Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1878, Page 4

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Randolph street, between Clark snd LaSalle, Mugagement of the Majeroniv, *‘Camilie.” laverly’s Theatre, Dearborn atreet, corner of lonroe, Engagement of the Colrllle Folly Company. **Hobinson Crusoe.” TGESDAY, AUGUST '13, 1878 i e Greenbacka at the New York Stock Ex- chaugo yestecday closed at 99}, e ) Further rescarches into tho affairs of tho Democratio State Trensurer of Missouri de- velop o total *discrepancy " estimated ot over $1,000,000, for which the Stato las only to show a practieally worthless bond, whoso suretios are many of thew no longer solvent, nnd $400,000 of semi-fraudalent Louds of a yrivate corporation in Kausas City, rated nt from 10 to 50 cents on tho dollar- The St. Lonis Ecening Post flatly charges that tho Treasury Ring hes stolon n round 1illionof the people's money. ———e The great disasters which fall to the lot of Lumanity aro nsually sccompanied by exam- plea of the possiblo mesuness of mankind which secm designed, by unbearablo ugliness aulono, to scrve ns memorable moral lessons, Accowpanying the awful plague now ravag- jng the shores of the ississippl River comes the discovery that. much of the yol- low-fever quarantine so strictly maintained su the South is entirely for tho purpose of putting money into tue pockoets of provision- $pecalators aud transportation companies. From present indications the Republicans in the North Carolina Legislature are likely to be in o position to dictate who tho Damo- crat shall bo who {8 clected United States Sonator, oven though they may Le unable to | olect n Republican. The contest botween Vaxck aud Menrnniox has divided the Demio- ceats into two distinct and irronconcilable factions, in strength respectively on joint ballot about as follows: For Vaxce, 73; for MerristoN, #9; necessary to n choice, 66, The Hepublicans will poll &8 votes on jolnt ballot, aud by making terms with eithor wing of tho Democraicy ¢an socure the clec. tiou of a more uceeptable wunn thau Vanor or MEDRIMON. — The downfall of the caucus eystem in Dritish politics is foreshadowed by two nota- blo instancea of open revolt upon the part of candidates who refuso to bo bound hand and foot by pledges of subuission, Tho latest caso Is tht of the Honm, W, 1. Fonsten, of Dradford, who haa representod that horough in Parliament since 1861, Being ngain fovited to stand 08 one of the Lib. eral candidetes sabject to 8 rule of the Liboral Association requiring “him > shapo his course in accordance with the Qictation of that body, Mr, Fomsten lus refused to become a candidate upon such conditions, and will probably mako the cau- voss as ou Indopendent Liberal, Divisions in that party enabled Dir. Fomstar to bo elected fn 1874 by the Conservative vote, and a similarresult at the forthoowing eleo- tion is not unlikely, v ‘While, diplomatically spesking, England rud Kussia ure tho best of friends, yet the vest of the civilized world i nat Llind to the fact that Russia Is desirons of exteuding ier intluauce, if not her Qominion, in the direc. tivn of Central Asin, and fu cousequonce of this nwbition on the part of the Uzar the Hritish Goverumout has constantly o joslous eyo upon that quarter of the globe, foaring the acquisition by the Russlans of advantages that will eventually threaton their [nterests in Indin. Eson now the Russians arelsbor. jug with tho authorities in Northern Afghau. istan, nad the report goes that they have besn cordially received at Uabul, the Capi- tal. England, ot to be bebind her power- ful vivad, Las alveady arravged for a fricndly expedition to the wame country, and will competo with Rusiia for whatover profits way be gained in the way of trade or polit. ical supremacy. Porren's Committee, which Lad beon consigned to oblivion for some weeks pust, is once wore A cundidate for public notice, People had nearly forgotten that such a Couitteo was cver orgauized, and tlore would be davger of their forgetting it alto.. gethier but for the blundering stupidity of the Dumocrstio mansgers in republishing seleated portions of the testimony of AN. vessoy aud WEeBER 88 campaign documeuts, ‘The abssucs of nny allusion to the pointa Lrought out in the cross-vxamination of thess distinguished witnessed, whereby they woro Ly their own adwissions shown to ba the wost unblushing of lars aud perjurers, is o characteristio Democratio dodge, 1t will de- cuive nobody, howevery for among all the de- velopments of the Porren investigation no singlo fact has been so thorougaly demou- struted or 8o extonsively advertised us the fact that Axprasox and Wxpes proved them. selves a precious pair of perjurers. The publicatiou of a garbled version of their tes. timony will chiefly serve to render conspica. ous the cxpurgated portions. Josx M. Paruews chickensare rapidly cowivg Lome to roost. Oue thht has been sway thurteen years arrived the other day. Capt. W, R, Rausey, who commanded Come pouy G, One Huzdred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Voluntecrs, during the War, has recoutly printed a lotter iu the Washiugton Natinal Qepublican, giving the testimovy of Gov, Parnze w to the use of thy arwy in con. trolliog lections while ho way iu commund ©f thy Dopartwent of Koutucky in 1565, During that yoar Gov, Patuzr was invifed to nddress tho loyal \citizens and army ofll- cers atationed at Lexington, Ky., on the pe- litical mituntion, During the address an officer nsked him whether tho army ought {0 ba used to interfers in tho elections which were then abont to take place in that Btate, to which le replied: *If I were a soldier, with musket in my hands, standing at the polle, and I saw o Rebel approsching with tha intontion of voting, I should atrest him on the spot, and, if need be, shoot him down.” There is no comment necessary upon this, but at the same time one wontd liko to know if tho Governor recognized Lin chicken when it came home, o1esen, arrested for violating the city ordi. nauca prohibiting the giving of concerts in n snloon, Lins come to the rescuo of the portly saloon-keeper, nnd given n decision in the interests of beer and musie, Tho ordinanco provides that * No person or persons shall be allowed to giva concerts and exhibitions of any kind in any liconsed saloon or grocory,” ote. Judge MoArrmatEn deciden that Potrotesrs did not give ** a concert and exhibition,",but only a concert, consequently was not liable, though ke would hava beea hiad the ordinanco rend * concert or exhibi. tion.” 'Tho great Porramzsen will not fail to lie profoundly gratifiad to the little copula. tiva conjunction which hes saved bim, and all lovers of beer, a9 allied to musie, will re. joice that n monosyllable has allowed them to drink the ono and drink in the othor. A CHINESE ATE OF " HABRD TIMES.” In the course of Lis speech in accepting n ronomination {o Congress, Tex Ewixo in- duiged in tho following flight of faucy: *Look abroad over the land from Maine to Florida, from Cape Cod to the Golden Gate : What do you see but rnin? Idloness, starva. tion, and beggary of labpr; a pestilence of insolvency ; business stagnation; enterprisa dead,—sand all in the midst of every bounty o kindly Hoaven can pour on its favorite Iand.” Iu rather striking contrast with this sousational unttorauce was the obsorvation made about the same time by oue of the most intelligent attoches of the new Chineso Embassy, then passing through this city. He said, in offect, that he and his companions Lind been looking ever sinco they hind left Ban Francisco for that goont starvation which was alleged to ba stalking throagh the 1and, and, having failed to discover any sigus of such a condition of thingy, he wanted the roporters to toll him where the Lard times waore. Tt way bo snid that this observation was made by a resident of o conntry where men liva on 2 n month, whero meat is n luxury once n week inatond of a commion dish two or three timos a day, and where nothing less than a famine produces what is there known a8 hard times, If all this be urged to de- preciate tho value of the Chinamaw’s obsor- vation, the ruply is that the standard of his estimnte is tho standard of tho great buik of tha population of the globe, and that, even judged by the condition of European conn. tries, the gross exnygeration and overdrawn pictures of American hardships at the pres. ent ime wonld call forth pretty much the same romark from any observiug traveler. ‘Tho fact i that ngitators like Tox Ewina, Dax Voonnrrs, *Iirick” Poxenor, Ben Bur. LeR, ond Dexyts KeanNey—whether howling for an unlimited issue of irredesmnble and worthleas flat scrip, or exciting the evil pas- sions of the working classes to make war on property—find it necessary to conjure up a degroo of suffering that doos notb exist, and to inflame the iwmpgination with fanciful scenos of personal deprivation that can only ocour in a state of famine, plague, or war, Tt in for this reasou that the ngitators do not Liesitato to distort facts and invent lies that occasion the great nstonishment of foreign visitors, They seok ends the trial of which coald ouly be justified, if st all, by the abject wrotoleduess and utter despair of universal starvation, when people aro ready to oxperiment with any chaugo in the consclousnesa that nothing can be for the worse ; hence they ondeavor to persuade the conntry that it haa resched tho very ox. tremity of andurnnco, though the personal experience or obscrvation of avery man teaclies the contrary. Ewiva, Voorurees, and the vest continue to reiterato on every possible occasion that thuro are hres millions of mon out of em- ployment, whoso famnilics aro suffering for the very necessitiea oflife, though this would include nabout three-fourths of the entire number of workingmen in the cities and towns of the United Btatos. Thoy repent the assortion iu the face of the fact that in. vestigation of the subject within the lnst few weeks hns shown thut the number of nsemployed wmen ju the country probably does mot exceed 260,000; wmany of the lattor have occasional though procarioud cployment, They, prate of starvation ni if it were goneral, whereas o single caso of actusl death from want of food would be #o startling wu seenrrence that it wonid be tolegraphed throughout the leugth and broadth of the land, “Yhey barp upon tho falliug-off in production s some. thiug irretriovable without the adoption of the remudies they proposs, though the rail. road statistics show a steady aunual increase in the Lulk of the railvoad traflic since 1872, which is tho surest indicatiou of a galn in production; and prodnction is the result of lubor. ‘The ** hard times ™ we have are siwply the reaction from su excess of appa- runt prosperity and the fruit of excossive ex- travagouce ; §n judging of tho sctual degree of depression and suffering, the Chinaman’s estimate is more correct than that of the Awerican, who only compares the present wilh s period of exceptional, transient infla. tion and uxcesser, ! BOUTHERN Noufll;?ugl‘ NATIONAL JUS- It has been & prevailing idea hronghout the South over sinco the Democratic party has seriously expucted to regain coatrol of the National Governmeut that the Southern Btates have a dsim sgainst the National Gov. ernment in the shapo of grants and subsidies, in order to offéct the advantages which the North issaid to have obtained in thiz way while the Bouth was making war to destroy tie Unlon. 'The Louisville Quurler-Journal and other prowinent Soutbern journals bave done what tbey could to inculeats this idea, 1t ruata upon the assumption that the Bouth should forfult no udvautages by reason of the Rebelllon, which was & Loly war to assert o **govereign " right, and that, to auy extent that tho South was shul out from the bouuty of national lugislation while seekiug to destroy the Goverument, she should now be seimbursed with jutercst, £t Northern con. tractors and speculators wers given un oppor- tunity to plunder the Goveruwent whils the Boutkern coutractors and speculators were excluded on account of their rebellious utti. tude, thea the latter wust now Lave un equal opportunity, “Chiy is ono of the urguweuts in favor of the Texas Pacific Lulway, the and are now aimost _exclus and cities_asned bonds Lo ine amount of usarly 810, 000, 000 more, which were sold in the Kast, 10 comvel the payment of what Is due, 8o the mat- an appeal to Congress to intcrpose between tho supply her witn the raliro that Justica? repudinitonof the $12, 000, stitutional amendment which shall for ever prohtb- be ealled upon to contribute Involuntarily to the State's further development, will never got back a cout of tho money they have voluntarlly lent licr, 1s that jnstice? ‘Turning to M tho posple of that tate 4 few years igo wors very anxfo conateact them, and #o thelr cities and countics 1saned their bondeto an agrregate amount of tven- people In the Eastern dtatas, raitronds, but, an a general thing, they now rofuse to pay tae bouda. the Convention that askerl Congress, in the name of justice, to put its hand into the Nntlonal Treas- ury and tako therefrom enougzh money, belonging :o [:leaule Eart gn well as West, o improve the nay- oa Tice, be pursued with referonce to every nther State south of Masox and Drxox's lioo. All Lnvo enjoyed to grenter or loss extont the use of Northorn capital, and nearly all have ropudiated in whole or in part, or serously contemplate either repudiation or *“scaling” of their indebtedness. Southorn States unite in demanding as a mattor of right and justice that the North shall contribnte still further in the shape of Government boanty. mainly from tho North, whether capitalists fonn it direct to Southorn States and nre awindled out of it by repudiation, or whother the people of the Nortli donate it in the form cause the come pratly well convinced that they cannot induce Northern capitalists for wany yoars to come to voluntarily dounte thom funds that thoy are so anxious to coerca the Northe ern people.to furnish thoin mouey and auld through taxntion, But the * justice " of the cnso is rather difdcult to recognize. political way, it is worthy of remark that, while Democratic politiciana at the North aro seeking to persunde the peoplo that no Government bounty will be voted away un- der the domivion of that party, the Demo-, crats of the Bouth (who rule tho caucus) promise that Democratio success shall bo followedt by liboral subsidies to all the fa- vorits projects dovised for sectional advan. tage. 4 Slate Conventlon furnished perbaps an ox- planation of the Southern unanimity in op- position to the National Banks, and may go far in explaining the demand of many Northern Democrats for tho sgme purpose. Tho resolution coveriug thia subject reads thus: fahed and tho National fiank uotd biatea anontd issue an cqual :;"::i cominonly knows us greenbucks, and we 7 Imposing a tax wpon the circulation of Stute banks, oulation, but for the repeal of tho Nationnl DBank system, which 1cans the repeal of all tho baok chartors. This has a deeper signid. cance becauso accompaniod by o demand for ing u tax upon the circulation of State bauks, Thers nre sone 5,000 State and local bauks, of ull the banks of jasue, where thu charters Mississippl leveo scheme, tho Virginia and "T'onnessee canals, and atl tho othor demanda of the Bunth exacting somo bundreds of {he thirty-eight Btates will have the same system. The South is poor, nud there will be local banks of Issuo in every town, willions of public bounty. It is senrcely | village, aud cross.ronds, in order to uecessary to argue this phasoof the Southern | mako money cheap and plenty, Be- claima among nn intelligent and loyal people, | fore the War, a large proportion of Dut thero is another view of tho case to which tho attention of the New York Nation hns heen directed by a resolution of the Arkanass Democrats calling for ‘‘money aid " in behalf of the Texas Pacifioc Raflroad, and anothor resolution passed by the Mis. sonri Democratsa demanding nppropriations for the improvement of the Miasissippi River as n matter of * justice to tho people of the Mississippi Valley,” This notion of *jns. tice” js as peculiar in a commeroinl ns the other notion is in n political way, and the Nation exposes its fallacy na follows : Tho State of Arkansas, for Instance, since tho War tias u?enllul nnnrlr $12, 000, 000 in the con- struction of railroads, levecs, and_other iniorual improvements, or at lcast hag fefucd bonds to that amount on _thelr account. These improvementa #he now has and enjoys, and If they are not as vale uabdle as ehe expecied them 1o bo the miscalZnla- tlon has been her awn, Not having the money (or thele construction hereelf, she issued her bunds, which were In good faith and for value purchared, sely held hy Eastern What difference docs it make, 0 far as the vblizalions of Arkansasto the Enst i concerned, that Congreas hai nothing to do Aelth the matter? ' Apatn, 1o aseiat in building rail- roads and other pnblic works which they deemed crsentini {0 their prosperity, Arkansas countics the curroncy in this Btate was madeup of bank notes issued by banka located in Georgia under the liberal bank- ing lawa of that State, If these Btate banks be rovived, thero will bo s deluge of bank notes from Louisiana, Florids, Mississippl, Arkansns, and all tho other Southern States ; and this carrency, fssned without limit and issued without scenrity, and practically irre. deemable, will flod its way all over the conn- try ahd bo sold at n disconnt for a while, nnd then collapso in value, and to the extent perhaps of threo or four hundred millions of dollars will prove a total loss to the bill. liolders. Wildcat banks will be established all over the North and tho Weat, aud the money will Lo forced into the lands of people of small means, especially in pnayment of wages, and after running its race as depre. ciated currency will fall in valuo until it reaches the Lotipm, There is not a Stnte bank, nor a privato bank, in the United States which may not, without expense or cost, becoms n bank of iasue by aimply filing security at the National Trensury for its note-circnlation and taking thé namo of National Baok. There ia nothing {n the name to doter these banks people and nstitntions. where they have femalned. Those bonds, well as those of the State, are atill ontatanding. The principal in no case han heen paid, and the intereat rarely, On ;‘hu m;.:nlel;n -;'m‘rn'i'u ‘I]n“lfl‘;méllnllnnc -nLn from becoming National Banks. The ob- avo bean brought {n the United States conrts i P reslentorsditors, Jademwnta have heoa oby | joction fa, that to fssue notes ander tho on_ob- tained, and writs of mandamus Lavé been lstued National Banking law there must be such nbsolute security given as to render a loss to the bitl-holder an impossibility, and that is not tho system which these old State banks nud private sbanks.desire. They desire to issuo $800,000,000 of bavk-notes, resting oxclusively upon the faith, hope, and eventual charity of the people into whose bands the notes may be thrust. But o system which requires every bank that issues a note to circulate as monoy to give secunty that the noto shall bo redeemed on demand is, in the minds of these wildcat and irresponsible bankers, rank despotism, and o tyranny that domands instant repeal. We submit to’tho people of the United Btates whether they want to retnrn to the system of irresponsible, wildcat banks, nnd to substitute tho notes of such Lauks for those under a system in which, for fourtcen years, there has not been a dollar lost to tho bill-holder, ‘The substitution of greenbncks in place of bank notes fs one proposition, but the repeal of the National Bauks and the reissue of State bank notes {s something wholly different, aud for which no apology or pretext can be given except to granta liconse to rob and plunder the people. 1er stands; hut when we look at the platform of the Arkansas Demoerats we find that the tenth resoin- t In the eleventh that asks Congress for **manéy ald " 10 the Sonthern Pacific Ratirond—1n tton—| Federal conrta and the dellnquent communities by taking 1he writ of mandamus from the former, 30 that Kastern capltulists whom Arkanaas wishes to tax for Anotber rafirond for her benedt will not bo able to collect the monoy they hate advanced to aho already has, 18 cat And looking further, we find that the twelfth and thirteonth resolytions favor tho absolute of ratirond and Jevee bonds which the State haa issued, and urgo o con- 1t their payment, so that their nolders, who are to ssouri, Wo find that ous for raliroads, They hiad not the means to ty miilions of dollars, and wold thein mostiy to Thoy havo got their S{xty countica represented (n of **the Misslesippl River and its tributa- re refusing to ps{. secording to contract, for the commercial facilities they aiready possess, Precisely the same line of argumontnight THE RUSSIAN INDEMNITY, . England is congratulativg herself npon the rosults of the trenty of Berlin and the socretly-oxocuted Anglo-Turkish troaty, by which, upon condition of certain reforms to be innugurated by the Porte, she promiscs to sssumo the protectorato of Turkey in Asia ond defend the intégrity of tho Empire in case Russia should st any time tranagress the limita of hor new territory in Armenin proscribed by the Borlin troaty. The gon- eral nssumption of the English people is thnt these two instruments have secured Turkew against any fresh aggrandizement upou the part of Russia, and that any effort to violate the provisions of tho Berlin trea. ty or to trench upon the ground forbidden by the Anglo-Turkish Troaty will bring down upon hor devotad head the combined power of Euglaud, Austris, ond Turkey, and perhaps Franco. This might be a vory safe assumption if the treaty of Berlin bad olenrly sottled all contlicting pofuts sud left no avenues open for future compli- cations not provided for either by the treaty mado by the Plenipotentiaries or by the con- vention that Mr. Layanp concluded with the Porte, Some of the English papers, now that (he first flurry of popular oxcitement Lins passed away, amoug them the Pall Mull J3udget, which bas consistentiy and contin- uously supportod the Government, begin to seo o danger aliead which has been vory spparent to the outside world all the time,— namely, the fndemnity. Tho protocols which wero recently sub- mitted to Parliameut show not only that tho Congrass did not sottlo the Indomnpity busi- ness, but, more than that, was unable to ettlo it, nlthongh tho character of it lad Deen described In Lord Savssony's cirenlar, and Fraace and Italy took the same view of it as Eugland. The issno which was brought befora the Oongress was whetlier Rusain should have priority of the existing creditora of Turkey in demandivg an indemnity of 800,000,000 roubles. As the Pali Mlall Bud. get puta it: ** Either Iussle must bo forced to withdraw hor claim or the creditors must subuwit to be defrauded, and Turkvy allowed to sink for (he future iute the position of a judgment dubtor, hable to selzure of body or goods whenover the judgment creditor might pleaso to onforce bis clahn.” ‘fhe protocols show that whilo the Congross would not admit the latter al- teruative they did not demand tho formor, England doclared she conld not admit that Rusaia could have priority over any creditors of Turkey whoso claims antedated the bogin. ning of the war, ‘Thereupon Count Somouvd. vorr doolared that Russia did wmot clainy priority over loans guaranteed by England and France, Uount Corri (Italy) inquired it tho Russian declaration extended to other Yet theso samo The monoy comos of taxes. TPorhaps it is be. Sonthern peoplo have be- Inn THE REVIVAL OF WILDCAT MONEY. The Louisiana Democracy at their late Resolved, Thatthe Loulslana Democracy demands tony the Nationul Hunking sysien should be abols rotlred, and in ment of the United ount of Treasury tieu thereof that the Gove enand the unconditionul reveut of the lawa It will Lo scen that the dumnnd fs not meroly for the nbolition of Natioual Bavk cir- the unconditional repeal of the laws impos. the note.circulation of which is prohibited by a tax of 10 per cent. 'fhe repeal of thiy tax would at onco enable all these bauks to isaue votes undor the Stato laws and char. ters, and in Illinois we would Lave a revival have not been abandoued, in operation be- fora the War. The plea that more green- Lacks should be issued to take the place of the Nutional Bank currency is ono that, if it have any force, wshould apply even | losus or debts not guaranteed, to which more strongly lo tho isine of Htate | Count Bououvarore ruplied that he had not bank notes, ‘There are, it 18 stated, | oxamined this difiiculty, but affirmed, in & 7,000 bauks in existedca in this country, Of thess, 2,000 are Natioua! Bankw, ull of whom are compelled to hgve n bauk-note issue of not less thun §43,000 each, sud may havo as niuch more s¥ they think proper by dopositing the requisite security, ‘Fhe ciroulation of these banks is wo protected by law that, though bauks have failed without number, not one dollar of their currency las boen lost, not one dollar bas failed to be re. deemed. ‘Ihis is iu striking contrast with the history of Blate and all other bauks in this country, and is peculiarly atriking in coutrast with the experfenceof the people of I'linous in the mutter of banks charte red by the State. In Irauce, the Nationsl Bank is compelled to bave coin enmough on band to redeem jts cirewating notes. 'The security for the notes of the Bank of Ea- gland consista of & deposit of Goverument securities up to a certain liwit, aud then a deposiy of gold, dollar for dollar, to the awmount of the outstanding circulstion, Ia this conntzy, the notes of the National Banks aro secured by the deposit of UGovernment bonds to su amount equal to 11 per cent in excoss of the circulstion, In France, Eu. glsud, and the United States the failure to rodeom & bank note on dewand is not poss sible under the existing banking systewms. How will it be under thd revival of the Btate and the wildcst systens ¢ ‘The future sy be readily aaticipated by the history of the pait. In the first place, vach Btate will hiave its owu bauking systew, aud no two of general way, that Russia proposed to respect logality, * that is, every suterior bypotbe. cation.” Upon tho strength of this very indefinite assertion, J. WapuixazoN record- ed ** that Couut Scuouvarors las mnde two declarations ; the first affirms that in no case will tho indewuity bo convertud into terri! torial acquisition, will in no case interfers with tLe interest of the two catogorive of loans—those guarnnteed or those of ordi- nary obligation.” Itisplain enough to see, liowever, that Count Scnouvazory’s declara- tion does not bear out tho record. He makes no mention of ordinary oblligations, aud, in fact, ho excopted all unsecured oldigations. T'he easence of the situatiou, therefore, is that, while Turkey is under the conditional protectorate of England, she is absolutely ju pawn to Russia, with po powibility of redemption. While Russia bas not wads avy fiyut charge upon Turkish rovenues, she bas bilities, which constitute the Lulk of the total amonut. In other words, Turkey has been placed fu astate of hopelesy financial dependence to Russia from which the Congress was umpo- tent to rescus her, Bhe i pledged, body and soul, aud wust give henelf yp *on de- mand,” as sho cannot pay the claim. 'Fhe question of the future, therefore, is not 8o much bow will England restore or reforin & country whoso finauces sro destyoyed, sod who s mortgaged to her enewy, as what will Eogland do wheu Russia suddenly de- whether (en. Lae was (n favar of employing Pntadelphla Zimexof a letier written by Gen, Lre himscll 1n 1365, in which he says: awithont delay, toseess tne physical quaiifications in an emincnt degroe. tion, coupled with that moral inil our ‘country the white man passesses over tho ‘biack, furnish the hest foundatio: Jine which fs the surest gnara ;flltlllenfl" Our chiel aiin shoukd he to secnre their dellty, posed of men having no intercata in the conntey for which they fought beyond thelr pay or the hope of plunder. foresceing that the usc of negro troops in tho Unfon army would be followed by emancipa- tion in case of success, o advises thif «The best means of sccuring the efticiency and fidel- fty of thls auxiliary force would bo to accom- pany the mensure with a well-digested plan of gradual and general emanelpation. As that will be the result of a continuance of the War, and will certainly obcur {f the enemy succced, it secma to me most advisable to adopt it at once, and thereby obtain all the beneiits that will ac- crue to our cause,”” Inasmuch ns the North was succcasful and the negroes were emancl- pated, and had the South been successful they would probably have been emancipated also, the whine of the Bourbons over the loss of Slavery docs mnot seemn to be very well grounded. member of the Democratie Congresslonal Com- mittee, has been Interviewed in recard to the political compiexion of the next House, and ho figures it out as follows: which any Hepubtican wvould place In the samo catogory. Making ol other thines, I can say, without any doubt as to the acenracy of th hold the noxt Ilous by a Iatger, majority (nat wa 3 11 "bo {n and Callfornla, four, of the Missouri Itepublican disizicts. mouth off to this effect: » areat pilched battlo along the skirmishing lines. If we lose, vardefeat in the tight for a President follows. slightest doult, thers is no power this sido of thie Omnipotent that can entering the White Honso 3 1880, :I'V ul\;filwhrlmlnk majoritics, twenty-three ous of 1 3ir. making attempta to galvanizo bim intoa caudi- dste, but they cannot succeed. the Angla-Saxon_race 48 that they have no ino for & coward. Mr. T and can never get o half decent support outside of Now Y nto his pipe and smoke. grinding very slow In the case of GonLovs 8. Ontit, of tndiana, will grind cxceedingly fine, aud that the peoploof the Congressional Dis- trict where he has just been nominated will re- turn him by o majority to correspond with his deserts, Ho las served soveral terns In Con- gress with great credit to himaelf and to the general acceptance of his constituents. Ho was afterwards scnt ns Minister to Austrin, which office ke resigned in 1876 to becomu the Repub- ltean candldata for Qovernor of Indians. Im- mediately cfter his nomination he was accused of corrupt conduct while a member of the House Committee on Fareign Aftales {n con- nection with the Venezuclan clsims, futing the charge could not be obtained in time forimmodinto use In the canvass, and, rather than embarrass his party with the task of defending bim, Mr, OrTit withdrew from the ticket and gave place to Gen. Hannwson. Afterward tha facts in tho caso vindicated r. OnTut and clear- 1y established bis Inuocence. 1Iis election now will scrve two pood purposes, namely, remove the stigma that was unjustly attached to him, -and secure the man in Congr Memphls, ‘Tenn., tells how the Democrats in- tond to carry Phillips County, Arkensas, A fow days ago the Maver of IHelena, W. R, Bunkg, editor of tho World, and hslf a dozen other Democrats went to Memphis and pro- cured two pleces of ordnance and have taken $hese guns to avowed intent of uverawing all opposition, and carryig Phillips County - for the Democrats; Lesides, two cavalry companies nightly gallop over the coanty with the sanie intent. County hus hitherto polled 2,800 Republican votes to Y00 Demoacrstie. The present office- hiolders are alt Republicans, and against no ung of them has any charges of ofticial corruption or lncapacity evge been entered. crats boast that they will carry the county ln spitc of everything.” Dunke, ons of the sign. ese of the boud for the cannon, is a Demacratic caodidato for the Legislature, tho atteution of Mr, TiAYES ought to be ealled to this fresh attempt at paclfication on the part of the Dewmocratic bulldozers of Fhlllips County, nro both cunsiderably dlstressed over the new {udependent sprang up in wuny of the Southern States, it not to take the vlace of the Republican party, 10 at least opposc the Deniouratle party. The Chronicle says thut the Independunts cannot now succeed {n carrytog tho Stato of Tennessee, but it betoves that “jt may be strong cnougl to endauger the election of a Democratic Prest- dent in $350." Turuing to North Curoling, the sume paper fears that “there are enough Inde- pendents und Republicans returned to the Lug- fslutura to secure the defeat o the Democratle caucus nomineo for Umited Brates Sonator, And Demacratic journals of that Btate scem to convedo that Josiam Tuxsxi, Independent, Lias been scnt to tho Legislature by so largs & majority that he can bo easlly elected to Con- gress in November.” It {s possiblo thet these fears arc wall grounded, and that the South will not b quits “solid” for the uext Democrutlc candidate for President. BEXCH BARKETT, the famous actor, touckes thy Loncr 1ite of the fawlly i this delicate manver: flowers sbo a on procedence of all her ordinary o mands her bond, which Turkey, by the troaty of San Btofano, haa ngreed to pay, and which still remaius in force, sinca sl tho provisions of that treaty aro valid which aro not disturbed by the treaty of Berlin? Does this sitnation of nffairs, this black cloud hanging over Turkey, linsle to burst at any motient, throw any light npon tho follow- ing dispatch in ourlast issuo: **The Rus sian expedition to Contral Asiaaims at the occupation of tho six Nimar Khnnates be. twoen Alu Daryn and the Monntains of ¥iin- doo Koosh, One of theso, Vakhan, is a tributary of Afghanistan. Its occupation would reduco the diatance betweon Russia and Indin to 325 miles.” ~ does but declare the rights which wers sup- posed 1o oxist: nnd so thoroughly were the membersof the Jast General Assembly con- vinced of the Smportance of the measure that It pagsed the lHouse with but two nega- tiva votes and the Beoale unammonsiv. The Jonrnal states that there are in the Btato 1,813,000 ncres of swamp lands to be reclatmed. These Jands sre catimated, by the intelligent correspondents of thy Department, to bo now worth $13,869,280, and thst they would bo sworth, whien reclaimed, $52,959,003, being an fn- crease of $40,030,317. The Increase fs about #23 per acre. It fa not doubted that, {n two stars, by ordinary ditching, tilling, and other dralnage, there can be rescued and put fn cultf- vation at lenst 1,100,000 acres of 83 2ood pro- ductive corn-lanis as can bo found {n the State, that would produce 43,000,000 busheis of corn anuually. Teople living In countles that ara not speclatty intereated In this measure them- scives ought to vote for it for the common wood. Thers has been considrable discussion of Iate n the Svuthern papers upon the question negro troops in tho Confederats service. An end fs now put tolt by the publication in the e —— A most remarkable map, and ono that will prove of areat valuoand intereat to o Inrze class of puople, has just been Lrought out by Mr, W, E. Vious, of Chicago. It Is In tho largest scnse apolitical map of the United States, 27x40 fnches in slze, cbuvenient}y mounted, and con- tains ap amount of polffical information that renders It Invaluable for reference. Its sub- divisfons show the boundarier of every Con- gressional District in the United States, with their potitlew) complexion, Jodleated by con- trasting colors, according to the membership of the Forty-fifth Congress, nccompanicd by tabutated statements of the vote cast for Representatives fn 1870, the popular vote for Prestdent in each State for 1873 and 1870, list of Democratic and Republican Gevernors of Btates, names of the President and Cablnet, of- fleers of the Forty-fth House,~in short, al- most every item of Information concerning national politics that an inqairer could pos- albly desire. Cianres E. Drizsstein, Unlon Dank Bullding, Chicago, Is tho publisher, —ee— My own opinion {s that we shonld employ them 1 beluvr that with proper ‘regila- tions they can bo mado effective soldiers, 'Thoy Long habita of obedienco and subordini- nce which fn r tlnt discip- teo of military ‘There have heen furmidable armies eom- Uen, Ler oven goes furthier than this, and, 8o far as the National party in Olio {s con- cerncd, the Cleveland Zferald rays It is not at oll worried at its growth, and it Lopes it will continuo to expaud until It swallowsall the elements of the Democratic party that faver soft moneyand the repudiation of the public debt. The flerald thinks “The hard-money factlon of the Democracy wilh drift to the Re- publican party because it will vt be big enough 10 stand alonc and will have no otuer place to goto. We shall then have but one party to fight instead of two, and it will be n party that says what It means, and has the same views and purposes 1n w)l parts of the country. The bat- tle for bovest money and honest dealings with ‘public and private creditors cao then be waged vy the Republican party on a fair fleld, As long na the Democratic party remains in exist- ence, profeasing ono opinfon {n one State and ‘another in another, a square contest und a definite settlement of financlal fssues fs fmpos- sible The Diréetars of the Nccond Avenne Horse Tallroad Company in New York are oxperiment- Ingwith two new mative powers, eithor of which, f successful, will do away with horse power, belng much cheaper. Tho tirat of these Is com- .pressed alr supplied from reservolrs under the cars, ihe bursting. pressure of the pneumatic engine conuected with them being elght tinies above the workinzsnressure, so that thero fs o danger of explosion. It is claimed the rate of speed it neceasary can be rafsed s bigh us fifty miles an hour, 'Tho other motor is a s, discovered by Fraxcis WixTens, of Brook- 1yn, which {s said to be nelther uflammablo nor explosive. 1t 18 now belng examined by tho underwriters and Car Company, Lut has nof yet been tested, S — HlzxDRICKS Is rapldly getting a reputation for a fiest-class hypocrite. In his Indlamapolis speech he dwylt with extreme unction upon the cxceed(ng sinfulncss of a Federal oficcholder toking any part in politics, or contributing funds to carry on a cafipaign. White HEN- DRICKS was inouthing this deceit, thero sat old Blue Jeons WinLiAMa aud all the other Demo- craMe State offiers upon the platform, wonder- {ng what would come next. It was JAcksoN, tho father of modern Demoeracy, who said that *Ta the victors belong tho spoils,’—a sonti- ment that found a quick and lasting response in every Democratle bosom. The folly of utter- ing such nonscuse by HENDRIOKS I8 too dis- gusting to be endured, Kepresentative BrackaurN, of Kentucky, T put thirty-six districts in the doubiful list— lowance for these and for propliccy, that we are going lo Sowe of vur gains will Nevada W willaldo redecm throa, if not Concernlng the next Presidency, he shot his The coming olection wiil be the firat Instance of If we win, of whichk I have not tho prevent Mr. Tuvniax e will carey, y-xoven Stafes, . 1 do not connt. N In, The ew York politicians aro £} Ong hest truit of ILuEN has proved himself auch, ork, Al of which Mr. MaxTON MARDLE may put ———— Ve hope that the mill of Gop that has been Facts re- ———— BiL SPRINGER has the cheek to sssert that “all the financlal measurcs urged by the Greenbackers had been advocated all along by tho Democratic members of the louse.” Go to, WiLLIAM; what a story-teller you are. Turn ‘back to yuur old file of the Congressional Globe and read how some of tho leadera of your party assaulted the greenback when it was first fssucd to carry on the War for the preservation of the Unlon, They demounced the fssue of War- money, ond argued that It was an unconstitu- tional proceedipg. Bitt will sct up the clalm nexta that it was the old Copperhesds aui Kuights of the Golden Clrcle that put down the Rebellion. rvices of an nhla\ and upright R e A special dispatch to tho 8t. Louls @.-7. from — ‘The Ilon. Josern Q. WATens, lor many years Judgo of the Salem (Mass,) Police Court, died 1n that city recently of old age. He was born 1 1790, and was a graduate of the clsss of 1814 at Harvard College. Ho studied law with the well-known echolar, Joux PicKxniNg, and sub- soguently went to Misalssippl, where he became trict Judge, Ho returued to Massachu- ectts in 1830, and since that time has held nu- merous pubtle officea of trust. The deceased Judge was u schivolmate of our well-known cit- izen, ALpaep Duten, Esq., aud was father of J. Lintox Warens, Esq., who for many ycars was connccted with the Land Department of he lllinols Central Raliroad (a this city. et e To, Helens * with the open and Enillips The Demo- It looks as if ‘The Radicals in the Southwark Borough, Eng- Iaud, provosc to nomiuate Miss HeLus Tayron for Parliament at tho next geperal vlection, and thus practically teat the wowman question {o that way. Misa TayLonk fsa wowman of remarkable wtellectusl avility, and bolds conservative views upon the rights and privileges of her sex. Homu years ago she was cleeted to the School Beard, and discharged her dutles lu that cons ——a—— ‘The Augusta Chronicle and thoBavannsh News movement that has suddenly election was accomplished aimost uusulivous'y, Ifer cauvass for Parliament {s protiably Intended to be moro experlmeutal than otherwiso. — e——— Now that Beysasin F, BurLen has formsily taken his Jeave of the Republican purty, would it not'be well to throw bis offects into the street after bim, lock thydour, and notify him that the pleasure over the separativo s not only mutust, but must be permancot! BN has always been a nolsy, nanghty boy, full of waywardness sud crookedness, and has gonerally managed to keep the whole neighborhood In a broll. His uew assoclates are welcome to him, and way they be happy toquther. e S t— Ex-Congressmas EDBEY, upon whom Gov. Pousp, of Wisconsin, sat down so heavily at tho lost seaslon, took uccasion the other day at the meeting of the Democratlc Statw Ceutrsl Committeu to assure all present that his pasty would carry the State thls fall by a large mu- fority, and tho pation 1n 1880, A few wecks ago Yomx would also have prophesiod that he would be renominated and re-clected to Congress, but ho stays at home. His nppeurauce fu the role of tho wateh-dog of the Treasury was uot ap- preciated by his constitucats. —— Prof. 8wixNo, who has becn staylng with Law- I am quito pleased with the relixioas air that dlle this Bauskr coitage. A elerzyman of even wore Figid views might well declste ‘that 1he pea:e aud promise of Guo aro Lier. Beautiful as e whis- periuze uf the ses withuat, and busutiful ua sl the ol Ih‘ll ut e Liouse, Were the words hters of Ibe actor Wh + grace"’ & the table whui nd fricudslilp met. Mr, Barustr's own religion ls rationa) and wudern; the relicion of bis wife and daugniers ks very tolerant Lut very devout, 'The wave of moderu Infdelity has not reachd this home. Merg the theatre and the aitar, fur onco, 8t Ieaat, blvnd, — ‘The Virginia Fazeite suys that * BiLL 8ruixa- ®E, the bareback rider of POTTER'S truvellog circus, fs not with the shuw nuw. He i rusti cativg st bis bome iu Sprivgfeld.” Yes. SPRINGER §s probably spendiug theso hot Auzust days in preparing articles of impesch- wient sgatnst President Havxs, based upon the evideacs ol AxvEBsOx, WeBBER, ct al., which bas ben elivited by that wouderful Porrsz Commitiee. e —— Go back to the Pacitic Slope, Mr. KZagNEY. You are teo vulgar aud too thiu for the Esst. You are not even tit to ruu besido the trottlog borse BeX BuzLER. Tho State Journal calls special attentlon to the importence of the Druinage Amendment which 14 to be submitted to & vots of e people of Ilinols ut the Novembur clection. Thbls wwendiuent must recelve the sffirmative vote of » majority of ail tuc cloctors, elge it will bo de- feated, hence the tportatce of not allowing It o Ko by default. It was supposed that tho Lon- stitution of 1570 couferred all the power desired, ood legislation was coscted fu 1871, snd ugalu in 1874, for the reclamation of swawmp laods, which legislatiou the Bupreme Court, b 1376, held to be uncoustitutlonal. The rewedy Dow svught . Thelr embarkation for India hans already com. menced.* The health of Cyprus has not im. proved. The prevalence of typhold feverap pears to be more serlous.” to the Standard says: Ticaithiness of the island aro exagaerated. 3a- lignant fevers ore rare, It is -stated that Nico sia will not be mado the capital of Cyvrus be- cause of its unfavorable situatfory but some polnt will probably be selected between Lar- naca and Farmagasta which posscazes greater facilities for the conatruction of n harbor.” nection with such muarked ability that ber ro-, OREIGN. ]:‘:ngland Jealous of Russian Movements in Cen- tral Asia, And I3 Preparing to dompeto with the Czar in That Quarter. RRussian Troops Withdrawing feom the Vicinity of Constan. « tinople. Largo Numbors of Albanians Joininy the Tnsurgent Bands in Bosnia, Forslery tho English Liberal, Will ot Bo Bound hy the Caucus Systents i Provisions of the Proposed Franco-Amep ioan Qommercial Treaty, TITE BAST. Panig, Aug, 12.—Tho Joniteur says Russiy Tias sent Gen. Abramofski as its nceredited representativo to Cabul,the Capital of Northery Afghanfstan, Tho Monifeur regards this o grave news, In view of tho unsatisfactory rels. tlons hetween 8tere All and the British tovern ment and of the Kusslan advance towards Afghanistan. BoMBAY, Aug. 12.~The Indian Government has recelved Information confirming tuc report of the arrival of the Rusalan mission at Cabul with letters from the Czar. The mission way recelved with high honors, Tt 1s believed the Russians desirc to establish themselves on the northwest of Afghanistan. Thelr represents. tives at Cabul speak of thelr desire to open up trade with Afghanistan. They will visit Herat and the western frontler. An English mission, cscorted by, cavalry, wiil leave Yeshawor for Cabul in September. CYPRUS. LoNDoN, Aug. 12.—A ulspatch from Nlcosls, Cvprus, to the News says: ** A portion of the Indian contingent s, going home fmmediately, On the other hand, n dispatch from Laruofa *Reports of the un NULGARIA'S TIIRONE. BenriN, Aug, 12.—It is roported that several of the Towers favor the candidature of Prince Georgae Blbesco for the throne q! Bulgarta. ENDBARKATION OF TROOVS. CORSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 12.—1he embarkation of 40,000 of the Imperial Guard for Russia be gins Saturday. Tho withdrawal of the restof the troaps from San Stefano and Gallipoll will follow lwmedlately. The Turkish troops will oceupy the positiuus as fast as they nre evac uated, JOINING TOE INSURGENTS, CoNSTANTINGPLE, Aug. 12.—~Advices from ‘Bosnfa represent that the men of the Albantan contlugent of the Turkish army are joiniog the fusurgents., . TOWN CAPTURED. ViENNA, Aug, 12.—Tho commander of the Seventh Austrian Army Division in Bosnia re- ports the Town of Traynlk occupled by the troops on Bunday, and communication with Danjalaka completely restored. In the engage. meats at Varcarvakof and Jajeze scvou olllcers 80d 100 men were wounded, ANOTIIBI INSURKECTION, VirNNA, Aug. 13.—An uprising of Mohamme- den fanstivs hus occurred at Livno, Herzegoviva. The 7Turkish commundaut was killed, “The troops made comtmon causo with the nsurgents, sud marched with them on Bkoplie. RUSSIAN AUNY PROGRAMSE, CONBTANTINOPLE, Aug, 12—The Russi will cvacuate Adrlanople within slx weel They will evacuate Erzeroum aud Bayazid upon the withdrawal of the British flect, BATOUM. The Czar has telegraphed the Bultan request- fng him to otder tho cvacuation of Batouwn. The Germau reprosentative has also udvised the evacuation of Batoum, and the Porte has de- clded to comply with thu advice. The inbabit- ants of Batoum have agaln votificd Minister Layard that they consider themselves under Britlsh protection, and will holst the Britih "\‘:‘ nl{mn an attompt of the Russians to oceupy the uity, GREECE, VeNice, Aug. 12.—Tue Greok Miulster ot Forclgn Affatrs had 4 loog lnterview with King Humbert to-day. TILE INSURGENTS RETIRING. VirNMA, Aug, 12—An official dispatch saya: & Tho lnlur‘lfcnl are ovacuating the deflle of Vranduk sod retreating to SeraJovo.” I the news {6 correct thure will be no obstaclo to the {llm.'uon of the forces of Gen, Patlipovich with hat ¢ _the Grand Luke of Wurtemberg, who aro at Travnik, The decisivo contlict will proba- bly be at Berujevo, which the Austrians hops to enter un thy [8ih inst, i FHRAUDULENT CONTRACT. Bucuanksy, Aug 123Tha cuntractors for supplylog food to the Russlan army have be- come bankrupt, i cunseqience of the refusal of the Jtussizn buv:rnmulm_ 10 vay for the su 11es until the charges of fraud are {uvestigated t s alieged that 20,000,000 ol roubles kave been missppropriated i the Buchurest District aloue, GREAT BRITAIN, WILL NOT BB BOUND BY THE CAUCUS BYATAN. Lonpox, Aug. 12.—Tho correspoitdence I¢ pubilishied between W. E. Forster and o men- berof thd Executive Commitice of the Brad- ford Liberah. Forstor s tnvited to stand st ous of the Liberal candidates for Parliament, subject 10 the rules of tho Libera) Association, with particular retercucs to the rule which pro- vides that caudidates must agres to by guided by tuo decisions of tho Association. Forster refuies tho terms, and jutiinates tho intention to stand fmdependeutly. Forster was elected by the Cousurvative vote fu 1871, the Lieral ty belug divided, ‘The borough is probably Averal, aud the object of thu Exceutive Come mittes Wus 1o restore harmony and party dis cluline, Thia is the second revolt of promineut Liberuls aguinst tho caucussyste, John Locke member ot Parlisment for “Bouthwark, buying previously taken tha ground occupiod by For s TICKET-OF-LRAVE. Lonno, Aug. 13.—Claucey, the Fenlan, cuns victed (o 1997 aud sentenced to imprisvument for lite, will be relessod upon 8 ticket-ol-lesvs ou tho 25th of Neptember yext. MISCELLANEOUS. INDIAL CaLCUTTS, Ang. 12.—Great distress prevsils 1n consequence of Huods. Cauals aud {rrigativd worky have been breactied. Tergible sufferiu® prevalls fu Cushimere, and tho Blabaraja i takiug energeticsteps 1o rolleve the people, who {u wany varts of the country are subststiog upos berbs, weeds, sud uuripe frult, TUN COMMEKCIAL TERATY. Panrs, Aug. 12.— 1L wates tuthe Erancos Aucriean Comuercial Con o-duy wated upou the Mivister of Cotwme d subwitied the teat of the projected treaty. ‘The druft of the comwerclal treaty provides that ad valored dutfes sials be converted ua far ws possibly Wiy specitic duties, sud that the Amcricun duty O3 sllk by reduced 10 50 per cent fur the frst yean 40 per cent the secoud year, und thence lorwsrd o B0 per cent, the Uniied States toreduce other dutics ¢xeeeding 40 per ceat to 9 per ceute TEMRILLE EXPLUSION, Nicoratsry, Aug. 12.—A Russisn torpedd cutter cxploded u the barbor to-day, kuuvé thisty-four persvts. CUBA, Havana, Aug. 12.—Néw elcctious are onted ed fu all ut‘img wunlpulitics, whiche wih [SSEPPN P SR e - ha]