Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1878, Page 4

T i : - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. AUGUST 29, 1878, éi g" I3 to bo atolen, for the uss of their | in gold, a pair of hoots cost $300 instead of | no Inck of protension on his part, In his him, it is from tho United States that the | as potent an enztne for the perversion of per- | ber of their State Committee, oy belie gy, ety @I c @t‘bung troops. Under mich a Atale of | $10, nsnit of clothes 8000 Inatoad of 230, a | recent high-fown apology for Mr. Truorx's | liveliost exprossions of condolenca should | 59nnl righta as the bullot. » fo the freedom of | tioned na ro why the party shoula thus ke - r V¥® |thiogs it will bardly bo in order | pound of tea $13 instend of half a dollar, | imbecilo coursg daring tho contraversy over [ como, as it is in Lhe intorests of this coun- "l;t"vrc:v‘-“nol:l esn;flnny'nht the :a‘rm.hv:mz “fix public exhibition of fteclf, few WG 8 By, - FIIMS OF SUBSCRIDTION, | 107 the Mozican nuthorities to protest | andsoon, Tho roal valne of the currency, | the Electoral vato of 1876, Mr. MarnLy took < Rpesnsonanl bis tolabarars thought: wanl try, nnd n4 itg only ropresentative, that ho and decarcd that “they had not onjy hoint. 1A ERNS OX AUBSCEINTION, . | much on the snbject of raids by our forces. | f. e., its pnrchasing power, waa constantly | occasion to evolve many olnborate and | hns undertaken a task, the reality of which 2;‘:‘?&2,'{&::".’:.'.cfi'cel'v"?g Eggmflfflmuo.‘. ;_':‘:‘cl';. n';e:;l:.lllz :,‘“kf:':‘:: 'i!:ltp;:m,;wmtm e ‘5 p: BT MATT—X ABFANCE—TOSTAGE TREPAID, With this evidence before thom, it wonld | affected by events of the War, elections, | nicoly-ronnded plrases abont the enormity | is almost equivalont to that which pictured great curse, and by their growing snd over- voting nopuh;tlon of the Thirteenth ";’:|;;‘:l;’la 1 1 Dally Editto. one year 2.4 not be surprising if our Government shonld { rumors, and every conceivable influence that | of the frand that had boon committed | itsolf to Mynheor Vax Duxcg when he | shadowing evils will conatantly nentrallze much | gone crazy—Iike Sast Canr, Tox Exwiyg, n::l‘ HE LR ol kg 1 transter its military patrol to the west bank | could disturb confidence. Thus, in 1803, h.y the Republicans, and the concln. sighed becnuse the Dutchman's trough was | of the good that might otherwise b accom- | Aprex Q. THUAMAN, “Thio d'strict ta v Mine e o 3;.".{2 of the Rio Grando as the only means of | it fluctuated from 810 to 1,770, bnckwards | sion which ho - wns willing should | not an deep as tho rolling Zuyder Zes, m:»:xe:. J:‘lm m;;:ow[r;n ':l"n -tnul:n:hn::: ot the Countles of DeKalv, Kendall, i ¢ (LA Gl .08 | stopping tho thieving traflic which has con- | and forwards, and in 186¢ from 1,700103,200. | bo dewn from his vigorous protests ‘Withont keeping the reader Jonger in'sus. | Wistake when e 0 Ao dy, and lu 1870 voted as follows: Coop not to hbe feared when, truth was left freo to combat ity for the homely old adage tells us that “A lie will travel a mile before Truth can pull on his hoots to follow,” and wo all know what a dusty chase it is to overtake and utterly squelch and set at rest a full-grown, vigorous falechood. A distinguished Judge in one of the Eastern cities gives it as his opinion Lhat much of the crime that is committed thera by young people Ia incited primarily Ly reading the scnsational and higghly-colored storfes tn the cheap weekly papers that the great cities aro constantly producing, They lnculcate the most scductive and fuslilous fdeas of life, and #il the plastic minds of the young with the glamour tinued year nfter year, and has often, as in | Daring all this timo the fizt of tho Gavern- the present case, boen & sourca of profit to | ment prevailed, and the * faith and re- persons in the military orcivil employ of tho | sonrces ” of tho nation wera at the back of Mexican Government, this currency. Of course the Rebellion was e — crushed, tho Confedorncy collapsed, and Ipto dispatches from the fever-infected | there was an end of that particnlar kind of districts of the Bonth indicate little or no | flat scrip. But bofore the collapse, the Con. abatement of the dreadful sconrgo. At New | federato currenoy had all the attributes of Orleans n truly distressing slate of affairs tho flat eurrency which the Nationals desira exists, The daily record of new cases and | to foist npon the American people. Itwasa fatalities from the fovor shows that the disease | full legal-tonder ; it occupied precisely the 1s making frightfal inroads, npparently dofy- | same position 08 if it had been merely ing all attempta to stay its ravnges. Appenls stamped, '* This is a dollar ™; tho contingent wag that ho himeself was of an immaculate virtue not even to bo tarnished by snspicion, Wo romembor remarking at the time that this nssumption of virtne conld not well be reconciled with n ntatement made by Gen. Lew Warrack boforo the Porrer Committeo, to the effect that ono of the Florida adven. tarers bad gaid that MaNToN Mannie had appronched nim with the purpose of assur. ing him that ho should be taken ears of if ho would take care of the Democratio causo (TiLvey's) in that State. But now it seems that Mr, Marbre was still decper in political Titoey, 3,005 Haves, 754, For Repres tives: Brens, Republican, 11,3042 Loy, publican, 10,420; CrLover, Democrat any Tnde. pendent, 0,365, Add tho Coorrn and vote together and it would only make 31, g minority of 3,983, And yet there Cousing '“1 Druxts Keanszr will persist in Cattming gy, tricts where such shotesala conversiony g5 thiy would bo necessary, The San Franclaco Chronicle, that fs Pliblisheq in a scction of the country where BOMen g still too scarce for comfort. expresses this littly bit of sentimental nonsense: Many excellent ladies do not mArry for the pense, We may stato that Mr. Frorexce bas Leen nominated **Juror for the United Siates in Class 75, champngne wino and all fermented liquors,” at the Parls Exposition. In his capneity as juror, Mr, Fromesce will have to ndjudicate upon 10,000 bottles. As ho has but forty daya in which to nccomplish bhis task, it will bo seen, in the language of the Xlon. Bardicell Slote, member from the Cohosh District, that he mnat go throngh them P.D. Q. A small sum in division proves that, allowing him twelve hours for menls, rest, diversion, and sloep, he will One capy. ner 5 Club of fon Fpecimen coples sent frea, Glve Post-Office sddress in fall, Including State and County. Remlttances may be mado efther by draft, express, Tost-Uffice order, or In reglstered letter, at our risk, TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIDERS, - Daily, delivercd, Sunday excepted, 23 cents per werk. Daly, delivered, Sunday Included, 30 cents per week. Address THE TIIBUNE COMPANY, Corver Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chicago, Til. Orders for the dellvery of Tire TRINUNE at Evansion, Englewood. and Hyde Park teft {a the counting-room will receive prompt attention, enta. v R By TR"“}NE BRANCH OF}‘ICER. 3 for .ald coming from this plague-ridden | rellomption was so remote that it conld nt no | intriguo ot that time, notwithatanding his | havo to pass upon 240 bottles per diem, n ";‘“‘"""’"""“’;""'u" ereAt """‘:;"h'd‘;’:"’“: TR Wore o B e, 2ok Thern §3 T Cmcaco TRIBTN haa established branch gficet | community will not fall to onlist the sym- | time during the . War have exerted inuch jn. | recent donuneiation of that kind of busi. | fraction vver twonty bottles per hour, or :u :;;::':n‘:ln& ::r:c,:::'a ::‘:cl";::c; ‘:flnd“‘;:";. fatdry | :r‘;rrrqg:-’:n‘;:;::;;::fl Jniesn kR ] Jorihe reclptef sutacriptions. soa. aiyerilsementa s pathy of every ono. In Gronada thero have | flucnce ; it was tho only enrranoy the peoplo | ness. The dispatches, partly in cipher, | nbout a bottle every three minutes. At first ed. In the City of New York alone thers aro | Fled Kenaimily i and shonid bo the nisy. ovi: s NEW YORR—Room 20 7rioune Doflding. F.T.Ma+ | beon np to tho Inst ‘roport soventy.four | fiad or could obtafn. If tho fiaf failed | Which bave been wnonrthed by tho | thought it would seem to ba a monotonous | oy e of these flashy pnblications, sald to "“-‘fl?l.‘,”.‘.’,;’;’;fl"&i‘&:fl&fié’ff Y»umln“-?mt' s_ f““;‘l;- ""‘"“"' g de tn Grange-Batellere, | dosths from fever. The Mayor of the city | in that case, during a period when it wassu. | New York ZTribune,. indicate, as far as | task, but in reality it will bo varied, Thore hove a circulatian of over 400,000 coples, and | o et "af b:::;’z of a tin. .fi TR e 0 e de R 0N ‘| faone of the latest victime, Almost tho premo and among poople who nevor qnos- | they can Lo “undorstood, that It ‘wns [ %o end to brands of champagnes, Sys- | when the dime novels, chmic-sone books, 80 [ 1yt 1 g quality herself to et alising oy C 4 N ON, g ~American Exchange, 49 8nd: | oniiry population remaining In the oity | tioned it what Liope is thoro that it would bo | tho eminently virtnons Mr. Mansue who | tematizing his work, ho will probably | obscene bookn and pictures ara aided tne ine ently as to malte ber the master of hem?e,"f{ s n;};‘rfiifx:’é‘v‘;‘:fnfim ce Hatel, ia strickon down, and tho dnties | muccessfalow? If it be said that the cur. | originated the iden of ** gobbling " avota for | first take up tho white champngnes, | fluenco of this avgrezation of cvil s simply .| of twe sttuation. Yhen If ‘she has n good ofee e ———es of . nurses and othor attendants wers | rent valuoof the Confederato serip was in- | TILDEN in Oregon which did not beloug to | both. atill and lplll'k“‘llg, {rom the | enormous. faladghee = o 1t s well; but if she has not, It 18 not 5o bag, (’: * AMUSEMENTS. performed mostly by persons sent from | fluenced by political ovents and the varying | him. Wo shall have to await from Mr. vintages of Rhoims, Epernay, Sillery, Gen. Beatry, of Ohlo, s not in favor of Wa note tha chango with pleasure. “The Great Fraud" has been the howl of the Dewmo. cratlc press for years, until everybody was g and tired of ft. Now the Baston I'ost comey politely to the front and says: **While difter. ing from the financial views of Judge Tucnyyy, we commend most heartlly his fellcitous and pertinent remarks on the *Great Wronztn *@reat Wrong " fs good. Anything for Achangs, and we hope Mr. DANA, of the New York Sun, will take the hift. e Asto MATT Canresren belnr a candidaty aeain for the Senate In Wisconsin, the St. Pay) L'ioneer-Press remarks: “The anly serious tark of his Senatorfol candidacy relates to a coalltion between the Democrats, Greenbackers, ang CareexTER Republicans suggested by the M. waukee Vews, But the people of the State do not rise with o very striking unanimity of eq. thusliasm to Lall tho suggestion.’” e Benator Braine havine promised to maky gomo speeches in Jowa the coming fall, the Foiid du Lac Commoniea’th “ can see no neces. alty for this, as Iowa Is suro to cive Republicag majorities In ail but one ortwodisiricts whether they huve auy speeches or not, whils Ohfo and Wisennsin have need of his services, nnd his well-known ability might insure another Lepub. lican Congressman,” —————— The workinzmen of Indianapolis showed emient good sense In keeplog away from the eeting of that powpous, inflated . fraud, Koanxer, on Sunday. Tus mecting was o fizzle, In which it correspoled perteetly with the sand-lot orator's effort, When ho comes to Chicago, wa hope he will meet with u shallar rebufl. ——— The 8t. Paul Daily Globe says: The Chicago Jater-Ocean alludes to a recent faully feud In Sauth Carolina as u result of **jueal #oll-yovernment " {n that State. Wo might wity vqual pruoricty speak of TATPAN'S and CONANT'S deraleations ay outcrappings of Sitav's rebellton in Mansachusctts, “For downright ilocy, the Jater- Ucean can clalm the highest pramlum,’ Its rigod thiere Is nona to dispute. @ ——— Commissfoner LiDuo 18 ndvocating the manu- facture of sugar trom Indian corn, Thls looks 1ixo a deliberata attompt to divert corn from its proper use and run up whisky to appalling flgures. KEARNEY should calt this man “a lechierous reptile of hell immediately. ———— An Eastera paper declares that Trosas A, HENDRICES can lfo ns caally as ho can straddie, Notwithistanding this maliclous and unjust as. serilon, wo are convinced that 3r, HENDRICKS would not knowingly tell a le any more than e would knowingly tell tho truth, ——— other cities. There is very litllachange | fortunes of war, the roply is that any flat tornotein Memphis. All new casos are iin- | enrroncy will bo similarly affected by polit- medintely removed to the district whero the | feal movements, foreign complications, com- disonso first nppeared. Many people of all merclal depm;:lzm. specalntive w':dnnclf, clagses havo either fled to the camp formed | etc., ote, A curroncy must always bo at a short distance from llo city or taken np | subject to the eamo influences ns politics, their abode in tonts along the lines of rail- | which fa its only foundation ; it must always road. bo speculative in character; and it always 5 involven the risk of total loss on the part of The despernte desire of the County Ring any ono who aceopts it in exchange for a to sccure the job of furnishing the stone and thing of real value, doing the work on the now City.Hall is — shown by the passage yesterdsy by the DEMOORATIO HYPOCRISY. County Board of n resolution proponing that | gome time during the last session of Con- the county shall repay tho city ita outlay in gress, Mr. Ewixa, of Ohlg, introduced a bill “l"‘a W“t:"‘tw:;lfl °f.¢“'° f"““d("‘“:‘“l‘ ‘;" ‘::"' 1o retire tho circalating notes of the National on that the city snspen urther | panks and for othor purposes. ‘This bill waa oporations, and rolease to the connty all its.| roferred (o the Committea on Banking and rights "":1 interests ‘in the Court-Houso Curroucy, and was amended and reported, Bquare. * Roduoed to plain English, { 0y 1he 19th of June, Mr. Ewixo moved that the proposition moans that the conuty | hg rules bo susponded and that this bill bo stall - construct and control the en- passed, but the motion was refocted,—yeas tire ‘mi(l;“flm “‘l'flB 5 tho Lemont | 110, nys 114, As nmatter of curront po- ;:"“l“'u:‘f‘v X ;"‘.‘é""’:tx“ u‘l“;"v ?B‘;":"'l- litien! history this bill and this vote have RRIOLAT, apg, the re @ Younly Xng | morg than ordinary interest. Wo invito n to do the work and.-share the proceeds with enroful :emlingl n(‘?&u provisions, Tho first thoir partriérs lii thie Board; in short, to ro. section rond s follows: e hak e chmmesond th peomen | sS40 28 548 b Pl st h - gance thal ve characterize 0 progress .ol =t i of the work on the Court-House. This i‘;:&,q :;:;é? "5{ %‘m’é:;lnnp: {;‘:‘15;: éf.;;&,'?’?';: '.fl?: ¥|§§ \f N AAOC| e In schemo may 08 woll bo abandonod forthwith. yfu.‘.’.':'.,. D i nglm‘" he sum of 813er The scction of the Lemont Stono Ring in 0t 810, wrhitch aall ba st I ||-'uu:eusnmleo'n ¢ 3 nafter proviced, the Common Council will find it imposible | 874, 1 Clrclating notes of the. Natlontt tackr: to command the two-thirds vote roquisite to whicl 'rge_n‘zyAruym:m;‘:x-h-lll, bo n L!ll_:‘nlo)ll?w‘{nfi carry out :lh-:di:h;’mw- Jo;, n_ndvt;\,w:l'f tho fi;’.‘i; of 'Amerl;n]:‘:—u.ln'uebtfidmlnl‘, tho _:fim;l Z; measurs Bho 0 pasged over the Mayor's 0 sum of — dollars "} an all he ne voto, the taxpayers would be hemd from in | Aptd Sy 4T Redimor of she poaay Sounter: e e ogelte Wodlihe Sompel | S i el Sttt S ) Uhoarcion of ek o of she oo | 5 o e P St i il of # 0] ereo ot e i ome ol ot of e At | FELS ol s i kel y's portion, nnd tho people want tho work (o | Loadse aotes, ey st me oremom 1,2 8L VB I U peop! of all taxes, oxclecs, dobts, a4 demands of cvery go forward on that bnsis’and no other. xind due (0 the United States, ond for customs duties nn hercinaftor provided, and of all clams RN and demanidn agalnst the United States. except for CONFEDERATE "FIAT" GCRIP. SHsalonh mads pyatio m son i I and shal recelves Y ecretary of tho Tux Tnisoss is Ofldoflvflflng ] lmprna ‘Creasury at par for the 4 per cont b(!ml’l of thg upon all pooplo who aro inclined to lond ear | Cnited Statcs anthorized ty he Tamsen by tho act to the sophistry of the Fiut.money school, | enitled **Anact to authorlzo tho refundiug of the national debt," approved Juiy 34, 1670, uot mercly that it is falso in principle, but | iy seotion, it will be uuu,. suthorized that the oxperlment has boon tried fn n tho issuo of 8 sum of non-legal-tendor Trens- vanoty of forms aud Las always fafled. | v notog equal to (ho sum of all the oute Yestorday wns given an accomnt of the standing National Bank notea. Mr. Ewixna disnstrous experienco of Franea with tho | gy antio other Domocratio Greenback mon, sssignats, which woro based, not merely | vhon brought faco fo face with the Coustl- upon the flat of the Government n‘::gl tho fn- | 4111100 and tho law, were forcod o recognize tangiblo *falth nud ' rosources” of tho thnt Congress hnd no legal.power to author- nation, but also upon lnnds of grent valuo | 7 tho fusuo of legnl-tender notes In excoss tht hnd oo conflscatdd Ly the Slate. | or 1y limit of 8100,000,000, Tirs foroad o ‘Without recounting tho French experionce, rocoguizo this total abaenca of power, they it is suflicient” to say that, In spite of tho proposed the next bost thing, and that was most despotic “""""“"" the Government's | oo of non-legal-tender notes, the legal flat, awd in spite of’ tho most sovero poual powver lo issuo which is bardly guestionad, laws, extumlu'xg evun to tho death sontence Other soctions of tho bill, after providing and prohibiting tho clrenlation of any for dotails 0s to the engraving, eto., of the monoy excopt the flal assignaty, thera was notes, dirccts tho Becrotary, ns tho bank always a popular -distrust In this sort of Sivlas. nve surrondored, to apply tho new curroncy which lod to depreciation, fluctun- "Trcoaury notes to the purchinse of the b per tion, and fioally rupndlntl'on. The history cont bondy, or to purchnse gold and silver of tho papor mouey luflwd by the Confod- coin lo redeem such bonds, Avy bank so orate States was vory much tho saine, and’ it desiring may recolve Treasury notes In ex. Is perhaps even moro useful in the way of chaugo for its G por cent bonds at the full mar- 1llustration beeause tho Confedcrate CUrreney | yos volug of sucl bouds. The bill as a sub. moro noarly appronclied the *absolute ” or | Lo vor tha non-legal-tender_charactor of Sat condition demanded by the Nationals, tho noew Iswuo of Tronsury nolos provided ‘Phis curronoy was only redeomable wix that they should bo redecmablo nt parin months after tho indepondonce of the Con. legal-tender notes at the oftlco of any T'rens. federncy should be recogaizod by the United urer of tho United States, States Government. Lractioally, then, it ] " g iy nearly every Democrat in the was nover redoeninble at any time durlug the Touse, éxcept those who dodged, voted, and axlstenco of tho Coufedornoy, and its eiren- | 0 siguificance of tho Lill and of the vote Intion and value had nothing to rest upon may Lo thus stated : but the flat of the Confederate Governmont, 1. That it i3 an unanimous confession by It was the ouly clroulating medinm, | o "Domoorats in Congress that there is no a3 thero was ncither gold, nor silver, conatitutional power to fssuo any logal- oor foreign wouney of any kind | yonger paper monoy in excoss of that author. in sufclent’ quantity to Do used izod fn timo of war for war purposcs and for, goneral purposes of oxchange. Thuro | 30 1o overwhelming necessitica of the was o dispodition aud au effort $o fssuo | povionn) defense, This coufession and frank enough of thld worlp to satisfy “tho de- ncknowledgment of tho want of powar to mauds of trade,” so that its condition wos issuo logul-teuder promidsory notes of nocos- not injured by n refusal to comply with such sity fucludes tho concession that the power domnnds. In oll respeots, therefore, the to issue flat-monoy is wholly inadmissiblo, * Confedurate scrip corresponded as nearly to 4, It wos o concession oud oo admission tho proposod flat ucslp a4 any currency that that, to rotire tho circulativg notes of the wos ever dovisd. Now 03 to its bistory, | Nutiousl Bauks and supply thelp place with It will bo found in the fczllmr(nghble. which Treasury notos of cqual value with the hns boou prepared by Tioxas P, Miten & groenbucks, It i not uecessary that the now Co., baukers in Mobilo, who wore cugaged issue ahall bo logal.tonders, ‘The bauk'notes in the b"““l,“" Lusiness in that city during aro not legal-tender, but, being redeemublo tho entire War, and who have mada np the | 1 logal-tender, circulato ot the samo general record from nactunl truuuucuobl;s n;ul quota. | voyo. tious ns thelr own, Tha tablo shows the : 4 3. That if the flat-mobioy people, or thoso amount of Confodvrate serlp whicl was ro. who want more greeubacks iurluml, expect or Auired to buy §100 1o goli ou the 1at, 1‘?{'}' believe that the Domocratio Congress will oud '.'olhl::eav;xrlyhm:; l:‘ from Jan, 1, 1862, aver authorizo the {usuo of auy paper moncy "'}I:!“;": °m' AL . of a legal-tender character in any form, they " i E oro doomed to disappointent. 'This is foreshadowed fn the Obio Democratio plat. form, in Ewixo's latest spocclics, ond in Tyyusan's speech, where tho: purposa of aujouding the Coustitution to cnable legal- tender paper to be issucd s foreahadowed. Every mon knows that no amendment of the Coustitution to muke paper monvy a Fegal teuder can bo sdopted within less than five years, if ever, The Democrutio party, there. fore, is practicing o fraud npon tho crodulons Nationalists and flat-money people: by pre- tending to favor legislation for an immediste new issue of paper legal-tenders, when that party knows full well that no such legislition Is pousille without an mmendment of ‘the, Coustitution, Wo Leliuve Alr. AfantoN Manuey, notwith, standiug he Lelovge,to the New York De. wmucruoy, which is rusponsible for the ‘I'ata- mony eystem, has always sct.up to be's i 4 £ purist ip politics. - If we had thought of wber 20, 00 1,900 800 . mruhln}z auywhere fu'the Democratio party iy statement of (Lo actuul wonoy valua | for o ¢ high-toned” . politiclan, we would of the Confuderuto serip iv, of course, hidic- | have welsotud Mr. Mantos Makorz-as the ativq of the general purchusing power | Democratio ideal of that kind of person, M thereof. Thut is to say, when v required | Mr. Manore fulls short of the cxulted staude #1000 in Covfederate serip to secure $100 | wid Ly which he is judyed, iv is through Mansre a satisfnotory key to tho geographical cipher which he employed to datermine how far ho s personaily responsiblo for the effort to buy a vote for Tinoex; but the now dis- covery may lead to tho full and trne story of this unparalleled offort at bribory and cor. ruption. Tho presont indication s that Mr, TsLpEN And those most intimately associated with him (of whom Mr. Manorz is one) wore informed of the nature of theso pro. ceedings, if thoy did not actually instignte ond conduct thom, And this is o preity crowd to ery Fraud! T —— TEE BANK OF VENICE. To the Edilor of The Tribune. Tloorsstox, . Ik, Aug, 17.—The arficlo on **Money ** in the American Encyclopedia makes tho satement that the deposile of tho Bank of Venica wrere ot a preminn over cotn, and I think It states that they wete not_redecmuble. Onr flat-mancy men make what they think a atrong palnt_of this. Can you explaln, withoat taking ton much of your space, what is meant by ** deponits, " as here uscl; Wity they wore ot & preminm, and why the deposits Were not redeemable?. v This story of tho certifieates of deposit in the Bank of Venlee, or oredits of that bank, having a premium for conturies all over Eu. rope over gold, is an old ncquaintance, and has beon used vigorously for many yoors' by the advocates of flat money. The goneral aassertion in that tho notes or certificates of doposits of the Bank of Venice wore o paper currency, irredoemable, and that they always commanded' & ‘premium over coln, and ‘that this supgrior valuo of an irredcomable bank paper was maintained for conturies. Tne credits of tho bank were redeomablo on demand. ‘This story Iins beon told over and over so often’that tho Groenback orators have por- haps come tb balieve it, oven supposing they over kuow any Deiter, or that they have uver takeu the trouble to investigate it. Tuz TrinuNe hos given the trme vorsion of tho matter ropentedly in tho editorial columus, Some yenrs ngo Mr. Buzcitanp, of this State, in a spocch in Congress, put the history of tho Bank of Vonleo, bearing on this point, in the form-of an historical narrative, fortified by tho citations of authority, and this narra- tive, which is very clear, wo have published in Tue CripuNe moro ‘than onco, The facta may bo thus summarized : Tho woight of tha silver ducats in Venice was fixed by Inw, but the current coin of the dny was subjocted to all manner of cur- toilment; it wns worn, sweated, clipped, uud otherwiso debnsed. Transactions wore kopt in ducats, tho bank keoping its ac. counts in ducats of the standard weight, It received the deprociated coln on doposit, not by count, but by weight, but recoipted for it in stondard ducats, As the curront coln waa nt an average of 20 per cent loss in value than the same number of standard ducats, -tho doposit of 120 ducats of the curront coln wonld Do credited by~ the bank to the dupositor a8 100 ducats standard coin; 60 n bank crodit for 100 duonts was thoreforo worth 120 silver ducats such as wore in ‘géneral ciroulation, The bank roceived coin by wolght, giving credit for tho deposit in standard ducats; aud the draft on the bank, or credit issuod by the bank, wes worth always the differonce be. tween ducats of full legal wolght and the ducats of light weight, udded to tho number of ducats numed in the poper, That Is the story, and the whole story, of the credits of the Bunk of Vonico being always worth mora than coln. Ounce explainod and understood, whatever may bave scemed marvolous in the history of the Bank of Venico eredits be. comes quite commonglnce and very familiar to all porsons whodaring the lnst fiftoen yoars bave had to purchase cofn with groonbacks, A fow years ngo $116 in greoubacks belng deposited in a bauk, tho depositor recoived a draft for 100 payablo'in gold. 'I'he bank draft was thereupon at a promium of 15 per ceut qver tha £100 legal-tender greenback, stampyd with tho seal of the United Staten, and declared to be *‘one hungred dollars,” and, in the langusge of the ourrent plat. forms, ‘*secured by the faith and resources of the' natlon.” '"That story of the wonder- ful credit of the frrodeoniablo paper of tho Bank of Venico has boen told on every fiat. money stump in tho West, and yot, when told honestly, how tamo and mattor-of-fact ara the facts ! : —— FLORENCE IN A NEW ROLE, Wittiay J. Frouzyce, actor, is entitled to the comwisoration of the world, During his leng conncction with thostage as a come- dian ho las contributed largely from his utore of humor sud mimiery to wake people lough, and cousequently tp grow better, for 1o man is o seoundrel wh 14 a good hearty laugher, It is only your men who never Inugh, or who yrin and show thelr tectl, or who chuckle, that do the ‘killing and steal- ing, and fill the penitontiaries. ' L'Aomme qui rit is olways & good fellow, aud the loader ho laughs thp beiter and truor be fs. Fow men have drawn ‘g0 many nails out of opr cofivs a3 Fronesce, and for this reason the sympatby of people should go out to him with universal condiality and without stint in tho graat misfortune which has ovortaken. hiny, aud which way possibly interfere with the pursuit of his profession, in' which ho bas thus far occupied such an Lonorable position. It addi ta the grovity of thiscalamity thab Mr. Fronzxos has brougbt it upon hinwelf, nut from auy porsonal or sllivh motive, but from- the purest dedire (o benefit his follow-zian. Ha | bos carcfully calculuted ‘the cbances and thrown himself ingo ¢he’ imminent deadly breach from whié¢h ho may never emergo, Evenp Jf 1é survives thio ordeal, it will hardly bo posaiblo that ho will Le the same Fros- Excy, aud it may bea long timg befors he will ba recoguized even by bis best friends. While il the world should sympathizs with Ay, Maroull, Hantvilliors, Dizy, and Pierry. A little unstendy in head but resolule in spirit, ho will next aseail tha red chom- pagnes of Vorzy, Verzenay, Mailly, St. Basle, Thiorry, and Bonzy, with results that the Inst-named varioty graphienlly typifics, Shnky o8 to his loga but still confident of limself, we see him rosolutely wrestling with the numerons clogo imitations that the Gorman purveyors moke ont of the light wines of the Rhine, Bain, Neckar, Meiss. ‘ner, and Naumburg. By this time tho Mem- ber from Colhosh, chanting the ** Mar- seillnlso” and shouting the * Watch on the Rbine, " winds his serpontine way into the Americnn department, What a rolief it would be if ho conld call for “0, M "; but no, he must stick to tho champagne. We seo the wrotched nan,. dim - of vision but atill rosolute in soul, uncertain of leg and hind but undsunted in purpose, broken of speech but unbroken in grit, sitting under the folda of the Star. Bpangled Banner in stern judgment upon Ixe Coor's Imporial and Plensnnt Valley, Great changes bave como over him since he cracked the firat bottle of Veuvo Clicqnot on the first day, Ho was thon as blithe, choer. ful, sprightly, nand effervescont ns' tho widow's wine Itself which leaped from its long imprisonment and foamed over the neck in a snowy flood a8 he drew the cork. Now he is dejocted, decollote, misanthrop. ical, aid tired. Ho takes the botiles mechan- ically ns they are handed o him, ono after the other, wondering in n dazed sort of way if he will ever get to tho end of them, but atill ag unflinchingly sticking to his post ag did Casapuxca to tho burmug deck. Ho finishes tho American wines, which wall nigh finish bim, but his task ' is not yot over. Like the DPer, one mora teat remaing for him, He is n juror ‘not only of champagne. wines Lut of * all fermonted liquors,” and he has yot to go the dreary rouuds of ale, porter, boor, and other malt liquors. It wonld be painful to follow him, but we can autleipate tho result. Ie will como out ‘of tho Paria Exhibition ns Heng camo out of the cellar after wrostling with tho great Hoidelberg tun and tho Twelve Apostles aud iind all the world drunk, the sun intoxicated, and the sky full of tipsyfied angels. Tho Sons of Temporance will mourn aud tho Daughtors of Rebokah witl woop ovor tho sad plight, but the Amaer. can public will look for Lis verdict with pro. found interest. * Thero is a striking shnilarity in many respects between the BEzciER-TILTON imbrowtio and the Porres Investigating Committee that must atrike the publle tmindas at vnce real and funny. For example, both of thun are very ridiculous, inimoral, scanduotous, and” disreputable affaire; Yoth involved the reputation of celebrated and distinguished persons; both of them made an fmmenso sensatfon; both of them engaged the efforts of the' ablest and most promineut law- yersi both developed extrabrdinary witnesses; both added some felicitous and most popular phrases to our voeabulary; and both ara likely to ¢nd insmoke and abad stench. Thus, the greatest preacher that America has over pro- duced was made the defendant in the first case, and Kuingnvoro B, 1laves, Presl- dent of tho Unlted Stales, is the real defundant in the other,—tho former the vietim ot n “Ureat Seaudal,” s Is alloged, and the lattor tho sumn aud substance of o “Grent Fraud,” ns 18 continually cbarzed. In the Bezcuen case wo have “the great (ransgres- slon,” “nest-biding,” “all that the term fin- plles,” *“on tho ragged odge,” *stop down and out,” “eave of gloom,” *ascction of the Day of Judgment,” “othor hearts that will ache,” * paroxystnl kiss,” and many other qualug and slgnifieunt expressions that have been wovon permanently into our language, Tnero (s not the same philulogieat richuess and cxuberance develoved by The PoTTER trial thut thero wus fn the Brooklyn case, for the reason, most likely, that the tormer was of & religious and social nature, snd the other {s merely a politizal fo- vestization, and confined more cspecially to the semblauce of a strict Jualclel proceeding, FrANK MOULTON acted «as the Mutual ¥riend fu the church Jubroglio, aud Hywrrr scems 10 bave stood in the sume relotion to TILDEN, 80 WATTZUSON says, and was false to both _ portics white pretendlug to be acting fn the interest’of each,—unless MaNTON MAnuLg develops into a **friend* aud pushes Jizwirr Into the background. Tho Bzeciex bhusiness stud not develop sny extraordinary lar ko AN- o DEREON, althuugh from the number of cunfes- sions and statements thut were mada pro and ©uny {6 lelt tho Impression on the public mind that the whale' crowd of them, Bzecuss fu- cluded, were “lying lio tho devil” Brssim Tunser and Mre. Jewks wmigit bo mude to stand (n Juxigposition on tho stage, and the wiinor posturiug of svme of the other actors fn the drainas is Judicrous in the extreme, From these Lints the reader can push the parallel as fur as ho likes, Hooley's Theatre, Tisndolph street, between Clark and LaSalle. Eoragement of Harry Webber. '*Nip and Tack.” Tlaveriy’s Theatre. Deatborn strect. corner of Monrde, Engagement of the Colviite Folly Cumrv:lr. ** Our Cinderelln.” TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1878, QGnraxT fora third term, and yet he thinks it will depend on the action of tho Nonthern peo- vle whether GRANT 18 nominated or not. Ho says the North will be solid on the question: ** Bhall the Southern white man vo permitted to cast two hallots to the Northern white inan's one!” Orin other words: **Shall the South have thirty representatives io the Electoral Col- lege and Natlonal College based on the freed- men, and yet be permitted to disfranchise tho freedment” [n a letter from Alabama, printed in Tnz TRIBUNE yesterdsy morniug, the ways and means were detalled at some length and specifieally by which the bulldozing §s now car- ried on in that State. ' It Is quite likely that Gen. BEATTY (8 right—that it the Southern Democracy contlnue thelr in- timldation as they have commenced, it will arouse the people of the North to that pitch or excitement that will call for the stern, brave hand of some courngeous soldicr to eelzo the beln of Staté and insist that justice shall ho done to black and white alike. The coustitu- tlonal amendments that were passed at tho close of the War, and as the' fruit of that tre- mendous strugele, were not sdopted for fun, but to ba practieally enforeed in every State of the Unlon, and If 1t 18 not dono peaceably and voluntarily, then we are in favor of ndopting **ulterlor measures ™ to have It done, —— The Wisconsln Greenbackers, Natlouallsts, Flat-oney men, or by whatever other name they choore to e catled, have taken time by the forelock this year, and have all thelr Congres- slonal candidates alrendy in tho fleld, except in the Fourth (Miliwaukec) District. Thoy secm datermined to paddle their own canoe, and to scelc no allfance with eithier of the other partles, and, fndeed, after the bold and manly fight which the Republicans made against their. lioresies Inst fail, and which will be repeated again tho coming putumn in the canvass for Congressmen, the only hope of a coalitlon was with the varfuble and shifting Democracy, But the Democrats do not propose to let the tall wag the dog any longer. Thoy haveoffered cvery reasonablu concession to tho * Nationals and propose much more than was reasonable or covslstent with . thelr past record on the currency’ question, with the vain hope thut with n unlon of forces suceess mizht beachfeved at the polls, But the Ureenbuckers have disdained to enter Into any olltance with them, except to recelvo tholr sup- port, and that [s thefr attitude to-day. ‘They have gone ahead and nominated thelr awn cau- Qidates for Congress without even asking the Democrats to Joln in and help them, and the consequence is that the Democrats of Wisconsin propuse to fight it out on their own line, make their own nominations, and not *“‘adopt? any moreNatlouals as their candidates. ——— Thero are several persons in Boston who manifestly expect to be called to testity befuro thd Porren Investigatiag Committee, and aro getting ready for that service, The Boston JBanner tells this remarkable story, which ex. ceeds tho storles of ANpxnsoN and Wzpen when crose-examined by BN Surszh: The alloged facts, as attestod by Dr. 1ita DAvEN- rout, uf No, 7 Montgomery place, Lioston, are as foliows: “AU A ‘recont meeting hald at No, 833 Washington stevet, In thatcity, somo very femarka- ble ans were vouchsafeato unexpressed wishes ar de Most of the peraons present, it s stated, wero choreh members, wo 0f thom wore clesgymen, The meeting opened with prayer. and onu of WATTe' hymas was sung, Thon tho'company put on thelr wishing cavs, One of tho cleruymen wislied that his angel dsughter, who had diod sume years betore, would briug to bim from tho Sumuier-land u particular flower, of which whila un carth sho tad Loen extrowely fond. Almost tmmediately that flower wav placed fn hiw band, Dr. DAVENPOUT says thnt hu allently wished for o white dove, and he presently found nestiime between hls hands a boautiful white fan-tallo pigeon, Now If Bex Borres wants to fiod the Span- MAN letter, or even that * misslng link," Jot hln summon Dr, 1A DAvENrORT, Who would sinply * desire * for tho thiog and it would come, Greonbacks nt the New York Btock Ex. change yesterday closod at 993, 7 ——— B b v e T 08 Tho lifo of Benator Brarve was seriously imperiled on Sunday by a runaway nccident while out driving with his family. His horses beeame frightened by n sudden storm, and the carrisge wrocked, Alr, BLaiNg re. ceiving very painfal braises. Gon. TyNes, now at the Liead of the Post- Office Departinent in tho absonco of Gen, Kk, has been considerably anuoyed by the publication of roports connecting him with o' movement having for its object the nomina- tion of Graxt and Ker by the Repnblican party in 1880. 'Ho denies most explicitly that he hos had any part in such a move- ment, or that ho conférred with Gen. Grant on the subject while in .Europo recently, + Gen. Ky seems disposed to troat the matter pleasantly, and is evidently not averss to the mention of his name in eo flattering a con- nection, though having no idea that any- i thing will como of it. Porrzn, Burien & Co, wero considerably y demoralized yosterdsy over: the melancholy i condition of Lerre, the wituoss who, next to AxDERsoN and Wenkn, they chiefly counted on to furnish material for campaign docn. ments. Now that the poor follow has gone crazy and ia in the custody of the Naw York Commissioners of Charity and Corroctions, the Committeo will be forced to oxpungo his extravagant testimony from tho record. Thoy did nothing yosterday beyond passing n resolution to cortify Senator’ Sranrey MatTizws to tho llouse as guilty of con- tempt in rofusing to oboy n subpana to ap-~ ‘pear and testify, b 1 K : It is not probabls that the visitation of yollow *fover in thé Bouth will much affect our trade and comwerco in he aggrogato, though some departments may suffer, The provislon trade is feeling it moat just now, prices having declined Lore undor tho pros- poct of a materlally diminished consumption of moats, Our supply of sugars aud other Southern products will be interfored with by tho block on transportation up tho Mis- sissippl, aud some articles shipped by us in roturn will show a falling 05 in activity, But there is reason to hope that tho worst is alrondy over, aud that our commercinl rolations with the South will bo resumied long boforo the advent of cold woather, —— Tho eablo announces that the English Radl- cals of Bouthwark talk of nomlnuting Miss 1zLEN TaxLON, nicce of the Iate JouN Stuant ML, for Parliament, and Busan B, Antiost enthusiastically exclalins that she feels an Luy- dred years younger, ——— ‘Tha Administration s undoubtedly rosponsi- ble for tho present ravages of yellow fever In the Bouth, and the Irrcconcllables will conse- auently have the best of grounds for revoluiou- ary measures next winter, ——— The Bprinefield ( ) Reepubllean {s quitedis- susted wben it secs * the humilinting spectacly of o 8an Franclsco hoodlum filling the eye uud cur of the Commonwealtn of WxbsTER and Susnea.!? 1t s, fudeod, ‘Tho Lemont Stone Ring was in suflelont forco in the Common Council last oveniug to carry all their measurcs by a bare majority. ‘Thoy pnssed a resolution directing the Mayor to order n suspension of work on the City- Hall, well knowing that siich o proceeding would render the ity liablo for heavy dam- ogea. It is belioved that tho Mayor will do nathing of tho sart, but will veto tho resolu- . tion, thus necewsitating'a twoghirds voto {o render it operative, It s beliaved that the Ring caunot possibly command such n voto, us any nccessions to their ranks Just now wonld excito a degreo of suspicion which no Alderman who has heretofora voted againat , the Ring would be hold cuough to face, —_———— ——— Metcorologiats should carcfully consider the question wihether we inight not have escaped the uousually warm weather of this summer it Mr, BgEcuEn Lad let the bottown of hell alone! TS R Boma of the people of Ohloare nsking Mr. TACRMAN what he Intends to do with the antl- Iuflation speectics that staud under Lis name i the Congressional Qlobe nnd Jecord. ——— Watermelons aro selling in this market for 10 cents apiece, and thers secma to bo no good reason why doctors’ fees should not come down in a corresponding ratlo. i —— There sccms to be an umisual activity in mining stocks 1n the West at tho presont time, and the Ban Franclsco Chronic's declares that the inilation has had no parallel for months, It. says: ‘Tho truth 1s e are really Ignorant of the extent and yalue of our gold ficldd. Hilver mining for the tust dicen yeare, with the stuck gumnling conse- ijueat thurotu, ias wo aosarbod thw public ultention that vur gold resources nave virtually reated In an echipso, “The thne, howaver, [s not ajstant when uliver miniug will oceupy,'3s 1t suouid, u second- Tho subjocts of Frascrs Josern are be- combig tired of thu war which has been corrled into Bosnia, and ave not disposed to bellove the favorable bulloting Issned daily under Govormmont auspices, The Hun. garians have taken great offenso at tho nction of the Austrian Cowmandor-in.Chief, who is reported to havo placed the Magyars in the most exposod position, and ordered them fnto imminout dendly trenches, while Austrian troops have been held in resorve, The dis. Kust of the Austrinus ix largely enbanced by the fact that the Porto is mora than suspact. ed of playing a double ganse, und is bolioved to be using socretly overy means at its com- mund to defeat the will of the Great Powors 3 expressed by the action of the Berlin Con. Eress, | A rare sight forgodsand men is Bex Burren's daring vquestrian act of ridiug futo the Massar chugetts’ tiovernorship upon the back of DEXNT Krzauser's dray-horse. R —— Daxixn Pratr, “the ‘great American trav- eler,” wiil travel no more for sowe time, unless bo can tako the Massuchusetts Jail which he is s along with him, . ary place smony miniug enterprises, 'Lhe certaine ties and Irmlll of pold production will oo jead. capital and akill to this branch aluost exclusively. It then adds: . A Tho eyidunces are accnmulating that we are ap- proaching o new-cra b nnning, orthat weareabout 1o re-enter upon tic old era of 1810, aud thy luye I8} yeara succ . In all probability our gold productiuue are soon 10 far excocd those of any other pariods of our history, Old mining localiticy n every county of the State are selaed with u apirit Of revival, awlmines which have lain unwosked for yeaiw are bulug started unew with the most fute terlig prospects ————— The New York TWord says that Mr. TArmaox has returned trom his vacatfon * chock-tull of ralubows.” Is tula an fnalcation of dry weather or dry sermous? PV — Come, now, Mr. TuulMAN, own up, Haven't you chanized your vivws just a littie on the cur- rency question to make them conform to the **Onlo Juce "t e ———— e . GARIVALDE occaslonally has a very bappy way of summing up things lu ap epigram. In are- cent letter to tho Capitale, published at Rome, while hé deprdcates any funnediate action jn behalf of Nalla Jrredents ogwlust Austris, Lo confldently looks forward to the time when “an avalanche of people, army, and Uovernment will fuitill the sacred mission.” Iu this con- nectlon he sayu: “The present Government Aught not o declare wur against Austria, aud, with the breath of fictitlous peacs now blowing aver Burope, such a war-note would be dlsap. proved.” As Austria Is already at war'with the Bosniau Sclaves, and Grecce and Montencgro aro both threatenlog 10 nse againet’ Turkey #galy, and Russia and England are erowling over new phases of the Eastern questlon, tha treaty of Berlin is yot fusptly termed Ly Gan- 1ALDI *a breath of fetitious peace, O e——— Janw A. Leets, ono of the Iatest wituessos -before the Torter Juvestigation Conyaitice, bias shown such evideuces of insanity -while ag the Astor House, New York, that he has been confiued iu the police statfon. It ts not lkely that ¥ is » case of quickencd consclence, becuuss lie comes frow a State whers thoy arv uot in the Labit of mixing thelr couscicnces with thele pollscs. Axpumsox still retolus bis meatal faculties unlmpalred. B e ——— BurLen's recent disavowal of reaponsibili. ty for Krauxex's presenco in Bostou was not wmede public, it will be remembered, until two or threo speechies by Keanxer bad ox- posed hLiw as o blatant, brojuless rauter, whoso support was more to be drewled than bis opposition by the Gubernatorial aspirant, Nevertheless, BurLes bas not suceoeded fn convincing anybody of the truth of his dis. «lalmes; ou the contrary, it is probable that | M Keanver's plaglaristio praise s scriously | April 1.+ injured the prospects of the plumed knlght, | Avell 10 .. .. sud that BuTLer was very much in enrnest in bis ondeavor to persnade tho disgusted workinguen of Mnssachusctts thathe had no Land fu the fmportation’ of the ex-druyman fiow tho Pacitio Slope. HoTrrm Las discov. ered that it way 8 aistake to +* pool iul{es » with Keanx sl L | Tnscription on the Presidential chafr: Pre- sented to Rutiduvonn B. ITaves with the kind rozards and oest wishes of his friend, Baoes J. TiLves, | Mr, TiLDEN'S kind-bearted refusal to bo Pres: 1dent Alls the country with such deep gratitudo that it can almost forgive bim Lis.unpald ju- come-tax, | e —et— The Widow Oraver, who has becume somo- what conspleuuus in the courts and {n the news- vapers fur haviug sued that pure old statesian, cx-Scuator BIMON CANERON, of Peunsylvania, for breach of promise, seenws to bo a hittla out of her bead. Sho has just wntten a curlous and fuconerent letter to the Dlatrict Cominls- sloners of Washinzton clalming thelr protoc- tlun frow consplravics that are on foot to fujure hery—as it the Commissloucrs wero organized ou purpose to protect allly aod otllelos frow jutrigue and trouble, * Bhe suys Mr, Caxxion broughe ine here, aud uow Iam far from Iricuds, who bave been lust by my coming hoers with Mr. Uangroy. - Twish to ‘make this toy bows, and cau make my lving hers U uot dis- turbed. Let this bo stricdy private,” Posslbly because tho eplstle was warked ¢ strictly private,” -tho Commlssioners fclt Judtiied laytog 1t before tha vublic. &= — ——— ‘Thoughtful peopls fa this country begin to seriously doubt whether universal suffruge will Druve ad great a blessiog and as ‘much of an ald lu perpetuating free fustitutions oy the founders of our Goveruweut at one time foudly anticl puted. Iu the Lauds of an igooraut, brutal wass, the ballot may become s destructive aud ‘The expenses of the Porrer Committes thus far tlgure up $20,000; aud it hos proved to s erateful country that Jis ANDEBION has red balr, f 1t Is not certain that Gov. Bisuor aspires to o second teruy, but he could doubtiess carry Oliu {1 bis published list of creditors should vote for | Austria's attempt to occupy Bosnla has beca 80 vicorously repulsed that she is oretty nearly couyluced that It was already occupied, Col. Mackexziy, it oppears, did not ‘sue. cecd in overtekiug (ho cotilo-thieves whomy hie purined boyond (he tio Gronilo, bpt "bis rid e resulted fu obtaining wfornmation which will be of the utgesl valuo h‘ltm sutborities at Washinglon. Altkough?the truil of tha stolen stogk Lud boen obliteruted " by heavy ruizs, Maokuszis's sybordinaty of- ficer, Col. Yousu, was fortunate cnough to find a Mexigud Aleulde who kuew. the’, pue- chascrs of tho nuimuln, Thesa purchastug parties proved to bo ollicens o the Mexican awrwy who Lought the catlle, Loowivg thew *Tho Youne Britons ay QOttawa, tho other day, fousng us well o8 #f they had been graduates of au Aueriean Theological Bemiuary., - ——emm—— 'Dex Burtex having left the Republicau party, thot pariy should at unce take an account af stock, to see what is missing. —— ‘The ambitlon of our Natloual frlends to "l% off woro than they can chew,” or, In othed words, **contract for mors than they can de- MNver," 18 manifesting fteclf in thd most ridicy- lous ways, A uotable fnstance occurred last week fu tho Thirteeuth Leghslative District, where a Convention of Greenback-Nutionula sctually put = fulk tickes fu the fleld. A wew- e —— Bilent Baxvs wight have called Mr. Havss “u fraud," but Mr. Daxa never gave hiw chauce, ——————— KesRNEY expresses & checrful readloess to coru Lis bresd by the sweat of somy oiber fal- low's bzua.