Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1878, Page 4

4 1 .prosecution for perjury. . en her bold npon Bulgaria, would indicato 1 THE CHICAGO TRIBU 99 oy : SATURDAY. JUNE rod-headed perjurer telling him that ** more money could be made” by denying the pro- test—which was undoubtedly true. JeEs denied even having seon the allogod SoEnyaN lotter or Leing aware of its existence. That part of Lis testimony relished lenst by tho Democrats related to the mtimidation prac- ticed in East Felicinnn, JXN&s wns s resi- dent of that parish, and his recital of tho reign of torror which oxisted there previous to the election amply accounts for the enor- Thye Tnibmave, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BT MAUL—IN ADVAKCE—~POSTAGE PREPAID, W £me cors, neryea ik nxmur ; % mons majority returned for the Democratio Fpectmen eoples ent 1 Epveimen et ateant | Binto and Notional tickets, sud cstablishos Connty. beyond question the truthfulness of the pro- Kemittances may ba mada efther by draft, cXPress, Tost-Office order, orin Tegfatere] Jetter At our risk. TERMS TO CITY BUBRSCRIBERS. Tiatly, delivercd, Funday excepted, 25 cents per week. T:r'ly, deliverad, sunday incladed, 20 cents per week. Address THE TIIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madfeon and JieaTbarn-sti.. Chlcago, 1 Orders for the delivery of Tux Tai Foglewood, and iyde Iark left fa the cous Whilecelve Lrowps stiention. procatattinnas TTIBUNI BRANCI OFFICES. test which Axprnsox, as Supervisor, made out, and subsequently discleimed bocause he “ oonld make moro money” by that course. ————— The peoplo of tho District of Columbin certainly have overy renson to be satisfled with the Forty.fifth Congross. It has ase sumed one-half the expendittires of tho Dis- triot, guarantced tho intercst on the 3.65 bonded dobt, and donated a cool four mill- jona to be applied to such little jobs as pub- le buildings, pavemonts, streot improve- monts, nnd general repairs, The jobbers of the District are so delighted that they have commenced bnlldozing members of Congress who woro opposed to sach liboral use of the people’s money, and have induced tho pro- letarint to oirculato information to provent the re-election of euch men. It strikes us that the people of Washington onght to be satiafied with ‘the now local Government given thom, without secking to menace membera of Congress who wero not in favor of oxtravagant expenditures. The working- men of Wnshington aro not wise in follow. ing the lead of such blatherskites as Jonn Pore Hopxers, nor will they help their cause by allowing jobbors to use them or dema- gogues to incite them to threata agoinst economical members of Congress. TR CnicAno TRIRUXR has establlshed branch ofices forthe recelpt of subscrintionesnd advertisements as follawn: . NEW YORK.-Noom 20 7ridune Bofiding, P, T. Mae Fanoxw, Manager, PALIE, France—No, 10 Rua de 1a Grange-Batellere. 1. Maurer, Agent, -Ameriean Bxchange, 449 Strand, t. Hotel. AeVickor's Thoatrés Medison sireet, between Dearborn aod State. **Tncle Tom'a Cabin.* Afternoon aud orenfog. . 11ooley’a Thentre. Tandolph street, between Clark and L Tnion Bquare Theatro Company. **The Mother erct.” Afternoon and evening. TInverly’s Theare. Monroe streer, corner of Dearborn. ‘Tony Pastor's Combloation, Afternoon and avening. Hershey Muato 1all. Madison street, opposite McVicker's Theatre. The Midgets, It is announced that the Porren Commit- teo Lins detormined to refuse the request of Secrotary Buxnxax to summon witnessea to tostify on the subject of intimidslion in Louisinnn. Such o decision is in exact oc. cordanco with tho spirit and purpose of the invostigation, which was sot on foot for tho purpose of establishing Ropublican frauds only. Having dismally failed in this, it s natural that the Domoerats of the Commit tee should refuso to allow tho tables to bo turned upon thom, nnd a condition of frand through violenco nnd intimidation shown that. wonld - cast into tho shade all that wns charged, much lesa proved, ngninst the Republicans. - Nevertheless, tho question of intimidation is an cssential point in the issue,—or would bo in any fair judi- cial inguiry,~inasmuch as' the chief pillar of the Domocratio caso ia the proof that AxprraoN's protest was false, and the intim- Idation it set forth never oconrred. But tho oxpectation of anything fair at the hands of the Porren Committee long since censed to be nntertained by anybody, and no surpriso il ba ncensioned ot the refusal of Socretary Boensan’s requost, THE BILVER COMMISSION, ¥n the act remonetizing silver the Presi- dont was nutborized to invito tho Govern- monts of the European nations to join the United Statos in a conference ‘ to ndopt a common ratio botween gold and silver, for tho purpose of establishing intornationally tho use of a bimetallie money, and seouring o fixity of rolative valuo botweon theso metals,” The invitotion hinving boen no. cepted by a snfflolent nnmber of European natfons, the President hng nomiuated threo Commissioners torepresont the United States ot that Conforence. In commenting on the business that will como befora the Coufer- ence, tho Financiul Chronicle of New York suggosts an ombarrassment, It sayss ‘Tha rchabllitatlon of deprociated wilver 13 much Tesa vney Of nccomplishment thas the rectification of poundarfos. In pita, therefore, of wisdom, futegrity, and, cood inieutione, 1t may Lo found Jmpovaible to do” toro than merely jatercnangy opfnians, Wae certalnly have no hovo that 1t will eatablisli anow the old equivalent or tho Amerl- can equivalent for silver, 0 sald last week, wo ahall enter the Congress at o diendvantage, Wa have placod onreelves In the position of sup. plants, We are sbe {nviting party, s welt known. It certainly wonld much better for us—wo should unquestionadly Yiave had a greater chanco of aucress—it we had played aur part mors adroltly and taken our place an the Invited porty, As it 13, wa ato on the wrong slde, and onr motives aro liablo to be suspected. the point of difforuncs between this country ond the countries of Europe and of Asia is tunt wo have always placed a'lower valne upon silver, ua compared with gold, than bas been placed upon it elsowhere. ‘The gold and silver coinago of those ua- tlons employlug hoth metals as monoy is Lased upon 16§ pnrts of silver to 1 part of #old, while in this country we have made 10 parts of silver aquivalent to 1 part of gold. Aud the diroct question which will be pre- sonted to the Conferenco fs, Whatshall ba the ratio to ho waintained botwoen the two wetals? Khall ithotheEurapoan of 154 to 1, or the American of 1ito 1? 'L Cincinnati Commercial cloims that the common ratio to bo adepted must bo tha American, It eayu: Qur practical point will ba ta fuviie them ta low- ar their valuation of siiver to ours (adupting the ratio of )6 to 1), and mako tha cotusge of the dve. frane place unlinited, of free,—in uthor words, T.ake Front Park. Lake shore, foot of Madison street. Cireus. Forcpsugh's Merchants' Bank Buildg, Corper Dearborn and Madison. **The Strasburg Clack.”™ SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1878, Greenbncks at tho Now York Btock Ex- chonge yestorday closed at 803, The refnenl of ANpEnson to tostify beforo tho Bonate Committen will bo genorally nc. cepted as an evidence of his fear to faco Brantey Marrnews sud put himself on roe. ord in a way that would rendor him liable to Hiua protense of unwillinguess to testify because not per- mitted to be represented by connkel is too transparent to decolva anybody, and in this refusnl ho hss done more to vindicate Mr. Matruews from the imputation of aving conepired with him to perpotrate fraud than any amount of testimony from sny other sourco could havo done. Tho appointment of Tneormuus Frexco aa Auditor of Tacific Railrond occounts, under the provisions of the bill known ns tho “Tnunuan Sinking-Fund bill," is re. gnrded 0s an omineutly suitablo one, Ar. Frescu's servioes as cxport horotofore in yrobing the books of the Pacific Railroad Compnnivs in tho interest of the Govern- ment have familinrized him with tho work to n degree that will boof materinl assistanca in thoe prosecution of his dutics under the law, and thero is an excellent prospect that the Companies will hereafter ba compelled to rexder o the Government its just dacs. ‘The axtromo cordiality oxisting betweon the English and Austrian ropresontatives at tho Berlin Congress appears to have creatod nn nnfavorable jmpression in 8t. Petorsburg. In fact, the alleged uuderstanding between thess twwo Powers is sald to clnali in soveral important points with the Anglo-Russtan agrocmont about which so much has beon #ald recently on nccount of its being surrop. titlously obtalned for publication, 'This fact, togother with tho dally announcoments that Rusala is omploying every monns to strength. that tho controversy is not entirely free from dangerous contingencies, and that - the slightost misatep on the part of either of the throo Powers might lond to consequences of tha moat serious natura, In addition to the two which were fur- nished Ly Chicago, the country at large is crodited with four uxcoutions yeatorday. Throo of the six murderers who paid the doath penaltv woro under the jurisdiotion of tho Govornor of IMlinols, to whose Insting crodit it will be recorded that be stendfastly refused to intorfern with the due courso of tholaw, 'The binnglugs outside of Chleago worensfollows: Cuantzs alias Jous Bunyes, at Paris, I, for the murder, Nov. 20, 1877, of Erwan Burpyeil, o former of Edgar County, who had been sworn in os DeputyMarshal to musist in the pursuit and capturo of Bonyes, who hiad proviously committed o burglary ; Peruy Doaen, at Ohillicothe, 0., for tho robbery | -lnlncmu it l;nnn flllu|ll I‘amlsl ;lnl tha mint in gol Y T 1t d and murdor, Oct. 24, 1877, of 3lr. and Mra, | ik <ot of Iulitig i LICIST 8 Sas, B McVey; Jacon Leves, colored, at Little Rock, Ark., for the murder of another colored man; und Enwanp H, Costrry, ot Froderick, Md., for the murder and robbery April &, 1877, of his cousin, Boromon CosTLEY, alinld wtop the furced colnage of & certain nu; ber of milllune of dollary, and make the laws ol the colnage of silver und gold laoutleal, Thie sc- tion taken by ourselyes In connuction wiin the Latin nations, and vthers that may be assuclated with ue, would ru'e the valustion, ‘We do not agroe with the Olncianati Com. mercial that, it there bs an agrooment, it muat be on the ratie in force in this country, The reasons given ara that our bouds, our vutjonal deht, and all onr municipal indebt. ednons are payahle ju sllver in the proportion of 16 to 1, und that to change the standard would be to roduco tho sizoof onr dollar 8 per cent, which may be cousidered an im. pairmont of contracts, On the other hand, it must be remembered that in all countrics using both motals as money, except our own, the proportion {a 15} to 1; that all the debta of nll these countries, amounting to many times as much as our debt, sro peyable in silver ; and that for thew to adopt 16 to1 would necessitate tho revoinnge of nll their silver money at a loss, besides tho cost of minting, of # per cout, and would 2dd that much to all tho debts, public and privato, of all those countrics, Theso na- tions Liave been coiviug silver for a very long period, and the immense awount in circulation may bo estimated by that of Germany, which has proved to be fully wore by one.lalf than was ever expected by the German Government. To adopt the American ratio would be to compel France snd the other States of the Latin Union to teke wup the bhundreds of millions of their outstanding silver coin by the substilution of a coln con- taining 3 per cent more silver. No agree- ment, such aa i proposed, will be adopted unless it be goneral smong all tho nations usivg silver monoy as general legal-tender, T'his would necessitate that Indis, where sil i The most mgnificant comment upon the closo of tho House is the fact that about the only membor who was not drunk or arazy was the negro Ramnxy, from South Carolina, who is & member of the Committes Laving charge of tho enrolled bille. But for bim the Bundry Civil bill would have Leen lost. He, tho ouly sober maw, took oharge bf offairs while the others uwilled dowu whisky, Ho kept the locbriated clerks to work, com- pelled thom to finieh up things, aud then took charge of them himself, In the midst of this cruzy, drunken Pandemonium the most sober, diguified, and useful membor on the floor of the Democratio House was a negro! Wa hope that bis constituents will rewember it to his credit, for tho country veeds the werviced of such n wun, o was oue of the few who did not forget to be & gentlauan ; onoof the fow who remembered ho lud duties to perform aud performed them faithfully to tho last minute. The colured man from Bouth Caroline deserves o votu of thauks for beiug a gentloman smong rowdies, e —— It was Republican day in the Porres Com. mittee yostorday. Deputy-Marshal Jexxs, of East Felicisos Parish, way on the stand, ond his testimony, given in a straightforward way that defied all the efforts of the Dao- crotie cross-ezominors to break him down, wug of the utmost importance as showing tho utter abseuce of truth in many of the essential statements made by ANpzusox be. fore the Committee. JENEs was present when Axpxuson sigued and made oath to the protost whick be mow declares Le nover swore to. e was urged by AwpxesoN to Belp bim out in ropudisting tho protest, the the same ratio. cxpect that all the silver couutries of the ver i tho universal coln, should also adopt It is alwost unreasouablo to world should voluutarily decide to add 8 per cent to all theirindubteducss, public aud pri- vate, and recoin all their silver money, add- ing thoreto 3 par cont more silver, while the silver coinage of the United States is yet in its infancy nud but a small volume of it in airenlation,—most of it yet hold by tho Gov- ornment. The Commercial scems to have forgotten that by tho not of Juno 28, 1834, COongroea reducod the woights of all our gold coins 6§ per cent, and made them full logal. tondars,—~ns much 80 s before thoir reduo- tion in weight. The present aubsidiary coin of the United Btates has the sama value ns the French and of the other Enropean silver Btates. Two silvor half-dollars, or four silver quarters, havo tho same metal valuo a8 the five-frano picce of Franco, To mako the whole silver coinnge of the United Statos of tho same proportionato value would bo a matter of ensy accomplishment. Tho ontstanding bonded indebtednoss of the Unitod States is now underguing a change from one form of bond to another. It waassaid that to mako silver dollars logal-tender in payment of principal ond intorest on tho publio debt would go discredit tho bonds that tho sale of them wonld be stopped ; but that prophecy hns failed, The graombacks havo reaclied par; the 4} por conts have commanded a premium ; and the 4 per conts find o sale, There are yot §600,000,000 of 6 por cent bonds outstanding, aud = groater snm of 5 por conts. Even if tho United States shall reduco tho silver dollar to the rate of 15} silver to 1 of gold, the work of funding the nationsl debt in new bonds payable in tho new silvor coinage wonld go on, nnd the debt now represented by 8 per cents and & por cents would be ovontually replaced by new bonds bearing a lower rata of intevest, and poysble in the mow silver coin. Tho country need borrow no trouble ‘¢oncorning tho pnyment of its bonds. Nono of those bonds will be payabla for twenty-five yoara moro, and long befors they fall duo the now silvor coinnge will havo o universal value, and tho old bonds not purchased will be oxchangod with new ones, payable in the new silver dollars, nnd free of the contract made in 1870, Tho advantages to be gainod by tho adoption of an international ogresmont as to the rola- tive value of silvor and gold can hardly be exaggerated. Much depends on it. All the ndvooentes of tho single gold standard will opposo it. They want to forco the mono- motallio standard. It is probablo that, if they can defeat an international agreemont 0ato the silver, tho silver-using States of Europo will be compelled to abandon it ne money, bocause of the undervatuation of ail- ver in the United Btates, and the condition of affairs will be that” gold will be made the exolusive motallic money of Europe, and silver in Amerion. Iu that caso, silvor boing deprived of such o Jargo uso as money, will losa considerably in value, Tho adoption of an ngrooment suchns is invited by the United States will settle for n contury the defeat of monomotallism, and givo to silver the world over o permanent value ns monoy. THE NAVAL INVESTIGATION. The roport of the House Committeo on Naval Affairs, consequent upon the fuvesti. gatlons of ex-Socrotary RoprsoN's adminis- tration, would not be plensant reading oven if it could bo shown that tho largor part of it woro untrae, and that tho charges of irreg- ularities wero the offepring of Democratic projudices. Unfortunately for tho ex-Socre. tary, there has been for along time n want of confidenco in him on the part of tho pub. lie, and a very general fecling that something was rotten in Denmark, and this report ocomes in such a strong and conclusive shaps that it will tend to confirm that feeling. ‘When people find that $162,000,000 were exponded during his sdministration, and mnny millions moro of labllities inourred beyond tho limits of the appropriation, thoy uaturally expect that tho nnvy will show a corresponding improvemont in its strongth and the character of its equipment. Not finding anythingto show for the vast oxpondi- tare, thoy naturally will concludo that thero have boen—to usa the polita phraso—**irreg- ularities " for which Mr. HonzsoN aud his subordinates ara responalble. ‘The general tonor of public epluion is confirmed by the contents of this reptrt, It makes briefly tho following charges: That ex-Bacrotary Ronreson ozxpended $182,- 000,000, besides $40,000,000 dorived from the sale of public property which should have boon covered into the Treasury; that property has boon bought at oxcessive prices without competition and disposed of in secret at <uinoualy low prices, and thatin consequence the Covernmont has beon fu- .volvod in labilitles in oxcoss of approprin. tions nmounting to nearly $10,000,000; that threo bureaus of tho Dopartmont have made cuntracts amounting to over 320,000,000 in veckloss disregard of the provisions of tho law aud withoud competition; that vossels and other naval property, which had cost the Government $26,000,000, wero sold for less than $1,000,000; that the fivo double-turreted monitors now In process of construction will cost 20,000,000, and that one of them, tho Now Puritan, built without contract, or even plans aud speoifi. watious, is slready pronounced a complelo failure by naval exports; that thero has been on actual diminution of the stores on hand, notwithstanding the oxcessive (uantities purchased, and that thirty new bollery, in good condition, were rated as old matorial and sold for old iron to favored contractors; and lastly, that provisions which wore known to bo merchantablo bave hioen sold to con. fldontial contractors by the Buroau of Pro. visions and Clothing to supply that Bureau with money, and that alf the sales of thiy Bureau wore made without advertisomont, ocompetition, or' legal contract, snd often witbout need. The nbove comprise the general charges made in the indictment, included in which are numerous dotalls showing the specific wanner in which money has been misappro. priated and squaudered. It is & significant festure of tho report that many of the chargos are based upon data furnished by the proseut Becrotary of the Navy aud his subordinates. It cannot be urged, thera. fore, that partisan prejudice has inspired them. The foeling will be very general that where there i3 80 much smoke thero must be somo fire, and thot where the suspicions of years are confirmed by wholesale charges of woste and rottenncss in every buresu of the Naval Dupartidont there must be, oven waking allowances for parti- san malico and the desire to make parly oap- ital, very grave chargea remalning, and of & oliaraoter so startling as to call for rigid legal scrutiny, Coogress was quick to fwpsach ex-Socretary BiLkyap, who was only dab- bling in o poat-tradership, snd whoso pocula- tions in no way affcoted the anaoy in its strength or uscfuluess. If the charges asguinst Ropzsox be trus, it is through Lis criminal juefficiency, his corrupt rolatious with contractory, and his profligute wasto of monoy that tho navy has boen wrecked, for wrecked it certainly ia. ‘The lifv that ho 1878—TWELVE PAGES. led in the Grant rogime, the maunor in which ho fastened himself upon the Prosi. dent, the oxtravaganca of his habits, and tho sumptuonsnesa of his surroundings, all play n part in this rocord. Tt i3 n caso of unusunl gravity, and ono which ealls for stern action. No compromiso can bomade, It will not do for the Republicans to attompt to whitowash him or condone his shorlcomings. 1f the charges made agninst him nre false, then the proofs must Lo forthcoming, nand his innoconce mmnst Le established in duo form. It the charges are proved to be tme, he shonld be severely punished, Tn view of all the circumatances, the resolutions accompanying (he report, sotting forth that ho aud his subordinates not only descrve the consura of Congress hmt punishment to the full extent of the law, aro not inappropriate or untimely. THE EXECUTIONS YESTERDAY. Yesterday the peunltics of tho Jaw in the two cases of conviction of murder wero en- forcod, and Snenny and CoNNzrry wore hanged. The purpose of punishment for erimo is to nssert the power of soclety to protect its members, and that the punish. mont mny, servo a8 a doterrent to others con tomplating crime’ O Inta yoars the admin- istration of justice has boen mo feeble, es- pocially in cnses of personal violonce, that even the death-penalty has lost its terrors, snd homicides have incronsed with an alarm- ing rapidity. Dedneling those hanged yes- torday, thoro aro no loss than twelve persons now in juil in this county chiarged with mur. der. The penalties provided by law lose what ovor force they may have in the way of do- terring othera from crimo because of the uncertainty which attends the oxecution of tho lnw. Tho esonpe of a man guilty of murder from the legnl consequencas of his crime is A divect advortisement that tho punishmonts provided by law for crimo are by no monns certnin, and tho criminal is en- couraged by the hope of esenping the pen- alties of his crimo even if convicted. The supremacy of the law can only bo success. fully maintalned by meking ils execation certnin, Tho wretchod young men who suffered donth yesterday may have acquired some of thoir reckless disregard of and indifference to the law from tho looseness and uncertainty which so frequently attend the punishment of crime. It was not until long after their conviction that they began to think that por- liaps the penalty of tho law might be in- flioted in thoir case. Thoy had Lopes that tho lenioncy aud toleration so habitually shown to crime would bo exhibited in thefr caso, and perhaps tho samo foeling has been ontertained by all of the dozen othor homi- cides confined in the fail. It was time that fn justice to the community tnd to those who contomplate crimo that the law shonld be vindicated nnd tho fact that murder wns punishablo by death should bo modo known, There was nothingin tho circumstances of this caso that entitled the prisoners to any leniency. ‘Tho murder was a cruol one. A rospeotable and inoffensive citizen wna aavagoly and Dratally killed by these men, Tho fact that ench acensod the other of using tho dendly knifo did not lessen the guilt of oither, be- canso both wero joint participants in the Lilling. There was no unduo feeling agninst theso men. The character of their crimo was 80 rovolting that whatever sympathy ‘was felt for thoir youth was overwhelmed by tho considoration that to extond tho tolers. tion of murder to such a caso as this would ronder any subsequent exeoution for murdor an act of discriminating persecution, I ‘murdor was evor to be punished with death, this was 8 caso in which it conld not be amitted, K The oxccution of these mon imposes o strougor nocessity upon the officors of the law to ndministor evon-handed justice in all the other cases. Thoso exccuted yos- terdny must not bo remembercd ns martyrs or specinl victims of porsccution; all othors who commit the samo offense must bo pun- isbied wilh tho samo firmuces, or the oxeou- tion of the law will fall into disreputo and contempt. 'Thoso who bave committed offenses similar to that for which those men have been hanged must be punished in the samo way, or tho oxecution of these men mny bo regarded ns an act of vongesnce, which is not justico. THE "AMERIOAN MONETARY SYSTEM." The National Greenbaok party in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and other Btates have ngreed upon o name by which to designate thelr principal domand, They ndvocate the unlimited issuo by the Governmont of * fiat monoy "—that is notes, printed on paper and dolared to be monoy,—thus: A picce of paper benriug the logond * United Statos of Awmerien, Ten Dollars, A. B., Treasurer. C, D., Rogister.” ‘Ihat is all. This scrip is not a promisa to pay ; it 18 to be declared to bopaymant. It is declared to be nlegal. toudor in payment of all debts, publio and privato, and, not being rodeemable, once issued 4 fssned forever. The plan {ncludes the paymont of the whole public debt with this scrip. The Natlonal party designates this schemeo ua tho *American Monctary Hystom,” ‘The name is & slandorous mls. nomer, In the first place, the *flat " scheme has buen trivd in wany natlous of the world aud has falled, creating desclation, bank- ruptoy, xopudiation, and ruln, It was the system in operation in this country previous to nod during the time of the Mevolution; but it was nover in force under the Constitu. tion, On the contrary, one of the strongest wotives for tho adoptionof a National Union was (o probibit any return to ¢ fiat monoy " in the tuture, The Constitution, thorefore, established & monotary system in which the monoy of the nation was to bo gold and silver coin of such donomipations and welghts a8 the Congress might vatablish, It provides: Congress shall have power to col ol Tata the valuo therwof, and of foreign co! oW money vl the crudlt of the United & Siate vhall coln wonoy, emit bitle of credi aka au iy bul gold und sliver a tendor In payment of ebs, . There is no power . granted anywhere recoguizing avy ** monetary systowm * except to * coln mouney " and to *¢ borrpw monoy ontho credit of the United States." The isauo of greenbacks was a loan,—~a borrow. ing of mouey on the crodit of the nation to bo paid in money,~—+. ¢., gold or silver; the greenbacks all recite a promise 1o pay the ooy thus borrowed. Tho powss to make thom a legal-tonder was derived from the direot grant of nuthority to ** provide for the common defeuso,” sud to do whatever may be *“necossary " for that purposs. Coogress having -declared, in the presence of an ag- grossivo robéllion . threatoning the national existence, ‘that this forced loan, mot oth- erwiso obtainable, for the common de- feuse was 8 *‘nocessity,” the Court, and it ouly by a msajority of one votp, held such oxerciso of power way constitutional. ‘Ihat * paper mouey " woy oxcluded, and o teptionelly, by the Counstitution from the American monetary system ” is shown bv the action of those who framed the Consti- tutlon and by all thoss who havo followed them. A proposition wna mado to include in the Constitution a power to Congress to **emit billa of crodit.” The Boston Journal groups n number of oxtracts from tho dobnte on that question, and from debates on the subject of papor monoy at aubsequent dates, and from these we take the following: Mr. Mapisox sald: *'T am satified that atrlking ont the words *emit trlls of credit’ would not dis- able the Gavernment from the nso of publle notes an far aa thiey can be eafe and proper, &nd will cat off the pretest fof a paper currency.’ i Mp. Kitawonyrsaid: *' 1t s & favorable moment 10 sAut and bar the door sgainst paner money, The mischief of the varous experiments whicli have beon nindo are now fresh in the public mind, and Tave excited the disgust of all {he respectabie part of the couitry. Dy withholding this power from the new tovernment, mnore friends of Infinence will be gained to it than by almost anything eise. Paper money can in no case be necessary. Give the (lovernment credit nnd other regonrces will offer, ‘The power may do_no harm, néver gnod." Mr, Witsonsaid: *'It will have a salutary in- fidence upon tha credit of the United States o re- move the novs(bility of paper money. " 5 . Bubsoquently, in urging the adoption of tho Conatitution as it now roads, Maptson wroto: . The prohibitian to hillaof credit must give pleas- 010 to evary citizen in yroportion to his love for Snatice and his knowleage of the truc springs of Pprosperity. The loss which Americs haa sustained froni tho estilent offects uf paper tmuney, on the necessazy conflidence hotween man, and the neces- rary confldenca in tha public counclls, on the industry snd morals of tha people, and on the chaencter of republican government, constitutes an enormous debt agalnat the States chargendle with tlils nnadvieed mensure, which must long romain unsatisfiod; or rather it 1a an accumulstion of gulit which can Le explated not otlierwire than by A voluntary sacrifico on the altar of juatice of the ower which has Leen the instrument of it. During thoe war between Gon. Jacksox and the United States Bank, some ono proposed the issuo of national papor,—** flat money,” —of which Mr, Wensten snld : By this schome the Government {8 not to pay money, but to insue paper, 1I there is to be found, anywhere, & more plaln and obyious project of p et inomoy nall te defocmlsy, 1dout know w 0 look for it, ~Fortunately a acheme a0 wild, which would be so mischiavons, rests unon no sumbtlon fur which thece s not the Jesst found tlon, either in reason or exporienco. 1 takun for fantod that which the Listory of every comuurcial tato refates, and our own Cspocially, on almust evory uage, It supposes that irredesmable Uov- ernment papor ean clrculate {o the business of so- clety, and be kept st pat. This 15 impossible, ‘Tho honorable gentlaman rejecta convertible bauk notes, and adopts fu their stead Qoverninent papor ith o protise {0 pay, Lut.a promise only to re- colve fo debita and taxcs, He cherishos the jm. agination s0 ofton and aa long rofuted, that this aper will be kept 1n circalation, aud will bo abla 0 porform tho great business of curconcy, It it Vo necensary at this day 10 refute fdean [lke this, 1t must Vo becnnse tho history of sil countries, our own fucluded, {5 & dead lettor to . We think it is conclasively shown that, in framing the Constitution, especinl pains were taken to prohibit any paper flat money, and that the only **American Monetary Systom” nuthorized or sanctioned by the Constitution is that of the colning of gold and silver monoy, The issuie of greenbacks was a forood Joan on pnblio credit, end on its face prom- ssing to pay. But the searcher aftor author- ity to issuo scrip containing no promise to pay, and thorefore not a lonn but n confls- cation, will vainly road the Constitution for such o grant of power. It rematus for the arrant demagognoes, Voorngks sud Kertey, Ewmg and Bex BuTnen, to propose to over- rido the Constitution and its express prohi. bitions, and to resort to a scheme whose his- tory wherever tried has been tho record of commercinl ruin and destruction, and this history to these modorn stateamen fs, as Mr, ‘Wesstzn said, a *‘dead lotter,” Tammany Hall has fssued the *“invites” for fts grand annual shakebag Ancrican E aglo tournament on tho Fourlous Glorth. It In- cidentally holds up to the objurgation ot men and tax-caters tho fact that tho Legislaturo of New York, ‘‘controlled by Republican ma- Joritics, hns for three successivo years refused to comply with a bohest ot tha Constltution which roquires a reapportlonmont of legislative reprcsontation. Tha anly motivo of this dls- obodionce ot law was to retaln political control without regard to the rights or witl of the ma- fority.” This {s all 'very truc. An hooest man can no more defend or cxcuse the Repub- Mean rofusal to zive Now Yorks just reap- yportionment, as the Constitution peromptorlly ordaers shall be given after tho duceniifal consus, than ho can defend or excuse tho Democratle gerrymander of Ohfo, But Tammany's alllanco with the Cokrixa Ropublicans s the only thlog which ronders this possi- blo; and now, when the honost Re- publicans of New York have threatened, 11 thioy van in no other way shatter tho Cowiu- rina oligarchy, they will do rs honest Repub- licans oppoaed to the Mrrcnery olizarchy have Just done {n Orogon, and give away the Leglsla- ture, Boss KerLy's fntentlon to give Conk- LN Rapublicans scats {n Tammany diatricts so 08 to secure the Bonator's reclection is ane nounced, This allfance of prig and prigger fs at the bottom of all the corruption and mls- government of New York, and for one party to chargo the local responsibility upon the other is an {nsult to common sense, The vulgarcst thlof that takes bribes In the Custom-House, and tho most {lliterate boor that devours taxcs at the City-Hall, know that KoLy aud Conk- LING arp fn the sawe boat. —————— Euaene DBzeps, on enthusiastic but con- splcuously unkoown Now Yorker, wants the Aldermen of the metropolis to give Jauss Gon- pON BeNNRTT o public reception when ho ro- turns from Europe, by wav of testifylng to the popular appreciation of the Herald's enterprise in having fourtecn-column cable specinls of bogus {oterviews with French statesmnen seut by mall, and five-column steals from old Fronch pooks pussod off as letters by o *Roman Tre. late. What ls EuaeNe's littlo gamol las be alot of polo ponles to disposo of? Ur dovs ho writg tho * Personal Lack of lntellizence," sod foar thut when JAMES returns—, e — e Congressman LYnpy, of the Milwaukes dis- trict, hias a better vxcuse for supportlng Proc- ror KNOTT's amendimont probibiting the Pres- (dent from using the regular army as & posss cymltatus thau most of his Dourbon col- Jeagucs, Duriug the late unploasantuess with the Bouth, draft riots occurred in uvery one of the counties that now compose Lynon's dls- triet, and in cach case tho militia hod tobe called out to quell the disturbance aud protect the officers. Lynp fa looking after thu securl- ty ol his conatituents, Thoy had his sympathies then s they have his protection now, Now that there is up In Wisconsin, Gens. W, P, Lysoz, E. 8, Bitaag, sud (Gans Bouck, Bourbon membors of Congress from that State, are at homo just o time to Nlustrato the wisdow of thelr vote o rveducing the regular army, Voluntecrs are so euslly obtalned, and so much superior to the yeterans of the army lo squelchlng {usurree- tions aud in preventing ruassacres by the noble red man, that LyNps, Bracq, and Bovck will vuch rulse o reglment and extiugulsh the hostile Cuippewas ln the niost suinwary msoour. et —— Our Now York vamcsake tells an interesting story ahout an exhibition {n the Hsh-market of s sword-flsh thirteen fect long, on the broad back of which was placed a prawn, which bad been found fnalot of sbrimps just recefved from Florids, Bays the 2ribunes **Tho prawn, 1t 15 sald, is of unueuxl size, but it vresented & strikiug contrast with the lmmeuse sh ou which 1t was placed.” It must have been a sogulur contrust—sowething like that between Hokacs drxeLy sud Waitataw Reo, e ———— Osbkosh and Foud du Lacare rival citles in Wisconsis, both claimlng to bo the sozoud city 1n the State, and cunsequently every cffort 1 made on the pars of both tu increase the popu- Iatlon and sugent the census lists, Laat week s eervaut-girh o ¥ond du Lac added a flue boy to the povulation, but wes not exactly clear as 10 the child’s father,—sbe being unmurried,— but she bioted that fte probable originator was o party in Oshkosh, whereupoo there was trouble at once. Tho authorities declared that the child atiould naver bo carried to the hated | City of Oahkosh, to swell the census there,— father or no father,—and the putative daddy of the bahy In Ostikost came near belng hung to 8 lamp-post hy a mob becauso e had gone back on the girla of nla own city and given the despised Fond du Lackersa lift. Theexcitement Is Intense, and Qen. Ebwarp 8, BRAco hos roturned from Washington at & most eritical and opportune moment to protect and defend \:w honor aud the respectabllity of his asopted city. HUNTED DOWN. Anderson Is Once WMore Dragged Forth to the Light, ——— There are now over 9,000 Indians In Wiscon- ain, mostly Chippowss, that are sald to be on the war-path, and & big scare is the result, particularly In Burnett County, whers the sottlers are “‘flecing for thelr llvos.” Gov. 8yirnt has been appealed to, and he has appealed to Gen. SurninAy, who has sont an officer to Wisconsin to investigate the matter. In the meantimo the Governor tatks of calllng out the militia, ana the aale of tickets to Canada is unorecedented. And Brought DBefore the Senuate Investigating Sommittee, 03 By Advice (;f the Domocrats, - He , Refuses to Testify. ——— e - ‘The Montreal ferald annoutices the death of a “beloved wife’ of somubody or other at tho age of %21 yoars and 18 months.”! We don't know precisely how many months go to a year in Montreal, but we bave a horribie suspiclon that » 2ood many living ladics employ o simbar calendar, and are thus enabled to declare with- out dislocating their conscicnce that they arc only *juat 28," or will be “27 next birthday,” Capt. Jenks, Before the Pot- ter Committee, Ex- plains Matters ; Effectually Nailing Most of Anderson’s Porjured —— 1t acems that {t was part of the contract be- Statements. twoen TiLDeN, ButnER, and CoNRLING that the PorTer Committce should investizata the causes that kopt Mr. CONKLING off the Elcctoral Commission, and now the anmouncement s made that the public Is to bo enligbtened there- on, Canit be that wao arc now toget at the bottom facts which prevented Mr. CONKLING from making * the greatest effort of bis lifo"? e —— The Alicged Anderson-Webor Agroement Recognized hy Witness. And the Weber Signature Is Declared to:Be a Forgery. The 8cotch courts have bean enriching the an- nals of judicature with somo Interesting decls- fons. They havo rojected as bad {a law the ples ol a man assessed for dog-tax that, a dog being a quadruped, his three-legzed dog was oxemnpt, or, at least, only liable to asscasment for 75 per cent of tho tax, and now comes the decision that & man {s more nearly related to his alster than bie Ia to his tather. Jenks Testifies that He Never Baw the Much-Talked-Of Bher- man Letter, An intelllgant resident of London, Ont., mis- took tle rising ol the moon for a fire, and turn- ed out the fire brigade. As the mtellizent firo- men were proceeding to the scene of confllagra- tlon the new steam tire-cugine was everturned in a ditch and badly wrecked, and two of the fremen were serfously Infured. On the whole, 1t was very much liko the Porren and Groven favestigations, e To the Eaitor af The Tritune, Brooxixazoy, Ill., June 20, ~Plenss inform an old sojdler throngh your rlprr whether a bl has baen passed by Congress giving pesisioners pension from the date of discharge, Anfi whether it Yl n law movw, and oblige A Prnstonsn, A bill for the purpose indicated passed the House during tho last hours of the sesalon, but was not acted on in the Scnate. It wlil be fn ordor next Decembor. —e——— Gay. Pounp. of Wisconsin, sat down rather heavily on Bourbon EpzN, of this State, at the close of the scssion, for usinginsolent language. The report says EpeN was completely cowed, and, ainking into his seat, lio was heard mutter- {ngzto himsolf: **Thoy call that tellow Pounp, but dama it, 'pears to mo he wolghs half a ton." And Belisves His Wifs to Ba 4n a State of Blissful Ignorance, CAPT. JENKS, 1MPORTANT TESTIMONY, Special Dirpateh to Tha Trivune. Wasntxoton, D. C., June 2L.—The Potter Committee unexpectedly declded to goon to- day with tho witnesses in waiting, The Repub- leans presented thelr first testimony. Mr. Jenks, who was Deouty United States Marshal in East Fellclana, and who knew Aniderson sad ‘Weber well, was cxamined, Io gave straizht- forward testimony, aud, though every cffort was mado to break him down, his statements wore not shaken, Ilis tostimony was very im- portau, and went directly to the foundation of the Dumnoeratie case, ns lald by Anderson, o swore thut bhe wes vresent when Aunderson signed and swore to the protest which he now donfes; that subscquently Anderson tried to induce hlm to moke afidavit that he (Anderson) was tight when {t was sigoed, and thut on another occasion Anderson tried to havo him state that when he signed it he did not in Inct swoar tot. Theso requests Jenks refused. Auderson lnformed him that he (Ao derson) could MAKE MONEY DY DENTING 18 PROTEST. Jenks also awore that he nover had any kuowledge of the alleged Bherwan letter, and that Anderson's testimony that Weber had taken it from his pocket whon Weber, Ander- son, and Jenks wero togetber lu Now Orleans, and given it to Jonks to read, was untrue, and that uotblug of the kind aver occurred, Onpa of the most important pofuts of his testi- mony was that ho wos well ncqualnted with Weber's hand-writing, and, after {dentifying soveral documents and lctters as Lils, he swore that the purported elguature of Weber to tha ‘Waber-Andorson statement was not genuine. UNWILLING LISTENBIS, b ‘The Democratic members of tho Committea reasted to the utmost the taking of Jerks® tes- timony upon the subjoct ‘of Intimidation. The Republicans Insiated that the Domocrats efther must, by a general resolution, declure that thoy will not acccot any testhoovy of that sort, or that they must hear this. The Demoerats hava * pursued & very wavor{ug position with respeet to tho mat- ter. Intho Florida case they declined to per- mit the Republicans to have thelr witnesics summoned. ‘To-dey objection was made to per- mitting Jenks to tostify, and notice was given that the request of Sacretary Bhiorman, to bave writnosees summoned to prove intimidatiug in tho Foliclana Parishos, would be refused, It appears that Morelson ana Stenger bave been designatod s & sub-committes by the Democrats privately in caucus 1o conaider the question ac- cording to Bherman's roquest, aud Morrison to- day gave uotice to the Comimitteo that on Moa- day, when there willbaa full Committee, he should move to refuse Sherman's request. INTIMIDATION, Jenka' testimony was lmportant upon the question of intimidation in East Feliciana. It showed the extent of iutimidation in East Feliciana Parlsh, and contradicted James E. Anderson, the notorious witness, {n many es- sential particulars, Jenke testifed that ho vis- fted the parish preceding the election; that {ntimidation was cxtremo thero; that tha le- publicans did not asre to organize, rogister, or vote; that ftepublicau colorcd leaders had been killed, tustauclng the case of John Galsj and that on account of {ntimidation he (Jenks) him- sclf, altbough n resideut of the parlsh, dId oot daro tovote. Jenks testified that Audersou hud t01d itn befora tho election of tho extent of the intimtdation, und that the Ropublicans wers ot able to orgaulze, and would not be uble to ,vote. Jenks uwt‘nml private letters fsom Age dersun corroborating this position. COMMIBSION BXIENSKS, Gen, Hawley tnakes the followlng statement fu regard to one matter ¢harged to the Loulsl- aoa Commisston: ** It wus ulso wroogly as- sorted that Judge Marlan's son's expenses wero pald out of the fund, tha truth belug tha Judito Harlan paid bis sun's traveling oxpeuscs ta aud from New Orleans, but while In the city the son wae emnployed In a clorical capacity by the Come isston, sud while engagzed hils butel bills were ald “ fu APPEARY BEPORE TUE POTTER COMMITTEE. To the Watern_Asociated Press. Waszisarox, D, C..June 21.—[he Potter Ine vestigating Committou met to-day, Mr. Mor- rison presiding in the sbssaes of Mr. Patter, Capt. Thomas A, Juuks, of New Orlcaus, was examiued by Represcutative Roed. #la teatified that In 1870 his residence was fu Kast Feliciana Parish, La. He held the positivn of United Btates Deputy-Murshal; was appolated bY Marshal Pitkin, The Republicans in the pusish badtold the wituess that they were afrald to reglstor thelr numes on account of fotimidstion. Mr. McMubion juterruoted the testimony, sod askea Mr, Heed whether this witness bad beent called iu Secrotary Shermau's futerest. Mr, Jieed raplled in the aflirmative. Mii. M'MANON OLISLTED to suy teathwony belug given on the part of Bheyman until that geotieman admitted that be bad written the loiter w0 Andersvu. Ashe had denied writing that Jetter, be bad vo Tutereat I sbowlog whst had beeu the condition of aflairs l'u the P-rlhh ?l{ Pimi F‘elbi hasa at or immediste- 33 eetion. ’l?:f’i‘(:‘.fi'cnu:plm:d ol tbe course of the ma- fority of the Commlstes In rullug out tufimw offered by the mioority, and wlso as to tbe di- cult! 31 ueullng the sope of the cZuainativn A nfigflfiié shatenged bl o ghv s siozle L el any testimon: ¢ {an:r‘lmo? ‘t‘::: mmufl‘g} bad bzul! cxcluded. The churge bad been made publicly, sud be, there fore, wauted the watter to Le * DUFINITELY GETILED. Mr. Reed suld b repeated the charge. s, AlcMahon sasd tuub tho churge was false —— Mr. Fonp, the enterprisiog thoatro-manager ot Balt{more, has not precisoly broken into tho Lincoln Monument with a big bag to carry oft the Jamonted President’s body, but ho secms posacased of the fdea that LiNconn's remaios would maka a good bill-board whereon Lo post sunouncementa of a forthcowing new play, —————— Mr, GLoven has snother sesston left, but the a8 yot unscarified mombers of the Democratic party have nearly six months bofora thom whereln to put leathor seats fu their trousers, and thus dety tho sccontric casts of hia Investl- gatlog line, ———— Theore is an offer of §2.50 & day and board for harvest handa in many sections of tho West, and an exodus of tramps from that saction Is tho result, Noxt to a ball and chsio, a tramp hates good wages sud good bostd with plonty of work. ——— Dirty-8hirt Jovox mado himselt conaplenous the last uight of tho scssion by contlouslly shonting “{ objoct.” Bouck’s constituents will shout that back to him through the ballot- box noxt November wheu be ssks to bo re- elected. ———— Mrs. D, A. Doop, of Humboldt, Ia., has giv- on birth to twonty-two children ; soven times ohe mado hor husband the unhappy father ol twins. When ho heard of the arrival of Dopo, Jr., XXIL, he morely sald, * My Dopp!” b St e Volunteerlug has slready commenced in Wis- consin to suppress the hostile Chippewas. Dr. Kaivg, of the Mliwaukeo Sentinel, Lias nlready enllated as sutler’s clesk. —— It 1s thought that Congress would have re- malned o sceslon scverul days longer if there bad been “any money in the Treasury not atherwise appropriated.” PERSONALS, Supset Cox, on dit, Is to become editor of moTnlnu newspsper, the New York appears from an answer he eave when un examinatiun in & lawsuit, wrote **Thauatopsl tha sie of 18, Luks Pike, of Chatham, N. B., agoed 8, is sald to bo the Jast survivor on the English side of the famous Shanuon. Chesapeake Aght. +*8olan Bhingle” Owons will sot out next apring on & two years' professiunsl tour of the world, with which his 1ife oa she stage will termil- nata, Quoen Viotorla sent o wreath of snow- white flowers 1o be laid on Earl Rossell's tomb, with the foecriptlon, **A mark of regard from Queen Victoa." The Buprome Court of Alabamna has do- clded that s pig leahog. A Connecticut tribunal has just rulud that a tarkey s mot an aulwal, though & goose s Christiau K. Ross, father of the stolon chiid, bas been appointed Tlarbor-Master of Phila- by fult for bim because of tuce litte Coarlis Tose was taken from him. Dr. Lo Moyne, the Penusylvania crema- tionist, hus given §20,000 to & colored schoal in Tennessce. The family I8 one of the old Abulitiun fagilies, and we belleva that ex-Covgressmau J. Y. Lo Moyne is one of its menbers, y Andrew IL Dill, the Danocratio candidato for Governor of Peansylvaoia, {e lkely to make s stropg run, on the ground that he be the **tavorite son ™ of nearly 6}l the acctions of the Stato, haviug been the child of sn tinerant preachor, who ralsed bim a spots. A Oatholio priest at Warsaw hias boon sant to¥iberis for a curions ofense. As waa bls duty, tion of warto hls fuck, ang, not being able to speak Russlen. rosd it dn Polish, Tuls was agalnst the law, sud Lsuce hits wansportation. Bertua Voo il clates have fitted up Vt., where—the pedestrivune baving, as readers of BUNE buvoalresd; jnfurmed, y will spend the sumiger sketch- {ug from mature. ‘The Popo prosided at the racent session of the Commiasiun of Christisn Archmalogy, that be- fugthe Orat tiige for 120 years that the chalratan aasembly of savans bad Leen taken by s Fontifl. My Liay ordered the excavation of the Catscomba of Bt Petronllls to be prosecuted at his own cxpense. ‘There bavo beeu tweuty-sight attompts at assassissting European snd American rulers during ast thirty years. The Duke of Permaaud Prince Michasl of Servis were the oaly Old World volentotes that felt, whilo the Preidentsof the Uulted Btates, Poru, Bolivis, Ecusdor, sud Paras susy wers slain