Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1878, Page 4

a THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TIIURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1878 ; the other Pacific Railroads hins demonstrated this fact. Opposed to this schome of Scorr'sis a proposition to build the rond witliout Govornment aid or gnnranteo of any kind, to submit to all the conditions that aro proposed for the Tox Boorr Company, and to givo the latter Company or any other Company the privilego of building from the enst on the samo torms and meoting tho Southorn Pacifia as soon and as far s it can. more, 1n fact, than ho has now of recelving the next Prosidential nomination. Iis special rage at ITayes’ success is, therofore, blind and nnrensoning, though we presnine he would have cherished the same batred for Braixg, Bnistow, or any other successful candidate under the insano dolusion that ho could havo Eecured tho nomination himself it i hadn't been for that partienlar indi. vidual, 4 country in Little Wallachia, in order to avoid The Tribwne. n conflict with tho Russian forces, and to carry ont the determination of resisting dis- armament if the attempt should be mado on TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ordors from Bt, Potorshurg. NY MAIL—IN ATV, iy Faftion, one ye: Parts of , per srisol aye Bubda Double 3 %tllx'r'fl" Edltion, The question of adjournment was sprung upon tho Houso quite suddenly yesterday in the form of s concurrent resolution, which passed the Benato without a dissenting vote, providing that Congress adjourn sine die ri-WVeekly, one yea Parisof & year, per m WERRKLY BDI' Mr, Conxriva has done himself no good No disinterested business man, whether ho b S e e :30 | Juno 10, It hina been tho custom from time | by this racont exhibition ns n sorhend, for | lives in Chiengo or outside of Chicago, can immemorial to refer snch resolutions to the Committcs on Ways and Moana as the proper anthority to determinewhethor tha condition of legislativo business would warrant adjourn. ment. Local intorests, however, are stronger than party usaga or parliamontary procedent, and when 3Mr, Woon, Chairman of the Com- mitteo, moved tho reference of the resoln- tion, the high-tarilf Democrats, perceiving on opportunity to defeat the pending Tariff bill by an carly adjournment, joined tho Ropublicans in preventing the reference of thorasolution, Bubsequently, in the Domo- cratio eaucus, it was decided to postpone consideration of the subject until May 16, tho Protectionist wing of tho party being ap. pensed by tho adoption of a resolution per- mitting individual froedom of action on the ‘Tariff bill when it comes up for passage. It would soem, however, from the oxtensive programmne Iaid out in connection’with cur. rency quostions, that there is small likeli- hood that tho Tariff bill can be disposed of boforo tho time set for the consideration of the adjournment resolution. pectmen coplea sent 1ree. Give Post-Ofhice mddreas {a full, foclading Statesnd County, Kemittances maybe made cither by draft. express, Post-Uftico order, orin reglstered lettera, at ourrisk, TRRMS TO CITY SUDSCRIDERS, Daily, dellvered, Bunday excented, 25 cents per week. Datly, delivered, Sunday tncluded, 50 cents per week. Addreas TUE TRIBUNK COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-ata.. Chicago. i1 Orders for the deliveryof Tiug TRInUXx at Kvanston. Englewood, and Hyde Park leftfa the counting-room willrecetve brompt attentlon. ha has said many things that betray his own inconsistoncy and vanity, and othera that will gain for him the ill-will of people who might otherwiso have humored his malevo- lonce. o conveys the impression, for in- stanco, that ho has always beon of the opin- ion that Haves was not entitled to the ofiice he holds, If this was Conxrina's honest cohviction at the time of the Electoral con. troversy, it was his duty to declaro it openly. Instoad of this manly conrse, he wns advis- ing with Graxr and others, nccording to his own account, na to tho surcst menans of seat- ing Haxyzs and protocting him after he should bo inangurated. This confossion shows Corrrixa to have beon morally a coward, or else ho was intrigning to gain the same porsonal influenco over Hares' Adminis. tration that he had proviously exercised over Gnaxt's. Neithor conclusion is ered. ftable to n gentloman and statesman of Coxguva's explted protonsions. Ilis intimation of a probable exposure of Ifayzs’ trading with the Southern Demacrata ia vory stalo fostinn, The whole story has been told by Republicans and Domocrata relative to Nicnor1s and the Louisiana State Govern- mont, and both sides long sinco challonged tha production of any evidenco of ** trading " that was disreputable on tho part eithor of Haves or his frionds. Cosruxa's othor statemonts are remarkable for their reokloss- ness, Hohas uttered a gonoral reflection on the loyalty of tho rogular army, for which ho sooks to make CGon, Suensax snswerable. o says that the Prosidont is * wholly in tho hands of the Bouthern Domoerats,” which menns, in Coxxrixa's mouth, that the Presi- dent has refused to placo himsell in CoNk- rxa's hands. o vaguely insinuates that the country will be shocked when o list of Haves' appointmonts shall Lo published, though wo have beon under the improssion that all the appoint. ments have beon published eurrently as thoy wore made nnd sent into tho Sennte. Finally, ho gives up all hopo of harmonizing the discordant olements of the Republican party, by which he means that heis not to o conciliated, or rathor that nobody is tiy- ing to concilinte him, and that he is per- fectly willing the Ropublican party should go to tho ** domnition bow.wows " unloss ho is concilinted. We do not romember any moro shamoless cxhibit of puerile porsoaal malico over a political disappointment than Ar. CoNkLiNG haa given in this public exprossion of his views about Prosident Ilayes, Io has not stopped even at contradictions, inconsiston. cios, and slandor to gratify his spleon, Liko sy of old, bo hias propared n gibbet on | have boen refused. It is further alleged that which to oxecnto tho Monproar of his | the city hos roceived docds for many hatred ; ho must bo careful now not to nllow | of thoso portions of tho land which tho parallel to be carricd out, lest he him- | have become public property, and has {ssued solf shnll hang as high as over Iamax did, | to tho owners vouchers for tho amount of on a gallows of his own construction, the damages. If this be truc, and tho faotis stnted to us positively, then it is dificult to understand how wuch farther the city could havo gone in approval, acceptance, and oxe. cution of the award. It has beon judiolally detormined, and is perhaps the nccopted law, that in all con. domnation proceedings of this kind the Mu. nicipal Governmont may reject the award nnd bogin anew, provided it has not acceptod sud npproved the finding. It was upon this principle that the Bupremo Court upheld tho logality of the action of the Council repealing fail to select the Bonthorn Pacific proposi- tion to bnild the road on privato capital na preforallo to that of the Texas Pacifio to build it with Govornment bonds. Not only will the Government bo saved a risk most likely to rosult in the loss incident to extrav- nganco and stealings, but the road will be construoted far more cconomically and be put on a basis which will warrant more fa. vorable rates to the public. Of courso it 18 oxpected that Ohicago will be benefited more than any other city from the comstruction of o new transcontinental road, and Tue Trin. UNE has not opposed, bt favors the enter. prise; it slmply opposes a proposition that tho Government shall take a risk much largor than the ncbuat cost of the rond, when the rond can bo and will be built with private capital. The Courier-Journal would take the snmo viow of tho matter if it did not liave moro intorest in Toxt Scorr than it has in the complotion aud publio benoefit of o Soutliorn Pacifle ronte. P e TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES. TRE Ci10AG0 TRINUNE hias cstabitshed hranch offices for the receipt of gubscrintionsand sdveriisements a3 follows: NEW YORK~Room 20 Zvibune Bulldiog, F.T.Ma- Papnzx, Mansger. PARIS, France—No. 16 Itac de la Grange-Datellcre, I, Manvux, Agent, LONDORN, Eng.—Americsn Bxchange, 440 Strand. zxny ¥, GiLi1e, Agent. B8AN FHANCIBCO, Cal ‘slace Hotcl. AMUSEMENTS. MeVicker’s Theatre. Madlson strcet, between Dearborn and State, **The Bxlles.," Tlooley's Thentre. Randolph ptreet, beiween Clark and LaSalle. The Kxilea™ DEARBORN-STREET CONDEMNATION, ° The City Conncil'on Monday last suddenly ond without any deliberation took ono of those hnsty steps which legislative bodies somotimes do that mny evontually prove a most costlly and embarrassing procoeding. This was ropenling tho ordinanco for open- ing Dearborn stroet from Jackson streot to Fourteouth streot,—n distanco of about throe-fifths of a mile. The condomnation procoedings rosulted in awarding to proporty- owners in’ round sum $1,100,000 dam. nges ; charging them with $1,070,000 bonefits; sud leaving tho city to pay as the goneral benefit $14,000. Thoso are not tho oxact figures, but they are near onongh for an underatanding of the subject. Tho fire of 1871, ns well as the firo of 1874, groatly facilitated the opening of the street by romoving many buildings which incum- bered the ground. Whon this condemnation award was made, tho property genorally had a high market value,—iwice and per haps three times as much as can bo obtained forit now. Tho procoedings wero a long timo in court, sud finally judgment wns ren. dored, and in tho meantime the improve- ment of and uso of the etreet have beon practicatly susponded. Dat it is alloged that tho city has formally and defloitely accopted the award, and has given 1t full validity ; that it has adopted and onforced tho lines of tho new stroot, and applied tho bullding rogulations to thom ; {hat all buildings have beon required to bo built according to tho plat of tho now street, ond that building permits on any other line The old Beeomer-TruroN scandal hes searcely commonced to occupy publio atten- tion beforo another scandal is sprung upon tho public, involving o still higher church official than tho pastor of Plymouth Charch, althongh he is not so woll known outside of lis own denomination. Tho Rev. Samven Avzay McCosgrey, for moro than forty years Bishop of the Dioceso of Bichigan in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and rocontly resigned, stands charged with ‘criminal in. timacy with a young girl, FAxx1® Ricnanps, who Lind for somo time acted as his nmanuons sis, It is further charged that, in order to rid himsclf of her when publicity was threntencd, ho gavo out that sho was his ward and - a distant relative, and upon theso protenses secnred hor marringo to a poor clork in a hardware store. o porformed tho marringe rites, but the nuptials did not provent publicity of his real rolations to the girl, and now this orring prolate, in the 7ith yonr of his age, is obliged to rosign his office and floo the country to escape the odium that has nttached to him and the sin that bas Lofonled his priestly robes. In this caso thore can Lo little doubt of tho truth of the charges. Tha resigna- tion of the Bishop, Lis preparation for flight, and Lis own lotters with whicha cowmmittca from his own church confronted lim, &l testify to unmistakable guilt. ‘I'heso dreadful disclosurcs of the wenknesa of human nature toach their own losson. ‘Thoy are sad enough when they are confiued to peoplo of tho world; but when clorgymon who havo Lind the respect of the community for years, and high church dignitarics who aro looked up to by thousands as oxemplars of morality and pioty, lnpso into sin sad desecarato thoir holy offices, the shockisn torriblo one, It gives bad men an opportn- nity to attack tho Church, ' It induces unbe- lovers nnd those halting in their opinions to ddoubt the rostraining power of religion. It makes good mon sick at heart. Ifit bo truo, a8 has Doon claimed, that theso social crimes runin waves, wo must at presont be in tho midst of a tidal wave-of cxtraordinary sizo that i sweeping away many conspicuous viotims ond lonving a sad waste of ruin bo- hind, Havoriy’s Theatre. Montoe street, rorner of Dearborn. Engagement of Klralfy's Opers Doufte Troupe. **The Deluge.” Now Chicago Theatre, Clark street, opposite Sherman House. performanca. SOCIETY MEETINGS. T0MAS J. TURNER LODGE, and A. M.~11s1l 74 and 78 Blonroe:! ated unication Thursday ovening, April 18, at 8 o'cloc] gfllnen nr'fllmmrl.lnclull\lll?l"l work on M, M. Degree. M ) sitors are conlallngt M. STANTOY, Seerctary. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, Vartety 1878. Greenbacks at tho Now York Stock Ex- change yesterday closed at 17§ in coin. Prominent merchants of Chicngo express thomsolves vory freely and forcibly in re. gard to the present Bankrupt law. Tho sontiment in favor of its repenl appenrs to be general among the business men of the city, and thero {s an equally unanimous desiro for the enactment of n plain, practical law, the offcct of which will bo to discourngo com- mercial dishonesty, and give to creditors rather than lawyers and law-officors tho greater portion of o bankrupt's assets. A great atriko of cotton oporatives has commenced in England. Although thomove- ment isnot 80 widespread ns was nt ono timo feared, the number of strikers will probably reach £0,000, and the greater por- tion of the omployers und protesting em- ployes aro said to ho dotermined to Lold ont to the bitter end. The history of British strikes shows how much of misery, espocially to the poor oporatives, may rosult from theso labor contests, and it s probable that in tho present instanco thore will bo ' mno nbatomont of tho suffering entailed by this voluntary act on tho part of tho operatives. A disposition to compromiss by making tho reduction of wages 5 instend of 10 :per cont ia hown by somo of tho mill proprictors. — . _'THE BQUTHERN PACIFIO ROUTE. The Lonlsville Courier-Journal directs Tne Trivowe's spocial attontion to a docu. ment recontly printed in Tox Bcorr'’s two papers, both daily,—tho Chicago Z%mes ond the New York 1World,—in which Col. Bcorr describes tho advantages of tho proposed Toxas & Pacifio Roilrond to Chicago, in response ta o written request from soveral Chiengo citizons, The C.-J. points to this publication ns & sign that * Tuz Cmicago Taioune's champlonship for IluNTINGTON 08 ngainst the Texas Pacific Rond Ling no effect in Clicago.” This statemont is on a par with tho othor deliberate and persistent mis- roprosentations of tho Courier-Journal con- cerning tho Tox Scorr schome. Tho ques- tion as to the rolative morits of tho Toxas Pacifle (Tox Bcorr's) and tho Southern Pacific (HluntniaTox's) was not ralacd by the Ohicago gentlomen who addressed Col. 8aotr, and thoreply only covers thio gonoral advantages to the Northwest of n now trans. continental railway nlong the thirtv-second parallel. But this is the lino of the Southern Pacific ns well as of tho Texaa Pacifio, The differonce s that the Bouthorn Pacific Com- pany offer to build this transcontinental road simplyinconsideration of thoright of the way, whilo tho I'exas Pacifio nsk the Governmont to guarantco tho intorest on their bonds, amounting in the aggrogate to nearly $100,- 000,000, or fifty yoars' & per cont intorest on $38,600,000. Wo do not bellovo that nny ono of the Chicago gentlomen who addressed a lottor to Tox Boorr asking for information would hositate & momout in proforring tho proposition that privato capital shall build tho road ovor a proposition which depends on Government bonds, Dot this is not all of tho caso, Tho Tox Bcorr proposition involves n Government guarantco of intorest on nearly $10,000,000 of bonds, whilo it has beon ascertained by the wminority of the Committee, which reported sgainst tho 'Tox Scorr schome, that tho catiro rond ean be constructed and equipped for $20,000,000, at tho very outside. The schome provides, therefore, for n surplus of $10,000,000 to be divided among the Con. struction Ring, the lobbyists who succoed in englnooriug tho schome through Congress, and the Congressmen who sell thelr votes in favorof it. Thigis palpably a proparation for another Credit-Mobilier oxparienco, nnd, s such, public morals and public economy domand that it shall bo rofused, But in or. der to sccure this advantage for a Con- struction Ring and corrupt Congressmon, it is proposed that the Govornment shall guar. antoe intercst at tho rate of 1 por centjmore per annum than the Government can borrow at during tho next fifty years. This 1 per cont interest alone amounts to $385,000 a year, which, if invested In a sinking fund now, would produce $140,000,000 by the expiration of tho term for the proposed sub- sidy, or more than flve times as much as tho road will actually cost, if constructed coonomically, ‘Fhero is little wonder, then, thiat tho Minority Cowmmittes say that tho Governiuent can better afford to build the road at its own expense and turn it over to ‘Toxs Beorr & Co. as a gift than accede to tho terms of tho proposed subsidy, It-is sheer folly and gross deception to mmintain that the Government runs no risk in makiog tho proposed guarantes. 1fthat wera true, it would uot be uecessary to look for any Govera. ment guarantee, nor oven uecessary to pay 5 per cont interest, Thoro is abundance of capital lymng idloin Europe and America that will gladly seek investment for fifty years at 4 per cent where there is absolutely norick. It is equally deceptive to contend that any precautions will protect the Gov- croment oven in the security which the original acts provide; our experienco with It would bave doubtless gratified Sonator Voonuexs, of Indiana, if n fow Republican voles had been cnst ngainst his resolntion reciting that *‘it is of the highest impor- tanco that the finnncial crodit of the Govern- mont bo maintained, and in order to do so tho Government itsel? in all its dopartments ehonld in good faith keep all its contracts nnd obligationa entered into with its own citizons,” As it was, the ndoption of tho rosolution by a unanimous vote—as though it wore a resolution declaring it to bo of the highest Importanco that 2 and 2 aro 4, or that honesty is the best polloy— illustrated its buncombe character more forcibly® than any amount of contemptuous speech-making could havo done, A POLITICAL HAMAN, Perhaps Sonator Coxrring chose 8, J, Tu- oeN's special organ, the Now York World, for the publicntion of his malicjous spite ngainst Prosident Haves because ho could find no respectablo Ropublican newspaper to honor him in snch an exhibition. Of course tho World has very willingly loaned him six or seven columns of {ts space, in order to gratify Tizoex and promoto discord in the Ropublican party, if possible, by encourag- ing CoxxriNg’s quarrel with the Administrn. tion. Ooyerixa does not go back far enough in relating Lis causcs of bitterness sgainst the President. e begins at the dispute over tho count of Loulsiaan’s Electoral vote, but, 04 o matter of fact, his own griof and dis- content bogan with the Olncinuati Conven. tion, Novor sinco tho flual ballot which nominated Hayes has Conkuna been able to hear tho mention df the successfuil candl. dato’s name without a renowal of rage at his owan defoat, - During the campaign the New York Benator did what bo could by sulking, like Aomrrxs in his tent, to cnable TiroeN to carry tho State, and Coxxrixa’s friends nnd honchmen gave him such ns. sistance that his spito was gratified. Ho managed with their nid to throw away tho Btate; und, after tho election was over, this distinguished sorehead still continued to do all that his limfted moral couraga penmitted lum todo In order to keop Ilavzs cut of tho Whito Ifouso, Indeed, ho admits as much in this recont interview with tho World re- portor, simply omitting all roference to tho speech ho Is understood to have propared at tho timo in TiLpex's interost, which ho did not dare to deliver, Hares' nomivation at Cincinnati is, there- fore, the real causo and starting.point of CoxguiNa's subsequent migraine, to which Lio hins given exprossion by encouraging and fomenting all thke Implacable intrigues against the Adminlstration, and finally com- ing out and exposing himself with the decla. ration that Havesisa * Dbold, Lod iman” Thus Mr, CoxsLine bas proceoded from tho boginning on a false basis; for uny justifica- tion of his porsonal spleen against Haves would iwmply that Coxxring would havo re. ceived tho nomination if Hayes bad not carried it off, Dut thero was never the re- motost indication or pessibility of any such result, Defore the compromiso - which resulted in the nomination of Haves, Mr, Braive was tho most conspicuous candidate. Next to Bramvg was Mostos, of Jodiaua, and unext to MonToN came Buistow, of Kentucky, in point of strongth. After Bristow cawo Covkrana in polut of votes, as ho received the wajority of the New York delegation ; but oy an wvailable condidate both 3am. uanrr and Jewrin ranked him, and os between Gov. [laves and Conxuwxa the Convention was a unit for the former, with the exception of the New York vote. ‘Thero was not n soul fn the Convention out- #ido of CoxkLixa’s personal delegation (made up by bis * wachine ™) from New York that ever dreamed of CoNELiNa's uomination. Had thore been no ugreenient upon uny oue of tho other gentlomen we have named, which is oxtremely improbable, thon some oue not oven mentioned in the Convention would havo been sclected. Coxxusa bad not the ghost of achauce at auy time,—no North Stato stroot. The cacapo of tho city in that caso was a narrow one. . In this case, howaver, it is clalmed the city has gone much further, and hes, a8 was not tho case on North Stato stroet, accepted the property and taken possossion of it, and is in actual uso and ocoupancy. The effcct of the ropeal of the ordinanca at this stage of the business is to releaso tho property-owners from all claim against thom or set-off for benefits, leaving the city to pay the wholo bill of damages. The differonce pecuniarily to the city is to release tho own. cra of the proporty along the street from the peyment of $1,070,000 for bonefits, andtrans. for tho paymontof that sum with soveral yoars' intorest to tho city gonerally, Instoad of pnying {4,000 out of ths goneral tax, the payment will bo $1,000,000, This is an important procoeding. Ought it to bo takon rashly and inconsiderately? It looks somewhot extraordinary that tho Council, after tho torm of its logal existence hiad expired, should put off tho doclaration of tho olection of its successors in order to dovoto itas timo to joba like this, Tho Coun. cil should havo left this and sll similar busi- noss alone, Wo understand tho nction of the Council waa opposed to tho logal opinion of tha city’s law officers, nnd, whilo this shonld not be conclusive, it ought to havewarned the Coun- cil sgainst any action tho consequencea of which may prove so costly and disastrous to tho city, It should have been loft to the new Council. Tho Mayor shonld by all menns iuterposo his veto, and reacue the city from tho hoavy liability whioh may bo in. volved in this nction of tho Council, Mr, CoNgLivo has entered®an ovasivo dis- claimer of tho language and sontiments sacribed to him in the Now York World Interview. Ho donles laving authorized such a publication, and characterizes it as o breach of confidence and a violation of the lawa of hospitality upon the port of the gentloman who prepared tho interview, tho Iatter having, it s sald, carcfully trengured up remarks mado by Mr, ConxuiNg ot his own dinner-table in Utics, and com. piled the interview nat his leisure. It will bo mnoticed, however, that Mr. CoNxring does not deny having enter. tained and exprosaed fn private substantially tho viows made publio in the World, and it does not appoar that ho was particularly en. rogod upon learning that an cnterprising journalist hind saved him the trouble and ro- spousibility of a formal doclaration of his deop detestation of the present Republican Administration, e r———— The Loulsville Courier~Journal replios to the comments made by Tux Cutoaao Tais- uxe and other Northorn papers upon’ the colossal charactor of tho Southern claims and the greedincss of - tho Southern lirigadiers, with the offsot that a Northern Brigndier, Cranuxas, of Tows, bad mado an efforf, Ly dating back ponulons, to soizo at one grab §200,000,000, or as much as the wholo Bouth has dewanded. Tho Courler-Journal, how- ever, forgets to mention that the QuaariNos grab never saw the daylight, having boon tquelched in comnittee, and that the Sonth. ern Brigadiors aro still busily urging thoir demands, The Cuaaunas scheme was justas audacious, fmpudent, and outragsous as those of the Southern Brigadicrs, but it has beon stamped ont promptly aud cunphat- ically, 'Fho taxpayers of the North would liketo bo assured {bat the Bouthern Driga- diers’ conspiracy will mect with tho samo disastrous fate, Little change is to be noted in the Euro. pean situation, Tho English Government has jssued orders for tho transfer of cortain East Indiay regiments to Malta, and Austria bas negotiated o considerablo loan in Paris, What these weasures portend is kuown only to the respeclive Gowprnments, Dispatches from Bt Petomburg and Berlin ure all of 8 pesaceful character, indicatiug a general desiro to reach asettlemeont by woans pf a Congress. It is intimated that Russia will oventually comply with Eogland's de. mand and submit the entire treaty of San Stefano to the docislon of the leading Pow. e, and thus test tho siuncerity of the Eoglish Cabinet. Roumania is still in s most feverish state uf apprehension. The throateming sttitude of Kusiiv has caused the withdrawal of the wmain body of Princs Ouasixs’ anwy to the mountainous MORE NAVAL TINKERING. ‘Tho roport of the actual condition of the navy sent by Bocrotary Tnoumrson to the Committes on Navol Affairs is not very pleasant reading in these hard times, whon national cconomy s or should be rigidly practicod, and tho bill that has been framed Ly the Committeo upon the atrength of this report is 6till more unplensant than the re. port itself, 'Tho latter is a record of money squandered in tho past; the bill proposes to squander still more monoy in the future, Tho report cstablishes an coxponditure of hundreds of millions with nothing to show forit; the bill will authorizo the expondi- ture of millions more for an object that is not needed. According to this report, there havo boen exponded .since tho War 805, 000,000 upon the navy, and yet the country to-day has no navy, Out of 116 vessels on the vavy rogister, there are in reality but twenty-five crulsing vessels. 'There arefifty. two vesseld which the report says should be broken up as nuntlt for use. There are thir. teen iron-clads in a suitsble condition for service, and seven more in process of con- struction snd undergoing ropairs, and thess in reality constitute the navy upon which over three hundred millions of dollars have been expended. Asif this were not euough, now cowes the Committee with & bill pro- viding that hereafter throo millions of dol- lars o year ahall bo expended, for a term of ot Jeast ten ycars, in the construction of now ships of war. While this wanton waste of money is an tho ordinance for opening and widening’ outrage of no ordinary character, and some one should be held aocountable for it, the complaint that wa hiave no navy is not ot all sorious, because wo do not need or want a navy. ‘Tho millions of squandered money havo given us o few good vessels and scores that aro rotting on the seas or in their docks, It will now be the part of wisdom to charge tho wasto to profit and loss, and stop noy further uscless expenditure in building up & servico for which we havo no use. The bill proposed by the Committes is legislation in the interests of extravagant prodigality and oventaal corruption and fraud. The naval servico long ago passod its usofulncss on tho ligh seas. Just as wbodon ships wero sup- planted by iron.clads have fron-clads Leen supplanted by tho long-range Kaurr guns in Latteries and tho destructive torpedo. In the last three gront wars, threo powerful navies, ono of them the strongest in the world, cat no figuro at oll. In the Crimean war, the colossal English navy, vaunted as tho scourgo of the seas, played an fusignificant part in the defeat of Russin. In the Franco-German war, the French fleot aniled boldly up to the Gorman const and then asiled back again, acared away by tor- pedos. In the Russo-Turkish war just con- cluded, the Turkish floet, which has somo vory strong vossels, baving tho whole Biack Bea const at ita morey, and commanded by an ox- poriencod English officer, did no damago to Russia whatover, althongh the lattor Power hins no flest. With all the naval strongth at his command, Hopant Pasha did not dare to entor a Russian harbor, nnd nover got near onough to o soaport to bombard it, on nc- count of torpodocs. The daysof tho Vaxn ‘Toora and Pauz JoNeses aro over. Armindas no longer torrify nations. Should England deolaro war upon Russia, she must depend upon hor fufantry, cavalry, and artillory, not upon tho mighty iron-clads, which will bo mainly of use in escorting troop- sbips, Tho only navy that wo noed is for const defense, and tho twonty iron.clads wo havo are sufficient for that purpose, if prop- erly roinforced by tho torpedo. In timo-of war with a foroign Power, wo have only to protoct our const. Wo do not need crulsing vossels, Intime of peace wo do not need vessels of war at'the Sandwich Islands, or in tho Mecditorranoan, oroff the coast of China, howover protty tho show may be. A vory small inoronso of tho sorvicoablo portion of tho presont navy would defend our whole canst lino agninstan cnemy, and that increasa should bo malnly in the torpedo dopartment, ‘Wo do not nood another vessel added to tha navy. In case of difffeully with, any of the little Bouth American Powors or Moxico, where it becamo necossary to sond a crulsing vessel, .we have suf- ficlont vessels of this class for tho purposo. An cconomical expenditure of monoy upon the torpedo sorvico—and moncy cnough might be obtained by selling off tho unsea- worthy portion of tho present floot—would answor all purposes. Aftor such a reckloss, wanton, and oven criminal wasto of money 84 has charneterized the Navy Dopartmont, tho people of thisconatry will not regard with pationco any mensuro that proposss to spond millions more in constructing vossels that are not wanted, and that will only be doomed torot on tho ways or at tho docks, —ee Mr. Bramva has taken tho trouble to deny, from his seat in the Benate, the correctness of a dispatch printed in Tits Trinuxe, In which it was asserted that he hod used fn debate lan. guagoe highly complimentary to JAY Gouvrn, We give Mr, Braina the benefit of hisdenlal. It concerns an {mmaterial and trivial question. The peoplo do not care whether his lanquage was complimentary to JAY Gourp ornot, ‘The {mportant point s that his vote wos compli- mentary to Jay (ouLp; that ho—a doefeated aspirant to the Prestdency, but still a claimant for the Itepubilcan nomination—-voted to con. tinuo the Pacific Raliroad fraud upon the Government for twenty-two years. Mr, Br.aiNg's excrsordioary conduct in tho Senate when this bill was ponding astonished and gricved bis friends. It secmed to show that he ‘was under somo obligation to tha railroads;that ho was *‘not ndeadhead Inthelr enterprise,” and that hils obligation was so binding {n its char- acter oa to forco him to commit a scrious in- dlscrotlon, from a political polnt of view. Ile straddled the blll with an amendment, a8 he straddled the Bilver bill before, and attempted {n this manner to defeat tho plan and cquitable adjustment proposcd by Messrs. TnurMAN and Epuunps. His smendment agreed to surrender the Government ** right to jamond or repeal.” Mr. BLaing pretended not to kuow what the full effect of this smendment was. Io advo- cated It with childliko and bland assursnce that thero could be no objection o it, and that its ndoption would insurc his support of the bill, Mr. Eonuxps attempted to enlighten him, showing that the amennment would “tie the Government up io- & bag ™ for twenty-two years, but this information waa wasted on Mr, Brame, Iis amendment belog refected, as he knew it must be unless the Senate wascomposcd of kugves or ldiots, ho voted sgainst tho bLul, making the Joss of bhis smondmont & pretext, Wo rccite thess clrcumstances with the lcss pleasuro bocauso they are calculsted to {njure Mr. BLAINE [n vublic estl- mation, and he s already sunk low cnough. ‘Tnx Trisunx would gladly belp im to a bettor opinton of himsolf, it he would ouly liston to its advico and quit tho bad company he has Rotten into. Inthe matter of this Pacific Rail- road Funding bill he was clever enouph to sce that s vote In tho negative would soon be for- gotten £ 1t Aid pot defeat tho bill; why could he not also remcmber that discussion is just the one thing & bad voto will not stand? Mr, Bramne's argument that the debates as pub- 1ishied in the Congresstonal Record nre conclusive cvidenco of thelr corrcctueas (s absurd, Every Beuator has the right to rovise, slter, sud ameud any report made of his specches before that wpeech is published, That this privilege Is used and shamefully sbused s notorious. Itisa convenlent way for woak men to escapu the vecord of their own mistakes and cxposed falla- cles, aud Mr, BLains is just the kiod of man who nceds such a privilege to protect hus record from himsclf ———— A slim and sleek-hatred theologieal student from Massachusctis was rccently tovited to preach before a Toxas congregation. He hap- poned, however, to begin his sermon by stating the hitherto-aecepted zoological fact that *'the lion was the kiug of bewsts," an injudicious re- mark which so inflamed the congrézation (which Liad been reduced to tho status of s bustod com- munity by playing the lloness open and copper- fog the bull at the tournsment the Sunday before) that the deacons took him out and bung him on a pecan-tree as & wark for the Sunday- school children to practice at with thelr lttlo revolvers. Then @ grizsled old circuit-rider happened along aud preached a stirring ais- course from tne words, * The dovil goeth about like s mad steer, scekiug whows he may horn," pralses tho canservativa spirit prevalent nmong tho people; commends the syatem of common echools, and tho unscctarian character of public education, and commits only onc ogregious blunder—the condemnation of the bill for the remonectization of sllver, which cventa have alroady justified. It ls, however, for his views bf tho tariff that his article {s most remarkable, Ho takes tho ground that the country has pasaed beyond the point where Protection s justifiable, If It over was justifiable. As 2 Birmingham man, with abundant oppor- tunities for obscrvation, ho teatifios that articles of Amerlcan manufacturc ara now offered for salo In Birmingham, the very centre of the trade fo fron wares. Russlans and Turks Lought most of their small arms fn Amerlea duriog the lato war, and nono at all io Biemingham. If it 18 8o cleatly in the power of American manufac. turcrs to compote in European markets for the trade of the world, why may they not supply thelr own markets at least without protection sagainst foreign competition? The New York Times comments savagely up- on President IlAvas’ conduct {n granting are. hearlng to Firz Joun Portenr. It thinks the President has beon too liberal with his favors to army officers under sentenca of court-martials; that his commutation of Licut Wrrnenriru's sentence and his roversal of Capt. CAMPAELL'S sentence were dictated by s nature gencrous cnough, no doubt, but too soft and ylclding for the purposes of justice; and that the order for o rehearing in Fitz Jon PorTEn's case Is aven more objectionable, On his own showing, the Times says, Firz Jonx Ponten was guilty of dlsobedience of orders, and this Is sufficient to Justify his scntence. Tho questions whether the order was unwise, and whether, if he had obeyed it, his corps would have been destroyed, are cutlrely aside from tho fssuc, ITe was not expected or pennitted to exercise dlscretivn in the premiscs. His simple duty was to obey. AL his disclaimers do not remove * tho fact of his alsobedicnce of orders on the battie-flold,” and “{n any European army an offlcer found gultty of the offense with which ho wus charged would have been shot.*? R In the debate on the Rallroad Refunding bill, the Associatea Press reporter and several special correspondents, fncluding Tuz Cutcaco Trin- 'UNE'S, beard Benntor Epuusps distinctly say in hle repartec to BLAing *that ho had heard the conduct of the Scnator from Maine fn relation to corporations paluted blacker than ft was.' BLAIN® claims that, ns theso words are not found in the Congressional Ilecord, thereforo they were never uttercd. ‘This is dectdedly thin, It Is notorfons that members atter, add to, and leave out what was actually spoken, and they not only excrclse this right of revision, but clalm the right to doso, The Record only shows thotalks In the shapo the members want them to appear, und not ns they wero uttered. In the case in dispute the Record was changed to make Ep- MUNDS' words read: *A great inany Senators nre palnted blacker,” cte. This was softening the sarcasm a little. Btill the context of the Record report shows that BLAINE was the only Scnator meant, and BLAINE 80 underatood 1t at the time, and ho nced not try to wriggle out of it. The plaster sticks fast to him. ——— Kcarnoylsm has met witha telling blow at the hands of Archbishop ALBMANT, Wlo recent- 1y caused o pastoral to be read {n tho Roman Catholic churches of San Frauclsco adinonish- ing and requiring cvery one * to slay away from all such scditfons, anti-soctal, and antf- Christian mectings,” and denouncing Keanxoy 88 o dangerous and evil plotter. The miscreant Krzanxgy, at asubsequont mecting, pronounced himscl? tobe a good Catholic and called tho Archbishop “ad—d old fool,"” and durfug the meeting the latter was frcquently Insulted. Such assaults, howaver, fall very fecbly upon the church official, whose solemn words of warning willdeter alarge number of Keannax's followers from golog any further {n thelr mad- ncss. Tho Aits Callfornia suys: Although only & fow days old, the cffect of the Archiblshop's pastoral lotter nas already borne 0od frulta among the much-misled followers of hlnlhunkltn Keanxgy and his companfons, On all sides the Cathollc workingmen are vreparing to secede from tho leadersalp of men who are openly avowed enomics of their AMother Church, and in- fidols of tho tnost slckentng typo of blasphetny. ———————— Two or threo wocka sgo the Jerald predicted that the flow of Unlted States bonds from Europe to this conntry wasa tomporary phenomenon and ‘wonld soon ccase because tho atock in Eurvve not held for permaneat Investment was nearly oxe haasted, 'The tido bas turned aiready, and a'large involce of tho $50,000,000 of fl,‘ per cents Just sold UK Secratary Sherman to tho Syndieate will ba sont abrond for eale. Thus vaulehes anuther bn‘fl- ‘boo which alarmists had con)ured up in the road to resumption, —Cleveland Herald, If our memory serves us rightly, tho Merald was one of tho papors which voclferously prophested that, 1t the Bilver bill passed, ro- sumption would be knocked on the Lead, tho credit of tho country ruined, all salo of refund- ing bonds permancntly stopped, and that the 01d Harry would be to pay generally, We are pleased to sco that it is recoverlng from its at- tack of tho “bugaboos,’ and that {ta financial Lealth is conyalescing, Tho “clipped dollar ' is not such o bad fellow as kv was paloted, atterall, —————— It Is now confldently asserted thatJist Kniant, of Wisconeln, tho Copperlicad Assistant Door- keeper under the Rebel Fisup, was a “Unfon soldier for a stiort time in the 100 days’ service. e was wounded too. He outered tho army as sutler’s clerk, and the night belore the battle of Btone River, while trying to bulance his bookas, a bottlo of red ink exploded, putting out one of Jin's eycs, and covering his blue uniforin with the terriblo gore, Jsw's fricnds have often urged him to apply for a ponsion, but ho couldn’t sce §t,—probably owing to the fact that thae frightful wound he had recelved somowhat distorted his viston, But he hasa good place now, thanks to tho Democratle , Housce that al- lows no Unfon patriot to suffer while rellof can Lo found fu the Natlonal Treasyry. e —— Awmong tho Rusaluu cltics and towns which ars “quite without schools are places of 10,400 {uhabitants, like Blatoust; of 5,500, like Orsk; of 2,000, like *Betbek, aud so on. This qualifics the Czar for golng to war forthe sacred cause of clvillzation and enlightenment, cvou ns his knoutadcs directed agalust the Cathbolics of Poland mado it moat fit that he should interfere in behulf of tho oppressed Christian nationalities of Turkey. gt ot L Mr. Jenoun MHorxing, a nstive musician of taleut and character, haviug beeu pitched fnto by our New York namesake, bas retorted with anano that will probably stick to its editor— “the Aantalind of journallem.' 1t was a littls odd that the New York Tribune should have sucered at Mr, Hopkins for dropplng one of his Christisu names, when its two . forewiost cditors, JAKE REip snd Jiu Taxron, travel under afiases, —— Awful example, that of Twazp's. 1lc stole some $20,000,000, enrichied his faintly and fricuds, gratified every taste or whim Lo ever koew, and died in a prison celbthat he was avle to pay §76 & week for, and where he played draw-poker with Lis visitors up to10 p. m. nightly, while fate deterall who read of it from followlog his bad example. It s really quite too awful, y'know. We canoot refraln from vemindiog amiably our implacablo Republican fricnds who so vohe- mentlyabuse Sceretary Scuunz for his Prooshisn #py system that they will be unable, when the campalgn opens, to pitch fnto the Democratic timber-thioves of Loutsluna who will have been sbhooting a few Deputy Marshals about that time. 1f Sccretary Scuvkz is wroug, the timber- thieves must be righe. ———————— ‘Taw Trisuns bas done Mr, BLAINR & gravo injustice, which (in accordauce with its invaria- ble custom) it hasteus to atons for. Ithad in- stanced tho rcault of tha recent charter eloction iu Mr. BLa1ws's own Town of Augusts as show- ing bow Mr. BLAowE's ucighbors appreciated bis warlare on the President, and declared toat the Democrats bad swept the towa for the Gt thne ioten years. Iu making this statemcot Tus TRIBUNB was 10 crzor, The Republicans clected Dr. R, W. DALE, of Birmloghsm, Eogland, who dellvered the Yale course of lectures on preaching last year, has contributed a second articlo on his “ lwmpresslous of America®’ to the Alnsteenth Coutury. This time bo confincs himself chiefly to s discussion of the political condition of the people. Heshows an intelli- geat comprebension of the subjects be attemyts w deal with, though tbe chisf sources of hla suthority are no higher than PaxTox and other blographers. o justly says that the clyil sefy~ ico Lias grown to be pretty good unders num- berof succesmive Republican Adwmioistrations, and will continue to grow better i the Demo- crats 0o not get 1uto power; Lo notices snd waltlng to bo pardoned out. Let his frightful thelr candiaate for Mayor, though the Demo. crats carrled il the rest of the tieket, and s Republican who was elected where allthe rest of his fellows were defeated Is *“ono of the most pronounced HAYEs men fo the wholo State of Maline," and *“‘at entlre variance with his pary. ners In the Kennebee Journal, BLAINE'S organ, in regard to the President." ————— Happy thought for GLovER, Banning & Co, whose investigations have hitherto only !flc'- cceded In catching Democrats: Let them come boldly into the Ifouse and say that they Laventy been able to find out any cvidence of Repub. licau thiovery, and that this proves conclusively that there was & @reat deal of i, only the ray. cals cavered up thelr tracks. It micht go down, e ———— Coxkring sags that somcthing dreadfu] wil soon coma to light against Hares respzeting the Loutslana Elcctoral business. 1lo Intimatey that he is the posscssor of the dynamits secrat which 1 golng to blow HAYES out of the Whits Honse, All that JIaxzs' fricnds have to g about it fs, to stop your threats nad hring oy your bears, Mistah Conkrixa. o t— A New York dispatch says: In his . Me., reimaFied thah At 14 A Wi TS By e dead horse—they hateh out worms, but they suy remain on a dead carcase, Who is the “dead horse"! Brrcner cor talnly can't havo inteuded a personal applies. tion of the com u. ——— Contemporary political history i thus wedded to immortal vorse: ‘There oncg was an old dromedary, (lle came from tho South) tanzh and wary; Round the Trons'ry he hovered, Aud his thin end covered ‘With a parchment from William and Mary, ———— Queer fcllows, thoso Protcctionists! Ong of them, n manufacturer of t{amilton, Ont., hay been telliog a friend fn confidenco that “hyy factory required no Protection, but the excite. ment about the tarl? was a zood ery to kecp men qulet who wanted better wages.' ————— The woods of the South are fall of patriots who can’t read, but arc walting with 'bated breath to seo whether tho Willlam and Mary Collego bill gets through. Their Intcrest {n thy sacred cause of education {s simply Kemense, —_————— The Implacable Republicans who sct to work 80 assiduously ot the begmping of the sealon to rule or ruln Mr. HaYes have found out, we shiould infer, that the soft felt hat they kicked Lad a boulder in it. | Commodoro VANDRRBILT'S Widow Is going to marry agaln, though bow sho can think of trusting herself to another husband after the sworn evidence in the VANDERDILT will cus puzzles one. | Too much concupiscence and not enough autaphrodisiac In McCosknzy’s casc, as well In Beecnen's. ' The next most uscfal thing for them both wonld have been an allbl, | Mrs, Erizanztin TILTON'S confesalon to ber bosom fricnd nnd confidant, Mrs, Axm M. FisLp, of Brooklyn, whother truo in general, {8 fearfully particular, | The Duke of Connauoent (s tobe the next Commander-{n-Chief of the English army, He will be promoted as soon as this cruel war, or any fear o? it, Is over. } It was a stroke of genius which inspired the Bouthern Claim Camel to put a college diptons ove: his nose when he marched up tothe Treasury. i ‘TILTON calls Evizangra as “whito a sonled yroman as cver lived 3 but tho Jady describes horsclt as a littlo off color, f Definition from & Democratic dictlonary: A abortlye Investigation Is ono that catches s Democrat. 4 It misory loves company, BBRCIER has a shine ing companton iz MCCOSKREY. e ——— PERSONALS. Commodore Vanderbilt's widow, it s sald, fsacon tomarry s Southern gontleman, who, ltis fnterred, 19 not 76 years old, Dr. J. G. Holland will not lecture any more, not because he doesn't make money, forbe has made $120,000 by lecturing, but becaves bis health §s poor. The Duke of Butherland, who owns & round mllilon of acres in gotland, has pelltioned for and obtained leave, his helr consenting,todis- entail the estates, which have boen in the famlly for somo 000 years, ThoJawish papors have looked intothemat. ter of the blrth of the Moseses, of South Carollas, and tind that the family abandoned Judsism tbres Renerations back, {n time tasave it from the dise graco attaching to thelr name. The marriage of Baron Dlanc and Mis ‘Torry 10 off 11} next month, but the tronssean will arrive from Paria this week, The bridal robe will Le of whito satio, garnlubed with pearls, and the tour bridesmaids will wear white tullo trimmed with white satin. % Liszt has o square, large hand, with flagers of sasorted size and shape, two of them squant und two of them fat and broad, with koots asd warts, and lines denoting smbition, and knockle very strongly developed, and littlo dugers of lro. Ho o guahing correspondont writes from Rome, Flipper, the colored officer who is serviog * 1a the Tonth Cavalry, writes from Fort 811l tocoo* teadict tho story that he had been appolnted Pro- fessor of Military Sclence at some college InTesst o sayn thatho is so well pleased with llbls sureoundings that ho would be must nuwilliag 0 lsave elther his company or the post. Lord Derby is perpetuslly at work. As e Is the victim of & nervous difidence which, I8 ol his long public carcar, he has been unable 10 shako off, when ho comcs to make & apeech bt fluds enunclation dificalt, and pronounces bs words with obyions offost, T'en the puolic and the ceitica gently thlnk ond gracefully hiat that beis drank. Mz, Bunster, the member of the Dominlon Tlousa of Commons who wanted people With ul; moro than Sve and ong-half {nches loug prevente feom working on the Canada Pacific Rawsy. ‘uul the following challengo toa brother M. Pf * ot taws Maor 28 1878. Cheval Sir you hm';i sont mo 8 blank and I think lackquard balackgus! card I would llke you to wect me in room 13 lu:; edlately and sxplain your meaaing why you d ot signe your namo to It and the lusult youseass whilo I was spoaking awaiting your auawer Jam sir A Bunater," Evgenio lives in dignified rotiremont :‘- Chlselburst, Kent, and dally takes long wall s about the pretty lanes and wide commons 5“1: days ond fast-days, and on the Oth of each mouu.‘ she visits the Cathiolic charch whoze s hst hl" baud's remalns. Bhe gives up ber moroiogs I:. ! correepondence and tha nowspapers, breakfss 100D, aad, a4 she has a roysl wemory Aud mm' vivacity, makass the dejeuner s charming occas! “; teas at 6 0'clock, nsually recelviog n-lxhlm: 2 visitars et that mesl, and dines en fumiils o BLio kias an income of §250,000. o King Humbost, like the Pope, bas s'-"fl'; " for economy, snd proposes to pay off his m S debts by cutting down the expenscs of bk bousebold, declining cltber to borrow of to wl o sppropristion of the Leglslature. e bas pens i cd Off uls father's morganssic wite, Rosins Lot Countess Miraiors, with $24,100 & year: ber e gets a similar allowance, and ber dnuxnw;“. Mutcheea Spinola, $4.000 o year, —abe hsd, ue ever, received on ample portionat her maril h;“ 1t wiil soon bo 1a ordez to pardon out the lli:;“" Manteguzzl, the nobleman who was in lflu‘ up for ten years on & charge of forgiog Bl e large amount purvortiug 1o be sigosd by ih"wn_ and to be negottated for Lim. In court the p £ 1be cr contended that he bad been fnaocent D] " forgery, and that b had recelved the bogas ob ;&‘l tions, belioving then to be genulne, from 8 personsge near to the King, whom fld frert Court agreed to call **X.” CQossip s 14X % was the King's son by his morgaoatic ¥ a youth who bad proved lu soveral Toapects 8 led egy, sud that the Marchess Hlnte‘mlmfl‘:fl the mames and took the punishment in &ccors e with an sgreement with tho King, who would i s little while pardon him out and rewsrd [ his geeotion.