Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1878, Page 4

%———_—_————_fi THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1878. 4 The Trtbmre, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. WEEKLY EDITION, POSTPALD, Onecopy. pery i iob ot four... Bpectmen coples sent 1ree. 5 Give Post-Oftice address In full, fncluding State and Connty, ¢ liewitiances may be made either by draft, express, Post-Offce order. orin regiatered Ietters, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIDERS, Datly, delivered, Funday excepted, 23 cents per week. Datly, delvered, Snnday incinded, 50 cents ner week. Address THR TRIDUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts., Chicago, il Orders for the deliveryof Tuz Trincxz at Kranston. Rnglewood, snd 1lyde Park leftin the counting-rvom willzecelve brom| CII OFIICES. Tuy. CirtA00 TRIRTRR has established branch offfcen for tbe recelpt of subscrintionsaud sdvertlsements sa Tollows: NEW YORR—-Toom 29 Tridune Dullding. F. T. Mo- Favpex, Manager. TA1IB, France—No, 16 Tiue de Is Grange.Datellere, . 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Viiting brethern core GEOIGE GARUNEN, W, M, " WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10, 1878, Groenbacks nt the Now York Stock Ex. clinugo yesterday closed at 99} @93, A final voto on tho Ifonse bill for the re- peal of the Resumption not is to be taken in tho 8onate Committeo on Financo on Friday of this wook. A Bt. Paul dispatch which wo print this morning contains somo alleged facts con- cerning tho ante-bellum record of Door- keoper Frzrp. It is rolated thet he had bhis sword all sharponed to cut off Rebel hends, but tho odgo of the weapon and of his pntriotism was takon off by a threat of dis- inheritance unloss he turned traitor and fought for the Confederncy. Tho Tariff bill reported by the Committes on Ways and Means was yesterday intro- duced in the House by Mr. Woop, of New York, who advocated the passagu of tho bill in n apecch on its general features, Tho bill is far from belng what tho friends of a rev- enuo’tarift desire, and it will bo stubbornly fought by tho protectionists—so that, what. aver the flual result, neither side will be sat- tuflad. ] Tt is proposed to establish a telegraph lime from Dendwood to Fort Ellis, Mont., the routa to touch at tho numorous Sioux military posts betwoen thoso points, A eu. rious suporatition umong tho Indians invests o telograph wire with sopornatural attrib- utes, and it is sald the lines are never dis. turbed by them, 5o soon ns this superati- tion begins to weakon, und tho Sioux warrors wrrivoe at o familiarity with the telegraph that breeds contenpt, it will ouly bo necos- sary to altach vome of Ipison's latest ap- pliances In order to re-satablish n suitablo degreo of awo and terror in tho untutored wind, Tho Democrats of Illinols aro gathering at Bpringfiald in auticipation of tho Statoe Uon- vention called for to-morrow. Tho same distrust and hatred of Chicago which has of lato years boen oviuced in the Legislature sevng to rest upon the Bourbon leaders from this’ city, and the wholo of yestorday's political plumbing wus nccomplished with. out tho prosence of o ropresonta- tive from Cook County, Tha old moss-hacks and paloozoles now feeling strong enough to got licked all slono Ly thomsclves, stand up and sturdily demand that satisfaction, Considering tho kindred spirit of independence and non.afliation whioh at prosout inspires the Nationaly, thero 14 no reason why tho Democracy should not socuro tho trifling luxury for which it lan. guishes, It wasa bad day for Mr, Braine in the Benate yestorday. Ho had to oucounter two of hls most formidable opponents fu the debate on tho Pacific Railroad Funding bji, Epxunps and Tuunuay, both of whom took peina to signify their estimate of the char. acter sud calibre of tho plumed knight. Judge Evmunps was especially severo, hia reforenco to the old Fort Smith bond scandal, though veiled undera disclaimerof balief in its truth, being oune of the most painful sud injuripus thrusts that Mr, Braixx bas been callod upon to endure ainco bis days of tribu. lation and sunstroke, His unfortunato pro- pensity for violating the usages of tho Beualo in matters of debato, togethoer with his equivocal position relative to the great subjoct under discussion, was accountable for the unusual rancor excitod against him, — Prince GornTsonixory's roply to Lord Barisnunr's recent circular is given in brief in the dispatches of this morning. Tho Russian Premier couches his note, o far as European interests are concerned, in very conclliatory terms, but meots overy point in the Euglish War Minister's bill of com. plaint with & promptness which will Lardly be a surprise to any ono except the members of the British Cobinet. Gozrscnaxorr lays much emphasis upon the asgortion 1n Bauiaouny's circular that the vesults of the war have rendered the pro- grame proposed at the Constantinople Con- ference Inoperative a8 & basis for present negotiations, and leaves the inference to be drawn (hat Ruasia, Mter the samifices which sho has borno, will not be conteat to abids by the unsetis. factory conditions prescribed by that pro- posal. Gonrsciaxory disclaims for his Gova srument any desire to obtuin advantages in Bulgaria ‘inconsistent with the rights of otker European Powers, and asscrts that the Russian scheme of reform in that province isin the interest of the people for whosa welfaro tho Lussian leglous were called to arms. The Prince’s referonco to Russin's territorial nccessions in Armenia is character- ized by an exhibition of spirit which fndi- caten that the Czar will not willingly yield any advantages gained in that qusrter. He intimates that Russia, in view of possible future contingencies, will rotain possession of thess Asiatio fortresses 88 o moasuro of defonso, To Sarsnuny's critictam on the indemnity provision of the San Btefano treaty, Gontscmaxory replics that Russin has been more liberal in this respact than have many other nations undor similar circamstances. Thenote, though firm in tone, indicates a willingness to treat farthor upon the question at issue, and the English War Socretary is invited to mako o proposition formulating the viows of the British Govornmont, and 'stating with definitenoss tho basis upon which negotia- tions for a gottloment mny be entered upon, By o voto surprisingly large, in view of the tremondous influenco and pressuro brought to boar by the lobby, the Sonate yesterdny passed the Judielary Committeo’s bill roquiring the Pacific Reilrosd Compr- niea to entablish out of their not earnings n sinking-fand for tho extinguishment of the dobt to tho Govornment of tho United States. That the very largo plurality of 40 ngainst 19 should Liava boen socured for the bill in the face of tho poworful opposition exerted per- sounlly by Gourp, HuxTinrrow, and Dirroy, their paid lobbyists, and their attorneys on tho floor of the Benate, was ns nnexpeoted as it is gratifying, It shows that, ns in the caso of the Bilver bill, though of course in lessor degrao, tho imperative voico of the people at large is more potent than the combined resourcos of the monoy power. For the result great crodit rightfully belongs to the emi. nont lnwyers comprising that portion of the Judiciary Committee which supported tho bill—~Messra, Tuunuay, Epuunps, Davip Davis, Cunistiaxoy, McDovarp, and Howe —and more espeoially to Judge Trumsay, who thirew himself heart and soul into this ottempt to compel the grent railroad monopolists to make soms provision for tho repayment of the money advanced thom by the Governmont. Mr, CoNkriNg, o member of the Judiciary Committee, has not goen fit to support the bill, while Mr. Bramve bos labored in the intercst of the Railroad Ring with all the zenl and porsiat- ence of an attornoy whose fee doponds upon bis success in winning the caso. The result is doubly gratifying ns vindicating the Sen- ato from tho imputation—which of late had scomed to rightfully rest upon it—that leg- 1slation was controlled by improper if uot by grossly corrupt influences. It ia a victory for the peoplo over the monopolists, for the Goverument over its unscrupulous dobtors, A CONFEDERATE VICIORY, Tho long and heated debato incident to the olection of Doorkecpor of the Houso of Representatives may havo induced somo per- sons to believe that it had something to do with the choico of thnt officer. This would be a sorious error. The only resalt ever ex- pected from tho discussion was to demon. strato {o the country that the Democracy cannot bo shawed out of their complete serfdom to the Confederates who flourish the lash, and that wos accomplished. As to the choice of Doorkeoper, the clection of the Confederato candidato was assured boyond any peradventure of argnment. It was practically accomplishied {n the Democratia cauens, which had beon held in the vory face of the candidature of Gen. Smixxps, n Mex- ican and a Union Gonoral, wounded in both wars, aud also o Domocrat; and, in the face of this nomination, the Confedorates in the caucus {usisted that nouo but Confederates whould be put on guard. When the Northern Dowmocrats fuebly protested ngainst being placed in the awkward position of voting ogmnst o good Demoerat sim. ply beosuso he was a patriot and o hero, aud voting for an obscure and un. known susun simply because ho Liad beon a Confodorate, thy Southern Democrats nn. nounced their ultimatum, viz.: Either the Confoderate whom they Lad choson must bo snatained by the. full Demoeratic voto and clucted, or not unothor Democratic mensure should ho allowed to pass during this session of Congross. Then tho doughfaces guve way, and they oboyad tho command of thuir Southern mnsters so obsaquiously that hut a wingle Dawmocrntio voto was withhold from tho Confodurate candidate,—that of Brurvazs of lllinols, who roprosonts a district where Gen, Bmevvs is known nnd respectod, and who wag couscious that a vote against Burrens would bo followed by ropudiation at | tho Lands of Lis conslituents. Northern uon who liavo clanned to be losdors of the Democrata—like Cox and Hewirr of Now York, Raxvant. nnd Ouruzs of Ponnsyl. vanio, Monuzsox and Epex of Iilinols, Bax- niRo and Sayrzn of Oblo—were compellod to acknowlodge in the most public and abjeot manuor that Domocracy ouco again in this couutry, as boforo the War, means nothing moro nar loss than subacrvionoy to Southorn soctional dictatlon, It was not prudent on tho part of the Con. fedorates lu Congross to force this plain con- viction upon tho country, It is likely to do tho cause mora harm at tho North than good at the South, All the Democrats throughout the North are not as willing to acknowledge undisputed Confederato control as the Con- gressional doughfaces who wera torrifiod at tho prospectiva defeat of some favorite job in caso thoy should refuse obedienco. There are thousands and thousands of Irichmen at the North who fought in the War for the Union nlong with their compatriot, Gun, Buews, and thoy are not preparod to admit thot such o man may bo put saide at any time by tho Confederate vota to make room for an obscuro Confederato soldier, Tlere aro thousands and thousands of other Demo. crats, not Irish, who havo learned to admire and respect a man who has gone through two wars for the United Stales Governmont, and has como out of each with werious wounds; suclh Democrats will not, any more than the Irish Democrats, saunction an insult offered to a wau liko SuixLps merely to od- vertiso tho supreme power of tho Confeder ato element. Tho case is peenliarly aggra- vating to Unlon Domoacraty, becauss the nominstion of the Confederato Firrp was forced down the throat of tho caucus yfter QGen. Buireps had been nominated. Iad the caucus previously sgreed upon ¥ixro, or sny other Confederate candidate, snd BuizLos had recelved an indepondent nomis nation afterwards, the Northern Union Dew- ocrats might possibly buve justified thoir ropresentatives in Cougress in voting against Burzros ‘on uccount of their caucus pledge aud the political necessity of united action. Bat thot was not the situstion. Suixros bad already been nominated in the House. ‘Tho Democratio caucus hiad notice that he ‘was a candidato, and would oven receive the Republican votes as sgainst a Confederate candidate. Notwithstanding oll this, the Confudeorates went {uto the caucus aud pro- claimed that they were determined to have n Robol candidate and no other. And it was to this overbearing diotation that the North. orn Democrata in Congross gave o a uuani- mous nnd pusillanimons adherence, confess. ing their abject submission fo the Rebel will, It may bo that the Confederates in Con. gress desired o show that thoy could find one of thelr former associates in rebellion fit to oacupy the position of Doorkeeper of the Honge. They had tried two others with poor success,—Frrz Huam, the ** biger man than GnanT,” and poor old Porx, who was the victim of thcie rapacity, Their matoriat must have been scarce, for thoir third choico foll upon a man who had never carn~ od any distinction oven in tho Confederato servico, but who waa at the same timo the most conspienous spocimon of the nnrepent- ant Rebel. Freip was ono of those who had raceived an education at the hands of the Governmont, and used it in tha effort to break down tho Government, Aftor tho War was ovor, he preforred to enter tho sorvice of a forsign Princa rather than suo for for- givoness, and it is still a matter of doubt whather he did not ngain forswear his al- legiance in ordor to scoure a position in the army of tho Khedivo of Egypt. At oll events, it s only within two months that Fierp's disability, as a West Pointer turned Tiebol, bas boen romoved, so that his solec- tion was evidontly owing to n dosiro toselect the most conspicuous and objoctionablo Robel candidate that conld be found, in order to shiow beyond all controversy the absolute sway of the Confedernte olement over tho Domooratic party of the United States. Tho country will accopt this manifestation of power, but it may well be doubted wheth- er it will rodound to the oredit or ndvantago of tho Democratic party, The offort made to wipo out the disgraco of tho Northern doughfaces by voting to put Gon. Bmrzrps on tho rotired list a9 n Brigadior-Genoral was o disingonuous expedient not likely to de- celve anybody. It is doubtful whether Gen. Smrerps will evor roceivo any bencfit from this empty honor; but, whother he does or not, the fact romsins that the Confoderntes insisted upon shoving aside n maimed Union soldler of two wars to make room for the worst spesimen of o Rebel, ready to forswonr his allogianco even for foreign service, and that this was done for the avowed purposo of ostablishing beyond all dispute the Con- fuderato dominion over the Democratic party of the country, — THE BARD AND HIS BEER. The Commerz given to Bayarp Tayron in Now York, on Monday Inst, was a romark- able affair in all its surroundings, but the central figura waa tho venerablo poot, Witz 1ax CoreN DBryaxr. Mr. Taxvon is so 1nuch of a German in sll Lis ways and Labits of life that ho fitted into tho scene naturally, aud in no wise seemed out of placo a8 o votary of Gambrinus. Ho is 08 much a Ger- mon as tho lusticst and thirticst Touton that thumped his glnss in the noisy salamander on this festive and hearty occasion, Wirz- 1% CuLLeN Bryant, howevor, was n foreign ¢lomont, and ropresonted the genius ,of Amorica struggling’ with the Gemuetlichkeit of Germauy, the child of song wrestling with bibulous facts aud smoky renlities, a poet whose rhythms have never yot included the “ Eina, ewei, drei," of the German Com- merz, whoso ongs wero nover got to the deop diapason of drained tankards, or tho Trink. lioder of tho Rhine and Mosel, Sang tho venerable bard in hig callow years, looking forward to the days when ho should foin the inuumernblo caravan: *To bim who fin the love of Nature holds com. munion with her visible forms, sho spenks o varjous languago,” Tho opening of ‘the ** Thanatopsis” {a not sltogother {napplica- blo to tho scone fn which the bard was such a Lold bacchanal. e was there in the love of Nature, not in the love of art, of litera. ture, or of journalism, All before him were children of Nature, giving free rein to the desires that stir up tho unturnl man, such as tho desire to eat, to drink, to smoke, and to got full. He was thoro for these natural purposos, clse why tho huge clay * schooner™ of boor that mantled its Lrim with the white fonm so invitingly beforo him? Ho held communion with her in her visible forms— the clear ambor and white of her hop and barley, which the gonlus of man roproduces in tho furions Bock, thi tranquil Weiss, the responsible Culmbacher, and tho genial ana ispiring boverages of natlve make, Na- ture wos there nlso in the products of her hillsides, whose roynl purple 14 tranemuted into gold under the white feot of the German malden,—Hochhelmek, Rude. .slioimer, Niersteiner, Lautersborg, Johannls- Lorg, the sparkling vintages of the blue Mose!, and tho insidious but mighty Knickerbein, Thoro wore still other forina of Naturo in the moro prosale Wiener Snitzel, tho tempting Kalbsbraaten, tho succulent Esolwurst and Sauer-kraut, the Homburger Beofsteak, tho Bohwartzbrad, the salty Protzel, the Sauer Eul, tho cooling Balade, the demoralizing Caviar, and that purely Teutonlo tidbit, the entrall of the toothsome Buipo, Al theso visiblo forms of Nature must have spoken a various language to the Lard as ho bowed his venernblo hoad to the tankard at oach recurring salamander snd quaffed tho foaming noctar with a morry twinkle of the oye and a hearty smack of the lip, while Jittlo streams of amber flocked Lis suowy board. As the night wore on and tho ““gchoonor " made frequont voynges, Nature's langusgo must bave become more and more various, as well as tho bard's, until at los Le must have reached that des. perato decision that he wouldn't go homo till morning. When one comes to that decsion oll islost, Wae can only seo the bard realiz- ing the full meaning of Gemuetlichkeit, bursting out In merry unatches of soug, bolsterously trolling the * Gaudeamus ig. itur,” or hilariously inquiring, * Whore is tho Gorman's Fatherland? " No exciso lows can restrain hiwm, for ho Las taken out a pootical license. Inonc golden night ho renows his youth, and tho bent and wrinkled Fuust for o brief time {3 clothed with tho garmeats of bis younger days, withont auy compact more diabolical than the regulations of the Coni. tiers. All pights must have an ond, how- ever, 'There is a bottom to every schoouer, & lmit evon to a bards capacities. The sceno brondens upon bis visiou. There is another * schooner” befors Lim that was not thera when Lo commenced. By somo cu. rious magia there are two Ministers going to Germuny, and the Presidont at bis right be- comes o Briarous, carrying numerous mugs to & numerous mouth smoking numerous cigard. The hall grows wider, tha long ta- blos are multiplied, and there aro multitudes of mugs, **schoouon,” and tankards danciug to the ** Wiener Blut” of Srzavss. Slamon. ders grow thicker and thicker. Tho * Eins, #wed, drei," ore already up i the * zwansige.” ‘The lights that heretofore twinkled dimly through the smoke-wreaths, now reinforced Ly Lundreds of others, blazo out like suns, whercupon tho two Ministers and the two Presidents, tho tables, and chairy, snd mugs, the guests, and tho gaslighta spring into the whirling waltz. The bard sleeps. The Commerz isover. He has gono to join the inunmernable caravan to whom on the mor- row Naturo will spenk another langnage,—the language of sodn wator and selzer, the nfter- math of every Commers, —————— M'CAFFREY'S NEW REFORM. As wns anticipated before the olection, there is to bo a formal organization of the Aldermen in favor of & *liberal” adminie- tration of the City Government and opposed to the intarests of the taxpayors. Two cau- cuscs have alroady been held, and the leaders, McOarrner and Cunixntow, aro making a desperato effort to secure a majority in tho Qouncil. Party politics, personal influencos, bribes, and every available kind of preasure is to be used to coax and bully Aldermen to join this new * Ring,"—forit will bo that and nothing less. The name of Democracy will be used to securo tho co- oporation of Democratic Aldormen like Torxy, who bag thus far rofused to moot with the gaug. It is proposed to offer Ald, Davrx the position of presiding offiter of the Qonncil as a bait to secure s fraternization. Paeees, of the Rlurd Ward, who was un- doubtedly eleoted by Iepublican votes, ns Torer probably was, is asked to come in bocauso hio s & Democrat, The hooks are thrown out in every direction just now, becanso McOarrnexy knows tho necessity of starting in with o majority, \Once thore, he haos confldance in his own ability and provi- ous experiénce to solidify and malintaln his Ring, This mon McCarrney is the most impu. dont spocimon of a Ringster, The peoplo bave but just escaped from tho hardships of his dictation sa the acknowledged ** Boss" of tho County Ring, and ho turns up tho aspir- ing “Boss" of o now City Ring. He made 80 dosporate an effort to sccure hia election to the Council for this very purpose that it is suspocted hia apparent majority wos so- curod by fraud, and " his seat will bo con- tostod. It will be n costly disgraco to the oity to give him the scat ho clsims. And this ex-Boss has the effrontery to proclaim that * Now thore is & prospect of the old Reform Couneil ngain,” The old Reform Council to which he refors, and of which he was a membor, was tho Council which con. tainod the infamons Nineteen, many of whom wero indicted, and who spent and stolo ot tho rate of $6,000,000 & yenr, in- cluding the procveds of the bonds they squandered. “Iam in favorof an honost and oconomical administration of the city offairs,” snys this precions Reformer,—such reform, namely, as this samo McCOarrney in- troduced while ha was ** Boss of the Coun- ty Ring. * Now that we have tho power in our hands, we oan do that which our prede. cossors would not,"—namely, form a Ring for plunder. Not so fasl, * Boss " MoCar- rnev, You have not the power yot. It fs not unlikely that men like ‘Tuizy, Pnzurs, Nizsex, Jonas, and Davy will rofuse to be- como your lools. You cannot count with certainty on Bravnes, tha Sociallst, and per- Liaps still others who are necessary to you may fail you, ‘£ don'task for any impor- tant politions on tho Committeos,” safks this model Reformer. Of course you do not; you would much profer to stand in the back- ground and dictate tho formation of these Committoos and what they shall do. But you never ought to bo allowed, with your past record, to tako & soat in the Council which thero is strong reason to bolleve you have gained by fraud, The main ronson why Bosu McCavrnzy is willing to dovote his tima to the * reform " of the City Governmont Is bocause the City Government is now proccoding with the construotion of its portion of the Court- House, This is o mattor which McOarrnzy knows all about; he waas tha leading spirit innll tho intrigues and joba in the county half of the building, and baving made him- self o obnoxlous on that side of tho house that he could no longor bo olected, he now wanta to Losa the city portion, This {s the koy-note to his reform aspirations, and we warn overy Aldorman with honest instinots ond political hopes to keep out of his clutches, Se————— WHAT DOES ENGLAND ASK1 Lord Dranyenld in Parllamont Monday that he could not nnderstand why England should rush, as sho was about to do, into ' purposoloss war.,” This s s remarfable avowal to como from on ex-Becretary of Foreign Affairs,—ono who has dircoted tho forolgn policy of England until a very ro- cent dato, and who hos ade the complica. tions of European politics a life study., It Lord. Dznoy confesses his ignorance of the purpose of tho intended war, what can be tho condition of enlightenment of the moss of the English people, who have noither his means of information nor his wido oxporienco? Is it possiblo that they are drifting into war for no roason at ali? Or, aro their domands of such a nature that they will not boar statment aud discussion ? 1t is hard to bellevo that England is golng to war without sufliclent cause, but it is harder stifl to invent or imngino such a canso, which could only be fonnd in fresh Russian aggreasion or breach of faith, No reason for war now exists which did not exist when tho Russian army first crossed the frontler. The .English Govornment must hiave known then that tho war would end as it has onded ; that tho Turkish army would be crushed, aud the Turkish Empire dismem. bered; and that the Russlan Geuorals would dictate peace under the walls of Constauti- nople, Nor could it be supposed, with the cxperienco of tho Franco-Germun war frosh in wiud, that theso terms of peace would bo ensy. Indemnitics in torritory and monay bave bLocome parté of modorn warfare; and it was o matter of coursa that Russia would extort them when the war was con- cluded in her favor. 'The time for Englaud to offer opposition to this programme was when it was aunounced, Russia should then havo been notitiod that Eugland could not consont to tho execution of her plavs, Buch 8 notification would no doubt - have boen effective. England then bad the means, in which she is vow lsmentably deficlent, to enforco ber domands. Two corps of British coldiers, aided by a bhundred Britlsh en- gineers, could have prevented tha passage of tho Danube, which was ouly socomplished, 06 against the Turke alone, by haphazard, 1¢ thero had been a Dritish nuclens about which the splendid fighting material of the Turks could colleet, and it system had thercby been been put into the dofensivo operations, good luck would not havo been so jmportant an element in the cauapaigu. - Bupposivg the Danube to be crovsed, thore would probably have been no Plevua; and it Plovna bad taken placo, there would still have been a stubborn re- sistance at the line of the Balkans, Col. Baxea's brilllant oporations towards (he closo of the war showed what British skill and pluck could sccomplish; and if he had Liad 80,000 to 50,000 British soldiers behind him he would havo made a different record in the carly daya of the war. British vesscla T beltoves means only * the protection of Mr, would bave been no nnimportant assistance in those days. They might have fonnd means of eponing the month of the Danube, de- stroying or picking up the torpedoes, aud cutting the line of communications of the invading army. Inany ovont they wonld have beon n perpetual menace of the Russian power beforo Constantinople, and wonld have protected the city at least from siege, nssault, or oapture, British enginesrs would have planned fortifioations that tho redoubt- nble Toprxpxy might not have taken Ly sap and mine; British capital wonld bave provided ammunition, and covered Bulgarin and Ronmelin with n notwork of railways, if necessarry; and Brilish volon- toers would have swelled the Turkish ranka. A war thus conductod on the defonsive would not have been a ‘holiday campaign, It is doabtful whother Ruseln, percoiving the magnitude of the undertaking, would bave procesded with it, N The opportunity for mnking a defensive ‘war was permitted to pass, and Great Dritain 18 now seriously considering an offensive one, For what renson? Lord Dinoy is not tho only European statesman who confessea his inability to answor this question. Tho official organ of Prince GorTscuaxorr, n fow days sinco, said: *'If England should state what slio proposcs, thon her proposals and thoso of the Cnbinet at Vienna might pave the waoy for o common understanding.” This is o reasonable roquest, but one that England shows no disposition to grant. She stands virtually in tho position of tho partisans of tho houso of Moxraaue, biting hor thumnbs at her onemies, but professing no specific ground of complaint. Bhe objects to the treaty of Ban Stefano, but doclines to stato why she objects, OCertainly not bocauso it providos for peace, England cannot object to the enfranchisement of tho Bulgarian Christinns, or tho establishment of tho now Bulgarian Principnlity, for these wero dis- tinctly stated to bo the main objects of tho war, Bho cannot object to the aggrandize- ment of Bervia and Montenogro, for this s less in each instanco than was gonerally anticipated. 8lho cannot object to the ncquisition of Bossarabin, or, it she docs, she has no mesns of enforcing her objections. Russia holda that strip of torritory in her own right and on her own sido of the river. The combined armios of Europe would hardly be sufficient to dis. lodge her from it. Does England dosire the consolidation of the Greek raco and the ox- tension of tha Greck Empira? does sho noed guarantoos in regard to Egypt? does sho sympathizo with Roumania? or doos she cherish o rooted ontipathy to the Bulgarian Belavs? If shois controlled by theso focl. ings, or any of thom, why does she not frankly avow them? Tho sympathics of the Amorican people will, under ordinary circumstances, bo with Eugland ns ngainst Russla, na thoy are always likely to be with the moro eonlightened nation. But the growth of this sympathy would greatly bo promoted if it could Le known that British dissatisfaction is well-grounded. According to prosent nppearances, Great DBritain is rushing, na Lord Denny sald, into *“a pur. poseless war,” Of all the wars in which ehie has over ongaged, this promises to bo the most polntless and unprovoked. Em—— FREE SHIPS, Mr, Joun CopaaN, who iz known as a student of American navigation laws, has recently publishod through G. P, Pomtaw's Hona a pamphlst devoted to a consideration of the declino of, the American carrying trado and tho roasons of it. 'There is little that is new to Lo sald on this subject, but Mr. Copaax has stated tho old arguments in an sttractivo mannor. Ho examines and deo- stroys tho fallacy of the New-England Pro- tectionists which held that shipbullding be- came oxtinet in consequonce of the dopreda- tions of tho Confodorato crulsers, Tho de- struction of vessels during the War should havo beon, ho maintains, s reason for in. cruased reproduction, Tho real causo of the decline {s to be found, not in any nccidontal ciroumstances, but in the studious policy of ropression adoptod by our Government. Our restrictivo navigation laws are as old 88 the Ropublie. They grow out of acompromise with slavery. The Northern States ngroed to foster slavery on condition that tho Bouthern States should foster ship. building. Bhipbuilding has survived the trial which slavery could not etand, The de- struotion of tho Bouthorn politicnl influence gavo an fmpulso to Northern infquitiea like the protoctive tariff and intornal fmprove- cnts, which, coming into existence ns the resnlts of compromlise, wero benefited by the anuihilation of ono party to the agreement, and that tho opposition party. 'Tho Com- mitteo of tho House of Iepresontatives which looked into this question fn 1869 un- derstood it so little that they mads American commerco and the American carrying trado synouymous terms, not understandiog that the one was merely the incident of the other, Mr, Copuax shows that the differonce be- tween these intercats is just tho difference between ship-owners and shipbuilders ; that these are easentially different; and that one is *“fostered” at tho expenso of the othor, Thus tho Dritwsh practice for mnny generations has been to admit foreign vesscly purchased and owned by Britlsh merchunts (o 8 home registry, Up to 1849 the Amarican clippor ships were the best oconu craft. Thoy were purchased in large numbers Ly British mer. chauts, sud entored in the ritish shipping. lst, Iron ships then cawe Into vogue. English workmen could make them better’ sud cheapor than Amorican workmen could. Works were accordingly established on the Clyde. Amcrica refused to follow the oxample Great Britain had set, American merchauta were not permitted to buy Clyde- buiit steawers, though they could buy them cheapor than they could build others like thomn at home. Tho cousoqueuce was that the carrying-trade passod into other Lands, and thoe United States now pay $130,000,000; annually to the veasal-owners of other couu. tries. Besidos thosum actually paid infreights it is computed that 800 steamships, employ. ing 60,000 mon, carning ¥1,500,000 monthly, sre omployed in our trade with Europe, Agaiust this erroy we lave only the four stoamors of tho Ponasylvanin Stemmship Company to prescut, which may bo consid. ered o subsidized line, inasmuch s it has the advantage both of a remission of State taxes and of the exclusive patronage of the Penn. sylvania Railroad Company. Mr. Joux Roacu's remedy for tho decad- enco of the American cgrrying trado is a sye- tem of subsidics, e desires to bave §3 per wils pald to ull steamers in the Atlantic {rade, and €4 por milo to steamers in the Pacifio trade. Mr. Copmad's remedy is far simpler, It is tho admimdon of foreigu. built ships to American markets free of duty, so that any American merchant can have the privilege of buying lug ships, as ho buys bhis tcas or coffces, ‘where he can get them cheapeat. *‘The pro- tection of home industry * in this vespect be Jonx Roacn at tho cost of the 40,000,000 ocitizens whom he has adopted.” Wo agree with Mr. Copuan. Freo ships will restore the Amorioan carrying trads, nud they are tho only things that will. It is deoply to bo regrettod that the section of the Woop Tarif bill providing for them haa beon stricken out, They would bring alf the measuro of pros. pority that Amarican merchants formetly on. Joyed, They conld ouly affect the ship. building interests on tho Delawara. We do not beliove that they would serionsly injure thoso intorests, inasmuch as they wonld not interforo with the coastwise traffie, nnd Amorican ships are not now able o engage in foreign trade except under subsidies. But, if thoy did destroy Mr. -Roaon's ship. yards, they would none the less be desirable and necessary to tho revival of American commerce, The war is.distinotly betweon shipbuilders and ship-owners, There ia only ono shipbuilder of prominence ‘as. against thousands of merchants who desiro to be ship-owners, and would be if the Govern- mont wero not against them. ‘There is no reason why the Government should be against them, unloss it proceeds on the prin- ciplo that the weakest cause should be sup. ported, Bomo member of Congress who has a clear viow of this subject onght to revive +tho free-ship clanse of the Tariff bill in the Houso, and demnnd a division on it, so that tho poople sany know who are® the friends and who the enemies of tho shipbuilders as opposed to tho ship-owners. The death of Dr. W. I Brispanx, which took place In tho little village ot Arcna, Wis., on Saturday morning iaat, I8 worthy of moro than a possing notice, Ile belonged to the varty of original Abolltiouists, and mado many great personal and pecuniary sacrifices to prace tleally carry out the effort to abollsh tho sys- tem of chattel slavery. Ilc waa born in South Carolina,—a Btate that vever gave much en- couragemnent to Antl-8lavery men,—and in 1835, when the Blayery question began to engross public nttention, ko came North with thirty of nis slaves, and gave them thelr frecdom, and established them ingood homes. Ur. Brispang first sottlcd In Clocionatl, and soon became the intimate friend ond assoclato of Jauns G, Bmxry, who was twlee tho Liberty party can- didato for Premdent, Gov. Lewis, Dr. Bal- LeY, afterwards cditor of tho Natlonal Era,—in which Mrs, Hanrizr Bezciien STOWR'Ss famous Anti-8lavery novel, ** Uncle Tom's Cabin," orig- Inally appeared,—tho Inte Chief Justics Crrasa and othier prominent Anti-8lavery agitators and reformers, 8aLMoN P, CitAsg was then s young mnan ond an obscure lawyer in Cincinnoatl, who first brought himscif to the attention of tho public by often volunteering his services In defonsc of runaway slaves, for which horeccived nothiog put the thankd of the poor slaves and the curses of thelr owners, That was o tho days of the Underground Rallway, which ex- tended from the Ohio River northward across the Btate of Ohlo to Cannda, and over which thousands of trembling fugitives found thelr way to the land of promise. Dr, Brispans was a principal stockbolder and Director m that Underground Rallrood, and Cmasa was its attorney. Nobody Imagined In those troubled days that the young lawyer would become Governor of Ohlo, then United Btates Benator, then Secretary of the Treasury and the inventor of greonbacks and Natlonal Banks, and at last Chlef-Justice of the Bupremo Court of the United States, and, as such oflicer, presido at the trial of Impeachinent of the Presl- dent. Dr. Brispaxe went to Wisconsin in 1855, aud was Chief Clerk of tho State SBonate in 1857, For ashort Umo ko was pastor of the Baptist Church In Madison. He was always an active and very efficient wmember of the Republican party over since its orgunization, and his phil- anthropls deas were grandly supplemented by the purity of his private iife, and his unselfish regard for the rights aud welfarc of the human race, without regard to creed, color, or condl- tion. He mades cousnicuous figure in that noblo group of herofe men, most of whom have already passed away, who struck a blow for the Uberty of the black raco In America, and by whose humano efforts, under Gob, tho great disturbing curse of hercditary Slavery was Qually sbolished. Dr. Brispaxs died at tho age uf 75, and leaves behind him o number of chifldren and grandchildren who will forover cherish his memory with feelings of pride and regrot. — The Bupremo Court of Wisconsin has just rendered a declslon Iu the case of Tnoxeson ot al, va. The Fraoklln Insurance Compauy of 8t. Louls, Mo., that Is of great Importance to the people aud to the insurance companles. By tha stututeof Wisconsln, passed in 1874, 1t was provided that all companics suthorized to take risks sgainst loss by five, and the property (s destroyed, the umouut of insuranco written {u the policy * shall be taken and deemed the truo valucof the property at the time of tho loss, oud the umount of the loss sustained, aud shull bo the measura of damages.'” The Court goes on to say that the language of tho statutels perfectly plaln, and that in case of u total loss of real property without criminal fault of the assured, the valuec of the property must be the smount unamed fn the policy. Thu Court recognizes the uunifest policy of the statute as an effort to prevent over-fusurance, and it regards such a desire a3 wise and wholesoms , uud which ought to be strictly obeyed. It ulso holds that the measure of domages belug thus fixed by the statute, the compauy has no right to show that the assured sustuined a loss less thun the amouut written i tuo policy. The rule of the statute, In the opinfon of the Court, rests upen sound public polley, and the contracta of rivate parties canuot alter it by any forms of policy, Heretoforetho practice hias been,with compaules dofog busluess fu Wisconsinand fo most of the othor Western States, toassoss the damage, after o loss by fire, aud pay only the actual damage proved, without regard to the value specitied iu the policy. But thls decislon will now compel a closer inspection aud valuation of propertyon the part of sguents, aud the check of the statuto of 1874 will be seen fn a lower appralsal of real ‘property ut the thne tho risks are taken. e ——— Thera was & tine when the Natlon promis- cd to be cosmopolitan, as its name indi- cates, and dut sectlonal; but that timo Is past. Its purtisan advocacy of thy guid stundard, ang fts uean sud unmanoerly fllugs at the very large aud intelligent wajority of the American people, sud their represcutatives In Congress, who fuvored the remonetization of silver, was ovidence cuough tothe average observer that tho Nutlon had & nurrow scops of viston when lovkiug at great pational subjects, ued bad a @reator respect for the lnterests of Wall streec than it bad for the greatestwood of the greatest number. Readers who remember the fnsolence withwhlchit assalled Western men who happen- ed 1o differ with it upon the curreucy question, und ite trm sdlicrence to tha side of the capital- fst and bondbolder, will not be surprised to fina the Nution the willlug advocate of that con- splracy now evideutly forming tu preveut Cons gress fromn suthoriziug a populsr losu that tway, in a weasure, fuurs to the benet of that Jarge class of swall depositors who have formerly patrouized saviuge bauks. ‘The Notion lost uuch of ita popularity lu the West by Its uafale aud {llogical ngthod of discussing the silver ques- tiou, and the 161ty contempt thst. it now mani feats for those who advocate a popular measure of relief aud safety for the comunou peopls will uot tead to make It fricude bereabouts. 1t it would uow chauge Its nawe to ** 2hs Wadl- Strect Indicator,” 1t would be more appropriate than the name it bears. e ‘Tho Euglish pavers are teylug to explsin the causo of the Chicago walkist, O’Luasy, walk- iog away from all the vrolessiousl pedestrians of the * Threo Kingdoms.” The London Zims save, but 1t Is thin: Greal disappointment ia naturslly fely by most Euglishuion 1hat vut of seveatcen starturs uose of them ahonld ba avle to defeat the only foreigneor. petitar, Without wishing for s moment to deprr: clats ("Lrant's victary, wo would point ot 1hy; he was greatly favored by one or two clrcum. stances. Tiio fact of his belng allowed o senar, teack toln itself a great advaniage. Whatever ject the promoter of this cuntest may have ihers can he no doubt that it gava O'Lany an Iy, catcalableadvautage, HIs frack to the end way jy capitaiorder, while thatol the Engliatmen way eat up befors the clore uf the necond day, I s ditlon 10 this (he mero fack ol the latter havin, 20 often yaes and overtake aach other Ia fu Itelf 'y grestdrawback. Tosome minds this le very by raning, apart from the groand whics in thue loqt, This, “In s task 10 longihy, amuunia in sogregats to mnch more ihan may [% nuvposed, Another advantage wae the fact that O'LeAny had 4 commodivae tent elose to 1hy track, while the rematning competitorswers placeq In weetchied hovels abuut twenty yarde dutent, which, oven In the wearied stale uf ihic men, wery un,tmng but tnviting. We should mention that O'Leany bad to walk an extra ffty yards every fime he went into his tent. Noone, of course, Rrudges Any oxtra courtasy that may be shown {o § man who biad crossed fromn America oxprersiy BUll It ¢ obviously unfair to strain thepy 10 the detriment of the other conipey m againat the American, and at one tme il scemeq uits probable that ha would f'l“ tbe vietory erhaps, had bo confined himself Lo walking, sag been on as favorable a track as Lis opponen night nave won. Tl style ismuch lmnr‘l O'Lxanx's, while he certainly has greater speed Some day or other somo young man of incen. diary tendencles will drop Into the New York Post-Offico a letter addressed * To the Hang. somest Inmate, Woman's Hotel, clty.” Tpg clerk will undertako to deliver it, and in abogy three hours scveral bald-headed clerka wil] by scen skipping down the stairs, yelling, * po. lce!” while @ye bhundred and ninety.ning women will go' ivto hysteries and pound thy tesselated floors With thelr hecls. Ana thiy will be the end of a great philautbrople exporl. ment. ———————— 1t fs, Indecd, o gratifyiog and patriotic spes. tacle to sce tho Presldent of the Unitea Siates and his distingulshed retinue sttending atthe launching of a sbip as at & great and solemn public festlyity, ana the factisa queer com. meutary on our flscal systom. Under frea trady American-built ships would not bo ns scarce sa hens' tecth, and the country would be itg richer by the many millions we now bayty European veascl-owners for ocean freights, e — It will bo good news for the boys {n thy Boventh and Eighth Wards to hear that Carrax Hannisox has provided for them, He hassuo ceesfully engineercd the election of his cousta as Dooteeper of the Houea of Representatives, and CARTER can casily find places for twenty or twenty-tivo of his constituents with good pa; and a chance to sce the National Capital In ity glory. Applications should be made carly, to be successful. — A gushing corrcspondent says that Mr, Ep. GAR FAWCKTT, the poet, often shows *'Luw the divine gift of imagination can clotho and trans form the most unsightly object.” Perhaps, but 8 certaln poem of Mr, FAwceTrs describlog the scasickucss of a passenger who had been feeding on liver, and tripe, and salt pork, and things, was far from transforming its most une sightly subject, ————— The third of the proverbial trio of Cardloaly having dled, BrossaYs BAiNT Mamc, Auart BAN FELIFPO, aud BerARDI, Death should fors while Intormit his attacks upon the Sacred Col- lege. Tho deaths of throe Cardinals in the frst flve weeks of his relgn may bo eald to promise toLeo XIIL & chanco of eclipsing bl predes cessor {n tho number of his creations. —————— Aun aged New York millionalre, Mr, Jonx P, Moong, recently had a 885,000 packsge of bonds anatched from him by & thief, whom two officers pursued and captured. Tho gratefol millonaire has asked permisslon of the authors tica to present tho officers with $20. It does not pay to rob or to reacue Mr. Moonz, ——— ‘When you meet lu Washington a stalwan man, with a broad-brimmed hat, & strong smell of whisky, and an Inclination to begin all his scatences with an fuvocation of tho Delty and to conclude them with & “alr!{11" you aresle In betting that bo wants to be Doorkecper,or has been, To judgo from the European papers the occte pants of sinecures at thoPontifical Court regard the new Pope somewhat in the light of a Harss, ‘Thoy are in favor of the theory of Religlow Bervico reform, but opposed Lo fts practice. ——— Dean BeYMoUR docs not care for any Dusbe opric that ho can have; ho paitts with a 4,00- bart power for a Bee to which the Bfandlog Committces cannot be induced to admit him. ——————— The member who getsup and moves that Congress do now adjourn sine die will golnto the Presidcutial canvass of 1880 with aatrong political backing, ————— PERSONALS. Miss Braddon has beon guilty of thirtye one novels. The Archduke Francls Charlesof Austris left & fortunc of $12,000,000, one-third of which 19 to bo applied to relisving the poor. John B. Gough intends to delivor a courss of thirty lectures in Englaud, after which be will rest and glvo the world one for soma time. Quoen Viotoria has orderad threo dresses rocks worked In floas allk on tulle, of Irish @, for her daughters. The influence of thls order on the longevity of landiords remainatode seen. Mr, Q. J. Ottaway, tho famous Enx“llh cricketer who kept wicket for the Gentlemen'd team that viated this country in 1872, sud who 1ast summer mareled s Hamllton, Ont,, glrk, ¥ Suiowon, Is dead Lord Euniskillen most nearly approaches in hefght & Maypolo of any of the membess of the Huuse of Lords. When he ls uhot by an unappie- clatlve tonant it will tako a soventy-ning-inca cof* n to do blm Justice, Mrs, Thomas Gould, of No, 106 Thomp- son street, New York, read much about Mme. 's auicide, sud Hnslly imltated it. lnlql! ortwo wa shall bear of cond William Tell shooung catastrophe, brought sbout by sume Ju* ‘vealle Jdiot emulous of the v of Mies Franklin, Tho d £. eloment can be bettcd upon every e Leo XIIL ja bound that bis reforming now broous shall sweop protty clean. When he ssked the Master of the lores how many hotses therd wore In the Pontifical stables and that oficl! owned frankly that te did not know, the new Pops discovered s deold wi * Refurm Was necestary. The Papal stables were full of lumbenog cm:h_o; and of long-tailed black horees that beforo 187 bud their use, bacause theu the Government oficed were at tho Quirina) aod means of :ommunin:_nh: with the Vatican were constantly needod. k'::" thon, bowever, all the dopariments belog usde the roof of the Vatican, there exists B0 louger ;:I' Becessity for thls coach service, but the or clerks of toe various burosux bave nwl;:l]a e the vonicles in transporting them to tho Va! . aud back, The Pupe, 8s he vrdered some h'::. dreda of the hurses to be suld, eald that the st system of Rowe was s very completo aod f:":gu ical one, and that if sny employe in fl‘“u barvaus found that bu lved too far lwn{‘hl cither sesign or 8nd lodgiugs nearer bis oice. Ot Gen. 'Thomss O. Deven, the uul.r'{ soldier just deceased, lunumerable apecdotes el tald, ,** Fools!" ho shoutud, 8t the lhyldnn.fl'“uz ho saw bls regiment, thae Sixih Coveloy, fapr down the rosd with flags dylog. "!Wll-w et man, getback intu the woods! What folly poy posc yoursclves unuecessarily!”’ He very ‘:"_ disliked having his headquariers indoors, A‘n“ S fuscd all the entreatios snd sugyestions mi gl the membors of bls staff o establish his headqu o ters in the farm-bouses when opportunity ulr&u On ope occasion, howsver, he ylelded (ad 17k sollcitations, sod stopped 10r the nightata pm:au houss, Haraly bad he oged his paperd et hin ats table, when thu Jady of the hmm‘ i runaing iato the room crytng: ** Ob, mnult v solalers aro stealing my pige" Auorderly Wit duspatched to swp this foraging, but Aurs'lvk p migutes had elapsed when the lady cawe bac : the General with the cowplalot that his men \l‘.. capturiog ber chickeus. Thorougbly ennxmm;.u gathared up his papers and marched ble couys 1nto the woods, whero It cucsmped 105 the ulzb!