Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1878, Page 4

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F.T.Mc- Fabpes, Manager. PARIS, France—No. 16 Rue dela Grange-Batellere. 1. Minres, Agent LONDON, Eng.~Amerfcan Exchange, 449 Strand. Izxey F. Girrio, Agent. SAN FIRANCISCO, Cal.—Palace Hotel. SOCIETY MEETIN ZREYSTONE LODGE, NO. 619, A. F. & A. M.— Epecial communlcation next Wednesday eventng at 8 velork. lmportan: pusiness. Al members are re- yuesied to attend. Vislting lrethren cordia vitea. CHEQ. HARZ, Secreta By order of the W. M. EILWINNING LODGE. NO. 11, A. F. &A. M. “The suuual picnic iakes piace at Sharpshooters Park, Tuesday, 13th fust. Tratn lexves corner Clinton and Carroll-sta. aLy:30'a. m. sharp. Tickets, 50 cis. L. 5. CHARLETTE. Secretary. DEARBORX LODGE, NO. 310.A. F. & A. M.~ Mem- tens are requeated to neet t AMasonic Hail, 76 Monroe- *L. tuis (Sunday) morning at 12 w. to attend the fa- aeral of our late brotutr. Heury M, Stmons. By order, WILLIAMUR. FORSYTH, W. M. CORINTHIAK CHAPTEI wlar Convocation Monds e P, and M. M. ) ‘8. are cordially imvited. By onder - G. V. BARNARD, It. P. 9. K. T.—~Speclal 1873, for wurk on courtesusly wel- CHICAGO COMMANDERY, Cobrlave Monday evenlns, Aug. 12 oG Order. Visinz SIF Knirhth med. By order of tue Ei o e dity MEGINY, Recorder. 2 B. A. M.—Tlall. 76 Monday evening, Aug. By order ot W. W, REID, H, P. LAFAYETTE CHAPTEL, Monroc-st.” Stated Convocai! 12 w8 o'clock, for Lusiness. E. N. TOCKER. Secretary. SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1878. In New York on Saturday greenbacks were worth 994 in gold and silver coin. The Sultan having recently asked the En- glish Government to stay the Austrian ad- vance into Bosnin beyond & certain point, it Lias auswered the request by positively de- cliving to interfere. The declination was probably based upon the fact, not that Ea- gland loves Tarkey less, but Anstria more. ———— Dex Burier bas at last publicly cut loose from_ the Republican party, Loping to be- come the savior of the new doctrine of Socialism in this country; but there is one Xesnver who will strenuonsly object to be- iag considered as nothing. better than a voice crying in the wilderness. No second fiddle for K.! According to a Washingron paper, the Democratic Senators ace still indignant at some of the statements in MaxTON MARBLE'S letter published some time ago. ‘Thé general impression seems to be that MansLe wrote the letter at Tiroes's dictation, wording it 50 88 10 injurz the characters of TuvaMan and BaYazD for the Presidentisl candiducy. A coincidence ‘he bill providing for the closing uf pablic-houses in Treland passed its third reading in the Joritisk Pardiament yes- terday, aud on the previous day an order was issued by the polies authorities of Chi. capo closing all the swioous of the cty at widnight. “Lhe difference: ‘Che first-men- tioued law affects freland only’, the fast touches both Ireland und Germauy. —— A point is well taken by ex-Gov. Serwoue, ot New York, when he seys that the wealthy mmuufacturers ot New England and Penusyl. vunia ** are practically preaching Communism u arging thet American laboress wimst be protected nud supported by tuxing other citi- zens through twafls™ It is literally taking money out of the pockets of the nch con- sumers for the benefitof the poor producers, und whnt 18 that but Communism ? - n. Croox, the old Indian fighter, was viewed recently by » representative of e Qmnhn Herald upon the oceasion of his retury from his visit to the Bunnocks, in the «course of which Lie gave exprassion to some very ewphatic views upon the Indinn ques. tion. He declared that the Baunocks went t war because they were hungry and some of them starving, the whites having come iu and occupied all the grounds trom which they denved their living. For s wretched condition of things he holds onr present policy responsible, which sends out Comuuissioners who know notiing about the Indinn, sud misreprerent. bim, sua allow ontrages to be comuntted npon them under the clouk “of religion. He closed bis interview with the following strong declara. tion: **We will coniinue to have these outbreaks like the prezent one of the Ban. nocks os long es the present system prevails, ‘'be Indiugg bave vever had auy redress for wrongs committed sguinst them. T have known of squaws being rdden down, lus. soed, and outraged, snd if an Indian Lnd suid » word he would have been shot. It erimes are not punished they will be com. aitted anywhere: No white man was ever convicted or punished for & crime committed opeinst the Indisns.” ‘The greatest obsta- cle that stands in the way of the adoption ©of Gen. Cxoox’s policy is the truth ot the statements that be makes. The order issued by the Superintendent of Police ou Fridny, directing the enforcement of the ordinunce requiring that all the saloons be-closed at 12 o'clock at night, is a sound and wholesome regulation that cannot be too rigidly spplied. Many of these saloons, after that hour, become the resorts and lodgiug-places of the very worst classes of society, who are thus enabled to hide and 1o elude the grip of the officers of the law, ‘The ordinance was framed iu the interest of peace and:good order, and a cheerful com- pliancewithitsrequirements on the part Gf the saloon-keepers will place them pn {he side of the law-abiding portion of: thle mmunity. 1t is no hardship,—no interference with their legitimate -x.nsinm,-}u’e{h‘éy’ bave all day and Dbalf the night “beside in which to ply their trade,tbut a conservative mensure calculated to do good, and must be complied with. The order is supplemented with another forbigfling the giving of con. certs in saloons 6n Sunday, which can scarcely be defendgd on the same grounds ay the other, as good music does not incite people to ihe commission of crime or breed vizious habits; but a decent respect for tho these dbncerts as a desceration of the Sab- bith ought to be sufficient to prohibit them. People wholive in civilized communities must waive some of their personal rights and forego much individual freedom for the benefit they derive from the association, and for the general good of the entire mass. The old-time theory that country life con- duces to virtue has received hard knocks from time to time. When the person in Michigan has the heartlessness to send to this market boxes and baskets of peaches of which only the top-layers are fit to eat, we murmur. So, too, when we learn that the hitherto-supposed upright buttermaker mixes oleomargarine with the best “ creamery,” we grow faint, and lose our inherent faith in the simplicity and honesty of Lucolic manners. Yet, after all, itisin sadness rather than anger that Tue TRIUNE notes.these rural peccadilloes, and only sug- gests that if the manufacturer at the cream- eries would but reflect upon the dreadful possibilities beyond the grave, he would doubtless come to be a wiser if not a butter- man. CHICAGO'S CONGKESSIONAL ELECTIONS. T'he time is approaching when the people should begin to take some mterest in the Congressional elections of this fall. The candidates on both aides have been interest- ing themselves for some weeks, but it is much more diflicult to get the attention of the public. Thongh the present year is in one sense an ‘““off year”in politics, there lias scarcely ever been atime when Con- grossional elections were more important, und every Republiean community should bo impressed with thie fact. Itis already cer- tatp that the Senate will be Damocratic in the next Congress, and i w2l depend upor. the wajority 1 the House whether or not the Democratic party sball have complete rad undisputed controi of national legisiation. "There are msauy reasons to regard a Demo- eratic majority in the mnext Congress as an impending calamity, and it is the daty of Republicaus everywhere to spara no cffort to avert it. A Democratic majority threatens many serious disturbances at -the present time. If nothing worse shonld hap- pen, the President would be seriously em- barrassed in the admivistration of the Gov- ernment through Republicav. agents and under Republican methods. Under the ‘Tenurs-of-Office Iaw, the Senate is ablo totie the President’s hands; but a Damocratic Seuate would not probably go to extreme lengths in this direction if the House were Republican and could on that sccount ra. taliate in more ways than oie. If both the Sonate and the House shall be Democratic there will un doubtedly be a strong effort to coerce the Administration into n submission to Democratic dictation in regard to the of- fices as wel! as general poliey. But there are more serious dangers than this. It is certnin that an assault upon President Havzs' titleis contemplated by a large fac- tion of the Democratic party, and it is not nnlikely thatat will receive secret aid and encouragement from some discontented Republicans, who have already shown a dis- position to barass the Administration. The resolution passed by the House of Repre- sentatives just before adjournment, in which the purpose of disturbing President Harves in bis office was disavowed, Las no binding force whatever, and it was only adopted in order to quiet the apprebensions of the pub- lic during the Congressionsl campnign. With the Democrats in a clear majority of both Houses; and lusting after the spoils of oflice,{thus danger will become imminent ; and any attempt to dispossess President Hares, whether by refusal to recognize him, by usurpation, by unconstitutional gue war- ranlo proceedings, or by a partisan impeach- ment, will terrify the country and impede 1he nation’s progress toward a restoration of confidence and prosperi A Democratic Cougress threatens still other disas- ters. From present indications, it would adopt the financial policy of the *“Nationals ™ and impose upon the country the scheme of fiat money, from the «vil offects of which it might take an entire generation to recover; it would lend a will- ing enr 1o the Rebel claims that have al- ready knocked at the door ; it wonld proba- bly pass snch legislation as will render nul. lificution practicable in the shape of resist~ ing the collection of revenues; it wonld probubly redace “the present low tax on whisky and tobacco in order to substitute intolerable burdens npon the industry and thrift of the American people ; in one word, it Wwonld probably earry out all tho obnox. ious measures suggested by Democrats in the present Congress, ‘We have recounted these recognized dan- gers to be apprebended from Democratic control of Congress for the purpose of im- pressing upon the Republicans of the three Clitcago districts the peculiar and urgent necessity for putting forth more than their usual efforts to secure the election of three Kep: 0 members. There is nothing in the situntion to- diseournge such aa effort. ‘I'he First District is Republican by a reliable majonty of from 2,000 to ‘2,500 vofes, and tins mujority cun be increased this year with proper efior: by renson of the error already committed by the Demoerats in the nomina-~ tion of young Doorirrie. Mis nomina- tion was virmelly o copcession of the distnet to the Republicans, since it indicated an wnwillingaess of any able Democrat to make the fight. The only strength Dooririre will have will be in ihe Communist vote of the Fifth and Sisth Wards und Lake 'lownship, whatever that ey amount to. Me is making desperate efforts to securo this vote, panders to it jn all he snys und does, and wmay as well bo conceded to have sccured it. The corrse of the Republicans under these circumstances is ‘perfectly clear. 'Iheir nomination of a man whose position and character will com- mand the confidenco of the business men, the property-owners, and the ' conserrative classes in the First, Second, Third. and “Foarth Wards, in Hyde Park, and jn DuPage County, will secure for their candidate 2,000 or 3,000 Democratic votes which ‘would only be east for Dap- ‘LITHEIn case & worse blatherskite should be nominated by the Republicans. The Sccond District (the West Division) should also be carried this year by the Republicans, and it probably will be in case Cartzn Han- wisox shall bo renoininated by the Demo- crats. HamnisoN’s meeting a week ago show- ed that there was a decifled opposition to Lim among the very ‘classes who have here. tofore furnishcd bim Wwith his chief stréngth, and his action in the SmreLps case will cost him a good many mere votes than his ma- Jority represented in' 1576. His majority was only 524 over the votes cast for Davis and the ‘scattering votes. Nevertheless, Cazten % likely to ‘be nominated, as he is familiar’ with the most successful methods for capluring a Democratic Convention, and as the other announved Democratic candi- dates seem to be fully as objectionable. It i g candidate and proper energy, to electa I?a‘ publican from the West Side, and thus in- crease the Republican' representation in the Tllinois delegation. § In the Third District, it is true that Mr. BrextaNo’s majority over LeMoyNe was only 257, but we believe that the district is more surely Republican than this vote rep- resents. Here, asin the other two districts, the peculiar circumstances which we related in the beginning of this article ought to incite the Republicans to special efforts. If Chieago can elect thres Republicans it will iucrease the Republican representation in Congress from this State, and f{o that ex- tent abate the dangers that Democratic con- trol of Congress menaces. To do this the Republicans in oll three districts must keep well n mind that their saccess can be nssured only by the nomination of men whose character, principles, and interests will commend them to the confidenca of the conservative classes, for these classes will seek to rally around men opposed to Mexi- canization, repudiation, nullification, and anarchy, as threatened by Democrats, Na. tionals, and Socialists. THE DELUGE OF CRIME. One of the consequences of the War of tho Rebellion, and & consequence more costly than the debt, and even the sacrifice of life, is that social domoralization incident to all wars, and especially to civil wars, of which the nation is mow _gather- ing the full fruit in the deluge of crime. To the careful observer of the daily records the oxhibition of depravity is appalling. It is confined to no section of the country. The violence that was once regarded as pocoliar to the frontier is now comuon in New En- glandand in all the older communities. Crimes which were held to be incidental to the temprations and dissipations of large cities are now common iu the most rural villages, Nor is crime limited to the unlettered or in- temperate, or fo persons engaged in rongh employments and having unrefined associa- tions. It rules in all classos. The moral re- straints of education, religious mssocia- tion, social distinction, and profession- al pride, all seem to have wenkened, and crime finds its servants anywhere' and everywhere. There is no station or calling which does not furnish names to the list of criminals; and there is no class of crime which pertains exclusively to any class of persons. Murder and deeds of violence are no longer to be traced to drunkenness; burg- lars now are asapt to be college-graduates as they are to be childron of the slums; and men of education, of refinement, and of ele- vated social surroundings are successful compotitors with the graduatesof the county jails and reformed schools for the profits and rewards of frauds, forgerie3, robberies, and perjuries. The producing cause of this demoraliza- tion of society is that men and women are now educated to mako themselves rich with- out labor. Labor and toil, with thrift, econ. omy, and self-denial, which were once the foundations of wealth slowly accumulated, are now discarded. AMen now give them- selves from six months to two years to be- come rich; they repudiate the thought of a lifetime of labor. The wealth they seek is the means that will enable them to indulge in every expenditure for personal gratification. This desire to avoid labor, to eseape work, and fo live Iuxuriously and ex- travagantly, is a natural product of the revo- Intion in social habits caused by the War. “Y'he mania for sudden wealth is as strong in the men of 70 as in those of 20, and the borrible passion is filling theinsane hospitals and the prisons, forcing men and women iuto premature graves, and sending thousands to all parts of the world fugitives from the land that would punish their crimes. The War had not progressed far before avarice began to exercise its power. -There were necessarily oxtraordinery expenditures. It was easy to cheat and swindle, and men grew rich suddenly, and rich beyond ordi- nary precedent. Suddenly-acquired wealth was followed by extravagance, and especially in personal expenditure. While the nation was building up & debt of a million of dol- Iars A day, individuals were purchasing dia- mends, plate, and all the other menns of personal display. Social habits and social life were speedily revolutionized. * Men and women began to learn.how mean it was to be poor; how low it was to live on unfashionable streets, in inexpensive houses; how plain it was not to have s horse and carringe, like the Sxitns and Joxeses; how.it was impossible to attend church unless they could dress as the people around them were dressed; how they could no longer receive visitors unless they had the newest and latest styles of furniture, aud especially some plate, a3 other people hud; and thus, step by step, the evil of extravagnuce in social expendi- ture grew npon the American people, until it has seized upon them sll, from the highest 1o the lowest in the social scale,—the men ond women of menns trying to ontdo all others, and thosa of huwble means trying to sppear as rich ns their more wealthy ac- quaintances; the laborer and the clerk at- tempting to rival their employers, aud the lady in the kitchen following in close imita- tion of the lady in-the parlor. The evil spread beyond the city—it penetrated to the raral bawmlet, the farm-house, and the Ia- borer’s cottage. Personal gratification, per- sonal decoration, personal expenditare for display, became the object of life,—not that these might be secured as a reward of a life of toil and thrift, but that they may be bad in the immediate Ppresent and enjoyed in the presence 2nd to the envy of all rivals. Cities being supposed to offer greater advantages for speculation and money-making, men abandoned country-life to share in the gayeties of tho metrop- olis. The case of Jovks, who mads 8 fortume in six months, and whose family, after spending years in Europe, have come back to live in splendor where JoNrs once worked for 20 a week, has been an unfailing incentive. ZEverybody knew such a case; and why should men and women just as good as the JoxesEs wear out their lives in. comparative poverty, when they might be as well off as Joxes? Society Las become folerant of wealth, regardless of other and higher considerations. 'The ques- tion of low much s man Das too often takes precedence of, if it does not exclude, “How did he get it?”. Success in getting rich is measured by the amount acquired aud the shortness ‘of time spent in goin- ing it. - DBusiness of all kinds has become dull unless made piquant by speculation, Some money is necessary to biogin® with, ‘Then comes the test,—in which the tempted sees on the one hand a life of toil, of hum- ble social position, of sclf-denial ; and on the other immedintq and large gains, independ- ence, release from labor, growing wealth, high social rank, and dress, elegance, com. forts, and luxaries equal to those of the proudest. Foz fifteon years this work of demoraliza- and’ grown up under this kind of life, and were educated in it, with the sole end in view.of getting rich rapidly, and without work. It is the inspiration . of social life. It governs trade, it decides the choice in marrisge,— either the man or woman secking to avoid labor ‘a8 a means of ‘support by marrying wealth. Getting rich stands as high in so- cial estimation .as securing spiritual salva- ton; and, while mauy do doubt the nocessity of the latter, no one questions the impor- tance of the former, The impotency of all the ordinary re- straints upon human nature in this race for money—that there may be an escape from Iabor to a life of indolence ard sensual grati- fieation—is shown by the terrible inroads wade upon “polite society " by crime. The ‘Church fails as a controlling power over men, and crima selects agents not only from the Church, but even from the ministors ot tho altar. Humanity, in the presence of this great search for gold asan cscape from Iabor, stands confessed in all its weakness ; and that wenkness is recorded in the daily bulletin of defalcations, embezzlements, forgery, perjury, robbery, burglary, murder, assassination, and personal violence of all kinds; frouds of every imaginable descrip. tion, from the removal of laudmarlks to false pecsonations; the corruption of female virtue ; the destruction of the family circle; and all the crimes incident to licentionsness, gambling, drunkenness, snd the vice following the sudden sequisition of wealth ond its rapid expenditure for personal gratification. As the sudden acquisition of wealth, and tho honest accumulation of riches except by industrious labor and per- severing economy, are of such extraordinnry occurrence, not occwrring more than once in ten thousand attempts, the disappointments and defeats among those who make the ex-" periment naturally demoralize the victims. No amount of disaster will, howerver, caro thow of the delusion. Like the habitunl pur- chasers of lottery-tickets, and the men who tempt fate at the gambling-table, they will persevere. Sooner or Iater despair suggests crime, and ono thing leads to another, and dny after day the public bulletins proclaim the climax of crime reached by these people who seek to grow rich by short processes. How long this demoralization will continue, how long the waves of crime wiil continue to sweep over tho land, cannot be foretold; bat it is cortain that there ean be no perma- nent change for the better until men and women of all classes and occupations learn and practice the lesson that honest labor is honorable and exalting, and that the only certain, safe, wiso, and enduring road to honest wealth is that of labor,—continuous Inbor,—and accumulation, slow it may be, by economy and self-denial. Anything clse must end in crime. THE STENCH NUISANCE. A good many people are impatient in wait- ing for the promised abatement of the stench nuisance. Many complaints have come to us within the past few days; for the smells, like the poor, we have alwnys with ux. It is proper to explain that the Health Commis. sioner reports the offending establishments as actively engaged in providing the neces- sary deodorizing machinery, and, in this case, the people of Chicago, after acute suf. fering for several years, can bear the afflic- tion for a few days or a few weeks longer. It will be in order, however, to hold the loeal authorities responsible in case there shall be any neglect or any, unreasonable delay in putting this machinery into every one of the rendering and fertilizing establish- ments within smelling distance of any part of the city, for these suthorities now have the matter in their own hands. After per- sistent watching, for which the Health Com- missioner and a committee of the Citizens' Association are entitled to grent credit, suffi- cient evidence was found to procure indict- ments against the chief offenders. Tiwo of the cases—ScaNroN's and Smezwmv's—were tried, the prosecution was vigorous, the evi- dence was abundant, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. It was at this juncture that the offenders began to feel for the first time that they could be reached in a court of justice, and that the people have some rights which stink-factories are bound to respect. It was then that the convicted offenders promised to reform their establishwments ; others entered a plea of nolle contendere, equivalent to 2 confession of judgment sgainst them ; and the whole batch, as we understand the case, agreed to provide tho proper machinery at the earliest possible moment. As the prosecution in some cases, and the order of abatement in others, are 1merely suspended to provide an opportunity for the promised reform, we may expect that it will be cmrried out. Commissioner De- ‘Worr has become so much enlisted if} the work that he will scarcely fail now to see that it be prosecuted to completion ; and in this confidence ‘the people of Chicago can alford to wait a reasonnble time for the ful- tillment of the promises. An early report, snnouncing the complete extinetion of the foul odors, will be gratefully received. It wonld be well for Mr. Iewrrr's Con- gressional Labor-Investigating Committee to get at some of the bottom facts which would develop the modes of living that are adopted by the workingmen of the United States. It mny be that the root of some of the difficul- ties will ba found in their own homes, and in their own extravagant and improvident ways and habits, rather than in a lack of more greenbacks or better wages. OF ol the Topresentative men who have appeared be- fore that Committse to tell how to malke good times, and to invent panaceas to care all the ills that the body-politic is heir to, not one of them scemed to think that there was anything wrong or defective in their modes of life. Prof. Levr, of the University of London, believes that much of the trouble of the English workingmen is cansed by their own vices and intemperate and dissolute habits. They corn in the aggrogato £1,500,000,000 in cash annually, of which they ought to save at- lenst S7: 000,000; but as o matter of fact they only save §20,000,~ 000. The Professor says that the bulk of the missing $55,000,000 is mainly wasted in strong drink. What is true of England is also true to & great degreo of other countries. We showed in yesterday’s Trmuse that the returns of the manufacture and salo of aleg and beers indicate a rapidly-growing taste for those commodities in this country. The number of barrels entering. into consump- tion duriig the year'was 10,241,471, cqua] to 317,495,601 gollons. That: was the con- sumption of domestic ales; beérs, and fer- mented liquors during theyedF; or 26,438,967 gallons per month, or 869,849 gallons each day. -Excluding women and children and mer who do not drink beer as equal to thirec-fifths of the total population of 45,000, 000, we haveas the consumption of the 18,000,000 of probable beer-drinkers over seventeen gallons each during the year. It beer in . families - has . become . 50.: general that the number .of persons who con- sume it is much largér than s supposed. The increase during the year just closed was 431,411 barrels, which was not so great as it was in some former years, but sufficient!y 0 to show that there is no dispo- tion to substitute water as a beverage for beer and whisky. Recent investigations .show that more money i¥’ paid for beer in almost every large city in this country than for bread. In New York competent authori- ties set down the amount at not far from $30,000,000 per annum. The amount un- necessarily expended for tobacco in its dif- ferent forms probably exceeds that spent for drink Dy alarge sum, and the two together form an sggregate of useless expenditure that would be ammuzing if accurately ascer- tained. The labors of that Committee might " be more profitably turned tonn investigation of the economieal side of workingmen’s daily lives than to spend so much time in listen- ing to their impracticable and unphilosophi- cal theories regarding finance. THE MUSICAL SEASON. The musieal preparations for ihe season of 1878-'79 are already so far advanced that it ig now possible to ring up the curtain and see what is going on behind the scenos for the entortainment of the great public next fall ond winter. It is one of the compensations of life that, however hard the times may be, howarver severely people may have to strug- gle for the daily installment of bread and butter, Lowever grinding the tax-gatherer mny be, or however gloomy the prospect ahead may look, the public still demands to be entertained, and insists upon fiddling and dnncing to dispel carking care and business nnxiety. Beingin such a mocod, it is but natural the public should want to know the character of thu amusements that will be given to them. This we are now enabled to furnish. % Opera comes first npon the list, and in this direction competition is the life of trade. ‘I'he decision of MarrLESON, the manager of Her Majesty’s Theatre, to Lring his whole musical staff to this country, with Signor Arprrr at their head, will put STraxosce to his trumps. Among the artisis of world- wide celebrity whom Mr. Marresoy will bring are Muvyte Havok, who made her Chi- cago debut in 1868; Mlle. ETeusa GersTe, the Hungarian prima donna, Mlle. Biver- amEIsTER; and Signors Forr, Campaning, DEn PuENTE, and possibly Faxcerzr. The troupe, inciuding the entire chorus and some mem- bers of the orchestra, sails from England Sept. 24, will open in New York in October, and visit us during the winter. In view of this competition, Alr. StraxoscH has strength- ened his company. Cary and Kriroce remain with him, and in addition to them he has gecured Ale. Lirrs, the favorite Paris singer, who before she became famous was Alimix Vox ELsNer, of Bloomington, Ill. He has also signed contrets with Rosvatr, an Australian tenor of excellent reputation, and is negotiating with M. Fauvne, the great Fronch' baritone. It is doubtful, however, whether he can secure him. Should he do so, he will give MarresoN & hard rub, as Fauze is the strongest card on the operatic stage next to ApELINA Patrr. The trompe will be here in November and February. The English opera field will be largely occupied by Mr. Hess, who hes smbstituted Fanra AnBorT. at the hend of his troupe in place of Exevre Mervmie. Miss MoxTacus will oc- cupy the second position, and Mrs. Secury, always' a favorite, will fill the glto parts. The other members of the tronpo remain as last season, except that Mr. J. W. Jexvtvas, well known lere as an actor, takes the place of Mr. MorToN in comedy perts. Sig. OpenTz remains as leader. Mr. Hess has played a very strong card in securing Miss AsporT, not only because it enables him to add to his French repertoire operas like **Martha,” “Fra Diavolo,” * Lucia,” “ Faust,” and “}Mignon,” but because Miss ApsorT in opera will be a sen. sation. Miss Mervitie, who seceded from the troupe at the close of the season, has also organized a troupe, but beyond the mere fact of organization we are iguorant. In English opera boufle we shall bave ~Mrs. Oares’ troupe, and in French Mavnice Gnau's, with Baora Marre, asister of Ina, we believe, at the head of it. From all this it will be soen that the opera field will offer unusnal attractions. The concert field will be hardly less at- tractive. There are at least eleven troupes who will probably favor us with a visit some time between the - falling of the leaves and the Llossoming of the roses, presenting every possible variety of entertainment. The following is the list: Turonore Tromas’ orchestra; the Roze Coacert Com- pany (Marte Roze, soprano; Pizant, alto; FrapoLii, tenor; CarLETON, baritono); the Di Murska troupe, which, with the excep- tion of BriexoLr, may possibly unite with the Roze troupe; the Whitney troupe (Faxyx Kerroo, soprano ; Ansy R. Cuarx, olto; W. H. Frssexpex, temor; AL W. Wumirsey, bassof; the Camilla Urso troupe, with the same organization as Inst senson; the Mendelssobn. Quintetts Ciub (Jaconsons and DANNRECTHER, violins; Rxay, clarinet and viola; Hersney, flute and viola; Hesymva, 'eello; Mavory, double bass); ithe Phillipps-Brignoli troupe (Manie STONE, sopreno; AperLaws ParLiees, alto; Bricyowr, tenor; BlAcDoNsLp, basso); the Original Swedish Lady Quartette; the Tem- ple Quartette, of Boston; and the Youag Apollo Club, of New York. The great at- traction of tho sesson will be the debut of tho cminent German violin virtuoso, Wrr- meLns, It is not yet decided who will accom- pany lum. Cartorrs . PaTrr is talked of as the vocalist. The pianist has not yet been settled apon, and will not be until the piano- makers bave sent in their bribes. .The piano, of course, will decide the pinnist, more’s the pity. Tho home attractions will also be of a superior order. The Apollo Club, which is now reinforced by s fiue Indies' chiorus, have underlined Musx Bruca’s * Frith- jof,” DMevDELssonN’s ““St. Paul,” Hax- pEL’s “‘Aessinh,” and “Acis, and Galar ten,” besides numerous minor works. The Beethoven Society will producs es DELssonys “* Welpurgis Night,” Horruaxy's ““ Fair Melusine,” Max Broen's Odysseus,” and numerous smaller numbers. Incidental. to its work the Society will give us its regn- lar monthly reunions and a continaation of Mr. Worrsoms's historical piatio recitals. Mr. Epox will continne his organ recitals, resuming them early in- September, and pro- poses to run them ©p to a hundred without repenting a number, which will give in the completed serics about 800 distinet organ pieces. The newly-organized Abt Socicty, of which 3fr. N. K. Fampaxk is tho patron saint, will also make its opening bow to the public. Besides these larger societies, we shall also have concerts by the Chicago Con- cert Party (Mrs. Farx, soprano; Mrs. War- City Quartette; the Cecilia Quartette (Miss Warrsey, Aliss Hovse, Ars Hivr, and MMrs. Keveroy); the Chicago Ladies' Quartette (Miss Hrrrz, Mrs. Cox, and the Jisses Roxurrss) ; and several concerts by the German .societies and the music. schools. . It will be seen from the above prospectus that at no time since the fire hes a season promised such rare attractions and rich re- sults as the one which will soon be upon us. Is it not time for some SpRrvGER to rise up in Chicago and give the city a music-hall, and for the wealthy music-lovers to organize themselves upon a stock basis and secure an opera-house that will fill the place of the one we lost ¢ It was fiot the mother-in-law that caused the trouble this time, but the mother herself. A case was recently tried at Cambridee in this State, In which FLors A. SPURLOCK prayed to be divoreed {rom CHARLES W. GREEN, her re- puted and legal husband, ana the father of her 9-mouths-old chiid. The plaintif is a clergy- man’s daughter, and was married to the defend- ant two years ago. She swore that she never loved her busband, but was forced to marry hun by the importunities of her mother, who bad watctied and guarded her, writing or dic- tating ber setters, and filling them with expres- sions of endearment and love that she never felt uud wouid never have employed if she had been left to herself. She smd she loved anotber man, and had pleaded against this unholy marriage, and had contemplated suicide toarvofd {t, but had tinally submitted to it merely to satiefly her mother, being wearied and dis- tracted with the toils of her unhappy environ- ment. She was an unwilling partner to the mar- riage ceremony, but did uot consider that in spirit she was ever married to the man who calied himself her husband. Her mother ud- mitted the truth of the wretched wife’s asser- tions, but eaid she thought she was acting for her daugnter’s good. Her husband consented to au order of divorce, not wishing to hoid an unwilling wife, and thus the tirst act of the sad drama ended. It is hard to imavine that 2 man could be as big 8 fool a3 GREEN must have been not to find out how the young woman felt be- fore he married her, He probably bears an appropriate name. Probably the time will never come when human life will not sometimes be contingent upon what are, apparently, to our limited ob servation, the very slightest and most triflingof conses. The fssues of life and death often scem to be held by a thread so brittle that a child’s breath may soap it asunder aud leave us to face the consequences that involve all there is of life, and maybe lap over on to the side of the Unseen. A case in point was that frightful railroad accident that happened last Tuesday morning at Mingzo, 0., where fiftecen persons lost their lives in a moment, because there was some slizht defect in the running of the con- ductor’s watch,—perhaps the fragment of a bair, o a mosquito’s bill, got afoul of ore of the wheels, and it stopped. The dreadful and heartrending result seems to be out of all pro- portion to the cause, and it is hard to reconcile such far-reaching consequenc:s with an origin 80 obviously insignificant and obscure. For the want'of a better name we call these things *taccidents,” which is a common term for our ignorance, aud often aids us in hiding behind Providence. Turning from the philosophical to the mere pecuniary aspects of the damage done by that conductor’s defective watch, it is stated that the casualty will cost the Railroad Compa- ny over half a miilion dollars. —— Lincoln, New Mexico, must be a pleasant place as a summer-resort. The Cimarron News and Press of Aug. 1reports that one PEPPIX, who was fllegally appoirted Sheriff, summoned 2 posse of roushs and renegades and proceeded 1o arrest one MCSWEEN, who had opposed him politically. McSWEEN with some of his friends took refuge in his house. PEPPIN and his gang thereupou surrounded the house and com- menced firing upon it. ln the meantime, Mc- SWEEN was notified by the soldiers stationed there that if he fired in their direction they would batter down the house with cannon. As he could not fire at PEPPIN'S party without firing in their direction, ke could not fire at all. After PEpPIN'S gang had blazed away for some time without effect, they set fire to the house. Those who came out were shot, and McSwEEN Wwas burned to death, which left Peeeix victorious. If the report is true, then every officer connected with the company there ought to be dismissed from the service in- stanter. There is a pretty sharp contrast between the specch with which DaN VooRHEES opened the Democraticside of the great debate in Indiana and the one which Gen. HARRISON submitted in reply to the Tall Sycamore on Friday evening, and printed in full in Tue TRIBUNE yesterdav morning. VOORHEES was sophistical, evasive, cunning, and deceptive,—full of misstatements, illogical concluslons, and false inferences,— while HARRISON Was argumentative, statistical, ‘historically and logieally correct, and so concise in the treatment of his subjects that he who runs may read and understand, and the average Democratic Hooster, though a fool, nced not err therein. 1t nimost passes belief, buc it has just come to light that somehow or other $100,000 worth of the bonds of the State of Pennsylvania, not authorized by law, have been issued and sold. pobody knows bow or by whom. They bear the date of 1353. aud are properly and officially gealed, signed. sud delivered. It all happened, tov, in zood old Democratic times, when BIGLER was Govervor, and all the State officers were of the same party. But that was before the party Vecame the party of “Reform.” The post-mortem cxamination just heid over the politicat remains of the late SAMUEL J. TiLDEN by MANTON MakprLe has failed to it auv new facts regarding the cause of his death, and there 18 now a very vigorous dispute coluez on in the Democratic newspapers about the verdict of the Coronmer’s jury. So faras the disiuterested and impartial public can see, it is pot clear that anytbing whatever has been learned by the recent investigation in regard to the unfortanate man’s dis It is alittle carious Low the Presidential maggot sticks to a fellow when it has once made its nest in bis brain. For fnstance, there is HoraTio SEYMOUR, of New York, and Gov. Geonce 8. McCLELLAYN, of New Jersey, both of whom bave had their chance and thefr de- feat for all time, and yet both are jemlous of poor old Mr. TILDEN, and are going sbout musing upon the probability of being again called to the tront. ————— The mautle of the late Senator MoRTON has fallen upon the ample shoulders of Gen. BexN Harrisox. His speech, published in Taz TRIBGNE yesterday morning, i3 able, perspicu- ous,—plain ia statement and clear fn treat- ment,—exhaustive, and complete. It is the kindof akey-uote that will rally his fellow- citizens of Inuiapa on the righi side at the coming election. . ——— There will be a partial eclipse of the moon on Monday evening, six-tenthsof Lerdiameter pass- ing through the earth’s shadow. Neglecting the penumbral phase, which can scarcely be rec- ognized by the, ordinary observer, the eclipse will begin at 4:5% and end at 7:44 p.m., Chica- go time. Very littlc of it can be seen liere, as the moon will uot rise till near theendof the phenomenon. 3 { Matr H. CARPENTER was recently interviewed in Washington, and to the question whether he owned any stock in the Milwaukee Sentinel,— better known in Wisconsin as tae Daily Murphey, —he evasively answered that he**did not con- trol the policy of the paper.” No. CARPESTER is practicing law in Washington, and the paper is managed by Par MURPHEY, his former Iaw- parter. | GRANT IN NORWAY, How the General Was Received . and Treated at Chris- ' tiania. Interviewed by Z\‘efispnpenkepnr{e'rs;; His Opinion of the Socialistis Movement at Howe, - £y Wby He Did Not Ses the Kapoleonie Prince-Imperial at Copea- ey hagen, The Kizg of Sweden aad Sorwar Caly 3 (g General, and Banquets Him at the Reyal Palace. TRE TRIBUNE of Sunday. last contuned o articleon Gen. Grant’s wisit to Norway,~tpp articlen question being a translated editorial from 3 leading Norweglan newspager. To-day we glve. a detafled account of the Generalrs arrival and reception at Christianta, transtated espectaliy for TaE TRIBUNE from Norwegian uewspapers just received. ‘The paver called Ferdens - Gang, published at Christiania, gives the followhuz facts in its issys of July 18 2 Havine been notified of the ex-President’s ox. pected arrival, the American Consut at Christi- ama, Mr. Gerhard Gade, weut down the tiord 1o meet the distineuished suest. ‘The Consul sto. 1edat Horteo, at which place Gen. and Mrs, Grane arrived’ ou Saturday, July 13, on g steamer Christiania _The Consul, accompanfed * by Mr. Balling. a Norwegian, now a residen o Horten, formerly an American cltizen, who dur. ing the War had been a Coloucl on Grant’s sisfl boarded the vessel and accomnaned the ey. President to Christiania, where It was the Geger. al’s intention to stop a few davs, p HE THOUGHT THE FACE WAS PAMILIAR. Having exchanged courtesies, the Consal ig troduced Mr. Ballg 1o Gen. and Mrs, Grapg, The General grasped Mr. Bafliuz by the hang, and shook it cordially, and then smd: wf don’t know il 1've mev vou_before; still yopr' face seems familiar.” Having been mads e quainted with the fact that Mr. Balling way witi him during the War, the General way syl . more pleased, and expressed great satisfaction at the unexvected meeting. The journey from Horten to Christiania lasteq but a few hours. The General and wife were- both on deck, aud were charmed by the heager.. ful surroundings. Al the Norwegian and several foreign vessels had their colors fisiog i honor of the General’s visit. While going 1y the fiord toward Christiania, the steameryss wet by a great number of fishing-smacks angd - pleasure-boaty, all festively decorated, anjs number of them carrying the Amerin fo. “These boats were filled with people, whose rogs. ing cheers and hospitable welcome evidently. pleased the visitors, as-both the General and a3 wife were _continually waving their bandker chiefs in token of appreciation. -3 The steamer landed at 12 o'clock, toon, st the wharf in Christiania. Here the numerias sbiips in the harbor aiso had their colors fying, likewise all the public buildings and 3 gumer of private residences. The steamboat-laniig was crowded with people, who cheered lustily when the steamer hove to. Bat nobody seemed to know wherg to find 5 TOX HERO OF THE HOUR. . They thought, no doubt, tuat he would apoear ; in a fine uniform, decked with plumes and ¢ fixings,” like European Kings and Prinees, and having a whoie army of unitormed adju.’ rants and walters along, s well as a get ofs monkey-like coachmen and_* bind-riders,!” ciad ; 1u cloth ot glowing colors, just as we are aceas- tomed to see. [f they had expected any suck. show, then the speciators were disappuinted, Tor the first man in that- great and mighty Re- public. that renowned warrior, walked ashore, wife leaning on lis _arm, just like the . othur passengers. H: wore a. black dress-suit, aud had a chocolate-colored overcoat. It was not until be entered the car- riage of the Consul, which was in waiting, that the people reconized the mau to make homaire to whom they bud assembled. and tnes the mol-, titude broke out with rousing cheers. The General aruse in the carnage, pracefally lifted - bis hat, bowed and smiled. * Then the carriaze was driven to the Victoria Hotel, where rooms . hud been secured for bim. Here the same scene repeated itseil: the thoroughfare was crowded . .. with people, auxious to get.a glimsc of the GUEAT AND GLOKIOUS ULYSSES. The carriage stopped, the occupants alighted; - aud the General remained outside quite a while, looking after his baggaze. It was not unil. after he had entered the hotel that the peopls . were made aware of the fact that be whom they were so aoxious to sec bad becn-among them, but they knew him not. G ‘His visit in this country may be loog or short, | according to the state of the weather. L[ the weather is favorable, the it is his intention to visit Dronthieim, Bergen, aud a few other places. If the weather is unfavorable, how- ever, then he will tarry with us but a couple of | days. Be will visit Stockholm, Swedon, atter” departing from us. He seemed very mach ine tercsted 1n our fisherics, and expressed a desize - to witness salmon-fishing. 5 The Generu} has to-day been driven allaround . the city and the suourbs. Most of his shors. time, liowever, has been spent with the Consal, Mr. Gade, at his ine villa, ‘ Froguersateren.”” - Several singing-societies serenaaed him inthe ! evening on his arrval. The tollowing day the: General and lady, accompanied by the Consul and lady and several prominent aod distis- euished people, attended Engtish service at the university. o The Monday following he departed from this © city for a short journey througn Rinzerike and Thelemarken, from which he ¢xpects to return - on Thursday. An American citizen of Norwe: glan virth accompanies nim as courder. » Several newspaper-men boarded the steamer. Christiania upon s arrival at Horten,.and “INTERVIEWED " TRE GENERAL. They found him very pleasaut and commupict-. tive. He praised the Norwewian people, wg«u;!, he stated, be bad hived among and associate Wwith a number of years. There were thousauds - and thousands of them in the Nortuwestern: States. Tney were thrifty and coterpnising, and: * a very honest people. L x Being questioned as to the Socialistle mose-. ment now creating so much consternation 1. America, the General replied that he thougot to be ot no importance. ““It Jooked bad, very . bad, three mouths azo,” sud he; **but the peo- ple took precautious in time, and now I scarcely . think there necd be fear of any nprising.” The General said that it was mostly among the Ger- mans, Irish, and French classeés that Socialisz would gain adberents. But few nativeboin Americans harbored Socialistic fdeas. - THE PRINCE [MPERIAL. . A reporter for the .lorgeat/udet asked the General if hehad scen the Napoleunic Pnyce"- Imperial while at Copenhagen. Ao, replied he, *I don't Iancy the family. . { had a ‘great desl of admiration for Napolcon L,—be was a great. genins; but, coo- cerning Napoleon IfL., it must be said that 88 shamefully deceived the French people, usurp- ing ibe dinity of Emveror, apd afterwarnds brouzht war and disgrace upon the countrs. Therefore,” said he, “ I did not think_ It. worth while to pay my compliments to hissonsod heir.”? BANQUET AT THE ROYAL PALACE. The Dugbadet of July 90 has an_accoust of 8 reception tendered Gen. Grant and wife, at the Kimg’s Palace, in Christiania. The King called on the Geueral 1 person, at the Victoria Hotely and the latter accompanied his Majesty to the palace, where a grand banquet was tendered - the American hero. . Gen. Grant made a neat little epeect, compli- mentiog the Norweeians, and wishing the coun~ try, its people, and fts ruler, success. Sev toasts were drank in honor of the guest, anC : the affair passed off with great eclat. ‘The mili- - tary band furnished music for the occasfon. - "The Norwegian Quartette, who have just re- turned from their tour to the Paris Expositio, zave the General a serenade at the receptios * tendered him by the Amcrican Cousul, 3 o Gade. 'The General and wife both express sveat satisfaction, and complimented the sing" ers on their meri il S SO GOLD TRANSPORTATION. Sax Fraxcisco, Aug. 10.—Under fostractioss " from Washington, the Post-Office suthorities nre making preparations to transport $7,000,00- ingold from this caty to New Yorkas & class mail-matter. Business men hereareats toss to understand the action of the Goverm ment, more particnlarly in view of the recent- transactions in whicn the Government paid u‘!: about $3,000,000 in New York to eorrespondenta s, of San Franvisco bankers, the latter payiozs —o. like amount, plus a small percentage into Suob-Treasury here. ———— . THURMAN. E CoLuysrs. 0., Ang. 10.—Scpator Thurm: arrived here this afternoon from Marsland. He will open the Ohio campaigo at Uamflmu,-fl‘l’:‘ ler evunts, on Tresday affernoop. Auz. 1 cunnection w-th Miltou Sayler, of Cincranath. jet Pruxartgstegpan o FoEEmseey L Y L T T Tty