Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1878, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1878—TWELVE PAGES. 4 The Tribane, TERMB OF SU’BS(%H PTTION. DT MAIL—IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGR rnn;;;m. Fattaof 8 vear. pe WEPKLY EDITION, FOSTTAID, ©ne copr, per year. Club of four.. o Srecimen ce 3 Give 'ost-UMice address in full ncloding Btate aod County. Hemftinnces yaay be maile elther by Aralt. expres, Tort-Office order, or fn trxistered letter, at ourrisk, TERMS 70 CITY AUNSCRIBERS. Taily, delivered, Ennday excepted, 23 centa per week, 1 atl3, delivercd, Eunday included, M centa ner week., Adaress THE TRINUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison and Dearbori-sts., Chleago, Tl Qrders for the dellvery nf TiE TainuxE &t Ryantton, Tngiewrod, and flyde Park feft In the eounting-room T Cnicano TRIRUNE has e recelptof subscriptions and adveriisements as bitehed branch offices £W YOIUK—Tloom 20 Tribune Dullding, ¥. T+ Mo~ Fannes, Mansgee, TARIS, France—No, 16 Rue de 1s Grange-Tatellere, 1, Manvxr, ARent. LONDON. Ei American Exchange, 440 Strand. . Axent. 8CO, Cal.—Palace Tlotel, MeVicker’s Theatre. ‘Modiron #trect, between Dearborn and Etate, #+ A Celobrated Uase.” by the Unlon Bquare Company, Atternoon and evening. Ilooley’s Thentre. Randotph street, between Clark Fngagement of Rothern. Afternoon, **David Gar- Tiek” and ** A Regular Fix." Eventug, ** The Crastied “rageding.” and Laalle, New Chicago Theatre, Cark street. opposite Sherman louse. Engages ment of Laverly's Minstrels. Afternoon and evening. Taverly’s Theatre. Monroe street, corner of bearborn, Engagement of Frank Mayo, *'Dary Crockeit.” Afternoon and oven- 1ng. Coluenm Navelty Theatre. Ciark street, oppostts Court-Iouse. Variety ver- formence, BATURDAY, MARCH 80, 1878, Coin at the Now York 8tock Exchauge yesterday closod at 1013 1t is stated that the Turks have nbandoned Kavak, a fortified post at the Black Ses en. trance of the Dosphorns, The cable dis. patch fails to mention in whoso. faver the relinquishment is made, but it s to bo pro- sumad that usstalios succesafully negotinted for a position of great value in tho event of amovement toward the Black Boa by the British floet. ‘The Marquis of Sarspunyand Lord Lyoxa ore talked of in London ns successors of Lord Denny in tho Onbinet, As it happens that Lroxs is a Libernl, there iz no probabil ity of his being 1nvited into n Conservative Cnbinet. Saviepuny las tho right politics, bnt he is not regarded ns n man of practioal wisdom aud relinbility, If ho is called into Denny’s position, it will bo beeanso the war patty is short of distinguished T'eors. A new style of torpedo has beon invented by an officor in the United Btates Navy, and tho infernal machine so deeply improssed Heerotary Tniostesoy with its fino pointa that he Laos communicated the matter to the 1fonso Committes on Naval Affairs, which in turn ngree to report a bill giving the inventor, #60,000 for the sole nse of his patent. En. gland or Russia would give twico as much to get hald of a torpeda that possessed de- structive merits of a high order, The motion for n uew trial was yestorday refused by Judge Roarns in the case of the City of Chicago ngainst Davip A. Gaoe and Lis bondsmon, in which the jury returned a verdict of 507,000 agajnst the defondants, Tho latter will not, it {s supposed, abandon tho contest ot this point, but will take the caso to the Buprome Court on appeal. The jndgment for 2500,000 enterod in a New York court agniust ALnenr Cnosny, also ono of tho Gaoe surctios, was yesterdsy removed from tho files upon application of the plain. tiff, thero having boen somo error in the en- try which required rectification, Hecretary Evants will bo called upon short- ly to rise and explain the omission from the correspondence called for by the Benate of a lolter written by his prodeceasor, Becrotary Fmy, to Minister Iiengeront, in London, suggesting the appointment of Devrosst ns the neutrnl Comzaissioner in the arbitration of the fishorics controversy, Itis a littlo awkward that the British Government should bo nccused of dishonorably packing the Commission, and very roughly hondled in thd Congressional debates and in the columns of the presa. when the dis. closure by the Hecrelary of Btate' of the lotter In question on file in his office would have rolioved England of the unjust imputation and placed the responsi. bility whero it justly belonged. That BMr. Evanta should hold his poaco whon n word from him would put an end to the clamor about Dritish unfairness and the indelicacy of tho sclection and tho acceptance of Mr. Devrosse is o quoer piece of diplomacy which it wore oharitablo to designate a Llunder, The facts in regard to the Pitlsburg riots ore coming out before the Legislative Com- mittoo of Investigation now sitting at Phila- dolphia. It seems to be already established that the authorities of Dittaburg were in full sympathy with the rioters, Several wil- nesses have testified thot tho police fired upon the out.of-town militia. 'I'he Mayor of Pittsburg is credited with the polite abservation, during the riol, that Gen. Buiston's troops *‘ought all to bo killed ond in hell™ Tosear 31, Amwon, head of the Trainnen's Union, testifled that ke was iu commood of the rloters in ANegheny. Ihiey had 300 stand of arms furnished by the peoplo of Pittsburg. 1le was offered, *'by a prominent citizen,” 200 additional stand of arms, but had no use for them. He said that if tho soldiers called out by the Gov- ernment had attempted to disperse tho crowd Lo would have *“died there befors ke budged an inch,” and there was not a man who would not have followed him, Al thoughi there was uo fighting 1n Allegheny, it ia sufliciently established from this and similar cvidenco that tho fighting iu Pitts- burg was encoaraged by the municipal au- thoritics and the citizens. Ths corporation 18, thercfore, justly responsible for the dam- ogo that was dono; aud, if the Legulature shall usscss the whole amount upon the City of Pitwburg, as now seems probable, the public elsewhere will bo satisfied that no wrong has been done. e ———— Avonvention bas been callod to meet at Mobile, April 24, to cousider ways and meauns of cstablishing a line of steamnships from that port to Central aud South America and the West Indies. We sincerely bope some- thing may como from the Convention. American commerco with the mentioned hna been too long neglected. Tt will ba woll for the Convention in cousider. ing the nain question ta scertain what has been tho canse of the decling of American commerce ; what s the best means of reviving it; how far it has been nffected by the protective teriff; how fac by ‘the transfer of the carrying-trade to foreign bottoms; how far by the Wnr and an irredecmable currency ; and whether it can Do onsiont re. gained by n now system of snbsidies or by tho removal of existing subsidies. It inn self-ovident proposition that the withdeawal of the subsidies and protection now granted 1o shipbuilders wonld bo equivalout to granting a large subsidy to ship-owners, Sitch n subsidy would cost the Government nothing, and would bg open to nono of the objections that are nrged ngainst ordinary subsidies. It wonld reach all classes alike, not discriminating n favor of Mr. Jomx Roacn or any other nnfortunate beggar, re- quiring tho intervention of no lobby, and demanding noither ronowal nor increase. It would be, in short, the sabsidy which nature gives to thrift, intelligence, and energy everywhere, nud distribute profits evenly among them. The Mobile Convention will do lees than its duty if it docs not recommend the granting of euch n subsidy to the ship-owners of tho country, ————— ——e——— The report of a day or two ngoof a do- mnnd by Russia for the withdrawal of the English fleet from the Sea of Marmora proves to have been premature but mot without foundation. Informnation Is now communicated from Constantinople that such o demand has been mnde, and that it lins been refused, Tha Porte seems to ave acted merely 08 a neutral agent for tho transmission of Russia’s ultimatum to the British Ambnssador, withont attempting to exercise any nuthority in the premises. Layanp's reply is said to have been handed to Gen. Nerigore ** withont romark.” Tur. key has thus far nothing to say on cither side of the question, though it is diffienlt to perceive how it in possible to avoid being drawn into the quarrel.” To Eni- gland's insolent refusal to withdraw tho fleot oxcept the Russian troops aro first retired from the onvirons of Constantinople, the Porte makes no responss, and, if the chal lengo is accoptod, Russia alono must toke it up, Tho continned pressure of tho iron. clnds within & fow hours' sail of the city ofter this formal demand for thelr withdraw- ol necessitates energetic menaures apon the part of Tussin to secure control of the Bos- phorns, and, by torpedoes or other menus, to bar the posssge of an enemy's shipa of war inlo the Black Sen. There seemsa no escape from a conflict as the outcome of this critieal position of affairs. Ruesin, oc- cupying the suburbs of Constantinoplo Ly virtue of conquest and troaty, cannot enter- taln any proposition looking to the doparture of lor troops at England's dictation. Both tho fleot and the army will rematn, and the maintenanco of peaceful rolations between the two forces for any length of time, in the present excited stato of fecling in London and 8t Polersburg, is beyond the range of possibility. THE TILDEN INCOME SUIT. , Somo persons of good memory may rocall tho fact that, during the snmmer and corly fall of 1876, pouding the Presidentlal cam- pnign, Tug Tumune contained an oceaslonal allusion to Mr. TiLpeN's income-tax watters, illustrated by certain extracts printed in par- allel columas, which seemed to indicato that Mr, Tiupex (then known under the nom de guerre of ** Usufruct”) had not that scru- pulous regard for his word under oath which tho morals of tho timo should exact from a Presldent of tho United States, One of the two extracts thus printed two or threo times in Tne TrisuNe was o copy of Mr. TiLoeN's sworn roturn of an income of abouns 7,000 for the yonr 1852; the other wns another afiidavit mado by Mr. TiLoex foathen recent railrond sait which showed that ho had charged ono “clicnt” alone sbout 20,000 during the courso of that yeor, . For making aslight roforence once in a while to this manifost and unexplained contradiction nn- der oath, Tur TRIBUNE was vory gouerally dononnced by the Democratle newspapers and Democratio * reformers,” and charged with making impropor inferonces and trumping up unwarranted chargoes for cam- paign purposes, DBut it was notable that, with all tho campnign literature issued by the * Liberty Street Bureau,” undor the jm- modiate supervision of Mr. TiLoex, there was not n siugle documont that was nble to put a foir and honest construction upon the 4 donble-columu " oxposure, A little later on, suit was instituted against Mr, Bamur Tiwpex, who was atill n Presi- dential candidate, to recaver for the Govern- ment tho tax, which it wna alleged 3r. T1r- pex waa jn arrears for his income, not only for the year 1862, but for all the othor years during which an incomo tax wns levied ‘Tnen thore was a hue and ery of persecu. tion, It-was proclaimed that GRaxT was using the powers of the Administration to blacken the character of the Democratio candidate, and assist ia the election of the Republican candidate ns his successor. Mr. ‘TrLpeN affected to laugh at the suit, and his friends and supporters predicted that it would bs dismissed as soon as the campaign was over. Bo it might hiave been, perhaps, if Alr, Tiozy bad boen induoted into the Prosidential office, and hisd thus Leen enabled to choose his own prosecuting law-oficers. Hut the escape from TiLoex ns President affords a new op- portunity for congratulation in that ho was not permitted to appoint the counsel on both sides in the Government suit inatituted against hun, The result is that the suit was prosecuted, has been decided in the District Court against BMr, TiLpew, and promises to produce $138,143 revenue for the Government, which is the smount of in. come fax alleged to have been withheld from the Government by Mr. TiLoeN on a total iucome of £2,603,000 between the years 1862 aud 1871 inclusively, This'de- cision quiets the Deinocratio sssertion that it wes all o **d—d campaign le,” and scarcely improves Mr, TiLpxy's chances for aother nomination. Mr, Tioex's defense to this suit was peculiar, It was about gquivalent to Lis de- fense in & local suit in New York fostituted about the same time, when he pleaded the statute of limitation to escape the payment of adebt, Hewetup that during the years 1862 aud 1863 he had made the regular re. {urn (under oath) of his income, had been nuseased on that basis, and pald the tax, snd that, no imperfections havivg been found until after July 13, 1860, all this was a bar to anv sction to recover furthor tax. ‘Ihis plea aight bo twisted around to mean that, if Mr, Tirvey had sworn tb falie returny for thoue years, tho falsity kad not been discov- conntries This operates in all nnre- stricted commerce to reward the deserving from his frand, law points may be briefly statod. incomo tax was Jevied by the statnte itaslf in ment cannot be concluded by the individnnl return of the taxpayer or the nction of the Assessor; the suit sgainst Mr, Tiepe Is not for any amount of fax which was paid, nor for Any tax asnessed, but for taxos due nnder thaatatnte which was not returned, nsscssed, or pail, It has been hield that tho taxpayer, him, mnay maintain an action against the Government; so Judge BraTcuronp reason. brought by him to recover back taxes paid according to tho nssessment, and 1n asuit bronght by the United States ngainst him on the nssessment, it is difienlt to seo why, in a case where the United States aro claiming to recover taxos omitted from the nasessment, clusive ngalnst tho United States.” Of maont, mistake, negloct, or collusion betwoon taxpayer and Assessor woild not only de- privo tho Govornment of the tax to which it is lawfnlly entitled, but it would also give taxpnyors who swear to false roturns an ad- vantage over thosa who swear to the truth. Judge Bratonronp rofused to sanction such a distortion of the law for the benefit of Mr. TiLDEN, This decision is important on many sc- counts, In its political Learings, it justifies the Republican press that warned the coun- try ogninst tho election of BIr. Tizprx, be- cause it wonld be a national disgrace to have tho chief office of tha nation ocoupied by & porson who had defrauded the Government of ita dnes during a succession of many years, Nationally, it is a lesson that high position and grent wenlth cannot nlwnys bo dopended on to secure immunity for wrong- doing. Tinnncinlly, it is a promise of nearly $140,000 revenue for the Government which Liad Leon lost, and perhaps evou moro than that may be recovered from otlors under the samo construction of law. Finally, it isto a largo extent o confirmation of tho Iack of claracter charged upon Mr, Ttroey, which will probably save the nocessity of making nnother cnmpaign against that gontleman as Presidential candidnte, e == A DISCBIMINATING TARIFF. Sir JonN A. MaopoNarp, ox-Prumier of Canada, who was ousled for nlleged connce- tion with n Pacific Railway Credit Mobilier, has laid his plans to regain popularity by ad- vocating n discriminnting tarl ngainst the United Btates. A resolution jutroduced by him in Porlinment with this object in view reads ns follows: Jtesolved, That this Tonac Is of epinlon that tho srelinro of Canads \'e?‘\m'lh the adoption af a na. tional Imlicy which, by & readjustment of the tar- iff, will benefit and foster the mgricultural, the manufscturing, and othor interests of the Dumin- ton. ‘Thatench » policy would retain in Canaua thourands of our fellow-countrymen now obiiged 10 expateiate thetmaclyven in search of tho employ- ment dened thent ot homo—will restore proaperity 10 ouf atruguling Industries, now nu sadly dupress- ed—will prevent Canadn Irom betng matle a sacri- fice market—will encourage and dcl’!lflil an nciive Intesprovinelal trado—and moving (aa it ought to dn) i tha dlrection of rec|\\rnclly af tariffa with our neighbors, ro far ad (he yaricd intorests of Cannaa may demand, will ureatly tend to procare for this country eventually a rociprucity of trade. Tho main purpose of MacpoNatp's plan, it in ovidont, ia to procuro reciprocity from the Uuited Statos; and it procceds on tho theory that this country will be induced by intimi- dation to grant concessions which it has de- liave this conception of the disposition of tho United Btates to bo erroncous. Canadian trade is comparatively so amall a part of our commerca that the loas of 1t would not affect tho prosperity of our merchants or manufac- turors. Nor is thors any reason to suppose that it would bo lost unless the Canadian tarift should bo raised so high na to be prac. tically prohibitory, 'The advantago of situa- tion posscssed by the United Btates would socure it the Cnnadian arkot againat any ordivary discrimination in tariff-rates. If, howover, the Canadians should be provailod upon by Hir Joux MacpoNap'to mnako the tariff prohibltory so far as tho United Btatea wora concerned, they would only look for the odoption of moasures which would excludo them from tho markets of the Unitod States, while they would be obliged to pay, for the gratification of their pride and resontment, the diffarence on all articles which thoy can now purchase in the United States with profit, but which, under the new arraugement, they would have to bring from over seas, This would be a policy worthy of the old American Adminiatrations which im. posed a commercial embargo on the people of this conntry, bub it would scarcely be waorthy of an enligtened age and nation. It is Lo be noticed that Sir Jonn AMacpoN- ALD's resolution is self-contradictory, inas. much as it provides both for the encourage. ment of lome manufacturers and future reciprocity with the United States. What, it may bo msked, can ba the object of en- conraging home manufacturers by protection if the protoction is sbortly to be doestroyed, as it would be by the adoption of a recl- procity treaty ? The conduct of the Canadian people with reference to rociprocity indicates that thoy hava n large infusion of the canny Ecotch element, whoso cunning too often overreaches itsalf, Cho conditions of reciprocity be- twoen enlightened nations is common adven- tage, but the alm of Canada in all the nego- tiatious she has advanced to this end scems to have been her own gain and the loss of the United States. Every proposition thus far mude §s based on the idea that salt, lum. ber, snd agricultural products are the only staples to be exchanged, whereas these are precisely the articles that Canada can send into the United States advantsgeously, while they caunat be exparted, generally speaking, from the United States to Cansda. W en- deavored to show in a series of articles: on this subject some months ago that the trus basis of adjustment of com. mercial relations between the two coun- tries was & Zolveremn union, which would destroy the customs barrier now strotched slong the frontior, save ths enor- moux costs of collsction, and promote friend- ship between tha two couniries. Buch a union would be for the common good, inss- snuch as it would give American manufactur. ers tho free run of Canadian markets, whils ered taon onongh to enabla the Governnent to indemnify itsolf for any losses that arose For the other yonra Mr. T1uoex set up that action was barred hecanso he had made no return, but had been assessed by the Governmant officer, and had paid the assessment, along with the legal penally of 25 per cent additional exacted by thestatuto. 'This was & plea similar to the other, except that it involved no falsification of the ro- turns nndor oath. But Judge Dravcnrosp haa taken & somewhat different view from that held by Mr, Tirorn of tho rightsof the Government and the dnties of good citi- zenship. e has decided that Mr. Tirpex is clearly lablo for the tax on the entire amount of his Incoma over legnl exemptions for the yeors named, his partinl returns aud pay~ ments to the contrary notwithstanding. The The fixing a certain percentage, and the Govern- it too largo a tox hes been nassssed ngainst ably concludos that ** If an assessment may be questioned by tha taxpayer in a suit the assesament should bo regarded ns con- course, if such wero the law, their concenl- showiug that the Government is determined nted to importunity and argumont, We bo." sculpins, and eels by thousands, Now thore it would ndmit Canadian barley and other raw materinl to American marketa, It would not be injurions, either, to Ameriean farm- ers, for so far as Cauadian grain was ad- mitted to our markota it wonld operato to in- cresso the surplua now available for exporta- tion; and a1 the prico fs regulated by tho Liverpool quotation the total avails of the crop would bo as largo thon as now, This is tho only just, tht only reasonable, customs arrangement that can bo devised botween Canada and the United States. The Cana- dians may as well come to this opinion now as any time. It will be wastofol and fool. jsh for them to discriminate against tho United States in the hope that thoy can bally this country into a spurious reciprocity, Wo are surprised that the Cnnadian legislators shonld 8o persistently mistake thoir voos- tion as to muppose’ that, in so plain a busi. ness matter, cunning is desirable or possiblo. 1t they had learned long ngo the art of not standing in their own light, they would be much nearer tho renlization of their hopen than they are now. If thoy had not taken advantage of tho old treaty, which provided only for the free interchange of raw prod. ncts, to ralsa tho rates on our manufnc. tures, it might atill have beon in force, If they had not franduldntly procnred an exorbi. tant award of damnges to be paid by the United States for the fishories concession, or if they hnad not brought forward this last mensura of rotaliation and petty spite, they would ho in a better position to urge their clajms when reciprocity ia again considored by our Government, THE ENGLISH “REBERVES A misunderstanding nay arisa in the minds of the uninformed as to tho meaning of the British Cbinet decision in calling ont tho army and militia reserves,—13,000 of tho former and 26,000 of ihe Intter. Casual renders nny supposo that the Dritish Gov- ernment jntend morely to place in the field this foreo, which apponrs ridicnlonsly small compared with the number of Russinn troops nlready under arms. Such an iden would be quite erroneons. Tho nrmy systom of Great Bntsin comprises tho regulars nnd reserves. Wo have soveral times published in dotail tho strength of the regular army, numhering nearly 200,000 of all ranks, and it is not nec~ esaary to recopilulate the figures again, It should be uuderstood, however, that in case of war the whole regular army will ba em- ployed first 1n action, The calling ont of tho reserves menns, morely, that they are to bo placed in readiness to follow tho army to the ficld, if neccssary. Now, a5 to the resorves, They are divided iuto soveral closses, . Tho first.class army reserve, al- Inded to in onr yestorday's dispatch, con- sists, first, of mon who, nfter a service of not less than three yenrs in tho ranks, hinve been passed into the reserve to complete tho unexpired portion of theirongagemont; and, second, of soliliers who have been discharged by purchaso or on completion of limited on- rogement, and liave enrolled themeolves for five yoars. In penco timoe thoy mny be called out for twelve days' training annually, or to aid tho civil power: in caso of war or national dangor, they may bo reealled to service by proclamation sud attached to any regimont or corps of their own branch of the servico, or formed into saparato corps. Probably the latter plan will bo adopted in this instance. At any rato, they become in all respects soldiers of the regular army, and aro linble for servico at home nnd abroad and until the completion of their torin of enlistment. Thers s a socond.class army reserve composed of eurolled pensionars—men who have complotad thelr torm of sorvice and aro on pension. 'Thoy ara only Hablo for sorvico within tha United Kingdom. In ourdispatches 1t was siated that Bir Garuonxz Hanpy informed Parlia- ment that tho militia resorvea also wero to bo called out. Thisis especially significaut ns upon taking tho most extraordinary mona- ures, The militin rosorve was created by the nact of 1867, and copsists of mon actnually gerving in tho militis who voluntarily enroll in this reserve for a torm of aix years, during which thoy remain with their militia regi- ments in ponce time, but in case of war may be drafted into the rogular army. Itls un. necessary to odd that oll the roserves, in time of poace, aro permitted to follow the avocations of ordinary citizons, After this explanation of the natura of the resorve forces of the Empliro, 1t will be scen that thero is much meaning in the announcemeont in Parliament thot they were to bo called but, and that the forco which Eugland can placoin tho fleld, whilo not comparing in numbers with the armaments of Russla or Germany, is by no means insignificant, THE HOLYOKE DAM SHAD WAR, Massachusatts svems to have a deal of trouble on tho flsh queation, Bome yosrs ago her relations with Rhodo Island wose disturbed on account of the propensity of the Ithode Islanders to capture herring, alowives, porgics, aud scup with pound- selnos and gill-uota in rivers whero the Interoat was common., Latterly, hor own fishormen bave been engaged in a bitter contest with each other,—tho hook.and-line faction, who did a rotail business hand over baud, complainiog of the others who with crawls and nets captured tomoods, flounders, isan unkindoess of feeling growing np be- tween the Commonwealth and Connectiout on account of shad, and, without Intending to be profano, we mny add, the Holyoke dam shad, As near as wo can get at the merits of the controversy, thoy are substantially as fol. lows: Holyoke is the locality where the shad of the Connectiout River are princlpal. 1y propsgoted, and they are srtificlally hatchod there by millions, aud provided with an elegant fishway, which the IHolyoke Company was compoiled to bulld by a Bu- prome Court declsion. The codfish has been awarded the distinction of a prominent place in the Sonate Chambor of the Commonweslth, but the shad has beaten bim by going woy up to the Bupreme Court, Now the ahad, particularly the artificial shad, wha never Xuows his father or motber, and more par- ticulasly tho Holyoke dam shad, who owes bis exustence principally to the kinduess of Mr, Guexv, does not repsy that debt of gratitude. Like tho dam salmou fry, the dam shad s s occentrio avimal, Heis nomadic, discontented, ambitious, and de- termined not to bs contracted by any pent. up Utica. The 10owment that he cosses to be » protoplasm and wigglea out of his egg, he pats on airs, and beginsto look down upon bis spawning-bed, and sssocn as heis big enough packs up his valuables aud goes out into the world to seek his fortune in the great ocesn of his kind, provided lis escapes the spawn- eating ecl and the voraclous larger fish who are always ou the lookout and have the good taste to prefur shad. In other words, be plunges dowa the Ashways, leisirely travels slong the placid Connecticut until he reaches tho mouth, and then boldly launches out into the Bonnd. Like many another rural youth who is allored away from his simple, quict country home to try the dangers and tempta- tions of tho great city, he i somotimen lont and never heard of ngain ; but uaually, it he lives to grow up and wax fat and marketa. ble, he is ready for the gridiron in about three years, With that marvelous adaptation of meana to enda no ofton characteristic of Naturo, she has established a mystorions and subtle but very closa relation botweon shads and gridirons, The shad knowa when the gridiron is ready for him, and he is enough of a fatalist to naccept the sitnation. He 8t onco cuts looss from all his plensant nssoclations and starts back for the identical spawning-bed whors he was onco a littla dam shad. To hin credit be it sald, ho is sincora in his motives, and he makes an honest effort to get back to his original home, but he does not reach there, In his voyage up the river, where there are no doms, the Conngoticutters not boing worth one, a3 might bo oxpected of people who violate our holiest feelings with wooden nutmegs and leather dried apples, he aud Lis kind ars taken in by thonsands by mweop-seinors and gillmottors. Suchis the dospair of tho situation. The people of Mnasnchnsetts, at great oxpenso, hatch the shad and salmon, and the peopls of Con. necticut, without so much as by your leave, gnthor them in beforo they can got home agnin. Tha shad, therofors, does not oom- pletely fultill his destiny, and goos to the wrong gridiron, nnd the iron has enlered the lieart of the Masanchusetts fisherman, The Fish Commiasioners first took up his eanso, nnd remonatrated with the Fish Com- mitteo@f the Connecticnt Loglslature, who treated them very unhandsomely, and didn't care n river-obstruction for them, for the renson that they thomaelves were ongngod in tho shad business; and gave them substan- tially to nnderstand that the moment a shad loft Massnchusetta and turned up in Connect- fout lie was denaturalized and bocame amen- oble to the laws and customs of his now habitat. The morale of their ronsoning, however, did not satisfy tho Mnssnchusetts Fish Oommission, because it would be mani. festly absunl for a shad to stop at Agawam, on the bouundary, when his destiny compels him to go as far as Baybrook. The Fish Commission therenpon brought the matter to the attention of the Massnohusetts Logia- lature, both branches of which passed a yos- olution requesting the Btnte of Counecticut * to tako such action in {ho promises ns may bo due to the relatious of comity betwson slster Btates.,” If the Governor of Counacticut and the Goneral Assombly pay no attention to the relations of comity, then the Fish Commissioners of Massachu- setts will toko the bull by the horns or the shad by the gills and not hatch another dam shnd nt ITolyoke. Rathor than yield to Con- neoticut, Massachusotts will amputato its own nose, hang up its gridirons, and go with- out sind, Are thero not other ways in which tho mattor can be settled? Why not leavo it out to arbitration? Or why not tront the Connecticut River as wo have the Chicago, turn it ond for ond and start the shad north instond of mouth, giving them a fishway across tho Stato to Massachusots Bay and thus circnmvent the shad-thioves of Connect- feut? It ie a pity that all Now England shonld be plunged into turmoil and the rola- tlons of Lwo gront States be disturbed on ac- count of 5o amall a matter ns shad-roo and salmon-fry. THE ALDERMANIC ELEUTION. Wo consider 1t a duty to tha community to remind our roadors that thore will bo an olection next Tuesday for Aldermon and for township officers, Tho nominations by tho soveral parties for township offices aro gon- erally of fair mon, but for the all-important offices of Aldermen anany of the nomiun. tlons nro scandalous, Tho OCity Council consists of thirty.six mon. Theroia one vacancy, so there are to be ninoteen Aldermon elected, Tho voters of each ward (oxcopt the Suventh) elect one Alderman; in the Seventh Ward twoA Ider. men are tobe elocted, Classifying the Al- dermen holding over as consorvative and economicnl or ns profligato Aldermen, the latter have about pine. It will bo only necossary for this class to cleot ten mora and the City Conncil will become as famous a8 the Council of years gone by when it was controlled by tho historical 410" Now there are enough voters in enough of the wards who dusire to olect an honest and efliciont City Council who only need nnjon and concert of action to succeod in defeating the schemos of the destructives, The mnchiuery of the Republican and Demo- cratio parties afforded the most convenjont mode for the nomination of eandidates, and to that cxtent was properly employod. But the nominations thomselves are in many caacs unfortunately bolow o proper standard, sud in every suoh caso we adrise voters to disregard tho action of the caucus and vote for tho interesta of tho city, Wheruver tho Democratio candidate is a man unflt to clect. od and the Ropublican candidato -1 a bettor man, and where, on tho other hand, the Domocratio candidata is a saferiman to elect, our advice to ull voters is to ignoro the politics and vote wholly upon the morits of the men. Where, as in other cases, no reputable or proper person has beon named by either party, the botter coursa is to find suother man and vote for him, No person hias tho mght in an election of this oharacter to insist that s candidate who otherwise could not be olected must have the support of his partv. The City of Chicagn 1s o busi- ness corporation purcly; and ita offloers, espocially the Council, should be chosen be. causa of their fitness and thelr business abil- wy sod experience, These qualifications should outweigh all other considerations fu the election of Aldermen, and voters do themselves aud tho city a great wrong when they ecloct Aldermen who want thosa qualifications.. There are not half s dozen of the persons nominated of the Democrats who have tha least claim on the vote of any intelligent man of elther party for the office of Alderman, and wa hope tosce the most of thesa defeated by & union of Democratic and Republican votes inefavor of some other candidates. . There must be such s union for the aake of the city's intorests, or the Governmont of Chicago must’ pass into the hands of irresponsible and danger. ous men. PE——— When Braixg pitched into SBcuumz for op- posing the timber thieves, and twitted bim on Iis foreign birth, and oo the disgrace of cowlog hither from a country swaller in square miles than Montans, where the timber thioves aro carryiog 0n thelr depredations, 1t Is sald that ConkLixg was mightily tickled st tho attack. The New York Times thus refers to the matter: 1t §s sald that Mr. ConxLixa boamed and smiled while hls apcient encmy aud rival was thus freely criticising tho Secrotary of the fnterior. He coul afford (o applaud. For, Just 84 certaln os ¥ 1 another Presidential canvass comluyg, Mr. Brai, Soatse bizotry wiil bo recellod to mind. It is eary now to twit Mr. Scuuss with uis foreign birth: ralliecy of tho uaturallscd Praesian runs gilbiy ot the tonzuo of s ready debaler like Mr. Buiwxs. pulilicians Lave long mewmorics, and these ul- teran ontemntible 'y Aro indiscree! #lon of the apcaker. Ina conntry the necident of a foreiyn birthpluce {s not recog- nlred tn the dieteibation of oftice, save in one par- invidionn diatinetion, And Mr, firatnn’s political tickled when he did fi. consin, was more diaceeet, thangh lers manly, “The crit 80 far bevond the Know-Nothinglem of Mr. obje right of nobility Inherent in the roll. e — = The end of tho great JaxxCNs case, which has Iength been reached, Jarnducs ra. Jarndyce case, mado famous by Dicrens., Neatly a century 820 WiLLIAS JRN- nxxs died near Dirmingham, leaving a sufll- tontly Iarge estate, the valuo of which has sinco Increased tooue hundred miiilons of dollars. The property fell Into the possossion of the AssnirTON-Curzon family, whose titls, how- ever, was not disputed nntil a half-contury Intgr. ‘Then some one discovered that the riehtiul helrs had been Joft out in the cold, and, as the rightful hetes had by that time orown to be formidable in numbera and acattered to the four winde, there waa difficulty in tracing them out and rasing a.fund for the prosccution of thetr Many were In America. Flnally, after clnim, uumerous delays, tho caso has been declded. The Court raled that thers was no occaslon to produce proofs of heirship, That might be ad- mitted. Under the English law, the present holders of the properly having been in posses- sion fiIty years, and there belug no allegation of fraud on their part, they were logally investod with the ownership. ——————— ‘Tho latest phase of the uxorlons father and thie exorbitant son has been presented at Pasls, where the caso ol GAuDIcHOT v8, GAUDICHOT has Just been declded, The delendant Is better koown by his wom dz plumeof * Michel Mas- son.” In 1824 he married Mile. DeLizGR, who died in 1871, leaving neon 40 ycars old. The old gentleman, though past 74 married almost immediately, and the lalpless fufant of 40, fearing lest his patrimony should be devourcd by a hungry tribo of little brothers and alstera, sued bis father for half the copyright value of all the books and plays the old man had written during his married 1ifo of forty-soven years. ‘The plea was of course that tha husband and wife wero equal partuers ins community of zoods. The Courts bave allowed it, and tha temlor youth Is to receive haif of the Income derlved from tho sale of the soventy-six ploses (o 233 acts) and fitty-six books lis fathor pro- duced duriug his marrled life. e —— e 1t {s probablo that at the Parls Expostilon thero will be the largest representation of natfonalities ever assembled aince the dispersion fromn Babel, Tho latest arrival has beon that of an embussy from the Aunamlites, 8 nation oceu- pylog tho territory botween diam and thu China Bea, Anuam {8800 miles ln length and s an absolute wonarchy. The chiefs of this cm- Hussy aro Pavzey-END-DoAy, Coussessor of the Minister of the Interfur; ToN AnsT-CitaN, o member of the Royal ramilyanda chief Mandarin at the Mtnistey of Pabile Worablp; nod Hasmr- VAN-VAX, Mandarin of Public Works. ‘Thefr cos- tume {8 described us consisting of a long gown with fowing sleeves cobroldered in sflk with monsters, storks, and tortolscs, They wear black skull caps on thelr heads, ornamented with gold fgurcs. PouzeN-2ND-DOAK, belng o savant, is privileged to wear his tuger-nalls six inches tn length. ———e——— The ox-Boss of Now York, Witttast Manor TwexD, statcsman and couvict, has refuscd to testify as a witness for the city unless good falth 1s kept,with llm Jo the matter of the promised pardon. JonN KsLny, the vresent Boss, be- leves he should be let out. It s wot quite three munths since the Democratic Attoriey- (ancral of New York, who was sofd to have beon dofeated boecause of his neiotiations with ‘TwEep, weat out of oflles, and already thoy have begun o tighten thic screw on lis suce cessor, Heform ia s big—a Nenormous Thing. Let us ariss and slng: Thera le an old statesman named TwzeD, ‘Who says he will be double-deed It ho gives any evi- dence In clty sulta hoavy Ero he's pardoned, ns onco was agreed, sebssieddoidiiichinday Boston Ia'interested in a patent ballot-box, n- yented for the purpose of proventing fraudulent voting. Every ballot Is reglsterea on belng de- posited, ana, by somae laternal mechanism, one may sco by figures on tho outside of tho box Bow many votes have been cast. Thia 1s a good snd agreat fovention, and should be brought Into universal use. There should be yet another fmorovement in thia dircction—something fu thenature of a patont sttachment to cach voter, compelling him to cast his vote for the right men, —————— There scoms to be a disposition on tho part of tho press throuzhout the country to connect the name of the senlor Sonator from Wisconsin with various slangy remarks, such as ‘Hown sro you now!” “flowz is that for hight” “Hown do you do, Mister Hawel ete. This sudden access of lovity on tho part of such journulsas the Doston Advertlser, Now York Heraid, Now York World, and others,fis not only unbovosning (n {tsolf, but sickentug to the Innocent and unsuspeeting reader. et As showing to what an oxtent Germany bled France at tue closv of the war butwesn those countrles, 1t tmay be mentioned that, of the sums exacted for the malntennnce of German troova in Frauce, Gen. Vox Maxteurees managed to save a triflo of 86,500,000, Lart of this sum was expended in formiug a preserved-provision fac tory in Mayence, and now a bill Lus been intro- duced into the German Parliament providing for the oxpenditure of the remainder in assisting ncedy oficers’ famllies. ol SN Happy famlilies and business irma of lons and puppy dogs no longer prove remuncrative attractions at circuses. If somb roally cuter- prisiog manazer could only contrive to show us two prime donue In the same opora company living hapoily toguther and drinking out of tho same cooler In a palace car, his show would draw crowda durlng tho wholo season, raln or shine, aud at the close he would retire with thoe for- tuue of 8 VANDERBILT, e ee—— It wasa lamentable mistake on the part ot the Bt. Louls Directory man to get out hiswork of art #0 carly in tha season, " A gle s tration of this volnt it is only necessary 1o refer 1o the caso of the young 8t. Louis woman wha gave birth to achitld (u a hurrled manuer at the Armory in this city a few evenlogs ao. By his unseemly haste the Directory mau bas deprived himself of the opportunity of adding ono more tu the population ot 8t, Louls. it e 1he Democratic Chairman of the Military Committes of the Olfa Leghalature has been bounced from his position by hls smisble asso- clates, who could not bear the exposurs ol the fact that he bad been & bounty-jumper snd deserter from the szmy duriog the War, The man O'CoxxER was overtaken by a Nemesls la the shape of public opinion which even Demo- csatls choek could not withstand. e t— The practice of identifying characters in fic- tion with living Indlviduals is growing altogether too vommon, The New York Erpres declares vositively that **Densdeth,” the heavy villaln in Winzumor's novel, * Cecll Dreeme,” is a persou who s at present a leading cditor in Gotham. What docs the World say to this serl ous allegation! —— Mistah CoxkLING told Mr. lows to go In and scc if the fco would bear. 1t wouldn't. Mr. Hows told him so bimscl! os he weut through, Mistah ConkriNg sald that he had fad bis e e eemag— “The ‘Winchester Arms Company, of New Haven, last weck was compelled to stop work tewporarily on sccount of some difileulty with the Turkish inspectors, who are bere lor the will be recalied, some of thean daye, to Lhe confu. 1lke oitrs. whero tieniar, 1t is not statesmanitke to fnvent such an enemles, {f ho has any, mnet havo been mishtily Renator Howe, of Wis- of the Secretary of (ho Interlor mast o bettor than this if thoy would make any rerions impression on the American people. We have got Bratxx's earlier manhood that tannts of foreign birth Injure him who ntters them rather than their ject. We have nonn of ua vet accurod & patent occupled moro or less the attontion of the English Chancery Court for many years, has at Ic was tho original of the purpose of oversesing the ma; tridgea for the Tarkish Go"‘:‘r?:‘;cnl. canncity of thewerka Is half o millfon cart; )TM daily, and the cost of each one four cz:lvxu,r o Inspectors began to throw out so ma, i tridves on imperfact that the F . Com; not but lose monoy on the contract, - U4 e et ure of e, CiARLES READR'S hobby. right and teft hands botn |'»lv ml: E\nm'& a novel one, ard Cash” will remenibes h when attacked by two French Wiagiege dlsabled thom by hurling two stomes at et simultaneously, onc from elther band, ke e ee— —lthn‘( having t) equally tducllcl-‘l’x Readerant Very T that (g, Perhaps when he was a bay, a aim, Braman hoy, Bensor Howe, of Wi, induced by his designing playmates ¢, be il enapper of the whip, and ss the “m“m':nlbo boy let go of him, and he plowed up the rh::u of the valloy with his car, he resolved thay : would nover be fooled 8o again, hio et soaring Mr, BaveraLn Douatas, of Vi X whisky!a would be better,~has ,m'ff«‘fi'f:;:f o snd {utroduced-—introcornjuiced wonid e n‘” ter—a bill to remove a bar from tho mouty i Vieginla creek, Now lot somebody ln(rrwluc“l \ hill to remove Mr. Doudras' mouth from i bar, and all will be well. i ee— We nro requested to state for the tion of many voters of the Sumhl'lz’?:r.} Chicago that the person nominated acd wmo candidato for Assessor for that town {3 nog, . many suppose, Mr. ADDISOX Birtamn, \;: Alderman, but quite a differons fudiyidyst, e The “reserves® called out by Great Britain, are~what! Burely not tho men who took oyl Briush protection papers fourteen years ago iy this country. Rumor has ft that th Rritisn Cousuls in the United States have well-nre. scrved ilsts of tho parties referred to, He e — ‘Three newaboys were rocently arrested fn Edinburg and held to answer the charge that they ** did shout, brawl, aud inakeagreat notse, whercby the llezes were annosed and disturled, Such o manitestly unfslr ruling of the Cum-'u miny be Btly characterized as all gawla, ———— Mr. Tit.oex has Jost lis caso with tho Goy- crnment and fs likely Lo haveto pay the income. tax that he cheated the Government of. Tyg orosceutlon of this snit secms Lo us an unseom. Jy exhibltlon of zeal: even political enmites should cease at the zrave, ——— Me. Tinorny Howz, of Wisconaln, ‘Tho Bupreme Conet Ilaxes dldn's ansconca in, 8o lows gave Mr, Haves' Southern policy blazes And Sceretary Scitrnz a sad tronnein', e —— SUARSPEARE WA ot 60 far aut when ho de- seribed a boarding-house brenklnst as blls fangled vut of tuue, and hash."” e _PERSONALS, Washington's old headquarters in Valley Forgo arooffered for salo for §3,000, Ex-Empress Eugonlo has nu incoma of $230,000 and ix growing unwieldily stont, A London correspondent of the New York, Times sposks of Mr. Sala ua the **Reubons™ of the pen. By nct of Legislaturo the namo of James B ‘Taylor was 20mo years ago changed to that of fay. srd Taylor, Dr. Bobliomann will renew his investiga. tlons st Hissanitic as soon as the country {s at all safo to live In. On the 3d of April Elam Potter will atart with s wheelbarrow from Albany for a pedestrlay trip to Callfornis, Poter Wilholm, of Salisbury, Da., has donated $00,000 In cash anid land worth $120,000 to tho I'ranklin snd Marshall Collego of Lancaster. Gen. Pritchard, who was in cliarge of the Unlon troops which captitred Joft Davls, lias writ- tew an account of taat affuir for tho Allegan (Mich.) Journal. When Haoverly's Minatrels wore in Diqua, 0., last week, they vluited the cemetery, and the baad played n dirge over the grave of tho comedian Bitly Manning. Mr, Edward Marjoribanks, one of the part- nera in Coutts' Dank, London, baving lately ovinced & tendency for speculation (not peculas tlon), was pruimptly oliminated from the firu, Becrotary Schurz hnd Mr, Howe's spocch rend to him and raid, **1 guess Ilowe docen't like e very much; bus if Thad been fn tho Senate be wonld hardly have vontured on such an attack." Tae Parislans wero recently driven wild with carlosity to know tha meaningof a number of gigantle piacards postod sbont the city and bears Ing onty an Interrogation point, Thoy were dnally reloved by learming that tliey announced anew evening paper, La Question, The Prince of Wales, according to Prof. rned to bo & shocmakor because his wband, Albert the Goody, tnought 1t would be always wel), in caso the children came to want, for them to have a trads to full back ubon. The Duke of Ediuburg, sccording to thosame authority, lesrned tailoring, aud tho Duxo of Con- naught cabinet-making. Sonator Lamar sent this sontiment to Auguats, Gs., on 8t. Patrlck’s Day: **The typ- feal Irishman: His home—tha world, His fricnds —all the peoples, 1fia faith—his own. No chme 10 him a0 cold as will not produce a shamrocks no soll a0 barren as will not produco & snillaleh. Foremost at a fight, a frolic, or & funceal, hls pear erous nature finde & blow for tho bad, a awlle for tho glad. or & tear for tho sad,* Mr, Gladstono has rogretfully declined the Invitation of she Alumni of Yalo to doliver an sd- dress before the gradnates at tho nexé Comiineuce- ment, not becauso of prossura of business, nor yeb bocause he fe In 111-health, mor yot becauso of the perils of the aoa (though ho is & very bad sallor, hut beeauno he does not think hlnsolf equst tu the effort of visiting Amorica and of encounterlag s busy and pre-eminently sympathizing life. George Ticknor Curtls, the emlunont East. ernlawyer who Ls now lecturing on **Conatitatlon- a1 Law, " once inapired Hafus Choato with the 10~ tonsest hatred of him when they were engajed upon oppoeite sides in some case, **That man Curtls,” safd the grost lawyer, **lu the madt duts- greeablo and objoctionabl men, and 1 desirs neverto set eyes qoon bim sgaln, And yet," ho sald, less bitterly and as if after reflection, **and yet 1donot know but that I should have noob- Jections to sseing him—fiom & window in & pr- cession.” Iu is probable that that oft-mentioned bat nevor secn indlvidual, the oldest inbahitant, hasst Isat been found. The sclentists of Now trenads, in South America, sre excited over the dlecovery of a bait-breed, Migael Bolia, who is sald (o hate attained the sgo of 180 years, Gray-headed men have borne testimony to the facs that Miguel wasa reputed centensrian when they woro boys. The uame of Miguel Solls appears in a list stlll pre- served of the contilbutors ta the bailding fusds of » Franciscan monastery fonuded in 1713, sud the Abbot {a positive i¢ is the samo man. Tho old fellow was Interyiewed by » phy! of Bogota. and zelated that tho seerst of hia long living was ¢ got drunk and nover aie too much. u he #00d condltion s tho Teport ludt- cates, 1t wontd be & good speculation for larnum or e other ahowman to import hlm, s0d thus mako s Jittle monoy for his helrs. Aszsemblyman Jones, of Onelda County, New York, the jovis] old man who reccntly cited bls ¢z~ wnununulx!nun‘dnnllnlolnod‘nhlnI!u > bon whisky In fufutation of the arguwents of soma Probibitfonists as to the injucy to health lnevite ably resulilng from the uso of such lguor, has wade suother characteristic speoch againet the e playmont of tho words *‘intoxlcating liguor in the title of a bill, Hle wasta to know H‘l‘! whisky and rum sre called **intozicating Hasorts 4 and the deslgnation is not applicd to ale, bect, 80 wing. Aswe)), contends Mr, Jones, might people spesk of & gluttonous turkey, becausa tho glatony conalsts in the act of eating 100 much of bim. Why too, ho aske, do people slways pitch fnto whhaky a0d rum, but never iuto braody, the still more poteat spirit affected by the wealisy? 1 be- leve,” sald Mr. Jones, the OJd Man Eloquent, ++1n homo protection, sad I believo that bome pros tection i8 Uselul to ke people, oven if it 18 wot usoful to the Amcrican noblh 1f they aco die- satisfied, lot them golo France snd drink their brandy 8¢ long a9 thoy have & mind to. 1au satise fed with McQuado's Mountaln Daw and oid Keas tucky Bourbon."