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A, M.—(teg- olar Convocation this (Friday) evening at 7130 o'cluck, at hall corner of RRandololi and_ Hialsted-ata,. for busis ness oud work on the M., I, and M egrees, Vise 1ting Comnanions eaniiafly Invited,” Tiy order of thio BB ML P CHARLES I, WIHIGHT. Secretary. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1878. Greenbncka at the New York Stock Ex- chango yoaterday closed at 993 in coin. e Feznvianoo Woop has succeeded in nsing the power of the caucnas to rome pnrposo in keoping open the question of ndjournment, and in preventing thus far n fusion of high- torif Democrats, who are. detormined to defeat tho Woop Tariff Dbill by any means in their control, with the Re- publican minority, which is disposed to support the early adjournment proposition in tho belief that therein lies a political point against their ndversaries, So far Mr. ‘Woop, aided by tho cancus, has hold the in. snbordinnte protectionists in check, but it is by no menns certain that party discipline in the Houso will bo strong enough to avert the throatened meeting. “Pat the Avenge: as tho name which Wiy Pmuurs carnod for himsolf by Lilling soveral of tho Philadelphin militin who camo to Pittsburg to do the peoplo of that city a servico. For several days fcllow- ing tho riota of July last it was tho proud bonst of *“The Avongor” that Lo had sent roveral of the soldicrs to their Inat account ; bat,»when an indiciment for wurder was found ngainst him, his bloody exploits ceased to Lo advertised so conspicuously, until nt last ho camo to the cowardly pnss of denying that ho murderod even ono soldier, and of claiming that ho was drunk. It is said his conviction is certain; and, if this proves ' truo, his prompt execution will do somothing toward relieving Pittsburg from tho foarful disgraco of the riots of last yoar, It is undoubtedly true that under the chartor the Common Council cannot control tho nction of the Board of Edueation in rof- cronce to the expenditure of menoy after it has beon nppropristed for school purposes; but it is also true that tho wishes and views of the Council, composed 0g it{sof repro. sentatives clocted direotly by the peoplo, i ontitled to great woight with tho Board of Education. Tha resolution, which was ndopted with cotiro unanimity last even- ing, expressing, ns tho senso of the Council, that tho appropriation was intended for, and shonld bo first applied to, furnishing meany of primary cducation in the necessary come ‘mon school branches to overy child of achool age for the full echool year, exprosses also the sonso of a vast mojority of the peoplo of Chicsgo, and should bo so recelved by tho Board of Education, — ‘While most of tho English dispatches aro of o character to indicato that England ia constantly making overy propamtion for a possiblo conflict of arms, the nows from all other quarters is genorally very pacific, Ro- cont apoculations regarding Nussia’s willing. ness to moke important concessions in order to placo lersolf in o stronger position s roganls her relations with the Continental Powers Lavo now assumed & moroe tangiblo sbape, aud it is ssserted that tho Czar, iu the event of the assembling ol o Congress, will pssent to soveral impor. tant modifications of tho preliminary troaty, ond will also consent to n rectification of certain boundaries, both in Europe and Asia Minor, if Ly so doing ko can avold a dis- agreement with Austrin and England, Tho prospect of tho carly nssembling of o Con. greas is now considered very flattering, ——— Tho Russlan authoritics bavo suppressed the circulation of reliablo information con- cerning tho oxtent and character of tho riots at Moscow, 8, Petorsburg, and Kioff, bLut sufficient has loaked out, in spite of tho vigilant consorship of tho polico, to show that n bighly dangeraus condition of affairs exists, X} Lns been reported In Berlin that o rovolu. tion Lss Lecn fusugurated by the Nihilists as a consequenne of tho triumphant acquittal of thoe wowan who attempted tho wssassina- tion of ‘Turrow, the t. Potorsburg Chiof nf Tolice, The jury failed to return a ver- dict of guilty in spite of the Judgu's charge and her own deflant sdmission of tho shoot. iog, and the rcsult of tho trial at once created a genoral uproar among that le. -mont of the populace affected with rovoly. tlonary tendencies. scovered Letween the publication of tho CoxxLiig interview in the New York World and the wysterious outgiv. ings of some of the Trvww managers in Washington respacting developments of a stastling character soon to be made, and which when made will produco 80 profound £o umpression throughout tho country s to compel the paisage by Congress cf the FieLn Quo Werranto bill for reopening tho Elco. toral question. It certainly is Pee culiar, o say tho Jenst, that the remorks dropped at {he dinmer- table without any injunction as to seerccy slould bo roprodnced just at n time when they wonld be most effective in helping nlong the mischiovous conspiracy to try the Presidontial title over again. Bonator Brax. LEY MaTTiiRws has beon having something to say abont the statements nnd imputations in the Congrixa interview, and his remarks are of such a character ns to compel the lat- ter to take notico of them and defend him- eolf, if he can, sgainst tho broad intimation that he wns n party to a bargain with the Democrats to provent the counting of tho Elcctornl vote of Lonisiaun for Ifaves. There would seem to bo no consistent and honorable course open to Mr. Cowxuina other than an eatly and dofinitive statemont of the views he held and.the part Lo bora in tho Electoral contest. Benntor Coxxvina'a disclaimer of tho views attributed to Iim by the Now York World's correspondont i feeblo nnd unsatisfactory. It relates morely to tho character of the man who farnishoed the interview and the circum- stances nnder which ho got it. A moro im. portant thing is tho truth or falsehood of the language put in his month. . Id he or did ho uot say that, if he were Prosident of the Senate, Lo wonld count in Titoen; that this Administration hnd boen distinguishied above all its predecassors for ¢ corruption, barter. ing of offices, rawarding of political favor. ites, traflic with political leadors, and bargnin and sala of the elecloral franchisa; ™ and that “*it is not possille to speak in too extromo n manner of this Adwinistration”? If Le said this, now is the time for him to stand by it and pivo his rensons. Ilo ought not, by making o qualified declaration and shirking a frank avowal of his views, seek to inflnonce the country withont taking the responsibility for them. THE TARIFP AND THE PEOPLE. It iy hordly necessary to remind political parties, and especially politicians and mem- bera of Congress, that, though the American peoplo aro non-oxcitable, and submit to out. roges nnd wrongs longer than any other peo- ple will do, novertheless thoy ean bo aroused, nand, whon they are, party linca and obliga- tions aro forgotten and common eauso made for the common good. When popular santi- ment rorches this point, parties, politicians, ndministrations, nnd membors of Congross aro ns powerless to defeat the popular will ns aro straws to nrrost tho hurricane, We have lind of lnte years soveral instances of this kind, For many years the peopls of the conutry weoro oppressed by arbitrary rogula- tions,nndrobbod of theirsubstance by thoabso- lute and relontless oxactions of a corrupt, reckless, plundoring system of raflroad management, Intrenched bohind the Dart. nouth Collogo ** vested righta” dacision, this managoment bid the people defiance, Each Board of Railroad Diractors proclaimed itselt an absolute, irresponsible sovereiguty, oxorcising tho cxtremo powers of con- fiscation by virtae of special, irrepoal. ablo, nnd unalterable charters. Each rallway oflicial, from the President of the Company down to the flag-man at the stroet-crossing, acted on tho principlo that o railroad corporn- tion hiad rights of robbery which it was not Inwful to question. After yoars of pationt endurance, aud of vain appeals to justice, and honesty, and sound policy, all of which were scornfally disregarded, the poople of the Western States, ignoring all other questions for the time, united aud olected State Legislatures instructed to exorcise governmental authority to limit the robber-like agyrossions of the despotic mo- nopoly, and to provide the means of enforc. ing the logislation, Then camo the wail and tho cry of rage. Tho press of New York and of tho Enstern States broke forth in violent denunciation of the Weat, It wasdeclared that all such legislation was revolutionary ; that it violated chartored rights; that, if porsist. «cd in, it would forca capital to withdraw from rnilroad investments; that tho Wost would bo reduced to o solitudoe nnd a wildernoss by tho suspension of all railroad trafic and the notual removal of tho iron rails from the road-beds. The pouplo of tho West were neither alarmed nor deterred. Thoy saw their legislotion adopted generally, and aventually had its validity and ita justice nf. firmed to the fullest oxtent by tho Supreme Court of tho laud. No man now ques. tions the power to ensct such laws; fow men now question the wis. dom which prompted such legislation. In 1873 n rockloss nud dishonost act of log. islation wna porpotrated by which tho ma. Jority of tho mombera of the two Houses of Congross voted themsolves a back-grab gratu. ity of $5,000 each out of tho Public Treasury, ‘Tho people, at-tho next olection, withont the lenst hesitation, romoved forever from' offico Jnearly overy man who took the 1money ond did not return it A moro rocent caso, and ono still fresh in thominds of the country, was tho popular actlon concerning silver monoy, Tho dls. covery of the fraud so succoasfally porpotrat- cdin tho secret demonotization of ailver, and tho sttompt to plunder the public by moking 80l tho oxclusivo coln for payment of dobts, was sufficlent to arouso the indiguation of tho West and South, and to unite moen of all parties by towns, counties, and States in de. manding the immediato restoration of the silver dollar to its former placo in tho nation. al coinngo. Woall know what followed, The 8,000 bauks and wonoy corporations of tho country; all the lending aud conspicuous pol- iticians sevking tho Presidenoy ; all the mer. chauts, manufacturers, and omployes under pecuniary obligations to the banks; all the wonoy-lenders bolding mortgages, bonds, and othor dobt obligations ; ali tho corrupt and venal newspapers, Mammon clorgymon, and magazine writers; the membors of the Cabinet, including the Preaidont,—all gave tho full powor of their advice and control to dofeat tho popular demand. What did all this avail sgainst thoe united demand of an indig. nant, outraged, and freo-spoken poople? To that demaund Congress yiclded a8 to a mas. ter oxerclsiug his inherent authority in the mauagement and control of his owa busi. uess, It msy bo well for Congress, and poli. ticlans, and demngogues, and corruptionists of every degree, to counsider whother they aro not inviting anothor expression of popu- lar indignation, and another popular obliter. ation of all party lines and thorough union for the removal of anothor wrong, another systom of robbery and plunder, another combination of the few holding special char. ters to use the gunera! people as mere eloves. For thirteen year, since the last ormed Ticbel laid down his wespous and Peace was rostored to the unbappy land, the’ Weatern and Bouthern people have beon ap- pealing to Congress to releass them from tho fullers of tho wost oppressivo tariff thot ever cursed tho labors and conflscated the earnings of any civilized people. A soction of terri- tory embracing New England, o part of New York, New Jersey, Peunsylvania, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1878 part of Alaryland, a part of Ohio, part of Wost Virginia, and some scattering districts in other Bintes,—representing even n loss proportion of the peoplo than sustaned the «lemand for gold and tho exclusion of silver,— now hold control of the action of Congress to the extent of defenting, by combination, any legislation (o mitignte or reduco the robberios perpetrated under cover of tho tariff. Tho tariff is n complicationof speeinl legislation, crenting special privileges, with special bounties and pensions attached, all at tho public oxpense. . It provides substan- tinlly that the pooplo of the United States shall pay n tax of $625,000,000 anunally, of which $125,000.000 shall be pnid into the Treasury and tho rempinder collected and distributed nmong the persons and classes 03 provided in tho Tarifl act. 'This systom has deworalized the pnblie sorvice. It has call- ed into oxistence n new and profitable pro- fession,—tho Custom-Ifousa oath-takers,— men who swonr dishonost oaths for dis honest purposes. Porsons cugaged in tho silk industry lave demonstrat- ed lbeyond all controversy that, be. cansa of tho enormous profits offered by tho tariff on smuggling, as nmelt silk and cloth are imported aunually withont paying duty as thero aro which pay duty, and yob a singlo Beontor can command the votes of nma- Jority of tho Seuate to rotain in offien tho Qollector of tha port whore all this fraud is committed. The opposition to any reform in tho tarifl is conflned to no party. ‘Like tho opposition to the Bilver bill, it ia scotional, and from nenrly tho samo sections that sustained tho fraudulont domonatization of silver. Do the mon in Congress who have combined to de- foot any nction on the Tariff bill compre.- hond that the masses of the people havo beon for yonrs imploring relief from this infamous logislation, and do thoy comprehend that theso peoplo are as prepared to ro- licvo themsclves by electing men to Congress who are freco from tha curso of tariff robbery as thoy were four yenrs ngo to rid Congress of the back-pny grabbers, nnd more recontly the Gold Ring attornoys? If this Congress shall fail to modify tho tariff, to give some roliof from its cxnctions, then the people will probably at this yoar's elec- tions tako tho mattor into thoir own hands, and, ignoring all other quostions, elect aCon- gresa that will not stop at moderato nmend- ments, but will lay the ax at tho root,and rid the country of tho wholo infamous bonnty systom. Let political parties in Congress and individual mombers take warning; an ontraged and plundered people will not always submit to trifling on this jmportant subject, THE BCANDAL ERA, The latest wave of scandal has broken and rotired, ound high and dry upon tho social strand are sevoral conspicuous wrecks, among thom the Plymouth pastor and his white- souled viotim, tho Bishop of Michigan and his young smanuensis, two or throe lesser lights In tho church, some lenders in the socloty world, and somo small fry who are only of consequenco in completing o tata- logue that shows scandal is no discriminator of persons, and that human nature in the study, the clolster, the bondolr, the pulplt, and tho cellar kitchen is about the same thing after all, when subjected to tho same tests, and that oven in tho ashes of ngo still slumber their wontod fire. Of the two promi- nont wrocks,—3r, Brecnen and the Bishop, —peoplo will boinclined to look npon tho latter with tho most lonient cyo, sinco ho did mot transgress with nnother man'a wifo, nor did ho seck tho tomptation through dovious ways, His dovious behiavior was with o young womnu who was either weak or wanton. Ilo sought an ingenlous repara. tion by marryiog her to o young man ‘who might have shielded her roputation had not tho avalanche broken loose, At the first warning of tho storm he resigned his charge,so that his flock might find n more faithful shop- herd, and started forthe uttermost ends of the eorth, Ifad Mr. Beccuzn done tho samo, and conld ho have taken with him all the dramatis persona of his fantastio and maudlin, drama, 1t wonld have boen better for him nud for tho other hearts that ache, Acoopting the dogmas of fatalism, thero need be no surprise nt tho outeroppings of snclont Davip.fsm. Thesa scandals havo nl- ways existed nnd, until human nature is constructod upou some entirely now basis, they always will exist. Mr. Beromes mnd tho Bishop aro no worse than Noan, Soro- MoN, Davip, the Elders, and many others of tho Scripturo worthios, who could sing pealms and write oxcalleat proverbs. Bever. al of the Popes have lapsed into the great transgrossion, notwithetanding their infalli- bility, Mouamzp was guilty of gross in. discrotions, aud, when detected in thom, “made thom discrotions by deorces which Lis dovotees have over siuco followed to tho lot. tor, Kings, Emperors, and Queens, Cardinnls Lonls, and high Ministors of Stato, bave all Lowed their lofty heads befora tho groat tomptation, and wade ponanco afterwands in eackcloth and ashes, Whon tho fathors of roligion, and Kings, Quocns, and Emperora havo botrayed thir trusts, it is not very ro- markable thot smallor wortals Lolding leaser trusts should also prove weak., Hausoy was stroug, but Deviuan was stronger, aud thia will bo until the endof time, 1t {s not wiso, however, to thrust our heads in the sand aud pretond not to rocognize this weakuess of human nature, and to affect surprise wlion somo erring mortal is discovered, It ia still wmoro unjust to encer at tha causo in which thoy have Inbored, or to loy their faults at tho door of tha church in which they have offiofated. Itis wiscr to scarch for the inciting causes that have Jed to the incremsed fro. «quency of theso soclnl crimes, and to soa it thoy do not toach somo loasons that men and womon might study with profit, Undoubt- cdly the ropulsivo dootrino of fres-love has anuch to do with it. Tt hns becn an ontering wodgo that has cracked ond wonkened soclety more than is gouerally supposed, oud okin to it fn its influences is that inclivation towuards a marked and maudlin senthnentality which is a character istioof our time. This sentimentality has largely ontered into discusslons of socfal ro- lations, of thelaws of divorce, and of the loose theorics of family orgaulzation that ave enun. ciated by some liberal thinkeps of the day. Our literature is full of it. It Las jufected tho pulpitin somo quarters. It fluds entrance into grave and conscrvative periodicals, It is lectured upon tho rostrumn. It is taught from the stage in alluriug forms, Take the caso of the Rov. Brsones, for instance, who has beeu intimate with (tho miserablo Woop- nuLL-Oravimi-TittoN berd. ‘There isnota lotter, affidavit, or statowent of his having refercnce tothe scandal that iy not running over with this shapsodical, mawkish stufl, showing that the sentimontal tendency of tho times Las run away with his brains, unset. tling bim in his theology, snd drifting hirz oway from his moral bearings. This senti. wental tendoncy, however, has always pre- vailed fn greater or loss degree. 'Tho pogos of our books to-day ara not more ropleto with it than aro those of Gorrnr, RoussEav, or LaranTive, but the community ot large ismore permoated with these' Wicories, It thoso seandnlous disclosurea shall help to convinco men and women that tho old-fash- foned notlona of the family that provailed beforo the grosser type of spirituallsm, freo- love, women's rights, onsy divorco, ad- vanced thought, and much other humbng, classad under tho gencral torm of liberalism, gnlned gronnd, are moro conducive to happi- ness aud virtue, thers will be some:compen- sation. At the samo time, it is mnch to be Inmonted that, whero thesa ncandals oceur in the high offices of tho Chttrel, the Protestant denomiuntions havo not the machioory to suppross thom that worka so admirably in tho Roman Catholio Church. It would ho better for the Chureh 'in every way if there wero soma absoliite powor that Gotld effectu- ally smother the scandals and consign the transgressors where nothing mors wounld be heard of them, It wonld be botter for tho Ohbnreh in the oases in quostion if some one had tho anthority. to colonizo ono of tho ' Pa- cific Islands with her recent recreant chil. dron—and then trust to some natural convul- slon to sink the island, ""WHO SAVED GRANT1" A writer in a recont number of the Now York Sun professes to give some secrat his- tory of the GnanT-GrERLEY campaign of 1872, and pretends to namo the man who saved Gen. GRaNT from dofost. This honor is conferred by the auonymons writer upon the wellknown G. W, Onirps, of Phila- dolphin. Tho story goes that n conspiracy hied been formed by the Oamenons, Fonyey, Bixonaxt (thon Postmaster at Philadelphia), and a fow others to tnke advantage of tho apathy of the officeholders during 1871 rela- tive to Gnanr’s renomination, and to securo tho prize for Jaxes Q. Bramxz. The state- ment is made that BraINE was cognizant of tho movement, and went to Philadelphin to hold conferences with tha self-constituted Presidont-makers. Thon the matter camo to tho enra of Mr, Comwns in some way mnot explained; Mr. Cmros took Mr, Dnexet into his confidence, and these two gentlomen warned Gaaxt of the dangor nhead. ' 'Theroupon wns o sudden stirring-up of tho office-holding class, and the machine was set golng to renominate GnanT, which had proviously boon rogarded ns n matter of course. Tho old Winncbago Chiof—tho eldor Oamznox—felt tho ronction, ond deserted Braive, much o the Intter's disgust, and the conspirators abandoned tho field. This story secks some confirmation in tho facta thgt Grant and Braive wore not the best of friends during Graxnz's second term, that Brame and tho Cienoxs wero no longer friondly, ns Dox Caxenon's action in the last Cincinnati Couvention proved, and that Grawt ovor after cherished tho warmest {ricndship for CniLos and Drexor. This is all very well for political roman- cing, but it is entirely unnecessary to delve aftor puy mysterics to oxplain how Gnaxt came to bo nominated nnd elected in 1872, If ho had any special savior, it was nono other than Homice Gnerier. As fo tho nomination, it was protty certain all along that Gnant would receive it,—so certain, in fact, that the Liboral Republicans, whose defaction was owing to practices for which Gnaxt was lield rosponsible, did not await tho action of tho regular Ropublican Con- vontion, but mot in Cinomnati and made their nomination. Nor was it at all like- ly that tho officoholders deforrod their offorts in Gnaxr's bohalf until aftor they bLad beon warned that others wero secking the nomination. It was a forogono conclusion that Graxt would be lifted into the nomination by the power of tho Ma- chine, if by no other, and the nomination of Gnerzey made that mssuranco doubly sure. 8o with tho oleotion, Honacx Grep- 1xy's candidature onablod Gnaxt to read his title clonr from tho beginning. There waa undoubtedly a widespread popular rosent. ment at tho many abuses that had grown up in the Civil Bervico undor Grant's Adminis- tration, and for a timo it seemed likoly that tho protest would be strong enough to com- pass his defeat, DBut Honaox Grexey stood in tho wny., Iad the Liberal Ropublicans aud Democrata united upon a man liko Apaus, ‘InuamuLy, or Judge Davis, tho result might posaibly bavo been different. But tho capi- talists, the business Interests, and tho con- servativo mon of the country took alarm at Gnexrer. Thore was o genoral apprehonsion that Lo would prove pliable in the hands of tho Southern fire-caters, and that ho would Lo tho tool of politlcal adventurers pnd flnancial spoculators, Tho result was the overwhelming majority which Gnant ro- ceived, 'That this majority wns moro tho oxpression of o fear of Gnrerey than of con. fidenco in Grant is sufliciontly attested by tho overwhelming result of the next Stato and Congrossional clections of 1874, 'The abuses under Gnant's Administration woere till the chief issuo; but Gnexrey was out of the way, and tho Administration party met with a sweoping nnd disastrous defoat, 1t it is necessary, therofors, to look for **tho man who saved Guant,” ho will be found under tho namo of Ionice Gereney instead of that of Geonae WasuiNaTox Cnirps, — NOW LET THE COMMISSION "“BRACE U ‘Fhe customs frands Investigation Commis- sion bos reachied Washington and had an iu. terview with tho Sccretary of the Treasury, Presumably tho object of the interviow, on the part of tho Cowmission, was to urge the Hecrotary to allow themn to completo their work beforo submitting a veport, In this it sgems they havo beon successful. Accond- ing to our Washington dispatches the gontle- men of tho Commission talk moro freely than thoy did in Chicsgo. They stato that “tho focts as origiually charged have thus far Leen fully sustainod”; that *‘all evidence takon thus for in different citiea loads up to tho Now York Custom-House ; that * if the testimony to be taken hercnfter confirms that already sccurod, the casc against the New York Custom-louso Ring will be com. plote," ete. Iu regard to a romedy tho Com. unssioners decline to talk, but they say that *“tlhiore s no excuse for undervaluations of 80 to 40 per cent, running systomatically through o series of yoars." ‘Thisis as much as to gay that thoy have rcceived evidence tending to show thst undervaluations of this magopitude are allowed to pass through the New York Custom-House, and hiave been allowed thoro systematically * for aseries of years."” This means {nefolency equivalent to bnbecility, of it means corrup- tiou of tho officials at tho New York Custom. House. It can mesn nothing else. The Commissioners soy that ‘‘all honest im. portary in Eastern cities have just as much in. terest as Chicago in tho pending investiga. tion, and that undervaluations and excessive damage allowances work as much injustice to Now York as to any Western city.” This is uot quite true. Injustico is dons to hon. est individual merchants in Now York City by theso abominabloe practices; but, through them, a Iargs volume of importing trado ia rotained in Now York, which will be lost to that city the very day that theso frandulent practices ara abolished,—cut off root and branch, It is evident that the Commissioners have gatned greatly in confi- donco in their misslon and conrage to prose- cate the investigation to the end. Itis known that, at tho outaot, Mr. General Ap- pralsor Menenrrn rogarded the proposed in- vestigation as a mers formality, which conld by no possibility result in any substantial ro- form. This feeling on his part tonded to discournge his colleagnes, nnd tho work of the Commisslon at Chicago dragged heavily for n fow days. But the dvidenco produced was go startling that 3ossrs. Brvouau and Hinps wera soon roused to Ligh courage aud groat vigor. From that moment tha success of tho inveatigation was assured. Wedo not wish to bo understood ns casting the loast discredit upon Mr. Meneorru. He has long known in a general way, doubt. loss, of the oxistenco of ‘frauds in the Now York Custom.Honse, and has endoavor- ed to put a stop to them. But ho has never met with any success, and a series of failures hias led Lo the conclusion, in his mind, that the Machine controlled by Mr. Collector Antion, backed by SBenntor CoNgLiNg, {a too hugo snd powaerfulto bo attacked with any rational hopo of success, Wo ontircly approve of the planof the Commisaioners to hold closely all the secrets of their investigation until they have finish- cd the inquiry, Wo aro ontirely satisfied of tho gross inofficienoy of tho managemont of tho Now York Oustom-Ilouse, and of tho nl- most unfathomable deops of corruption Into which its subordinates in all its branches havefallon. Tz Tawuxe originally preferred the charges upon which the pending investi- gation is based, and now the Commission declares emphatically that they are sustained by the evidenco alroady taken, Bunt we are willing, nay, desirous, that officials inenl- pated shall hava ample opportunity to put in their dofonse. This i tho legal right of the worat criminal. Bat we counsel the Com- mission to be flrm and resolute. Evory cffort will be mado at Now York to cover up frauds, to distract attention from tho real issuo, and to cajolo, frighten, nnd overawe the Commission individually aud colleotively, Thore is n crown of honor awaiting the Commission if it shall prove ns faithful and strong in tho East as it Los shown jtself in tho Weat. BENATOR HOWE'S EXPLANATION, It is o pity that Senator Howe conld not find sufficient consolation in the bushel of lotters which ho says ho daily receivos from friends in Wisconsin approving of his course, and not attempt to make a bad matter worse by rising in the Senato for n personal ex. planation. The simple truth is, that tho gun How fired off did most execution ot the butt, and when tho smoke]cleared away tho man who pulled the trigger was found sprawling nbout on the ground in a very grotesqua and undignified position. Iowe's spocch was sufliciently oxplicit not to need o glossary now by way of explanation, and the appendix that ho added to his harauguo on Tueaday is in tho naturo of a spo- ciol ples, lacking in the cassontinl qual- #ty of truthfulness and sincerity. What tho Benator was ondeavoring to got bafore the country by tbis quostion of privilego was, that ke was not an applicant fora place upon the Supremo Bench, and that his motives for ottacking tho Administration were patriotic and not porsonal; but that ia altogother too thin to go down with his iutelligont constitu. ency in Wisconsin, however much or littlo hie may be able to * bamboozle ” the coun- ryatlarge, Itisafact well koown in the Sanator’s own Stato that all his personal and political friends did besiege tho White House, urging Hows's appointment with a porti- nacity worthy of a better couse and with yearnings for hia vacant sent In the Bonate that conld not bo uttored. Bavoral trips were made from Wisconsin to Washington by Congressmen aud other influontial Republicans, with no other objoct in view than to bring about that result. The names and dates could casily bo given, but that is not necessary now; the Bonator's * oxplanation " will confirm the suspicions that oxisted whero the facts were not known. It is not to bo supposed that Senator ITowez was green enough to mako poruonal application and solicitation of Mr. Hayza for an appoint- ment, o Is too smart for that. DPolitical intriguers and manipulators know how to pull tha wircs through their friends and ac. complish their little schomes whilo thoy ro. main behind tho curtain out of aight, Benator Howz hus not read tho lessons of his publio experionce backwards, nor ia he ig. norant of tho uses to which the 3achine in politics may boput in cases of great omer. gency. And when he solemnly rises in his place in tho Scnale, and gravely asserts his innacence of ‘tho clarge of office.secking, the spoctators must immedintely think of Mr. Urigh Heap, Admlolstering the oath of oflice vesterdsy to the two additional Judges of the Supreme Court of Wisconain marks an era in the judiclal his- tory of that State, That Court now consists nf five Judges, and the regular term of gervice bas been fixed at ten years, which will, lu some de- Kree, obviate the objection to an elective judicla- ry and the uustability that comes of frequent chaoges and improper sclcctions, The two new Judges that arc to take their scats for the firat time to-dav are both men of emivent attaiu- ments and experience in the legal profession, Both are over 60 years of age: both have speut their lives in the practice of law, or In scrvice upon the Bench in the Circult Courts, ar in framing laws as members of the State Leglslature. Judge Hantow B. Outox has been a ° resident of Wisconsin for over thirty years, and to the purity of his private life be has added a bigh reputation as a Jawyer and sucecssful advocate. He was for some timo Decan of the Law Department of the Wiscousin Btate University, Two years sgo ho narrowly escaped an clection to Congress from the Madi- son District. The Hon. Davip TavLou is ono of the best known lawvers and ablest jurlsts in Wisconsin, §Ie bas served In both branches of the Legislaturc and as Judge of the Circuit Court of tbeFond du Lac District. He has twice performed the principal part of the labor 1o revistog the statutes of Wisconsin, first in 1858 and agaiu In 1877, 1le probably possessca a moro minute and wccurato koowledge of the l1aws of his Stato than sny other man in it. The accesalon of thess two gentlemen to the Bupreme Beach will add dignity aud ftness of the bighest ordertoa Court already somewhat famous for its learniog and uprightuess, —— A proposition has been made in that ex- tremely practical and learned paper, the New York XNation, to enforco tho paymeut of the ‘State debts repudisted by Ten- nessee, Mlnnesota, snd Mississippl through the courts. The plan is to have some Btate LUks New York, in which s large pumber of the creditors of the delinquent Btates reside, assumo the clahns sud prosecute them. The Federa) Coustitution includes, among other coumerated judicial powers of the Unlted Btates, jurisdiction over *‘controversics between two or more Stastes.” It 15 beld thut this power mizht Lo exercised to malutain s sult brought by any State of the Unlon against one of the repudinting States. In such n caes the Suprema Court would have original jurlsdic- tlon. The difficulty would be, how- ever, supposing the Court to give Judgment for the plaintiff, Lo collectit. Any revenucs or belongings of o State neccssary to carey on a Btate Goyernment cannot be touched. A mandamus dlrccting the Legislatare to tevy the required tax would probably bo disobeyed, or, if obeyed, would be dlsregarcd by the peo- ple. The only other recourse wonld be the ap- polntment, by Jaw of Congress, of special Com- missloners to take up the work of the tax- officers of the State, using, If necessary, tho fatter's books. A corrcapondent of the New York Zimes showa that, if Cougress sbould pass such a Jaw, the Court would not, according to Ita precedents, excreise the granted authority, for it has already held that it cannot discharge the delleate function of texing, The rem- edy propused in the Natlon is thus shown to be no remedy at all, The only remedy which the Zimes cocrespondent can suggest is public opinton contentrated,—*an opinlon which shall have tha effect of making citizens of defaultiug States fecl thele In- ferlority 1o thelr honcster neigbbors, Un- questionably,” the correspondent goes on to £ay, “as regards the cause of the Bouthern Confederacy In Europe, the selection of fts President from the only Stato then having n smirched reputation was a capital blunder, The cltizen of Mississippl, Tennessce, or Min- nesota should be put in question everywhere on account of his residence.”” This remedy fs no more practicable and certainly no falrer than the other. It provosca to punish citlzens who did not repudiate the debts, and who may even not have been residents of the States when they were repudiated, for thosins of others. It wouid be as Just to punish the editor of the Nation and the correspondent of the Times for the re- pudistion of the Continental eurrency, or to make every inhabitant of Massachusetts re- sponsible for the odious Stay: e ——— Jostant Quincy writes an Interesting letter to the Boston Dully Advertiserabout workingmen's trains on the Mossachusetts rallronds. On the motion of Josiai QuiNcy and some assoclates the Mnssachusctts Legislaturd six years ago passed o law requiring the raflroads, on the ap- plleation of 200 citizens, to run workingmen's trains morning and cvening. The petitioners for the law refralucd trom {usisting upon {ts ex- ceution. They took the ground that there was no good reason why railrond corporations should be made to supply special accommoda- tion, to their own detriment, for any class of citizens, whether rich or poor. One raflroad was persuaded to try the experiment, voluntar]- Iy, of cheap trains, and the result waa n sur- prising addition to its profits, Two bundred citl- zens have now united in o petition to the Bos- ton & Providence Raitroad, In compliance with the forms of the law, requesting them to run worklngmen's trains. The petitioners call the attention of tho Raltroad Company to the fact that there aro many unoccupled houses and large tracts of land on the main lne of the road and the Dedham brauch suitable for chesp hontes for laboring people which would be oc- cupled, were they assured of permancnt car- risze nt Jow rates of fare, Tho same state of offalrs provalls in some of the suburbs of Chi- engo, aud the same success would no doubt follow the cxperiment of cheap tralus hero as 1 Boston. i N2 Epwanp DicgY, in the April number of the London Yineteenth Century, argues that wheo gver, whether by Congress or otherwise, tho Continental Powers conic to deal, a8 thoy must at no distant veriod, with the posscssion of Egypt, they ought to find o Dritish flagataft alrcady planted on tho soll. He relates an anccdoto as an Hlustration of the kind of, Dritish pluck which Is nceded at the present time, A score of years ago aFreoch fleot arrived suddenly at Aden, ou the Red Sca, on an unknown crrand. The officers were Invited to dine with the English Governor of the settle- ent, and, in the vourse of tho banquet, tha commandor of tho French saquadron casually informed his Lost that at daybreak ho was to sall for Perlm, under secret ovrders, to occupy In the namo of France the {sland rock which commands the entrance to the Red Sca. . Thoso were tho days when tolegraph wires had not yot spanned the world, and when Britist ofl- clala were not afrald foact on thelr own re- sponsibility, says the writer, Tho Governor of Aden drank success to tho French cxpedition, but before his guests had quitted the table a dispatch-boat had stolen out of tho harbor, and when the French squadron reached Perfm a fuw hours later they found the Union Jack flying over the rock and guarded by an English senti- nel, They bad come too late; and the com- mand of the Red 8ea, alone and’ undisputed, was sccured to England. ——————— Itisnow In order for Mr. CoNxLINO to try his hand on Becretary Scuunrz. True, the suc- cess that Mcesars. Braixz and Howe have met witl in their attempta to demolish the Becro- tary has nclther been complimentary to their ability nor flattering to thelr personal pride; nevertlicless, that should not deter the New York Hencurxs from trying his hand at it As Mr. Consring did not make *‘the great effort of hils life” cither for or agalnst the Elcctoral Commissfon bill, nor during the debate on the silver question, {6 will not be cxpecting too much of him {f tho cnemles of Scnurz and EvanT3 sliould losist upon his taking a hand in. Unless the New York appolntments eutirely eugrosa the Senator's attention, or {ncase bis tallor has not made o misAt, Mr. CoNkLiNg will doubtiess be heard from before the Juno adjournment. 1f ho should spenk, Mr, flayes ond his Cabluet—if not the whole country~—will please stand from under. ee— Teople who have rcad Mrs. ‘(11.70N'S Jast ro- coufession should comnpare It with the pathetic retraction she made of tho first sdmlssion of the * great indiscretion,” as Bexcugn called it. Here it st Wearled with fmportnnity, and weakened by sickness, I gave a lctter implicating my friend Nexuy WaRD lszcnxn, under assurance that that woulil romove all dificiities betweon mo snd my husband. That letter [ now revoke, I was per- suaded to ft—simost furced—when I was in & weakened slate of miud, | regret it aud rocall ita atatements. 1 devire (o eay exolicitly that Mr, JBxxcnxi has never offered suy iniproper solicitas tions, but bas' always treated o in o manver bo- coming a Christian snd gentleman. Luizasxzu R Tiurox. ——— Cleveland has made some bad flnancial spec- ulations, The Mayor, in his message, Isments the city's investiuent in & portion of the canal which was purchased of the lessecs of the pub- lic works in 1873 for $125,000, Other expenses connected with the travsaction ran up the total cost to $360,000, Meantime, the lcssees have had the use of the canal, and, now that they have abandoucd the canals to the State, the Mayor expresses vain regrets that the city bad not walted, It mignt bave got the whole ditch from the State for half tho money. e — - ‘The facts of the wost receot phascof the great doorkeeplug question are, thus wedded to immortal verse: ik T t1an Pasl Fieid ey, ?n%flfmr mado doorkeepaw, Forpouriu the tide . Ofthe C. 8. Al inthe late Wah, Bald be, **Now the mudall ana Yank'll Kzow that in me po [11-will doth rankle; A fat berth I')] ensconce in James G. Kuight, of Wluonlln, A hero who once sprained his sukle. ¥ ——————— ‘The Rock Island department of the Davenport Oazetts strongly advucates the nomlaation for Cougress of Judze CorNzLIus LYspe, of Rock Island, Inregurd tothe present incumbent it remarks: ¥ We cannot learn that the Hou. Tuosas J. Tsw- DEnsox, who has sceved the people and advocated DY Tout yeart paat b Tovihee heplathond bop thie banorable snd 1nakential pusitica: e —e———— Af those cxcellent misslonaries who go all the way to China to buy up bables for old postage- stamps bave any roow left fa their asylum we are prepared to trade off Baxnis Burexs fors newspaper stamp, no matter of what fssue or Low very much canceledit s, We would even “{eh " to samct give the missionartes long time It they are short of stamps. Our ifttle lixmix la our Joy g pride. Il has passed with safety through the discares fncident to {nfancy, which fs an fnpar. tant consideration, and promises to grow upa bright and clever cbild. We thiok that we could Induce the family ncross the way to part with {ts little BaMsty for his aren in useq registered-package envolopes, They have 0 clder child, quite an old voy Indecd, Moxyy, ho {s cutting bis third or fourth sct of teeyy now, and that makes him s little fractious; by, when ho gets his wisdom-teeth throuph Lis head will not be 80 sore, and ho will let the country have a lttle sieco at nizhts, —————— A permanent resident of Molunkus, M, went to the theatrs the other evening ang ,,: o popular atar actress, nssisted by n stock come vany and nbout half a bale of cotton, ply, “The French 8py.” Ho went homo ang sald hy was nover so scandalized in all hia born days, and that If the Prooshian soles that Becroty Bcuurz had in his employ to measure cordwvoo as at all liko that shamelesscreature, he dign wonder for his part that Mr. BLAINR had pltcheg Into them. Any man with daugbters—not 1o say sisters-in-law—would. —— They have a fanoy paper down fn Georgly called the Atlanta Comstitution. As it knowy everything, it has saved the Republican pag, from any trouble in fts Convention In 1380 1 nominating GRANT for President and CoxnkLing for Vice-President as the candidates for thy year. This s very kind of our Georgla cone temporary, and ex-Scnator Zack CHaxpLey will doubtiess be greatly obliged to It for the In- formation that his visit to Washington hay mads thesc nominations a certainty, . —— Mr. Bmanox's private busluess heing ‘most through, he proposes to spend a brief vacation In the Benate at Washington 1t ke can pat any ane to fdentily bim, and so sccure hisseat which I8 covered with thirteen-ply cobwebs, Ap fo- menfous man with plenty of cheek might have actieved fameand fortunc during the Kerrogs. Evustis-BUTLER controvery by walking in ang pretending that ho wns the rosy Smanox ung the BiLLy of the Valley,~the Humbolat V. loy. ———— Bays the 8pringfleld (111.) Gazetta: ‘The delegate who placed Mr. ¥rren | o tlon bel'orewllha Bem%cn!lc State Convr{en,lzxnu?;h::. marked that Mr. Evten had borne the Domoceatic banner to victory In 1874, and that b tlon would bo gssurance that sncc: the efforts of the plrl{ agaln. Thy $ purely wild flight of Imagination in which the emgu gentloman Indunlged. At tho time referred t ETTen was o sufficlently skilled political eques. triny (o be ablo to ride two bordes at once (Demo- crnlg :ng n‘r‘:‘““,l‘ :‘lnowé Imlcmmot r;du ane very well, an ourse in the coming race ho Ta fa behind tho Repubiican nommee. " 58 f The new Massachusctts law, says the Soring. fleld Republican, agalust pool-salling strikes st the gambllug dodges practiced by clitreh falrs, and was opposcd by at lenat one Senator on this ground, Other members only found tn the ob. Jectlon ralsed & new renson why the bill ought to be coacted. Now let us have tho thing sharply and {mpartially enforced, But we ad. viso tho churches to got well posted up before. liand, or strango Osh will bo caught in the meshes of the law. | Bpeaking of tho vote In the Senate on the Paclfic Rallrosd Refundivg bill, the Davenport Uazelte says: Next to the fact of tho actlve snd perstatent op. posltion to the bill h{ Senator BLAINE. we ure of the opinfon that the negative vote of Semtor ArsizoN will most surpries und pain Towa Iepad- licans generally, On the merits of the case, we cannot do lesa than regard tho passage of the bill #n o righteous trlumph of jnstice and of the pecple in n conteat with suullcas corporations abandsatly abla to pny their honest dobta to the Govermwaent, bat hitherto unwllling sven to begin Lo do so. e —e— I, Mr. Cox’s bill to punish with fine and fo- prisonment any person who uscs the Amerlcan flog for any form of advertisement should be- comealaw what, O what, would become of Davip Dupter FiELv, who iwas a notorjoss offender In tho flag-on-the-Capitol affalr! He would be tincd about scven miillons of dollan and sent to orlson for furty centurics. —————— . ErizanrTi's last confusslon was rough on Bpecurn's devoted admirers, and sadly dis tressiug to his familycircles but what must bavs been the laceration of tearful Tomyy 8uziu- MAN'8 feclingal Ilis lachrymoso lamentations must bo filling the labyrinth of his inner con aclousness to overflowing. MONTGUMERY BLAIR {8 very much {n the post- tion of .Vr, Pickwick when that esteemed geo- tleman wakened up In the pound to which be had been wheeled by order of the aggrieved Capt. Boldwlg: * Whero .are my fricodsl” “You ain't got any—Hooray! " i Itis rather a curious condition of affalrs where o husband will have nothing to do with his wifo unless she admits that she lsn't fit to be bis wife, and where her alleged paramour says nothing about himsclt, but fusists that she Is funocent, 4. Burglars entered a savings bank n tho fote rlor of Now York one evening this weck, blew open the sufe ond got $100. The Dircctors bad probubly been there bolore them, | ‘The prindpal reason, we fancy, for the popus larity of the income-tax propositlon smong the Dewocruts 18 to bo found 1o tho fact that 1u- DN never liked it EDispatchies from London state that the Daliy News printed Mrs, TiLToN's coufesston-letter there, which created a protound oxcitement. | f Mr. Brats has o good many things agulnst bim and the Sux s {n his favor, but stil) be mey vull through, o PERSONALS. Miss Mayblcott is now the Little Womsn of Herr Eruest Nieriker, of Baden, ‘'he Rov. Georgo Putnam, Dr, Websters spiritual adviscr, to whom ho confessed the mordet of D, Parkman, died at Boston last week, The firat workingwoman to obtain board L tewart’s Woman's Ifolol was Miss Sprazde, ¢ stenocrapher, Heforences—Gon. sherman and Mr, Justice Swayne, Artists have thoir day. Plctures by Fusel) some of them elght feet by ten, amon;: lhel‘n‘ euch famous works us b Lady Macbeth," ** Mid | ream," +* Adam and Eve In (b * aud 20 on, have just been sold ata London pic Io for from $21 ap to $03. The Rev, Edward Eggleston, who Is pastor of the Church of Christian Endeavor, Bmaklt:- gives 8 chromo for’ each now scholsr hmnlhl“: Ute Sunday-achool. As thousands uf chroiaos Hs kiven away, and stil) the school does not lnmu‘ {ts pumbers very matarially, it ls supposed uu' there {s & good deal of repeating sud of sitendans trom Interested motives. " Dr. Mary Walker is Jylog dmgomns!yh 0f paeumonis fu the Providence Hospital at Waal ; iogton, 10 which shie bas been admilted s & ':l. paticns under an order from tbo Burgeun-Uene! she Jays all her lliness to tobacco, th sioke sho has been forced to Inhale i ber lungs bave Lecome *'filled with H tobacco-plavled aod lo\nc:o-polu.mul. ¢ The Presidont of the Paris Commune n. 1871, Citlzen Chsrles Dealsy, dled at 'r‘“' few days sgo, in sclf-imposed exile, for lhl‘:‘". ecution agsinst biw had beea dropped fo cons! sl tion of bis services to the Hank of France, W o] funds ho protected. Bealsy was prominent ia g Revolution of 1848, aud was exiled siter the wl’ d'otat. When the Frauco-Frussian war blok,:, oul though he was then an old man of 70, by ealis! and served In tho sruy of Mets. & "Tho Prince of Wales, for sttending o marnage of Lord Rosebery, has been catching ' from the English Rituallats, who declare hat - was ** worldly " of bim to ssnction by his [B;:“ epce s wedding fn Lent, ** Besbly ** uu?fl . wheu it 100k place 0n 8 Wednesday, sud du" E)n it when, 1o addition to ml‘lw awlol facts, the bride was a Jewess. ““”,M the head that msy wear a crown. The Quecd. o bas been giving bis Hoys) Mighness & wlcx‘flim = sllowing her hesith to be tosated at 2 a. 18. lod Parls newspaper ollice, where the appisuse wid b off by thoss two nice but naughty actresses, Jus sod Theo,