Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 14, 1878, Page 4

A THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: TIIURSDAY. MARCH 14, 1875, " ’e @tihung - & surplus of $50,000,000 of breadstuffs to gell,—the manufactnring producors have no TENMS OF SURSCRIPTION, Democrata and sustained by 120 Bpeaker that the Wolverine humorist was compelled to desist from his ernel sport. n native of Connecticut, stationed at the | Z'mes has abused poor TiLoEx for not being Port of Now York. Itis not known that | clected, though it ought properly to have be has ever nccomplished nnything io | emptied its wrath on the lato lamented Oar~ tho lino of bis dntics ns o Special | mous for tho bnse deception. Trensury Agent worthy ‘of the slightest It would hava been a critel wrong to the montion., 1o is a routine man, whoso sym- | apirit-world, however, if Mr. frorst’s con- pathies are undoubtedly with New York, aud, | neotion with Dr. Huntoon ‘hadbeen made pub- who is, for that rosson, if for no other, | lio befaro the Iatter's contession of charlatan- uttorly unfit for the position to which ho has | ism. Poople would thon have held Jzrren- boen choson, Mr. Hixps, tho third member | so¥, OArnouw, Bucmanay, and other distin- of tho Commission, ia from Maine. Ifo has | guished Domoorats who have depnrted this been stationed in this city nbout six months, | lifo asdireotly responsible for tha awful careor Ho i8 a very wollinformed man gencrally, | of the Chicngo Times, Those who beliove nand thoroughly familiar with his dutics. Ho | in n pit of eternal darknoss wonld have beon kpows that tho frauds on the revenus nt il | inclined to assign theso Democratic spirits tho intarior poris combined, if thero nre any | to au uncomfortablo, not to sny disreputable, at all, are fo thoss committed at the Port of | abiding-place, for having thas sardonieally New York ns a drop of water to tho immons- | betrayed the Zimes into a constant succes- urablo floods of tho ocoan. When the Com. | sion of errors and indeconcics. There aro mission shall have sorved its timo ont and | unkind persons who would have concluded proved a fallure, it may doubtless bo | thattho Times has been run by tho spirita sofd of Mr., Hixps with justice: ** Ie | below and not by tho epirits sbove. But linth domo what ho could.” Thore is s | Dr. Huxroox's confession Las beon nsuffi- Special Agout in tho sorviae who, bofore all | clant justification of the spirita with whom others, shonld have® boon appointed to the | Mr. Bronzy supposed Lo wns Laving confi- place on tho Commission for which Afr, | dontial communication. The fact is, thero Bnusi has boon selected, His pame Is N, | is no reason to believe that Jeererson, Oar- W. Brvouax. Ife has been in the service | mouy, or Bucoanan have over had anything sinco 1868, stationed most of the timoat | to do with Mr. Bronzy, and it is unfair to Boaton, e was engnged with Jarne in tho | chargo them with any responsibility for prosocution of tho respagtable (2) importing | cithier the vagaries or iniquitica of the Chi- louses of Boston and New York who were | cago Zimes. Dr. HonrooN hag, by his own ongaged In tho business of robling the cus- | confession, boen tho cvil genius of that in- toms revenuo of millions of dollars through | stitution, and now that Dr. Houxroox hns undervaluation and frandulent allowanees of | confessed, repentod, and reformed, we hope damage. In one case, in which Bixomas | toscon corresponding improvement in the was ongoged, o caso ngninst an importing | mental and moral condition of tho Zimes. grocery house of the Lighcst character (¥) S ———— nearly half a million dollars was paid REBEL CLAIMS, to the Govornment as o compromiso | Tho firat dotermined effort to securo Con- sottlomont of & suit to recover for | gressional recognition of Robel claims, with thoso hard times, not to **leavo tho fila they have and fly to othors that thoy know not of.” Tho cnlargement of public buildings is no- toriously oxpensive, ns the peoplo of Wis. consin know full well from their dearly- bonght experience in building tho presont Capitol, and in providing institutions for the caro of the insano, blind, deaf-ond-dumb, and criminal classos. Desidos, tho prosent nccommodations of the Supromo Court ara comfortable and convenlent, and may casily ‘e onlarged, gress was induced by these reprosentations to incronse the subsidy to $33,000 for each round trip. In August, 1856, a bill was in. troducod to terminate tho second contracs, Congress had then the power to withdray tho extra compensation at any timo after six mouths' notico, but the original contract pro. viding for a subsidy of 10,260 per trip did not expire till 1860. Vaxoranrur offered te do tho work for $10,680,—the price paid the Cmvanp lino for carrying the American miails, —which was $2,670 por round trip below the original contract prico. The subjoot was dobated thoroughly in Congress. It was urged that CoruiNa was the plonecr in the enterprise of Amorican ocean steamors, that he liad puffered scrious losses in tho wrecks of tho Pacific and Arctic,and thatho deserved encouragoment. Nono of thoso nrguments prevailed. Notice was given of tho termins. tion of the contract providing for extra com. pensation, ond the CorrnsEs voluntarily re. linquished their original contract. No con. tract was made with Vaxpantur. Tho bills now befors Congross contemplate the pay. mont of $3 per mile to American ateamships in tho Atlantio, This ia equivalent to abont $18,000 por round trip botweon Liverpool and New York, or $2,000 por round tripmore than Vanprapir agroed to do the work for twenty-two yoars ago. gurplus to sell. A milijon of operatives that have been employed in manufacturing are now idle. With our fael, our Iabor, our chenp food, and raw material, this country ought to produce o surplusof maunufactures annually equaling in valuo that of our surplus agricultural products. Why do we not do it? In the first place, the polioy of the logialation sinco 1860 haa boen to confino manufacturing products to the mero demand for homo production, and to make good to the eapital invested in man- ufactures the loss from short production by granting subsidies or bounties from tho Treasury. The exportation of American manufectares has beon regarded as o sort of national calamity, to be avoided ns somo- thing worse than war, pestilonce, and fam- ino Tho result bas been that wo have not had and have now no manufactures to 6x. port. The oxportation of manufacturces has been practically prohibited, and wherevor it has beon attompted, ag during tho last fow years with cotton goods, it has beon dono in violation of tho * American syatom,” and in violation of the whoale legislative policy of Congress, That this may bo clear wo givo the following statoment of the cxports of tho United States for the twelve months of tho year 1857. Who tho * oxporters" of tho country aro may bo scen at a glanca: Artleles exported, Value. Animale, Jivin; , 000,000 130,807,000 158,258,270 1,700, It is probable that the Wisconsin Senato did not maka the best use of its opportuni- ties when it refused to conenr in the bill pro- viding for compnlsory education, which was by the Assombly, The bill waz not perfect, but it was a good ono in tho main, and would have ecrved an excollent purpose o8 tho initinl step in a much needed and very important reform. If the Amorican idea of public education is correct, and its universal- ity dosirable, it looks ns though the com- pulsory part of it was necessary also. And if popular education is of so much fmpor- tance asto jnstify the State in underlaking it ot tho public exponse, the law might as well go a step farthor and compel every child of suitable age to avail itself of tho oppor- tunity. 7Y NAIL~IN ADVANCE—POSTAGH PREPAID, Rty Eaiton, one gear. 1 ar1s0f & ycar. ber month. Eyndsy Fdition: Literary DoobleBheet. ..., fatnris, e cony, per b 4 Bpecimen copics sent ree. Glye Post- Ottice address In foll incloding Stateand Counry. Remittances maybe made elther by dratl, eaprem, Tost-Offies order, or n Fexistered ietters, at ourrisk. TERMS TO CITY BUBSCRIDERS. Dafly, delivercd, Funday excepted, 25 cents per week, D'y, delivered, Sundsy included, 30 cants per week. Addres THE TRIDUNE COMPANY, Corner Madtson and Dearborn-sta.. Chieago, Jil. Orders for tho deliveryof Tux TRIDUXE 8t Evannon, Engicwood, and Hyde Park left fn tho couating-room wilizeceive prompt attention. — e EROLAND'S KEW POLICY, Tho mooting of the European Congross having becomo cortain, the English Govern- mont ia now directing its efforts to the con- trolling of the Congross, and wa hoar less of its bluator about war. Its fleet is hauled up at anchor, and no longer stoams furiously Liero and thore with no object in view. 8ir Ganner Worskrzy has blowa his trumpet upon the strength of the English army, and bas failed to scare any one witls the 400,000 mon who nra ready to take tho figld. Mean- while, the Egglish papors havo analyzed his figurea and looked into the real condition of the army, and find that thero iz one corps of 32,000 men in partisl rondiness, ond that naccond can be made ready before long. For the timo being, at least, Englond hos dropped hor war talk, and har new pro- grammo of nction is foreshadowed in tho following doclaration of the London Z%imes: “Ttussin hns no right to be dictator over Turkoy. The Great Powoera did not invito ber to mako war or give her n com- mission to replace the Covernment of tho Porto in any way she may seo fit. No decision so patriotio and far.scelug Lo been taken by tho Cabinat There is n prospect of a ropetition of the long dead-lock of last year on tho West Point Appropriation bill. The Democratio Honso is bent npon crippling tho neefulness of the Milltary Acrdemy in every possiblo way, while th® Republican Senato in dealing with tho bill ins changod it in numerons particulars which will excite resistance in the House, The Senate Republicans have instituted a chango in the system of sppointing cadots which is apparently less in tho interest of rotrenchment than for tho purpose of ‘dealing an underhand alap at the President. Mr. BarorNT, of Californis, wns tho mover of an amondment which rednces from forty to ten the number of cadets-at- largo which the President may sppoint to the Acsdemy, nnd the effect of which is to pro- s s TRIBUNE BRANCI OFFICES. Twx Cu1ca6o TRIMOXNE hias eatablished branch offices for the recetptof ubscriptionsand sdvertisements as follows: 'NRW YORE—=Toom 28 Tridune Dullding. . T. Mo~ Fabnex, Mavager. PARIS, France—No, 16 Rue de is Grange-Datellere. 11, Maurss, Agent. LONDON, Eng.—American Exchange, 440 Strand. Txxnx F. GrLLig, Agent. 6AN FIANCISCO, ace Hotel et M, AMUSEMENTS. THE TEXAS PACIFIC AND THE SOUTHERNW PACIFIC Tagx Tamuxe of yosterday printed o couple of Washington interviews—one with Mr, Oasweir, member of Congress from ‘Wisconein, ond the other ‘with Mr, G, P, Houxrivaron, the California railroad eapi. talist—which respoctivoly set forth the claims of the Toxas Pacific nnd tho Southern MeVicker's Thentre. Madiron street, between Dearborn and State. The Two Orpbans.” Ilooley’s Thentro. Randolph street, between Clark and LaSalle. Eogagoment of Miss Fanny Daveoport. ** Divoree.™ ‘New Chicagb Theatre. 1,276,000 4,972,604 Clark strect, opposite Sherman Louse. Esgsge: 108, 20,20 ment of Haverly's Minstrels. vent Prosident Haxes from making any mora 500,000 | croydal a allownnces. In the | provislon for payment thoroof, hns fortu. in many ndny as the step proposing thnt | Pacific rallroad schomes. Briefly statod, the et of theso appointments during hia torm of 200000 | o :;“ e T ll:nlaly o altodm tho confusion of tho Gon. | Greces should bo sepresented ot the Confar- | ‘Toxsa Paciflo Compnuy proposo to rasiga Moaros streets coraer of Dearbora, “Tacle Tom's | offico. . e | e o o tbing. (rands committed | fedarata Congrosomon who Lisve boon urging | 9uc0. Tt rocogaizes that tho old stata of | o tho Governmant tbo 18,000,000 saros of walar Tho Doston Adcertiser is wollinformed | Lumber, 13600 by the first merclants of Now York, the moio. | it. 'The question was on the payment of tho things connot. bo restorad, and that tha boat | Isnd-grant (which, wo boliove, hua lapsed) in Colsenm Navelty Theatre. fl‘m: tha m:‘“ uon“n "gl':‘w";n;:fl::: 5 Unmanufactured copper. tios-ropenl bill wa rushed through Congross, | ante-bollum mofl.contractors, who claim materiala for replacing it aro to bo fonnd in | consideration of o Governmont subsidy of Clark strect, oppoilte Court-liouse. Variety oere tho Hellonic races” The last clauso of this ormance. extract contains the very cora of the mew English position. The quostions which will come up before the Congress ara not likely to concern tho treaties of 1830 or of 1871. Thosa treaties are only forms, nmo longor roalitics. ‘They wera substantially abrogated when tho Treaty Powers doclined to aid Turkey, ns they might bave done undor their provisions, and England horsolf tho other day coolly violated thom by sending her flcot to Constantinople without a firman. There is o tacit consent among the signntories that thoy may be violated, so that there is no necoasity of o Congrass to bo called for patching thom up. Nor will the quostions bofore the Congress concorn the indemnity tobe pald Russis, tho cession of tho floot, the nutonomy of tho Sclavic Principal- ities, their form of government, or the tuturo of Turkey, 'fho great problom that will come before Congross does not concorn the past, or present, or future of Turkey. Upon one point, at least, Europo is agrood, namely, that tho Bick Man received his death blow at Plevna, and tho Congress will colebrato his obsequies, The problem, thore- fore, will bo, How shall the Ottoman Empire in Europo bo replaced? Tho territory lately accuplod by the Turks, ond tho races recently dominated, porscouted, and de- spoiled by them, must bo roconstructed. ‘What shall be the nature of tho new Powor orected upon tho ruins of Tarkey, kow shall it be govarned, what influences shall it oxer- ciso, with what other Powors shall it assimi- iata? Theso are tho vital questions that will occupy the attention of Europe, now that tho failure of the Turks to maintain peaceful and equitablo government in Eastern Europo is conceded. The position of Ruasia on thia qnestion is well known. Her policy is to erect Bulgaris, with largoly.oxtended bound- arles, {nto a great Sclavonic empiro, by means of which sho will obtain o predominating in- fluonce in ita Govarnment, and she is willing, on this adcount, that Austria shall take Bos- nia and Herzegovina, whoso alliance with the Austrion Sclaves will givo that nationality the propondoranca of power in the national councils, Gurmavy, also, is willing that theso provinces shall ba ceded to Austria, bo- causo sho foresces in such a cossion o disin. tegration of tho Austrian nationnlitics, which must aventuato in the gravitation of the Ger- manio provinces to Germany, The Belaves of Austria oro eager for the annezation be- causo they are eager for tho supremgoy of Sclavonls influcnces in Vienna, Tha Mag- yors oppose it bocauso tholr supremaoy would Lo destroyed, If the Austrinu Governmont hos any opinfon, it has mot given a hint of it. No ons can toll from Couat Axpnassy's declarations what policy tho Govornment will pursuo in tho Congress, or whother it haa any policy,and ia morely drifting along, waiting the davelop- moutaof the future. Agninat this Sclavonio policy of Russin, which is intonded to furthor her ambitious schomes, England now opposes o woll-defined policy, the first step in which has been taken by hor demand that Groeca shall bo ndmitted to tho Congress. Against the righta of tho Bclavea she will claim the aqual righta of the Grecks. When Russia presents the titlo of the Bclave, she will prosent the titlo of the Greck, Salong 88 Turkoy was o Power, and could bo used as & counterpolsa to Russtan ambition, she used Turkey, sud allowed Greoce to be plandored and porsecuteds { but, mow that Turkey is no longes a Power, she will uso Grooce in her stoad, demanding for her not alone an extonsiol to her old frontiers, which will give her Thessaly and Eplrus and alarge part of Macedonia and Albaaia, but equal rights in the uew Empiro with tha Bclaves. The domand, therefore, that Grecco shall be admitted to the Con- gress marks o new doparture in the polioy of England, snd {s tantamount to an offiolal declaration that her lato partner, Turkey, having become defanct, & new partuer, Greece, Las boen admitted fo the tirm to 100k after her intorests in the East, ‘The re- sult of this wide departure from her tradi- tional policy on the Eastern question will be watched with interest in tho doliberations of the Congress. It ralses & multitada of new questions, and involves vory serlous compli: cations, as Russia will bitterly opposa it. PSS 98,760,000 in the shape of guaranteed bonds; this is Tom Boorr's acheme. Tha Bouthern Pacific Company propose to buaild the road nlong tho thirty-second parallel without any bond or monoy subsidy, if the Government will transfer the original land. grant to the corporation as far as it shall construct the rond; this I8 O P, Huntiveron's schomo. To simplify the matter and quiet the spprehensions of the Loulsville Courier-Journal, we may state that tho propor commit. too of Congress has rosolved to report unfavorably to the accoptance of the terms which the Huntigorox Company socured from the Arizonn Legislature, viz., the right of wny, on oxemption from taxation for a cer- tain poriod, and tho right to charge 10 conts per milo for passonger travel and 15 conts por ton por milo for froight. It is simply o question, ns tho case now stands, botwoen o transfor of land proviously granted and the Government nssumption of an obligation amounting to at least $38,750,000. Mr. Oaswert voted in committeo to roport tho Tox Beorr schomo favorably, and under- took in his interview to explain why he voted i this way, Reduced to a plais statemont of fact, Mr. Oaswery seoms to have voted for the Scorr subsidy as a means for scouring a favorablo consideration of a proposition to oxtond the torm of the laud-grant to the Northern Pacific Company. Practically, it was o trade on his part, in which ho gave too large o considoration for & conces. slon that should be made on itsa own morits. Messrs, Ricx and Hrwrrr, mem. bors of tho samo Commiites, voted for the extonsion of time to tho Northern Pacific ng 8 roasonable and propor concession, but did not think it uecessary to give their votes to tho Texas Pacifio bond-subsidy in order to socare favor for tho other. In fact, atrading of gubsidica can never be justifiod, os it is procisely in this manner that tho raids on the Publio Treasury aro successfully carried out. Let ho Northern Pacifio and tho Texas Pa~ cifio stand respectively on thelr own merits, Fair.minded and intolligent men will not fail to soo & vast difference between extonding the terms of a land-grant already modo to a rollrond company which has been rotarded in ita work by the hard times, and n domand for n now QGovernment subsidy of nearly $40,000,000. If the Texas Pacifio Company morely asked an extension of time on its land-grant, and. nothing more, there would boe comparatively little opposition to it; and this {s practically what the Bouthorn Pacifio asks, From past experisnce with bond subsidles to rallronds, any proposition for a Govern. ment guarantee of bonds can only be rogarded as the assuming of an actual obligation to tho amount of such guaranteo, If the Gov. ernmont can turn sround and sell the 18,000,000 acrea of land, which the. Texas Paclfic Company proposes to release, for the sum ef $40,000,000, which the Company aska, then tha guarauntes would be asafe one; but it is evidont that this cannot be dono, for, in that case, the Texas Pacifio Company would simply soll the 1and for that amonnt of money (after perfocting its title thereto), and not beg the money from tho Govera mont, Mr, HontnvatoN says that the oash valug of the land is not moro than 1,000, 000, ond on this bams a Governmont cxchange of $40,000,000 for it (which the Government gave awsy in tho firsé instance) would bo rather a bad bar In speaking of HusTinaron's offer to build the road in consideration of the land-grant alone, Tox Boorr's blowers and strikers arosocustomed to place some stupendous valus on the land.grant which would thuas bo absorbed ; but thuy fail to ex- plain why Tom Boorr, in that case, s not ecager to avall himself of the land-grant, as he miglt, instead of offering to surrenderit to the Governmont in consideration of the paltry $40,000,000. This is, and must continue to be, tho weak point in Tou Boort’s bid for 8 bond subsidy, Two points are mado against the HoxTixg- Ton (Bouthern Pacific) proposition. One s that ho does not intend to build the soad, but morely to hoad off SBoorr. HuxrmaTON glves the best auawer ta this in tho statomont that the Bouthern Pacific Company have already 1,000 miles of road on the Pacifio Qonat, the permanent velue of which will depend lorgaly on tho extonsion and an Eastern connaction; The Bouth- ern Pacifio onco gave Boorr their right of way betweon San Francisco and Fort Yuma, but he failed to build the road, which they subscquently constructed. The fact, too, that the Hunrmiaton . Company have already buflt 700 miles of thia rond duriog the bard times, forty miles of which cost nearly as much ad the 600 miles betweon Fort “Yuma and E! Paso will cost, is the best guaran- teoof the ability andintention of tho HuxriNg- 70X Company to procoed if they cau soourd the right of way, ‘The other point is thatthe Southern Pacific Company is virtually jden- tical with the Central Pacifio Cowpany, and to permit it to build the soad will be to maintain the Pacific monopoly, This objeo- ti1on is not founded in experience or reason. Combination is as dangerous to public inter ‘Total exporte.ee »ues. The whole exports ol the calendar year 1877 had a valuo of 8634, 000,000, of which $578,000,000 nro stated above. Aftor deducting exports of patent- ed articles, the manufactures exported will not equal mora than 7 per cont of the wholo, 'Tho gentry who export this. 7 per cent, or that portion of thom interested in building iron steamships, demand that thoro shall bo paid out of the Treasury to thio bullders of iron stoamships a suficioncy to pay the cost of running the ehips. Alr. Dunnewy reprosonts the peoplo of Minne- sota ag praying Congress to tax thom to en- ablo Mr. Jonx Roack to build some jron stoamsbips to run between Philadelphia and DBrazil. Wo purchase lnrgely of coffoe from Drozil; we shonld pay for that coffeco in cotton goods, iron, stocl, snd other manufactures; but that is not our national policy, s0 we poy for the coffce with gold drafts on Lon- don, and tho Brazilians purchase cotion goods, fron and steel, and other manufac- tures in London. 'That is the way we trade with forolgn nations. We manufacture noth- ing for salo; wo shut up our mills and fac. tories, and dischargo our workmon, aud koop gkilled labor struggling with starvation in ordor that wo should have no American manufactures to export. Tho people who produce 03 or 04 per cont of what wo do export have po dificulty in finding oll the stoamships aud eailing ves- sels compoting t3 carry their products, Dra- 2il has no difficalty in finding vessels to DLring her coffee to this country, and wonld havo no diffienlty in exchauging her coffeo crop for American monufactures if they conld bo purchased in this country. But Ponnsylvania has no jron and steal to sell, ‘Cho ontire export of American iron and steel in 1877 did not equal in valuo that of the tallow exported in tho samo yoar, Wa do not understand Mr. DusNgLL's ref- eronco to the tarifl ; but if Lo ever expacts to have American manufactures oxported, snd tho ocean covered again with vesaels bearing tho Amorican flag, ho must rigidly rejeot all subsidics, and all bountics, geueral snd apecial, and open wide the doora to all the peoplo to buy and sell, and buy aud gell ships, wherover thoy can find o market, on the bLest terms thoy can obtain, In the meantime, no taxation for subsdles and tho New York City pross congratulated the country upon the relief of importing morchants from the inquisitorial procosses of Specinl Trensury Agonts, Sinco that time the fraudulont practices of tho importors of Now York City bavo gone on unchecked. ‘Why wns not Brwomay appointed a membor of tho now Commission ? Why should not Mr. Bnusn be removed and Alr. Bixamas substituted ? We do not doubt Secretary Snenaan's good faith, but we do doubt whether he is faithfully served by his sub. ordinates. If ho Las been adeised in the matter of tho personnel of this Commission, 110 has boen ndvised to his hurt and to the Lurt of the servico. compensation up to tho J1st doy of May, 1861, at which timo it is adserted that tho Confederato Government assunied control of tho Southern mail service, though a suspen. sion of relations with tho vaerious Btatos varled from December, 1860, according to tho dates when the difforont ordinances of sccession were adopted. The amount of monvy directly involved in the bill proposed wns $375,000, but hod tho claims of the contractors baen thus recognized up to the dato named, tho Postmastors throughout the socodod States would Lave Lad an equal claim for their salaries up to Bay 31, 1861, which, in the ond, would have necessitated on outlay of at loast n million of dollars, Theso contractors’ claims wera urged on tho ground that they were debts contracted by the Govornmont with privato parties, which n subsequent political action on tho part of the States should not be pormitted to invalidate; and they gainod an additional strongth from the positivo statement mado by Mr, 1teacaN, now nmembor of Congress from Texas but formerly Postmastor-Gen- oral of the Confodoracy, to tho effect thot the Confedorate Governmont had carofully protected sl the property and rights of tho United States Governmont under tho mail systom up to tho 31st of May, 1861, nnd se- cured the return of such proporly to the United Btates. 'Theso plaunsiblo statements so far influoncod somo of the Republican’ membars of Congress that thoy woro will ing to accedo to tho payment of all such claims up to tha date the SBouthorn Statos rospactively passod tho ordinnnces of so- cesslon, and such on amendment was offerod by Mr, Frre, of Maino, with tho gon. eoral undorstanding that the bill shounld bo possed in that shope. Luckily, Messrs, Conaea and WrrLers, of BMichigan, lind pro- vidod themsolves with material from the # Robol archives,” now in possossion of tho Government, whigh showed that tha Con- ftedorate Govornment had not pursued 8o fajr ond honorable a courso as ita ex-members claimed for it. Mr, Coxoen produced sn order mado by Mr, ReacaN as Postmaster-Gonoral of tho Confedorncy, dated BMay 20, 1861, in which ho dirocted tho Postmastors, mgonts, and contractors in the postal service to * retain in their posscssion, for the denefit of the Con- Jederate States, all moil-bogs, locks and keys, marking ond other stamps, blanks for quar- terly roturns of Postmastors, and ol other property belonging to or connccted with the postal service.” This certainly did not look sa though the Confedorate Govornmont had undortaken the part of guardian of the United Btatcs Government's intor- cata, but yather bad tho appoarance of rob- bing the United Btates Government. Then Mr, Wirrers produced tho documentary evi- donco that the claimants under this bill had Leen reimbursed by tha Confederato Govern- mont ou nccount of their contracts prior to May 81, 1801, which meant that tho Con- federata Government had pald tho con. tractors for selling ont and defrauding the United States by breaking thoir contraots and turning over United States property to the Confoderates. Among other dgcuments pro- duced was a report made by Mr, Reacax him- self ns Postmsster-Goneral, in which ho credited himself with 502,000 paid on ac. cnx& of servioss sendered prior to May 31, 18 It ia not surprising that the Nebel claim- sgonta In Congress were completely discon- corted by thess unoxpooted revelations. Thoy asked for time, and some of them frankly acknowledgod that, under the cir- cnmstances, it would be an outrage to ordor tho paymont of these claims & wecond timo out of the United Btates Treasury. Mr. Nuaaan pleaded a bad memory to get ont of tho scrape, and the matter was postponod for n couple of woeks, We can scarcoly concoive that these olaims will be rovived at all, but, i they shall be, it will be with emall hopa of their allowanco after what hns trans- pired. "The incident shows that the pur- chase of the Iebel archives (at & cost of $76,000, we believe) was an excellent invest- mont, though it was denounced at the time asg job; in this singlo instanco tho pos- seasion of theso documents has saved the ‘country a million of dollars. Aunother los- son §s that all these Rebel claims, which will incrense as the Democrats guin strength in Congress, must be subjected to- the closest scrutiny, end that they must not bo taken upon the faith of thoso who urge them. undorstands that the difficulty chiefly con. cerns tho presont revenues of the city, not the ultimate willingness and ability of the pooplo to pay their just dobts. The Adver- tiser oven goes 50 {or a8 {0 say that the ex- pericnco of Chicago may teach other citics how to avoid’certain bankruptey, If it shnll hiavo this effect, it will not be too dearly purchased. It it shall aven roault, as it scemns likaly to do, in giving this city o botter Governmout and lighter taxation than any othor city in the Union, it will be a public bonofit. ‘Thoro is this to be said about the financial stralts {n which the City Govern. maent is now placed: ‘Thoy have enforced tho necessity for prudont maungement, Thers will not soon again be an illegal tax-lavy, or an oxtravagant City Administration, The only daunger is the making of excessive ap- propristions, aud, ns the cfect of these s at onco perceived in the taxes, the check upon tho City QGovernmont i swift and cortaln. 2 A BBACE OF SUBSIDIZERS, Tur TrmuNe yestordsy published the flimsy explanations mado by Mr, Caswrry, of Wisconsin, of the reasons why ho voted to roport tho bill granting o money subsidy from tho Treesury to build Tox Bcorr's rail- rond in Texas, 'Tho intelligent peoplo of ‘Wiscousin will reach thoir own conclusions ns to tho sufficieucy of tho ressons for that and all other subsidies. Dut however surprising may be the course of thio Wisconsin momber in voting to build a roilrond through Texas nt the expense of tho United States; tho spoech of Mr. Doy- Newy, of Minnesots, also In. favor of subsl. dies, will perhaps prove a greater surprise to tho people of that State. Some years sgo, when Cougress spent sovernl wooks try- ing to vots o subsidy of 35,000 oxtra pay to ocach momber, nnd at the same timo make no record of the names vot- ing for the LU, thero was an uopleasant controversy 18 to how Mr. DusNELy voted upon tho steal. Tho Clerk recorded Mr, Doy- Ners's name in favor of tho back-pay swis- dle, but subsequontly Mr. DonyeLn denied tho nccuracy of the rocord. The question of voracity hins nover been determined. In this caso, however, Mr, DoxxerL leaves no room for doubt. o announces his purpose to vote whatever sum be needed to subsldizo transportation companies to run ateamships on tus ocenn, especially to Brazil. That the people of Minnesotn may understand why they should bo taxed to cnable a steamship company in Philadelphia to run their stoam- crs at the oxponso of tho 'Ireasury, wo give 0 much of tho vemarks of Mr, DuNNELL a3 Linve como to haud : Mr. DuxxeLt suoks In defenso of the Consular systom, which was uot ouly sclf-austinlng but actually brought $:100,000 0 year fnto the Treas- ury. lle attrlbutedy partly “to want of Consular aguncles the decreaso of Auterican commarco, e declured bymavif in favor of votlng Unverninentald 10 Amcrlean commerce. Cotigress sullenly and stuupdly refused to give sid to commerce, becausa the cry of Subsldy Wae rung In 1ts ears, 'fho great Ametlean yuention to-day was, buw Amorican pro- ducars could reach furetgn consuners. 1o chars actorlxed the hupending Tari® bill as ** 1he wooden horse " overlooking tho walls and threatening the prospority of the country. 1t wasa direct sttack on the sgricultursl interosty, and got up in the n- torest of somo 1stle Lwo-penny mantfuctaring in- stttution. e regretted that inero was a proposi- tion to rovise thy tarit, but Il promotors were vastly mistakon It they supposed thoy cuuld vass it, Returning to tho question of subsidies, and rofers riug particularly to the Braziliau trade, hodeclarcd himsclf ready to voic $100,000 or §:00,000 to an American steamship liie to Brazil as baving 8 ton dency to rovive American commerce, for in it ro- rsan ll::ru was Jucreased protection o agriculiural nterests. ‘Thero was a Convention of so-called *ox. porters " rocontly held in Washington, snd tho purpose of this Convention was to urgo Congreas to vote subsidies to build American steamships, that these steamships might car- vy our products to foreign lands, ‘Ihe im. pression which these people, including Mr, DuyyseLr, wish to create s, that thore Is o difficulty at presont in finding transportation of American products to foreign countries that tho wareliouses on the Atluntio and Pa- cifio aud Gulf consta are filled to overflow. ing with tho products of American industry, unablo to obtain transportation to the other parts of the world, and that to ralso tho blockade the Governmont must open the Treasury and givo money to private companies to build ships, and thos roliove suffering Awmerican industry in its efforts to reach o maorket, Of course there is motn word of truths iu this. ‘The msans of trans. portation are vastly greater thau tho demand, and occan freights wero nover so low os they haove boen during the last ycars. Boston, unable to furnish outgoing vessols with car- gocs, has to send to Now York to got goods to fill up, and tho Baltimore apd Philadel. phio linca have never been troubled for want of room to carry all that was offered them, I'ie great difficulty of Awerican commerce is not the means to export, but tho products to export, The United States produce a surplus of ocotton, breadstuffs, provisions, tobacco, petroleum, and other yield of the soil, the forest, and the mines, ‘T'he United Btates have in addition vast stores of iron, coal, and oll the row mweterial for gn immense manufacturing product, with an unlimited supply of cheap food. While the producers from the soil have immenye surplus annual~ ly,~—woe think Minnesota alono last year had — SOCIETY MEZTINGS. A 5, tha Foet Masan, Tiis fomes, 4 8ongs, will be_the sunject of Core ecture At Orlental ail, 132 Lasaite:st., crening. Thisolectura will be very 1d no Indy or genfleman will regret liay- It Admission 23 centa, Tickels for eale € hall. JOIN W, BEOWN, Thatrman of Committeaof Gulden'jiule Lodgo, e THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1878, Fon=e i oo SR e e Greenbacks ot the Now York Stock Ex- chango yesterday cloged at 95, . 2 poai kst SN Tuesday's olection in New Hampshire proves to have been a very creditablo Ropub- lican victory, Gov. Prescotr'’s majority is about 1,500, and the Republicans in the Leg- islature have n majority of G1 A MYSTERY EXPLAINED, The orratic, not to eay dinbolical, coursa of the Clicago Times on sll public questions, sloshing around promiscuously without re- gard to loglc, consistency, common-tonso, or decency, hus beon the ocession, from time to time, of more or less aalonishment in this community. Thero hava boon a good many theories ndvanced in oxplauation, but all of thom havo falled as the incomprehonsible vagarica have cropped out in mow places. Thoso who have watchod the dovolopment of * eclectio politics,” **acoplialous govern- mont,"” and other idiosyncrasios in the T'imes, with the samo sort of idlo interest thoy would watch tho antics of an cscaped lunatio, will havo somo satisfaction in finding & gon- eral key to theso myateries in the recont ox- posure and confession of o Spiritualistio charlatan, Tho ** Bpiritist* ia o man namoed Hoxtooy, who had a cabinot where ho pro. dnced in n materialized shape alt kinds, dogrees, o6ges, eoxos, and conditions among tho inhabitants of the other world or worlda; ho also provided communications on the customary slata in a style satisfactory to hils credulous clients, and avalled himsoclf of tho other familinr dovices for exploring the unknown bourne and revealing its hid. den secrets to human gullibility, Dr, Hux. To0N eoms to hove had nlarge practice in tho way of giving Spirilualistic advico a8 to business operations, ond, ss it turns out now, was uctually ongaged for o long time in. running tho Ghicago Times, 'Thla oxplaing overything. Dr, Huxtooy, for somo roason or other not stated, has recently confessed that hia spiril- cabinot was manipulated by means of a trap- door, that tho materinlized spirits were solid flesh otherinlizod for the occasion, that his slate-writing was produced by tho simple precaution of providing duplicato slates, and: that ho has Loon bamboozliug o good many {nnocent and confiding people, among whom was tho editor of the Chicago 7¥mes, Tho foct nppears to bo that Mr, Sroney has only beon running the Tines as proxy for Dr, IiontooN, Tho latter is reported in o local paper a8 having mado tho following state- ent concerning his control of tho Timex: Iluxnroox sald tho other day that ono of his most promiuent patrous was the llon. WiLnun 1, Hrousy, cdltor and proprictor of tho Chlcago Tungs, ' Mr. SToney wis un earncst und ardent in- veatigator of Spiritism. 110 gave HunTnox's cabi- not u most searching esamination, snd vu vne occasion scaled 1t at the beginuing of oscanco. From time to time Nr. Brouxy consulted the aplrits on matters of the utmost impariauce to the readers of nis gnuer. Thy revelatious rucoived hind groat welght with Mr. Srouky, os will pres. cutly bu scen, In the groat _campaiyn of TH76, wnel (lov. dates for the Iresidency of e Unlted States, $ir, Nronxy bad frequent Intervicws with the spirit of Joun C. CaLuuuX, Tuosaw JEy- yeiso¥, Jases Hucianax, wod others who were greatly intorested - in thae pollticsl contest. Fur somwo weoks, as the fuad- cre of tha Z¥mes will remeniber, that journal was sery undecided in ita attitudo toward Gov, TILDEN, It {a said that JTPEusON wae agatnst TiLDEX, while Catioun and Bucianas favored him, Sud. denly, uno_ Monday marning, ae the fall campaiyn was opeming, Lho Zymes had a teading editorial, ’Lx which Mr. Svousy took o doeclded pusition fur TiLpes. it weewns that, from the thoo when the ot. Louls Conventlun nist until shat decision wus made, My, S7anky wont far and near, and was siduous fn consulting wedluma sud learul through thom what way tho clection wae golu, e S iniay avonruy. bofors tho Times fofmully espoused the cauze of Gov. TiLbxn, Mr, Btouky consuited & modiuin, aud was conviaced by u com- inllllkullan"mn Mr, CaLuoux that the Democratic Presidential candiuato would by succeasiul, It there were any roason to doubt Dr, Huyroon's veracity in this matter, his spe- cifio reference to the ‘Tiroxs Incident would furnish n strong confirmation of Lia jnter. esting story. It §s very distinotly secol. Jeoted that tho Chicago 7'ines bad vigorously opposed "FiLoeN's pretonsious to tho nom. ination up to the vory eve of tho St, Louis Couvention, but that it suddenly flopped and insisted that TiLozx was the only man who could be clected. Great injustice was done to the editor of tho 2'mes, we remem- ber, by many persons who cxplaiued thiy sudden chango of heart by significant rof. orences to TiLoex's * bosrel of mouney,” and we hope thoso gossiping and unfriendly peopls will now ackuowledge their orror. It was only the supposed difforences of opinion between great Domocratic spostles—¢*tho epirits of just men made perfoct "—which led the Ziwies inlo its apparent contradiction., ‘I'hat journal could not boguided in any steady course by such exalted ghosts as Tiowmss Jeyyzasoy, Joux O. COariovx, and Jauxs Bucmaxay, when said exalted ghosts could pot agree smong themsclves. At last, Mr, Brozey seems to have pinned his faith to Carnovy; aud thereupon ho flopped. o certainly msde a scrious .istake, for Frroxy did not get elocted. Ever sinco then the A Domocratio membor was in a stato of intoxication on the floor of tho House yes. terday ; but the eircumstance scoms to have attracted no especial attontion, being of so comwon occurrence as to have lost its nov- elty. A porily, respoctablo gentloman of G0 yos- terday ontered the waiting-room of the St. Louis Ferry Company, and, conceiving the Mississippt River to bo the Stygian flood, scnt n lendon messonger through his weary brain and took passage with Charon, In tho course of tho debate upon the Diplomatic bill in the Ilouso yesterday, Mr. Buexyaxo moved to lnsert Greece in the list of missions roquiring a salary of §7,500 and tostrike out Turkey. ‘The Houso ve. fused to adopt the motion, though it is by uo means certain, iy, viow of the drift of affairs in Eosstern Europe, that there will bo any Turkey to send o United States Minister to ot tho ond of another year, . Benator Braine's hostility to Becrotary Scuonz has placed him in the attitudo of tho especinl champion and dofender of tho Mon. tana timber-thioves. It is charitable to pre. sumo that Mr, Braine's course is to be ac. counted for by the fact, not that ho loves tho timbor.thioves more, but the Sceretary of tho Intorior less. At the samo time it is a littlo awkward to focl constrained to apolo- gizo for larceny on a tromendous scalo in or. der to gratify a political grudgoe. Tho statistics of tho pork-packing and cutting trade in Chicago for the year ending Fob. 28, 1878, aro at hand, aud thoy show o total, in round numbors, of four million hogs packed and cut up,—somothing over a million in excess of any provious year. ‘This re- markablo exhibit of business prosperity con- trasts somowbat with the gloomy picture of tho condition of affairg in Chicago drawn by Br..LroNanp SwerT in on interview printed in tho Now York &tar, But then, figures don't lie, and intorviewers frequently do, A BARREN IDEALITY. Dispatches from Washington state that the Becretary of tho Troasury has appointed a Commission, consisting of General-Ap- praiser MeneoiTa and Speclal Agents Bousn aud Hivos, to investigato alleged frauds by undervaluation at the Port of New York,and nlleged eovasions of the law, resuling in frouds, at interiorporta. We protest againat the whole proceoding.: (1) Wo protest ogoinst coupling such Insignlficant lrreg- ularities and errors ss may exist in the con- duct of business a¢ interlor ports with the monstrous frouds known to exist in connec. tion with the collection of tha customs rov- onues at tho Port of New York. (2) Wo protest against the appolatment of a Com. mission to polnt out irregularitics, frauds, and rascalitios, which were pointed out six months ngo by the Jax Commission, but which continuo to exist in fall force to this dsy, in the New York Custom-lHouse, (3) Wo protest against tho personnel of tho Commission. ‘Wa allege, and challenge succeasful con. tradiction of the allegation, that no frauds of any considerable extent exist in tho trans. portation of merchandiso under the L T. Bond act or in the collection of tlio customs rovenues ot interlor ports. It is therefore a grossly unjust aspersion of tho official ropu. tation of Westera Customs Collectors aud Appralsers to connect thot, oven by the most remoto implication, with tha inoficloncy snd corruption with which tho New York Cus. tow.House is justly chargeable, and for which the management of that office alono should anawer and suffer, ‘We have herctofore drawn largely from tho reports of the Jax Commission to show a dogreo of inefficioncy aud corruption in tho Now York Custom-House warranting imme- diate action, first by the President in remov- ing the clief officers of the port, snd sec. ond by the Fressury Department in placing the cntire offico under bLan of suspicion aud 80 forcing its completo purgation, It is something worse than useloas to appoint & secoud Commpbulon to point out evils already elaborately and specifically pointed out, but remalning entirely nocorrected. - The officialy selected to constilute the Comumission are untit for the orduous duty assigned them. Afr, MrsroiTa is an experi- enced, faithful officer, of tho highest roputa- tion snd undoubted intogrity; but be is & mild gentleman, indisposed to onter tuto flerce combats with cunning and aodacious scoundrels, Ilis senso of honor is so fine that ho is disinclined to entertain susplcion of bis fcllows, snd bis naturo is so gentle and forgiviog as to render him incapable of recommending the adoption of harsh weas. ures. A vigorous prosecution of rogues would be impossible to him. Mlr. Buvsg is Mr. Barrron A, Hiny is this morning in- troducod to an entirely unsuspecting public 04 o strong candidate for Prosident of the United States. Illo is said to Lo backed by much greenback strength in Southern IN. nois, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, oud tho regulation movement which has been sot on foot has Bt Louis for its fulcrum., It is porkops wise to refrain from explainiog who Mr. Burrron A, My is until tho future shall deronstrate that his name is over to be lieard ogain, Tar Tripoxe's spocial cable dispateh from London anunounces that orders Lave been issued by the DBritish Admiralty for tho strengthoning of the fleet in the Hea of Marmora by the addition of four iron.clads now at Besika Bay, which are to bo sent through the Dardanelles to anchor off QGallipo!ll ut the northoastern eud of tho straits. Admiral Hounpy's vessels at Moudanin Bay will move ncarer to Con. stantinople, whilo the roinforcoment of the ‘squadron commanded by Commodore Cox- seneey at Gallipoli makes a formidable total of wmonster iron-clads freo to operate sgainst the Russiau occupation either of Gallipoli or Constantinople. It is » menaco which is fikely to be resented by Russia as unwar. rauted by the situation of affairs pending tho assembly of the Berlin Congress, e —— Mr, Conaen, the witty momber of the Houso from the Soventh Michigan District, can be serious emough when t comes to driving homo the chargo of concealmout aud equivocation against the Southorn members who displayed such astonishing ignorance on the subject of the payment of mail con. tractors by tho Confedorato -Goverumont, Afr, Rrioay, the Postmaster-General of tho Confederucy, undertook yesterday to modify tho unfavorable reflection upon his honesty rosulting from the production of the Con. federato orchives by confessing that he had really forgotten that any such legislation had over occurred. Mr. CoNaen, while disclaim- ing apy intention toretloct upon thelate 0. 8, P.-M..G., nevertheless proceeded to mako it yery uncomfortable for the entire collection of Bouthern claim-agents bolding scats in Congress, and it was only by means of points of order raised by sywpathetic Northern The Cincinnati Commercial is moved by {the recent agitation for steamship subsidies to recito the facts connected with tho termi. nation of the Corrivs contract in 1856. The The first contract with the CoLring line was mado in 1847, It stipulated'that the Com- pauy should carry the mails betwsen Now York and Liverpool for $19,230 per round trip. The first service undes this coutract was not performed until 1850. Two years afterwards Uorwaxs & Co. represented 'to Cougress that they were losing monoy under it; that they had veduced their time from fourteen to cleven days from shore to shore; and that they wero subject to great addi. tional expense in consequence of the change. They did not omit the ususl dismal view of the dangors aud hardships of English com- potition, and the prospect of havivg the American flag swopt from the sega Con- The bill befors the Wisconsin Legislature for the enlargement of the pretty little Capl- tol looks as if it was drawn more in the jntent of tho conirsctors than with the jutercst of benaliting the dear paople. The avowed object of the pending bill is, to pro- vide botter accommodations for the use of the Buprome Court, but 1t it pass, the door will be openod for other sppropristions which tho taxpayers will not find easy (o pay. Forty thousand dollars is now asked for, with which it is proposed to blister ono side of the Capitol with an enlargement, snd, as soon as this is done, a like sum will be wanted to kesp up tho symmetry of the building, Tho Leglslature of Wisconsin will do well,