Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 29, 1878, Page 4

) 4 THYE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, JULY 29, 1878 The Tribuone, | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. i — DY MAIL—IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE PREPAID. Tally Lalition. one year. Inriaota sear, permor €me eony, 1ot yen Cinb ot fonr., Bpectmon e Give L'ost-Office address tn foll, Incinding State and County. Remittances may be made either by draft, express Tost-Ofee order, or tn registerrd letter, at oar risk. TRAMS TO CITY BUBSCRIBXRS. Dally, delivered. Sunday excepted, 23 centa per week. Datiy, delivercd, Bunday Included, 20 centr per week. Address THE THINUN! MPANY, Corner Madison and earborn-n,, Cliteaso, Tl Orilers for the delirery of Tun Trinvxx at Evanston, Englewood, and liyde Park teft (n the counting-room wiil reccive prompt attention. — TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES. THR Cmeann TRINCNx hax rstabilshed branch ofces 107 tha receipt of aubscriptions and adyertisements ss follows: NEW YORE~—Room 20 Tridune Building. F.T.3Ma- FADDEX, Manager, PANIS, France—No. 10 Rue dois Grange:Dateltere, . ManLER. Aren! LONDOY, ¥i Tirsny F, Qr BAN FRAN merican Exchange, 448 Strand. Itooles’s Thentre. Tandairh streel, between Ciark snd LaSalle. Flarry Robinson's Minstrels. « Darnnwm’s Show, Lake Front. Baso-Nall, White-Stocking Fark~Indianspolis va Chicago Clubs. MONDAY, JULY 29, 1878, In Now York on Saturdny greonbacks were stoady at 99} in gold and silver coin, o for real Royalty in the administration of the Queon's American Dominion is to be gratified by the appoint. ment of the Marquis of Lornk, Vicronta's son-in.law, as Governor-General, The latest sccounts from the wheat-grow. ing regions of Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota present a gloomy picturo of the crop outlook. In some places the wheat 1s a total l&ilnm and not workh the cutting; in others the average per acre ig sard uot to ex- cood oight to ten bushels of No. 2 and No. 3, Furiher north in Minnesota the prospect is much better, while in Dakota the yleld in goneral {8 largo and the quality fine. Frrz-Jony PoRrTER seems to bo getting on famously in the rehearing of his caso beforo the Conrt-Martinl at West Point. Ilis pros, pects are cousiderably improved sinco his first trial, when, it is alleged, the Court atood nine to ono for sentencing him to be shot. A Washinglon paper prints what purports to be the full vote on that occasiod, giving the nnmes of Gens. Huxwrem, Hircnmcock, Trexrss, Rickerrs, Casky, Ganrmerp, Bo. ronp, and Srovan as votiug for the denth. penalty, while Gen, Rurva Kixn alone voted in the negativo. Dan Voonuxzs began his campaign for re. election to the United States Scnate at Bouth Bend, Ind., Saturday night, in a speech chiefly devoted to an attempt to show that the Republican party is responsible for tho depression and distress growing out of the panic of 1873, and that to the Demo. cratio party slone muat the covntry look for legalation which will restoro prosperity by the unscttling of values consequent npon the repeal of the Resnmption act and the un. limited iasue of irredecmable’ paper currency . ** to meot tho wants of labor." Among the local religious matters tronted of in our columuns this morning will be ‘ound scrmons by tho Rev, H. W, Troas, of Contenary Blothodist Episcopal Church, - n “Tho Value of o Goad Life”; by the Aoy, Mr, Crang, of Boston, at the First Con- grogational Church, on ““The Soul's Immor. " tality”; and by the Rev, W, B. Wwionr, at | Piymouth Congregational Church,on * Truo and False Goda" Also accounts of the laying of the corner-stone of 8t. Philip's Catholio Chureh, and of a similar ceremony at the foundations of the Union Tabernacle. , — ‘The local authorities in Washington have taken precautions against the occurrence of a gongral labor rlot in that city by procuriug armg for distribution among the police. ‘Thoy have, morcover, adopted a firm policy toward the Iustigators of disorderly demon. strations, two of whom have already boen arrested for using language intended to in- cita the crawd to violence, Comxs, the ‘Washington Keauney, who had beeu for- bidden to advocnte violenco in his speechos, -tiet tho authorities at defiance by ndvising «that tho banks be broken into, and was r promptly locked up, Keansey, the Clifornin Moses of the -" Communists, arrived iu Boston yesterday, aud was receivod with the curiosity and in- terest which s advent would naturally ex. cito among tho classus whostand ready to Lail hiu o4 a deliverer from ¢ the opproession of capital.” His upeech to the crowd which waited uponhiu at the hotel was entirely char- acteristic of tho man—coarss, violent, and profane, The workiugmen of Massachu. sotts have not ax yet committed thomselves to an unquulified indorsement of Keanney and Kearnoyism, but seowm disposed to wait aud form their own opinion of the man and his mission before dropping their tools and organizing iwposing demonstrations in his honor, A correspondont, writing from Winona, Minn,, tells how & farmer sottlod the tramp «question. Ho found two of tho daylight marauders, who could not be induced to do an houest doy's work, engaged in abolishing lubor-saving machinery by setting fire to his thresling machine. There were no officers of the law whose assistance cuuld be in. voked in time to protoct his property, and ho protected it himself by meaus of a shot- gun with two barrels, one for each tramp. After be had killed them bothhe surrenderod Litnsslf to the authorities, and was promptly discharged, as no jury could possibly be found to convict or Judge to sontence a furuier for taking the law iu his own hands under such circumstances. The episode is signidcant as showing the sort of reception the Communisty may expect when they ua- dertake to put their theories into practice in the agricultural districts. e ——e——— A new and appalliug phase of the posal- bilitics of bumas villainy is presented in the sccount contained in the dispatches this worning of the abduction, rubbery, and out- ruge perputrated upon a Boston lady travel- ing upon a New York Central troin to meet ber husband at Albavy. Her clegant and refined appearance attracted the at- tenlion of two andacions thioves, who, taking seats noar her in the drawing- room ear, represonted to tho condnctor that she was an insane patient whom thay weora escorling to the axylum nt Utiea. It seems incredible that thero was absolutely 10 way for tho terrified Iady to resist the fonrful conspiracy agoinst her person and property, but so it proved; the monstrons plot prevailed, and the frantic woman was delivered into the custody of the flends and sbandoned to her horrible fate, from which sho was rescued in a most pitiable plight by her anxious husband, S ———— Two hnndred snd xevanty-five jyears agn, the Sclaves of Bosnia wero averwhelmed by the Turks, who, loas than soventy-five years Ister, pushed up to the very walls of Vienun, and, notwithatanding the opposition of Hun- gAYy, Turkey incorporated the province and has held it over since, until yesterday, when Austria marched in and took possession, is- suing A proclamation fo the people which promises them peace and prosperity, per- sonnl protection and rellef from turbulence, taxntion, and tyranny, It is evident by this sndden movement that Austria had become impatient at the slow processes of the Turk, and decided to raverse the points in nogotia. tion by occupying first and explaining after- warde. As Austria, fivst or last, was bonud to occupy the proviuos, it was pradent to do it at once, and thus avold tho increased re- sistance that might be mnda if it wero allow- ed to gather by Turkish delays, 8he will now mnke short, sharp work of the oconpa. tion, and will specdily orush out any opposi- tion that may be made, Having done this, she will have loisure to sit down and talk as long as tha Porte may dosire. —— GEN. GRANT ON NEWBPAPER CRITICISM. Experlence has taught that New York Herald interviews ara to be taken with sev. oral grains of salt, so that it is not safe to hold Gen. GraxT responsiblo for all that he is ropresonted by au {tinerant reporter to have said. Tha story of a previons interviow with Gaaxt, published year or 0 ago, ox- posed the method by which those ontertain. ing articlos are composed. Somebody in the interest of the Herald travels tha same routo that GrasT takes, manngos o overhear such conversation ns this gentleman has with his travoling companions, aud from thess eavos- droppings makes up what ia called an “‘in. terviow.” This process is cortainly not the most trustworthy way to bring personnl views bofore the public; bnt, in the Intest roported interview, going over some of the\ incidents of tho War, many of tho opiuions and expressions are so characteristic of Gravt that they mny perhaps be accopted as coming from bim without doing him the injustice of crediting bim with utterances that le would care to ropudiste. Other expressions, howaever, are rather surprising. Wo refer especially to some refurences to the North. ern press and its attitude daring tho War, Gen. GravT had been talking sbont Lex, ard spoke in a rathar envious apirit of the unani. wmous support Lez had from the Southern people, who, ho said, treated him *‘like a demigod.” “Our Generals,” Gnawt con. tivned, *“had a Aostils press, lukewarm fricnds, and a cold publio opinion outside,” Reforring to the same sabject later on, ho odded: * You cannot imagine how dis- heartening it wau at ths time, not only to ofticers, but to men. Tuke tho battlo of Shilob, for instance: the correspondents and the papoers at the time all said Shiloh was a surpriso,~that our men were all killed over their coffee, and 8o on; thers was no surpriso about jit,—exeapt, perhaps, to newa. paper correspondents.” It Gen, Grant has been indalging in sny such reflections as thess, he s cherlshing somo uncomfortable recolleotions, aund it is imprudent and unbecoming in him to give public utteranca to them. If thero {s one wan more than all others who has reason to b thankful for geuerons newspaper and popular support during the War, that man is Gen, GraxT, and Lo is certainly the last ond who should make a general and indiserimi. nate attack now on nocount of criticlsmg_in tho past. Of course thero was aclass of Copperhiead newspapera in the North that wero constantly carping at the conduct of the War bocause it was thoir purpose to em. barrnes its proscution a3 much ns they could; but their otives were as well- known thun as they are now, and their criti- cisms had no more fufluence than the criticisms of Confederate newspapers would have had if the latter had ciroulated at the North. But Gen. Grant must have beon conscious at every stage of his advancement that ho enjoyed o Inrger share of popular confidonce and newspaper favor than any other Goneral. in the army. e came iuto his various comsmands at the right tino, and onterodl upon them all after establishing somoe new clafm to belng trusted. When, at last, he took supreme command, thero was a Letter disposition than wiere had over boon bofore among politiciany, thoorists, cor~ reapondents, aud vewspsper oditors to lot him worlr-out for himsol? the destiny of the War, He had never boon a political Gen. cral, and at the closo of the War there was a notable strugglo botween the RNopublicans and Democrats as to which of the two parties might elaim him a3 its own for Presidential purposos, Iua frov country, tho press will assort its right of commont and ecriticlsm iu war na well as In peace ; and, excopt in the case of disloyal newspapers secking to embarrass the Governmout for disloyal purposes, we do uot think that the province of criticisin was ubused. It i significant that Orant's complaint about the newspapers i made chlefly in connection with the battle of Shiloh. It is a notorious fact that Gzant's Goneralship was more criticized in that case thau at any other period during the War, and his extreme sonsitivoness on the subject Lias left & widespread ‘fnprossion that there was cousiderable justification for a part of what was sald. It has now, become almost & matter of uncontested history that the firut day's disaster at BShiloh waa due to the failure to throw up precsutionary breast- worka in front of the enemy, notwithstand. ing the proximity of the Ntebel forces un: der Beavszoasp aund Bipvzy Jonn- soN, snd in wpite of the fact that advan. tageons ravines and abundant timber pro- vided sll the essentials of rapid and efective intrenchinent. GRANT'S aruy was advancing to wmeot an enemy, and that cnemy camo and struck i before Lo knew it; tho faot that Le himself came upon the battle-ficld so late in the day would indicate as much. Had he provided a line of abattis iu hiv frost, the surprise would not bave succeeded as well as it did. But Geanr’s subeequent achleves ments were 80 brilliant as to wipe out his error fo this respect, and his subsequent treatment by press aud people should not prrwit bim to cherish suy ill-will for criti- ecism that oortiinly bad too much ground- work to be characterized oy unfair, or to be instancod on indicativo of *n hostile press™ | engaged in disconraging and disheartoning Union Generals during tha War, REDUOTION OF THS FIRE-LIMITS. Tho persons who nre agitating for a repeal of the Fire-Limits Inw room to be pecnliarly insensible to their own and to the public in- terests. The Inw, like all other just laws, s general in ita application, There ¢can be no valid excuss or apology for pormitting the erection of & wooden building in the Sixth, Beventh, Fourleenth, Fifteenth, or Sixteonth Wands that is not equally strong for per. mitting the same kind of building in the Fonrth, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Elov- enth, Twelfth, Thirteentb, Boventeonth, and Eighteouth Wards, The roaton for the pro- hibition applies as strongly to the outer wards as it docs to those in the heart of tha city. In point of fact, a fire in & wooden ‘buildiog in the First Ward could work less damago to the surronnding buildinga, and could be tnore easily confined to the prem. ises where jt originated, than is possible in thie onter wards, whero most of the buildings ars of pino, and a fire may e spread rapidly in case of even a light wind. 'The present onlinance has besn of great bonefit, os- pecinlly to those ivards not previonsly included iu the prohibition of wootlon bLnild« ings, 1t has led to the construction of many bundreds of brick and stone bmildinga— dwellings aud stores—which, in tho absonco of such ordinance, would have been built of pine to be in accordance with the character of the surronndings. West Mndison street in an {llustration of the great ndvantage of the fire-limts ordinance. On that ssreet and the streets lending into it several hun. dred handsome brick and stone buildings have been orected since 1874; and, in the way of substantial and nitractive Dnildings for slores, Madison strest west of Halsted, s compnred with Madison street east of Hal- sted street, strikingly illustrates thodifference 1n the appenrance and charnoter of business which pertains to the two kinds of buildings, State streat, south of the limits of the fire of 1874, furnishes another illustration of how {IN ownors of pine shanties nud buildings of every kind stand in their own light by postponing the pormanent improvement of their property. ‘Thers iy hardly any part of the city in which, sinoe the passage of the ordinance of 1874, thero have not beon erected permanent im- provements in brick and stone, ndding grently to the valus of the property in the noighborhoods. It would be manifest in. ustice to the owners of all this property, costing soveral millions of dollars, 10 now reponl this ordinance and allow theso im- provements to be monnced with sottlemonts of incendiary pine tenementa. But it is said by certain Aldermen, * We do not intend to repeal tho ordinauce; we marely wish to exempt from its operations cortain districts, and allow only combustible cottages to ba put up for the use of poor men.” To this the anawer is plain aud ob. vious. No law is just thnt is not general, No distriot within the city can ssk oxemption from the prohibition of incendiary buildings, any more than it can nsk exemption from taxes, or from payment of saloon.-licansaa, or from water-rates, The law is right or it ia wrong. If such o latw ba necessary for the protection of the city against fir, then no part of tho city can ask to be exempt from the enforcemont of that law. The fire in 1871 originated, aud gained its uncontrollable Leadway, in districts where tho buildings were exolusively wooden. Two hundred millions of dollars’ worth of property was destroyed. Even then, with that sovero losson bofora it, the Conncil re- fused to pass a prohibitory ordinance, It reqnired tho second lesson, costing $8,000,- 000 to 810,000,000, in 1874, which second fira originated and gained uncontrollable head- way among the old pine buildingy, to induce the Council to pasa the presont ordinance. The experiinent of bnilding wooden build- ings and burniug up otber property at the rate of $1,000,000 for ench $1,000 {nvested in pine lumber has proved so costly, and its losses Liave Leen 8o rezent, that we think a proposition to invite and encourngo, it not produce, & repotition of such calnmities would hardly find supporters in the City Counail, BOME OF THE CURES FOR JIARD TIMES, ‘The mosl common complaint of the secason is hard times, and, whore a disosso is 50 gen- eral, romedies ars always nbundant, Bomo of tho cured auggestod in the present caso are very pecaliar, Thero is the Kransex cure, for {nstance. It began by arousing the worst passions of some of the worst men on the continent. Ita motto is, Lamp-posts and vopes for capitalists, It proposed to bring the 8an Francisco hoodlum to the front, and establish his dominion and methods. It included the killiug-of of China- men, and the insulting of the Chinene Miniater. It was aimed at the organia law of the principal State on the Pacifio side of the country, which was to be remodoled in the interest of short hours, long pay, and no competition In lubor, 'There is uo telling just how effcotive this cure wonld have beeu ju Californis, a4 Cursing Keannex did not carry tho day. Duat this gontleman is coming East with his nostrum. Now his idea iu that the best way to improve the con. dition of things is for laborers to drop their work and organize wammoth receptiona for him in his progress toward the rising son— Bex DBuruks—oud recognize him as the prophot of the new religion of **Good Times," HKeanwey bas a largo number of imitators all over the conutry, who are ako thorough Leliovers in tha theory that the best way to wmprove tha times is to assess the laboring wen for their support, to pay them from $10 to $25 a night (sud expenses) for working their mouths, and to make heroes out of ig- norant and selfish vagabonds. Then thore iy the Suure cure for the hard times, which s, Down with capitalists aud up with flatscrnip, Suvex i A specimen of a class who beliove in publishing so-called nowspapers at the expense of gullible friends; who are convinced of tho eflcacy of swindling office. boys and such other people ay will trust them ; who have au abiding faith in the mogic influcnce of attending Fiat and Communistic conventions when personal admirers raise suficient funds to warran it, Thers i3 no known mode of reasoning that conld couvince. Saure and his numerous imitators that they are not rapidly paving the woy for an jmpiovemont in the times, sud they will continue to preach this doc. trine just wo long au they can find dupes to contribute to their support and suckers to trust thew. Thero is the Sax Oasy snd *‘Brick” Poursor cure. This class of reformers be. leve that the only thiug necessary to do is to dostroy ali creditin the country,—na- tional aud individual. Repudistion is their sovervign romedy, Thoy kuow that cepital- ists will ot once scquire new coufidence thy moment it shall bs certain that their bands, and mortgages, and notes will be pnid off in worthless fial-serip. They aro satinfled that the way to mako intorest low is to render the ourrency choap and masty. They are thoroughly per- suaded that the workingman will never be Lettor off till he shall be compelled to pay {hree to ten limes as much as he now pays for everything he and his family eat, drink, and wear. Aeanwhile theso self-sacrificing napostles of the fiat-sorip lunnoy are propared to farnish spoeches and documents whicl: demonstrata all this, either at wholesale or rotail, and nt the high prices necessitated by the hard times. The Citizen Boniwan onre for hard times is in great favor. All tho brewers and picnic beer-venders regard it 88 A panacea, It is only necessary for tho various Trades-Unions, Labor.organizations, Communiata, eto., to go ou with their frequent exonrsions inio the suburbs, and continue to consume beer by the hogshond, in order o nchieve the prom- ised improvemont. But this must bo kept up Jiligently, Mon must not aquandor their timo nnd energy in debasing labor at their trndes; they must not dissipato their monoy 1n buying bread and dlothes for their fami. lios; they mitst not be misled by the dema. gogues who tell them to keep pegging away at their work; thoy must organize picnics early and often, and spend their money freely in liquor, if thoy expect this curo to bo affective, The Btrikers’ cura for hard timos likewise enjoys groat confidence and popularity, If thors is any one thing calenlated moro than any other to improve the condition of work- iugmen, it is first to find some protext for a goneral snspension of work, then to secnre tha co-operation of the vagrants and ronghs, and finally to procoed to the destruction of their employers® property, This is the short- est and surest way to increase tho wagos- fund, and at the same time to promote that harmony of sentimont and overflow of good. foeling botween capital and labor wbich is ro dosirable, If there is any particular class of property that ought to be sclected for destruction it is railroad property, for the donble reason that railronds give employ- mont to so many men, aud are ot the same tl.ne necessary to carry on the business of tho country. DBut, after stopping tho traine, tearing up tho tracks, and burning down the depots and tha cars, ths work of dostruction should be extended as rapidly as possiblo to other classes of proporty, and particularly the large factories, Tho Tramp curs for hard times is spronding rapidly thronghout the West, Fora time, the tramps thought it wonld do to beg frst and steal afterward, with occasionally rav- ishing a farmer's daughter ond burnlug a bors. But this sphere of operations was found to be too contracted, and mo tha tramps have resolved to bring abont good times in o moro summary fashion. They now board rnilwoy-traiws in organized crowds, socure rapid transportation from one section to another, and destroy respers and harvestery, and provent tho gathering of the orops, as they go along. By thus gaining the good will of the gront agricnltural popu- 1ation of this country, by destroying, as far s they can, the crops of the prosent season, and placing as many obsiacles ns possiblo in the way of planting and harvesting crops for next senson, they are sure of the truo and quick solution of the problem of hard times, All theso various remedios aro at work more or less with the commion purpose of improving the times, and tho American poople ara natusally walching their operation with a good denl of intersst, THE REVENUE WAR. ‘We print olsewhere in this issue a detailed statoment of tho reveune troubles in South Carolina, which have provoked a recurreuce of the momorable confliots between the Fed. oral and 8tate lawa which used to be fought inthe dnysof Wensten and Harxe, whou Calhounism was rompart. According to thia statement, a party of four revonue of- ficers wore ordcrod to arrest Iiznstoxp, n well.knotn outlaw and et distiller, for violation of the Rovonue laws. In carrying out their instructions they woro ronisted by one Amos Lupp, who attempted to'shoot at them, but was himaelf shot. As the peoplo of the county sympathized with the outlaw and his gang, the four officers, to save them. solves from violence, gave thomselves up to tho Bheriff. A fow weeks later thoy were {ndicted for murder, Deforo the case camo to o hearing, a potition waa mada for its e~ moval o the United Btates Courts, anda writ of haboas corpus was served npon the Blicriff by the United Btates Marshal, who made a formal demand for the custody of the prisoners. 'The Bleriff refused to acknowl- edga the writ, and the question came up be- fore Judge Kxmsuaw for argument in tho naturo of a-plea to tho jurisdiction, On tho 10th of July Judge Kenauaw declded ngainat the wotion for removal on the grounds that tho killing was not done under color of of- fice(?) ; that it was not justified under the ofr- cumstincos; and that the United Btates Court could not have jurisdiotion of tho caso be- ocause it did not srive under tho Constitution or laws of the Unitod States, ‘Tho matter was then reforred to Washinglon, sud with tho dacision of the authorities that the prisoners shall be removed at all bazards our readers are already familiar, Tho situation of affairs bas thus brought the Btate Government face to face with tho United States Government, aud if tho former opposes tho decision of the latter, theu South Carolia is at wur wilh the United Status, That is the plain English of it, and the sooner it is settled the butter.. The desire of Gov. Haseroy that the case should take tho regular course of common-law offcnses by golng through the Supreme Court onan appeal, and thence to the United States Su- promo Court, hardly amounts tomore than a quibble, if wo assume that the Natioual Government is correct in its decislon that tho Btate Courts have no jurisdiction over tho caso ; and it cortainly would be an act of barshness to confine tho prisoners in jail, and without bail, until & decision could bereached through the long and tedious processes of appeal, ‘The position which Becrotary Evarrs takes, that the Governmont shall assort its jurls. diction and toke possession of the prisoners at once, will cormmend iteclf to those who do nat believo that the Btate is superiorin authority to the National Goveroment in matters coucerning the ocollection of Federal revenue. If there sre any questions that Gov. Haurron wanta sottled, let tnem be sot- tled afterwards. The first duty is to give theso prisoners an immediate hearing in the United States Courts. Whatever they ar charged with grew oat of theirattempt to en. force a national law, and if once the idea is entertained in South Carclina, or avy other Bouthern State, that Federal officers, can bo interfered with and punished in the pursu. ance of their official duties Ly the State, then tho Government will bo paralyzed. If tho Nntional Government fs an alien, interfering with the righta of the eitizens of an indo- pendent State when it secks to enforce fia anthority, thon it is on the road to destrue- tion. Every roveoue.robbor would defy the Government with impumty, becanse he would rely upon the Btate for protection. Not only would the Revenna Inws be void, but evory other law, and wa shonld have tha farce of a Nntional Govern. ment unable to enforco one of ita laws, and subordinate to overy Btale in matters affecting the interests of the whole people. The case as it now stands involves the ques. tion whether the highest allogiance of the citi- zen is o the Stato officera around the State. THouse, and the location of this case unfor. tunately is a State which more than onco be. foro hian mought to set ilself up s superior to the National Government. Daring the week the “bulls” in Chicago and Mlilwaukes have hoon ongineering a corner in tho wheat market, and prices have been materially advanced. In the latter city the squeeze has assumed more formida- blo proportions than hors. July options were selling hore at the closs on Batur. day at $1.05§@1,06, while in Milwaukes they ranged at $1.12§@1.14, A vory large line of shorts for August delivery had been put out on both markets, and for thoso op- tiona prices advanced in sympathy with the movement for covering the July shorts. On the bulge the bears threw out an additionnal line, and have since been hammering the market with the haps of hedg. ing ngainst tho losses resulling from the July deal. Well-posted operaiors state that in both cities the lines of July and August shorts nmounted to fully 20,000,000 bushels, while the visible supplyof all grades of wheat, fincluding that in New York and en route to that city, footed up a little over 4,000,000, The roceipts hero on Batnrday were 45,000 bushels, and in Milwnaukee about 80,000, Advices from the wheat-growing region on Saturday after- noon wore in the main less favorabls, and the * bulls” profited theroby by forcing up the market for August options abont one- lnlf cent from the lowest point touched during the day. One of the anomalies of the corner is tho dootoring of winter wheat so 88 to make it pass inspection as No. 2 spring. Bpot winter wheat is now selling at about 10 cents less than spring. By nadding twenty Lushels or so of the latter to s car- lond of the former, the rural dealer renlizes n profit of about $35 o the car- load, which would not accrue to him were it not for the squeeze whioh the *“ longs " aro giving the *‘shorts.” Out of 1561 car-losds raceived here on Baturday, 09 wero of dootored wintor, which passed muster a8 good No. 2 spring, in accordance witly the inspoction rules as established by tho Warchouso Commistioners, orthe * Natlonal” Convention held in Syra- cuse on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, the Bulfalo Kxrpress scemns to be frighicned at the progress which the ! third party " is imnak- Ing in the State of Nuw York, It says the num- ber of new recrults that are daly jolning the new argapization fs s eerlous aud alarming sign of the times. It notes tho fact that, of the sixty-0ad counties fo Now York, but seven wera unrepresented, and all the delegations claimed to have substantial constituoncles be- hind them. Tho Kzpres saysthst it was not strange that the shinplasterites should have ratled nt the exfating parties. *“The bitteruess of this railing 1s described as the most char- ncterlstic feature of the zathering. Not merely on the fluor of the Convention, but everswhere where the delcgates were @athered together, ‘was heard tho voice of denunclation. Guant, llavzs, CoxxuiNg, TiLomy, and Kenxaw, and indeed all prominent paliticlans, were the objects of undiscriminating. and . unreasonjug denunclation.” Aud, as far as the plattera adopted 18 concorned, tha Eirpres ssys thut “lis graln or twoot corn is covered with the whole collected chafl of the flat-paper delusion,” e Col. A. €, Marraaws, of Piitsfield, Plic County, hns been nominated for Representa- tlve (n the (feneral Assembly in the Senatorial District composed of Pike, Scott, and Calioun Counties, Ho runa as the mivority member, as the district 1s strongly Democratie. Col. Marruews was among the very best and most useful inembers of the Jast House. The pro- pused Draltiage Amendment he was chlefly in- strumental in getting passed for submission. He worked hard: to secure some fimportant amenduients to the Tax law sbich would sfwplis (yit, sud wlwost succecded In getting them through. He supported all proper measures and opposed the tricky and fnjurfous ones. The Colonel {s enthusiastic on the subject of tho Dralnsge Amendment. In a lotter to tho peoplo ol Pike County he says: In our county we have conatructed & loveo along the banke of tho Misslsalypy liver over Ofiy miles in Jengin, at Jarge expeuse, snd if it ever should bu comploted, and 18 will be {f the auicud- went is adonted, aud wo ket the nocessury lein- tatlon, It will reclalw over 100,000 acres of the Lest landw of Ilnols In oav body, ———— An exchange storts tho story that Mr. Rexny WaTTEItsON, of the Loulsville €./, will bo o candidate for Forunay’s old place ss Sccrotary of the Scnate after tho 4tk of March next, snd udds: Lz ne's big lek | for 160, 000 uuarr 1o Inasuurate TiLbeN, & learned that they were not wanted, ho went au psphyxlal state, After he regained his recol- Jeclion, ho exclsimed: **'The brass-looped Doniu« cratic pi burst at thu founialn; the Demo- cratic m Phlcd fu the xand; but, thauk o, the blue g s bloowlng, " 8th), Lowever, althuugh notwithstanding, why would not Ilgxn make 8 competent Nec- retary of the Senate, sud why should vot tho Demverats uppoiut him to that ofticed ————— Citizen 8ciwawp, one of the Communistie feaders of New York, hos been stwiving the scheme of Prran Cuorsn snd Ban ButLek to inflate tho currency und substituts * flat ” shiu- plasters tor coin and redecuiable paper, aud he has come to the conclusion that it would be of 1o benefit to tho labor classes. Ho eald: The et the Nationai-L.abor-Grecnback party cau do s t0 help 1ho uiddle clasecs of soctcty to bring 'k fora fow years the hollow prosperit of the War 1imes by flooding toe country witl fat-money and ulving thess classes 1 refer tu o chancy toapecniate sud make furtun The workluy pevbly would vot be s Esurything thoy cat and wear would [ up, und thelr wages would ¥o uu, vut uut oy high as thelr expruses. luidly off as they are now, they would b woree off thea. Though it wight give them o few years of higher wu}el, but aiwaya higher prices, the reaction would loave tuem worse off than ever. e e— e The important dccision of Secretary Scnunz, that tho lands gravted to the Pacific rullruade arc, three years after their compienon, subjeck to cutry aud pre-cmption by avtual scitlers st $1.25 per acre, b slowly wakiug its way into the public mind, The followiog are tbe Hgures of an cstimate of the quantity of thcse lands: Central Pacifc Uniou Pacide Kansas Pacific. Deaver Pacilc Total... - . - ‘The average Democratic politician ls deadly opposed ta telling the truth himself about i political opponents, or havingotherstellit, Last week ther: wus a soldlers’ reunion at Newark, 0., at which President Haxss, Gen. Susnyax, aud otker distinguished citizens were prescat sod nade speeches, and among others Gov. Bisitoy, tbe Demovratic Goveruor of that State. In tho course of bis addreds, the Goveruor took oes coaion (0 pay & bigh compliment to President Haves, not vnly asu Uslon soldler who bad eerved Lis country feithiully and well fu tine of war, but who had added to his patriotiam and bravery upon the ficld of battle by a just and diacriminating administration of affales as Goy- ermor of the great State of Olo. Bisnor frank- 1y acknawledged that, if his own ndniniatration as Governor was succeastul and free from Just complaint as that of [Iavzs, he wonld re- tiro from the Executive ofice at the end ot his term woll entisfled with the result of hisen- deavors, Ilo nextreferred, In n very gracefal and sonsible manner, to the promotion of Mr, Ilavzs to the Presidency, and patd bim such a compliment as ono high-minded, chivalrous gentleman can honestly pay to another without disgrace, ajthough in political opinion the two may differ as widely as men often do. To this generoua conduct on tha vart of Gov. Biaor many of the unreconclled Bourbon newspapers take exceptions, and they plainly tell him that he ought to have crfed * Frand! Fraud1” at the top of his volee, and expatiated upon the great outrage that was perpetrated tpon American Instituttons by the declsion of the Eiectoral Commission. The oraluary Democratie polltl- clan's mind seems to have become hopelessly debauched by dissppointment in not getting Into office under TiLban, and he bas allowed hiimself to dwell upon his assumed loss until he Is now Incapable of appreciating, much less ex- erclaing, the common courtesies of life, o —— ‘When we constider how big o State Texasreally is, we will ceaso to wonder at the action of the Isto Democratic State Conventlon. Think of 1,500 delegates belng called to order by one pre- siding oilicer, snd the roll hefog called seven times in onc day Ly the same clerk, Itisnot strange that they were turbulent and nolsy, and touk days and days to do thelrbusiness, because itison the principle that great bodies mova slowly. Texas Is aix times greater than the State of New York, and considerably larger than the Repullic of France, which coutalns n population ncarly as largo as that of the United Btates, Two hundred such States as Rhode Island conld be carved out of Texas, and then thers would be scraps enough left to make soother Now England. . e —— When Ex-Gov. FaxTon salled for Eurone last Wodnesaday, to attend the Silver Conleronce called together on invitation of tho United Btates lovernment, his numerous friends in New York City had arranged to accompany tho steamer down the bay fu a small steamer with musle, llags, and cheers to emplissizo their re- socct and good wishes for his safe return, But Mr, FrnTON, when he learned what was going on, vrotested ngainst it su carnestly that his friends were obliged o compiy, snd the ex-Gov- ernor took hisdepurturens modestly as any othor private citizen, It docs not appear that Sena- tor CONKLING wna one of FENTON's friends who was anxlous and plnivg to show him respuct. ————— ‘The queation now before the houso {s this: 11ms not the New York Herald changed front on the thisd-term questlon since it shouted ** Cisar- fsm " so vocilerously threo years agol By keeping onc of its ablest, most skiilful, and best pald correspondents constantly with Uen, Grawr, to mawnify all he says, to embellish much that he does not say, to cxercise the pro- rogative of a reporter and make hin say what he ought to sny,~tarefully eliminating all fool- ishnees and small talk from his conversations and speeches,—the Jleru!d Is doing more to stimulnte the third-term movement than ail the other newspapers combined. 3 o Thero is Just nuwa littlo Jull in polltical affalrs in Now York, and the friends of Chief- Justice S8anronrp E. Cnuncit {mprove tho op- portunity to bring bim forward as o candidate for Unlted Htates Seoator. Judge Cuunci scemato bo as haudy forhls friends tn New York to fall back upon s Ciannes FRANCIS ADAMY 18 {u Massachusetts, although it has been over thr:o weeks since the Springfield Republican coupled Mr. ApsMs' name with any fmportant public position, ———— A, IL Breruexs is enjoying himeclf and his canvass for & re-election to Congress. He re- hiashes his controversy with Mr, Porten in all the specchies e makes, sod rovently safd: T belleved TiLony was glected by a falr count, ond I have #s much nerve 08 most people, 1 never yet shrank from dauger or steel, but i want no more war. ILAYES was inaugurated, and "has done’ for peac fn the South what ‘Tt pEX could not have done." ———— To the Eidior of The Tridune, Axwa, Til., July 20,—WiI| you state In yonr pa- par, for the benent uf une of iLs readers, Whetnur the Qovernment bonds of Eugland sro taxed vr oty and, 1f 0, how? Ad, The bonds of tho British Government are not taxed, That Government {s not foolish enouch to assault ita own credit, and try to destroy it. The couscquents i, that the British Govern. ment cau borrow moncy st the very lowest rates of intereat when it wauts any. ‘fhe parson in the pulpit stands; 1414 locka sre thin aid gray; e hends hls head, Le claspa s hands, And apriogs upon lls pray, —Burdeite. The druyman in the wagon stands; s Jocks are gruy and thin: He vendu his head, he clasps his bands, Aud wiveth oft his caln. ———— All tho New York pnpers—tho Zlerald, Tribune, Tinea, Posty Graphic, and World—ure trightened ut the progress which the * Natlon- at " purty is makiug (o the Empire State, Tho Hera!d says: »1a it rash Lo suggest that here (New York), as fu Callfornla, the vpponents of this” Greenback-Labor party may fud them- selves obl! to drop old party bonds and come - bine to detest it ————— The editor of tho New Orleans Democrat speuks of uuother quill-driver us u fellow who “yearned for the print of vur foot un the sest of bis pants to frame as u certifivate of gene tility.” Such resources as those Bouthern fel- lows develop for ecttliug disputes by nmicable adjustinent gud compromise bave always chals lenged our profoundest admiration and respoct. ———_ Tableau: Uncle Bam, very anury, with the dirty littie brat, Bouth Caroling, ucross his kneey vigorously applying the pal of his horuy haud to that part where i wiil do ths most good, 'Lherey, you fusolent, good-for-nothing lituoe raseal, tnke thut, and remember that thisis 1878, —svventeen years since you chucked o stune through the windows of Fort Bumter g ‘The right sinart dash of u shower last Thursday niaht which washed tho strects, cloaued out the gutters and sewers, and did but Hitlo barm aud mueh good, was misunderstood fn St. Louts. ‘The G,-. newspaper .of that town overtiows with sympathy for Chieago on accouut of the shower; but It ts wasting its tears, as the rain hus conferred many bencits on the dty, S p—— The Clucinoatl Enqu'rer lanocently asks, *What {s the Dewocratic National Commities doing " Well, it the stories are true, the Com- mittee fs just wow eugsged in circulating the Mes that were told by ANpERson, WEnek & Cu. as Gospel truth, aud, by the industry that it munifests, it scens determloed to earn its mouvy, —————— Bxx BurLen has bad hiscmissaries canvassing Massachusetts for several weeka trying to tind out bis probavle strength s & caudidate for Qoverner. 1f bo develups strength enouth to make & respectablo shiow as a Hat-party can- didate, he wiil then endeavor to get the indorse- wment of tho Democratic party, Becretary Scuvnz is sald to be tho hardost worker of all the members of the Cabinet. Wahilu the balance of them aro often off duty on junketing trips, thy industrious Uertnan caros his sulary by strict attention to the busl- nees of bis Departmont. e ———— Inthe New York Coxxrixg lmbroglio, it is not yet defluitely settled ou which side of the feuce Vice-President WizeLes will be found. e —— “The man on horscback™ was again scen in Loulsville, Ky., on Baturdsy, by Mr. Warren- 80, uf the Couricr-Journg's CROW CREER, The Alleged Wholesale Fraud, _ This Indian Agency, An Elaborate Defense of Dy, Livingston, the Lato Agcnt, Apsortion that Ho Has Beon Builty o j Offsnse Agninst the Gorery. : ment or the Indians, dnd that the Inferior Department v Fazyey i s Plot e Rain nn Honest agy Capable Officiad, To the Editor of The Tritams, YankTOoN, D, T, July 2L—A grey been printed and read of Jate rorardin. allg,y discoverfea of frawd in connecthn wig, overations of varions Indian Arcnty g N Bloux Agencles along the Mizaunrl ittvor, 1, tween Yaukton aud Blsmarci, and more ticularly fn refcrence to the doluzs of Dy, ) ¢ Livingston, Azout at Crow Creek, All gy, disclosurcs emanate from the Tuterior [ gy wneut, and have been handed down to thg . vle through fts heads, suleleads, agg 13 servera; and Lava been eo much dwell yy nud reiterated, In publie and in Drivate, thero ia reaily danger that this Dy, ment may exhibit & epasm of Jealiyy lTeat some other Depariment gy, reach out a plifertnz hand and tage some ot the hard-carned honors of i ayr, ment. But, as all previous articles hase o, constructed in behall of the Government gy, of the question, I purpose, With sour pergy slony to ehronlcle a few lacts IN DEFENSE OF DIt. LIVINGSTON, I ask the opportunity to thus apue besagy Tdoem it astmple act of Justice to one iy whose private and publle career Ium Entlzely famillar. Perhaos T may be ble to theaw sy Ught upon a subject which s too longtey permitted to remaln under the unwholey s, cloud of a projudice ever ready to azcep; g dictum of the fnvestigator, Tt comea to us in the head-lines and o gy #olid reading of the telezraphie department jy the editorfal columns, of alinust every pex, paper published In the cities of the Weat 453 the Enst, that Dr, Livingston has approj to his own use arjicles to .lhu value of seveg hundred thousand dollars, belonging to thy Indians placed under bis charge by the Gorey, ment of tho Unlted States, 1o t3 branded 1y country over as 8 thief of tho first magnitus; and the mililons of readers whose dcas of and things are largely drawn from that whiy oppears {n tho dally newapapers conchinle tuy it muat be g0, because it appears in thu. wl from a source which seems rellable. 1 will py stop here to (}ucnlon 1he pirpose of the Inhyy Ofieo In lending Itsell to the uses ol slance, 1t Is » fact that it has been larzely concernnl f3 spreading abroad these accounts of fraud af thievery nt the Bioux Acgencles: and tha has given them forth without ermitting va parties wmost futerested to enter it word by tier own bohaif. It may pot oceur to you that t ** news (rom Crow Creek s NO NEWS AT ALL. Tho _entlre subject was lald beforo the pubte last March, and was publlsbed In most of th newapapera at that time, Since then ny new developments are clufined by the pardles e gaged tu working ub thecase. Neitherbars they, during the lutervening four montos, taksy any steps towards bringing to fuatico the il vidusle sgsiust whom these mrave charseaarn made. The reappearance ut this thue, fnan i3 proved aud exaegerated form, of these stre nients, in placo of the promised amd expatcl rwaumtlon tureugh a court of justlce, is a tin n affairs entircly unlooked for,” and most quie tionable In lts nature. [t 1s alleged by the lo dian Commiissioner thot tbe contents of I, Livineston's closed safo have Just been rew and that the ducuinents found conveated w that safe are the funndution for thut wisy has been #o recently put forth against the go.l name of tho Agent at Crow Creek, 1amat's to wuy—ana my words cau e substantiated by an tnbundance of sworn testimony— safo was openea by Dr. Livinwston's clerk in about a week after thescizuroof his Avent by tho iniliturg, and tmmediately on tie or: of Hammond} snd the public papers therds found forwurded to Washingion, where (L have sluce remalned on e, A snall compar: nunt within tue safe, containjng the po papera and fetters and private funds of I Livinigston, was shorily alterwards broken opa by Inspector Hammond, vnd these p al cilocts taken away and withhuld from thrironu. er, who rofused to glve them up, and proteste] suninet thelr seizure. It, therefore, appears that there was HO REASONANLE EXCUSM for a sccond * dlsclusure” of fraud: and wean led to Letleve that thero 18w motive fuitof 1 leas magnitudo than the desire to create publi; optnlon I favor of the Indian Dejart went, ot the cost of the reputation & a public servaut. It occurred In onr Junction with the visit of Commnlsloir Tluyu to the Ageney, Ho there met the cor respondent who did the work,—the latter have tug come down the Misaourl Rlver wuletie furmer ascended it Tocetner the two e trom Crow Creek to Yankton, and, on tne nigst of their arrlyal, the ready-made oatter was tos graphed to newspapers fn all the Jeadin: or e East and West, anid ddited at (o Creok, It was natsent out asan Aseo Preas report, but wus made up into » all cuauating drom this one corresj Your own kuowledgo of the monag newspaper-correspondence will enable Iyuulu conelude that ity or one hundred publishie; cotcerns do not club together for the procures ment of hmportaut ** speclals,” 1 can reach b onw satlsfuctory couclusion In the premi-ey numely: That the youngz man who operated 8t the flure-head for the dissemtnation ot thes “dlsclusures’ was acting uader the orders an. 4V of sunie one not engaeed in the nowsug - usiuess, It was not necessary for Commussiou er ilayt to visit Crow-Creek Awency to provure the ovidenvs of wlesred fruad, Tt wias ol on flo I his own Depne meut ot Washuneton, and had been o | L am persondly counl L of the funr months. n t, during these four months which bave cd the flnl{)ubllmlhm of the chardes rstutly and bis bunidamen awd frivaus have been urlog every cidcavor 1o BECULE AN INVESTIOATION ONl A THIAL, iy whileh ho could bavg the privilego of showing his ¢ldv ut the cuse, This has not been ived hfmig bty from the begluufug, it has becd proutlsed “by-and-by," Meauwhile, scanlatoas ublicutions ‘wro given forth, and for him thers s absolutely wo redress. That the Govene wment has, sluce last March, pusse: el in the way of cvidence aiainst Dr. io a8 1L now possceses, and thet its ugents havd taken no ateps towarda seearing his punlshuit for the crinies g0 freoly charzed, eugondors the stepleion that they are not acting I good fats. I have uot even e W movy 1owarls ing_ his urrest or He s berv fu providing for tla ajesr aukton, patfently wait: brocess wiklt wnee, mg for the long-promised n shall legally arraizn him us o maletactor beivre tha bar of Justive. All that Las been done 3% cither end of tho strmgg 1s to perivaially send forth over the wires the announceineds that Dr. Livinuston (s 8 sseat thiel, aud b buen caughit ut it. My underatauding of matirs of this sort s, that cliarges aguinst persuns suv peeted of unlawiul acts sre secret In their 1.3 ture, at Jeast until alter tho bind 1y cared i that oilicfals are probibited by law from detaitinz (e Tacts aad fancles which accutuiate jo the bandy of she detective depurtment, until the case 13 cumploted suflictoutly to bring the prisuner (10 court, und that step shall bave beco taken But, {u this fostance, we have befors us the apectacio of & Commissioner of Tndfan Atfulcsy an Indlan dospector, und 9o Indlan Agent CONSPUIING WITU 4 NEWSPALEK-CORREIFOND ENT to lay bare thelr secrets,—Iceding his jmagiod- tion upon ¢l jursels of acaudal, all souué & wan who y luploring the tovernmeod to arrest him sud give him a trial, This is plats tatk, bug it 18 sotid cruth, und I deoire to place it fn its 1most couvinelng form. In the course v & few wonths more of the ame sort ul wors shall be prepared to belfeve tha i Ls not the intention ot these accusers to ruin their case by institutiog a prosccution of Dr. Llvinceton The susplelon already orevalls ¢hat tacre 15 8 muuydc & yicw aot atrletly hougraule to atl cods cerned. Reuurding the charges published in your ls.-fi of the 15ih fuat,, avd staca thye daty, 1 eodl i say much wore 10 custroversfou Loan spaco WY permit, But it s uecessary, Ju order to sustaitt my view of Lhis case, to wive squuo sticution W thess detalls. ‘The articlo ta aweepuys 0 ity ”,14 ture, sud does not deal sufliciently i s fucts to ¢nuble we tu exhibiz ats cutire vl fulvess, 1t Js difleult for the Lustery readee 10 belleve that there [ u o deal of scnsationallsm about this Iudisd Luafness; but here, unon the border, WY fully comprebend ft Wo kuaw tbere o & chronfc aud well-founded belfef that, the o