It, would diminlel e valuat P 11 gold, which has fur been chlefly employed in perfofming one-balg e duty of a clrculsting wedium, o Ly tou divnse of silver requirod to do tko duty'of Lath, docs 1t uot follow with the cer~ tainty of 8 law of nature that with wuch & croat - creuna 0f demsud thers must Lo a corrseponding jcreuse of valuo? What would Lo the effces I vislonary or so- called progressive tacorlats, dissatlelied with tho old-Tashioued moncy, shoull {uduce the culnmer- <lal pations to monetize rlllllll. taking the quau- tity which to-day Ix equal {u the wmarkel to & gold dollar, coiulog It aud miskiog It8 legal-tonder for a doltiry Wouid I8 not, bo Increastng the supply of money, make iF cheaper compared wilk all achur property, and thus lower the valuo os xold, though It of cuurso would reiain poinlually the same? Waould 1t nut at the same e, by creating s new use for platina, fucreaso ity volue, so that soon the platina dollur would be a4 & prewiinu over the gold ouet Did not the Introduction of greenbicky as legal- teuder lu tute country bave thu clfvct of largely Sluuialing e s of cola crs, und thus tacressy e supply in kurope, so tbat guld aud silver were ilare tikn betore, Which wia iDdleated by ral riaw of ather values? Hot tha agyfeduta yusntity of all kinds of currency adect thy domand fur, 8nd velue of. cach iud, uy compared with uther property, sad would NUTSTOR “ THE TIMES? TO CRACK. . ARY 94, 1878, not the taking away of any one kind increase the exchangeable 7alne of the rest? Yon sxy ** that pold |s the neatest approsch toa standard that hae yet been fonnd, owipg 1o the Kreat dorn of the metal. {ts extensive nse ay money, the (dillenity of 1ncr=ixing ths sapply, and the cansequeat magnitude of the stock on hard an campared 1o the quentity prodaced in any one year, or during & number of yesrs 139as not ilver possess all theee qualltios [n nearly an equal depree. and does it ot require Dboth to keop up the magnitade of the atotk of money to anything Ilke that which has existed for ager. and to which all prices 8ave becomse adjnsted 7 ong nan 18 ot siiver much better adapted for small cotna, which aro most nsed 10 common dealings, which 1¢ must b acknowledred by the chiet resl use of cotn, #ince the larger commerclal transactions ara gen- erally deme by checks, drafta. v bills of exchange? What 13 (he great object 1o be gained b Ing gald and wilver, (Le tivn precious metais that havo heen ra Joni finpolly marri-d, and have dona 30 weil the daty of furnlshinz the world's medium of exchange and meaunte of value In answnr to my fonrth query, as 1o how any va- siation in Uhe yalué of gold conld he ascertained ve mesanred. you aay that ** au apnroximation ta the trath inay bo made by makinga llet of & brindred {inclpal commnditles. “inclading e prica of ioard, rent of dwellinz%, And tho wagea of lsbor- ing men, and comparinz them at diTerent times, " Now, inokingt the comparinan at the prerent tima with prices four years 870, duea It not appesr that gold has_ decidadiy increased in value, aud that thaa au fnfastice hus Ueen done to debtors? Whenever in the hiefory of nations there hay been a great Inflatlon of carrency and prices hy means of paper money, has It not cansed a great doal of financlal ditrcee to return to hard moncy conainting of both the preclous metale? What auffering then nisy we not expectif, In addiiion to contracting thu torrency by three hane dred and 8fty millions of greenbscke, we fail to repeal the Taw which fa intended atil} further (o contract the bard money to one-alf ita vrescnt volume? Will §t not nnscttle values, destroy confidenct, ruin debtors, almost paralvze enterprise and in- dustry, and, In the ond, injore capitalists, se weht 8¢ merehants, manafactorics, nd Isborers? "The natiou may stand one thorough bleeding and only faint, but what are wa ta expect If the doctors Insfst upon taking away balf the remaining blood ! sy we not hope that they may become Srightened, grow wisor, and dealat beforo e fnal collapses T. P. BeEcey, A WILD, UNFOUNDED OPINION, To the Fditor of The Tribune. Hesgy, I, Jan. 25.—~Will you permit me very Lriefly to comcent on one or two pofuta fu the'letter of your Onarga correspondent, with the startling heading, *‘Suppression of the Trutli 1 First, that In the West a proposition to repudiate would meet with well-pieh univer- #al opposition, The greenback mania which swept through the country two years ago docs not sustala this oplofon. ‘I think nine-tenths of tho West ’l] were rabidly in favor of au un. Hmited [l} ssue of fn:mbnrkl. and the pay. ment of all debts, Including Giovernment bonds, with thesame (1] which would practically smount. to repudiation. “And again, the numcrous suits trought Ly towns, counties, and cornorations to defent tho payment of raliroad old bonds thov bad jesued, ‘in aid and encouragement of raliroads and other obhjects, that the pocted to derive benefit from, of the eamo spirit of repadlation.” To Hlustrate. 8 town in (hin county @ fow years ainco voicd unanimously ta subeciibe §10,000 towards bulld- 10 rafirond through it. Thie bonds Wera lasued, the road was Lullt, but failed in bringing the bleraings anticinated, and the validity of the donds are now being tested on s meraly technical puint it the couris, with a fair prospect of success, Moralty. thiais repndiation, whatever may bo the fegal anpect. ***Tis pity "tis truo," etc. Second- Iy, ‘It te n great mistake 1o suppose the *mllser remonetization spirit’ to bu of the same family with the “greenback repudiation.’ ' Well thero are white spiriis mnd roy, ond doubiless green ones (oo, bul the ine fllnmon 13 {0 try the nrh’flo; and [ will venturo the suggestion that If the market price of rilver bultion was 01 pouce to-day tho fever wonld sub- sido s quictly and much inore lpeedll{ than did the unssage of the law dropnine the 412 grain dotlar outof colnage. of which £0 1uch complaint tnmadae! And, without wishing to impegn the mo- tives of any, 1 cannut avold the conclusion that hope af gain, by the adoption of a depreciated standard. is the irue tuwarduess of the present silver frenzy. Yourr, A. M. Poot. (And s not *‘the bope of galn,' by making money dear, aud property cheap, and debts big, “ehe true inwardnesa” of the frenzied opposi- tion of the moncy-lending class againat restor- {og the silver dollar to its old placet Is it un- natural that the producing and business classes should object to paying cheap-money debits in dear-money dollars—made dear by act of Cou- gress and kept dear by the Lostllity of the money-grabber 10 a return to the stafu guo anti- demonctization? Mr. Pool wh! galn nothine by sssaillug motlves, for If he flads o mote in the eye of the people be inust not biivk the beam fu the eye of Shylock.—Ep.] OUR DAD'S DOLLAR. To the Lditor of The Tribunt. Tuscora, NI, Jun. 2f.—\hen the Govern- ment went Into operation, n 1730, under the present Constitution, Alexander Hamllton, thun Becretary of the Treasury, made an elaborate report on the miut and colns. He cdopted the dollar as a unit, but cinlmed that 1t should not be attached to gold or siiver, exclusiyely, but to botb, und vroposed that 2476 grans of purs old, or 871,25 gralus of pure sllver should beu fiullar. and that the alluy in both cases should be oue-twelfth, making tho unit 27 gralus of standard gold and 405 gralns of standard sllyer. The act of 1702 established a miut and repulated the colts substantially In accordance with the recommendation of Mr, ilumilton. The coins wery to bLe the eagle, laif-cagle and the quaricr-eagle, gold; ~the dolla kalf-dallar, quarter, dime, and half-dime, silve: the cent snd half-cent. copper. The welght of the caglo was tu bo 270 grains, ulloed o part in twelve, and that of tho silver dollar 410 grains, slloyed so a8 {0 be (0 fing, “Tho subdivislons f these colns wern to b in all respects propar- tlona) to telr units, Ihe word dollar s derived from a German oans *ivalley,” and wos Srat ap- the mining régions of Boliowia, at a pluce colled Joachimathal, whero silver picees of one vunce weight wero calned In 1520, sud were called Joachinisthaler, then for shortness thaler, whence dalera in Spanish, und in Englieh dollar, I'nereo was a curious debate in Congress at the tjpe tho Coluage act was under consideration ne to B 2t ice which tho colns sbould. bear. . Origls ‘in tho Nonate, th LIl provided that tho gold aud silver piecos wero t0 have ou the obversy the fgure of the eagle and around the words ** United #intce of Amorica.” 0n the ruverse, the bill pro- . boaud the binpression of the kiead of tho President, litw nune, stccesslon, aud date of cofuige. ais was strongly objocted Lo In the House os ating monsrchy. ‘Flic President's **head ** was deemed dangerous to tho liepublic, sud after ac monivue debats thu Jlouse, Ly A vote of 20 (o il which the Nonato wua obliged to concur), in- dursed & proposition uffered by Rey, o1 Marylun to substitute the old woman with a fringed night- cap, whom antlquurians term a fag simile of tho Goddoss of Liverty. 2 "he Bret mint of the United States wae estab- Halied ab Philuduipbla in the summer of 1502, the firet coine weru of stivor aud iseued in 1704, 0ld coins coming & year Iater. David Ritten. lons, @ civil eugineer, who ran Mason and Dix- ou's Itne, was the first Director of the Mint, “'ho act of 17022 established the rativ of 1 to 13 av the ratlo of gold and wiver. In 1834 Cons n Kroxa changed thy vulue (02 1n 10, ‘Fho weight of tho eaglo 254 reduced from $70 1 graius and ucreased (o ong part 1o ten, the staudurd of hinu-teutns §ao was alst wilver, unid the seiztit of thy siiver dol- duced frow 410 10 { i VYrociox * Buee" THREE ‘REASONS FOR REMONETI- ATION, 0 the Ldttur ot Lha Tribune. Four MokKinxey, Wy Ter, Jau, 22—1, The act demonetiztuge silver s fn direct violation of the Constitution, as it fmpalrs the obligatious of coutracts. It makes devis contracted prior to the act vayable lu 2uld alone, wheu the un- derstanding of the partles was at tho time the urecinent was entered futo, that citber gold or ver, wheu offered, ljuiduted the fudebted- ness. - By the act cllmtuativg silver frow the national curroucy the vulue of guld s grewtly appreciated,—a dullar fu either silver or gold is worth tore than @ dullar lu eithor sliver o guld was bofure the uct. ‘Thoe law demonetizing silver liua u retrosvective fuflucuce, reaching buck and Cuamgiog the wutore of contracts, 16 favors te owedilor a4 the cxpensa of the debtor. W, Dy toe act cureucy 1o reduced toa basle too parrow for the wants of the uation. The swount of gald W the world Iy not autticiont ss & mediai urposew of trade. Hitherto both gold uud sil- e bave broved rather fuauticlent thuy athurwles v s motalho bugls fur the curreucy of the world. By eliwinating silve 1t of this basts da rewoved. It what anount of metal (& neceesary {07 nionetary purposes, Lel us Suppose the work of coatraction Curtied stilf furticr, that bot gald und ailver bu Quionctized, anil sowe exlruiely Tury motsl, s iridluu, U adupted 34 HLSY—cYery OUO Can bor- ceivethiat fuanclal suln would résult. Un the otber Land, muppose copper bo colned and Diade 8 lugal-tender. Gotd and eliver would ut ouce disappear, wud mosey, uwiug to its abun- dunce, 10us ite purchasling power of becouv wort less. ' The guestios 18 mply one of experienc and the history of 5, 000 y's1s kives abundaut e dence that yold sud wilver copatituto thovaly rellas ble curreocy of the worid, 3. Vo use of gold aud ullver ascures & usifor carroncy (brougaout the world, Bliver sges conatituted the priuctpal curreucy of Onental countrice; India, Cbina, sud Jupan. more $hal ohe- make use almost enlirely of iiver u wonetization o this coantry und Europe. will the cause of # groat Uralnagu of the wetsl (o tis Eastern nations, and the comuercisl wild wiil 10 the coune of & v, ba called upon todea) with two @roat curruncies—ons syatom in Asls, sae othur lu Epropae and Awerica—silver . the’ Xaal, §9ld i tho West. "The disappaarance of silver will give o capital- ur wuuey, s nta almont nalimited power over the nationsl cur fency. There being only one metal capable of don- yorsion Into epecie, the hniders of ft. by Bosrding larze quantities, can at will throw the monetary world into convalstons, and, in fact, control the currancy of Christendom, W. A, Cugaten. THE GREAT PIANO WAR. Weber to the Front Again—ife Gives n Re- sume of the Cantennial, Tells All Ahout the Awards, and Bestows Some Advice to the Stelnways, Furen Avesun axp Sistzenrn Srager, Nxw Yonx, Jan. 22, 1878, — 70 the Edilor of the New York Tribune—Sin: The scurtilous abuse which Measre, Eteinway & Bons Indulge In againet their competiture aftar every Exbibltion, where tneir 24anos have been intariably defeated, has been ptly termod by an cminent houre in the pixno trude, °* the new Stelnway System. " Wheu they retarned fron Loadon in 1862, they claimed to have received the highest award smong fome 200 planos on _exbibitlon, when, In fact, Messrn, Brosdhead & Sons, of London, did recelve it. This great and honorahle houee have simoly Ig- nored thelr impudent pretension. The venom with which they assailed Mesars. Clhilckering & Son,after he Mesers. Chickering had recelved the supreme anard, the Crosa of the Lezion of ¥lenor, at the Parfa Kxbibition, while the esrs, Steinway only recelved & gold mieds), Is probably etlll remem- bered. Itlasted for years. Anotler outbreak of Blllingeg ate fotlowed when the Messrs, Chickering showed, after the Plenna Exhibition, that **tho whole statement (thot of the Menars, Stelnway),a¢ 1t appehred In the American newspapers, {s forgery, a tissuu of impudent falrebood; Now ¢omes the Centennisl Exhibition st Phils- delphia ln 18 Last January, juat & year syo, they opened a broadenlo of abiuée on the Mas Knahe & Co., of Baltimoro, and went so faras to commence a invauit. But whon thie Mersra, Knabe & Co, Joined {ssuc. they ignuminlously withdrew nd seolded througli the prevs like a fiah-womsn. ‘Tho plano.makers naturn!ly thought that would be tho end, but lot ana behutd! Nav. 10, 1477, one year aiter the close of the Centonital, and seven- teen montha After the jndges had teft thelr reports with the Ezecutive Committee, and they bad been voted npon by the whols Cantennist Commitsson, the Mesars, Stelaway atart out afes and Olug a whale dictionary of mud aud dirt at the head of tho innocent Weber. 1t has alwaye been & maxim thas the naked tenth, squirely prasented, has an inherent atrencth, an thiat whenever abuse 18 resorted Lo it slows that the facta are wanting, when of course & loss of temper naturally follaw: Now, thu facts re these: The Mesars. Stelnway undonbtedly came away from the Centennial fully conrlnced in thelr owrn minds that they had & very gocd feport. Presently It was polated out to thei and the world that the judges. while giving them credit for **largest volume, pinty, and daration of tone and extraordinary mvrflln{: capacity, " had reaily awarded to Weber the highest honor, viz, : viSymentietle, pure, “ang dlel tone. comibinéd swith greatest pawer.” ‘This_is the jdeal piona of every great musician and ariist, viz., enaibility and sympathetic gnality with greatest vowar, —iit fact, an instrument witha soul in it! This revort, signcd and sealed with the Cenlenntal seal, can be Scen at my warcrooms. ‘Withan instinctive dread of impending eyl which foresbadowed A loss of prestige and business, the Messrs. Steinway now rushed thoneands of miles animade two ocean Yoyages 10 obtain a ceriificate, &t enormou cxpenso of moncy, time, labor, and brains, from fome of the former: judges of tho Centepnial. Thin they hare publiatied ever since. while they entirely ignora their Ceuteanial repart. Whan it wae pointed out that this certilcate bory no opicial character, but was simply an opinion of anumber of private gentlensen more renowned for thele philosopliical stialnments than for their knowlcdge of planos, they bethought them- selves of an ineignificant change, which had been mado Gf GAe - request " of " ong of tAe Judges, n- this wonderful awnsd given to Weber, and Induced somse of tie judzes to ask the Executive Committes to make tho altera- tlon. This the Executive Cotnmittee refused to du, declaring they had no power In the Yrumhn. o the Weber award was given by the full Centeniial Commirlon. signed and aealed,” but resolved, *'that the Executive Committce strongly recom- mend 1o the Commiasion that its aciion approving sasd pnended repurt be reconslaered, and that the wriginal unamended report be acceptod and instied a8 the true basts of the award In said Weber case. " The gentlemen of the Commission areal} honorable mien, and, I hare no doubt, wii; u strict ac- cordance with Juatice at thelr May meeting, ana common courtesy requires that it be feft thi then. "The Lo Teports are alinost 1dentically the same, and elsher ts superior Lo the roport ¢iven 1u the Messrs, Steins which they atill reer ashamed io punlish, If Thave offended the judges, 1 uo not know of L. .Nof one of fhem nas told me or writlen e so. They nre sil wentlemen, and if they had any grievance agalast me it js but natural to suppore they woald lell me or srite me fo (hat €fect, und not yo and tell any one else so. This whole question, however, 148 a maler Leticeen the Commission and myself. 1 do not see what bual. ness 48 of the Mexare, Stefaway, LET TUE MEssns. PIKINWAY ATTIND TO THRIR OWX RESINESS, ] ud of runiug over Mie world, auending mouey and tme, leb thew INIROVE Tkt FiANOs. While 1 have bullt an addition of 156 fect to my factory, aud kave added th st perfectimproved machincry, and apent my cash In fayproving my pl- anos, and quietly stiended 10_iy usiness, 18 all o testol tho plano-uiskers havs doue, they ac- e publicly having run over the world for knowledgs thirtech monthe 1o stir up atrife. The American people, sointetilzent and mual come tothe planc-makers 0 buy vlanos, n porls, NOE Judges, nor cven commission themanuficturer who eun make the best the ‘wosl reasonabie price" getw the trade. If they aeo loning L. it le thele awn fault The trade of the **Weber Piuno® hus Increased 1n 1877 over 187U—431 planos, and I sold nearly duuble as many plancs In 1877 as 1 did in 1 and considering the times, 1am perfectly sat! 1t the Mesars, 5 thow lmprore ¢ Ing in s nore eompact A runniug over the world an enommoun ¢ penve, which sccumplialies nothing, stop waking whitewood, maple. and walnat platos, und statn- {ng them 16 louk Tke roscwoud, put their money in thelr planos, not !noutslde lssues, and they may regain some of their former prestiye, feel appler, et richer, and not noed to acold #0 much, v A. Wepen, ————— J, Q. SMITH, EX-INDIAN COMMISSIONER. Tho editor of the Canton (0.) Nepository, Capt. W. J. Vauee, who used to bs in Washing- ton, saysof;tlie ex-lndian Commissiouer who 13 crylug persecution: Ex-Commissloner John Q. 8mjth is In Wash- ington seckiug a vindleation. ilo would do far better to gratefully accopt the merciful |etting down that Ecerotdry Schurz accords him. He has not s dishonest balr io his fiead or bong n nis body; but be hins no more ability to detect and prevent dishonesty In uthers than has a year-old infaut. Ho is slmply & respect- able noneatity. Iu the Indlan otfice ho was o more figure-hiead. The writer kuows whercof ho speaks. Chiot-Clerk Galpin * run " the afilce, while Smith signed papers ke su uvrea- wn"fif uutomaton, Oue duy he was visited on oftlclal busfness. In respouse to w request for vertain luformation, he threw hlinself Luck {u his chalr end satd: * Heally, you'll Lave to #sk Mr. Galpin. lle ruus tho office, I'm a statesmau!” Ho sald it with an utter uncon. sclousuoss of the acvuracy of tho sarcasm, Wiien Zach Chawller took chiarge of the [nt rior Department hio wiade some;praiseworthy forms, for Zuch bates & thiel Bome of these seforing were inude upon tnvoluntary but bo- est and correct Infurmation tecelved from o subordinate fu the Indian ottlce, whom Chavdier guarunteed bnnuoity from persceution us long o3 hu was Becretary, ‘flhess reforing coms prised the dlemissal of certaly cmployes, and the disbarring of certuln atioroeys, The - Becrewary (Chaudler) tasued strict orders that neither the dischanzed emploves nor the dlsbarred otlicluly should be penmitted tu practice beforo the Iudiau office. I less than nincty dugs they were practicing befure tha Indiau otlice. andles was kept {n lznoratice of It, and i Bmith knew It he sald nothing aud did uotntag. The little Ring susvected the source from whence Chandlor got e Informa- tlon, aud before Behugpz was warm fn hils scat Gulpin bad the fnvoluntary juformant dis- charged without a sbaduw” of reason. The wilter seiterates that Lo knows whereof ho allirmy, Tho facts {n his vossession amply Justify his characturization of Mr. Bmith, Sece rutary Schurz and tha President souche to let AMr. Bmith down easy, r. Buith lsungrateful, He oughbt to be qulet and thankiul. ——— MEMORIAL SERVICE. Zoscial Dispaich (o The Chicaga Tridune, Broosinaros, Ill,, Jau. 37.—A memorial serviee in bounor of the lste Jobn Magoun, who died at Marshficld, Mass., tast Sunday, was beld to-duy &t the First Stetbodist Church, of which he was s mewber. The church was flled to lts utmost capacity. Memorlal sketclics and ad- dicsues wers wads by the Baugb, Dins- mwre, Perker, and Judge Reeves. A memorial tabict 1s ta be erected fu the church for Johu Magouu, sud one or Jease Blrch, ————i— The Atwosphere of Love (48 pure, sweat breath. Ttta dealdecatum {e one u g Sozodout, which uot ouly uvigorates snd pre ved the téeth, but renders thy lwouth us fragrant as a rusc. et — A barmiess subatitute for ali iuluxicants, San- furd's Jswalcs Uloger. ey BUSINESS NOTICES, 7o Constimptives.—bluny I to zive bucitLeatimony fa favor ot Bor's Pure Cod Liver Uil aud Lime.” Expericuce bas proved It 10 be a valuablo resedy for cupsump- tion, astuma, diphiberla, sud sl dlacuses of tho throtund lungs. Mauufuctored ouly by A, B. Wilbor, Chewias, Boston. Bold by druggiats geu- erully. 4 ANNUAL CLEARING SALE. Colten Opportniy CLEARING SALE! West End Dry Goods House, Madison and Peoria-sts., AND North Side Dry Goods House, North Clark & Erie-sts. In nddition to attraotions previ. ously ndvertised the tollow= ing bargaing in’ HOUSEKEEPING GOODS Wo are offering at prices never before heard of in Chicagos Heavy Loom Dice Table Linen, 80 inoh wide, 36 former price 50c. Very heavy softfinish Loom Damnak, 60 in. wide, 60¢C ; formor price 75¢c. Extra heavy Burnsioy Loom Damsak 84 in. wide, 76e. Widest and best g Scotch Loom Dam. alities Barnaley snd k, $1; former price, Bloachad Table Damaskn, 60, In. wide, 35 and 4003 former price 50 snd @0¢c, Heavy Bleached Damask, 83 in. wide,50c3 tormor price 85¢. Very heavy Bleachad Damasks, 64 in. wido, 7603 former price 81. Extra Heavy Bleachod Damask, soft finish, 04 in. wide, S11 former price $1.35, 5-8 Damask Napkins per dos, 31; former price, $1,75. Full size hoavy quslity Damask Napkins, $1.25; formor price, $2. Beautiful Damask Napkins $2, $2.60 and ¢33 formor prico§3, $3.50 and $4. Bester qualitios reduced in same proportion, l%t‘n. wide Twilled Crash bo; former price Heavy Twillod Crash 7tic; formor prico10c Russin Orash 10 and 13%c: formor price 12! and 150. B 20 40, wido All.Linen Bleached and Bréwn Orash 12!50; formor price 17¢. Heaovy Loom Damask Toweling, 12'jc; formor prico 160, , Bleached rnd Unbleached Huokabuck Tos %’J 20 by 33 inches, 1340; former prics Unbleachsd Damask Towels, 30,by 33 in., 150; former price 20 and 3¢, Lntgu sizo Rlonchod and Unbleached Dam- osk and Huckabuck Plain and Knotted g‘orénluu Towels, 3603 former price 40 and Bettor qualitiearednced in samme preportion 11-4 Honoycomb Bedapreads, 78¢; former prige 00c, 11.4 Honvy Bodquilts, B5o; former prico $1 11-4 Extra Heavy Dodquiits, §1.95; formo: price $1,70, l!’-l;‘ Bxéxmom-: Quiits, $2; formor prict 114 Heavy Marseilles Quilts, fast baok Ei" )!;crmex;lsflcu:,?.bu. ezant Marsoillos ts for $3.50, N&m huectll' onu-t)%rd. R0 EATRGE ottingham Laco Curt t Giad mBGHGRS dogt. " o lower pricel Elogaut Nottingham Ourtain Nots (n boau. dl\xelrnealrlfl’:;hv!grg v;:ga.ugnh'r ouble bor. 46,45 aad 150, 4% 00c3 tmer prioe A fow casos 13-4 Fine California Bl At $4.80 poire the lowest pr(xc‘oulhnylmlfll'.!: hoon eolu at Loretof:ro In ¥8, u:‘::.ll hargai{ns {n othor Blankets and Fian. CARSON, PIRIE & (0. IDICAL. nIE TARRI Sneezing Cstarrh, Chronio Cas, tarch, Ulcorativo Catarrh, permanently oured by SAMFORD'S " RADICAL i 7z, 1A 18 thie 1oVt Nerfvod recicdy ever devisad, L1y Purfly n vegotable distillailon, and is spplied oeally by insuiativu, aud conatititicuatiy Yy iz- ternal ndmis l‘n . ‘Locally upplied, rettsf s tie g (R A P A WA 1 yasal passagen of avcey 'feoling of hoaviness, abe struction, dulness, or disziu Coustitutionally sdministarod urides of 1ha acld pol Catarrh,stimi cathnatomach, liver, anc fpfeewdigeation uaked net blood: and permita lio forwation of suund, basithy Illln'.l:flvfiullll eLtatas cownlcly contfal oret tho diiech emarkahla Curatlye pawers, when ol otk ittarly ';(\(fl:!r:lul a3 1CAL Ci I sroan PidiEi con 3 Bi ' i ol TR e o i) s i An Enthuslastlo Friend of Sanford's : Radioal Cure, 3 + AL MELLIZE, Wathingtun Av. Clb TR Y N YA Y Catareh, and (OF tha past two years hava d Wit it, Noticioy your sdvertisemeat of inioy (Reiar, Ceanl 1d it 1 presu e hilelo o {0 gesit mure Lol Aheis oiay Lava such Viavi raumuithdsd 18 b0 Glta & Bocae e, ol 'hnv! have €xpresteil lo Iy caticiale of s velug sad guvd eucts Ukink 18 paztical ik tope .Y-:’l{‘;dlnkd fozan BN 10 Ko o i Wuta A LS e Cin'S darmyie; 10 be bitiig aktrait erne HRR PR T . WALy end Netall Druggtils ughecy Lt A Buato, Musss S ad heutasie 3t e ., whi 7 4,108 ROBR NOT A QUACK NOSTRUM. Guslurmen, 1 beren vars e U ey T ey 1»1 chice 4 have sever Kaown lbem. »: uxum(mw\nu\*llnnnuuu M Hherar o ko for vblen ey Sioterumibetaty bt el dens o {“‘3 P e etaarons, uu. aey an i, CORL b RICE 25 OF! P NTS. Ba oaraful 10 oblain CoLLing: VoLTas PLasvas, stoutiagion erkletiric a3 voltalc Hates. T iy Sedicated Flaste ity Sy s Wnaiteate 8 Doty United St BR. Frepels e = ey