Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1878, Page 4

a THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. MAY 23, 1878, Thye Tuibwwe, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One capy, per year. it of Four. Epecimen copt ree. ive Post-Oftice address In foll, fucinding Stateand County, . Remittances maybe mada efther by draft, expres, Post-Office order, or In reglstered letters, at ourrisk. TERMS TO CITY BUBSCRINERS. Dally, delivered, Bunday excepted, 25 centa per week. Datly, delivered, Sunday Incloded, 30 cents per week. Address THR TRIDUNE COMPANY, Corner Madtson and Dearborn-sts.. Chicago. Tl Orders for the delivery of Tne TRtnux®at Evanston, Englewood, and Hyde Park left {n the counting-room ‘wiilrecelve prompt sttention. TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES. + "TnE CmicAGO TRIRONK has established branch oces forthe recelptof subicristions and sdvertisements as follows: . NEW YORK-~Room 29 7ridune Buflding. F. T, Mc- Favpex, Manager, PALIS, France—No. 18 Ruo da Ia Grange-Datellere. L Manvee, Agent. * LOSDON, Eng.—American Exchange, 440 Strand. Hixxr? F. UiLtta, Agent. RAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Palsco Hotel ——— TADMUSEMENTS, Hoolry’s Theatre. Randolpn street, between Clark and Lasalle, *ark Theatre Company, *‘Hurricanes,” THinverly’s Thratre. Monroe sireet, corner of Dearborn, Rice's Extravas tanza Combiuation. *‘Conrad the Corsatr.” New Chicago Theatre. Clark strect, opposite tho Sherman Houss, Varlety Olfo. Btone's Clrens, Lake Front, foos of Madlson strect. Atternoon and svenlog, g Mothodist Chiurch Block. No. 107 Clark strcet. Edison's Speaking Phonograph. SOCIETY MEETINGSa peeing this Ticwdsy' e Dother1h ety b, Gocied 1 fonros st. | Al meinbers aro requerterd th be prosent, Tl tratcruity cordiully invited. C. 1. CANE. ASHLAT LODGE, N TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1878, Greenbacks at the Now York Stock Ex- chango yesterday closed at 99, The Sonate yestorday decided by a close vote—28 to 2G—to take up tho bill forbid- ding the further retiroment of logal-tender notes. Among the nays were soveral Sena- tors who will support the measure, but who want to bave the unfinished approprintion bills disposed of before the Sanato onters upon o proteacted financial debate, " Jndge Davis, of Iilinois, has valnly gonght to servo his constitnonts by securing the passage of a bill providing for the appoint. nent of an ndditional United Btates Circuit Judgo for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, com- poscd of the States of Xllinois nnd Indiaua. Bucl au incrense in the Federal Judiclary would greatly relieve tho prossure of busi- ness upon the Court, and it would scom that no better nuthority than Judge Davis conld Lo nsked for the neod of tho sdditional Judge, But the measure meots with no favor among the Demacrats, who proposo to deloy nction antil the appointment can be mndo by a Democratio Dresident, Mean- whilo tho necessitios of tho peoplo can it - — Tho._ validity of tho ordinance racontly passed i:y tho Common Council, imposing a liconso tax of £G0 onch upon all the strogt- cors oporated in tho city, was yenturd;ny argued beforo Jndge BronaerT, of the United States District Court, upon a motion by tho City Attornoy to dissolve tho lemporary in. Jusction alroady jssued to restrain the col- . lection from, apd tho payment by, the com- panics of the $50 license. Tho declsion of the Court was adverso to tho city so far as it relates to the tomporary injunction, which is continued in forco pendiog o final argu- ment and henring of the quostions of law involved. From tho langunge of the decis- don of yesterdny, it would appear ‘settled that the city can hope for no botter resnlt upou o final Loaring, and that tho street. car companies will bo sble to sucoessfully resist the payment of the tax, A Washington dispatoh says that Senator Bec, of Kentacky, ** introdnced a bill to re. peal tho xisting taxos on eapital and depos~ its of banks and bunkers, and to impose taxcs on u dividend in excoss of 8 por-cent, Roferred.” The banks of the West and South would be qnite willing to bo taxed on all dividends in cxcoss of B per cent, on tha conditions named, and tho banks of ' the Eaat would undoubtedly bo willing to stand o dividond tax in cxcess of G por cont, 1 tho tax on capital and doposits was repealed, the rates of intorest would fall 1 to 2 per cent throughout the United States, While the tax is collocted by the Government from the Lanks, it is really pald by those who borrow monoy, Iepeal that bank tax and the rato of iuterest would come down on sn averagoe 14 per cent, taking tho whole conn- try together. Tho reduotion would apply to monoy loaned on mortgages as woll as on personnl securlty, becauss, as the rate of bank disconnts doclined, all money for loan would bo choaponed, ‘b tox is an oppres. &lon on tho business and debtor class, e ———— A'very important clement of the Demo- cratio plan of Moxicanization way yestorday accured in the Iouse by the adoption of that clause of tho Army bill which roduces the ariny to 20,000 men, At the sawe time it was decided thot the Indian Bureau shall bo translerred from the Iutorior (o the War Department, thos adding great- Iy to the duties of tho roduced forca of soldiers who aro to stand between sufely aud peril, betweon Communisia sud Democratio revolutionists on oue slde, and the peaco aud permanency of the Republic on tho other. And for still greater security agaiust possible hindrance by the army tho revolutionists® tacked on & clause which is intended to complotely tio tho President’s Landsin the event the ariuy shonld be nesded to enforeo tho Federal laws or to suppress domestic violence upon the call of the Gov- €rnors of States. Horo is revolution organ. izing with a rush, aud preparation making that tclls with startling distinctness what sy be looked for when o Republican Senato nolonger bars the way to & complete over- turving of the Government. On Bunday wo printed o statement of the recoipts of graln in this city during the week ending noon, May 25, That statement showed that, roduced to bushels, the receipls of grain by rail and canal during the week wera 8,106,000 bushels, of which 2,096,950 Lushels were corn, and 487,512 wheat. Of theso receipts, 69,250 bushels were roceived by canal, the rest by rail. Tho number of cané arriving wege 7,630, Yestorday, how- ever, the receipts of grain excoeded thoss of auy previous dsy in the history of even Chicago. There wero 43,400 bushels of corn received by canal, and there were 1,966 cars losded ‘with corn. Includ. ing whent, onts, rye, barley, and corn, the total roceipts yesterday tere 1,060,000 bushols of grain. As an illusten- tion of tho enso and facility for handling these roceipts, and the admirable railroad nauagement in thig city, it is only necessary to say that the total number of cars bring- ingin this grain was 2,624; that, on tho arrival of these cars, they have to bo assort- ed and switched to tho varions %varehouses, the grain hns to be inspected and waro- honsed, and the cars have to be emptied and hauled out to make room for thoso arriving. The arrival, assortment, switching, and un- londing of 2,624 cars of grain inadayis a task indicating prompt, complete, and suc- cessfnl msungement. The receipt of over 1,000,000 buskols of grain in a single day is 6n ovent of rare occnrrence, The people of the United States may now prepare their minds for tho real issno to be detormined at the Congressional elections this foll—the fssue of revolution or no rev- olution, Thers is no longer any renson to donbt that the control by the Domocrats of both Honses of Congross from and after March 4, 1870, moans the consummation of: tho rovolutionary project already set on foot—that of unseating Hares and seating TruoeN, The letter of Cranzsox N, PorTen, printed this morning, is & virtual admission that such o purposo ig distinctly contem. plated as among the possibilities of the Electoral investigation, Mr. Porrer's indi- vidual disclalmer of any revolutionary intent goos for nothing alongside of his significant suggestion that, *if it shonld appear that thora was fraud which palpably affocted the Eloctornl vote, frand which the Electoral Commission did not notice, and {f the legal remedy oxists for correcting the error,” such a procecding under the law would not noces- sarily load to disturbance; to which 18 added the further suggestion that if no suitable law to effoct this purpose now ox- ists, such n law should bo passed. To ndmit the possibility of a disturbance of the Presidontinl tenure as contingent upon the rosulla of o partisan investigation organized for that express purposs, is to ad- mit the whole case away. Tho object of the investigation is to find fraud which the Electoral Commission failod to notice, and upon that finding to ** correct the errge” Ly which Harves, instead of TirLpex, bolds the oflico of Prosident, This ia tho plain mean- ing of the Porrzn letter. THE REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMME., The New York Sun, with s very differont purpose, takes the sama view of tho so-called *‘investigation” at Wnslington ns that taken by Tne Cmicaco Trisuxe. It maintains that tho movement is aimless unless it contom. platos an nttack on President Havzs' title, with the ultimate purposo of deposing him from offico. 'This is certainly the only log- fcal viow of tho Porrzn resolution. It is admitted that the investigation itself will involve an onormous ontlay of publio mioney, which shonld not be incurred for the mere purpose of n partisan advantage, It is admitted that the proposed lino of investi- gntion will be precisely tho same as that which was taken by tho Democrats pending a sottlomont of the disputed eleotion, Itis admitted that nothing new has been de- veloped in Lounisiana; and Mornmox, who was in chargo of the previous investigation in that State,'is authority for {he statement that nothing new will bo discovored. Itis admitted that the Florida witnesses aro solf- confessed aconndrels, whosorecont statoments woro made becauso the Administration ro- fnsed to tako caro of them, and were brought out by setive agents in Tinoen's interest, It is admitted that tho Democrats persistontly shut out all inquiry into tho eloction affairs of othor Btates, which might vitiate any claim that Tioex may sot up that he law- fully ncquired a majority of lawfal votes. The only rational conclusion, then, ia that there s an intention to establish by porjury if not by proof that tho Eloctoral votes of eitber Lowsiana or Florida wero given frand- ulently to Hares, and to mako this demon- stration n wmeans to tho ond of Hares' ro. moval 5 Tho force of tho Sun's statement does not rest alone upon its own logio; it gaine addi- Alonal rospect from tho fact that the Sun is really tho prime mover in tho wholo affair, This nowspapor haa kept alive the ery of *Traud!” It is known to be Titoex's per- sonal organ. It calls apenly for the removal of 1laxes, and professos confidenco that this result will uow bo achieved. It polnts out that Mr. Porrem, when endeavoring to goin the support of the Houthorn Demo- crats, morely stated that the first purpose was to investigate, ond that future nction would be determined by the result of tho iuvestigation. The Sun is, moreover, ac. creditod with haviug made the preliminary arrangements for the invostigation, and hav. iug worked up tho so-called * confessions” which afford the pretext for proceeding, Finnlly, thero s little doubt that the Sun, ns Tiuoex's principal ugent, nssisted by cortain disappoluted and schoming Republican politicians, has been the ohlef influenco in giving tho insignificant Brais memorial the diguity of a national rovolution, In obeying tho Sun and the interests it reprosents, the Domocratio caucus undoubtedly undertook to carry out the ouly purpose of the Sun and those it reprosents, via, 1 The romoval of Haves nud the substitution of Tioey. The-Domocratic programme is to securo a mafority fu both Houses of Congress, aud then pass & rosolution recognizing Tiroky as President, and refusing forther ofiicial inter. course with Haves, Additional evidsuce of this fact {s found in an interviow pu“lished by the Washiugton Post which an attache of that paper Liad with Wirtiax Prer Kevioaa, Benator from Loulsiana and onp of tho mal. conteut Repoblicans, Kerrooe maintaing that Congress can oust Hayzs by mere joint or conourrent resolution on the basis of Mr, Evaurs’ instructions to the Commission which visited Louisiana. Ketroca then quotes Mr, Evants to the effect that, if o single and undisputed Logislature could be obtained in Louisians, that body would be competont to establish the State Govern- ment, This was done in Louisiana, the Leglulatare rocognized NicuoLis in prefer- ence to Pacxanp, and Nicuonrs became CGoveruor, Therefore, says Kriroaa, very sbsurdly, it is only necossary for the two Housos of Cougress to agree upon a recog- nition of Tibex to bring abont a slmilar result in the National Govern. mont, Of course this argument is too puerile to require serious discussion, and we rofer to it ucrely to show what tho aim and procedure of the cabal are to be. The fact that the Prosident's title is slready res adju- dicata, that Congress has slresdy decided the dispute in favor of Havus and thereby ex. hausted its constitational function, does %ot make tho slightest difference to the conspir. atord; they proposo to override the Consti- tation to gratify their own epite, groed, and ambition, All this leads up to the purpose of Mexi- canization which we have charged against the Democratic cancus. Tho theory is naga- tory of all stability of Government in a Re- public. Tho success of a first nttompt will be as surely followed by a merfes of revolu- tions and perpetnal anarcby as was the first attempt in Mexico, which has nover left that country in a condition of pesce. The Dem. ocrats are proceeding in such a manner as to donote a desperate effort, It will not be pos- sible to carry out their schema before the next Congress, in which .they connt upon a majority in both Houses, They de- sire, thoreforo, to drag out the *‘investiga- tion"” beyond the endurance of the presont Congress, and so ennble their one-sided, por- tisan Committes to hold the result in abey- anco till tho noxt Congress shall have been elocted. They propose also to make the "lnvungnl(un”‘ secrot, o that they can practice decoption upon tho peoplo and use the protonse of fraud as an agent in the Congressional clections of the coming fall. It is said that they will have tho netivo co- operation of Bex Burzen in all this, so that the Ropublicans will roally be ropresented by only threo membors ns ngainst eight. But they ignore one essential featurs of their work, viz,: Thoy havo made the fssuo of Revolution, whatever the result of the in. vostigation may be, and it will bo on that issue that tho American poople will chooso the next Congress. Every citizen who shall voto for a Democrat ms & member of the noxt Congross will, in effect, vote for Mexi- canization. — TEE IMPOTENT’ AND MALIGNART ‘MA- JORITY IN THE HOUBE. 'Tho programme of the Domocratie party in Congrosa is to have no more logislation at this seasion,—to pasa the Appropriation bills ond devote the romaindor of the time to a partisan, ono-sided procecding called an in- vestigation, to smirch the charactor of tho Prosident and some Republican leadors, and then go home to howl until November of the ** great fraud ' committed on Sam Trroey. There is not n rational Democrat in the land who favors a trinl of the Presidential title who ia not in favor also of the Moxican plan of deposing the President whenover tho ma. jority in Congresa is personally opposed to him. Tho country has had enough of civil war, s hod enongh of armed revolution, it has heard enough of the bulldozing and the Roturning Boards, and wishes to Liear no more of thew ; nnd the neglect or refasal of Con. gress to poss legislation of vital importanco for the purpose of firing the popular Leart to the point of revolation to ejoot ono Prosi- dont and put in another will, as these men may soon discovor, arouso an outraged peo- plo in their own dofonse to punish such an act of trenchory. Congress has been in session since tho 15th of October,—more than soven months, —and tho only act of general legislation hins bean the not romonetizing silver, which was obtained not bocause of any disposition on the part of the Domocrats, but becausa of the imperativo demand of the people, expressed insuch form ns loft no discration to Con. gress, Dosides that, thero has been no genernl legislation, and for this neglect the Iouse of Roprosentatives is cspocially rosponsible. That body had an abundance of leisure to devote n woek to tho trial of one Door. keoper and tho clection of another. That wes to make room for an ex-Confederate Brigadier. The fact that the country nceded logislation of a gencral character, aud affect- ing directly tho intorests of tho wholo people, soems novor to have received a thought from this most iuconsiderata legislative body. Yho present Congress was tho first that mot after tho oxcitivg and threatoning con. sideration of the Prosidontial count. That cloction cstoblished that our present machin- ory forthaeloctionof a Prosident was danger- ously deficiont, that it-was hinblo to bo abused, and offered no protection ngainst frauds and dishonesty, Theso dofocts wero concoded, and thero wns n national unanimity in de. wanding that these dofects should bo cured by immediate - and sufilciont legislation. For seven months Congress hins been In sossion, and not ono serious stop hns boon takon to avold thoe possible repotition of the occurrences of the last olection, ‘Weeks lave boen given .to all manner of trivinl matters, but not one hour or day could be apared to tho consideration of the non. partliin question of averting disputed Presi. dential elections a nd civil war by providing conatitutional means of provontion. Inatead of timely and proper logislation on that sub- Joot, the House hus devoted itself to a schemo of overturning the last eloction nnd precipi- tating *a civil war on the country to make old Tioes Prosident. The country has for years Leen onduring o system of taxation which has had no parallel in modorn’ civilization. On various protexta Congress las evaded action on the tariff, until at lust its frauds nnd its encour. sgement to perjury and suuggling have made it offcnsve to the uation, It in concedod thatthe roveuuo is defrauded in Now York City to the oxtent of $3,000,000 a year on sugar alone, and Mr, Keuixr estimntes aud properly that the Troasury is robbod to the extentof §20,- 000,000 mora revenuo sunually by under-valu. ations, In themeantimo tho taxation renins oxtortionate, and the collection of customs is 8 grossly dishonost as was the tax on spirits, Oongress, howaver, has not been able to consider this subject. Indeed, tho majority of tho members are as ignorant upon the details of thetarifl asif thero had never beon o tariff in force iu this country, As to the selection of a Doorkeeper; tho mombers ore experts, perfectly at home, and always ready for action; but on a quos- tion of taxation, divectly affecting tho earn- ings, the wages, oud the cost of living of every wan and family in the land, they can- not be driven ianto an intelligent dobate. ‘To Benate, with almost entiro unanimity, passed o bill months ago authorizing tho issue of 4 per cent bonds of small denom. inations, tobe sold at par in exchange for greenbacks and coin. Theso bonds were for the uso of persoos of small means, wlo could purchase a $25 or 100 bond, gud keep it at small intorcat until such time as they bad occasion to pay away the money. A bundred willions of dollars of these bonds can find ready market among the people, enabling the Y'reasury to save two millions of dollars annually in interest on each million, but the House of Representatives refuscs to even consider that bill or per mit & vote upon it. In like contempt of tho public mnecessity sod of the popular wish the House refuses to consider any bill authorizing postal savings banks, There aro over ono thousand millions of dollars of the people's savings locked up in private bauks without security and without protec- tion. Bcores of these iustitutions have failed, sinking the hard-earmed sccumula. tions of the thrifty Jaborers, The other sav- ings banks are ¥q that perilous condition that thoy may ba unable to pny their depositors. In the very presenco of this actunl calamity the House. bf Representatives is ntterly im- movable, It peremptorily rofuses to con- sider and act on the snbject, and, thongh half adozen of bills are now pending, all legislation is indefinitely postponed to let the Houso investigate the Lonisiana and Florida elections cf 18701 The Greaser Houso has shown itsolf to bo ineapable of useful legislation. It hasshown itsel? to bo ignorant and maliclous, ineapa- Ule of rising above the intrigues and vin- dictivoness of a parly caucus, postponing all things at tho suggestion of a party success. The Houso acted vigorously enough in eject- ing half a dozen Republican members, legally elected, to make places for as many Demo. crats who had beon dofeated; but to the appeal of tho millions of dopositors in the savings banks who ask for parmission to de- posit their savings in the Nationnl Treasury the House ia obstinately and deflantly deaf. In o fow, wooks thase Democratic mombars will bo coming home shouting * Fraud, frand,” and proclaiming the perjured con- fessions of bribed and confessedly-infamous wretches and adventurers in Florida and Lonisiann. They will be asking re-election, in ordoer to got back to Washington to in. augurato a rovolution of tho Grenser-Moxican stylo,—~the expulsion of one President and the proclamation of another. They will be loud and vehement for another civil war, another upheaval of indnstry, another crush. ing of trade, commerce, and employment. They will tell tho peoplo they had.no time to discuss taxation, to reduce taxes, to place the national bonds fn the hands of the peo- ple,—~no time togiva safoty and socurity for savings doposits,—no time for indusiry and peace ; their whole time was devoted to a proparntion for commotion, civil war, nnd the Government of tho Union on the Mexi- can plan. Let the peoplo at the polls give these idle, incompetent, falso, and treachor- ous Representatives that defeat thoy have so richly merited. THE WISCONSIN CYOLONE. The epoch of oxtraordinary events In the natural as in tho political world seems to bo ot band. An unusuolly warm winter for this climate was followed by a spring that finds no parallel for salubriousness in the history of the sottlement of the Mississippl Valloy, Nature appears to have beon moody and erratio sinco the yoar of grace 1878 made itsndvent; now tho midwintor months put on the genfal airs of the summer solstico ; and now exchanging the zephyr's grateful mildness for the destructive and dovastating florconess of tho most powerfnl tornados ; aud now most extraordinary exhibitions of the frenzy of the natural elemonts seom to De in order. Tho recent torriblo ** explosfon * of tho immense flouring-mills at Minne. apolis was cansed by somo ‘powerful agont that hns ps yot cacaped having the responsi. bilty fixed upon it by any of the exports, practical millers, Coroners’ juries, and sciontifio investigators that have thus for testified in tho case, Nobody knows whothor the oxplosion ocourred beforo the fire, or whother tho fire causod tho explosion, —tho only thing that is certain is that there was explosion, firv, deatruction, and doath, Au onginoer in one of the neighboring mills who witnessed tho doparturo of tho roof of tho Washburn Mill skyward when tho catns- trophe ocourred, cought tho hight to which it ascended by somo stationary objeots near by, and afterwards, with his instruments, fixed tho distanco ot something over 000 feot. Somo parta of tho timbera woro landed in 8t. Paul, five miles away. If tho mill had been filled with gunpowder and ignited, the rosult could not have been more disastrous, Compared with such & powerful and uncon. trollable ngent, whatever it may be, guo-cotton and nitro-giycerino aro rola- tivoly safo and onsily managed ocom. pounds. In tho Miuneapolis disastor thero waa o union of mechanical or artificlal caunscs with thoso thataro natural or unknown; bat in the terrifie cyclone that awept over o certain portion of Wisconsin last week, tho simplo but terrible clemonts of Nature held high carnival, bringing destruction, devasta- tion, aud violont doath. It was an oxhibi. tion of force and power sufficient to appall tho brovest heart, and in its scientific ns- peets affords m subject of the greatost intar- eateto tho mind of tho careful investigator, Theso two extraordinary evonts, ono ocour- ring in Minnesota and the othor In Wiscon- sin, in close proximity to each othor in re. gard to time, and both uuprocedentedly dis. astrous to lifo and property, will bo nsso- clated together in the public mind for some time to come,—marking an ora in men’s lives with indeljble acouracy, and fixing o perma. uont dato in the history of the localitiea where thoy occurred. Some charsoteristics of the Wisconsin cy- clono were vory morked, One eyo-witnous doscribea its progress through the country as an immonse bounding ball of dense black clouds,—now rising bigh in air ond skipplng over considerable spaco of country, and now desconding again upon the carth witha terrific violonca that no human work could with. stand, crushing buildings as if they were made of straw, or tossing them liko feathers into the upper regious of the air and tearing them to atoms. Anothor singular plonome. non was tho internal ovolutions and contor- tions of this mighty globe of wind and cloud. Whilo it swept turongh the conntry in n direct course with prodigious violonce and force, a portion of its power scemod to bo resorved for iuside sorvico, liko a wheol whirling within a whool, and many an objoct was thrown far outsido of tho trail of tho oyclone on cither side, or tossed far back in its renr, s n ,gigantio gymnast throws the balls over his head at the close of tho per. formance, A woman was caught and carried up 400 feot in the air nnd dashed upon the ground stone doad, with both arms broken, theshoos stripped from her foet, and her body 65 black s tho ace of spades. The mighty avalanche of wind carried some of the dobris over filteon miles, IHorres were taken up outof tho flelds and carried hundreds of rods, snd dashiod to atoms upon the ground when the insane fury of the hurricane was through with its gigantic spdrt. Tuos seemod to rulo the hour, and divide the honors with Death. Some portion of the path over which this tempest serpent moved is as clean of houscs, barns, fonges, orchards, ote., as the face of the lawa aftor the pas. uage of the mower., The doath-roll is still incomplete, but it already numbers over fifty, ond the loss of property destroyed must reach over hilf & million dollars. It is oue of the fow cases whero the first reports were not greatly oxsggerated. Bubsequent investigations ounly rovealed the fact that the dotails wero more heartrending and terrible thau the generalization. The nnsatiafactory aspect of the case is, that 1o human sgency can provide a remedy egaiust o ropetition of this terrible calamity, Sclentifio knowledge isas helpless here as the 008t profound iguorance. To provent such an exhibition of Nature's wrath, to’ speak suporstitionsly, is impossible; and to guard agamst it equally so. And what makes it all tho mors uncomfortable is tho well- anthonticated fact that these cyclones aro on tho incrense yoar by yoar, especially in tho West. EUROPEAN WAR-OLOUD PASSING AWAY. The clouds which hava overspread tho po- litieal horizon of Europe aro rapidly dissi. pating, ond there is now no doubt that Rus- ein has mnde such concessions to English demands that tho Congrass will ba hold and the entirg treaty of Ban Btefano come bofore it for discussion. In this respect, the ex. treme iliness of Gonrscraxorr, which indi- cates approaching dissolution, has been favorable to Rnssian intorests, sinco it laft tho field of diplomnoy open to the Ozar and Count Bonouvarorr, who hiave always beon moro pacific then the pugnacions Premier, and peither of whom desire o precipitate a general European war, The conrse of Rus. sin in making these concossions has been ominontly wise and well considered. S8he had nothing to gain by a war with Euvgland; on the othor hand, thero was a possibility sho might lose hor prosent gromnd of van. tage. Whatever issues may result from the mooting of the Congress, it is evident that Russla will reincorporate in her dominions thio Bessarabian strip, which she lost in 1855, ~—a loss which hns been alinostas humilinting to her na the loss of Alsace and Lorraine has beon to France. The certninty, however, that such o retrocossion will bo made has alroady transformed Roumanin from an ally into an enemy, bLecause the territory must come from ler, she recoiving in exchange n sirip of tho Dobrudscha marshes that she doos not want. In case of war with Ep.. gland, as Russia conld not use the ssaboard, sho would have to go through Roumanis, and the latter being hostilo she would bo compollod to oceupy the territory. To keep Roumania undor subjection and protect her communications and basis of supplies from ralds would requiro nearly a hundred thonsand men, whilo England wonld have full sweep of tho seabonrd, east nnd sonuth, and besides would undoubtedly place noarly half a mill- ion Turks in tho ficld in addition to her own forcos. Under the most favorablo oircum. staucos, thorofore, it would bo a terribly ex- hausting war for Russia. Evon if she should sucoeed in retaining her hold upon Bulgaria and forcing n peaca upon anything like the terms of the San Btofano troaty, it could only bo at tho cost of an immenso ineronso of her indebtodness, utter financinl disor. guuization, nod enormons loss of life. The most that sho could got at the end of such a war would be very little moro than sheia entitled to expeot ot the hands of the Con- | gress. In sucha war sho would Lave to en- counter another risk that has always stared her in the face, without the possibility of which England would nover bave plucked up courage to make so decided n stand. Even beforo war with England was throatened, it was with the utmost difficulty that tho fitteon millions of Hungarians wero pro.” vented from notively espousing the cause of tho Tarks, It Austria should meke common causo with England, hor way ncross tho fron. tior into Poland on the ono sido and through Transylvania into the Solavio provinces on tho other would bo unobstructed, while Rus- &ln would bo left with only Borvia for an ally, who would spoodlly bo overrun by the Aus- trinns, 1In evory possible aspzet of the caso, Russia hns boen wiso to make tho concossions de- manded by England and lcave the netual rosults of the war to bedetormined by tho Congress. England now will bo forcod to show hor hand and indicate categorically tho chavgoa sho dosires. She cannot oxpect to undo tho wholo troaty of Ban Stefano, or to turn the Christians back under Mohammedan rule, Neither France, Italy,nor Germany would consent to it. It is not probable that the Congresa will makoe any radical changoes in the provisions of the troaty. The indemnity may be lessoned somowhat, or ot least adjusted upon such a basis s not to preju. dice the claims of European bondholders. Russin may bo asked to surrendor Batoum, and tho proposod boundaries of Bulgaria wmay bo chaugod at loast 50 as to cut off the now seaport on tho Eyecan Ben. Thero is no doubt that Bosuia and Albania, as well as Thessaly and Epirus, will bo mado botter off than thoy are, undor the treaty., These changes, however, are s nothing when com. pared with the cost of a genoral war, Russia can well afford to submit bLer claims to tho Congress. 8he has won groat victorles, recoverod her prestigo, and re. established her positions that wera shattered by tho wars. of n quarter of & century ngo, B8ho haaliberated 4,000,000 of Christinns and hns rocovered Dessarabis, and she can now abide tho decisions of the Congress without any shock to her amour propre. By going into the Congross, England is bound. Whatovor moy be tle doecisions of the ma- jority with regard to, the provisionz of the Ban Stefano treaty, she muat subinit, THE LOST CAUBE IN MISBISSIPPI, In another column we reprint an article from the Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald, a Domo- oratio newspaper, whioh s siguificant be. causo it indicates the existence of u class of irroconcilable Bourbons 1 the Boath who propose that Democratic succoss shall re. aasort tho Btato-Sovereignty dootrines and conteat tho constitutiousl amendments, This artlcle s scarcoly leas significant, however, in indicating st the same timo thut tho irreconailables will ind an opposition in tho Democratio party from conservative and rationnl men, who will iusist upon the full est ncquiescence in tho legitimate results of the War, The Merald refers tothe Columbuy Democrat, the Okalona States, and other Domocratio nowepapers throughout the Btate, as the Bourbon organs that de. mand a virtunl restoration of the con. dlitions of Blavery. They inaist upon the right of the Btate to pass laws that are at vari- ance with the conatitational - amendments. Thoey deny that these amendments wero logally and lawfully adopted, and claim that fraud and coercion were employed to secure tho neceasary ratification by three-fourths of tho Btates. 'They maintain that the formor slavos wero never lawfully liborated, and that the right of sufirage was not constitutionally given (o thom. If the seutiment of these iryeconcilables should provail, probably the first thing done would be to attempt the dis- franchisement of the blacks under the cover of law as thousands have already been dis- franchised by threats and violence. The next step would be to re.enack the sert laws especially adopted for the control of the ne. groes by several of the Bouthern States im. mediately after the closo of the Rebellion, whereby tho blacks were reduced to prac- tical slavery. ‘The Bourbon newspapers and politicians ropresenting these extreme views have been 0 much encoursged by the partial success already achioved by the Dem- ocrats that they have boon donouncing men like Laaas, Cuarumens, Hooxes, and other, who axe wuspected of conservative vieww, and they intend, if possible, to wrest from thom ali control of party affairs. ‘Thoe aims of this class of Mississippi bull- dozors may bo bost determined by n rofer- ence to the laws passod by the Logislatures of North Oarolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tenneaseo, Virginia, Qeorgia, Alabama, South Oarolina, and Florids, just after tho closo of the War, undor the encouragement of ANnraw Jouxsox. Thenegroeu wers recogs nized only as an inforior class, for whom special olvil and ponal codes wore framed, They wera only allowed to testify in court when colored persons were parties, to the pending suit, Thoir ovidoneo was nok valid to convict or acqnit a white man, or to settlo & controversy botween whites, A white man convicted of raps was subjoct to imprisonment; a negro guilty of -rape on a whito womnn was hanged. Ap. prontico laws were pased with exclusive ap- plication to the blacks, in which proferonce waa given to former mastors ; authority was conferrod upon the masters for flogging and phrsnit, ps in Nlavery times; jurisdiction awarded to tho Justices for nrreating and ro- turning to their mastors the escaped *mp- prentices ;" punishment provided by fine, imprisonment, and forfeituro of wages for attempt at escapo,—in fact, all the conditions of Blavery without the name. The Vagrant acts wero limited to the negro population, provided for the nrrest of all unemployed blacks, and empowered tho Shoriff to hire ont the froedmen for the paymont of the fine imposed. A poll-tax-was levied, which waa designed to provent the nogro from voting, TRefusal to pay taxos was, in the case of the black man, construed 88 an ovidonce of vagranoy, and the dolin. «quont was hired out till he oarned such tax, at whatever wages tho whites choso to give, It was mado o ponal offense for n negro to carry arms of any desoription in a country whero cvery white man wns a walking arsenal, Tho immigration of negroos into a Btato was prohibited oxcept under o bond of two freeholdors in the sum of 81,000, as a surcty for the immigrant's good bohavior ood golf-suppart. The black laws wera so obnoxious to justice, and so palpably in- tonted to keop the negro .in & condition of involuntary and unremunerated servitude, that Geon, Bicxrzs, in South Carolina, snd QGon. Tzeny, in Virginia, ssued goneral orders probibiting tho enforcement thereof. Theso aro the conditions that tho Mississippi firo-eaters will reimposo upon the blacks if they shall gain an nssuranco of supportina gencral Domocratio eontrol of tho Natlonal Govornmont. Tho Vicksburg Herald certsinly discusses the outlook with candor and good judgmoent, 1t undonbtedly forescos that the bulldozing programmo, if pushed to extromes, will again arouso nn indignation at the North that will not bo satisfied till theso abuses shall be suppressed boyond the possibility of recur. rence, If the North shall be forced to fight another war over the vory samo ground to confirm the rosults of tho last War, Toap Srevess' plan of ‘‘mild conflscation ” will, inevitably bo adopted next time, and tha sol. diers who do the fighting will be given 160 acres of Southern land each, in order to settlo thero and help humanize the aborig- ines, There is undoubtedly a faction of the Domocratic party in Mississippl, as in the othor Bouthern States, who ave inclined to conservatism nnd conformanco with the now civilization growing out of the suppres- slon of Slavory ond tho elevation of the blacks to political equality, Bat, even according to tho Vicksburg Herald, which is in harmony with tho consecrvative oloment, thoro is danger that the flrc-caters aud bulldozers will gain such ascondonoy as to complotoly prostrato the influenco of the moderato men. Thero is but one way in which tho well'llsposod, peacafal, and fafr- minded Consorvatives can sitccessfully rosiat the Bourbons and dvert tho disaster they will bring upou tho country, and that is by co-operation with the Republican party a Unlon party., Tho blacks will thus bo oble to acquire a guaragtes of the froe exercise of their politionl rights, and the conservative whites, while doing an act of juatice, will save thomselves, their fami. lies, and their business and pmpefly”htun osts from tho momacs of another conflict with tho North, into which the fire-catora will be suro to bolray the South if they be pormitted to have tholr own way. The vote for Conaress In the Firat District of Bouth Carolius, {u 1870, was oflicially certied to b us follows: J. 1L Ralney (Rep.)iiseeee o 418,180 J. 8. Richardson (Dern.) 16,001 Majority. srecons 1,510 Notwithstan jorlty, officially 5 argo certified, all toe * Urensers of the Ilouse Etection Committee have azreed to roport that Rainay (s not entitled to bis seat, and that a new clection should bo held, It Is protended that the Republican negroes terrorizod over tho Demacratic blacks to such a degreo as to vitlate thg clection. But tho protonse s bosh, It would be just as scnsible and lionest to contest the seat of Canrer H. HaARRISON ou the grounds that tho Democratle Irish of the.dls- trict terrorized the Republican Irfsh to such a degree as to defeat Gen, Davis. The truth is, not one colored wan in fifty anywhere (s 8 Dem- ocrat, IlaINeY, the sitting member for the Charleston District, 15 o colored man, and the Chivalry want to drivo hiuf out of Congress and make m&mr & Bourbon to be elected by bull- dozing. at Is the naxed truth about it. And yet Birs Brninonk and tho fellows fu this ras- cally plot aro yelping themselves hoarse about “Florida frauds.” ——————— Mr. Goobe, of Virginfs, having tried his hand upon Coxoxs, of AMichigan, without success, tnade his ucxt essay upon tho editor of tho Natlonal Republican at Washlugton, with stlll less success. Climbiug up five storfes to the editorial rooms, he branlshod his flats in the editor's faco and notitied bim he must not comment upon ifs counduct any more. Theeditor of the Jiepublican, however, did not scara worth acent, andexpresscd hisintentiontodeal with his public scts as be pleased, regardless of menuce or Inthmidation, whereupon Mr. Goobs aud the *fricna” he had brought with him with. drow. The Republican says: 1 Mr. Goope Ls not heartily ashamed of the in- troductary acqualitanca, ha ougt to be. ls awes us a0 apology, which we propose 1o give hiw ample time to A o, fallure on his part to apoloyley will be regarded as an ovidence of coutluued un- fricndliness, which ouz good nuture will Jead us to treat 1o the future as fu our deliberate judyment dectds that it daservas, Whllo Teouwing to Bir. Goov th urances of our most distin- gulabed cousideration, we will add that if his con. siftacnty_shall place him in renominatlon this fail 1t will afford us unalioyed pleasuro (o &id his dis- trict 10 a corroct and honorable couclusion. ———— ‘Tne Democratic party ias got more in the wash than fte lcaders will be able to hang out on the line, The more the mepibers hear from bome, the more the POTTER busiucss secms to lack tha casontial qualities of @ big thiog. The in. veatigation will be worth all It costs if {t reveals to the public gaze the cunnlug devices, subter fuges, plots, conspiracies, sud frauds that bave beeu conceived aud concocted by Samuvxe J, TiLORN, —— The Hon. J. B. CAssaDAY, of Janesville, lato Bpeuker of the Wisconsin Assembly, bas written & letter jn which he declines to be consldercd & candidate for Cougress this fall. Mr.Oiseapay s justly regarded as onsof the risiug youug wmen of Wisconsin, and his tine ablilties snd bigh persopal character wako him & ¢ candl date for any office the peoplo nay have in thelr Rift. That Congressional District conslsts ot the Counties of Rock, Walwortlh, Racine, Kenosha, ant Wankesha, and usually volls » very heavy Republican mafority. The aitting member, the Hon. Cranrtas G. Wiitiass, ay able and eloguent man, has fallen somewhat Into disrcpute fn his district becausa of iy Indorscment of Sonator Hows's abusive specch aqainst [lavxs and Scnurz, and public atten. tion has been tarned towards Mr. Cassapay s afriend and adherent of the Prestdent and hig policy. It Is probatie, however, thut the faule of Mr. WiLtiaus in this respect wlll be gen. crousiy condoned by the Republicans of hia district, and he be renominated, in view of the clean record he kas made In Congress during hig threo terms of service. —————— Sinco Tna TR1uxa enlled public attention to the meanly partisan rulings and unparllamenta. ry conduct ot Speaker RANDALL during the ex- citing controversy over tho adoption of the PorTER resolution, many of the leading jour. nals of the country have denounced bim fo lan. ruage of well-merited censure and rebuke. 1n order for SAx RANDALL to ropalr the serfous damage that was done to his reputation on that occasion, as & fair and impartial presiding officer, he will bo obliged to get up carly, work hard, and sit up Iato at night. There arc some blun. derd that aro as bad as crimes, but Ranpary's slns were premeditated and tho outcome of & bad motive. ——— 8AM RANDALL returned to Washington from the Pennsylvania Democratic Btate Coventton very lame in both legs and quite out of wind. He liad 1aid the flattering unction to his soul that his partisan rulings madethe week before ln Congress wouldgivehim great ec/atwith themem beraof that Convention; but Sastxr'slittlestata ‘was incontinently smashed, all hiscandidates de- feated, and his draft of = platform knocked higher than GiLDEROY'S kite. And Instead of being on the list of * favorite sona™ ut the next Natlonal Democratle Convention, it Is said that he will havo to exert himsel? mighty lively te get renominated for Congress, ——— It Is now about flve years sluce tho admirers of Mr. CONRLING began to look for * the great- est effort of hislife.” But ho has not yet got nbout it, being too busy with the New York ap. pointments, tho cutof his last palr of new trous- ers, and tha littie bill to exempt the property of Mrs. KaTs 8rracox from taxation. Heis now advertised to make “the greatest effort of his life ** in Milwaukeo soma time this sumnmer in the Interest of Beoator T. O. Howr's re-clec- tion to tho Scnate, Tho subject and the ocea. slon wiil certainly eall for the exhibition of tho Secnator’s most brilllant scholastic attainments, —— 8rrring Burn telegraphed to Hewirr the other day, when the latter wns making such franticeflorts to reduce the army, that he would reduce It to the minimum the comiog sunmer for one-half the money that the dcbates on tho subject fn Congress would cost the country. Mr. BuLw assured Measrs. Hewirr, Braca, aud Ilannigox that he and bis assoclates had had consalderablo cxperience in tho business, with unrivaled facilitics for dolne a neat job, and it the contract was awarded to them they would Rive bonds with propor surctics for tho suce cessful completion of the work. Bully for Mr. Bure, ———— Arzxaxpenr I S7EPnzNs hos made up his mind to run agaln for Congress, and has so an- nounced to the people of his district. The un- dertakers in Washiogton aro angry, becauso thoy havo looked upon Mr. STBruzNs as much more lkely to need thelr services sooner than tho scrvices of his political friends In Georgla. ——— In tho running debato in the House the other day, Fosta, relerring to a former act of tho Democrats in Congress, sald * Even Cox did not risc.” If there over was an occasion to make a speech, and Cox did hot improvo It, let it bo hardencd into history, It should bo Bun Riso Cox {nstead of SBun Sot. —— BaM RanDALL can pack a Congressional Com- mittee, but when it comes to packing = State Conventlon Benator WALLACE can beat bim two toone. Bax's greatucss appears to best advan. tage when ho ls fa the chalr, rullg {u favor of his partisan fricnds on the floor, with a quorum present to sustaln him. 5 e ——— BeN BureEr s credited with saying that ha never mude any headway in the world as long as ho defended his reputation. Now that he has no reputation to lose, ho can zo on to the Porrer Commlittco with the check of a canal mule, < . e ——— I?Evizapern is as ‘Toropons says she ls not, and 1f IRNRY WARD is as ELIZABNTI says he ls, will not the old adage como to bo true ogain about tho wisdom of tho child that {a ab- solutely certaln of (1s parentage! ———— ‘The reflex action of the Potrar {nvestigation has already laid out Bpeaker RANDALL a3 cold as a wedze,”” What effect it will have upon the political fortuncs of Crarxson N, PorTEn re- malns to bo scen. ————— Bubject for debating sociotlcs next winter: “Vhicn has exerciscd the most immoral In- flucuce upon American soclety duriug the pres- ent century, ELizapern TicToN or Samuel J. TiLoex" e —e Porrzr's Smolllng Committeo will scud for Croxiy, Hisnose will bo of service to the Cowmitteo, — PERSONALS. Mre. Langtry, daughter of tho Dean of Jorsey, will take rank horoaftor with the historie beauties of Eoglond. Last season ,peoplo—nay, even Duchessos—scrambled upon chairg to catch 8 glipse of her. Bhe wns the sensation of tho drawing-room, and threo of her pori are thia year onexhibition at the Royal Acadomy, by Millals, Poyuter, and werzall, The Emperor of Russia hias just celobrated hiis 60th Gfethday, douttless to his great relicf, for 1t has boen & superatition among the Husslan people that none of thelr Romanof? rulers would 1ive to be 60, and during tho past yoar Alexandsr 1L "s noticoable melancholy had been attributed to hila faith in the tradltlon. Queca Victorla, by the way, sent her august cousin and enemy a congratus latory message oo this occaslon, Curious advortisomont from the New York MHerald: ** A lawyer requires' the survices, temporarlly, of sn accomplishiod and beautiful so- cloty lady for an honorable but pecullar duty; sbe must Lave the entree to beat soclety, be intimately acquainted with leading soclety and club men, snd must be very clover, prudent, and diplomatic] Mberal componaation to the right person. Address, ' in strictest confidence, " etc, . The young lady whom Arthur, Duko of Connaught, Is going to marry is tbe youngest of the three danghters of Prince Fredorick Charles of FPrusata, Iier name Is Loulse Margsrethe Alexan- dra Victorls Agoes; wbe s pretty, very charming, aud amiable, aud is 17 years old, ‘The Duke now recelves from the Bri 1ish pation an aunual income of $75,000; upon his marrisge it will be ralsed to $125,000, e Postmaster James, of New York, come plains that while $4,425,104 worth of stanips are sunually canceled at tbe New York Post-Otiice, tne sales only amount to $2,4:5,550.70, making the cancellation of stamps bought elsewhoro—at small country oftices where the purchaser gots them at 8 discount and the Postmaster secures misston from the Qovernment—sbount sanually, Some sport was had on the closing day of the New York dog-show. A red fox was placed ln ihe ring, and then the fox-bounds were brouzht utsnd held sccarely by chains. A slmultaneous howl went up s soon as_they cauglit sight of the fox. The dogs tugged st thelr chalua aad bayed flercely, while tbe fox sat quletly,-scemingly en- joying thelr dlscomfiture. Two quall, with clipped wings, were turned into the judging-ringsud hid homselves under some loose straw. Beveral 2o intery and setters were let 10080, but 80 atrony ‘was the canine scont on the atrsw that the doge {fslled to aatocs the quall by tho smell. They saw thg quall, bowevce, and the atruggie between nat- ursl esgeracss to got st them, sod their tralaing, ‘which torbado it, was very iateresting, and wuw s lasge cruwd about the rtog. .