Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1878, Page 4

< ° THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, {8B—TWHELVE PAG Tlye Tribwre, TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVANCE~TOSTAGE FREPATD. atly Faition, ona year.. 12, sriaof & . Def mont Fpectmen eoples sent tree. Glve 'ost-Uftice addrems {n fall Including Btatasnd County, Itemittances may be mado either by Araft, express, Foat-Office order, or In reglstered letiers, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY BURSCRIDERS. Dally, delivered, Bunday excented, 23 cents por week, Latly, delivered, Gunday Included, 30 centa ner week. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison and Deatborn-atx.. Chicago. fil. Orders for the delivery of Tie TRinuNE at Evanston, Englewood, and Iyde Park leftin the sounting-room wilirecelve prompt attention. e e TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES. Tr® CuicAan TRINUNR has eatablished branch offices for the recelpt of subscrivtions and advertisements as follows: NEW TORK~Toom 20 7ridune Buflding. F. T. Mc+ Fannex, Manager, No. 10 Ntae ds Ia Grange-Bateltere, meriesn Exchange, 440 Btrand. 1LL1, ARent. CISCO, Cal.—Palsce Hotel. AMUSEMENTS. McVicker’s Theatre. Maditon strect, between Dearborn snd Btate. Afternoon, **Paul Pry”* and **Romeo Jafer Jen- kins.” Evening, **The Lancashire Lass." laoley’s Thentre. Tandoiph street, hetween Clark and LaSalle. Fogagement of the Strakosch Opers Troupe, **Mig- non "™ at2p. m. New Chleago Thentre, Cuark strect. oppostto Sherman House, Engage- ment of Nick ftoberts’ Pantomime Troupe. **Lumpty- Dumpty,* Aficrnoon and evening. Tlaveriy’s Thentre. Monroe street, corner of Desrborn. Engagement of McKce Rankin and Kitty Dlanchand. *'The Danites." Afternoon and evening. Colisenm Novelty Theatre. Clark street. opposite Court-llouse. Variety per. formance, SOCIETY MEETINGS, CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, NO. 0. R A, M.— Epecial Convocation fhis Baturdsy evening at 7:30 oelock, sharp. By order o v anD i1 F, _d. 0. DICKERYOX, Secretary. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1878. CHICAGO MARKET BUMMARY, The Chicago prodnce markets were cencrally stronger yesterday, and graln was mors active. Mees pork clored 25@27%c per brl higher, at 81045 @10.474 for March and $10, 8214@10. 85 for April. Lard closed fc per 100 Ds higher, at $7.424 for March and $7.60@7. 62! for April. Meats wera firmer, ot 3,623 per 100 Jbs for boxed shoulders and 85.46 for doshort ribs, Whisky was stendy, at $1.04 per gallon, Flour was in active demand, ‘Wheat closed 3l4c higher, at $1.11 for February and $1.114; for March, Coen closed 1@31%c high- er, at 424c for February and +#4Xc for May, Oats closed !4c higher, st 23c spot and 284c for May. Tyc wasfirmer, at Gdi4c. Darloy closed 145¢ higher, ot 47!4c spot and 48¢ for March, Jlogs were active and strong, with sales of common to extra ot $3.50@4.10. Cattle were wers duil and unchanged. Fales were at $2.00@5.23. Bheep were firm, at 33.00@5.60 for pour to extra. In- spected into stare in this city yesterdsy morniug: ¢ cars wheat, 150 cars corn, 20 cars oats, O cars rye, 42 carabarley. Tolal, 320 cars, or 120,000 bu, One hundred dollars In gold wonld buy $102.07% In greenbacks at the close. Dritish consola wers quoted at D5 G-16 and sterling ex- change at $4. 804, Groenbacks at tho New York Btock Ex- chango yestordny closod at 978, Another successful and highly satisfactory application of the process of cremation has beon mndo by Dr. Ledoyxe at his crematory + 10 Washington, Pa., whoro the remaing-ot.] Mra. Prersany wero yestordny deposited in the fiery cruciblo which was last employed in reducing to ashes oll that was mortal of Baron Parat. Tu the caso of the Into Mrs, Prrruan tho utmost privacy and scelusion was obsorved, none but the intimato frionds of the family being permitted to attend the cromation, the past five years the Spanish officlala in Cuba havo aunounced to the world that the sovolution in that island was completely sup- pressed, and that the era of peaco nnd pros- perity wasabout to dawn, Nowanow comes to us from Havaua that formal peace propo- sitions have beon drawn up by the authori- ties and submittod to the insurgent leadors, who have virtually sccepted them by tho dissolution of their Governmout and thoe nppointment of a committee to treat for n formu! and florl surrender. The terms of- fered by tho Bpanirds will result in the voluntary exilo of most, if not all, of the lendors of the long-sustained revolution. e Bteps have nlready buen taken foran ap. peal to the Secretary of the Interior from the decision of Land-Commissioner Wivr. 24380N in the VALENTINE scrip case, and the utmost confidence is entertained that such a presentmont of thoe law and the eqnities will be made a3 will convincs Becretary Scuunz of tho validity of the titles of all tho parties at present holding the lands as agalnst any claim except that of the United States, and lend to o rovorsal of Gen. WiLriamson's action, It is not for a momont ba. licved that Mr. Scuvsz will consent to the dispossession of the rightful bLolders upon a mere technical faw—if, indeed, any shall by found to exlst—in the origiual dedication by the Becretary of War; or that b will lend himself to the sehemes of tho scrip-speculators to locato landsin palpa- ble and indisputable violation of tho inten. tion of the nct under which the scrip was svithorized to be issned. The land-grabbers will find that they havo yes a long and tedi- ous road to travel before thoy reach the goal of their nefarious undertaking, Tho Henato has entered upon the final vote on tho Hilver bill, and it appears certain that an all-night session will be required in order to dispose of the large bundle of ameud. ments which have been brought forward chiefly by the enemies of the measure for the purpose of defeating its ono grand object,— the full remouetization of the silver dollar of 412} grains os legal-tender. The amendment of the Finance Committeo to the Braxp bill 83 it came from tho House, sjsiking out the freecoinage clause and substjtuting & pro- vision designed to give Government any benefit that may be reajized in the con. * version into coin of silver byllion purchased Ly the Treasury Dopartmen} at current mar. kel rates, was adopted by s vote of no sig- nificanco as to the strength gf the silver ele- ment in the Benate, as soverg) pf the firmest friends of remonetization voted against the smendment. It is, however, clear that the wlver men are sufficiently strong to frustrate avy sud all nlu.'ml.ttlI to lumber up the bill with provisions it $aded to binder the fall operation of the coinsge of the old silver dol- lar, snd that the bill will pass the Sen- ate substantially as it came from the House, with the excoplion of the free-coinsge clause, An amondmoent wns offered by Mr. Warsior, of Pennsylvania, which was only defeated by & amall majority, bat which, had it beon adopted, would nndonbt- edly bave been rejocted by the House, as it vir- taally advertised to the world a lack of confi- dence on the part of Congress in the ability of silver to hold ita own with gold, and placed it in the power of the gold clique at the expiration of two years to compel an in. crease of tho weight of tha silver dollar, Snch of the silver Scnators as voted for the ‘Watzacr amondment could probably join with Mr, Wixpom, of Minnesots, in the candid admission that ke was an absolute ignoramus on the motallic currency ques- tion. ——, Some now and interesting fentures of the Enatorn complication nare reported in the eablo dispatohes this morning. Two ques- tions have arisen which, if correctly stated by the press correspondents, may prove to bo of more than ordinary gravity. It is nssertod with positivencss that the Porte has evinced a dotermination to tske ndvantage of the presence of tho English fleet nt Constantinople, under an assurance by Lord Deany that Turkish a8 well as British interests woro to be protected, to object to that clanse in the peace conditions looking to complete auton- omy and a territorinl incrcase for Bulgn. ria; nnd that, in consequence of this atti- tude of the Turkish Government, the penace negotiations have como to a stand- still. Another hitch in the business is tho communication to Count BScuouvarorer by Lord Dennr of a notice that the occupation of Gallipoli by Russia will bo regarded as a menace o the British fleet. Russia is un- derstood to be inflexible on the Bulgarisn question, and it is hardly to be eoxpected that her resolution to take possession” of Gallipoli will bo shaken by Dennx's pointed protest. Proceedings wore begun yosterday in the Criminal Court for the purposs of testing tho right of the present South Park Com- misgioners to the offices now held by them. The point is made by Mr. Jaaea P, Roor, tho attorney for tha relator in tho case, that the provision of the South Park act confer- ring upon the Judge of the Cirenit Court the power of appointment of South Park Commissioners nfter the expiration of the terms of office of those appointed by the Governor is unconstitutional, in that making the appointment to an office is not and cannot be mado a judicial act, officos being filled oither through appointment by the Gavernor or by election by the people. 1t is also alleged that, if tha granting of tho power wera constitutional, it would be void by reason of uncertainty, since, at the tima of the adoption af the act, ‘thero was but one Judge of the Cironit Conrt of Cook County on whom this power of appointmant was conferred, whilo under the Constitution of 1870 there are five Judges of the Circuit Court and also threo Judges of the Superior Court who might bo entitled to tako partin the ap- pointment. Although this point has never been raised before, it has been noted by shrewd lawyers, and it hns beon fearod that it might ultimately interfero with tho South Park. Bhould the Court decide ngainat tho validity of the tenuro of office of tho Commissionors, thelr places wonld of courso be filled by the Governor under the constitutional provision, No inconven. ionce might arlse from that; but, were the Court to go on and hold that, the Commis- sioners not having been legally in offlco, oll acts done by them wore void, an unpleasant cloud might be cast over some issues of -8outh. Park bonds, over soma nssessmonts, and over the rocent tax-levies made by them. The question Las nover before come up in thin State, and its decision will be awaited with jntorest. It is almost impossible to believe that the Land Commissioner hasgivon a favorable de- cision in the case of the VareNTing scrip loeated on the public grounds included with- in the original Fort Dearborn reservation, No nccount of the transaction that has ever boen made public warrants a confirma- tion of the titlo to which the land.sharks lny claim, The opinion of the Land Commis- sloner lamentably fails to make ont such n case, To confirm their fraudalont claim, ns far ns the Laud Commissiouor can do so, or inany other way to nssist the schemers in ac. «quiring o color.of title as agamnst innocont and rightful holders, is an act which subjects everybody concerned in it to the gravest sus. picion of corrupt influences. Notwithstand- ing the Commissioner of the Genoral Land Oftica in Washiogton hes loaued his official sanction to this job, wo are convinced that the Becretary of the Interfor will refuse to coufirm his decislon, and thus put s stop to the wholo blackmailing scheme, ‘There are soveral poims of view from which thia claim may bo contemplated, and not one of them {s favorable tothe Varex. TiNe crowd, T'o begin with, tho serip which thess peoplo own was obtuined in compen. sation for the surronder of o cortain amount of wild- lands ju California (about 16,000 acres we beliove), and it waa tho purpose and intentlon of Congress that the owners thereof should locate an equal amouut of United States froo and unccoupled lands of the same general character as thoy lands they had surrendered; but, in order that noin- Justico might be done the VarxxtiNEs, they wero given the privilege of making their cholece among the unsold and unsettled lands, It was not intended or expeoted that the owners of the scrip, thusliberally issuod, would use their privilegs for blackmailing, or scck to locate any lands to tho title of which the Government had alrendy quit-claimed, To locate, under the authority of the scrip, ony land to which the Government no longer claims title for itselt, is necessarily in the nature of a fraud, as the owners of the scrip can only acquiroe title through a Government title. In the case of all the land in Fraction. al Beéc. 10, the Government intended and endeavored to dlspossess itself of all claim or title, whether us to the land disposed of at privata sale or sct aside as publio grounds dedicated for the purpose of selling the re- maiuder to better advantage, Any technical error in the plattng or dégication of these grounds would not justify tho Government in asserting a titlo thereto §{ter the lapso of many years, aud much lgss the Lolder of Government scrip acq in exchange of wild lands. The Varxwtiye claim has not, thorefore, the smallest degree of merit in itselt, and it might be summarily disposed of byan act of Congress explicitly conveying to the City of Chicago all the streets, alloys, and public grounds which had been pre- viously dedicated in good faith. We are of the opinion that s proper repressutation of the cese by tha Chicago Representatives and Illinois Benators will seours the prompt passage of such an act, Thero is snother phase of the wmatter, how- over, which the holders of the Vavruzina serip will be obliged to overcome befors they can enter into posaession of any of the Chi. cago land they claim to have located, or be- fore they can snccessfully blackmail any of the rightfal owners under the cover of n compromise. The original land-grant for railrond purposes wns to tha Btate of INli. nojs, and through it to the Iilinois Central Railrond Cempany, which nuthorized that company to solect avery nlternate section of Government land along the line of tho road. The lllinois Central Company selected tho oven-numbered sections, and acquired a full titlo to all unsettted and unreserved land of those sections, Now, it the not of Congress nnder which tho lots in Bec. 10 were sold, or the dedication of tho publie grounds therein under the same authority woro invalid, then Sec. 10, being ono of the oven rections on the line of tho road, be- came public land when the reservation was abandoned, and the title went to the State of Illinols, and through it to the Ilinois Central Company, instend of reverting to tho Qovernment. Any flaws in the transfer Ly the Government that are sufficiont to invalidato the sale or dedication of land in Bee. 10 giva tho Ilinols Contral Company a better color of title than can bs given to any recent location of those lnnds as froo Gov- ernment lands. Tho Tilinois Central Com- pany have naver made any claim to the Iand in this section sold or dedicated by the Gov. ernment, but they will undonbtedly set up such claim as prior to any that may be acquired nnder the VaLexTINE scrip, Evon ot this point, the probability of acquiring possession of this land under tha 'VALENTINE scrip is romoto enongh, but there is still another obstacle, The ocity, like pri- vato owners, can only be dispossessed by proceedings in court, and in such proceed. ings the cquity of the cise will racoive the main consideration. Wo do not believa that & competont Conrt can be found that will consent to give the Virextixe claimantsa title, under Government scrip, to publio grounds dedicated for tho benefit of private grounds sold by the Government ; tolands to which the Government has notfor yoars, and docs not now, assert an ownership; and to whicl, in any case, the circumstances nt. tending tho isse of this scrip wonld not cequitably oatitle the holders thereof to locate on land that thas acquired a value, by the labor of otliors, so largely in excoss of the lands surrondered in consideration of the scrip-issue, Itis to bo hoped, however, on many nc- counts, that the Government will render it unnecessary to fight this outrageons claim any further. A proper ropresentation of the case onght certainly to indnce the Secre. tary of the Interior to overrulo the decision of the Lond Commissioner, and tho sams considerations should induce Congress to pass an act quit-claiming to the city all the lands dedicated for public grounds, This would be o great boon to Chicago in its presont embarrassmonts, as the city wounld then ba in a position to give a good titlo to both Denrborn Tark and tho Lake Park, which, even at the present depressed values of ronl estato, would bring a large sum of money, and would add materially to the tax- able property of the city. Itisin this mat. ter thot Mossrs. Avbniom, BaexTaxo, and Hannisoy can domonstrate their usofulness to thoir constituonts, and their efforts should be heartily supplemonted by BSonators Ocrespy and Davis, and every momber of the Illinois dolegation in the House. The Governmont does not now assert, and has not for a full gonoration assorted, any claimto tho ownership of theso grounds, and every hoaost member of Congress should profor to givo the City of Chicago completo control ovor thom rathor than leave them in a shape whero Iand.sharks mny use them for disrep- utablo Llackiaailing purposes THE RISE IN THE VALUE QF MONEY. JTho presontation of tho silver question by Benator Jones, of Nevadn, in the Sonate on Thursday, was the clearest and most forcibla examination of the questions Involved that has ever been made. It was particnlarly crushing upon the vehement nssertions and argnments that silvor had dopreciated, and that it wonld Le dishonest to roturn to silver dollara, After dismissing briefly, as no longer admitting of dispute, the ques- tlon of the legal mnght of the Gov- ornment to pay all its obligations in silver, ho called sttention to the fact that when monoy rises in value the terms swindling and repudiating are not om. ployed by the money-lender, who is largely reaping what ho has not sown., Bat when on tho contrary the value of moncy as com- pared with that of commodities declines, and monoy will purchasa less, then there is a de- mand that good faith and natiounl honor ro- quire that the size of tho dollar stiall be en- Inrged. Whon, in 1840 and later, the large discoveries of gold in Australin and the United Statos wero mado, sud the value of mouey dopreciated, thon the monoy.lendera who had reaped the golden harvest of an ad. vance of 149 per cont in tho valuo of money during the praceding half century made the claim that the valuo of the dollar ought to Le equalized to what it was before the fall in the precious motals had taken place, In Boptomber, 1878, silver bullion was sell. ing at 89 penco per ounce, and the metal value of the gold aud silver ot tho United Btates was the samo, . Germany had, howoever, in 1871 provided for a change from tho silver to a gold standard, and had in 1873 alrendy cofued $100,000,000 of gold coln, Then be- gon the demand for gold, giving it an un. usual value as mensured in ailver. The value of money, including both gold and siiver, has risen during the last ten years, but conspleuously during the last five years, —that is, between 1872.'73 and 1877.'78, In addition to this geueral riso in all motallic money, gold has risen 10 per cent more than silver, The moans of asertainiug the rise or fall in money has become now a matter of confessod accuracy. The values of geuneral ocommodities covering a certain period of time mark the rise and fall of money. The ineans of this comparison of prices in this country aud in Eaogland bave been carefully collected and collated, and of these meaus Senator Joxxs makes free and liberal uso. His researches include the markets in the United Btates aud in Eagland, and also in India. The result he reaches is that the average fall i pricea in general commoditles, from 1872-'73 to the close of 1877, in gold, was 25} per cent. The fall in the value of ailver as compared with gold was 7.11 per cent, and tho average fall in commodities in silver was 18.14 per cent. In other words, the value of gold as money has nsen, within the period named, in all commodities 23} per cent, and silver money 18 per cent. ‘These figurvs represent the rise in money in the articles which are the subject of ordinary trade aud commerce. Divided by clases, the fall of values (and the riss of money) in articles of food and necessity has been 18 per cent, but in the value of beon 26 per appt. Thia {all in values of ail kinda of propbrty hns been goneral in all countries, France alone excepted. The com- parativo prosperity of Franco has been dus to the immense amount of rilver, which has provented that declino in values to the ex. tent which Las taken place elsowhere, While this fall in values of property haa ex. tended to India and other Eastern conntrics, there hag been no fall in the value of silver in its purchasing power of commoditios, and, whilo gold will purckase more than silver will, silver will also purchase more of every commodity than it would at any time beforo 1872.78. 'Tho great fall, however, has been in the valno of Iand and of labor, and thinhas It s felt tho world over, inflicting the direst disnstor been tho sevarest of all aMictions. upon mankind. The interest to be paid an- nually npon varions forms of publio debt in this conntry may be stated at $200,000,000. This has to bo collected by taxation from the income of labor. The oxtent of the distress may bo estimated whon the value of this money is doubled nud wages and earnings are reduced one-half. Tho fall in valucs of land and labor, and thoe equivalent rise in tho purchasing power of money, hos far exceeded'tho changes in the valuos of other commoditics, and Benator Jonrs states that the purchasing power of silver since 1872 has risen 10 per cent in all commodities, and 00 per cent in Iand and labor. In 1876, in En- gland, 876,90 in silver woutd purchnso of goneral commodities as much ns 285 would hava dono in 1872, A ton of jron which {n 1872-'78 cost $61.84 can now be had in England for 846.57; and o ton of roal which required £5.03 in 1872 now sclls for $2.80, During the four years ending De- odmber, 1877, the purchesing powor of silver money has risen 24 per cent. In tho face of these facts, it has been charged that the only motive for remonetiz- ing silver hos been to resort to o dobnsed metal for tho purposo of swindling creditors by paying them in a coin that has lost its value, THE POSITION OF GERMANY. The migltiest military Power in Earope preserves an ominous silonce in this time of wars and rumors of wars. While all the other nations are speculating, suggesting, blustering, and menacing, the grim man in the spiked helmet waits and watches as si- lently and mysteriously as tho Sphinx. Plevua falls, and Austria grows alarmed, but Germnny uttera not a word, The Russians press on with overwhelming impotns towards Constantinople and Gallipoli, and England commences to bluster; but not & word from Germany, The preliminary nogotiations for an armistice are concluded, and Germany makes no criticism. Tho Russian army takes up ita position in the onter dofenses of Con- stantinople, nnd the English fleot, in deflance of the protest of Turkey, forces ita way up to the city, and the two Powers grimly con. front ench other, and still no word from Gormany, Bho has mnde but two sugges- tiona sinco the fall of -Plovna,—ono that Prince Biamanck may be present at the Con- ference, but only as a spootator, a8 may bo inforred from the second, that tho Powers shall be roprosonted by their Ambasyadors only. 8o long ss the situation affacts only the Eastern question,\Germany is likely to ro- main silont, as she has no intorest in it be. yond the vory small commereial interest that sho has in tho navigation of the Danube. Thoro moy come a time, howover, when Gormany will spoak and act in no uncertain manner, bat tho motive will not coms from England, Russia, or Turkey. Tho futuro of Gormnn action depends very largely upon tho attitudo Austria may nssume, One con- dition of disturbance was very emphatically outlined by Biaxarck himself in a convorsa- tion which ho had lnst summer with Signor Oniary, the Presidont of the Italinn Legis. Iative Assembly, which has now been mado public for tho first timo. Adverting to the fate of Austria, the Princo said: * Only in the improbablo case that tho Jesnit and Re- vongo pnrties wero to take the lend at Vien. na, aiming at tho destruction of tho German Empire and tho supremnoy of tho Pope over the country of Lutuen, would the Gormans doom themselves justified in having recourse to extreme mensures.” This, however, is only n general declaration affecting tho relations of Prusain and Austria without reference to the ponding troubles in Europe growing out of the existing complication. A recont arti. cle in the Derllp Volks Zeitung foreshadows a contingenoy that may call for German in- terference, and, as its declarutions in this case nre accepted 8a reprosenting tho views of tho Government, a atatement of them will be of interest. Over a year ago Princo Bis. sanck declared, in o speech on the Bosnian rebellion, that any Blavonic rovival on tho Austrian frontier, or any aggrandizement of Blavonio territory, would be the commence- ment of tho decomposition of the Austrian Empire, and would creals an emergenoy in which Germavy would Lo called upon to act, *‘Austria snys tho Volks Zeitung, “ig a Btate founded aud kept together by Germans. It is o Stato which has carried German culturs to the sumi-Asiatio wildor. ness oxtending along its eastorn frontier, It is n Btate which, sitnated in the midst of tho Selave family, and keeping theso semi-Asiat. io tribes apart, has served to diminish the danger which otherwise might arise to us from local contiguity.” Taking this view of Austrin, it is obvious that Germany will never consent to any award of Solavio territory to her, or any further division of tho Empire that will add to the Gorman and Magyar provinces a powerful Sclavia Stato. Commenting upon this contingenoy, the Volka Zeitung snys Looking at the action of the other Powars at thls critical junciure, we have no doult that Jtaly will be only too bappy to help Austrls to Incorporate sowmo “Turkish provinces. o more Blavonlc Auatris becomes, the wore surely will the vemi- Italian alstricia still belouging 1o Austria devolve tolialy, s for Luseis, sbo will bo thoroughly delivhied to mako Austris sbare tho apoll, Eager 10 Lielp hereelf to Turkish land, sne cannot do bet- tor {h ccomplice. France, In_tue presut stago of liee hlstory, f4 uot likely to pra. vent Austria from foolishly injuring hersolf,” Of Giermany, we all know tnat abe'has a great interest i kewping up tlo vitality of tho Austrian Emuire, Lut should Ausiria prove uuabls to protect the Gorman porilun of the Lanuoe, shoald she reslly conacnt 1o becomo an Onicatal Btate, It would Lo / impossible fur us to provent that fual catastrophe whlcts hae Leen lonk comiug on and rapldly matur- :nl in evory political crisls of the last gcuerationor wo, The final catastrophe indicated above is thy aunihilation of the Austrisn Empire ; but there is somothing more in thiswarning that may be read between tho lines, and that something is the increase of German ter. ritory and the rounding out of the limits of hor Empire. Thefirst desire of Germany is for poace, and it is not possible that she will take any stepa leading to prolong the pres- ent conflict or to involyve Europe in a general war, Butthe rashuess and folly of some of the Powersand the insane jealousy of others msy start the conflagration. . In that event, there is no nation that Germany will ally herself with but Bussis, if she goes into Taw materials for manufsctures the fall has | the struggle; but whether sho goes in or not, it is morally cortain thatat the end of the war thore will be a roconstruction of the map of Europo that will give to Ger. many the Germanio provinces of Austria on tlie sontheast and a portion at lenst of Bei- gium, Ifolland, and maybe the whole of Denmark, that will give her nocess to the North 8en nnd leave her faco to face with England, France mennwhile having beon placated with Lorraine and the French por- tion of Bolgium. It is no sacret in Enrope that this is the dream of Dissanck and the crowning height of his ambition, It would not ba strango if the henadlong folly of En. gland precipitated the result. ONE OF THE ROGUE3 CAUGHT AT LAST, The jmportance of the Bexeptor-MorLLen cnso, as developed in onr New York dis. patches of yesterday, cannot bo overesti- mated. The interviows printed elsowhere show that the evidonce against Mozxtren is likely to prove overwholming. MoxtLEn is o member of tho fraternity of Custom-1Iouse brokers of New York Cily, The band num- Lors G00, and thoy infest every approach to tho Custom-IHonse building, snd devonr the revenue of the Govornment ss an army of locusts devonra fleld of corn. The arreat, prosecution, conviclion, and punish. meont of the man Moxrrxn will exposo to the public view ono phase of the corruption which seems to pervade tho New York Cus. tom-Houso from cellar to garrot. Mozrrzn ia an old offender. It appenrs that he waa arrested and indicted on asimilar charge to that now preforred against hinin 1871, He was also proceeded againat by elvil process, and tho civil suit tried first. The result was n fine of $2,000, which was paid, and then through the interposition of friends the in. dictment was quashed. Of courso MoEL~ ven resumed his businesa (if ho sver discon. tinned it) 0s o broker; that ia to say, resum. cd the business of lying, bribery, and steal- ing tho revenues. MozLLEn's peculiar meth. ods were quite clearly shown in our dis. patchos, To carry them into succesaful practico required collusion with certain of Mr, Collector ‘Arrmon's **subordinates.” That nrbano gentloman very politely told a reporter the othor day that if thore wero corrupt practicos in his offico it was not ‘his fault, for he porsonally knew mnothing about them., Ho gave the roporter a hint, however. ‘It must be among my subordinates,” sald Mr. Arrnum, **that the frauds are committed.” The Mornren case in likely to throw some light upon the char. noter of Mr. Antaun's subordinates as well a8 upon tho characler of tho avernge brokor, DBexepicr never saw Moxuren but onco. That was an important intorview, since Mozzrer told Beneotor that he *“had in his omployment a Custom-Houso examiner whom ho hnd to pay handsomely, and who passed his gooda without trouble.,” It must bo a great convenience for a Custom-House Lroker to have an examiner in his employ- mont. Beneotor saw this examiner who was * paid handsomely " by MorLren onco, Mo doseribes him as *“a gray-haired man,” Tho valuo of the cervices of the * gray-haired man " wiill be apprecisted by the public whon we stato that ho assisted Morzrren to pnss though the New York Oustom- House o caso of silk umbrellas worth abont $800, on which tha legal duty would have beon 8480, for the pitiful sum of eiphty-three dol- lars! Everybody will admit that the * gray- haired mon" ought to have bgon *‘paid handsomely.” Wo trust, howsver, notwith- standing his handsome troatment of the * gray-haired man,” that Mr. Moervzn, Now York Custom-House broker, will fiud n snug place in tho Now York State Penitontiary for tho longest period provided by statute. And .whon tho * grpy-haired man” is disposed of in tho same way, it {s to bo hoped that the Prosidont will bo able to find a man for the place now occupled by Mr. Collector Antnun who will at least try to see that his subordi- ates rolinquish the habit of stealing. BELMONT AND HENDRICKS. Mr., Avoust BzuyonT, the Aimericau ngont of the Rornsoniins and o prominent man. ogor of tho Eastern Democraoy, is evidently determined to push tho fight with Hexorioxs over the Intter's indorsement of the princi. plea of the Branp bill. Tho avidity with which Brusonr immediatoly seized upon Hexonicks' firat public declaration in favor of the romonotization of the old silver dol- lar, and tho pertinacity with which he pur. sues the subject after drawing out a atate. ment from Henonioxs, shows clearly enough that BrLaoNT's purpose is to array the money ifluenca of tho Eastern Democracy ngainst Hexoricxs' nomination for the Prosidency in 1880, Bofaras this 13 n domestic row awong the Democrats, of course Tue Trrn. uxe occuiples the attitudo of a disinterested spectator; it fa o mattor of indifference to us whotber Mr, Brusont shall or shall not anccoed in preveating the nomination of Mr, Hexonicxs, so long as, in either ovent, it i3 not at all likely that Mr, Tupen (probably Berxoxt’s faverite) will carry off tho prize, ‘The silver part of the controversy is all that intorosts us, and while Mr. Beuyont's long-winded roply is not worth printing s a whole, some of his errors and unwarranted assumptions may be pointed out, even before Hexpnioxs shall take hold of him. ‘To bogin with, Mr, BeuMoNT makes the common error of assuming that the silver dollar was demonetized by tho sct of 1878 that act meroly dropped the coinage of the silver dollar, ad provided that the sliver colns named in the act should be legal-tendor to the amount of 34 only, Any order to re- coin gilvor dollars, or any sllver dollars thas were outstanding, were still logal-tender for all amounts. It wasnot till 1874 that the silver dollars wera perwauently divested of their legal-teuder function, and this was by menns of a revision of the statutes, which was understood not to make any change in the character aud purposo of the laws. Mr. Bzivoxt now canoclves that any proposed change in the law as it now stauds amounts to a violation of public fuith, What, then, shall we suy of the radi- cal change wrought in the whole financinl uystem Dy the alteration of two or three ‘words in & rovizsion of the laws, without &s much as saying * by your leava '} to the peo- ple who were affeotod thereby ? 1f a change in the money standard is s0 serious a matter 24 3Mr, Beuxont contends (which we fully agree to), then let this clandestine and per. haps unconatitutional operation of 1874 ba expunged, and the goneral subject then sub- mitted on the merits of the old, historical standard, 3ir. BxLMONT supposes & case in which the silver dollar of 412} grains had arisen to a value of double the gold dollar of 25 8.10 graing, aud adlry: **In that case could 1, as an hooest m.rohant, ask for paymeant in sil- ver dollars of that weight?” Certainly not, and, by the same argument, you, asan honest citizqn, are debarred from asking for pay- ment in the gold dollar, which has scquired an exsessive valus by reason of the de. monstization of silver, ‘The supposititious emo Mr. Drimoxr has atated for silver has nctunlly oconrred in gold. IIad the monoy-lendors and bondholders foroseen a decline in the value .of gold, and an abnormal increnve in the value of silver, they wonld have gttempted in the same way to remonotizo gofd and insist npon exclusive silver payment. That wonld 'hava been equally outmgoons. Tha wrong that hoa beon done consista in having abolished the double standard without the consent of the people, thoroby dopriving tho Government ond all other dobtors of the option to pay in tho choaper of the two motals. Mr, Besyoxt hina been forced to ndmit that the powor to coin money and regnlate the valus thercof was not exhansted by the not of 1873, but contends that this mat amonnted to an *implicit pledge ” (as dis. tinguishied from the * explicit pledge” of 1860 to payin coin) that the publio cred- itors should theroaftor be paid in gold alone; ond thonca he argues that any recoin- ago of gilver as a lega)-tender should ba on that gold basis, In plain words, Mr, Brt- MoNT wants the silver dollar so much overweightod that it will not ciren- late, thua practically, leaving a single gold standard, a8 much ns if silver wero to romain in a domonetized condition. He says that to recoin the silver dollar of 412§ grains and make it legal-tonder would boe to forco cred- itors to tako 01 conta for a dollar, and it this be done ** he would not give a sixpence for the sacredness of that nct ngainst another nct noxt year declariag ona cont equal to 100 cents,” Thia is part fnlschood and part fustian, It is a falschood to esy that the re. monotization of the. silver dollar will forca creditors to nccept 01 cents for o dollar. At the time the Public.Credit act was passed, the silver dollar (then full logal-tender) was 412} grains. The rofunding bonds were made payablo in coin when tha silvor dollar was foll legol-tender and contained 412} graine, This is the samo silver dollar which it is proposed to recoin. The proposition to remonotize the dollar of 412} graina is, thero- foro, in no eenso n proposition to pay a *clipped " or debased dollar, but the standard dollar, If thers js just now a theoretical difforence between the gold dol- lar of 26 8-10and tho silver dollar of 412} geains, it is becansa the gold dollar has had sn excoptional and unwarranted valuo given it sa the exclusive logal-tender coin, Tho sitver dollar of 412§ grains will to-doy pur- chase moro of any given commodity than 1t “would in 1873, whon it was on a par with tho gold dollar. There is, thercfore, no wrong done morally any more than thero is logally in restoring the standard silver dol. lar, which is as much 100 cents as tho stand- ard gold dollar. Mr. Beratoxt makos a ridiculous statement ‘whon he says that the passage of our Silver bill will shut us out from an intornational conferencoe looking to the general re-estab- lishment of tho bl-metallio system, On the contrary, it is this action alone which will induce the European nations to cnter into such a conferenco, and persuade the capitalists of both Enrope and America to nssist in bringing sbouta com- mon bi-motallio standard. ‘Tho Enroposn holders of Amorican sccuritios will have an equal 1ntorest with Amorican eapitalists in bringing about a permanent equilibrium bo- tweon gold and silver on an ngreed basis, Tho untions which still maintain the double standard will bo encouraged and nlded in ita maintenance by tho action of tho United Btates in ro-adopting it. The nations which havo resorted to o single gold standard will begin to doubt tho wisdom of encountering alono tho strugglo against a contracted and constantly contracting measure of values, The genorpl movemont for tho yo-eatablish- ment of a double atandard will receivo the most important impulse from the American romonetization of silver. CHITTENDEN'S TAUNT. To the Editor af The Tyibune. Souvrn Bexn, Ind., Feb, 15, ou take occaslon to alurand _racar at CrurTrxprx's remarks In tho ltouss of Rapresentatives at Waslungton. The way you treat the matter seems unworthy of yon, You know, though dome of your readers may not, that his words were in "!Dlr 1o tho aonsolessly un- iu-tery of *'gold sharks* indnized {n constantly by windy orators and unprincipled or ignorant writers whon speaking of New York men. lle eald traly that theae very parties showed tholr ain. ceraaympathy towards Chicago whon she needed help. They sent their money, and would do it again it needful. Wa of New York, rich and poor, fecl towards Chilcago a kinaneas, & lymmlh{ that wo can feel for no otlior ety t4s the foeling of ‘*rolationship.* Bhe scems A younger aslster of ours, boautiful rt, and l!llfol'?llllnl. and we aro prond of- her, not Jealons, Well I remember the sorrowful hearts of New York the night of your Ore. ‘o charitable. J. V. Busvoort. In reply to our correspondent, wo mny say that ho does not touch the morits of the caso at all. Ever sinco the ngitation of the silver question commenced and the position of Chicago Lecame known, sho has been sub- jected to constant abuse and vilification. 8ho hns been charged with conspiring to swindle tho Eastern bondliolders, to avoid the paymont of her debis in full, to debase the currency, to rob the workingman of hia full wages, to paralyze trade, to bring about financin! disorder, and to make timnea harder, 8he has had her indebtedness, incurred by tho joint calamity of fire and panio, fluug at her, Sho has been throatened with the withdrawal of Eastern capital. She hasbeen taunted with her unpaid taxes. She has been nccused of squandoring her resources in Quixotic ventures, 8he has had obnoxious epithets showered npon ber in merciless pro- fusion, and thero has hardly been a day for weeks past that some one of the gold organs hos not contained an article calculated to injure the credit of the city and prej- udico her in the eyes of FEastern bankers, . insurance men, merchants, and poople generally, All this, however, Chi- oago could have endured with ressonable complacency bad not Mr, Currrzxoex, as the representative of New York, standing upon the floors of Congress, deliberately and gratuitonsly insulted Ler by flinging in her face the charity bestowed upon her by New York in her time of trouble. It was an un. worthy—to use our correspondent's simile, an unslsterly aol, because Ohicsgo has never shown an ungrateful spirit; because New York was Lelping her bost customer; and because the taunt Lad no posaible con- noction with the subject atissue. By what sort of logio is Mr, OnITTXNDEN warranted in assuming that Chicsgo must have uno views on fiscal questions that do not correspond with those of New York becauss New York once helped Chicago,—for that is the only inferanco that can be drawn from his extraordinary assault? Would it not be just a8 cousistent for New York t2 dictate Chicago's views on banking, insurance, and commercial business, because she once helped us? Are we not to be allowed to criticise a policy which we believe o be responsible for the hard times and detrimental to future busincss interests be- causo they who entertain it once contributed to our reliof? This is certain]ly a singular position for "Mr. OmrTrx¥DEy, or any one elss, to take. When Mr, Omirrzipex can show what connection there is, near or re- mote, betwegn the relief of 1871 sad Chi. ©8g0's advocaoy of the Bilver bill in 1878, or her mathods of- meeting its opponents, hig Ging ot Chicago can be considered in nc other light than that of a promeditated in. sult, and o gratuitons one, sines she hag nevet innifostod’ any disposition to nuder. rato the favor shown hor, or to bo ungrateful forit. 1f over the time comes to recipro. cate, she will do 80 as cheerfally and prompt. Iy nashe did in the cnsoof tha Bt. Joln'y calamity, notwithstanding the churlishness of such mon as OnrrrexpN. *“ Ba charits. ble,” says our correspondent. When the opportunity comes for us to display onr chnrity, wo shall not afterwards fling it in the faces of those wo help. Mr." JAMES FRREMAN CLARKE, o Unitarian minister by profeaston, who llves in Bostan, naturally subscribes to the theory that cop. sclonce s & matter of education. We do not proposs to discuss this matter from a theolog. fcal or cthical point of view, but merely desiro to point omt to Mr. Crankn that he chose a wmost unfortunate fify.. tration with which to point his mora and ndorn his sermon when he clted the Weat. ern sentiment In favor of milver remonetizatton s an instance of what conscience may dictate when in n deflcient or uneducated condition, Alr. CLARKE was good enough to say that hg did not think the Westcrn people intend to by dishonest in this matter, but that their con. ecience lins been falsely educated; and he wont on toeluctdate how this had been brought about, ‘Wa shall not discuss the details with him, buy merely remark that, it the Western consclence is perverted In this resncet, then the consclence of Wall streot, which lioids the vonverse of the silver question, must be the typoof n properly. cducated vonsclonce. That s to say, tho prae tice of stock-zambling, the atmosphers of **Black Fridays," the cxample of rchypothicea. tlon, the manipulation of the markets my th~ well-known devices of overissues,—in a word, the Iying and thieving fncldent to the dally hat- its of Wall street,—are thesproper Influcnces fur the education of & financlal cunsclence. Wity this in viow, we must submit that cither Mn JAMEs FRERMAN CLARKE'S theory of consclenca as a matter of habit, influence, and educatlon must be false, or ¢lse he himself has been so unlucky aa to get into the wrong crowd. ———— The Boston Advertiser boldly takes the ground that tho return of Government bonds from Europe is not an unmixed ovil. There Is, in. deed, no reason why the people should come plain If tho Government pays interest to them inatead of paylng it to European capitalists, or why the taking up of our own obligations nt thelr market value before maturity should be consldered an indlcation of falilng credit. The balancé of tradebelng largely in our favor.swhat enn be moro uatural than that it should be set- tled fn tho evidences of our indebtednesat Thls is no greater calamity than an fn. dividual suffers ~when he takes bis notes with the profits of business, or & clty when it recclves certificates of indebtedness ln payment of taxes, But the facts arc not so significant as the dis- cusalon of them by the Eastern press. Thers s a remarkable conflict of opinfon a8 between the New York Tribune and the Boston Advertiser,— the former claiming that the return of bonds ls 1n somo way due to the siiver agitation and fs & pubtic calamity, whito the latter argucs tha it has nothing to do with tho silver busincss, and 1s a publle blessing. Both canuot be right, and the Tribune, from the mere forco of hablt, s Mkely to be wrong, | ‘The body of the late Mra. PITstANyof Clneine natl, was cremated. 'Tho practice of burning the dead fs growlog in favor, Its general adoption, however, would scriously oppress resurrcctionists and college corpac-carvers. — ‘The Irlends of both parties hope that the come ing ducl between Mossra. HewiTT and Alkey will not be so terribly fatal In its consequentes a8 the ono recently fought by Scnators Gonvox and CoNKLING. % Senator Monrissny will bo in his scat in the New York Leglstature about the niddie ot March; and the New York Sun will then havo no ocrasion to. keop .up Its ¢rics for agreat statcaman. R L ———a—— Towa has just produced a pig with seven leas. And now we supoose that tho next piz produced by Jowa will have but one lew, to make up for this foolish outlay of three extralegs on one iz, e —. Binco Mr. Hzwirr has so gallantly defended West Point, tho cadets of that place will doubt Ices defend Mr. 1izwiTT in case of any violent demonstrations on the part of Mr. Atknx, ———————— Mr. Haxzs seot Nicronts a valentiue con- taining a pathetic plcturo of a broken heart and some mournful verscs about ingratitude and unrequited love. '_ Benator CONELING continues to say nothing in favor of the BLanp bill. ‘The reason of this is, porhaps, that hedesires 1ts passazo, | Theo British flect was allowed a peaceablo pas- sagzo to Constantinople. The war fs stili coue fincd to the English Cabinet meetings. i Itisatruly affecting sizht to sco tho Jale Ocean tell its beads and mumble prayers for the dcad Pope. It England keeps in thls bloodthirsty man- ner, she will have to bo bound over to keep tho peace. § ‘ England’s finger, wo are told, is on the trig- ger. Well, what 121t ial The gun lan't Josdeds | Mr. House, of Tennessce, appears to Lavd rooms to let in his upper story. Why didn't Mr. HawrTr put a mansard rool on that Ilouss of Teuncasec? } { ‘Thero are {ndications that Turkey will pres- ently become a tramp. | 1In some cascs, perhaps, the Southern policy should be a club. * The Greeks lost in thoir late war with Turkey. PERSONAL, It is nald that an effort is now making to settle the Lord-Hicke dispute by arbitration. Mrs. Gen, Bherman gave up her nsual ro* ception this week on acconnt of (he death of the Pope. A daovghter of Judge Hilton, of New York, 1s soon to be married to Counselor Horace lus- sell. The Rev, W, P, Corbit, of Jersoy Cily, says that out of every ten young women who dsaco olght will drink wine, 1lo might bave added that nine will eat buckwheat cakes, Elizabeth Btuart Phelps says that Georgo "Ellot la ** the spostle of commonplace," and Gall Hamilton says that Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Is sn- other, snd unprejudiced cntlcs aver that Gal Hamilion would be better if slu were mors cum mooplace. The Philadelphia 7imes says that in the death of William Welsh **the Indians lose thel? best friend, as Philadolpnls does one of her best citizens.” It appesrs that Mr. Welsh was the fougder, and foraix yescsthe sole proprictor, uf the NortA Amarican newspaper, which was cstsd- llshed to promote the causoof roligion, and €5 pecislly to sccure full reports of religious mect: inge. " Pauline Markham, the actress, has grown sccostomed to scaudalons accasations, bot she cannot ondure with patisace tho charge of bavioz been & member of the South Carvlina Riug. 5be declares that sbe did Bot. as alicged, uso bet fascinations in s libera) msnner, or In any ofict manoer, to induce cx-Gev. Bcott to make 8 fraudu: lent lsaus of the bonds of South Carollna. 3Disd Markbam says she does mot know Beott or Cham* berlala, and that they are not tho kind of persoss ho permits heraclt to associste with. Thls is bard upon Chamberlala, whe mskcs soms pretcoslond 1o tone, and sddresscs the Yale alumal ou e aversge, twice a year,