Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1878, Page 4

& Thye Teibare, 4 UlaT wwcmbly on this (Thursday) eventng. A - Lo vested in tho contral authorities of the THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TIIURSDAY. AUGUST. 15, 1878, barred by the Statate of Limitations of 1847, and also refused to go behind the report of the Commission created by the Logislatare in 1853, which was adverse lo the payment of these elaima. Tho application by the Conrt of the Statute of Limitations DY MAIL—IN¥ ADFANCE=FOSTAGS PREFAID, to a Bloomington claim on acconnt of land ;31500 | donated to the Normal School s an nddition- E{tMS OF SURSCRIPTION, expect small comfort st the hands of that tnbunal, Wo publish a lotter from Mr. Rurvs Frmmine, of Ann Arbor, Bich,, who very clearly explafns the legal character of the 7-30 notes issued by the Government under the laws of 1804 and 1865, Under the first of theso acla the Becretary of the Trensury was authorized to issue §200,000,000 of such notes, payable at any time within three years, or nt his discrotion at any timo nfter thres yoears; (he Secrathry was authorized to meke the interest poyablo at the maturily of tha note, or tb moke it payable somi.annually,—the law onncting that such of those noles as weore mede payable, * principal and interest,” at maturity of the note shonld be alegal-tonder. The fact, however, is, that all of the 7-30 notes authorized by the act of 1864 were made payable, principal at the end of thres years and the interest semi-annually, so none of the 7-10 notes of 1804 wers ever a legal- aritn Tri-Weekls, one yen Y'arta of & 56ar, per month. EDITH WERKLY Ome cony, ver Cluba faur., 3 408 r from ‘ot free. Tifve Tost-Office address in full, facludiog Etate and County. . Hemittances may be made elther by draft, express, Tost-Office onder, or in registered letter, at aur risk. TERMB TO CITY AUBECRIBERS, Dally, delivered, Bunday excepted, 23 cents per week. Dally, delivered, Bunday Included, 50 cents ver weeke Addtess THRE THIBUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison and Deatborn-ats.. Chicago, Til. Onlers for the delirery of Tng TRIpUXR at Evanston, FEnglewond, and Hyde Parx teft {n the counting-room will zeceive promptatsentior TRIBUNE nnficxx OFFICES Tox CizAa0 TAINUXR bss extahifahed branch ofMees for the receipt of subscriptions end advertisements as Totlows: NEW YORR—Toom 20 Tyibuns Bultding. F.T.Mor Fanpax, Manager, PARLS, France~No. 18 Rue de 1a Grange-Datellore, R, Mantn, Agest., LONDOSN, Eng.—American Exchange, 449 Strand, HxxRy F. GiLtio, Agent. BAN FRANCISCO, Cal, ce tlotel AMUSEMENTS, | tonder. The ack of 1805, nnder which the grenter isane of 7-30 notes was made, ex- ooley’s Theatre. pressly provided that the lssue of no legal- Lampenont of ha Mderante cx_gvctm-n.a_."hsnu. tonder notes in auy form was to bo author- ized under that act. This included all the 7-80 notes issued by law, and, it our corre. spondent be correct, s we think he is, not one of the £800,000,000 of 7-80 notos issued by the Goversment was ever a legnl-tender in payment of private debts. In the atate- ment Jasued annually, and which accom. panics the report of the Becretary of the Treasury, of the amount and charactor of each form of the public dabt, the 7-30 notes are never described as having been legal-ten- der, .while the compound-intercst notes, bearing 6 por cont, are stated to have been legal-tendor. CHICAGO " NATIONALS," ‘Wo bavo heard and read during the last fow montbs many confident and startling prophecies concerning the strength of the ¢ National” party, but if theso predictions are to receive no moro verification elsowhero than in Chicago nobody need be frightened. The local Convention of tho * Nationals,” held in a vory small hall, and composed of a very small number of men who cndeavored to make up in noise what they lacked in numbers, was an exbibition of weakness from which the organization will not recover as far as any local influence is concerned. A party that starts in with & row in which pro. fanity, clubbing, calla for revolvers and police, aro the principal fontures, is not at all formidablo. A couple of candidates wore mnominated, a platform was re- ported, end then tho so.called Con. vention adjourned to awnit a ‘“better organization of tha party," To all intents and purposes that is the Iast of the ** Na- tional " party, #o far as it will cut any fignre 1n the politics of thiscounty, It there had boon previously any hope for making partie sans, the proceedings of tho Convontion ef- foctively disposed of the prospect. The docent mon who are infocted with the delu. sion of flut money will scarcely care to con- rort with a set of rowdics who *‘move to lay the Deity on the table™ when the Deity's namo is mentioned; *Give ‘o bell,” and * Draw your pop on 'em,” seemed to be the only well-defined rentiments of the mob ; and, aside from the disgrace which any such ,assemblage puts upon all who are associated with it, the *Oonvenflon" loft no impress whatever upon the community, The re- ported platform echoed all the most out- Iandish sentiments of latter-lay Communism ofid fluancial heresy. *Fiat monoy to be full legnl-tendop”; an extended systom of internal improvements; the payment of all ‘bonds in “absolule money"; tho issuo of irredecmablo scrip at so much per capita ; the taxation of United States bonds; a graded income tax, oxempting all incomea under §1,000 and progressive asto all others ; & domond that the rights of labor be recog. nized as paramount to those of capital; an eclght-hour law with a poualty for its viola. tion; prohibition of conviet labor,—are nomo of the foaturgs of the platform which was roported, and the enumeration is suffi- cient to show what an illogleal and inconsequential jumblo it was, But the Couvention torminated the local mission of the * National" parly when it adopted the form of a plodge, to which every candidate is required to'subscribo, solémnly pledging Limself to sustaln the ** National party **to the exclusion of all other partics aud cowbinations of porsons whatever.” ‘This, of course, would settle the fate of any subgeribing candidate, It would be equiva- lont to wiguing Lis own denth-warrant, for iho only service of o nominmation &t the hands of tho ** Nationals" would boe to pos- sibly sccuro mome votes which might bo tacked on to a nomination st the Lands of some other party, For tho credit of Chica- 89, nswell aa the simpliication of the local cainpaign, it 16 8 comfort to know that the *¢ Nationals " are not in tho fleld. BEN BUTLER'S CAMPAION, The immediate prize which Bex Boreen in seeking iu the office of Governor of Masta. chusotts. 1lls progranme is to secure the vomination at the Lands of the Working- wmon and Nationals, and to make a bargain with the Democrats whereby ho s to deliver them three Congressioual Districts iu the State in consideration of their making no regular nomination for the office of Gov. eruor. By this meaus ho hoped to units all the discordant elementa in the State outsido of the Itcpublican party, for bo will proba- bly have some bone to toss to the Prohibi. tionists, and his pervonal attractions are suf. ficient to secure him the mora! support of the Woman-Suflrage movement. Ia onler to carry out this programme, it Is notenough for Lim to forswear his sssociation with thq Ropublicans to pander to Communism in-the person of Keamwzy, and to reilerate "on overy possible occasion his Tinverly’s Thentre, Denrborn street, corner of Monroo, Engagement ot the Colrlile Folly Company. ‘*Royinton Crusoe. SOCIETY MEETINGS, ENSSELAER (RAND LODGE OF PERYEC- A B ¥ Nt A Pk enera b ndnaie 14 ceniieated b husiaors of Imporiance will AE befors the Lidge: 1y ordor of e brought bl e T £D 000DALE Gr. Sce. THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, ‘1878, BB N Greenbacks at tho Now York Stock Ex- changa yesterday closed at 19}, Gen, Tasntoxp's raid among the Indian Agenotes in Dakota has overtaken the Agent at Fort Berthold, the Rev. E. IL Arpex, a Congregational preacher, who started in asa pious apostie of peace and good-will, and onded up s a petty swindler, whose opers- tions o inconsed the Indiana that thoy threatened to kill him if he was not re- moved, Reports from various points in the Houth- ‘weat show that the yellow fever is on tho in- crease, defying all efforta of tho sanitary au. *thoritics to prevent its spread. At Gronada, Misg., tho condition of things ia ropresonted as traly pitiable, the proportion of tho sick and dying to the population of the town be~ ing such as to appeal atrongly to the charita- blo sud sympathetic peopla of more favored Jocalitics, . Tho Boldiers’ Rounion which began at Mt. ‘Veroon, Hl., yesterday was a grand success in mpite of tha most nnpatriotic interposition of Ol Probs in the form of p drenching miu. Gov, CorLox's was the speech of tho forenoon, while Gen, BureLps and ex-Son- ator LooAN were the orators of the afternoon. Gon, Bunuan, Gen. McCreanaxp, Benator OoLesvy, ex-Gov. Paruzs, and others will do the talking to-day. . The propesition to ralify the issma of £2,000,000 additional bonds to ald in the completion of the Cincinnati & Southern Railroad was yesterday successful by a ma- jotity ‘of 05,799 at the election held in Oincinnati to determine the ques- tion, This result enablos tho contractors to proceed at once with their work, thelr ob. ligation being to finish it within a year. Cineinuatl hod aleeady spent over $18,000,- 000 in tho enterprise, and tho prospect of its speedy completion is the occasion of much rejolcing. , Tl policy of the Germau Government ra- gording the treatment of Sociallsmn 18 indi- | coted in & bill submitted to the Federal Councll prior to its introduction in Parlia- went, It contains the most stringent restric~ tions, and if it becomes a law will rondor the propagation of Socialistio and Communistio doctrines o most perilous undertaking. The power to securo the onforcement of the pro- Libition of meetingw, associations, publica- tious, etc., in the interost of Booialism is to Federal States, subject to nppoal only to an Imperial Bureau to be crented expressly for the ndjudication of such cases. A moderato estimate of the cost to the city of substituting Lemont atone for the Ded- ford stone now belng used in tho construc- tion of tho City-Hall places the total at £500,000. It is a high price to pay for the succens of tho Lemont stone combination, which scems to have mado considerable progress of late in ** converng" mombers- of the Common Council,—a higher by $500,- 00 prico than the taxpayers would sanction if their viows and wishes werp consulted, As tho case now stands, thoy will look to tho Mayor to proteet them by his veto in tho wvent of thoe success in the Council: of the scheme to changs tho stono iu the buflding, A two-thinds majority would thon be required to accomplish the job, and this the Lemont Ring will find it dificalt, probably impousi- Dble, to secure, —— ‘Ihie necessity for couvening an extra ses- sion of the Missourl Legislature to provide for the deflciency arising from the heavy shirlnkago in the funds in the State Treasury i heginuing to bo thoroughly realized by people of all partics in that State, Little doubt now remnins that the ‘Uressurer's deficit will amount to at least §500,000, and o full disclosure of the condition of the funds mny incrense the sum to %1,000,000, ‘fha Democruts have beon loth to admit the urgency of tho need for an extra session of the Tegislature on account of the damaging influence upon tho prospects of the party in the fall tampaigy, put tlicro is evidenily no al notice to claim-speculators that they may. escapy from the awkward dilemma in which thry have bLeen placed by.thp snaladminis- tration of the Etato finances by the Dero- crutic Freasurer, - 5 P ———— Tho first bateh of. dgaisiong the Court—of Bpringfield, is extremely discoursging to the luit-prosecitors’ who counted npord® their Mbility 1o conx, eafols, or bulldoze the Qourt 110 recomwendiug the payment of frowm 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 of Htate claims that Lad been pushed without success from fifteen to forly years, and the spaoculative valuo of which was uot more thau fivo cents on the dollur, Chicf-Justice Csiaza’ rendered an opinien upon tho old canal clalms, in which the Court sustained tbe position of the Attorney-Geveral that tho clalws were aqodereHy.| ,, now" i session st caruest devotion to the flat scrip doctrine; be also fluds it neceasary to rendor the Democratio party some special service. It, is for this renson that he_diyides bis time betweon Kramsxy and the Porsea Commil- .4no. Inthe latler eorvice be s engaged n finding that missing Link " whoreby Le hopes to connect Presidont Haves with some corrupt borgain with ‘Southern politiciang thut would furnish the Democrats with s preteit for nwalling the Presidont’s pos- wession of the office, ' elther by 8 revolution- ary proceeding or by & pestisan jmpeachs ment, y Bureen hes hed before his Committes ‘Wirzrax H. Rovesmi, a Bouthern patriot and Democruticeditor, who took it upon Limself to wake Gov. Hayes a persoual visit during tho comtroversy over the count of tho Flectoral votes, Mr. Roprars’' mirsion seecms to have been pretty much the sama aa that which took Maj. Busxe to Washington, and neither his acconnt of it nor the circnmstances connected with it jdentify President Harxes with any such **conspiracy " an BurLEs is looking for, nor searcoly with Ronents himself. Aaj. Bonxz has made his notoriety in this sama affair so far availablo as to securo the Democratio nomination for Stalo Treasurer of Louisiana; Jlr. Rooents probably has something equally choice in his mind's eyo; a fellow bamed Bovips Baren fried to similarly assoclate Limeelf with the incoming President by sending him long and stupid telegrams ; and wo have no donbt there are numerous othor Southern patriots who will come to the front rooner or later, and show that thoy have written to President Hayes, or telegraphod to him, or advised him, or called on him, or told some friend of his just what ho shomld do. Any one of theso cirenmstances will secure A prompt snbpoona from DBex Burren to testify nsto the alleged ** Largain,” for Burper is under contract to tho Democrate to farnish evidence of that bargain. i Nevortheloss, Burrer seoms to be niaking poor headway in his search for information sbout something that never hind any existe ence, Ronerrs had nothing to communicate | of imporlauce. o went to Ohio pending tho count of the Prosidentinl vote, and first visitod Mr. Harstean, Hararzap told him that Hares was ** a good fellow,” but that Is scarcely A valid reason for imponching Haves, Hausteav also gave Ronentaa letter 1o Hares, which, contrary to the usual cus- tom of sonding notes of iniroduction, was sealed. Perliaps Mr. Harsteap thought it jnst ns well to say quietly to Gov, Hares that he dida't know anything about Ron- ErTs, and that §t might be pru. dent to ‘“‘go slow" with Southern pn- triots, whatever their mission might be. At all evonts, Gov. Hares had nothing to com- municate to Ronents, as the latter testifies, farther than to say *“that he had na desire for the Presidoncy unless he were counted in falrly,” and that he intended * ta live up to hia lettor of accoptance,” and *‘to treat the people of the South with fairness and justico.” Unloss these utterances are imn- penachable, Ben DuTier will have to look further for the “missing link ™ to prove that bargaing and ho had botter bestir himsell about it, too, or the Domocrats of Mnssn- chnsotts may nominate a regular candidate not named BuTLE OLD PROBABILITIES AND KIS SPECTACLES From tho experience of Prof, Apsg, an nstronomienl observer under difficnltics, we are inolined to the belief that the astrono. mers who went to Colorado recently wo sumptuously equipped to obgorve the ob- scuration of the sun did not thoronghly perform their duty, or, to state it more accurately, did not see as much as thoy ought to have eeen consideriug thoir advan. tages. Prof. Anne has contributed tho re. sult of his obsorvations to the Colorado Springs Gazelle, and the editor of that paper, with the most nlter disregnrd of expense, haos {llustrated st with n dlagram which, sov- ered from ita conncction with the text, might be taken for a crab, or an octopus, or n Virginla fence. It adds to the interest of this contribution that Prof, Aspx Is the orig- inal Old Probabiliies himself, who presides 8o gracefully over tho arons of low baromoter and statlonary pressures, and gives the zoph- yre from Hudson's Bay and cold waves from Manitoba their send-off. At tho very outset*Old Probabilities had numerous obstacles in his way. He cllmbed to the sumumit of Pike's Peak the day bofors the eclipe, and when he arrived there was takon sick, havingon the previous day par- takon too frecly of unripe fruit, tho ten. dency of which is to produce an ailment from which not oven astronomers are exempt, and which iy apt to interfere with the continuity of obscrvation mneccasary to heavenly contemplation, Thq resull was similar to that which overtook the important oxpedition of the King of France with hia 40,000 wen, Maving climbed up the Lill, ke had to climb down again, ay Le himsolf says, **somowhat hiastily,” which is a character- istio feature of tha ailment, since lelsuronesa of movement s apt to prodice undesirablo | consequonces. Having arrived at tho base, Old Probabilities fortified and invigorated limsel! with astringent cordlals and grateful peppermint, and on the following day recov- ered sufliciently to be laid on tho ground “upon a gontle slope facing westward.” However well grounded Old Probabilitiea may have been, it is plaln to seo that ho ‘was laboring under difioultien, for while the roat were on their feot and froe to scan the whole expahso of henven, he was flat on hia back, and if anything had occurred among the ecliptica sud cusps to the rear of him of course he could not observe it without exe. euting a very basty back-somersault, which would have been fuconvenient, considering bis ailment, howpver creditable it might ap- pear as an acrobatlo feat, The mererelation ot 0ld Probabilities' axis to tho nxes of the sun and the earth, however, waa not his only dlundvantage. Tho other astronomers sll sbout him, like city residences, wero fur. pished with all the modern inprovements, They had telescopes, integrating spectro- scopes, chronometery, driving clocks, tasim. eters, thermophiles, galvanometers, aud other machinca. Old Probabilitics hnd no op- tical jostrument of any desceiption. There was not a gamin in Chi. cago who was uot fiited oul better, with his pleco of smoked glass, than Old Probabilitica, Ilo says him. self: “f hod no optical or other ystru. ment, and unfortunatoly had| only & pair of spectacles, not quite suflicient even to cor- rect my near-sighteducss,” Was evor astron. omer in such a plight? Blck, near-sighted, lat on hix back, trying to squint through a pair of old, defeolive speotacles, and of course bothered to doath with flies, gnata, and mosquitoes,rejolced to find a victin lying in the position most favorable for thewr as- soults! It often happons that a gilded youth from the metropolis, sumptuously equipped with basket, landing net, joint pole, tapersips, silk lines, vory reels, snd patent flies, Lies Jum to the country and whips thestreama for trout’in vain, while a bare-légged, dicty country bumpkin, with a piece of twine, s rusty hook, and a wriggling worm tied to an alder, twig, pulla out the speckled beanties willigut difficalty, This was the plight of the ofher astronomers, with all their elegavt and elaborate wachiuery, as compared with poor Old Probabilitica . rylng to squint through his old speotscles,. They scewm to have scattered thewselves over Banxr's beads, Fuavxxsoren'y lines, cromospheras, cusps, limbe, cosmic matter, intra-merourial planets, streations of the corons, and other things, without arriving st auny dofinite re. sult. They all scem to have beou anxious to confirm Poasox's observations, whoever he was, and did uot apparently possess that diguity of character and manly self-relisuce that sliould have lsd them to discant Poo. rox and atrike out for thomaelves, Podsox may have been a very estimablo man, like. wise Fravexmoren; but in theso days of progress and reform the grest public expects 1ts astronomers to mako their own observa- tions independent of Poason and his Teu. tonio friond. Besides all this, they haveleft s in & hopeless snarl as to the existonce of that mythologieal blacksmith who has hith. erto been supposed to be hammering away npon the cerulean anvils somewbers in the empyrean. The evidenco hne far presented would not Lold for o minnte fn any conrt of justico, nor do wo beliove that any one of these astronomers wonld go befors a Notary Pablie and solemanly mnake affidavit that he bad seen Vulean, Mow differant appenra the condnct of Old Probabilities! With a poor eot of natural eyes and a worse pair of arti- ficial ones, ho concontrated himself npon one mubject. Ifssays: *‘My whole atten. tion was given to the rays that extended be- yond the brillianit ring which I presuma rep. resonts tho true solar atmosphere, I wns undisturbdd by any other consideration ex- cept to got a trne presentation of theso rays which I'had hitliertg firmly believed to be cither in the earth’s atmosphers or in the observer's eyes,” and he got them,—nll five of them, besides soveral mounds of red fire. worka nt their bases, by ** the kind nssislance of the obliging young men of the Lnke Ilouse and Mrs. Corser”; then went back to bed and fignred out in an hour that “moteor streama” wera the real key to tho solution of thesa rays, *“‘not such metcors a3 Rome snppose to be falling into the sun daily, but tho grand streams of meteors thal cause the numorons shooting stars of August and November, and of the existance of which thero is indubitable proof,” Now if Old Probabilities, with only a bad pair of spectacles, a fewabliging young men, and good Mra. Cortey, and flat oo his back nt that, could do 5o mnch, what might he vot have done if ho hind Lind a telescope, and a tasimoter, nnd o gnalvatometer, and an in. tegrating telescope, and could have stood on his feot? By (pa side of his observations how lame and impotent those of his more fortunate associatos appear | TWO LETTERS, In March, 1861, Jesse D. Bntonr, of In. dinnn, addressed n letter Lo JerrensoN Davis, Presidont of the Bonthern Confederacy, for writing which less than a year subsequently Lo was expolled from the Benato. In Decombory 1860, a fow months befora the date of Drrant’s lotter, DAN Voonnzes addressed a letter Lo @ Bouthern politician ; this letter was not found. however, until after tha War. Wo compare the two lettcra : Wasutxaroy, D, €¢,, March 1, 1801.—My Dxan 8m: Allow mo {0 Introduce to_yonr acquaintance my friend, TiioMAs Lixcowy, of Texas, e visits your Caplial maialy to dl-gmu of what he regards agreal Improvement to frearms. I recominend Tim to sour favorable convlderation as a gentle- man of the firat respectabliity, and rellable in overy reapect. Vory truly your, i . . Ty L3 GNT. To_ Hle Excellency Jofferson Dacis, President of the Confederation of States. IxnraxapoLin, Dec. 12, 1800.~My friend, Capt. Fitaxcin A, Suour, lanbout visiting the South with his sleter on account of her heaith. I lave known Capl. Sugtv slnce our hoyhood. e ware achoal- mstes, 1le 1s o gradunto of Weat P in the army ae a Licutenunt four yo Tonorahle ue upright gentloman ' e: disturbing questions of the day his sentiment: entirely witn the South, orid one af hiy obje a probable home in that section, 1 tnke thie occaslon tosay that his sentiments and my own are in clgee Iumnun(. D. W, Voonnees, Nnthing' followed, Baraur’s lottar; but Capt. Buour was appointed an offlcor in the Robel army, and served in that capocity, Voonuges' recommendation belng found on file in the Confederate archives. The writer of dne letter was expelled from the Sennte ; the writor of thé other is & member of the Senato, THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINOS, Tt will seomn strange fo most readers that at thia Inte day, and in the face of the evonta of the Inst Lnlf contury, thero shonld boa claiin mnde for a throne under the * Divino Right" of Kings, Tho King of Iauover was dothroned in 1806 by Prussia, and the ‘torritory Incorporated into that of the Ger- man Empire. The dethroned King was a claimant for the return of his throno from that time until his death a short time since, His sou and helr; known as the Duke of Cumberland in Englaud, has now lssued his protest sgainst tho usurpations of Germany, and, placing himself squarely on the doctrine of the Divino Right of Kings, which cannot be surrendered, he claima thecrown and pos- sensions of his father, This Divino Right was first formally adsorted by James I iu Englond, An English writer thus states what tho claim thus asserted Included : 1t was gravely maintained that the Supreme Deing regarded heredltary monarchy &s opposed to other forms of government with pecutiar fuvors that the rule of succcaslon fn arder of rimogenitars was a Diriae _institution, sn- arior to the Cheistlan, and even to the Mosslc dll{unnllon‘, that no human power, nol even that of the whole Leglslatara, no length of mdverve though Jt extended o ten centuries, Ivo s logitimate Princo of his righie} uthority "of wuch & Prince was nicent H by wulch the To. potic; - that tho luw, m couniries o prorogative wan Wmited, were 1o bo Karded merely as concessions which tho sov: eign had Irm‘ made, snd wight st hie pleasure resume; and that any treaty which a K s might conclude with his prople was merely a deciaration of his present tntentions, snd wot & contract of which the performance could be demanded, When the direct Protestant descendants of the Srvants failed in tho person of Anng, the Parliament of England sottled tho suc. cesaion in the lino of the Electorof Hanover, whose early sncestor had married a daughter of tho house of Bruant. - The Kings of En. gland from that date ruled in Hanover, which was not made Royal until 1814, Un. dor the Hanoverlan law, females were ex. cluded from the Crown, 60 when Victonia became Queen of Eugland her uncle, the Duko of Cumberland, becamo Kiug in Han. over, ‘The first BruarT, James, owed his title to the invitation of. the English Parliament ; snd in the settlement which called Geonox L to the throne of England the whola theory of the Divine Right of Kings was entively wpudiated. Tho clalin itsel?, at this day, is universally repudiated in Europe, and has beon for ceuturies in England, and its asser- tion by this Princa is only caloulated to make him ridicalous, We beliove that the Count de Citaumorn, who styles himselt Hunay V. of France, tho last of the old Bourbous of tho legitimate lino, asserts his title, under the Divine Right of Kiogs,~a right which to all appearances will not bo asserted successfully sgain in Prance. When Wiruan, the proscat Em. peror of Germany, sucoeoded to the throne of Prussia, he placed the crown upon his pwn Lead, asserting hiu title thersto a4 of Divine Right. He has probably since then largely wodified bis notions on this subject, he ac- copting the Imperial crown of Germany by tho eloction of the Kiugs aud Priuces of ‘the Empire. The Divine Right of Kings can hardly commaud much rospect in Europe at this day, when there are a dozen or more ex- soverelgua wandering sbout the world lcok. iug for employment, and this claiin pf the Duku of Cumberlanf will only serve to show how extremely absard i the olaim ftself, and how uttorly it Is disregarded by mankind gonorally, A CHEAP BRNSATION. A Washington dispatch to a Chicago paper asngefates the name of Col. T. P. Ronn as a eandidate for Congress in the Third Diatrict along with an srticle published in & Wash. ington newspaper relating a cock.and.bull story about a war with Mexico being immi. nent. Col, T, P. Ronn is a resident of the Town of Mafne, in this connty, and has before been a candidate for the Congres. sional nomination at tho hands of the Tepublicans of the Third District, which inoludes many of the county towns as well as tho North Division of this city, so it is not unlikely that he niny desira to bo a ean- didate ngnin. This gontleman was also a member of the Mexican Border Commirsion which made a trip on the Rio Grande River with tho purposo of Investigating tho Ameri. can claims ngninst Moxico on ncconnt of raids, and ho submitted n report i which dnmages were estimatod on the reproductive capacity of cattlo and horses (probably not including mules), and altalned resulls by geometrical progression that would rather startle tho Mexican Government ; so it isnot impossible that Col. Ropm may claim to have some specinl information relative to border affairs and, Mexican relations. Naver theless, i€ Qol, Ropn farnislied the Washing. ton National Republican with the sensational article predicting immedinte war botween tho Unitod Blates and Moxico i considera. tion of 8 pull asm Uongressional candidate in the Third District (which is the allegation niade by the Jater.Occan), ho will probably discover that the Washington achierement will not assist him materinlly in the realiza. tion of his ambition, Thero will be no Congressional nomina. tions mado on either side, and no Congros- slonal candidates olected, in any of tho Northwestern States on the issue of a war with Bloxico. Tho people horesbouts are not bankering for any war with anybody, and care just as little about Mexionn Aunox- atlon. Thero is a genernl impression that the Greasor cloment in American politics is nlready as sggrossive as our system can stand without adding some twenty or more Meoxienn States, with nine or ton millions of mongre! people, who will contribute ‘soma forty Scunators and seventy or eighty Ropres sentatives to the Awerican Congresh, As to a war with Moxico over Uorder troubles, that is a ,matter which might be forced upon the American Government, but it s not likely that tho presont Govern. ment of Moxico, or any Government that it may have to.amorrow or next week, will bo disposed to enlarge horder raids into tho dimonsions of a goneral conilict. In the ond, the persistent harassing by United States troops of these Groaser raiders, and a vigorous pursuit ncross the border, with proper pun- ishment of those who are emptured, will probably suppress the raids without fucur- ring any serious complications with the Mexican Governmont, As to the stofy that Cen. Suenxan’s visit to the West is really m trip to the Mexicon border in order to take charge of the army and declars & war against Mexico, which s the story acoredited to Jtosn, tbe thing is too ridiculous to receive any scrious attontion. A declaration of war ogainst anybody is a matter which the American péople will want to hear some- thing about beforo it be formally made. It 1s tit-for-tat between TiLDEN and TnuR- SAN, ‘TILDEX I3 u candidate for the Presiden- tial nomination on the Democratic ticket in 1880, aud go Is Mr. TuunsaN. TILDEK'S stock in trade fs his sore head, the Great Fraud, ande his *bar’l” of monvy. THURMAN'S capital {8 bis Western realdence, ths Western Influence, aud the *“Ohlo ldee” in regard to tho Anances, TiLDEN has Just {ssucd a grand prouunclamento to his followers through his next friend and contldent, MaxToN MaRoiE, that * Froud! Fraud! Fraud!" must be the burden of every Congressman and Demovratic orator's song ‘when “opening 1he campaign,” or fo **souna- ing n keynote! Tlan Voonrngxs, and oy, WiLLiams, and Toxt Ewixa, and sl the rest of them explslned In thelr speech upon tho *‘Creat Fraud" in seven octaves, as TitpeN had commanded, but they are not Presidential candidates, When It comes Senator THURMAN'S turn, as it did on Tuesday, lie finds something more interesting acd Im- vortant totalk about than TILDEN'S sore head, and disappointments, and empty * bar’l,” and %0 dlamisses the overshadowiug question of the tmanner of the lust Presfdontlal count In a vory few indifferent and cold-blooded scutences. These two gentlomen are now the most conepleuous cand{dates of the party they repro- scut, and the conflict will bs to the kalfe, and the knfe to the llt. TiLbxx will stani us the cxponent of hard money and the wealth of the Eustern capitalists, wnile TnURMAN has already espoused the windy cause of the fat-money In- flationfats and sntl-resumptlonists, If, like the Kiikenuy cats, there Is nothing left of these two flerce combatants at tho ond of the fight but the scraps of two loug tails, some other “favorite son " may coine forward and quietly carry off the prizo. e — ‘The Republicans of the First Congressional District of Wisconsin did & most commendable thing on Tuesday when they rcuomluated the Hon. CianLes G, WiLLIANS, of Janesville, as their candidate, Mr. WILLIAMS has alrcady served threo terms in Congresy, and, as he rop- redonts an unusually Intelilzent constitueocy, among whom are to be found many able snd capable gentlemnen, tho complinent of his con. tinunnce In Congress is all the moro significant, But, as marked as it is, It s well deserved. Mr, ‘WirLtaus did not get futa Cougreds in tha frat place by any accldent or by avy fortuitous ar~ rapgement of chcumstances dopending upon deadlocks in conventions growing out of & multipliclty of candidates, but won his way thero by his patlve energy, fine sbllity, and high personal character, Educated for the law, he practiced his profes- slon with that modesty and fidelity that were always his leading characteristics, untll the people of Rock County transferred bim to the State Benate, where ho served them faitblully and well for four years. The slx years that he bas aircady apent In Washiogton as the Repre- sentative of the First District have just had the sealof approbation put upon thewmn by the action of the Republican Conveutlon, and the fnter- pretation of this fousth uomination mesus, * Well done, good and falthful servant.". The +dlstrict Is composed ol the Countles of Rock, Walworth, Waukesba, Racine, and Kenosha, snd tho usual Republican msjority is sbout 6,000 Tho Hon, C. D. PaRxEs, ot Belolt, 1s slready In the Beld as tha fat-money candidate, and will no doubt be adopted by the Democrats. e — e . It will probably da no good to grow) about it, but the fact Is thot the stench which comes nightly from Bridgevort is positlvely uncodura- ble, and ought ¢q be mitizgated 1o sowe way, When the wind 13 in the right directiou—sud it alinoatsiways happens to be waen the eluyium 14 at Its worat—tne foul amell that penctrates the dwellings of our citl Issosickening that it awakens the sleeper more quickly then the epprusch of @ burglar, aud with a muck more deadly intent, « MiLT BAYLES 18 8°bigwer man than Biuk SpRINGERK, i the fellow who nominated him for ‘Congress tho othor day is to be Lotoved. Eyer siuce Bos Ixomnsori nomivated BLAINE at Cinclonat{ with that magoliicent funersl oration, and Tox Fitcd sent that glowing Nevada cow- pliwent of guod ebeer after It was (0o late to do BLAtNR any good, the method of nominating emall tellows for uffice has partaken too much of the spread-engle, aurora-borealls style of rhetorle. Thus, MirT, In the hands ot the Cin- cinnat! orator, {s " tha most effective member in the Ilall of our Natlonal Representatives; in debate, logical and peranasive; In parlismenta- 1y principles, the exem colleagues ’§ *In popularity botent,' and “un- blemished i eocial life and In Jegialative ropu- tatlon~-just as guod as they maxe." It is a little curions to observe how asmall fellow’s reputation grows in traveling from Washington to Bouthern Ohio. ——— ‘The Republicans of Sangamon County have st their fellow-citizens In other parts of the Btate A good example by nominating some of their best men to the Leyislature, Baturday Inst the Hon. WinLtan Jarns, who served as Territorlal Governor in Dakota by the appoint- mentof President Lixcory, Col. Wittiax L, Gnoss, ths publisher of Gross’ Btatutes, and the Hon, DAvip T. Litrisg, of the prominent law firm of Ay, Guerne & Littuan, were put in nomination. Col. 8am Eitour, who Ia re- porled to he ons of the most popular men in the county, and who haa carried the Democrathe county bolore, was nominated tor Sherlit. Gov, Curroy made a ringing speech to the Convens tlon. —— It such a thing be possible, they have the fn- flatlon eraze in some portions of the Routn much worso than the disease has yet mantfested itaclf in Ollo, n8 bad as the *Idec” fs there. For example, the Richmond Way fs fnformed that “one of the ablest statesmen i North Caroling, and & gentleman just clected to the Mupreme Court of that State,” recently ree marked that “The total eliminatfon of metal from our fnanelal systent wis indfspensmble to our salvation,” And this extreme foollshnieas tha 1¥alg lntoracs by saylng, * 1o had read the Wahiy avd wos cons Inced e —— Civit-Service reform i in vogue down i Vie- Einfa to eoine extent, at least. There scome to o a gors of competitivo exnmination golng on in Richmond among tho candidates for Cone gress. The WA'7 of that clly ravs: “Satar- day, blght a goodls crowd eathered In front of Foril’s llotel to hear the aspirants for Congress, Messes, BURWELT, GREGORY, YOUNG, and Wins- Tox .addressed: the sovercigns, and the crowd showed thelr desfre for more greenbacks by ap- plauding everything sakd tn that dircction. ———— “aaTn” says that Judge IliLton told him that o belleves Gén, GRANT s more likely o bo the next Nepubhican candidate than anybody that is now in alght, which st be taken for all it s worth, and that 18 not much, for two reasons, namely: that Judge IuTos knows more concerning the BTEwART hotel and estate than he does aboul politics, and nebody’s ooin- fon is worth much alter Ucing filtered through the leachy Urain of RORGE At¥RED. o e e Bes Butwen s sti] pestered for fear STAN- rex Marriaws will escape tue Potten Com- mittee, and hos niready had recorded a motlon for contempt, to’be certified to the Iouse of Representatives at its next session. By the time the next Congress assembles the whole country will have such contempt for that Com- mittee, and all and stngular of {ts acts and mem- Dbers, that everybody will Justity Marrfigws In delyiug it Saya the fat-mohey tnan of the L.0-U.: #80 with paper woney. Make it the solo Jegul-tender, and confine the quangity within certain 1lmits, and there can be no doubt but that {t would jump to a premium over gold and sllver.” Bowith wheat. Malke It the solelegal- tender, and confine the quantity within certaln Iimits, and there ean be no doubt but that it would jump,to & premium over zold aud siiver, e ‘We are In love with the cditor of the Southern States, n newspaper printed fna small town fn Misatssippl, Lecouse he tells us frankly just what le Intends to do. Ife says that when this country has a Democratie Prestdent and a Democratic Congress, no thne will be Jost “in sweeplog from the Constitutlon and atatute- books the fast staln ang blomishs of New Bu- gland idead,"” That {s businesa, RS Somebody says that (inans would take a thinl nomination because he i3 not worth 860,000, 1f thnt {3 the only renson for accepting the Presl- dency, there are hundreds of others who woald ke it for the same reason. [Kither Bex BuTLes, Dexxis KEArRNEY, or ToM Ewina would accept it for simlar considcrations. Indécd, some uf them would sooner have the 830,000 aud take uo riske of & race. s —————— Een IHottarp, the Cluclonatt ballot-box stuffer whose frauds elected BaNNING to Con- urees, and who was aftorwards kicked out by the Democrats, hias vartlal reveoyw aiready by scelog Baxnxing bounced and another man nom- nated fu hls place, BaANNixg'S defeat §s o mighty good thing, There will Le one less demagogue (n the next Congresa, stk il 1t ta refreshing the way the New Orlenns pa- pere, the Zimes aud the Llcayune particularly, wallop the Chicago Times for *its sickening mess of misnppreliension, hysterics, overdrawn statement, and maudlin sympathy,” In regard 1o the yellow fover, Those papers bumoan all such fricndahip as the Chicago Times extends, calling it ** atupidity and malice. e An Eastorn newapaper says that, If CaxxLiNG wins his fight In tha State of New York, he will organize a powerful machine-party for GRANT. But It looks now as If It was very doubttul about CONKLING belng ablo to pull through and take core of himself. In case of Lis own de- feat, hio will not be [n a position to organize his machine for the benefit ol any one. e — The Dubuque ays that the woods are ful of Democratic asplrants for the Coungres- slonal nomination in the Third Iowa District, It names IHav, GrieniTst, O'DonnmLy, SnixLps, McNuLTY, NonLe, KixNg, FELLOWS, AInawontd, DronsoN, Mouss, sul PETERS, with several back precincts yet to hesr from, — Tox Ewinalsprobably aware by thistime that the fedlow who tells his story last has the best of it. Because Tost had the pole and the start he thought he could shoot THUOUM AN out In the fuftation race over the Greenback course. But 100k now. ‘The Galens Gazette adviscs *“our big ity con- temporaries to drop KEARNEY at once, and let him dle of bis own juherent weakness.” From which we infer that Gatens at least {s safo from the apread of Communism. e ——— Renorts from the fop region ot Wisconsln aro to the effect that the crop ¢ alled by all the fusects that tae vine {s nolr Blight sud rust fs added to the iice and other pests. No crop lsanticipated. Littls Louts Navorzox IV. 18 uot going to marry that lttle Princess after all, It ls justas well, Let him come over here, warry & nlce Yankeo girl, get b farw, and go to ralsiog corn dud hogs. e —— One of tha true thinga that Gen. Tox Ewixa ot off n bis 1ate spevch was whien bs told the Democrate of the East that they were: *4a petty winority, and must yicld to the majority.” Truth. 2 —— Opjection {8 now made to one of the can- dldetes for » Biato office vu the Texas Demo- cratfe ticket that he was not a Cuufederate saldier. Put bim ont. > e e Mr. TILDEN must spe by this time that tha #0blo ldee™ 18 to elect TuunuaN Presdent, ———— JUDICIAL, Special Diwatck (o The Tribunt. ADRIAN, Mich,, Aug, 14.—Qov. Crusswell to- day reccived the resiguation of the Hou, H. W. Coulidge, of Nites, Judge of the Bccond Judicial Clreult, to take effect 8ept. 1. Aaron Alvay bas been sppolnted Juage of tue Niue- teenth Judiciat @u\-un. vice 1L H, W) resigued, WASHINGTON. Incidents of Butler's Bombarde ment of the President’s Title. Roberts, the New Orleans Lditor, Very Fertile fn Im- pressions, But Harmless and Uninteresting Whon It Comes to Facts, Lettor from Darrall Showlng e 1159 Been Snubbed by Mayes. What Mr, Ranm Will Say to Obleago Diz. tillers if He Is Prossod for an Aunswer, THE POTTER COMMITTEL, ROBERTS' STORY CONTINURD, New Yonx, Aug, H.—The Polier Congregs. founl Committce continued thelr fuvestioatlyys this morning. Col, Willlam 11, Toberts, of the New Orleang Times, teatified, e sald that he was famillyp with what was golng on, and gaw all the visiy. ing statesmen ot New Orleans, Thev were yop consulted about his visit to Ohfo, He merely mentloned to Btevenson, Matthews, and Sher. man that the situntion of the white people |y tho State was desperate. ™ We had heen de. feated by the Returning Board In 1872, any again 1n 1874, atnd e were ateald of belug de. Ieated again in $870, and peole were beginning to think thal an election was witerly useless. Wo considered the eleclion o fair and just one, and wo pollad every swhite vote nvallable, but we feared betn £ connted oat by the Returning Board. Wo all belfeved thay the Returning Board wonld not dare to hary done what they did do without they had . ceived the moral support of the visitiog states. men, These apprehenstons about the Recurn Ing Boord were what Jed 1o my vislk to Goy, Tlayes. We wanted 1o know WHAT ACTION HE WOULD TAKE 1f elected. He knew perfestly well that T way talking for the Democratle shde, | understin] Gov. 1ayces to thean by * faltness and justice, that the Returning Board cheating should cease, and that, 8s 1 had told hiw, wo had a clear na Jority of uver 7,000 in the State, the Nivholls Government wonld be recomnized. Thero wns no determinution to reslst the blishment of Gov, Hages In the Federsl Government. We were more deeply inferested In fluding out \what would be done If the Dewmo- cratle vote of Loufsiann was thrown out and Tayes countet In. 1 6l not hiear of any Torged clection vertificates of Loviaiana. **In conversation with Representative Foster, ho sald that it was strange that the Republieay vote was cast In Eaet Ferlclana, I my conver- sation with dcostor Conkling 1 told him that L thought Uov. Hayds A VERY PAIR MAN, and that lio had told me he would be Prestdeat of o)l the United Biates ornot at all. § detailed to the Henator all tny conversatlons with Qov, Hayes, Mr. Conkling replied: * 1 um ovposed to afl this sort of thing. 10 Mr. Hayes Is elect: ed, e should get Ih without any rotwesrlons to Loulsiana, and If ho Is not elected bo shouid nut get fuat all,’ 4 In conversation with scveral geutlemen, | remarked that the crookedness of the Returu. Ing Bonrd in Loulslana was so had nud clarlug that evon the Repullienns had to disavow all connection with ft. ‘This applied to previous clections. Wo understdod that the military would be withdrawn after the 4th of March, and they would be let down easily, but they would bu let down,! Gen. Butler—Who o you mean by “they "t A.—~The Packard Goverument. There was 3 committes npvoluted to go down to Loulstna, and we il knew very well thiey were intende | simply to Iet the Packard Uovernment dowa casity. 1t luoked better, you koow, “Ylits ended Roberts testinony. JONN B, LEETE, The next witneas was Johu E. Leete, who ls a réporter on the New Orleons Tiwies Heo testl tled that about 1872 he was enmuied In getting uv tacts and evidence In support of the Kellogy Guvernment, to lay befors Congress, Other peoplu mude afllaavits and the witness compiivd them. ‘There were endless commissions and committees, and calls for more evidence from Benator Murton, ** We alleqed that the Demo- crats with Warinoth had swindled us Iepub- llcans. _ All tho best offies bind been traded ofl to the Returnjug Board, In 1872, to get them to count in Kellogg." ‘Ihe witivss Was to get the best oftice not traded off alresdy, and picked out the ofllce of Harbor-Master, He never wont 1éar tbg oflice, exvept Lo draw Lils pav. tle wul natantly assoviated with Kellogw. ¢ [ Jost confidenco in Goy, Kellogg when 1 was remaoved. I theu got a position in the State Benote ny Clerk. ~ Kelluzg's cxeuse for all his faliings wos that he was ‘tled up’ and embarrassed, nnd could not do what hewanted with his patronage. e was situated just as IHayes s now.” Tuz witness stated that be was afterwards made ‘Tax-Collector in a small town, which he traded off for a seat in the Btate Convention thnt nom- {uated Packerd. fn 1878, The witness was op- posed to Packord, and Kellozg wanted him tc spring the nomination of Williamsou, Kellorg pretended o support Packord bofore the Con venu‘Lun. but ho never fatended hlm to be nomi- nate: RODERTS NECALLED. Hero Mr. Roberts was recalled, and (o, But- ler wald: **Wuen did_vou firat liear of tiie ap- pointment of the McVeagh Commisston? ! "A.—About the 20th of February, 1 think, 1 was speaking with soveral parties,—AMr. Foster among_others,—and the question of lettinge down the Packard peopie canily came up, Thun tho Commission, with a majority ol tho Repub- licans on It, wa: waested. Maj. Vining and others sald it was “*a capital fdea.” The ides was that the Commissivn, sanctloned by the Presfucnt sud Becretary of State, would inake the Republicuns [n Lotistans yield and give the State to the Nicholls Uovernment. It was well understood that the Commtssion was under officlal instructions, y Gea. Butler—Then fou looked on tho Commission comm;;\ down there ns a farcef A,—Weil, not exactly. Q.—But, no matter whatsthe evidcuce and state pf tacts were, tiie Commission biad Lo como to & predetermined conclusiont A.—Yes, sirj we understoed so. Q.—I¢ was determined that one Goverument ”,1 tobe et down casy! A.—~That's It, ex- actly, Q.—Then oo Democrat was put oo the Com- misalon to ¢ivedt tho sppearance of fairuces § A.—Yes; we wanted m cool, collecied man on the Commission, who would let us know WHAT THRY WEAR DOING. The witness sald he supposed the President, o1 the Bm-mm—{ of Blate, was aware of the objects aud instructions of the Commission; that thy Inirness and Justico of our case was the wiping out and lnum down of the Packard Govern- ment, the Nicholls Government baving a majority of the votes. ~1hen, on your own showing, and op pvi- geuce that Nicholls was elected and Pucke ard was not, aud on the decision of the Com- mission, shoutd it not have been decided by ), that ‘lilden was elected and 1iayes was tiot T A.—Undoubtediy, as Tilden got near- Jy the ssme majority as Nicholls, ‘The witnces sald that lie understood that sfter Hayen' inaururation this Commission would be sont down to back up the Packard Uovernment. Witniess sald: M Wo wers well prepared for trouble, We had determined that, come what might, we would LAVE NO COLLISION T TUN UNITED bTaTES 0] ™ It was determined not to recognize the Pack- erd Goverunfnt ot all. There {s no doubt In the minds ol the people of Loulslana that oel- ther Kellogw nor Packard werc clected Uoy. eruor, although Kelloge served four years. We Lad deternnued to take thoe State Government b’ armed force frum those who held it by furm of law, ‘The people of thie Btate and the vourts g:mgnhcd tho "Nicholls Government, ‘The ‘ackard Uovernment only heid tue State-1ouse and sume six deres in the vicnity thereof, ‘The uulitia awmountel to 8,000, all ot whua were true to Nicholls. By Gen. Butler—Then with Packard with only seventy-uve men and Nicholls' 3,000 to oppusé bun, it took a solema Comuission of four yrom: fuent Republicans aud vne prowivent Democrat fifteen days tu tread hime downd A.—~Yvs, sir T umivratand Kelloeg's credentials for the 8ens nte were Jald on tho table Ly Meysrs. Hoar, Dawes, and Burnside votiug with Domocrats. *The witness saud the obly nssurdnces they re- celved that the Puckard Goverament would Lt let down easy wero frum Alatthaws, Foatee