Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1878, Page 5

IE CHICAGO I'RIBUN MONDAY. APRIL 2 1878, 5 f—_——_——’_——_———*_—'-———_——_————_—— faormerly held various positions of trust in the county, but of latc had been drinking hard, was arrested Iast Thursdav on the charge of heing Insane. many threats made upon his own life and that of others. He was given cumfortable quartets at the fail and closely watched. rowed a sharp Jaok-knife of a boy pris- oner confined with him CITY SCRIP. ons of the Members of the Com- mmemisl Club as to Its Valuo, ey Think Thero Will Be No pifiliculty in Circulating It. The Discount Variously Estimated at from 410 7 Per Oent Per Annum. ssion as to the Legality of Dl the Issue. ¢ regular monthly meoting and dinner {Ql‘x:%ommcrclnl Club, held In the Chicazo °mmmuw Saturdny evening, there was a very :n(ert!!etl and animated dlscussion, {n an in- formal manner, regarding the new city scelp. bout sixty members and guests were present, fnluding Mr. Marshall Fleld, Mr. L. Z. Lelter, r. Jobn B. Drake, Mr. Murry Nelson, Mr. Yathan Corwith, Mr. Jobn Do Koven, Mr. Rabert Lincoln, Mr. 8. M, Nickerson, Mr, Ed- Yo Walker, Mr. W. 0. Carpeuter, Mr. E. B. McCagi, Mayor Heath, ond other prominent sl represcntative busincss and professlonal men, There was a free and general expression of views concerning the legality of the serip, the desirability of working them'off tn m’m of the city employes, and the prospect [ng taken by the business men and fl,é’ifi'fi.."fin u’ftch time as they mizht be pald lato the Trcmur{ for taxes. On the first point {bero seemedd to bo & wiilo DIVERSITY OF OPINION, The ccrilficates of the city have heen so peserely handied by tho Supreme Court here- tofors that business men are naturallv a little ‘g of Investing in them until thoy fnd tbat the serlp will “mot be deprived of s salue by an arbitrary dectsion of the Court. Several of the lawyers present united In decluring that there was no doutl but tiat warrants might be drawn up fn a shape wherety they would become leal-tender for (he taxes of 1878, aud 1n o shapo which o Court could find fault with. None of them had ns ?-cl. 1ad occasion to exatnine tha new serip carefully, and thes were not prepared to render an oplin- fon, baving somewhat of the modesty for which ul’nunmeya ore noted, and not desiring to geem “tou fresh.!? 'fhis reluctanco to express themecives, therefore, need not be set down ag Hlgnifstog any doubt '{n the minds of the legal Tuminurles, but may be regarded only s a pro- lon. u?}‘r“t‘l‘m ntlemen present, representing a vast amount u?mnmpl(-l of the city, a large pro- rtion declared therselves as not only willing nllnflouu to Invest in the scrip ot o reasona- ble discount. Several of tho leaviest merchants sald that they would certainly take enough of it tocoser their probable taxes, and two or threc bunkera went further and snid that they would carry & goodly amount of it, aside from the sum needud for tax-paying purposes. The question as to the TATH O DISCOUNT then natorally arose. The time in which the warrants could run was tho tirst _consideration, The taxes would becomo due In Jauuary, 1879, but could not be Iorc!blly collected before the following December. 1t was agrecd that four- teen months conld Dbe ‘taken ns @ falr ayerage basis for the azo of the warrants, Taking 7 per cent o year for fnterest, It would folluw that the war- raotesre worth at the present time D13¢ ta 03 cents, with o constantly-incrcasiug valuc as the time for their collection approached. Whlle no direct action was taken at the mect- {ng, which was only of a social character, stilla good deal of fntercat attached to it from the fact thatit was the first occaslon when any large nomber of business men had had un opportunity to cxpress themaclves collectively regordinge oneof the most lmportant questions of tho bour. Areporter called upon Mayor Ieath yester- day evening, to learn whether any definite pro- posala had been recefved by him Trom business men In referenco to taking certain amounts of "p'hlrc talked with soveral gentlemen,' sald who have eald fu general terms that, s s00n a8 they wero assured of tho legality of the ‘warraots, they would willingly luvest fn them. 1have bad no proposals In ¢xact form, nor are oy necessary. X “WYhat {s your opinion as to tho probability nlm'n.;k‘!ng off the warrants at n reaspnablo dis- counf 1 biave no doubt but that wocan casily dis- pose of enough to pay the city cmploycs,! i T t tho clf I ¥ “liave zgu any knowledge.as to the discount that will Go detnanded? “Ihave heard it sald that EIGIIT PER CENT ¥l bo asked. That canuot bo considered mors than n reasonable discount.” “Then tho whole thing will amount toan8 Kné:n Jeductlon fu tho wages ot cmployes of e city. ' :“(l.‘“.::l t 4 thi 1t "Could you get around this by ralsing the wages of ll‘x’e enfillnye-l" by i *That could bo dune Ly reduclng the number of employes and raising the waces of the rest. lam emphatically in” favor of paying every workman his full salary, aud should carnestly eilra to find somo meaus of glviog bim dollar lml" dl?“ll‘"‘; ow {8 it about the legalit; the . "?‘g;" gality of ‘war- "Wo are doing everything to test thelr legale itythat we can, The question will probably tome up {ntho Appetiate Court in the case of Faller vs, The Clty of Chicazo, and will thenbe fuly decided. It will not bo reached at this term of court, but meanwhiic we will get the oplalons of the pest attorneys, and, when ob- tained, will guvo them to the public.’? Itlsstated that o loading rallway company already agreed to talke unouyth acrip to cover Hsvery large taxes for 1875, Itiealso kuown that thero has been somo fu- Quiry for the scrip at tho bunks, OUR CITY WARRANTS, To the Lditor of Tha Tribune. Cmoaao, April 28, —It la stated In your p per of to-day (Sunday) and ono of the othe Lulegality of the warrants on Its T Waclty bas rocently lusued 18 qaestioned. 1 do Wteounderstand it, In the recent declsion of 9 Sopremu Court lutho caso of Law vs, Tho “x'.’.',,',, Chicago, ex rol, 1luck, the Court ssld: ngteld va. Edwands (10 CA Legul N ::"h:: T held that, afier hd ks fovto th ciey Weforanticipaie I by deawiug seatnst 14 it (lis, persuuy Sgyaing labor or furnlshing articies o the elty Tuite scle the warraats (n discliarke uf all liability Rdaapartor thocity, and look alunic i the olicers ity dho clty gor payinent. That a eity could ok 7 Tevien, G, and call € anticipating tha taxes ATpelveied, That the warcaut hus fuucd niust les furnts)ed it pald, the cli ct Solier:” Y5t Rvia at flie FiAk of Sha ereon. ror fiting the warrant, - Whiliat in y 3 I Lo case st Lar the cit; baadetvoring (o vacounize wud pay at lemst the Inir: inea certicates thus fuued, thus eudeavoriog 1o cre- findebtediens beyond the il prescrived. Tho e 4y luterest on such warrants s not u alechargs 2 alony 10 ko bGe clly. u kg 1o m.gfx‘;"::"l'mz Tor 154 payment, s Ut 101 R arrants just fseucd by the City of Chlcago u“u Treaqury ,az0 lesued on tho falth of taxes Ady levied. Thov are glven for labor perform- “;';'lmcle furnished, They aro made payable ik tazes Jevied and appropriated for the pay. Lher Of the particular Juvor and articles for which T4reglven. Theydonot draw any interest, €] 4w not payable atany particalar time. It ie :fi'ly declared on tneir face that they will bo res lfl.e“l fn payment of tho taxes of 1875, “! dan. 1, 18, Thoy contain scknowledgment of Indzbtedness cn Iy Ib?: of the city o the person thoy are dellvercd. Hevoral of these g‘x::umue Teatures: of the wareasiy distingules Gie Balerlally from the tumporar; m 10 by ln-ver{ Feapect which n,':‘} O! warrants which the Court, iv the fors- & (:l!m from fte decision, Las declared not Yidences of debls on the part of & city with- 18 t2g coy titutioual problbiti inst guch oltpa] gopeity ohlbition againt such mu- “m:“mm ativng Euummw ludebted beyoud a !uimater(al what may ba the opinion of my- Jtor aay other Juwye as to the canstitutlonality Uigearee va of the temporury loan cer- lnam.,?f. tho City of Chicagu, respectively. It natgof t the Supreme Court has declured war- i deok s kind described abovs 10 be legal, Por ubject, until reversed or mod- 0 betievo it will bu), is tho law 8t thers is other authorlt; i y on this sublect than ot acupremo Court. Tn an uble atticls o duigy Discy Of muuleipal bonds, published by u}gfl ou recently, snd stnce tha publication of Judge o4 municlpal corporations, that learned e I::e-’:hlc foliowing langoage: 4l 1o bear in mind the diffierent kind of m_‘““’"‘.!“‘,"ftsn‘mu Uik, Thess 8F¢ 0f EWO Lels .{ gy FINL there (o thavaual municioal or couniy OF Tore of juers Tlicse are commonly drawu by him 14 pef sheumcers upou the Treusurer, difeci- Y 10 the pemon Bamed Of beurer s glvea LI‘KM Lasua thent, sud the nivde exerclsed, sio unually prescribed oy Tor ‘G'zhl" Sre youchers, Or ** necesadry Gl fudy COTTVENT Gl tAe snacAlnery of munic: Mun of pureirdtion, und for unticipating e colicc- e “qu. out u? which thicy mist Lo pald. Soumiped bioceeds 1o show that they ard nof 1, or o ™ twerchant 1 "D governed by the rules of loan certi- Court condemned as un- Bra! apect 10 negolisvle duetru- et ‘It 14 porbaps true. that the . . BONEL 10 itauc such warcants of Crdens may, whers €<preaaty conlerred ur dezied, Lo taplied aa Incidnntat to carrying out the objecta of 8 muntci- pnl or pablie corporation, ' Thin I8 certain that, if the late declslon of onr fuprame Court makea these warrante Jilegal an well an the temporery loan certificates, then the I8t remaining m-trumentality of which the City of Chicaro can avail herxell for continulng the life of her municipality will be gone, and with it the me!'r 10 levy and collrct tnxea for the payment of er constitutionally contracted amd lawfal in- debtednens, Then that will became still maro clear which ia already rnfliciently an, that the limitation in our Conatitntiun npon the power of municipalities to contractindehtedness, as It hna heen constraed by our highest court, in alaw of tho State of lilinois impairing the obligation of contracts within the orohibition of the Federal Constitution, and, being thus in conflict with supreme law of the Untied States, In itect! @ nuliity, The Cily Government once disbanded, or even rerioualy crippled, inatime lke the pre general embarrasxment, dullness of trade, susp slon of Industries, want of employment, and widespread destitution, nnd 1t will require the gentnaof a Danto to depict the feacfal horrora wwhich are in store for nw. The reaults of the war #0 peralatently made upon (hie clty are already bo- fill\n‘"fl to manifest themmcives. Dark clouds aro ertoning to vather an the socinl hotlzon, low muttering thunders nre heard, and oceisiunal fiashes from the increasing gloom portend a coming slorm, When it “breaks, the strong arm, the quick eye, and tho brave heart will be the "only meana which any one will have far protecting himectf, T wife, his childeen, and hin property from the assanits of that fell I"ll?“ of ratianlsm which has never been entirely Inid slnco it wan first ralsed, over two thousand years ago, by the Gracel, in anclent Rome. 1 have not read history or human natnre aright §1 those who have ralsed the tempeat will not be its first victime. 1 writa theee fow words in haste for fear that the bread of some poor men and their familics may de- rmul upon the viow wiilch moy be iaken by capi- alista of the Jegallty of these warrants, for 1t Is ovident that aiready industrions cfforts are beiny marle by the archigcta of ruin in onr midet to de- preciate their value in the market, Junat. HE STAGE. THAT ALLEGED *REVOLUTION." To the Editor of The Tribune. Cuicaao, April 28,—Tam ata loss to know how eny of your reporters conld have concocted such an article as appeared In your General News col- umn under the head of **levolution at McVick- er's." There wan not the slightest ground for such an article, and, oa I am always at the theatre until the performance fs over, it would have been an easy.matter for the reporter to have satisfied him. eelf bofure writing an articlo rofiecting on any one. There hna heen no *‘rovolution at McVicker's." A **billous colle ' caneed a change of cast neces- rary for the matince and cvening, and onc person wis dismissed for refusing to perform a daty nnder tho circumstunces, ‘Thie cast for the new comedy, **Uur Aldermen,” will not e interfercd with, and, as far I know, you can prociaim, not as a matier of nows, but of fact, that harmony prevails at McVicker's, and **Our Aldermen™ will hold thelr caucus every night and Wednesdoy and Satar. day matinees, Yours truly, J. §. McVieksn, [The person from whom cama the statement re- ferred to by Mr. McVicker wns Mr, Lowis Sharpe, bis stage manager, who iwas supposed to koow what be wag talking abont.] Ta the kiutor ot The Tribline. Citicaao, Fel, 28,—\Vill you ao mo the justice to ‘print thia in correction of the mistatemonta published In to-day's Tiiauxz, purporting to be n explanation of ‘ny pou-appearance in” **Tho Exlles” at McVicker'a Theatre yesterday after- noon and evening? Tho misfortane of being con. nected In even the remotest manner with a the. atrical imbroullo has never ns yet overtaken me. ‘The proper and truo explanation may bo found (n the note seut to the theatra at noon by my attend- ing phystcian, Does it not appear Injml eingular thut persons, who by appesrance and prolession claim Lo be gentlemen, should do so sorry a thing as make o wonian's unfortunate (and certainly un- courted) 1liness the occaslou of standerous injary, rather than commiserution? Launa Dox.’ To the Editor of The Tribune. Patyzn Hovsre, Cuicago, Aprl 8. —Your artl. cle hieaded ** Hovolution" in Tie Trinuxe of this dato 18 entirely and absolutely fals, and evinces wandertul Inventlve ability on the part of the originator or writer, 'The "**Revolation " was a delay of a half hour at tho matinco performance, causcid by Miss Don's sudden and eovere ilineas, Nelthor Mies Don nor Mr, Learock Las (as | learn) i, in tho elel[.nm language of your reporter, **bounced,” and 1 am quite poajtive that I am #till and shall (at Jeast unidl tho close of the season) be o member of McVicker's cumpany, Monars. Learock and Lee do benefit st 1Tooley's on May 24, and do nol blll as repre- senting McVicker's company,” 8s can easily be scen by referring to i1, Nor do they in any man. ner nve the namo of Alr. McVicker inan ‘‘unan- thurized manner," while the use of Miss Dun's nune in councction with any differonce cxlsting between 3r. Learock, and Mr. MoVicker, and my- aclf is not*only unanthorized, but insulting, —~cs- peelolly so to that lady,—who shoula only be known in this alfair as having kindly volunteered ta play for our bencft. As a matier of simple Justice, give this space in your columns. Very Tespectfully yours, lanuy Lex, o the Editor of The Tribune, Cittoaao, April 28,—Your article in this morn. Ing's_lssug Feapecting: tho'dlsmisunl of Miss Dm‘, Mr, Leo, and myself from McVicker's Theatro s eatirely fa Where or how It wns engenaered 1a 8 source wondcrment to oll most intercstad. Miss Don,—poor lady,—who has been mrossly maligned in tids matter, wanaat the Palmer House under medical treatment at the time sha ia ac- cused of Interfering in on aflalr that no way con- corns tho lady, Aretraction of {out statemont would greatly oblige yours respectfully, Qeonuz ¥, Leanock, EDBEN PLYMPTON'S WRINKLES. Speetal Correspondence of The Tribune. New Yonk, Aprll 25, ~1 have just heard o first. rate story of Eben Plympton, who played at the Uroadway, last week, in *‘Tho Exiles." Eben will be temembercd 28 tho young chap wha tray- eled with Mles Nellson, a3 her **support,” durlng hice last starring tour through this country. Hols o little fellow, physically, and, when ho firet went on tho stage, a fow yeara ago, hie was one of the greencst specimens over ween, An actor who was In the compony with him that season tells me that Plympton was the bultof all the jokes played in the theatre, One day Lo was cast for au *‘old man,"—na minor character 1n the ploce about to be produced. During tho ovening one of the male members of the company, sceing an opportunity to play 4 harmless joko, begun to yucstion the novice nbout his new part. Vlywpion was delighted at the notice taken of hin, and commenced at once 10 expstiate upon the merits of the character, **An old man, I should judge,™ obscrved the h actor, i 1o score a bl tn it, it 1 'reciscly; and I hopa T 100K ol enotgh,” 1y the way,—cr—wlat ure you go- 10 wrinkics?'! “Wreinklewt Wrinkleat Why, I-—that fs, I {:“oul‘:h of markiug them on ‘my face with & ruls. ++0), that won'tdoat all, Thoso wrinkles will serve very well for amateur theatricals, but they aron't worth & l—n for a real theatre, You want the rogular thing—lmported. " **1s thavso? Do thoy meko wrinkles for tho atageY Where can 1 buy vomet" *% Well, [ don't know about that. ‘Theyare very difiicult Lo get, amd yoo may have some difi—bul wtay, Charley —, the leading man, bas a wholo kroes of them., I saw himg exomining them this morning. Now, Chiarloy i o very sccommodating fellow, 50 8upDGss you g0 up to lits toom and usk Lim for o few, © 1 sure ho will leud them to ou, ™ Piympton jumved at the balt like & drowning mun at o steaw, 1le rushod up tothe actor's drees- {ng-room snd burst in upon bins with enthusiasn, **Mr, —— sent wo up hivre to mak i you wouldn't bo s kind «e Lo laan wo wome of your new wrln- 0 wear in that part, 10-morrow night, ** Wrinklea? What wrinklesr {ng mon in some doubt se {0 Tits mind was quickly set at ro ot b{ ‘whai followed, Wy, thuse imported wrinkles you had this wmorning." **Oh " sald the leading man, os & lignt broke in upon him, **[luaned them to Mr. — [tho come- fl""h But howill let you bave some, If you ask him, And 50 poor Eben wss sent from one ta anotber, all over thu theatre, Inquest of thuse wrinkles, until Anally one of the lsdies took pity upon uim und **gave it away.” But he falled sbsorb wisdons trom thls sort of treatme: first season on 1he stugo, he Wi kindw of practical jukes. However, (he exper ence with the wrinkto valuable to him after- ward, for he was ubout the onl try who was_not sold by tho fsmy, Mo had **ocen there,” aud woan't to bu nlpped, )£ 1T T RAYMOND'S JOKE. Bpecial Correspondencs of The Tridunt. New Youx, April 25.—Thero {8 no person In the theatrical orafesslon wiho e wo keenly alive to every kind of practical jokes as **Johuny™ Itay- wond ls. }don't wven except Sothern from the Mat, And wherever liaymond plays an eogsge- ment, that theatre Is ikely Lo be the scene of soms performances not avwa in the bills. - A couple of scasons or 80 bofore he mude his great popular hit as Colonel Seliers, Haymond was employed sy comedisn tu Arthur Chenvy's Globo Thestre, Bos- ton. Ho wasslwaye up to somo prank or other, aud be generally had ':: all hisown lwly, llol bis of ™ 'y {leen Uge ' was progaced. Raywond wus cast for oue of tne comlic villaius In the plece, and W. E, Hhul‘lln' now in Philadelphia, playe th biero, " In one uf Lhy acts {L was necessary for the two viltaine 10 scize the wronged sud suferin bero, bind bl with rupes, chloroform him, an Jot him through a trap in tho sta, Tiers It was that Kaymond saw s chsnco of hav- 104 suine eport il to himself. Ou thy 1ouzth nigl Lo procured o duplicato spunge t 2 substitute forihe segular *vprop," article, ~ This Le saturated thorougbly with Limburger checse. Whea the tme cainv, Raywond sud bis compaalon, who bad been Jet futo the seceet, instead of fulgulng 10 tie Sberidun's hands, bound him in earacat, 80 that Lie could not move u mascle, Thst task completed, Juba drew out Lis **chlerofuria ™ spunge, sad, pro- tending to 2o on with the b wof the play, he hegan to atroke his vittims face, Poor Sheridan was nearly stranzled hy the fearfal odor, but he co ofilicr move nor cry out above n whisper. he g,rnnned. (O my God! Take it away! Phengh! Forthe lava of leaven, dobn, take that atluking mese away! ™ Iint itaymond \vas as denf a4 a grindstone, anl as lnexorable a3 fate: and, s hin victim didn't dare to make yery much notaa lest he ahould mar the interest of the play, lic was not bound to hear shiim. Atlast, aflter a weetched Intersal, they let Sneridan down through tho lrng. (icnerally the cords were 50 loowely fostened that he had only to et up and walk away when ho Ianded under ‘the atage. Butthie timo it was difficrent. Aftera while it camo hi4 tinio to **go an ™ again. The Alage was waiting for him, ** Where 18 sheridant ™ cried the stagy-manager, anxioniatys but no Sherl dan responded. They searched for him high and low, hut he was not to be found, At last samo. y engzested that he might bo nmdor the stage yet, The call-boy weat down, snd, sure enoagh, thers lia wae, with his face coveted balf an Inch thick with Limbnreer cheeso, He hail Ialn there forty minutes, unablo to move a maecte, and half dend with the stench. They tedl mo he_was the maddent man that was ever seen; but, as Raymonid profensed Innocence, and clatmed thut the aponge was given hln_ by tho property-tnan, of course Sheridan could do nothing. Irnvmen, CURRENT GOSSIP. A LONGING. Midden sway from the sunshine, Hidden away from the hall; Flowers (rambling above me, Primeoses soft aud pale; Snug from the breath of Winter, Cool from fhe Summer-sun; Droaming and dozing foreser, Life and ita trials done. Over thin belted prarie The fierce winds sigh and sweep— O to be once more roving 'MId Eastern valleys deep! O that tho rash of tempest. ‘Would bear me on its way Tnto the land of metntalas, Iate the land of May! . 0 o be roundly sleeping Under the Enstern hills, Filjed with that silent muslc Which only the warm carth Qllst iidden away from tho sunshine, Hidden away from the hall; Only the pale primroses Breathing a simple tale, Caicado, Liuig Sunsnmoe, “POPULAR?Y MUSIC. Sprelal Carrespondence of The Tribune, New Yonk, April 85.—[ have heen talking with some of the music-publishers here, with a view to pgetting out sume of tho Interesting facts about the * popular™ publications of the doy. No compositions in the whole' range of music meet with such financinl success as those which ordinary people arc accustomied to look upon as ““trasb.” And, while a writer of high- toned melodles looks with cuntempt upon the composer of *Don’t be angry with me, dar- ling," tho latter {s consoled with thio reflection that, evenif his workis not esthetic, it pays. For {nstance, Will 8. Hays, of Loulsvlile, well known as an author of popular songs, has mado 8 modest fortune out of a single ballad called ** Mollie darling.” And he considers this one of the poorest i has ever written, But It busrs the merlt of simplieity, and by far the greatest demand Is for sougs of that guality. ‘The histories of some of these are full of in- terest, At this moment I think of rather an odd inclident, whero a batlad irspired purely by contetpt for the meaningless stufl fn fashion was accepted fn earnest by tho publie, aud had au cnorinous sale. The song 1 refer to s *Lat me in my Httle bed.” and it Isn't long since it was sung throughout the country by everybody, from squalling fnfant to fut aud placid niatron, Tho author, Dexter, Smith, had written a num- ber of cleyer verses, wWhich hio carrled to his publisher, That gentteman, after glanciug them over, handed them back, with the follow- Ing doubtful criticism “Theso are very good, Mr. 8mith,—too goodl, o fact. Yes, they are too good for me. Use them in the Altantic, or sono such place, What { want fust now is somcthlng after ¢Als pat- lern: Aund ho read to tho astunished writer some sctections from several of tho popular ballads, Swiith wns disgusted. Tt surely can’t ba possible,” sald he, *‘that tho public wauts such miscrable stuff ag thls.” 4t It {s not unly possible, but true.” * Then I don't wonder that mine Is too zood for your use. Good day [ Aud the young composer half-angrily strode out of tho oftice, roflectini upon the degenerucy of the public mind. Ile was golng along one of the narrow Bustou streets, absorbed fu his thoughts, when he hcurd a dirty little urckin ell to his mother, ** Ba-ay, mam! Put me fnmy ietlo bed!” Thero was b uuh{eru And, go- iug bome, filled with o determination to write tho inost unutterablo mess of dreariness he could think of, he cumposed the sonw which has since made hitn famous, His litile joke was well recelved, and its reputation spread until the snles reached an enormous tigure. In this co ction, lut mo eive you the nume- old of & few of tho best known of this kind: * Put me in my Lit- by Dexter Bmith, 250,000; tlo w Comcl'blnlle, come,”" samo author, 100,- 000; ‘**Molllc’ darling,’ by Will 8, Hays, 40,000; * Bilver threads nmon, the pold,” by Dauks (who la very pouulurfi 1! i father," 50,000; % Evan- 4 *Tramp, tramp, tramp,' oral O'Nelll," 100, * Hweet 100,0005 ** Geneyiove,” 20,000, Many of these still sell steadlly, and will doubtlass continue to do so for a nuimber of yeurs. Bougs written to suit tyo times frequently reach Immense sales, and, aa in book publieations, those which nppear tho wefl((elst aro not infrequently the most suc- cesnful, The prevalling style of musical perfodicals in various parts of tho country is & good judication of tho taate of tho nasscs, Aside from o very Ittle gossip and light-walsted literuture, their contents aro solely wado up of reproguctions of * popular songs of the day." At fofrequent intervals these verlodicals go o fur as tg print an operstic selection or o Chopln Waltz, hut thelr prevaliing tonme fs wot In this dircetton, —And, as ‘they ore mostly successful, the fnference fs platu. “Chere is but ono publication in the country devoted exclustvoly to the intercsts of the lovers ot good music. It is printed by a Boston tlrm, and {ts sphore is awong the bigher walks of thoart. A friond onco congratulated the editor upou the success of his maguzius among the cultivated classes, ] like your paper,” bo sald; 1t Is very popular.” * No, sir1** snapped tho cditor with fndiguant vehemence. 118 not poputar, and 1 wouldn't publish one that was." ‘The fncident only goes to show that there are ¢lagses umong uusic-writers as well as in_ other branches of bushiess or art; sud that, whils the chienp class makes the woney and chuckles in 1ts sleeve, the high-toned ono hangs to fis dig- nity, aud is coutent with fame stone. ks Inuuniee, RACHEL, THX ENAMEDUI, Jennings* Loudan Latiar to New York Worid, The ludics are not cutting a very good figuro this week, for thero fs the story of poor Mrs, Pearse, who would bave been wround very flno fudecd by Mme. Rachel, thejenameler, if the hushaud had not stepped furward to suve her When onee this wowan Rachel got anybody Into hor clutehies alio scldom let thew go aguin, uud there are many foollsh people In Loudon besides Mrs. Pearse who feel uo little relief to think that the old hag fs sately stowed uway in prison for five years. There cau be no doubt that she carried ona worse trade than that of “cnameler.” In some cases the victim ot into her debt, could not pay, wus introduced to somebody who would pay, sud after that she uever dared to open ber “mouth. I s pretty well kuown, 100, that the Lutt part of the busi- ness wos not quite su private fu Rachel’a house a8 such & process ought to be. - Nog that M Vearse knew or suspected any- thing of all thia, ly & woman without any scnse, and shu beligved 8ll that the wretched old swindler toid her. When M7, Peariu toreatened to prosecute her she had uo fear at tiret, fora good many husbuuda bad made the same threat ana thourht better ot it when thoy considered the (nevitable exposure inacourt of law. Rachel always manuged to some Jutters from her dupes, aud, snned withtheas, sho made sure of sllvacing fndignans husbands, Mr. Pearsa turned out to be Jess ufrad of the newspapers, and be very properiy went to Mr. Georgs Lewls, who bad ouco before veen justrumental iu obtainjug a conviction. Mr, Lewts bus a oack of seldom falliog In the cases which bo takes up. A few years ugo tho firm to which be belonge was “one of com- paratively little conscquence, for the chients of the elder Mr. Lowis by no means belouged to the fashiouable world. Mr. Lewls, Jr., struck & uew velu, and his wondertul success soou becaiuo the talk of tho professlou. £ is the atturney for wearly all the best newspapens fu Loudon, aud has bad uo little to do with the success of sotue of thew, He wave the London World ita tirst great 1t in exposiuyg the “usur- ers” at the Mansion House, not only Dr(nwiui the paper victorivus out of a Enuecullun, bul suoplylug the fuformution by which the viciory was galucd. He huppeued to kuow all thu secrets ot the trade, eud produced thewn with Immenio cllect. Ass crust-czamlver be bas scarcely au She was slmp) equsl In England, and none in Amerfea exeept Juidge Fullerton, I dare say Mr, Lewis * picks ™ his cases now, which may ba one reason why he soschlom fails, You cannot wonder that the 4 Arabjan perfumer " declared she wonld rather meet the d— than this much-dreaded solfcit- or, Rachel has now one seintion in store,~zhe can publish her batch of lettera and the names of her customere, Tha latter would be foundto conaist chiefly of unknown women, or women who would be glad to be unknown, Her sto- riesabont Lady Dudiey are, as I told you weeks :;l:n, merely part of her stock In trade as a swin- er. A FISI-STONY, We were making & voyage from the West Indles to New York, when the ship-fever broke wutamongthiecrew. One of thesallors—among the first victims—was accompanied by his son, aludof 14 years, who waa strougly attached to his father, ‘and remalned with him day and night, and never could be persuaded to leave his sick father for a moment. A larue shark was seen cvery day following the vessel, evidently for the purpose of devour- fmz any one who sliould die and be committed to the deep, After Wingering n few days the saflor died. An wnd the cialom at sea, he was sewed up o a bianket, aml for the purpoee of siuking him an oid erindstone and a carponter’s ax were putsin with him. The very lnpressive service of the Epbseopnl Church wus then read, and the body committed to the deer. % ‘The poor hoy, who liad watched the proceed- inza clokely, plunied tn ufter bis futher, when au enortnous shark swallowed them both. The second day sfter this dresdfulscene, as theshark cantinued to follow the vessol,—for there were others sick 1 the ship,—une of the sailors pro- pused, os they liad o ghark-hovk on bosrd, to make au elfort Lo take him. T'hey fastened the bouk toa larce rope, and, baiting it with a plece of pork, threw it Into the sea, and the shark Instuntly swallowed it. Huving thus hooked him, by means of a windlass they holsted Il on voard, After he was dead they prepared o vpen him, when one of the sallors, steoping down for thut parpose, suddenly vaused, and, after listenlug a few mo- ments, declared inoet sulemuly he hieard & low, guttural suund which appesred to proceed from the shark. The sulors, after enjoying a bearty inugh at bis cxpense, proceeded o listen for themnelves, when they were compelied to ad- mit they heard » siinilar sound. They then proceeded to open the shurk, when the mystery was explalned, 1t apucnrs the sallor was not dead, but fn a trance; nnd his sun, on making this discovery when inside the shark, lad, by means of his knife, riflwd open the blanker Having thus llberated his futher, they Loth went to wurk and righted up the old grindstono. The boy was turning, the father was holdivg on to thie old ship-carpenter’s ax, sharpeuinr it for the pur- pose of cutting thelr way out of thelr Jonah- like prison, swhich occastonied the nolse heard by the sallor. As it was the hottest scason of the year,and very Mttle afr stirring where they were at work, they were both sweating tremendously. ~—ZEzchange. NOT A CIARM, Detrolt Free-Iress. Dennison Cole came to the station and asked to be sent up. * Haven't you any work 1'" askad the Court. ¢ Not an ounce," was the mournful reply. “ How's your appetitel™ “ Al gone—all gone! I doun’t believo I could ont a mince-ple if I was paid for It," \ “ l'l, you £o up, you can’t eat auy early on- ons, s Never mind,~1"m willing to putup with the sucrifice,” * Root-beer will soon be on the fizz, and har- vest-npolea will be scen {u the land,” suggested the Court. “Whut does a weary, falnting man caro for flzzes, ana roots, and beerst” domanded the mai “But the circus-scason bas opened, Mr. Cole.” [ c.l'on't carc for *em,—1 never have money 20,' ** Don't you love to sit on the_curbstone and sce the l’:rlukuu:-cum £0 past]" * No." ** Dou't you sit around the ferry-dock to sec heartbroken girls jump into the river (™ *¢ Not asit.” ‘*Alr, Cole, has lifo no charms for yout" *Not a oue,—not as much 28 you can put on the p'int of alalr,” * Well, 't send youup. They have a new huck-u'\'v aod sixty conds of wood, and you capn—-' ** Bay, Judge, I gucsa I won't go upl” sud- denly put in the prisouer. 1 zucss you wiill" i"Judze "I'm off to Canadal I'm (n n hurry —I'm— “ You are booked, Mr. Cole, and, when you reach the lust cord of that hickory-wood, drop o anote, und sigu it * affectionately thine.’ Trot along, my lttle man," QUIPS, Tow to get along in the world—Walk. In purchasing an umbrella, says the Whitchall Times, always select o bluc-ribboned oue, ns it i3 the blue ribbons that witl keep you dry. Suand s so scarce In some of the {uterior countles that the people arc obliged to boil up “pew waple-sugar " for bullding purposes, Aud now n man has becu found who has com- mitted eleven murders. Ureat henvens! what o temoerance orator hie'd wukel—Twrner's Falls Jtevorter. Alexander I, Btophens got tost In the United Btutes Seoute-Chatmber u fow days ago, After a long search, he was found seated 1 David Davls' chatr.—New Orieans Times, A Fir-feteched Joke—In Alabama thev chiew tha tasseis of tho flr trees os o substitute for tobaceo, Which reminds us of the old adage, “ 1 firchewers and you'll be happy.” Hard wear: Plow shoes.—Kaised draftas Oucn Ventiators,~Tho sioallest rent: ‘The lewsed.—There I8~ nmel cumplatut of the bigh hotel rutes but exorbitunt charges are not con- fiued to Llzh hotels.~Uhicuge Commerelal Ad- vertlaer, *Several thousand years nzo, seven persons ongaged In o deadly combat ln which 15 now Lyons, Ry. Their skeletons, just unecarthed, show by tho attitudes that they wero fizhting when they died.” But why coitinuc to publisii ftems caleuluted to retard Southern immlgra- tion{ Let by-goncs bo hy-gones; woal the country wunts {s reconcllintion,—genulne recon- clltatiou.— Worcester I'reas, ——— THE MILITIA, &peclal Dispateh to The Tribune, SrainarinLy, 1L, April 28.—The Governor and Adjutaut General arg endeavoring to pro- cure from the War Department an extra supply of urms for Illinois fur the uso of the militla, and especlally an artlilery armament, which the Htate lacks, not baving even s completely equipped section of o battery. The project for baving a grand wilitary demonstration when the tattle-Haygs, war records, trophles, cte., arctrapsforred from the old Arsenal to the State-zlouss appears to be meeting with much favor, and it now seeins probable that a repre- sentation frotn each (llinols regiment will' be present ou the occasiun, The date for tho cele- brution has not yet heen fixed, but iv will prab- ubly take place within a few we —————— FINANCIAL, Derrotr, Mich., April 24.Benjamin Briceoe, of Detroit, and Robert @. Chandicr, of Cold- water, Mich,, have filed voluntary petitions In bauksuptey. The labilitics of the former aro $12,000; asscts, nominuly labilitles of the lat- ter, $10,000; asucts, uone. Hosron, Apru 2d.—The Matapsn paper mills, at lyde Park, the oldest fu New Engiand, bave shut down, owing to dull times aud lack of orders. 'This {s the nrst thne for 100 years, ——— LERDO. QavvestoN, Tox., Aprl 2.~The New’ Browusvitle speclul says that last alght a party uf eight or ten adberents of Lerdo left there for Banco Raucbe, where it is reported therals u foree of 2,000 waltlug an opportunity to cross into Mexlce. ———— SECRETARY EVARIS' AFFLICTION. Wixpson, Vi., April 23,.—~0u account of the serious illness of Mr., Evarts' sou Allen, at New York, the funeral of hia son Willlam bas beea stuoned. Mr. Evarts aud wifo leave to-night c?uou special train for New York. b PETROLEUM, 0L City, Pa., April 28,—The market opened steady, with sales ut §1.833¢, sdvanced to $1.39%, closiog at $1.30Y bid. Bhipmen m.mg‘ uxlaf. 7,840, ol ¥ i SUICIDE. Apecial Diapateh ta The Tridune, Creveranp, 0., April 23.—A suicide, cresting a8 profound scosation herc, occurred at the County Jall ibkis sfteruoon at 4 o'clock. An- drew Burwick, a8 well-koown citizen, who bad e was conshlercd dargerous from the He finally bor- and made some twenty cuts in his ln«‘v. one of these netrating the heart, and others severing the ugular veivs and the windpipe, When the turpkey came to the door to give him some icine, Burwick was standing, holding on the but, In 8 moment, ha fell down and dled. the tine of his arrest Burwick wos Assfste A aut County Auditor. e FIRES. IN CIICAGO. ‘The alarm from Box 470 at 12:10 this morn. ing was caused by a fire In the three-story brick buitding Nos. 23 and 30 \West Randolph eteect, owned by Cuameron, Amberg & Hoffman, and occupied on tho first floor by el MHoppt as a saloon, and upon the second and third flours by Charles Worlke and Henry Miner. Tho fire originated In the saloon fromn unkunown causer. Dawmage, $500 or there- aboute, upon which there was no Insurance o far as could be learneid, Woelke undd Miner lose about $25 cach by water, The hulldine fs dam- aged fo the extent of about 3300, upon which there is ample Insurance. A atill alarm to the Firc-Insurance Pateol at 5 o'clozk lest evening was caused by a flre tn tha cheap restauraut in the Vermont Block, No. 157 Fiith avenue, Damnze slight. PRIZE-FIGHT. A Bevy of the Elite of Flilladeiphia Enjoy A Felr Cinmpetre. Spectal Diapatch to The Trivune. PRILADRLURIA, Pa., Aprll 25.—The for was Just rising from tbe valley of the Schuyikill, yesterday morning, when a party of about forty roughs, most of them drunk, and all of them thoroughly disreputable fn kppuarance, drew up under a large tree in a meadow two miles above Manayunk, They had come out, as one of them expressed 1t, to “'avea bit of manly sport," which meant n prize-fight between John Maboney, aged 19, who realed 1754 pounds, stood five feet cleven inchies, and is generally known by hLis crouies in Kensington as the “Gilant Terrier,” and Fred Blugg, o Brumnzen steel-worker, who had receutly been dotne a **fiver " at Siue 8lug, and since he came to Philadelphia had not been at work, He s 27 years old, five feet tenand a half fuches n Lelght, and welghs about 163 pounds. The men made o match on Friday uight In a saloon, and each put up $10, which sum was supplemented by a purse of 820, aob- tained by subseription, for the winner, Tick- ots were fssued at €2 @ head, and the men went up to Mane ayunk Saturday, accompamicd by thelr tralners and backera. The greater crowd of rowdics left Ninth and Green strectson the carly traln, the teip affording them thne to get well suzked with whisky. The rive was inclosed by a clothes-line which Teddy Davie nad atolen from a farm-house not far ‘away. Time was called ot 8:55, and the men, clad only in drawers sud stockings, faced each other. There was much confusion outstde the rope, and the referee ordered stlence. Bume one eried out, “ L0 smack vou in der teeth!” The referec wont for this maw, but eame back in instant with u black cye. A generul row sce ed imminent, but cauler judzment soon Dre vafled, and the two men faced each other axul Iuthe tirat round, which Jasted flve minutes and a half, both partics got Lluod nearly ot the satae time, and a dispute arose, and two Hghts began outside the riug. These were quickly suppressed by a big darkey, who acted os tratn- er for Mahouey, and who went into the melee, kicked one ‘man sensefuss, knocked anothier. one down, In the sceond round both men clinched, and fell. The third round was Interruptedl by a Geht between two rowdles, ouc ot whom sinashe ed u quurt bottle of whisky uven the other's bead, badly cuttlng the scalp. The crowd mourncd the loss of the whieky, anl the man who had wielded the bottle was for a while in danger of rough treatment. Nobody kuew how this round resulted, aud, when order Was reator- ud, the men wont at it aguln, Each hud abloody face, but was Dot otherwise iulurul. A plek- ket attempted to **work” upon some- B&cly’- watch-chalu, snd, belng detected, called *Policel” "whereupon the crowd dispersed in many directions, I was one of the most disaraceful affuirs that ls tuken place in this Siate for years. Some of the parties arrived In this city at 9 o'clock this evening, among them the stakeholder, who savs hie Jost the money, Tho others have not report- cd s yet, but probably speut yesterduy after- noon fn walkiug back to the city. ————— CONVEYING REAL ESTATE IN ENGLAND. To the Editor of The Tritune. Dwiour, Ill,, April 25.—I find in a recent {s- suc of your paper some spectal correspondeuee from ‘London, purpurting tu be en account of the Eoglish metisd of conveying real estate. Having spent five years—thu “graauating* term—1in a solicitor’s oftice In the north of En- gland, T canuot help bLut notive several errors, or atleast great deviations from the practice of couveyance durlog my experience, twenty- iive years ago, in that part of the Kingdom, near Manchester; and I had good reuson to belleve that tho practice was uniforin, except in Middle- sex and the Weat Riding of Yorkshire, where there are registry oftices, affording the addition- ol saleguard of recording the conveyances. 1t s true that the posscseion of the titlodleeds for twenty years back or more, i3 prima-facie evidence of owncrship, These deeds aro usu- ally kept in safes or strong tiu box: They are mads of parchment, and always pass along with the land, except fu caso of s sinaller plece belng solil, when au attested copy of ke deed of the entire tract 18 furnished ns a muniment of title, Morcover, these decds usually recite, by a serics of “whercases,” a chafi of title auterior to the instruwent itself,—s0 that decds coveriug 8 &pace of twenty years may show title back for forty, or even sixty yeara;” sud they frequently do su, It 1s pot; however, usual to go back fin cases of long hereditary titles, where the uoble *incutbeut’ suicceds to a large vstate which has never been In conteo- versy. Such titles are usually takeu for grant. ed, just as we would take lor granted tue Litdes of the State, or the lilnols & Michigan Cunal, when twenty-ive or thirty years old, The use of the *“abstract "—which fs quite common o England—is completely lgnored by your currespondent, It is always furnisbed ut aucon-sales ol mortgaged proverty, as well us at private sales, In neitber of these cases are weontracts' necessanly or frequently used, The vendor and purciisser, or thelr sgents, muet snd negutiate, and the prive s tixed. ‘Then the purchaser, anxious to get o good title apd @ goml decd, poes to his so- leitor snd telis Wi wbat he has bouwht, and dpstructs him accurdingly, This solicitor thea calls on the vendor's sollcltor, who furnlshies sn “abstract of title,” which ls perused and carefully criticlsed, and sometines resulte In & paper culled *‘requisitious on title,” which requests the vendor to furnlsh a missing liuk beround there, ust as we do In this country, ‘The next thtuy fs to compary the abstravt with the title-de=ds, to ses that they arg ‘‘abstructed’ correctly, During sll this tlme, the deeds arc not ullowed fur u moment outof the sight of tho yendor ur his golicitor~ the compariog belnz done at his oftiee, The conveyanco fs then dratted by the purchaser’s solicitor, and s persucd by the vemdor's solicitor, who takes cure that his cllent sucus notbing but what wroper. ‘Lhe deed ¢n- grossed ou parchment ta then exvented, sud pasted over, with the vther parchucnts, to thy purchaser’s solicitor, who, at the sawe tune, Liauds over the woney, 1 bave kuown » case whero a duplicate copy of o lcase was usid &3 u basiv Lo borrow mouey upon; and afterwards the origival (both beng uu:dy slike) was stolen from the lessor by the wortgageor, und used for the sute purpuse,— the reswlt belnr thab the property was twics wortgzaged ; aod the mortzagees did not kuow it until one of them sttempted to forecluse, This, bowever, wus o leasehold-tenure, In frechold, fraud would not be so casy, A chaiu of perhope four or five title-deeds would have tu be forged; in some cases tbe probute or sttested copy of & wil wuuld Lave to be fabricated,~sll of which rujulre skill and luvolve heavy risks. Neverthe es8, about twenly vears ago a solicitor, amed Mclior, whom I kuew pensonally, forged und uin of titledeeds to exmnerly that bad uo exut- eoce, aud obtained ou mortgoge, as an_ sgent, large suws from contidiow old ladies. Ho e to this country, whero I saw him. He was wr- vested here, triod at Liverpool, and scutenced to trnuporuug:: beyoad the seas, where bo probably died, bs bo was then 70 years old. But ls our mode o conveysveing any better! Itis oot long since o vuse occurred in tbis County of Livingston, where o sharper forged o mortgage of a tract of Jand belonging to a well- tn4ly farmer, got it recorded, obtained an ab- stract of title at Pontiac, and sold and assigned the mortzuge to a well-known loan-agent tn Chi- camo. MNe imitatea the man's signature aud that of his wife, und vrocured a Notary's or Clerk's scal and acknowledzment. ‘And that I all he had to do! Not near sa difilvult as forzing u chain of lang titledeeds, It seems to me. Notaries and Clergs of Courts are too careless of their acals; and wejall know .that anybody can obtaln an abstract of anybody's titlo to property. I helped to detect and arrest i man who obtained $500 by personation and a forzed morteage. From your correspondent's acconnt, convey- ancing In London must be very different from its character in other parts of Eugland, He saya covenants of warranty are not given. During my experienco, covenants for title were slways contalned In every deed, unless in some few whith were expressly of the naturenf a uit-cl Uesides these covenants, there wus one that we shonld dn well to use here; nud that t8, a ‘‘covanant for further nssursnee.” I biave never secn It in this country, though it iay be used In the Kustern States. 1t obbigats the vendor to muke “*all such furthe deeds und assurancea in the IRw lor more per- fectly conveying anl assuringz sald Jand aud premises unto the said (purchaser), his_ leirs, exceutors, administrators, or assigus, os by himn orthem, or his or their counsel, shall be ad- vised, devlsed, and tendered to be executed.” The English rystein 3s by nu means perfect; but, while we are discussing the subject, it be. hooves un to conslder what fearful forzeries of mortgages and personation of owners of prop- erty could Le made here by a sbarper In league with a corrupt Itecorder, Deputy, or Clerk lav- Iu? uccess to the offlclal seal,~a cmmplrm‘ of only two persous! WM B. SLANDERING SILVER. A Malna Prescher Hears False Witness In s ¥ast-Day Sermon, Charging that tho Nntlon's Faith Was Viotated by the Passage # Sliver Bill—Uall Buintiton Lifts the Reverend Slandarer's Sealp. tail Hamilton, having ot done scalping ed- {tars, has taken the clergy in tand, auvd 1a mak- iuz thefr fur fly. Oneof them preached aser- mon in Portland, Me., against the remonetiza- tion of silver. A few cxtracts from ler thred- column “open letter to the offending cler- g¥.aan wilt convey au Idea of the mauner in which sho dressed him down: To the Kew. Edward Y, Hincks—Sin: 1o the Portland Adeerfuer of Avrll 12 appears 4 fast- day serinon by you, cotitled, ** Tuu Nved of » Cisil-8ervice Reform Btiown by the Passaew of the Sitver Bill," One of the most strenuons rules of faith and practice ju the Conzregational chiurchies s that well-known direction, “If thy brother shail treepues ayralnat thee, go tell lim his fauit be- tween thee and him alones If hie sbinil hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother” As a member in goud and regular standing of one Congrega- tioual church, while you are the brilllant leader of auotber, as a native and citizen of the Swte which 18 the offuctionate, if sometimes stern, mother of your own State, I feel o personal re- spousbllity for vour rood behavior; and [ there- fore propose, in accordancs with immemorial Congregatioual usage, to tell you your fault be- tween vou and me alone, fu love and the spitit of meckness. The text of your scrmon {8, * 8hall I connt them pure with the wicked bulances, and the baie of deceftful weights(' This, however, is not really your texts it is but u catchword. The actunl text whose spirlt breathes throush your scrion 1a: 1 thank Thee that ) am not ns other inen are, extortiuncrs, unjust, adulterers, or even oy tmy publican In Contress." In epeaking of the lute discussion of a great national Haanclal measure, of the passage of the Stiver bIL._suu rule out the possibility of all honest difference of optnlon, amd, assuming o more than Papal infalhibisicy, vou pronounce all those Congressmen who are not on your side of the question thieves and rubbers, Not content with this simple assertion, and disdaiviug so profate u process as the production of evidence, you admiulster to yourself the usual veoetit of clergy, clahin to be the mouthplece of Heaven, aud aunoutiee that the Creator of the Umverse 1s on your elde againat u bl-metallle standard. ‘These ure vour words: * The men whom we have clected to make our Iaws hase committed ju our nine a deed which is a atan upou our nationnl hunor, and un offense against a righteous God, Speaking as our representa- tives, they linve suld that we prefer to pay our debts tn o seant mensure, in order that we may defraud our crediturs 0 n partof what wo o . You mnke these statenents without the shadow of an attempt fo yrove theus, With one breath of your reverend lps you relegote thousands of your felluw-citlzens to the eziminal clagses, and briduce not a jor or tittle of evidence. You wive vo simi of having sv muen as looked futo the question yourself. You ure pollticully’ but an eghoeof celiovs, vet vou rise up in’ your oricatly oflice and your lay brothrén with # lavist ana lordiy band. KO BVIDENUR. ‘The only thinz which hovers on the border- 1and of evideuce for your wauton extravagance of nssertion is In theside remark: *The nation had so often devlated ite purpose of paying [ts deht, guld dollar for old dollar,” For lack of anything mote tangible fn your “loose expecto- ratfonof speeeh,' 1 must perforce avall mysell of this, aua nd you to vame that w cotzre- zatlon whaon you uddreas through the newspn- per the law, or statute, or hond, orother Instru- ment which was over uttered by this natiun, proausing **to poy gold dottur for gold doltar 1" Your sssertion s explicit, unmodiiied. No man, least of all 8 minwterof the Goepel, could be excused for making such a statemeat with. out kunowing whercot he aflrmed. Dut this §s what you huvu done, You band only to tura to the statutes of the United States amf you would have found that pever dld Con- gress utter ono word about payiog *u gola dollar for a gold dollar,” Never can you tind in Iaw or compact, expreesed or implied, that this Government acrevd tu pay *‘gold " sloue. 1n every statute Congress agreed topay ** coln,” and, where it specihied turther, it apecitiea tgold and siver’” [Iuevery cuse whers you flnd “gold,” you will Hod the words Hor allyer® fmmediately dded, [ you bad been willing te relluquish the doctrive ot plenary in- spiration wheu applyine yourself to peditics, and hud done so sceular a thing us to Jook fnto the history of our Louds, you would have found that, prior to July 14, 1570, il bonds of the Unlted States simply agreed to puy so wmany Sqlollagy,” without speedfylng th kind of Jdollurs, und heuce the inischievous Grecuback movement to pay the bonds tu paper. The fa- terest was provided for fo ‘*voln,’- but tho principal stmplv fu dollars. By the act of July 14, 1870, Lo provide for the refuuding of the Untted States debt ut Jower rates of (nterest, it was etl’ut:h!ly euacted that the bouds were puy- sblo *in the standerd coln of that daote,” Under that act neurly twelvo bundred milions of the bonded debt have been refunded, und the Cireenback imovement that bad nienacod our publlc credit was destroyed. That the silver dollar was at that date one of the " stundurd colna” of the United States,—fuil legal-tender, —l1 presusoe thut you whI uot veuture to deny. Lven after the assumed —do- monetization ot silver fu 1973, the bonds of the Unfted States all contained the same svecitic provision, Unly last swnmer a 3500 United btates boud of the new 4 per ceuts, wiich [ was so Bapby as to nold for o Heetiuy woinent, gave me time enough to read on fis fuco the samu detinition aud lnitation of the Government’s Hability to pav 10 the staudard coins us they existed July 14, 14 WIAT ALK £1{8 GHOTNDS! Ou what ground, then, do you charge upon scures of your fellow-citizeus, every one of then pleked men, nearly every ong of them with us sterling undswu ess & reputation for honesty s yourse!f; upon what ground do vou attempt to fasten upon them charges of dishonor aud diszrace! Upon what prouud do you lay the wicked balances and thu deceltful welzhts of tho proplict at their doort s ft that the stiver dollar weighs only 4135 gralnst Is nnvbod[v de- ceived orattempted tobedecelved by itd Tuituot openly and uubflul}' proclaiined that tho sllver dollar shall weizh fust 412§ grains! Wad not that its exact legal welzht when the bonds wers sued! Bring forward any agreement of the United Stutes; bring forward from the stores of your jusplration s ** Thus saith the Lord,™ that the sfiver dollur of the vation shall weigh wure than 41235 grains! 1 am not now speais- i of the wisdown of the siiver dollur vor ol the wisdom of its welght, but simply of Ity worality, You, reverend wlry allirm that ftisu stalu upon the vatloual honur, and that the wen who Jewalized it are upon a lovel with bank robe Inrs, DI2 vou reflect that more than two-thirds of both branches of Congress voted for the Sllver billf it 1 too much taask of the self-reapect which should wark you a8 an Anerican eitlzen, of the charity which should adorn you 24 3 Christisn minister, & presuwption, st fcun. In favor of the houcsty of motive und up- rightoeis 0f inteutlon of these, your country- wey, who wrs called upon to deal with a great natiunat wud futernativnal question? Yet ymb so Jgnurant that you do not know the prim. sud esscutial fucts of the siiver question, so un- cultured that you do hot kuow that such kuowl- edge 15 bmuerative or that such facts exlst, you, utterly without autburity uud withoud responai- bllity, risedu yowr pulpit sud leod all tho sane- tity "of your boly otlee to the declaration that forty and iwore Beastors, aud 20 Represeot. tives frum all parts of the vatiou, after prolou) cd, sud putlunt, und persisteut discussion, we- ing 1n the gage of the whole world, full frouting the record of history, foce to fuce with the bu- mediate disaster of Gallure, willtully stelucd the eal ont cohdemuatlon tipor ————— e honor of thelr country, deliberately and design- edly plunged tha natfon into frand1 Reverend alr, not a man in Congress, saint or stnner, wonld dare to trifle with either House by the wilid assertion which you so glibly pro- muigate from the pulpit, that *“the natlon lisd su ulten declared its purpose of paying ita debt, 2uld dollar for gold dollar,” and if in some temporary aberration he should so dare, not Jeast or fewest of the srguments wherewlth he wotild be Instantly slaughtered wouid be drawn from the recorded arguments of that sdeparted Maine Senator on whose grave you stand only toatab the living with fll-conceated weapons, but to wnomluu cangot refer in terms tuu high to be repeated and enlarged by those who knew Willtam Pitt Feasenden when lying and who Lonor him when dead, TUR NATION'S PATTIT NOT Vitoua FED. T count It no shame to your calllne er ta mino that we are lgnorant of the principles abd the history of finance, But I count it the very crline” of shame for you or me to stand up clad and crowned with Ignorance, and cry aloud that we are the people, and wisdom and hunor shall die with us, " I frankly admit that I count back only the months atuce I knew as little of all this as you. Even now iny ignorance is only less dense than yours. With y luberited fn- stinets and sny conuectfons wholly on the goid side of tha question, I have folluwed its discus sion with syiopathy rather than with (otelli- gence, But I have a supreme Interest In the honor of my country, and 1 have learned enoueh to kuow that the good faith of the i tion has not been violated. Nor yet, appurent- Iy, has ft heen dllcmflllmi. All the “recent disastrous effects which you assert, but which you forget to dealgnate, are yot jn the future, ‘Thie oue teat of our national ‘credit at home and abroad fs—not **the wild rantof dem- agogues ** which you find only in the American Congress, hut whitch flourfshes more abundantly 1 the pulpit and the press of the United States und England—is the value of our bunds, They have steudily risen both fn London and New York sluce the passaue of the Silver bill. Mors than this, the silver dotlor ftsell las so steadily and rapidly approximated to gold, that if you should turn your baz of deceitful’ welehts up- #ide down. thie hundred silver doliars that would tumble aut of it would be waorth, as 1 write, only 14)¢ cents leas than a hundred gold dollars; or, Lo bring it more clearly fo the clerival comnpre- henston, ore }euld dullar s to-day worth but an elghth part of a copper cent more thau one sil- ver dollar, —— SOAKED. DEADWOOD, April 23,—Tha mall matter thad was lost in Cheycnue River on the Bidney route Thursday, by the capsizing of a raft, was re- covered, ahd arrived here to<lay In o demral- lzed conditlon. ———— Native Penrl Versus Porcelaln. Dentlst's ware 18 8 poor sabstitate for Nature's. Let thuse who ro belleve, usc the Sozodont, which, It daily applied, will prevent all necessity for {;I:l hlcell.l by keeping the real onea lonnJ sud ealthy, ——— ces, with cold extremities, Sane ger. Tor sleaple ford’s Jamalc: — BUSINESS NOTICES. Bomething New.—Columbue nssnmed as s hfipfl\llclln that the world wis ronnd. Acting npon that assumption. the discovery of the Continent of America followed, and i courre of time tho ro- tnadily of the earth wan proved. Carbolie, & do- odorized cxtract of petroieum, the great natural balr-renewer, wan discovered In much the samo way, The presumption that if petrolemm would rmdn:e Lalr on horzes and cattle, why not on bald hea Y The experiment was tried anda found to mplete success, but the knowledge wia practically uscless to the prematurely bald and £ray, a8 no one in civilized soclety conld tolerate the use of potrolenin 08 a dresein for the hair, But the skill of one of our chcmists has overcomo the ditiicaity, ~Tly a orocess known only te b self, ho has, after very clanorute and costly exe perimente, siiceerded 1n deodorizinz petroleam, which renders 1t susceptible of being handled as datntily as the famous can de colugne. A few ap- plications, where tho halr was thin and faliing, fnve remarkable tone and vigor to the scalp, and & ung and fuxurlant growth of Lalr was fnvariuni thoresult. ILaleo wives that peculiar soft an siiky apnearanco to the hair su much aongbt alter by all who would be vosscesed of beauty. It is cmlln&'lnnd cleanly, removes dandrafl, cores nil 1 2 ;en lnflllletlorml all that is claimed for s in drugs and wediclnes. deal CATARIIX REMEDIEN, SANTORD'S RADIC.%];;I CUR‘E T A P INATANTLY NELICYEW AND FERVANENTLY CUNES $NeuziNG on HEAD Colim, caLLED ACUTE Ca- TALNNG THICK, YELLOW, AND FOUL MATTERY AC- CUMULATIONS 18 THE Na#al PAssAGEs CALLED Cnnoxic CATARRIE; BOTTING AND BLOCOIING 0¥ THE DOXES OF THE NOE WITH DIsCHANGZN OF LOATIMONE WATTER TINUED WITIE DLOOD, AND Ule CENATIONS OFTEN SXTENDING TO THE Ean, Eve, Tunosr, AND LUNu#, CALLED ULCERATOIE Ca Tanmi. Auso, Neavovs lrapacue, Dizzisibas, Croupgy MEMony, DCEOEsSION OF SPINITY, aNf Luss or NEnve Powzn. GENUINE MERIT. A Uruguist’s Teatimany, Gentlemen—We helleve Sanford's ladical Cure tobe ajrenulie merliurinue presaration, Bome of our cus: 1t ere wrs extravegaut i thielr pratec of It D. DEFUKD & CO. Otiawa, Kus., Feb, 2), 1874 BETTER SATISFACTION. A Drugxist’s Testimony. y suld Banford's Ratlcal Care for Ives better sutlafaction ave oversold. A. I, HOBEWRTS, h ), 1878, e, Pleseant, Ia., b COMPLETE SATISFACTION. A Druaxist’s Testimony. (Glentlemen—1We liave been selitng fanford's Tiadical Cure for the lasl year. Un hoatart our sales wera wmull: the peopls were increduluis, 1t Leing W most of them w new preparatiun, sud they could buy 8o many ciie Aies fop 25 centaund 50 cents. Nod \ha Price i bjact. Wosell marn of th ltadical C rrl tmedies pus towether, aud [ lnve et 1o howr of u cute (Bat it hua ot given the b s - Ve 5. arrvono, 19 W, Iigh-st., Oskalooss, Ia., Feb, 23, 1873, ' SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE. HANFOILD'S RAUICAL CURE le & Local and Con. stitutionsl ltemedy. 1013 fulisled, thug acting direetly [ 7 upan b vitice taken {aternally, th Blateatizing &nd purlfying u e jeldiged blood, A o and wungerbul semedy. dertrflug tho erm uf (be dis- Sase, 'rico, with luiprored Lubaler aud Treatise, $1. Ly alj draiaa s b ERs WOt Wiulesals Druggtala, Hvaton, Sinss, 3 AND SUFFERING CAUSED BY Hheumatism, Neurulgin, Paralysls, Cramps, wt, Vitus® Dance, Scintica, 11ip Complafuis, Sploal Aectiune, Norvous Irritations, Eple lepay or Flis procesding from Hhocks ta the Nervous Systens, Kuptures aud Stralas Bralsow, Contusiuns, Weak and Joluts, Nervous und Beeble Muscular Action, (ireat Sorencss and Teas deruces lo auy Part of the Body, Weak and Paiuful Kiduoys, Great Tenderness of the Kidnoys, nud Weak and Lawme Dack, eaused by Chronio Infammation of the Kid- ney uce Jtelloved by COLLINS’ VOLTAIC PLASTERS, “ARE DOING WONDERS."” & otter—Qetlement Collto: PR ot Noodere. “They work. N agd those you seut last aro ate. Bond Toe thres dusen s s00a Ay yu €95 this. " Noaey Iuciosed besewitl, 1 waat themi to-morrew slgbt If possible, Lo baste, yours L b0y ey pLuL Xo. Fayette, Ma., May 1, 14 . PRIOE, 25 CENTS. Bold by att Wholeaste tad Uetall Drugglata shiooghy out the United niate: s POTIEK, Propricw: to »' MEETING, OFFICE_CHIC3GO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD 0, D April21 1978, nous! Meating of the Btockbolders of tha Chl- oz [sland & Pacitc Ralirad Co., for the eicce tlon of Directors pursuant Lo law, and the trsasaciiva of such vtler buslness sa ey come befure them, will e S e ey YUl e, wk 14 4 cagy, ou Wedueaday, o u'.sfiueku- w. HUGM BIUDLE, Presldeat. ¥, L. TOWS, Bocretary,