Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1878, Page 5

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M.—Bpeci Crouinen 18 el haih, o 0 ASHLAT LoDar, Ko, oo {peeting this Tuesdy fonro All members are requested 10 be present, The £ ity cordiully invited, C. 1, CHANE, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1878, Esaae———— Greanbneks at the New York Stock Ex. chango yesterdny closod at 99, - Tho Sonnte yestorday doolded by a olose vote—28 to 2G—to take up the bill forbid. ding the further rotiroment of logal-tonder notes. Among tlie nays wors severnl Sena- tors who will support the measurs, but who want to Liave the unfinished approprintion billa disposed of before the Sonate onters upon n protracted financial dobate. ' Jndge Davis, of Mlinois, has vainly songht to servo his conatitnents by securing the passago of a bill providing for the appoint- tnent of an additional United Btates Circait Judgo for tho Seventh Judicial Circuit, com- poscd of the States of Ilinois and Indiaua. Sucl an increaso in the Federal Judiciary would greatly reliove tho prossure of busi- ness upon tho Court, and it wonld secem that no botter nuthority than Jndge Davis could bo nsked for the neod of tha additional Judge. DBut the measure meets with no favor nmong the Democrats, who propose lo delay action until the appointmont can be mnda by a Democratic Prosident. Menn- whilo the necessitios of the people can wait, T e ——— The _ validity of tho ordinance recontly passed by the Common Oouncil, imposing & licenso tax of §30 onch upon oll the stropt- cnrs oporated in the eity, wns yu(nrdlhy argued beforo Judgo Bronaett, of the United Btotes District Court, upon a motion by the City Attorney to- dissolve tho temporary in- Junction already issued to restrain thio col. ., Jection from, spd the payment by, the com- panios of the 850 license. T'he decision of tho Court wns mlverso to tho city so far ns it relates to the temporary injunction, which is continued in force pending a final Argu- ment and henring of tho quostiona of law involved. From the languago of the decis- don of yesterday, it would appear ‘sottled that tho city can hope for no better result upon o final henring, and that tho streot- car companiea will bo able to Buccessfally vesist tho payment of the tax, A Washington dispatoh says that Benator Becx, of Kentucky, **introduced a bill to ro- peal tho existing taxes on capital and depos- its of banks and bankers, and to imposa taxes on a dividend in excoss of § por«cont. Referrod.” The bauls of the West and Houth would be quite willing to bo taxed on all dividenda in cxcous of 8 per cent, on the conditions named, and the banks of ' the Eaat would undoubtedly be willing to stand adividond tax in excess of ¢ percent, It the tax on capital and doposits was repealed, tho rates of intorest would fall 1 to 2 per cent throughout the United States, Whils the tax ia collectod by tho Govornment from the bLanks, it is really pald by those who borrow money. Repeal that bank tax and tho rate of inturest would come down on an average 13 per cent, taking the whole coun- try togethor. Tho reduction would apply to monoy loanod on mortgages as woll as on personnl security, because, as the rate of bank discounts doclined, alt monoey for loan would bo choapaned. ‘Fhq_tax is an oppros- &lon on tho business and dubtor clasy, e ——— A'very important element of the Demo- . eratic plon of Moxicanization was yesterday secured in the House by tho adoption of that clnuso of the Army bill which roduces the army to 20,000 men. At the eame time it was decided that tho Indian Bureau shall bo transferred from tho Iuterior to the War Department, thas edding great- ly to the duties of the reduced forco of soldiers who are to stand between safety ond peril, between Communism and Democratio revolationists on one side, and {he peaco aud permanency of the TRepublic on tho other. And for still greater security agaiust possible hindrance by the army tho revolutiontsty® tacked on s clause which is iutended to complotely tio the President's biauds iu the event the army shonld be nesded to euforca the Foderal laws or to suppress domestie violence upon tha call of the Gov- ernors of States. Hero s revolution organ. izing with a rush, aud preparation making that tolls with startling distinctness what way bu looked for when Republican Senate no longer bars the way to a complete over- turning of the Governmenl S On Bunday we printed a statement of the recoipty of grain in thig city during the week ending noon, May 25, That statement showed that, roduced to bushels, the receipts of gruin by rail and canal during the weex wero 8,100,000 bushels, of which 2,006,950 bushels were coru, and 487,513 wheat. Of these receipts, 69,250 bushels were received by canal, the rest by rail. Tho number of cans arriving wers 7,630, Yesterdsy, how- ever, tho receipts of grain excocded thoss of auy previvus doy in the bistory of even Chieago, 1,066 cars londed ‘with corn. ing wheat, onts, rye, barley, ingin this grain was 2,624; that, on the arrival of these cars, thoy have to be assort- ed and awilchod to the various %warchouses, the grain has to be inspected and ware- housed, and the cars hava to be emptied and hauled out to mako room for those arriving. The arrival, assortmont, switching, and un. londing of 2,624 cars of grain inadayis a task Indicating prompt, complete, and suc. cesafnl manngement, The receipt of over 1,000,000 bushols of grain in a single day is an avent of rare occurren The peoplo of the United Btates may now prepare their minds for the real issuo to be detorminad at thd Congressional elections this fall—the issue of revolution or no rev. olation, There is no longer any renson to doubt that the control by the Domocrats of both Houses of Congross from and after March 4, 1870, moans the consummation of' tho revolutionary project already set on foot--that of unseating ¥aves and seating Tmwory, The letter of Crarxsox N, Porren, printed this morning, is & virtual admission that such a purpose iz distinctly contem- plated as among the possibilities of the Elcotoral investigation. Mr. Porres's indi- vidual diselaimer of any revolutionary intent goes for nothing alongaide of his significant suggestion that, *“if it should appear that thero was frand which palpably affected the Eloctoral vote, fraud which the Electoral Commission did not notice, and if the legal remedy oxists for correcting the error,” such & procoeding undor the law would not neces- sarily lond to distarbance; to which 13 added the farther suggestion that if no suitable law to effect this purpose mow ox- ists, such a law should bo passed, To admit the possibility of a disturbance of the Presidentinl tenurs as contingent upon the results of a partisan investigation organized for that oxpress purposc, is to ad- mit the whole case nway. The objoct of the investigation ia to find fraud which the Eleotoral Commission failed to notico, and upen that finding to ** correct the o " by which Haxes, instead of TiLpex, bolds the oftice of Prosident. This is tho plain mean. ing of the Porrxn lottor. THE REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMME. The Now York Sun, with a very differont purpose, takes the same view of the so.called *‘investigation” at Washington ns that taken by Tae Ontoaco Teinoxz. It maintains that tho movoment s nimless unless it contom- platos an attack on President Harzs' title, with the ultimate purpose of doposing him from office. This is certainly tho only log- ical viow of tho Porren resolution, It is ndinitted that the investigation itsolf will involvo an onormous ontlay of public money, which shonld not bo incurred for the more purpose of o partisan advantage, It is admitted that the proposed lino of invosti- gotion will be preciscly the same as that which was taken by the Democrats pending n settloment of tho dispntod election. Itis ndmitted that nothing new has been de- veloped in Loulsiana; and Afonrnisox, who ‘was in chargo of the previous investigation in thnt Btate,'is authority for the statement that nothing new will bo discovered. Itis admitted that tho Florlda witnesses ara self- confessed scoundrels,whosoracent statements woro made becanso tho Admiuistration re- fused to tako caro of them, and wero brought out by notive sgents In Trroex's interest, It is admitted that tho Democrats persistently shut out all inquiry into tho eclection affairs of other Btates, which might vitiate any claim that Tmoex may sot up that ho law- fully acquired a mafority of lawfal votes, The only rational conclusion, then, is that there is an intention to establish by perjury if not by proof that tho Electoral votes of cither Lomsiana or Florida were given fraud. ulently to Hayes, and to mako this demon- stration n means to tho end of Harxes'ro. moval, i Tho force of tho Sun's statement docs not rest alone upon its own logic; it gains addi- tional respect from the fact that the Sun is really tho prime mover in tho whole affair, ‘Thia nowspapor has kept alive the cry of “TFraud!" It is known to be Tipen's per- sonal organ, ' It calls openly for the removal of Haves, nnd professes confidence that this result will uow be nchleved. It points out that 3r. Porres, when ondeavoring to gain the support of the Southern Demo- crats, merely stated that the firet purposs was to 1nvestigate, and that futuro nction ‘would be determined Ly the result of the {uvostigation. ‘The Xun is, moreover, ac- credited with having made the preliminary arrangemeonts for the investigation, and hav. ing workoed up tho so.called * confessions" which afford the pretext for procesding, Finnlly, thero {s little doubt that the Sun, as ‘Tioex's principal ugent, sssisted by certain disappointed and schoming Republican politicians, bas been the ohlof fufluence in giviog the insignificant Brair meworial the dignity of 8 national revolution. In obeying the Sun and the iuterests it represcnts, tho Dumocratio caucus undoubtedly undertook to carry out the ouly purpose of the Sun aud those it represents, viz.: Tho romoval of Harzs and the substitution of ‘Iioex. The Democratio programme ia to secure a majority in botlh Houses of Congress, and then pass a resolution recoguizing I'1.oEy rs Prosident, and refuaing further official inter- course with Hayxs. Additional evidence of this fact {5 found in an interviow pu“lished by the Washington Post which an attache of that paper had with WirLiax Pirr Kxiroaa, Benator from Loulsiana and ong of the mal. content Republicans, Krrroce maintains that Congress can oust Harvza by mere joint or concurrent resolution on the basis of Mr, Evants' instructions to the Commission which visitod Louisiana. Keizoco then quotes Mr, Evanrs to the effect that, if a @ingle and undisputed Legislature could be obtajued in Louisians, that body would be competent to establish the Btate Govern- wment, This was done in Loulsiana, the Leglslature rocognized Nicmoris in prefer- ence to Pacxarp, and Nicnorrs became Governor, 'Therefore, says KriLroao, very absurdly, it is only necossary for tho two Houscs of Cougress to agres upon a recog- nition of Twpex (o bring about a similar rvesult in the National: Govern. ment. Of course this argument ia too puerilo to require serious discussion, and we sofer to it werely to show what tho aim and procedure of the cabal are to be. The fact that the President's title is alroady res adju- dizata, that Congress has already decided the dispute in favor of Hiyzs and thereby ex- bausted itu constitational function, doos hot make the slightest difference to tho conspir- ators; they propose to override the Cousti- Thore wera 49,400 bushels of corn received by cmal, and thore were Inclad- ‘and corn, the total roceipts yestordsy wera 1,060,000 bushols of grain. As an fllustra. tion of the enso and facility for handling these receipts, and the admirable railrond management in this city, it is only nccessary 1o say that the total number of cars bring- smbition, ocrats are proceeding in such a mannor as to sire, therefore, to drag out the **invostiga. tion” beyond the onduranco of the present Congress, and so enable their one-sided, par- ancoe till tho next Congress shall have been elooted, Congrossional olections of tho coming fall. by only threo membors ns ngainst eight. their work, viz.: Thoy have made the issno of Revolution, whatever the result of the in- vestigntion may be, and it willbe on that issue that tho American poople will chooso the next Congress, Every citizen who shall voto for n Democrat as a membor of tho noxt Congress will, in effect, vote for Mexi- canization, — THE IMPOTERT’ AND MALIGRANT “MA. JORITY IN THE HOUSE. The programmo of the Democratic party in Congross is to have no more legislation at this sesaton,—to pass tho Appropriation bills and dovoto tho romainder of the time to a partisan, one-sided procecding called an in- vestigation, to smirch the character of the Prosident and some Republican leaders, and then go home to how! until November of the ** great fraud " committed on Bax TrLory. There {8 not a rational Democrat in the land who favors a trinl of the Prosidential title who is not in favor also of the Moxican plan of doposing the President whenaver the ma- Jority in Congress is personally opposed to him, The country has hod enough of civil war, hos bad enough of armed revolution, it has hoard enough of the bulldozing and the Returning Boards, and wishos to hear no more of them ; and the neglect or rofusal of Con. gross to pasa legislation of vital importanco for the purpose of firing tho popular heart to tho point of revolution to ofoct one Prosi. dont and put in another will, as these mon may soon discover, arouso an ontraged pep- plo in their own dofense to punish such an act of trenclory. Congreas has been in session since tho 15th of October,—more than seven months, —and the only nct of general logislation has been the nct remonstizing silver, which was obtained not bocause of any disposition on the part of the Democrats, but becauseof the imperative domand of the people, oxpressed in such form a8 left no discrotion to Con- gress, Bosides that, thero has been no general legislation, and for this neglect the Houso of Roprosontatives is espoclally responsible. That body had an nbundance of loisure to devote o wook to the trial of ono Door- keoper and tho clection of anothor. That was to make room for an ex-Confederato Drigadier, The fact that the country nceded legislation of a general character, and affect- ing dircctly tho intorests of the wholo people, seems nevor to have received a thought from this most inconsiderate legislative body. 1ho present Congress was tho flrst that mot after the oxating and threatoning con- sideration of tho Presidential count. That clection cstablished that our present machin- ery forthocloction of a Prosident was danger- ously deficlent, that it.was linble to bie abused, nnd offered no protection against frauds and djshionesty. Theso defocts wero concoded, and thero was n national unanimity in de. manding that these defects should bo cured by immediate and sufMoiont legislation, For soven months Congress has Dbeen in sesslon, and not ono scrious stop has been taken to aveld tho possible repetition of tho occurrences of the last eloction, ‘Woeks lave been given .to all mannor of trivial matters, but not one hour or day could be spared to tho consideration of tho non. partludn question of avorting disputed Presi- dential elections a nd civil war Ly providing constitutional menns of provontion. Instead of timely aud proper logislation on that sub- joet, tho Houso has devoted itself to a schemo of overturning the last election and precipi. tating *a civil war on the country to make old Tzeoen President, The country Las for years boen enduring o system of taxation which has had no parallel in modorn” civilization. On various protexts Congress has evaded action on the tarifl, until at last ity frauds and its encour. ogement to perjury and smuggling have wade it offcnsive to ‘the uastlon. It iz concoded that the revonuc fs defrnnded in New York City to the oxtont of 23,000,000 n year on sugar alone, and Mr, Kezier estimates and properly that the Troasury is robbed to tho extentof §20,- 000,000 more revenuo anuually by under.valu. ations. In themeantimo the taxation remaing extortionato, nnd the collection of oustoms is ag grosdly dishonost as wns the tax on spirits, Congross, however, has not beon able to consider this subject. Indecd, tho majority of the members are ns ignorant upon the details of the tarif as it thero had nover been o tariff in force iu this country, As to tho seloction of a Doorkeeper, the mombers aro experts, perfectly at Lomo, and always ready for ncticn; but on a quos- tion of taxation, directly affecting the earn. ings, the wages, aud the cost of living of every man and family in the land, they cau- not bo driven into an intelligent debate. The Sonate, with almost entire unanimity, passed s bill months ago authorizing the issue of 4 per cent bonds of small denom. inations, to be sold at par in exchange for greenbacks and coin, ‘These bonds were for the use of persovs of smnll means, who could purchase a 825 or 3100 bond, gud keep it at auall interest until such time 03 they had occasion to pay awsy the imoney, A hundred illions of dollars of these bonds can find ready market among the people, enabling the Troasury tosave two millions of dollars snoually in jnterest on each million, but the Iouse of Representatives refuses to aven considor that bill or per- wit & vote upon it. In like contempt of the publio necessity and of the popular wish the House refuses to consider apy bill authorizing postal savings banks, There aro over one thousand millions of dollars of the people's savings locked up in private bauks without security and without protec- tion. Hcores of thése institutions have failed, sinking the hsrd-earned accumula. tions of the thrifty laborers. The other sav- ings banks are ‘a that perilous condition that tation to gratify their own spite, groed, and All this leads up tothe purpose of Mexi- canization which we Lave charged ngainat the Democratio canens. Tho thebry is nugn. tory of all stalility of Government in a Re. publio. The success of a first attompt will be ns surely followed by a serfes of revolu- tions and perpetnal anarchy as was the first attempt in Mexico, which has never left that country in a condition of peace. The Dem. denote a desperata effort. Xt will not Lo pos- sible to carry out their scheme befors the next Congress, in which thoy connt upon a majority in both Hounses. They de- tisan Committes to hold the rosult in abey- They propose also to make the ‘‘investigation” secret, so that thoy can practice dacoption upon the peoplo and use the pretonse of fraud s an agont in the It s snid that they will have tho nctivo co- operation of Bex Burrzr in all this, so that the Ropublicans will roally be ropresentod But they ignore one essontial featurs of they may b3 nnable to pay thoir dopositors. In the very prosenco of this actual calamity tho Houso, bf Reprosentatives is utterly im- mavable, . It peremplorily rofusca to con- sider and act on the subject, aud, thongh lalt ndozen of bills are now pending, all Iegislation iz indefinitely postponed to let the Honse investigate tha Louisiana and Florida elections cf 18761 The Greasor Houso has shown itself to be incapable of useful logislation. Ithasshown iteelf to bo ignorant and maliclous, incapn. ble of rising above the intriguos and vine dictivoness of a party caucus, postponing all thinga ot tho suggestion of a parly sucoess. The Touso acted vigoronsly enough in eject- ing holf a dozen Republican members, legally elected, to make places for as many Demo. crats who bad been defeated; but to the appoal of the millions of dopositors in the savings banks who ask for permission to de- posit their savings in the National Treasury the Houss is obstinately and defiantly doaf. o a few, wooks thoso Democratio members will be coming home shouting *‘Fraud, fraud,” and proclaiming the perjured con- fessiona of bribed and confessedly-infamons wretches and adventurers in Florida and Louisiann, They will bo asking re-election, in order o get back to Washington to in- nugurate a revolution of tho Grenser-Mexican style,—the expulsion of one President and tho proclamation of another, They will be loud and vehoment for another civil war, another upheaval of industry, anothor crush. ing of trade, commerce, and employment. They will tell tho peopls they had.no time to discuss taxation, to reduce taxes, to place the national bonds in the hands of the poo- ple,—no time to give safoty and security for savings doposits,—no time for industry and peace ; their whole time was devotod to n preparation for commotion, civil war, and tho Government of the Union on the Mexi- can plan. Lot the peoplo at tho polls give theso idle, incompetent, falso, and trenchor- ous Represontatives that defeat they have so richly merited. THE WISCONSIN CYCLONE. The epoch of extraordinary ovents in the natural as in tho political world seoms to be ot hand. An unusmally warm winter for this climato was followed by a spring that finds no parallel for salubriousness in the history of the sottlement of tho Missisalppi Valloy, Naturo appears to have beon moody and erratio sinco the yoar of grace 1878 made itandvent; now the midwintor months put on the gonfal aira of the summer solstico ; and now cxchanging the zephyr's grateful mildness for the destructive and dovastating flerconess of the most powerful tornados ; and now most oxtraordinary exhibitions of the frenzy of the natural elemonts seom to be in order, The rocent terrible * explosion ™ of tho immense flouring-mills at Aliune. npolis was caused by somo poworful ngont that hias as yet cacaped having the responsi- bility fixed wpon it by any of the exports, practical millors, Coroners' jurics, and sofontifio investigators that have thus far testified in the case. Nobody knows whothor tho explosion occurred befora the firo, or whother the firo caused tho explosion, —tho only thing that is cortain is that thore 1cas oxploaion, firs, destruotion, and death. An engineer in ono of the neighboring mills who witnessed tho departuro of the roof of tho Washburn Mill skyward whon tho catas- | trophe ocourred, cnught the hight to which it asconded by somo stationary objects near by, and aftorwards, with his instruments, fixed tho distanco ot something over 000 feet. Bome parts of the timbers wore landed in Bt. Paul, five milea away. If tho mill had been filled with gunpowder and ignited, tho regult could not have beon more disastrous, Comparoed with such a powerful and uncon. trollable agont, whatover it may be, gun-cotton and nmitro-glycerino aro rola- tivoly safo and onsily mannged com- pounds. In tho Minneapolis disastor thore waa o union of mochanieal or artificlal causes with those thataro natural or unknown; but in tho torrifi cyclone that swept overa certain portlon of Wisconsin last week, the simplo but torriblo cloments of Nature held high carnival, bringing destruction, devasta. tlon, and violent Jdoath. It was an oxhibi- tlon of force and power suffloiant to appall the bravest Leart, and in its sciontifio ns- poots affords msubject of the greateat intor. estetd tho mind of tho caroful investigator., Theso two extraordinary evonts, one ocour- ring in Minnosota and the other in Wiscon. sin, in close proximity to each other in ro- gard to timo, and both unprocedentedly dis- astrous to lifo and proporty, will bo asso. ciated togetlier in the public mind for some timo to come,—marking an era in men's lives with indelible acouracy, and fixing a perma. nont dato in the history of the localities where thoy occurred. Bome characteristics of the Wisconsin oy- clono were vory marked. Ono eyo-witnoss doscribes its progress through the country ns an jmmense bounding ball of dense black clouds,—now rising high in air and skipping over considerhble upace of country, and now desconding again upon the carth witha terrifio violence that no human work could with- stand, crushing buildings as if they ware made of straw, or tossing them like feathers into the upper regions of the air and tearing them to atoms, Anothor singular phenome. non was tho interuat ovolutions and contor- tions of this mighty globe of wind and cloud. ‘Whilo it ewept turough the country in a direct course with prodigious violonce and force, a portion of its power seemed to ba roscrved for inside sorvico, like a wheol whirling within a whool, and many an object ‘was thrown far outalde of tho trall of the cyclone on oither side, or tosssd far back in its renr, as a gigantic gymunst throws tho balls over his head at the closo of the por. formance, A woman was caught and carried up 400 feet in the oir and dashed upon the ground stone doad, with both arms broken, the shoes stripped from her foot, and horbody a3 black as the ace of spades. The mighty avalanche of wind carried some of the dobris over fifteon miles. Hortes wero taken up outof tho flelds and carried lundreds of rods, sud dashod to atows upon the ground when tho insane fury of the hurricane was through with its gigantio spdrl. Tuos seemed 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, otc., aa the face of the lawn after the pas- sago of the mower. The death-roll is stili incomplete, but it slready numbers over fifty, ond the loss of property destroyod must reach over a million dollars, It iy one of the fow cases whgre the firsé reports wero not greatly exaggerated. Subsequent investigations only revealed the fact that the details were moro heartrending and terrible than the generalization. The unsatisfactory aspect of tho case ls, that no human sgency can provide a remedy sgainst a repetition of this terrible calamity. Sclentific knowledgs isas belpless herv s the most profound iguorence. ‘To provent such an exhibition of Natare's wrath, to’ speak suporstitionsly, is impossible; and to guard agunst it equally so. And what makos it all tho more uncomfortable fs tho well- anthonticated fact that theso oyclones aro on the incrense yoar by yenr, especially in the West., EUROPEAN WAR-CLOUD PASSING AWAY, The clouds which havs overspread tho po- litieal hovizon of Europoe aro rapidly dissi- pating, and there is now no doubt that Rus- sin has made such concessions to English demands that the Congrasa will be hold and the entirg treaty of Ban Stofano como boforo it for disoussion. In this respect, the ex- treme iliness of Gonrracmaxorr, which indi- cntes mpproaching dissolution, has been favorable to Russian intorests, sinco it left the fleld of diplomnoy open to the Czar and Count Bemouvavrore, who hiave always beon moro pacifio than the pugnacious Premier, and neither of whom desire to procipitate n general European war. Tho course of Rus- sia m making thoso concossions has boen ominontly wiss. and well considered. Bho hiad nothing to gain by s war with England; on the othor hand, thero was a possibility she might lose her present gronnd of van. tage. Whatever issnes may result from' tho mooting of the Congress, it is evident that Russla will reincorporate in her dominions the Bessarabian strip, which she lost in 1855, ~—=& loss which has beon alinostas humiliating to her as the loss of Alsaco and Lorraine has beon to France. Tho cortainty, howoever, that such a retrocossion will bo made has alroady transformed Roumania from an ally into an enemy, because the territory must come from her, she racelving in exchange n strip of tho Dobrudscha marshes that she doos not want. In case of war with En..| gland, as Russia could not unse the ssaboard, sho would have to go throngh Roumanin, and the latter being hostilo sho would be compollod to oceupy the territory, To keep Roumanin under subjection and protect her communications and basis of supplies from raids would requiro nearly a hundred thonsand men, while England would have full sweop of tho seabonrd, oast and south, nnd besides would undoubtedly place nearly half a mill- fon Turks in tho field in addition to Ler own forces, Under the most favorablo oircum- stancos, thorofore, it would be a terribly ex- hausting war for Russia. Even if she should sucoeed in rotaining hor hold upon Bulgoria and forcing a peaco upon anything like the terms of the SBan Btofano treaty, it could only bo at the cost of an immense incrense of her indebtodness, utter financial disor. ganization, and onormous loss of life. Tho most that sho could got at the end of such a war would be very little more than sheis entitled to expeot at tho baands of the Con. | gress. In such a war sho would have to on- counter another risk that has always stared her in the faco, without the possibility of which England would never have plucked up courago to make so decided o stand. Evon beforo war with England was throatoned, it was with the utmost difficulty that tho fifteen millions of Hungarians wero pre.” vonted from notively espousing the cause of tho Tarks. If Austria should make common cause with England, hor way across the fron- tier into Poland on tho ono side and through Tronsylvania into the Sclavio provinces on the other would be unobstructed, whilo Rus- sia would bo loft with only Sorvia for an ally, who wonld spoedily bo overrun by tho Aus. trinna, In evory possible aspeot of the caso, Russla has boen wiso to makae the concossions de- mended by England and leave the nctual results of the war to bodetormined by the Congress. England now will bo forced to show her hand and indicate catogorically the changos sho dosires. She cannot oxpact to undo tho whole treaty of Ban Btofano, or to tarn the Christinns back under Mohammedan rule. Neither France,Italy,nor Germany would consent to it. It is not probable that the Congress will make any radical changes in the provisions of tho treaty. Tho indemnity may bo lossened gomowhat, or at least sdjusted upon such a basis as not to preju. dice the claims of European bondholders, Rusain may bo asked to surrender Batoum, and tho proposed boundaries of Dulgaria may bo changod at lonst 8o as to out off the now seaport on tho Agean Sos. Thoro is 10 doubt that Bosnia and Albania, na well as Thessaly and Epirus, will bo made better off than thoy are, undor the treaty. Those changes, howevor, are as nothing when com. pared with the cost of a general war. Russin can well afford to submit bler claima to tho Congress, Bho has won groat victorles, recoverod her prestigo, and ro- established her positions that wero shattered by the wars. of a quarter of n century ago. 8he haslibernted 4,000,000 of OChristians and has rocovered Bessarabis, and she can now abido the docisions of the Congress without any shook to her amour propre. By going into the Cougross, Eogland is bound. ‘Whatover moy be the docisions of the ma. Jority with regard to tho provisionc of the Ban Stefano treaty, she must subdnit, THE LOST CAUSE IN MISSISSIPPI. In auother column we reprint an article from the Vicksburg (Miss.) Merald, a Domo- oratio newspaper, which ia siguificant be. causo it indicates the existonce of & class of irvoconcilable Bourbons n the South who propose that Democratic success shall ro- aasert tho Btate-Sovereignty dootrings and contest tho constitutional amendments. This articlo {8 scarcly lcss siguificant, however, in indioating at the samo timo thut tho irrecouailables will find an opposition in the Domocratio party from consorvative and rational mon, who will insist upon the full. eat nequiescenco in tho legitimate results of tho War, The Herald rofers tothe Columbus Democrat, the Okalona States, and other Domocratic nowspapers throughout the Btato, as the Bourbon organs that de. mand a virtual restoration of the con- gitions of Slavery, They inaist upon the right of the State to puss laws that are at vari. ance with the constitutional amendments, They deny that these amendments were legally and lawfully adopted, snd claim that fraud and coercion were employed to secure the necessary ratification by three-fourths of tho States. ‘They maintain that the former &laves woro never lawfully liberated, and that the right of suffrage was not constitutionally given to them. If the sentiment of these irveconcilables should provail, probably the firat thing done would be to attempt tho dis- franchisement of the blacks under the cover of law as thousands have already boen dis- franchised by threats and violence. The next stop would be to re-enact the serf laws espacially adopted for the control of the mne- gvoos by several of the Bouthern States im- modiately aftor the closo of the Rebellion, whereby the blacks were reduced to prac- tical slavery, The Bourbon newspapers and politicians representing these extreme views have been 80 much encouraged by the partial success already achieved by the Dem- ocrats that thoy have been denouncing men like Laaas, Cuarnrss, Hooxxs, aud others, whbo are suspected of conservative views, and they intend, if possible, to wrest from them all control of party nffairs. Tho aims of this class of Mississippi bull- dozors mny bo bost dotermined by a refor. once to the lawa passed by the Logislatures of North Oaroling, Mississippl, Loulalana, Tonuesacs, Virginia, Goorgia, Alabama, Sonth Carolina, and Fiorids, fust after the clogo of the War, undor the encouragement of ANDREw Jonxsoy, The negroes wers recog= nized only as an inforior class, for whom dato for any office the neoplo may have In their gift, That Congressfonal District consists of tha Countles of Rock, Walworth, Raclne, Kenosha, and Waukesha, and usually nolls 4 very heavy Republican mafority. The sitting member, tho Hon. Crantas G. WiLLiavs, ay able and eloquont man, has fallen somewhay foto dlsrepute n his district because of his Indorscment of Sonator Howa's abuslve speech againat Hlayxs and Sciurz, and publie attens tlon has been turned towards Mr. CAsSADAY ag n {rlend and adherent of the President and hig special oivil and ponnl codes wers framed. whon colorod persons were parties white man convictod of rape prontico laws were passed with exclusive ap- Thoy wero only allowed to tostify in court the pending suit, Their ovidonco was not valid to convict or acquit a whits man, or to settlo a controversy betweon whites. A was subject to imprisonment; a negro guilty of ‘¥ape on a whito womnn was hanged. Ap. plication to the blacks, in which preforenca polley. It !s probable, however, that the fanit of Mr. WiLLIAMS in this respect will be gen- crously condoned by the Republlcans of his district, and he be renominated, in view of the clean record he has made In Congressdurlog hig three terms of service. —— Binco Taa Trinuxa called publie attention to the meanly partlaan rulings and unparliamenta. ry conduct ot Speaker RANDALL during the ox- citing controveray over tho adoption of the Porten resolution, many of the leadleg jour. nals of the country have denounced him in lan- Rguago of well-merited censure and rebuke. 1n order for BAM RaxpaLL to ropalr the serious damage that was done to his reputation on thay occasion, as a fair and impartial presiding offlcer, he will bo obliged to get up early, work hard, and sit up late at night. There arc some blun. dera that aro as bad as crfmes, but Ranpavy's sins were premeditated and the outcome of & bad motivo, waa given to former mastors ; authority was conferrod upon the mastera for flogging and poreuit, ns in Slavery times; jurisdiction awarded to the Justices for arresting aud ro- turning to their mnsters the escapod *np. prentices ; punishment provided by fine, imprisonment, and forfeilura of wnges for attempt at escapo,—in fact, ail the conditions of Blavery without the name, The Vagrant nots wero limited to the negro population, provided for the nrrest of all unomployed blacks, aud ompowered the Shoriff to hire out the froedmen for tho paymant of the fine imposed. A poll-tax-was lovied, which was dosigned fo prevent tho negro from voting. Refusal to pay taxes was, in the ease of the -black man, constrned 28 an ovidence of vagranoy, and the delin- quent was hired out till he carned such tax, at whatever wagos tho whites choso to give, It was mado a penal offonse for n negro to carry nrms of any description in a country whero ovory white mon was a walking arsennl, Tho {mwigration of nogroes into a Stato was prohibited oxcept undor a bond of two frecholders in the sum of ,$1,000, as a suroty for the immigrant's good behavior and solf-support. The black lawas wero so obnoxious to justice, and so palpably in- tonted to keop tho negro .in a condition of ——— BAx RANDALL returned to Washington from the Penusylvania Democratic Stats Covention very lame io both legs end quite out of wind, He had 1aid the flattering unctfon to his soul that his partisan rulings madethe week before (o Congress wouldgivehim great eclatwith thomem bers of that Convention; bat Samur'sllteloslate ‘was incontinently smashed, all hiscandidates de- feated, and his draft of aplatform knocked higher than GiLpEROY'S kite. And Instead of being on the list of **favorite sons " at the next Natlonal Democratie Conventlon, it is safd that he will havo to exert himselt mighty lvely te get renominated for Congress. . —————— 1t is now about fivo years since tho admirers of Mr. CONRLING began to look for * the great- cst offort of hislife.”, But ho has not yet got about it, being too busy with the New York ap- ‘pointimenta, the cut of his last palr of new trous- ers, and the little bill to exempt ths property of Mra. Katn S8riacox from taxatlou, flofs now advertised to make the greatest effort of his life ** in Milwaukee somo time this summer involuntary and unromumerated sorvitndo, that Gon. Sicruxs, in South Carolina, and Gon. Teuny, in Virginia, issued goneral orders prohibiting the onforcoment thereof. Theso nre tho conditions that tho Mississippi firc-onters will roimposo upon the blacks if thoy shall galn an nssurance of support in a genoral Domocratio eontrol of tho National Governmont, Tho Vicksburg Ierald cortainly disonsses the outlook with candor and good judgment. It undoubtedly foresocs that the bulldozing programmo, if pushed to extromes, will again arouse an indignation at the North that will not bo satisfled till these nbuses shall be supprossed boyond tho possibility of rocur- ronce. If the North shall be forced to fight another war over the very same ground to confirm the rosults of tho last War, Tmap Brzvess' plan of “mild confiscation " will. Inavitably bo adopted noxt time, and the sol- diers who do the fighting will be given 100 ncres of Bouthern land each, in order to sottlo thore and help humnnize the aborig- incs, Thora is undoubtodly a faction of tho Democratio party in Blhalnlpp{, 08 in the other Southorn States, who are inclined to conscrvatism and conformance with the now civilization growing out of tho suppres- tho olevation of Bat, oven nccording to the Vicksburg Herald, sion of Blavery and tho blacks to politieal equality. which is in harmony with the conservative eloment, thero is danger that the firc-gaters and bulldozers will gain such ascondency as to complotoly prostrato the influence of the moderato men, Thero is but one way in which the woll‘illsposad, poncetal, and fair. minded Consorvatives can successfylly resist the Bourbons and dvert tho disaster they will bring upon tho country, and that is by co.operation with tho Republican party in a Union party. Tho blacks will thus bo oble to acquire n_ guaragites of the froo exercise of their politioal rights, and the consorvative whites, while doing an sct of justico, will save themselves, their fami. lies, ond tholr busincss and property” inter. oats from tho mennce of anothor conflict with the North, into which the fire-eaters will be sure to botray the Bouth if they be pormitted to have their own way, ‘The voto for Conaress In the Flrat District of Bouth Carollna, in 1876, was officially certied to ba es follows: J. 1L, Ratnoy (Rtep. 3\ 8. Richardson MBJOrIlY. vovssresrinaasassaensnns Notwithstanding this largo majority, officially certified, all the “Urensors™ of tho IHouse Etection Committue have agreed to report that RaINeY {s not cntitled to his seat, and that a new clection should bo bheld. It Is pretendod that the Republican negroes terrorized over tho Democratic blacks to such a degreo as to vitiate thy clection, But tho protense s bosh. ft would be just as scnsible and Honest to vanteat the -scat of Carrten H. IArRisoN ou the grounds that tho Democratls Irish of the,dis- trice terrorized the Ropublican Irish to such a degreo as to defeat Gen. Davis, Tho truth is, not one colored mun in fifty anywhore 1a & Dem- ocrat. Raixey, the sitting momber for the Charleston District, is a colored man, and the Cllvalry want to drive hiut out of Congress and mako rooip for & Bourbon to bo elected by bull- dozing. it is the naked truth about it. And yet Birt SrriNosn and tho fellows in this ras- cally plot arc yelping themselves hoarse about “Florida frauds.” Mr. Goope, of Virginla, laving tried his band upon CoNomE, of Michigan, without success, made his ucxt esssy upon th editor of the Nutlonal Republlcan st Washingion, with still less success. Cilmblug up five storles to the cditorial rooms, he branishod his fists in the editor’s faco and notified him be must not comment upon fiis conduct any more, Theeditor of the JRepublican, howevor, did not scare worth ncent, andexpresscd his intention todeal with his public acts as be pleascd, regardless of menace or {nthnidation, whereupon Mr. Goopm aud the “friend” he had brought with hitn with. drew, Tho Republican snyst If Mr. Qoovs Is not heartily ashamed of the fn- troduclory acqualutanco, he ought to ba. Ile owes us a0 apology, which we propose (0 give hiw ample time 10 make. A fallure on hiv part ta apoloulay will be regarded ss an evidoucu of coutiuued un- friendliness, which our good nature will lead us to treat in the fotute as lu our dullburate judyment we way dectde that it deservos, While ‘renowing 10 Mr. Goubs the sssurances of our miost dlsting gulabed conslderation, we will add that if his con. stituenty shall place bim In renomination this fail it will sfford us uoslloyed pleasuzo to ald hia dis. trict 1o 8 corzoct and bonurable conclusion, ‘Tbe Dewocratic party has got more {n the wash than {ts leaders will b able to hang out on the line. The more the members hear from home, the morc the POTTEX busiucss secms to lack tho essential quallties of = big thing. The in- gptigation will be worth all it costs if it reveals to the public gaze the cunning dovices, subter- fuges, plots, conspiracies, and frauds that have been concelved and cuncocted by BAMURL J, TiLDAN. ——— The Hon, J. B. CAssanar, of Janesville, late By of the Wisconsin Assewmbly, bas written sletter fo which he doclines to be consldercd & candidato for Cougress this fall. Mr. CassaDAY 1 justly regarded 2s oncof the risiug youug men of Wisconsin, and his ino abilities and high persoual character wake bim a 8¢ candi- fn tho Intcrest of Beoator T. 0. Hows's re-clec- tion to tho Benate. The subject and the occa- slon will certalnly call for tho exhibition of the Benator's most brilliant scholastic attalnments, —————— 8rrrina Burt telegraphed to HEWITT the other day, when the latter was making such franticefforts to reduce tho nrmy, that e would reduce It to the minimum tho coming summer for one-half the money that tho debates on tho subject’ In Congress would cost the country. Mr. Bost assured Messrs. Hewirr, Bnaaa, and Harnisox that he and bis associates had had considerablo, experlence 'in tho business, with unrivaled facilitics for dolnz a neat job, and 1t the contract was awarded to them they would Rlivo bonds with proper surctics for the suce cesaful completion of the work. Bully for Mr. ButL, P ———— Avrexaxpar I, 8rePnExs has made up his mind to run again for Conyress, and has o ane nounced to the peoplo of his district. The un- dertakers In Washington are angry, becauso thoy have looked upon Mr. STEPUENS as much moro lkely to nced their services sooner than tho services of his political friends in Georgla. e —— Iu tno running debata in the House the other day, Fostan, relerring to a former act of the Democrats in Congress, sald ** Even Cox did not rise.”” If there ever was an occasion to mako a speech, and Cox did hot improvo It, let it be hardenca into history. It should bo Sun Risa Cox instead of Sun Sot. —— Bax RANDALL can pack a Congressional Com- mittee, but wheu it comes to packing a Stato Conventlon Benator WALLACE can beat him two toone. B8ax's groatness appears to best advan. toge when ho Is fa the chalr, ruling fu favor of his partisan fricnds on the floor, with a quorum preacnt to tn him. o put i O Bax BorLen Is credited with saying that lio never made any hesdway in the world as long ns ho defended his reputation. Now that he has no reputation to lose, ho can go on to the Porren Committeo with the check of & canal mule. < . e ———— It ELizapetn ls as ‘Tnzoponz says she ls not, and if HENRY WARD is as ELIZABRTI 8ays be 13, will not the old adoge como to be truo ogaln about tho wisdom of tho child that {s ab- solutely certain of {ts parontage! —— The reflex actlon of the Porren {nvestigation bas already lald out Bpeaker RANDALL ‘*as cold as o wedze. What effect it will bave upon the political fortuncs of CLarksoN N. POTIER re- malos to be seen, —— Bubject for debatiug soclotics next winters ““Which has exercised the most immoral fne fluonce upon Aunerican soclety duriug the pres- ent century, Erizapsri TILTON or BaMUsL J, TiLoext” —— FPorren's Smolling Committee will scod for CroxiN. His noso will bo of servico to the Committes. o ——— PERSONALS, Mro. Langtry, daughtor of tho Desn of ¥, will tako rank Lerenttor with the bistorg les of England. Last season,peoplo—nay, even Ducheasos—scramblod upon chalry to cate! gllmpse of her. Bho was the sensstion of the drawing-room, and threo of her year onexhibition at the Roysl Acadomy, —pictures by Millals, Poynter, and Wenrall, The Emperor of Russin has just colebrated his 00ty Glrtbday, doubtless to his great rellef, for it has beon a superstition among the Russian people that none of thelr Romauoff rulers would live to be 00, and during the past yoar Alexander 11.s noticoable melsncholy had beon attributed to bis faith in the tradition. Quecn Victorla, by the way, sent hor auguat conaln and enemy o congrata- latory message on this occasion. Curious advertisemont from the Now York Herald: **A lawyer requites: the services, temporarlly, of anaccomplished aud beautiful so- clety lady foran honorable but pecullsr duty: maust bave the entros to best soclety, be Intimately acqualnted with Jeadiug soclety and club men. and must be very clever, prudent, and diplomatie| 1iberal compenaation to the right person. Adaress, ‘in strictest confidence, " ete, « The young lady whom Arthur, Duke of Connsught, 13 going to marry ie tbe youngest of tho three daughters of Priuce Frederick Charies of Yrasta, Iler namo {s Loulse Margarethe Alcxan- dra Victorls Agues; she is pretty, very charmiag, sud amtable, and 1s 17 years 0ld. ' The Duke now rocelves from the Bri tlsb natfou an aunual lacomo of $75.000; upon his marriage It wilt be ralivd to $125,000. B Postmaster James, of New York, com- plains that while $4,423,104 worth of stamps are aunually canceled at the New York Poat-Ofiice, tne sales only amount to $2,4235,650.70, making the cancellation of stsmpebought elsewhero—at smsll country ofiices whore the purchsser gots them st & discount snd the Postmaster secures a liboral com- misslon from the Government—abont §2,000,000 soaually. Bome sport was had on the closing day of the New York dog-show. A red fox was placed in the ring, and then the fox-bouads wers brouuht utaud beld sccurely by chalns. A slmultancous howl went up sssoon ss, they caught sight of tho fox. Thbe dogs tugged ai thelr chalns and beyed flercely, while tbe fox sat guletly, .seemingly ea- Joying thelr discomBture. Two quall, with clipped wings, wers torned into the judging-ring and bid emselves under some 100se straw. Heveral Soo nterp and sotters wero lot 10089, but 60 strong ‘was the canino scent on tho straw that the dogeé falled 10 aetoct the quall by the smell Thboy saw the yuall, bowever, and the struggle between uate ursl eagerncss tu gutat them, and ther trafnlug, which forbade it, was very lateresilng, sud Wvw & lurge cruwd about the riag. . &