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

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1878 The Teilave, TERMS OF SUBSCRII"FION. ® 0 Fpecimen coplen sent tree. Glve Post-Uttice sddrees in full, Including Btate ani Coonty, Ttemitrances may be made either hydraft, expross, Post-Otice onler, orin registercd letters, at our risk, TEAMS TO CITY AUBSCRIERS, Daily, delivered, Sunday excented, 25 cents per week. Laly, dellvered, Sundsy included, 30 cents ner week, ddress THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-ats., Chlcago, 11l Orders for the delivary of Tux Tatavxx at Evanston. Engiewvod, and Hyde Park left In the counting:ruum Wiilzeeelve sromt sttention, TRIBUNE BRANCII OFFICES. TNz CHICAnO TrINUNE has established branch offices for the recelptof subscrivtivnsand advertlsements ns follows: 3 NEW YOIR)~Jloom 20 Tridune Dulldiog, F. T. Mo Fapvxs, Managet, FARIS, France—No. 10 Itne de Ia Grange-Batelfere. . Manixe, Arent, LONDON, Rng.—American Rechange, 440 Strand, ixxby F. 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Afternoon and evaning, TUESDA’ APRIL 16, 1878, Greenbacks at the Now York Stock Ex- change yesterday closed at 09} (after reach- ing 991) in coin. —— Cuack, tha Fall Rivor defaulter, was yos- terday arrnigned in court, and, ontoring n plen of not guilty to two chargoes of embez- eling $100,000, was gont to jail in dofanlt of $200,000 bail. | A note from tho Secrotary of the Citizans' Association corrects tho error nnder which many persons beliove thot that Association hns adopted the rocommondation to incrense tho valuation of eity proporty to £500,000,000 in order to anable tho city to borrow money. "Tho Association has taken no action on tho subject, and o wido differonco of opinfon provails among the mombors concorning it. = aaae———— The captare of a vonitable river pirato on an island in tho Mississippt River, bolow Quincy, I, is nn event of considernblo in- terost in that soction. This fresh-wator buceancer had n wenkness for whisky in bond, and the burglarizing of a Governmont warchouse at Lagrango, Mo., finally led to his downfall. Liko a true pirate, however, ho made o detormined resistance, and it wos only when tho officers employed the Luck- shot argument with deadly effoct that ho way finally taken. A ——e— Tho gonoral tonor of thoforeign dispatches thizmorning ia pacifle. It is asserted that amicably notes are passing betweon the Lon- dou nud St. Patersburg Cabinets, and that the prehminary difficulties in the way of o Cougress are fast being overcomo. The rolntions botwoon Austria and Russia aro now believed to be on the most friondly footing, tho Iatter Governmont, it is said, approving of tho proposed occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovinn by the troops of the former, and tho establishment of an Austrian protactorate over W.stern Turkey, e — The now Domocratic Doorkeeper picked out n curions caso of disability to sorve ns his Assistant, greatly to tho chagrin of the Northern doughfaces, who are cxtromoly sonsitive on the subjoct, and who would gindly boar the last of it. Gon. TFrewp solocted as his Assistant-Doorkeoper o M, J, G. Kxtaur, of Wisconaln, who was horribly wounded in 181 by the turning of his ankle, but who nevertholess herolcally refused to glve up tho porilous position of Regimental Quartermaster to which he was subsequontly oppolnted, e sorved for throe years after roceiving tho distressing injury abovo ro. forred to, and now appears upon the roll of tho House a5 & * woundod nnd crippled soldior "t T —— The continuntion of the old Ring grab of 3 per thousand on HexTox's brick contract scoms to have boen fully resolved upon by tho majority in the presont County Board. -1t is usoleas for Architect Eusn to protest that the ‘“extras” aro not needod, or for Commissioner Bunriyo, himself an architect and oxpert, to declare that the work slroady paid for as ‘‘extras” Lins not been per- formed, and that an honest fulfll. ment of BexroN's contract would leave ne room for enoything additional— nothing can induce the Ring to order a dis- continuance of the preloxt under which Bxxron's clalms for ** extras® aro period. ically allowed. The reason obviously is, that tho $27,000 which tho Lrick * oxtras " will horeafter cost will be almost entirely clear profit, to bo divided among the ring- sters. Thore can bo uo othor reason, in the light of all tho faots, e—re——— The old Plymouth Ohurch scandal is onco moro forced upon tho attontion of the coun- try by tho sudden and gonerally unoxpected ronowal ond reafirmation by AMrs. Trioex of her original confession of tho crimo of sdultery with the Rov, Hennr Wanp Bercuzn, Tho confession which she dented upon oath in open court during the celobrated trinl of Tiwron vs. Bezcaer sho now doclares to have been true,~by this decluration simply confirming tho bellef eutertained throughout the long contro. veréy by thousauds of peoplo among those who took sides on tho «question of Mr. Brrouen's guilt or {nnoconce, and at the sawe time leaving to those who held the opposite the opportunity of remaining firm fu their opinion, For the comfort and en- couragement of thoso who insist upon be. Ueving Lim innocont Mr, Brrcaen gives to the world o sweeping denial of Mrw. TrrTon's latest declaration, 8o tho celebrated caso is 84 far from a sottlement as ever, A purliamontary strugglo of great intorest wos precipitated upon tho House yesterday by the presentation of the Bram resolution adopted a3 a memorial by the Maryland Leg- islature. It was the policy of the Repub- Licans to reslst at the very ontsut this attempt to reopen o question tlat has been settled beyond the possibility of revisw or reconsid. eration, to stifle the ¢normous Beurbon folly et its incoption in the House by ubjecting to its reference or conmderation ns s sub- jJect suitable for Congressional action. With the object in-view of rebuking the promoters of the mischievous scheme to rcopen the Presidential controversy, the Ropublicans strenuously opposed the rofer- ence of the memorinl to nny committee, and Inbored to hava itlie on the table indefin- itely, This position involved the questions both of State Boveroignty and the right to petition, and tho Democrats, withont ex- pressing “any sympathy with the proposi- tion, contended for its respectful reception and réference. There the matter now stands, with the chances largely in favor of the referenco of the momorial toa come mittee. Tho Republicansbad wenkenod their chancos of success in tha parliamentary en- counter by carclessly pormitting tho intro. duction and reference, without opposition, of the Davio Duprey Fieep Quo Warranto bill, From tho action of the Speakgr and the Democrntic debaters yesterday it seoms likely that the majority in the House will nttempt to make capital out of the Presi. dentin! question in the dual form in which it has boen presonted. The,country will foel only disgust that thetimo of Congress should ‘be fritterod away by such usoless folly. Wa print elsowhere a comploto list of bills introduced in Congross from the beginning of iho ression to March 26 roprosenting pri- vato claims from the Bouth We have hero- tofora printed n summary of the claims for public improvomonts in the Bouth, resching tho nggregnto of $192,000,000. The private claims foot np $10,247,793, which, ndded to tho public, mnke over $202,000,000 with. ont reckoning the moustor cotton.tax claim of §82,000,000, that the South hns asked for in o ringle scsston. As is stated by the Now York ZT'ribune, from which wo take theso figares, this amount ia undoubtedly far below the actoal sum nsked for. According to the estimates of Judgo T’ W. BanTuxy, counsel for n largo numbor of claimouts, tha aggregato will reach over 3400,000,000! Concoding even that the amount does not oxcced the former sum, it makes a very suggestivo exhibit for our readers. If tho Bouth ean demand two hun. dred millions in n single sesslon, befare it is in comploto control of tha Governmont, what will be the capacity of its maw when 1t i in full power, nud can take whot it wants with- out asking? Are wo not about to pay o pretty heavy price for peace and reconeili. ation with our Southorn brethren? Is it not o little immodost, not to say groedy, on their part to domend that the ontire publio ‘Croagury shill bs turned over to them be- cause thoy are willing to remain in the Union aud oboy tho laws of the country ? T — THE SENATE AND THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. Thoe Committeo on Financo of tho Benato, who bave had beforo them for somo months the bill passed by tho House reposling that yart of the Resumption sct which provides for tho redemption of greenbacks by the ‘I'rondiry on Jan. 1, 1870, have renched o conetnsion. Thoy propese to report n com- plote substituto for the House bill, and the sovernl provisions of this substitute, and the votes by which thoy were approved, aro thus stated : our per cent bonds shall ba exchanggable for tender notes ot par, volo upon this nrovoeltion was unsnlmons, the nce‘mun of Dawks, who ls in- Massa- , and did not attend tho mecting. cpal-tentler notez, on July 1, 1878, shall be ro- i for custotns dues. © 'The vote upon this was five syes to two noes, 3, That section of the Kesumption sct which provides for tiie retirelueni of 80 por vent of the circulstion stiall by renwaled, Upou thls the vote was five to throe. 4. ‘Tha itesuinption net 16 to be construed to mean thit leyul tenders shial) be rehaued aftor a5, ana shatl not by datroyed. o - eLompion Upan thia thu vole was dveto thice, The Com. mittes did not declde as to the total volume of lepol-tender notes o be kept outstauding. Sen- utor ALLisox s Lo embody the points iadicated in a bill, aud to repert to the Comunittes Tuesday, Cironmstances have changed vory much sinco the Houso bill ropenling the Resump. tion law was possed. At that timoe the wholo onergles of tho Government ond of tho money intercsts of tho country were directed to nn enforcomont of resumption on an oxclusively gold basis, Bpecio payments wero domanded in gold coin with a full Luowledgo that gold was scarco, and that, in consequenco of tho domand for it by all the nations of Enrope, it had an artificial value, increasod by tho domand of the Unfted Statos for nearly $300,000,000, If that policy waa to Lo maintained, then the repeal of tho time fixed for resumption was not only just in itsolf, but necessary to uvert goneral ruin and distress, and the Houso bill when it was passed ropresented public sen. timent a3 it then oxisted under tho circums stances of that date, But thero was also at that time pending o Lill to remonetize wilver. The direot offoct of romonolizing silver was to deprive gold of its artificlal, high value, destroy itsexclusive- noes 08 money, and reduce its corrent valuo for all gonornl purposcs to that of the silver coln, With gold andsilver at the same money value, and tho coinegoof ailverlnrgeand con- tinuous, tho practicability of resumption had an entircly new nspoot. Tho silver discus- aion revealed the strong belief that to rostore the silver dollar would greatly facilitate re- sumption; nud this bolief fuduced a very stroug support to the Bilver bill. After this flrut bittoruesa of disappointment, the op- ponents of silvor coufossed that rosumption in gold could only havy beon accomplished Dby tho most extraordivary stringency, forcing the paper currency out of circulution and roducing tho values of all other property to zero. 'The Becrolary of the Troasury was ainong tho flrut to acknowledgo his error, oud frankly confessed that, with silver coin 08 authorized by the bill, resumption was far woyo fensible, 'Tho Benate Committeo, of ‘whbse wembers a majority would have boen in favor of passing the House repeal bill bad tho Silver Lill failed, have adoptod theso four measurcs, which will generally bo ac- ceptable to the conutrys Tho first 1y tho issuo of 4 per ccnt bouds, exchangoablent par for logal-tender notes, A bill to this cffoct has already passed the Bunate. It provides for the sale of bonds of the denomination of §25, 50, and §100, which Londs will unquestionably be taken by the public. This will at once give the greonbacks n pérwanent valuo eyual to that of the coin bonds, 'The second point is to make legul-tender notes receivable for customs ducs at par with gold aud silver, to which thero can bo no reasoanble objection %o long 09 tho notes aro redeemabla in coin. This provision is to take eflect in July, 1878, avd will give greenbacks au additfonal permanent equality with coln. "The third provision re. peals the past of the Resumption law which ‘was intended to reduce the swount of logal- tender notes to §300,000,000 by the with. druwal of greenbacks to the vxtent of 80 per cent of the now circulation of National Bank notes. As the greenbacks are mow at par, practically, with gold, and are to be mada receivable for customs dues, and will be redoemnblo in coin dollars when de. manded after January mext, there is no louger the nccessity for reducing their num. ber,us would have been the case in the event of resumption in gold. The fourth and last point in the Bonate Committeobill is toso con. atrue tho Resumption aot that the greenbacks paid into tho Trensury in oxchange for coin shall be reissued and form part of the natonal curroncy, The legal limit of logal- tondcr notes iz $400,000,000; the amount now outstanding ia something lesa than $350,000,000 ; and, while romoving all doubt a8 to the pormanent character of the green- backs, the Committee hava not agiced upon & sum at which the limit shall bo fixed for the future. It is probable that there will bo no chango, " 1t shoald bo borno in mind that thero are now some $150,000,000 of gold in the country; that the mints are coining an average of one million of dollars of gold and ono milijon of dollars of silver ecach week; that tha greonbacke aro mow practically at par with gold; that gold drafts can be bonght on England at one-fourth of one por cent or 25 cents on the $100 premium, ond tho addition of cight millions of coin per month to the volumo of currency pro- cludes any such’ searcity of coin as will warrant-any run on the Treasury in January next. Thorois lardly any probability that there will bo such a demand for coin in oxchango for greenbacks as to furnish any doubt of the ability of the Tronsury to carry out the law. Taking these four moasures proposed by the Sonate Committeo as a whole, thoy will furnish tho United States with a eurroncy of coin and papor ns good as that of Eagland, nnd one especially similar to that of France. In Franco tho currency consists of gold, sil- ver, and paper, all equally legnl-tendor. Tho carrency of tho people is mainly silver,~the papor monoy being in notes of large denom- inations, but the gold, silver, and papor are all interchangeablo at par, the difference, it any, being in favorof the paper, when it is to bo used outside of France, because of ita convenience. 1f this mossure agreed upon by the Benato Committeo shall become a law, our currency will have the sama parity of valuo as has tho currency of France, and tho long-vexed question will bo solved, and o pormanency and atability roached to which onr currency haslong beon a strangor. ——— THE NEW ATTACK ON ECHURZ Liko tho doctor who alwaya throw his pa- tients into fits s a preliminary to a cure, because ho knew how to handlo that diseaso, the Implacables in Congress aro willing to resolve tho wholo controversy with the Presidont into a concontrated attack on Soc. retary Bonunz, because they believe that his removal will ronder restorationof machine op- pointments practicable. This is understood to bo the basis of the rocent roorgsuization of the Congressional Committeo, Thia viow of the matter scems ontirely probable, because {rom the very first more Lostility Lns boen shown towards Somunz than towards any other man in the Cabinet. Key was and is o Democrat, aud his appointment, it would naturully bo supposed, would bo more offen- sive than any other to strong partisans ; but tho irreconcilable Congrossmen have said all along that thoy wero better entisfied with Key than with Scmunz. Evants was o Lib- ¢ral Ropublican like Scunz, so that opposi- tion to the Intter on thnt ground should have oxcited ogual opposition to the former ; yot it is weu kuown that the opposition to EvanTs is mamly of a porsonal charactor and led by Benator CowzriNe, whilo tho fight ngainst Scoonz I8 goneral, It is nocossary, therefore, to look for some spocial explana- tion of tho offonse which Becretary Scnunz lias given to the Congressional extremiats A good many ciroumstances have boen clted to account for the partioular hostility that Scnunz has excited among the Congres- sional politicians,nnd all of them perhapshave more or less bearing on the case. For ouno thing, it is recollected that Becrotary Scnunz, exceedingly sharp with his tongno oud fonr- less in debate, whilo he wna in the Sonate gave some of his colleagues such ‘mevero knocks that they have not yot recovered from the sting of his blows. This explann. tlon, 80 far ng it goes, 18 cortainly more croditablo - to Mr. Bouunz than to tho men who pursue him for purposcsof spito, It ia nlso said that Scmunz's opposition to Graxr during part of Scitunz's membership of the Benato is tho warrant for the batred which Gen. Goant's strong partisans still ontertain towards him. But this cannot bo all of It, for Mr. Smaoven, and other promi. nent Republicans who still Lave tho rospect of the Republicans in Congress,oppoaed Gon, Granr fust aaopenly in tho Ban Domingo sobomo aud other monsures. If ono shounld judge from Mr. Bramve's speeches while ho was defending the timber-thieves, tho in- ferenvo would be warranted that Mr, Sonvuz ie porticularly bated bocause ho was born a {yermsq, but wo aro not prepared to beliove that all the discontented mon in the Senate and House partake of thesame nativistio proj- udices as the * plumed tmight " from Maine, Of course, Becretury Scuurz's constant and consistent efforts to reform the abuses in his Department havoe caused him to run against meany corrupt private interosts. Ho hus prosecuted persistently the timber-thiovos, the Indian-thieves, the pension-thisves, the patent.lobbysty, and the office-brokens, and in doing 8o he has necoswanly encountered tho ill.will or many Congressmen who have thus seen proteges of . theirs removed or hofiled. At the sume time, two things must be admitted onallaides, viz. : (1) Mr. Scavnz hias confined his reforin efforts strictly to his own Department; he has uniformly* attonded to Llis own businews, and lot other people’s wvusiness alone; and ho has followed out the line of the Ciu- cinnati Repullican platform. (2) The charge naunot be wede thit Mr. Sonvur has used the power of his position to bring Democrats uto ofiiee, or otherwise injure the intercsts of the Republican party, In ull the roforms hio Lias socomplishied and set in motion, hio huy not found it necessary to go oulside of the lte- publican party to find proper sgents to work them out. 'The epecial rancor entertained aguinst Honupz caunot be accounted for, then, on party grounds, becanso, since he has beeu & membor of the Cabinet, b has bevn as striot a partisan as Braive, Howe, or Coxzuva would have been in a similar po- sitfon. ‘the key-nole to the concentrated attack on Sowves will be found 1n the mn we bave given st the opening of this urticle, It was uipressed by one of the Coungressmen who is o party to the conspirscy, snd waoo ¥sid: * Nothing has injured the President with the strong wen of his party more than the fnflasnce of SomURs over the Ad- winfstration.” 'The caucus scted on that basis. Yhe President is proffered concilia- don and the leadurship of the '*reorgan ized " party if he will only drop Bcuusz, Why? Because Scuvez is the backoous of the Aduinistration in the Qivil-Service policy. Bucause it is his ¢xample and influ- ence which give reform in the public serv- ice the gruatest countenance and encoursge- went. Because, with Bcuusz out of - the way, there are metabers of the Cabinet who wonld mako concossions to the Machine till there might be nothing left of Civil-Service reform, exeept tha mero ompty pre- tense. The history of tho present Ad- ministration woukl probably be a paraliel to that of Gon, Graxr in this respect. Grant started out with good intentions. Ifo was willing and anxions to fonnd somo system which would 1lesd to the fmprove. ment of the public wservico. Hut overy member of his Oabinet who was inclined to support him in doing so was, sooner or later, crowded out, until he fonnd his ontire Cabinet opposed to inter- ferenco with the Machine, and lie himself, a8 President, gave way to Congressional dictation on s sort of tacit compromiso that hp might usethe patronago to a certain oxtent for his relatives and porsonal frionds, Thero is no donbt that the Washington politicians believe they can similnrly defent President Hares' efforts, and secure n virtual abandon- ment of Civil Bervice roform as the con. spicuous policy of . the presont Administrn. tion, if they can only get Bonunz out of the way. This statement is the true oxplana- tion of the new and concentrated attack on Scnurz. Under theso circumstances, it is Benunz's duty to romain steadfast without regard to thp Congressional conspiracy, and itis tho duty of tho President to retain Scnunz in deflance of all such protest as has beon made against him thus far by the would-bo offico-brokers. THREATS OF THR CUSTOM-HOUSE RING. Our Washington dispatches state that ‘“severnl New York Congressmen havo ro- quested tho Prosident not to make another attempt to change the New York Custom- Houso offlcers,” We were quite preparod for this sortof aflank movement. The poli- ticians and the press of Now York havo main. tained bsoluto silenca on tho subjoct of the pending invostigation louching alloged frauds in the Now York Custom-House. Thoy bave not given it an encouraging word. They have utterly ignored tho strong circumstantinl case made ount Ly 'T'oe Tnivuxx in advance of the nppointmont of the Commission. But this studicd silence implies neither ignorance nor innocenco of the gross abuses which Tas Tninone has assaulted, and which the Com- mission i Inboring zoaloualy to uproot. The politicians are primarily responsible fortheso abuses, in that thoy have insisted upon the subjestion of the New York Cunstom. Houss to tho absouts ocontrol of the Machine. From its legitimata function of collecting tho revenue it has beon divorted to tho advancoment of the schemes of political ambition. And the pross of Now York Clty, notwithstanding tho fact of ita almost salid opposition to tho designs of the politicians who control the Custom.House, hos aided them in prostituling it to the bnsest of uses. Tho secrot of this refusal of the prosa to denounce the notoriously.core rupt managoment of the chiof Cnstom-Honse of the country is tho apprelionsion that & re- form of its nbuses will result in the diversion to tho Wost of a large share of the importing business of Now York Oity. This is con- spiononsly truo of Harper's Weekly. That journal is bitterly hostile to Sonator Conx- 1180, and ardontly dosires to deprive him of the ald of tho Custom-House Machine, by displacing his adherents intronchodthere, In nlmost overy issue of his paper Mr, Cuntis domands tho romoval of Collector Antmun and Naval.Oficor Connerr, ‘The demand is, ‘however, based solely upon the theory that officiale placed in power by tho machine cannot bo expected to inatituto measures of reform in Civil-Bervico administration, Mr. Counris cannot bo ignorant of the fact Intoly rondered notorions and indisputabla by tho ndmissions of H. B, Jaumes, Chiof of tho Customs Division of the Tressury De- partmont, and A, K. Tixowx, Chief of 8pecial Agonts, that tho revouuo Is being robbed of mony willions annually throngh the inefi. clency of tho hends and the corruption of tho subordinates of tho New York Custom. Ilouse. Why does Mr. Cunzrs refuso to as. sign this renson for his demand for the ro. moval of Artuusand Convexn? Thore can be but ono ground for the refusal, namoly : a foor that the importing intorests of New York City may suffer through the inaugura. tion of gonuins reform in the managoment of its Custom-House, aud that Harper's Weekly will be hold responsiblo by the merchants of Now York City for the destruction of thoir monopoly of the importing bLusiness of the country. ‘Tha attitudo of tho press of New York City on this subjoct ia disgracoful to the last degreo. Not ono of the journals of that city dure entor upon the controversy in- volving tho honor and integrity of ita Cus- tom.llouse mausgoment, Not one of thom dare deny the charges preforred by Tux Taipune, Yet, in general terms, cach and overy one of them seizes tho smallest oppor- tunity to eulogize and puff tho officials who, ot best, are allowing the customs revenuos to elip through their fingera into the pockets of n gang of thioves to the amount of at lenst & sooro of million dollars avery fiscal year, Tho cowardly silonce of the Now York preas does not, howover, doter the Binamam and Iinvps Commission from tho stendy pros. ocution of their laborv. The casa made in Chicago was strong enough to consign tho Now York Custom-House management to ovorlaating shame ; it Laa boen strengthened at Bt. Louls, and it will bo made still strong- or at Oincinnatl. This investigation is tho Nomeslds of tho rascally importers who have been robbing the revenues in tho clief city of tho country, It s deatined soon to over- wholm them ; and it will crush, also, tho pol- iticians who dare to defend the thievos. The dispatch alroady quoted shows that a sonse of insecurity is creeping over the Customs Ring. The evidonco of it is that they appeal to the power of the Machine. Boveral New York Congressmen have requosted tho Presi- dont not to disturb thoe New York Cus- tom-House officerss Such attempt, thoy say, would jesult n the loss of two or three Ropublican Congrossmen in that Btate, ‘This ruso will not serve. The Republican party canuot be strengthened by & compromiso with fraud and rascality, It caonot afford to ignore a great crimo on the theory that it will guin votes thereby, Bottor loso **two or thros Congressmen.” Bat it will not loso Congressmen by probing the New York Custom-House frauds to the bottom. Is it proposed by the ring to trans. fer ita voles to the Democratio party in cer. tain districts out of revenge for its prosecu. tion? Very well. Let the transfer be made, and let the country know the reason why it is made. If the Ropublican party loses two or three Congressmen in the Btate of New York on scoount of ité enmity toward s pack of theves, it msy gain two or threo dozen Congresamen in other Btates for tho same roason, This threat addressed to the President is empty and wesningless. It is an insult to the Repub- Licans of the Btate of New York, and it is nothing more. New York Ofty may desireto retain the whole importing business of the country, oven at the exponse of frauds aud corruption, but the rural districts of New York Btato do not share thia dishonest nm- bition, and they will not seck to bo revengod upon tho Ropublican patry for its effort to puri y tho ndministration of the ouatoms service of its chief city, Tho proposition is monstrons, and could have omanated only from tho bosom of the ring of Custom-House thieves, DEMOCRATIC BUNCOMBE BEATRN. ‘When tho olection of Doorkeoper was ponding in the Lower House of Congross lnat woek, the Demoorats nod Confederates were embarrassed by having presented to them as candidates Gen. Frerp and Gon. Bmzips. Tho former was educated by the country at West Point, but botrayed it and went into the Rebollion. 'Tho latter was hnppily doscribed in the dobato preceding tho olection as ‘‘n Union veteran of two wars, and wonnded in both.” o fought gallantly and bravely against Mexico and the Bouth. The sympathics of the Domocrats and Confedorates in the Homss were natu- rally with the Rebel Frerp, and they mado him Doorkeeper, Gon, SmieLps recciving but twenty votes. Fearing thatsuch a marked approval of the Rabellioh would haye a bad offect at the North, where it Is atill unpop- ular, the Domocrats and Confederatos then torned about and passed s resolution re- storing Bmeps to o Major-Goneralship and putting him on the rotired hst and giving him nn annual pension. It was woll understood at the timo that this rosolution was meroly for buncombo, for it was con. trary to all precedent, law, and justice, The Democrats and Confoderntos cared nothing for old Union Bmigrps, If thoy hiad cared for him, they would bave given him the honor. ablo employment which his frionda nsked for him. Tho natura of this buncombo was woll exposod yesterday by Benator S8anoext, who submitted an amondment to the-House joint regolution, proposing to put on the ratired list, on all equal terms, all the other Major- Genorals who fought for tho Union. This list would include Grant, Dix, McOLELLAN, Bangs, Burien, Bunwnsror, Roszonavs, Brozr, Looan, Warraoe (of Indisnn), Honr- putr, Frawguiy, Wasunony, Scaunz, Preas.’ Axts, WiLuiax F. Saarn, Dovaz, J. D, Cox, Oovessy, Garvizrp, ScnENox, DMcOLERNAND, Wisniams (of Michigan), Devens, Aveniy, Fisx (of Missouri), Bucktanp, Tuaven, ‘Ewma, Patye, Kiuratnios, MoCoox, Paruen, Hawzzy, aud many others. * Baveral Sonn- tors gavo mnotice,” says the roport, “that thoy will move to ndd names to the bill whon it comes bofors tho Benatoe for action.” Wa do not seo, indeed, why the provisions of the bill should stop with the Major-Generals, The Unfon Brig- adiers, who have not been equally Yortunate with their Confedorate brethren in getling into Congress, deservo to bo retired as muoh 88 the Major-Gonerals ; tho gallant Colonals must not be neglected; nud the Majors, Coptaing, nnd Lioutonants aro entitled to their share. Tho claims of all aro equally just. It may bo snid also that they ara cqually unjust ; that tho law which tho Con- fedorates sought to tako advantage of pro. vidos only for the retiring of rogular, not of volunteer, officers, and that they knew it. The motion of Bonator Sanaent is a good one, It oxposes tho insincerity of ths Con- fedorates for old Gon. Snrerps, and it sub- jects thom to the necessity of denying to othor gollant Union officers thet which they protend to bo anxioue to givo him, e — “ Boss" McOarrney, dotormined to play out the farce in which ho has undertaken to appoar in -tho cliaracter of Reformer, lns published a lotter in ono of the evening pa- pors; ho affects to be vory much injured by Tue Tnimune's exposure of his scheme to control the Council, bat still moro injured at tho alleged probability that he will lose his soat in that body. Ho says that * the bummor clemont of the ward was confined entiroly to the ranks of my opponents " (the regular Demooratic and Ropublican candi- datos); that ** every honest and trustworthy citizon in the ward will prove this”; that ho was ** porsiatontly urged by the respecta- ble and worthy clemont of the ward” to be a candidato; and that ¢ the pure, honest olement of tho ward clected me by a hand- somo majority,” Boss Twzep himself never doveloped a groator amount of assurance than this, In somowhat striking contrast to this solf-sufticiont claim to unadultorated purity, wo may cite tho following account from the Democratio 7mes of Sunday of the progrosa made in tho work of showing that McOarynry's eloction was secured by frand ; Mr. Coornt, the attornoy for Me. WaLsi, {» confident of hisability to provent McCarrner from taking bls seat, and sayd thas almost enough evi. ‘dence liad now boen obiained to oust him, Tl- hos discovered a very large number of fraudulent votus, and says that a patient ingulry s failed to reveal that any of the partiss wio Cuat those votus live in the ward, The reglstry ulves the residencos, but none of the partics aceni 1o have over lived in the places 8o given, Thero are ovor 100 whv have nou Lun found at tha places indlcatod on the regiutry, #na bofore the week 1w over as many more are llnyle 1u by found who nave no tabitution in the ward, Tho lunger the Inquiry ix pushed, the tuore slnlnw becomes the fraud perpotrated on tha duy of eluc tion, wnd the stronger the conviction that a Jarge number of vutslde voters were imported for Me- Carvuxy's speclal benefit, 'Fha case Is nlreadyn very llmnfiunr agalnet McCarruky, and the pros- poctys are that ho will never Lo allowsd to take hils soat. Tho Aldermon, 10 whons the information of fraud haw been Anipartud, are very strong In thelr behet 1t will nuver o to accept of the fraudu. leut votes, and declure that their duty ia pisinly to give the sout to Mr, Watsn, They will reject tho votes, and cuunt only snch precincts aa were con. ducted without fraud and tutimidation, 1f this 1w done, McCarvugy han not a ghost of ashow to evor pecawne 0o Alderman, ‘The Aldermen muwt take thic bull by tho Loms, and sco to it that the tazpayers are uot mlerepresented by such a ringsier a8 AMcCayrrey, ‘Fha community hus had cuougn of his ofiicial carcer, Nevortheless, Boss MoCavruxr suys that it “anything crooked, illegal, or fraudulent * can bo proved about his election, he is will. ing to withdraw from the contest, If Mc. Oarrney is a mau of his word, Mr, Warsu hay already ascertained onough, aud noed only present his case to the Council to securs McOarroex's immediate withdrawal, Mo Qarrnzy further says that if he **did not ro- colve olght out of ten of tho rospectablo votes of the ward,” he will withdraw, If his promise could be rellod upon, we have no doubt that the men who voted for tho regular Republican and Domosratio candi- dates could easily make out a caso against him. Asit is, tho only suro way of keoping him out of the Councit is for Mr. Waran and bisattorney to go ahoad with their caso, and for the Council to give it a fair and at- tentive heanng, r— Mr. Goupy, Chairman of the Democratie Platform Committco, aspires to be consid- ered a good constitutional lawyer, yet ha put in tho Illinols Democratic platform, or per~ mitted it to bo inserted, tha following un- conatitutional and public.credit-destroying plauk: Third—That re in favor of United States bonds snd Treasury notes being subjectod 1o taxa~ tion the aams as uther property. It is very remarkable that Mr. Gouny did not know that tho Bupremo Court had dis. tinctly decided that for the States to tax national bonds would be in violation of the Constitution and destructive of tho power of tho General Government to borrow money. Plank 8 in tho Domocrstio platform is tho very essonce of demagogism, United Btates bonds wero nover taxed, nnd cannot Lo by State laws; and for tho General Gov- ernment to tax its own bonds would be oqnivalont to repndiation of so much of tho intoreat as such tax oqualed, and would dis- Qraco the Governmoent and ruin its credit. In ono enro involving tho taxation of certifi- eates of indebteduens issned during the War, aud sought to be taxed by the State of Now York, Chiet-Tustica Sarmon P. Cuase, who dolivored tho opinion of the Court, said: No ono afirms that tho power of tha Govern- ment to borrow, or the action of the (lovernmont in borrowing, 14 subjoct to taxation hy Lhe States, o o« Thin (Suprewmne) Court ias constantly held otherwise. Forty “ycars ng, in the cuse of Wstox va. Tho Clty of Churlestun, thls Courf, speaking through “Chief-Tunico Manatiavy, said? **The Ameriean people have confurrad thie power of borzowing money upon their (overnment, and, by making that Gavernment suprome, have anlelde:d its actions in thio oxercins of that power frow tho action of local (lovernments, The grant of the nower (to scll bonds) {s Incomnpatible with a re- straining of controlling power, and tie dectaration of supreimacy Jan declaration’ that no such re- straining or controlling power shall ho excrelsed, + .« o ‘Thorlzht 10 tax th contract Lo any extent when made must operate on the power to borrow before axercieed and to have o sensible influence ontnhecontract, . , . A {ax on Uovernment stock fa thonght by this Conrt tobe a tax on fhe contract, a tax onthe nower of the United Staten 1o borfow money on the credit of the United Siates, and cousequently repuiuant fo tho Constitution. ;’-:l’mnul YAealon, Supreme Court Reporis, page Thero aro othor decislons equally pointed and ‘emphatio, but tho above covers the ground with distinctness. We invite the nttontion of 3r. Gouny nnd his platform committee theroto, and also nsk their atten. tion to tho ridicnlons, unpatriotic, and . un. constitutional position in which they have placed the Democratic party in tho State in tho coming campaign, ‘This unconstitution. ol bond-tax plank was, of course, insorted for tho purpose of entching tho votes of Communiats and of ignorant rabble, but it 18 bottor caleulatod to lose moro and better fish than it catchos, The Peorla_County Deinocratic Conventlon, which met last week to uppoint delegutes to tho recent Stute Convention, adopted the fullowing resolutions by unanimous vote: Wuzneas, A majority of the Honse of Repre- eentatives, elected by tho voten aud offorts of the Democracy, has elected fur Doorkeeper a man re- cently an officer In tho Turklsh service, and who fs robably a kudject of the Sultan of Turkey, in prof- crence to on ex-Jdudgo of tho Supreme Cou'rt of 11- linols, and ex-Senntor from two Statea—Iilinofe sl Min a—xnd ¢ late General in the Fedoral norvice, tien, JAMES BIIKLDS, becausu he has been honest; therelore, “Tetolred, That, the sctior of astd majority in making sach & solection and rejecting the clalms of he able Juriat, prudent atal an, aind brave sol- dicr, Qen. JAMES NUIELDY, iecly with tha tne quaiificd condomnation of this Conventlon, Resolved, Thatitia the duty uf nil the friends and admirors of the callant SisLoa to bear in mind the courss pursned by thosa so-called Demo- crats, Lhat in thme thoy ay get tho reward dao to all truckling politiclana who' forget tho duty they owo to deserving tent, ‘This resolution, while full of vinegar, doesn’t scemto have had much offect on the Demo- cratic State Conventlon. Mr. W. W. O'Buizy, of the Chiengo delegatlon, an Irishman, and formerly a Peorla lnwyer, offered a resojution thauking BiLn 8rRIiNGER for supporting SmeLpy for Doorkceper, Was It adopted{ Not much! A Cupperhead, in order to prevent a vote on it, moved that the Convention do now adjourn sine dis, which the Conventlon adopted with a (Rebel) yell, and cvery Copperhead, rushed out of the building pell-mell, leaving the few friends of Gen. SiizLps ‘solftary and alone. That was the way the Peorla resolutions were backed up by the Dewmocratic State Con- ventlon. ‘The Conventlon found plenty of tine to pass about forty yards of whereascs and res- olutions, one-half Communistic and the other half clap-trap or antagonistic to the Constitu- tlon, but It hnd vot time to adopt the following offercd by Mr. W. W, O'Brign: Jisaolred, That the thanks of tho Democracy of Tllinols are hereby tendered to the Flon,' W, M. Srutxuesn, Congreasman from the Twolfth Coa- groastonal District. for bis patrioticand tndepend- ent courso fn voting for that veteran Democrat and gollant xoldier, Uen, Jaxzs SuizLns, for Doorkecper of the House of Representatives. ‘Tho report of the proceedings describos what followed the futroduction of the resolution: As the Secretary want on_reading it, there wore shionteof + NoI N0l ** Yerl Yob!" Mach o fusion ensued, and, when the reading was finished. Aty men sprang (o thelr feot, esch onme with & matlon. The Chalr sald it should go to the Committee on Plattorm. accurding tothe rule, iLLy O'BuIEN moved ity adoption, and called for the question. ‘The Chair decided the motlon cut of order, and sugeestod that the enarl could be avolded by sus- pending the rale. O'Hnizx accordiugly moved to An;yerE .m(lld H)\.I!clll r:ma‘;mmn‘.’d 10 s} a4 n Eyyptian delogato moved to sdjourn, an amida |uremn lmnlgl. chuers, the Cnnunrt'llén ad- Juurned alne die. Thie snap judgment on O'Baizx's resolution made the majority of the Cook Connty delegation bot, particulurly the Irish wing of it, snd they damned the Southern element without atint, But the *Boutliern element * expect confl- dently tolash the augry Irish Into the support of both the ticket and the insult this fall, ——— A sheet noted for its stupld iguorance of financial matters, says: QOne paper—only one, that wo have scen—clalms that the decline in gold s due to the **new allver dollar of 412}; grains, ** Had t he Bilver bill been dofeated, the de- mand for the repeal of tho. Resumption nct would be loud, general, and {rresistible. With the repeal of that act, gold would have bounded up. Evenifaveto had prevented tho ropeal for tho time belng, an fssuc would Le made at tho elections which would sweep nll before it. 11 silver had not been remonetized, the gencral clamor for repeal of resumption would have glven the Wall-stroct gold-bulls good grounds for fnsisting that the law would not be allowed to stand, and upon that strong probability they would haye put up the price of gold, But, when tho 8ilver bill becamio a law, a large purt of the silver men tovk grounds against the repeal of tue Resumption act,—belleving that, with the nid of silver, resminption was practica. ble. ‘Tius ls what Lus caused the gold-zamblers to glve up tho light tobull gold. ‘Thesurrender of the guld-gainblers has mado it easy for Bugn. JMAN Lo newotiato the sslo of bonds for coln. Meanwhile, a stream of-thrue or four mililons of sliver dollars Is pouring luto the Treasury; aud those who may want to check gold out of 1t must first exhaust the fund on hand of silver coln before they can reach a dollar of gold. Thus Buensan, fotrencued bellsd growlng piles of silver, will be as sale as JACKSON bu- hind his cotton-bales. ———— On the electlon of Doorkueper of the House of Representatives, the Hlinols delogation voted us follows: For thu Unlon General, JaMES BRIBLDS; Wintiau ALpnick (Rep, ), Chicago, Loixnx Buskrann (Iten.,), Chicsgo, Witriax Latunor (Rep. ), Rockford District, H, C, Buncuanry (Rep.), (ialena Disteit, ‘Luouan J. Huxpknaox (RRev. ), lock Lsland, P62 1ava (Hop.), Lasulle District, 4. L. ¥our (ltep.); Tronuofu Divtrict. Tiouas A. Bovi (ep. 1, Peorla District. B. ¥, Mausu (Rop, ), Tancock District, 2 ioxas ¥, Tieron (itep. ), Blomuington District, Jauku K. Canvox (1ep. ), Chawpsign District, WinLeax M. Srusars (Dem.), Springteld. For the Rebel UGeneral, FiBLp, dud agalost BugLos; . Tosunt M, Kare (Devi, ama District, i e T A el e o WiLLiait A, J. Sranks (Dom. ), Fayetle District, WitLias It. Mozmisus (D . udlson Distrct, Wituiax aurcess (Dom, ), Calro Diatrict, u}x:cunu W. TowdsusNu (Dam, ), Gallstin Dis cf t, Bome of the above were paired off, but the pairs counted on the side on which they arc set down. This will bo o good record-table to refer to about election time, ———— BTOREY’S memory Is falling badly. He seems to think that Tua TRIBUNS *advocated @ repeat of the Resumption wet three wonths azo.” It be wlll come over here and exumine its bles, he will lod that Tus TRIVUNE held steadily and lotlexibly to the view that, if silver wero remon- etized, resumption would be pructicable; otuer wise, the act would bave to be repcaled, as an attempt to resumo on the single gold standard would break down. Tus Trisusx is of that oplulon stlil. ——— . Gold yesterday only 100%. Goupr, do you bear thatt TIE SOUTHERN MAW, Like the Horseleech's Daughters, It Cries, " Givel Givel” Private Clalms Introdneed nt the Pros. ent Scssion of Congress, Up tv March 26. The Aggrogato fnm Asked Ly the Modest South, from $200,000,000 to 4300,000,000, Rebellion Waving Failed, ik Chisalry Noy Unaaimons for **ths 01d Plag and an Appropriution.” New York Tritune, Aori? 13. ‘The Tribune hns alrendy published a complety tist of all bills Introduced tn Cougress frum the begiuning of the sessfon down to March 18, fup tite purpose of sccuring publie Improvementy In the South. These publie claims reacn thy enormous aggrepate of $182,000,000. The Ty une has since caused to bo prepared & complety list of all bills Introduced In the Bevate ang House of Represcutatives, from the beginulug of tha scsslon down to March 24, prescnting private clatins, Of these thero aro 003, of whicy 477 ask for sums less than $10,000. Thegs 477 ills thero la. not space to print In fol, but thele total 1s $1,010,000. Of the re. malaing 431 private bills, 320—mare than one. third of the wholo number futroduced—ars altogether vague, neither stating nor hinting gt the amount to which clalm 1s made. This very varueness ls susplcious, aad supgests tho mag. mitudo of the suin expected. 1t Is certatnly fair, however, to suppose that the avernzo amount of these Indefinito claims I8 nt least as larye oy thoso asking for & definite sum. Upon this ba. els tho aggregate of these 820 blind makjog tlaims I8 83,600,010, There arc 111 vills aaking for $10,000 or mora cach, making an aygregute of $5,747,708. Tho lenst nmount, therefure, nsked for by private Sonthern claims (ntroduced In Congress from the beginning of tha sessfon to March 20, {s $10,217,793, " The Lills {ntro. duced down to March 18 for publlc Improve ments [n tho South call for $192,000,000. The Houth, therefore, thus far In n sluglo scsston, Lias made demands upon the Natlonal Treasury for at loast $202,000,000. Thut this estimato ls for below tho mctual amount for which tho South has nskedthe counsel for n larze numberof claimants has ol ready taken patus Lo prove, Judge T. W, Bart. ley lins published fn o Washiugton paper a long letter i regard to threo lare classes of claime now before Covgress. Ilo divides these cluimg into three principal classes and makes tha fol lowlog eatimates: AmOUnt of COUOD 13X .evvvrsveneerr.§ 83,000,000 unl‘:ncu of captured and abaudoned PrODEFLY.oessens 14,000,000 Anny supply clain v, 000,000 Grand total... +$117, 000,000 1f Judge Bartley's figures are taken {n place of the quiet and ‘modust estinates wineh the Tribune hins made, the scpeegoate (1) of the clais for rallroads and other public improve. monts, and (2) of privato clatius for cotton, war waterial, captured and abandoued property, ete., cte., will b norothian $300,000,000, tnstead 72,000,000, ‘Fhe llst of private clalms presented In cach House, exclusive of those In which the suw niffillled ts lesn than $10,000, s presented Lers with: SENATE. Amaount No. Dy whom presented and titte. askedfor. 127, McDonald—Uravting & pension to Sola L. Decker, of Kun- tucky. .. aeess es wseen " rene ane 02, Merrimon=For ' the reliet’ of Wililam T. Pato and Silas Q owe. 72, Johnstol of tho beirs of William A. Grabam, of Virgl e R 80. Gnrlnndg-l?ur the reliof of the officers and_ privates of tho Fourth Arkaneas Volunteers. 00, Merrimon—Xor tho relief of Amal Hall. ooevins coussonies 132, Bafley—QGranting a ponsion to Joseph Urigaby, of Tonn BOO..oe eeier sosiat suresiiin 208, Dock—For tho rellef of Mrs, elz:‘y T. Duncan, of Ken- 230, Cetk e{l— £ of 1am Moreinon, of Missourl.... 236, Cockrell—Faor "the relict of Joseph Klnnu{. of Missonrl, . 223, Withers—Granting a pension to Mrs, Janet Hcott Weat, of 1,1% 30,000 10,000 210, Gomdonayor i ot *'af H0 O ainea A Teard, of Tenneas weo, riEels 200, Bpencer—Forthe relle Birnoy, of Alsbuuia. 102, Harrie—For the rollef, Clift, of Tennesss 00, Beck—For the rehief of Jobn 6. B 'rnnml:. ol! Konlfiurl(r.'..“,..l.l, o fo=s] he rellel of - o’ T, Furner, of Phillips Counnt, 40, Dor lany @ “Alk . Meeni the aoldlers and sailors of the war with Blexic % 44, Dorsey—For th Ware avecn 30, Garland: ho e ¥, Fiold, uf Arkaness........ 303, Balley—Uranting & peusion to 350, 3Gk o e KNEt oF Thi . Beck—For the raliet tato of J. Alllton Dest, Kontucky.evaseer 333, Donuy-—-'l'u: lhinn rchm o tain privates 'flnlnhle giment of X 131 Cavalry Voluuteers 8. Bailey—-For thy rollef Dickjusun, of Knozville, Tonn 07, Cockrull—For tho reitsf of John Taylor, arsiees sae wier ave 10,000 10,00 o AR ot cuins veosene sarnaen yk’ol‘ the rellef of Will- 'Liillips Con: widows a Bheiton sud othere. .oy o0s oeo slon tho sal- 404, Bpeucor=T0 diers uf the © <01, Ctrel ot 3 Stephen C. Horhoon, ofsMis- 304, Direey-Fof i waiiel oF 5 ey—Fo 1::::{Iowlw. uf Arkansas,, 803, Withurs—For the seliof uf : ‘Jumin 11 Jeuking, of Virglui 205, Bpencer—Fur wbe rullet of Wi jum C, Edni 32,020 578, CoekraliFor il . Vi M * ¥ voldiers and satlorsof the wur With MexiCOuesos over B, e & Dowher, ‘ot Lt 072, Cuckrell—Eur the re i woldigrs of R Jmuu:;n,‘lulry 813, Jouus (¥londs)—| 5 of the sdmlnisteateix of Jo epl Wheaton, decessed. 882, Harris—To pay ihe claiw of the btute of 'Teanessve fur keeps jug United btates wilitsey prisonu . 007, Kirkwood-Ursuting [ {0 Louts Kuerth, of Mruuurl. 835, Harrte—=For t reu rclief of War- uf Havauuab, Mliche idor tho reliel of His n:luwm, of Mubl * (8o Blzer, of 60,101 "W roliet nd Jegorsvulouns ultursl aud Medic Assuclation ol Kculutl{..:.. 650, Dorsey—For the fulief uf core talu l'u‘unumauu’\:fl:rn:' ‘Sictane, of Nonb reiied ot Varrett, of Norb 4l v —¥or the Sl Hbflfi: yuum"i:l“;:fi':::l’?: . Ransoui—10 provile - e me‘x’x‘xfl [13 -';cuunu with cere tain rallway cowpanlos oo $71. Batley—Fur ihe_relisf of M. Jraughn, of TELLESSOO.vore o 60, Withera—Vot thoreliet of owa- wrs 80 burchasers of lsnde sold fu dngct tazep Lu fueur- FeCLiunary BLLES. ot seinaene e roptlation 10 10 o Sl o e relicf of tbe i) “'D’u':h. Prutestant pal Thevloxlcal Somi- ad Ligu-neuvol la Vis: 209. With