Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 30, 1878, Page 4

TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. CITIICAGO YIS OF SUBSCRIPTION. SR, MATL—TN ADVANCE— v ¥, o0 i g r,li'm‘m(l. g STAGR PREPAID. R Ve page " ene fopg, T gens bt tgr. . Specimen copics Gite Port-Oiee Ccounty, Lewittances may be made either by Toat-Oee urier, oF In regigtered lett " TCRIA TO CITY SUBACKL déitrered, Sunday cxcepted, 23 cents per woek, dellyrred. Sanday includel, 30 cenis per week. ress THE TRIBUXE COMPANY, Cotner Madtron anif yearborn-sta., Chicago, 1l Crders for the Qbitsery of Tnx ThinuNg at Evanaton, Fuglewood, and Hyde Park teft In the conntlng 1oom will recefve promptattention. nt Tree. . widress in full, fnclnding f1, express t our risk. o Dal TRIBUNE BRANCII OFFICES. T Cnicano TRIBEXE has estatilsned brarich offices fur fe pecetyt of subscriptions sud odectisements a1 Nowh: . W TORR—tonm 20 Ty ibune Duldlog. F.T.Me- Fapnxs, Alanager, PARIS, France—No. 1 Ttue dcls Grsuge-Batellete, 1. Mantrn, Agent. LONDON, Enp.—Ameriesn Esclitoge; Hexny F. Grweio, Al BAN FRANCIECO, 449 Btesnd, McVicker's Theatre, Madison street, between Dearbotn and State, wpp. viomacy.” oaley’s Thentre, Randofph stieet, beiwnen Clark anf LaSaite. rag¢ment of John T. Laymond, + ** Risks." tinverly’s Theatre, Dearbarn strent, camner of Monroe. FEngagement of Tony Pastor's Company. _Varlcey entertalument. SOCIETY MEETISGS.. i 3 nnl 75 o'clock, for wotk ow M Legred, l(l rening ) rder of the Muster, Ao Fisme COVENAST LODGR. fo6,” Ac Fonnd N M= 14 wntestion thte (Pric revening at 7:m BRToe, S neimiiron Hall, ta77 Kaet. Kigzleat., for work cn the 1, M. Degree. A full aftendance meimbers fs req ting brethiren are alko core cd. Vst ' iy invited, ity orier 1Y, WOLSELEY, WoM. WAL R 1AL, Secretery FRIDAY, AUGUST 0, 1978, - P ————— Greenbacks at the Now York Stock Exe chungo yesterday closed at 99; Tho rush to the bankruptey conrts in- _rrencen ns tho last day of graco sppronthas. Yesterdny there wero cighty-seven petitions fited in Cliengo, tho scearod debis apgre- gating 29¢4,268, and the unsocured debts £986,052, Tho general desiro of the lame ducks to get in aut of the wot is not preu- lint to Chicago alono; a similar unanimily of purpose 1s manifosted in nil the other grent commorcial centrea of the conntry. . The oxpllfuutinn glven by tho Trensury officinls of tho renson for the scarcity of oney] and two-doltar grocnbacks is, that the appro Rab-Treasuries was 5o reduced by tlhie Domo- -erstie economizers in Cougress that xflz!’«Su retary of the I'ronsury is unable to distribyle . tho swall bills in quantities sufficient tq ot the demand.: It is proper that-the redponsi- bility should bo placed whereift belghgs. + e Senator Coxgrivg wroto n Jéiter to tho conference of New York licans which f agsembled ot Baratoga yeatefylay, disavowing on his own . part "dny fifm on the Re- publicans of . that v$itate, ond . wrging that wnity and darfhony Do hield par- amount to v indivdnal napirations. A resolution edibiodying thie idea was adopted Ly the confereyce, but the ono thing need- fulto recury unity, harmony, and success, viz.: tho-definit! Femoval from the enmpaign of 3 f CoxxriNa’y re-glection to tho mAtey spdms o linvg Leen vo nearer to nce Jebwpimincnt. thon it was before tho oon. “ferehce assembled, E “rotn tho list of contributions to the Chl- o yollow.fover fund printed this morn. 1\ jug it will o seen that the work of sollcit- ing 1s vigorously proacented Ly tho various sub-committees, and with results most gratify. ing. The ground 18 s yot for from covored, and the people, of this city have only begun yiving, 5o tha the toml of 15,000 thus far known to havo been raised ropresonts but n small portion of what Clitago can and wilt do ns tho need continues, 'Thero ara wauy sorecs of co-operative benevolenco s yet untonehed, anit we think thers need be ne feur but thnt Chicago” will do hor fnil shiare, wlich 1% 1 Diyg sbare, cousidering the sizo of her debt to the world's sympathy and gen. ge In the wenther from hot aud . dry to vooler and rainy hay aggravated 2 - rather thaunnitigated tho yellow-fovor in afl ’ thiuifjeted loealities, and inerensed fatulity is everywhioyo repagtod, It 18 now tho opin- fun o the spgdical uien that a steady sdvance *in ‘g dobthorpld and the number of now exmes gy, U6 Jooked for until the widdle{¥or’ lnst 7of September, and the ontldaks jisyY mora o und more gloomy fury, thiosé*atlio through poverly nre compdidito yénjulu add . tako their chances in o cdmbat ithy, the'fterrible do- stroyer, , Al of horror Aud sulfering that has beed triis cf the \days past in Memphis, Vicksbnrg, New Orleans, Canton, Grenada, Port Gibson, ete., i@ still trua of these stricken plncos, atal’ the' dbipatohes narrate the spread of the pestilanes 't districtd bitherto vxampt from its ravages, Every time 81 Cany wounts a stup 16 Barangne i erowd abot thi horsors of con- teaetion ho wisevta that thd $910,765,880 of 7.0 bond-uotea il uudey the” acts of | 1661~ wera legabtonder” oney, wnd tat when those bond-notay were Tunded into G per cont Londs the liwful, currency wos contracted by that vust amont, -wid that i® what is enusing the burd tiwes, e’ goes an.’ uttering this nssertion with the fost brazei countonunce, aud yet it is nlic muunfactured | ont of whole cloth, No, 7-!0 bond-vote was ever issued as o logul-tender during the Wyr or under sither of the nets of 1461, "G4, or *G3. No man ever saw a legal-tender 7.30 in Lis life, unless it may have been one thot survived until after 1576, when Hourwewn sude them Jegaltenders in his bungling re- vision of the statutes. Lot Hax Cany toll tis undiences how many 7-30 bonds re- sugined - wntstanding in 1875, The totsl _wsuunt was buss than a guarter of a million, and theg are neutly oll lost abd will uever Arn up syein. 1t is probabily too muek to hope that the inforwation wlilch KesuNey phtaiued during 4iy visit (o the Trewsury Dopartment at Washiugton will penstrate his thick skull aud eruwd out soime of the iguorant notions bt wopopulize Lis cerebrum. Ausistant. Bucrotury Hawrar took kit iu band, nud eg- s svared to comiunuicate n fow pla facts whigh Keaodey pgever keow befere, 1o / _printion for the transportation of fundy.to J; “*lechorons bonfiliolders ™ who are pouring their ! money #ito the Treasury in®exchango for the §.por conts ara ntmost exclusive- Iy working people, Wwho hnve chosen thin invostiment of their savingd by renson of their‘implicit confidenco in the United States Governmont,--n confldence which Keanser and the rest of the fiat fools are doing their bost to destroy. Ho alse told the oxdray- man thnt out of £1,800,000,000 of outstand- ing Government securitios not moro than 220,000,000 are hold ia Europe, the re- mnning $1,600,000,000 boing ownedl in this country, When Kzansry espressed his proferance for the greenbaok dollar, and way nsked whethat ha meaut the dollar whicl during the War had ' purehasing power of 214 conts, hio manifested n desire to talk aboub something else. Here wera threo plain, practicnl polnts in fikbncial phiforophy which ought to have added to. Keannsr's stock of wisdom, if it were possible f6r him to recog. nize .common senso when bromght to’ his notice. 5 **Tho most useful publication that hins baen fssned by the *‘1ionest Monoy. Lenge" (Portinhd Dlock, Chicago), 1s o pawphlat uhe “der the title of **'The Costraction of the Curréncy.” . It'is a careful compilation mada by Mr, C.'K. Bacxus, editor of the Detroit DPost and. Tribune, from official reports and the loan and curfency laws. 'Tho pam. phlet proves that there has been no material contraetion of (hie cutrency since 1805, and thua depriving the * flatlsta” of thelr chicf argument in favor of ioflation by menuy of nn unlimited isme of jrredeemabla paper cnrremcy. Tho pampblot inb- cludes the recent statement, prepared at the Treasury Depactment, showing the ‘acfunl paper .currouey and the purchasing valuo tioreof. at the oud of ench yoar {rom 1860 £0.1378; o table giving the detalls of the condition of, the eurrency in 1865 atd aleo in 19783 du anelyels in brief and comprehensive paragrapha of the vari- ous Jonns which enter into tho publie debt ;1 and, finally, tho statutes relating to lonns and eurrency that have been passed sigce 1861, Al this makes up a book of sixtysTour pages, which the * Honest-Money Ledfuo " will farnish at the very low price of i per 10 coples. Tho pamiphilot ought fo have o wide circulation, ns ita l\rgt}ménl is con- clusive, and fs based on officind ‘tigures. THE SEVEN-THIRTIES ARD BOUTWELL'S REVISION OF IHE LAWS. The Inter-Occan hos ffenched tho very eli- mnx of its pervemé@tupidity in the dis- cussion of the quegHon whether or nob tho 7-0 notes azplogatitender by citing tho Re- vired Btatulvs (Sec. 5,590), which reads as tollowa: " W ‘Treasyes 1emned under tho anthority of the nets op 7 1, 1MLL Chap, T8, and June 30, nith, ‘whiall bo lequl-tender 1o he sume hited Stales noled f) intereat. their fuce cqlue, (¥ iy |7 T revision of the United States Statntes Wi nade nuder o law of Congress dated Jy¥o 20, 1874, but wns vot officially; pro- ulgated till ; and it was not natil the atter date that any of the 7-30 notes could bo o legal-tender. But, as & matter of fack, the ontiro volumo of 7-1304, except a few tHat were loat, had been retired and out of tho way before June 30, 1861, so that tiie Juter- Occan endeavors to prove that tho 7-J0s wero legnl-tender during thelr life by citing told- him, mmong* other things, that the provision in n rovised statute which only, went into forco womo wix years aficr the 7-30s had censed to oxist! Nothiog could by moro frivolous or absurd, aud 1t smonnts to a completo confession that the- fintlsts have buen deliberately endeavoring to deceive tho pullic in roprefoniing that the 7108 wero legnl-tender during tho period of their cx. istonee. ‘'lio citation of thia extract from lho Ro. wised Statutes of 1875 15 werely auother ovi- deneo of Mr. Bovrwrrts bungling work, "Bt 18 of n kind with the rovision wheroby silver whs demonotized without thoe consent of the people or tho kuowledgo of tho Congress that permitted it. Chanccllor Kexr was of the opinion that tho rovision of laws is al- ways a dangerous practiee, snd Bovrwril's rovision ‘b cerininly confirmed the, wisddip of that opinion. It was desigued, of counse, that tho Rovised Stntutes should bd a cldde condensation aud refléx.of the Inws as thiey sctunlly oxlatad; tha" pitrposo was merely to divost tho laws of verbosity, repetition, aud gbo confusion . surrounding them by rongpn of uméndments, repenls, und changos of all kinds, Tustesd of doing this, Hovz- WELL'S..rovision , so complotely misconstrued many of the laws as thayslood that it sctual- 1y vevorsed thelr meaning aud effoct. Thosil. ver dollar s thus absolutely demonetized, though provions legtslation had merely drop- ped the coinugo thereof.” Ho in this caso bond-noter were made lugal-tonder (from 1875 on) which had nover beon legal. tendor under the origiual laws, Of the threo issues of 7-803 only that of 1501 gave an up- tion to the Seerstary of the Yrensury to wako thems legal-tendvr, - Tt provided that ho might make tho fnterost on each bond- uoto pot paysblo untll the end of threo yonrs, when they wero to bo fuuded. into ¢ por cont bonds,'in which cave they were to Lo legal-tenders, But if Lo concluded to nnko the 7 3-10 interest payuble semi-anuu: ally, then they were not to be legal-teiulers, I'hia Beeretary elected 6 Fsuw them with coupous puysblo stini-annually so us to avoid increasiug the legal-tender iwsues ale rendy nuthorized by other acts, Henco not ona 7-30 boud-iote of the whale K10 millious sold by the Uovernment was ever a legal- tender, How ofton must this bo repented befora the thivk-skalled and perverse tiatists will see and sduwit it? Hovrwers and his nasoclate revisers, with their charaoteristic stapidity, misinterproted the law, ‘and, in their iguorance, made a closs of paper legal. {ender wovoral years uftor it had all Leeu withdrawn, except a mere lost lnudful, though i¢ bad uover beon logal-tonder wheu it was ontstanding to the amount Of aver §310,000,000, . To .confrast tho present atlitude of the fintlsts with that which they assumed when thoy started cut In this wmidtier, it In only neevssary (o comparo the amount of 7-30s whichh_they now deelaro to be legal-tender and the fwdunt which they formerly dee clured logal-tonder.*' There wero threu issucy of thusy 7-30 uoted, viz, ; Under the law of July 17, 1061, $189,055,650 were fasued; under tho law of Juno 30, 1664, 234.400,+ 0003 under tho luw of March 3, 1865, $437,- 210,026, ‘Phe aggropato was §810,765,686. Of theso thero remain outstanding ¥16,500 Jrom the frst issue; which My, BovtweLs did uot make legal-tonder in the rovision of 1875, and %1%8,000 of the second yud third issties. ‘e chargoof the fatists was thyl, as theso T-30s were retired betwsen- 1864 and 18GY, the currency of the country had beon contracted to the extent of over $810,006,000. But a8 it turny oul that no 7-30s waro evor legal-teuder till BovsweLls ravision of 1875, lovg after they wero all funded (except o few that were lost), it 18 pauven theio wus wo such voutraclivn, but i 1 it AUGUST 30, 1878. dry, wo mny look for n restarntion of tho uermal relations botween gold and silvar in tho bullion’ market. 'Tha impertant evidenco of the (orman ralés s ratified by private ad- vices, A merchiant of “Now York, who hos numerdua boreespondenta s in Germany, fur. nishes the Bankers’ Magazine the following, under dpte of July 6, 18787 T have mads figivien in varions parts of Germany, re- garding the present ofrculntion of silver, but the,* réplies ,hre very contrdictory and, unsntisfadtory. In ona thing, how- gver, they agred, namely, that rather -0 weareily of-mmall coins prevaits.” Theso facta chiine wit Boxroren's estimate, pub. lishied in: November, 1877, that the wholo operatioi-of the German demonetization wonld po bompleted during4ho yenr 1878, or ot ang.tals by the end of Afareh, 1870, Ex- tendigg the timo to the'clos of 1879, gives us fhe cheoring prospect that 1860 will seo ;lzfiilror market relieved of the downward llm‘t. on the m«mfi.-nm eurrency was in. fited to the extant BT 153,000 at least by tho revision, sinca fint nmonnt (and they wora laat) was than mado legal-tnder jir the Jiret time, : 5 " When the fitjate prodaco thelr talile showing tha *awful contraction of the cor- Teney,” it will bo necessary to dednet: from the auonnt thegt élaim the little sum. of cight Tnndred millios of 7-30 honds (810,765, 6316), and then they may add to' tho presont amonnt #158;000 (or snch of thom as aro 1ok Tost) mnde fegat-tender by Boutwest in 1875, ‘The IntertOrenn, ne nn organ of tho fiate ists, would havo sefved the canse belter by nadhering to the original lie than by falling Vack upon,DotTwer's frandulent rovistnt of 1873 ih order lo mnke ot that therg had beon n contraction in the curreney, muder some mysterions retronctivo influenco of said ravision, bh & mass of bouds which ‘biad all Leen funded iuto long-term, bondé .moro than six-yonrs befora such. revision was made, . v . UNCONSTITUTIONAL MONEY, To the Editor of The Tribune. Tyxy, Win,, Aug. "8, —The able and vigorane wiltprinth T Tiokve, (s pabliehduz aun the fnsncial letuee are doiny mucl to enlighfén the peuple aid to conuteract the perniclous dbctrinen at thé Natlonals, There fa one thing, TOr, that mieht 10 he mAde mare prominent e dine aind that 18 that the (iovarnfent cannot ol beace ianne paver moficy And make it a ender, for, 3 3t mmm.}?‘t fact of itaele asuro from Cermany. There Tinva been ‘other depressing cansgs at work this year on the prico of silver, add these are shown in the statisties of thi Iss€ Goven months’ busi- ness at Tmadonis The Asintle demand hna Iargely fallen off, Thig outlet lias heen faotor of groat importance in rustaiving the, markot againat Germang,* ‘The opponouts of sllver have mnde loud nod -confidant pro- dictionssince 1873 that China and Tudin would never again take the quantities of silver they once nbsorbed. But lnst year the importaol silver Into Enstorn Asia reacbed the enormous total of £103,000,000, which waa more than had ever beforn been jmported In ono year, Bat this year the movement of this motal to its + grave " in the Orient his beon muck Amall- er. 'Tho figures show (hat tho etports to Indin from Tondon have been,in tho first reven months of this yenr, oty ®16,675,000,, agninst 537,805,000 o the-Sfanite purivd of 1877, Obina in the saw® 'time liad token® 1,026,000 Josn thta yenr thon lst. What in' the canse of this chonge? Havit Chiia amil India becomo satintod with ailvar? Not at all; but thoso nulmmtyhlifidu “ealled the i graves of sllver * inva -Becomo Lho- grave of atarved millions of Jivmiau belugs, oy this hns affeatod tho power to take nflu‘r,n,e('h hordly to Do described. 'Tho Léudon Fronomist snys of the, sljver ‘coitingo of the Bombay mint that “{t was ‘incrensea by more than £5,000,000 worth of silver prunmenta received froni the sufferera by the fomine.” Tho Madrns corrospoldent of the London Times wrote: ‘It is n fact thut lmdreds of thousands of ll{g:'pqoph linve nirendy sold thelr jowels of silver and golil o pay for food” /Uhis'was I8 3877, The 1 exhaustion that began then Las grown sinee, ‘and hevce the diminished ability of those “conntrios to absorb silver, Opfily this wenk. [ ouiug’ 6f the Chinese mid Tddlan demand will explain tho fact thft; nithough tho dis- (urbing’ supply from CGermgoy is dwind- ling, tho minrket prico of &l¥e? hns fallen from an average of bl pence an ‘ounce Inst year to 32} ponco now. ~AllL$hé’ other cou. ditions nre {avorable to slirccovery of the, prige of silvor. Of thd Loniwza minos, one hns stopped paying dividedds-and tho other Is puyivg ouly ohe:lialf s former rate, ‘Tho Gorman supply ippents likely to redch its end Ly 1880, and'ithers is a sell- ,fottnded expectation tust the, Gerunn Gov- ‘orament will strongthen the silvor market by coinfug an nllotmont of 15 tharkd yer caplta ;. its popaiation of subkididry silver, instead of 10 markitgs firatdecided. The Udited States; is usingup all the Ambrican prodact for- its’ Goinage of eubsidiary'silver and standard ddollars, and will do so for yonrs, The fam- ines in Indin and Chinn wero extraovdinary, Aually dispoves of nearly s of the atack in f the Ureenback finliate. /They demand the f the Natlonat Banking“law.” 1f _tuat law wae repeated, and the Goveennient eannot lestio money 10 take the place of Nativnal Bank notes, the carcency wowld Drerphy’be contracted to the anuont of tie circalating’of the Natinnnl Jlanks. Nuiw, hias the Governmpht a right, primarily, nn. der tho Coustitutipn, 1u fsane tender paper 1Oney eXCUpt 48 A Wt necesdtyy Awl o sene 18 thero §ih talking about leauing fi or abolishing the Natlona) hankst M 1ns reply to the above, we ought (o say, in tho first place, that thero must have heen nt the vory |éast one hundred editorial articles in Tug@mcaco Tripuse within the last two or thigo years showlng, it one way and an- othef, that the Goverument Las vo right to {gsne nuy legal-tender paper currency (fdreed 'fonns) in time of profound peace. We have "repentedly directed nitontion to tho declsion of the Supremo Court to the effuct that the legal-teuder acts were war monsures, and that the volume of siuch currency mnst be con- fined within the Nwit. of 100,000,000 pledged by Congress. ‘We have demonstrat- «d, morcover, thnt tho Democratio lawyors in Congress admitted thnt the Government has no power uuder tho Constitution to mako i4s notes legal-tender botween citizens be. yond the limit of the war-ismeof forced notes. Tho bill reported by the Brcrwen. Ewiye Committee a, tho last sossion of Con- gress for'the retirement of National Dank notes fiwovided for the substitation—uat of Jiut moncy, or legal-tonder monoy—lmt of Treasury votes which should correspoud wifly the presont bank notes by being res deemablo in the legal-tender alvendy pro-, vided. : o il Of course {if thae Natloual Bank notes fiéro, rotived Sn immense contraction would talie’ place, unless the vacpium woro filled_ by non- logol-tonder Treaaury nbtes, .8, legal-tender: forced pnper conld pot bo ishied o take their place in excess of tha 400 millions limit. Thero are 'now outstanding {147 shillions of greonbncks . and 24 willions of bank notes. ‘I'io bjshment of tho latter woilld result in} increasing the formor by 68 millions, nnd tho contraction wonld bo ‘the-difforenca botween 324 millious and &3 millions, ,viz.: 269 milj.- ions of envreucy confradtion, ¢ ‘fho «anly way Inwhich a contradtion of the curroncy could bo avoided after rotiring’ tho bank noten wauld tiqby the jusne of non: legnl-tender ‘Ireasury notes. receivablo for taxes and publia ducs and redeemablo in logal-tender, or, by. reverting to Stato bank fesuoa with' all thei¥ “obféetiotinblo and dau- gerony oharaoteristica, Al thie" Deinocratic’ lawyers It the last Oongroas who had ocesion to cxamino tho Ujutafion coticeded tho point that tho Con. Stifution confers on Congress uo right or power to Governinent notod n legal. tonde? for phivate debts botweon citizens, .cxeept when tho power’ of taxing and bor- rowing havo beon exhnpated, and when it lecomes necensary to maka forced loans to sulse and snpyort anmies. ‘Chis fact onght, au ' ML I DL snys, 1o kettlo the fato of flut mduey for oll time. But, If ho ever succoeds in pinning down a flatist to an ncknowledg- nent of this fuct, ho will And that said fatist will then raply : ¢ Very well ; wa dou't enro .anything about your Constitution or your Supreme Court. We_proposc to so remadel the Bupreme Court to weenre o difforant construction of the Constitution; or, if wo can't do that, we'll chinnge the Coustitution, Wo'ra bound to havo flut woncy snyway.” ‘Chat is the point which an argument with the fiatists ronches ub last, and when men abandon law, and reason, and fact, aud preo.dont, and’ comnon senss to assert that thoy propose lo nccomplish by might or ravolntion what they admit Is uot logal or constitutlonal,;, thon srgument ccases, It only remuius to bo seen whether those fran- tic fools nud reckless élnracters aro as strong | A%, 10, Greessy hee Malcaty'a Uovetnment had o they thiuk, terne, whate thew viewn and ‘wishes sre, Cer- [N tanly, th Frine Shatster hud neeer concenled hin THE FUTURE OF SILVER. Hae ks wa thas snyihing (it N3 & friar Figures aro ot hand 1o show the commer. ““‘"::l‘“'fl{m‘{‘ ‘V‘“‘;w"\; ;“L“l‘r "‘I’"‘,‘ “"‘" Xl’c ‘;‘““‘ i o oty o 2k tho hoto . elal wovemaut o wilver at Loudon tox this | Sneluhedieace’ or uny st Coty -..f.{.n , . o Congres wax prepared i foree Ceto bl et o | 8 estr 1 sy Fower md. bien pre- ot in in o vory difforout condition frow that pared to st that Turkey should ulhz.:nirn;»»-?ly , inti d Epirns, it s beon prepared aieo fur ::r::;%lh:‘:;z‘r‘.;?‘: t:’[‘l‘;'l‘;‘:::‘;"‘:‘:g‘:":‘:‘z e et e KBAMEe BT o b T uEKeY hakets ) "y B was difficult to ree sigus of change. ‘The utroatn of thalers Hlowing from the pockets and crocks of the Genmnau peoplo futo the tion, Iy tho ond of next .yeor these tlirco calamitles'will hnvo spept theik fotde + Xhe silver markot mnny bo'expected fo riso na pud- deuly asit fell. ! It will dasily ronch 58 penco) an ounce, and then theiAmerican standard sliver datlor will bo iorth a4 mach .iu tho! bullio ‘market as ;ru gold dollar on onr| > G . ‘ ratlo of'16: 1. ENOLAND'S8! DESERTION OF OREECE.’, The debute iu tho Euglish Parliamont on tho 14th inst. shows that tho English Gov- orument hny coblly ajd deliberntoly declded! to vivlate itsplédge qud abaudon the Grecks, In the courso of tho proccedings, Bir O, Diexe stated tht o memoraudain had Leon mado Ly ‘furkey refusing to reatify tho! Greek frontior in tho muunor prescribed by, the Berlin Uongress, and, if that documont . had not boen prefonted to the Goverumont, it must bo purposcly withheld until the. prorogation of Parlinunont. In conclusify, | Mr. Disxe salds-* ¢ It wonld bo altogether improper that Féance and Italy should com. pel the Portytondo for Urecca thnt to which wo had sot bW nume. I would be sorry, looking to nlt that Greeco has buforo her, if wa should bo behindband in carryiug out what we had loikhier to otpect.” In auswer to his inquiry for infotmation, Mr, Bovngr, Under-Secrotary, replied for tho uovurnmah‘ ‘né follows : up of g to wur, Phat Wak o pusition for wtiich Kurope wawn not vrepared. The'shonomble Bazouet fnd mehtioned & certaln memoeandym. i whieg, (€ wms subd, the Porte had d-eled ta agreo i tne recomiendations of the Cungress, He had not seen that mémorundun, und he (uuld polagreo London bullion warket seomed eudlesa and | that it wa 'n'n he Porotyn Offiee. “Fhero was no fathomless, ‘The Guemans confessed toly | F20e W0 thinte that sich o meplorandan had hoe nurprise 4t the resvrvoir of milver in Gore many, and abandoned their esthuates of tha amount to ba redeomed bofore the subatitu. tion of agold for a silver. currency should bo complote. Tiat this yoar the volumo of it Wa 1ot for Wi 10 say, Uit tho uninion ™ wlatd hack heerr reeorded I 1he protcols, ond it ¥ho werw callea upon (u ediate e would meJiato I accorddnce. with the words which i Srouy the moutR of the Prowmlar, that it Grcece und wfufuro, Jtewiyd sord Lo watts The -unly . coustruciion that can Lo plaged s sllver stronm bas bogua to shrivk, In [ upoo this remorkablo declaration is that the the first _sevon monuths ' of 1878 the | English Governent is not prepared to pat amount of tho silver marketed in Lou. | any pressure iipon the Paite to cany out the don by Germany—aud all thesilyor(lormany sells goes to London—was only $17,755,000, while iu the corresponding period of 1677 the sales of Ueriuan silver wore $37,150,000, or mora than double. ‘Fhe best authoritivs huve differed ubout tho mmouut of silver the Germnu experiment of demonctization was to throw iuto the bullion urket, Tho eslis mates of tho agont at Loudon of the G Qovernment, of the German mint suthor- itivs, aud of the German professors of politfeal cconomy as luid bofore the Baitish Monetary Commiusion of 1676, differed with each vther by tens of millions of dollars. Tt was this very uncortainty that more thag any other thing dvmoralized tho, silver war, ket. ‘The wnuual increment of - silvor and gold is estimated at only 1 per cont of the stock existing in tho world, but here ‘was a political movement that thrvatened to throw on the warket au ahouut several timos &g large as tho sunual product, How wany limes larger, uo one kacw. ‘The great Jiminution of the salew'of Wilver o far this year ‘by Germany is the first trustworthy sign that the limit of her supply is buing reucbed, When thiv streaw begias to run freaty provislon relative to Greece, nud that, it it 4 gidled 'upon Lo wedinte, it will mediate ngaiust Grgoce aud iu favor of 'Furkey. Fugland has beon guilty of auy acté of perfidy, but of none wore cowardly or ine fainona*shasi'her desertion of the Grioks, who havé hoen led into their presout troutile Uy hers It ki o reality & twofold act of Peridy. " 'Tho Grocks wbnndoved thelr pros- pect of obtuiping freedom for their race nnd the territory they covetod upon tho ugree- ment of .Englacd that, if they luid down their armas, they should have thu wume con- sideration iu thte Congress as the other Coris. tlan provindes of tho ‘Turkish Empire, ‘They did not receive thut cousidera- tlon becousds England did not eveu ask for it. Ou tho other band, sho asked the otler Powens to insert a clause recommending the Porto. to rectify the Greclan froutier, sud providing for their action to that cfect in case the Porto should refuse. . Tho Porto has refused. ‘The other Powers are ready to fulfill their obligation under the treuty, but Eugland refusea to brisg any pressure to busr, and sunounces through her spokesiuen in Purliament that if it bucomes necessary to mediate sha shall nes her {nfluerics Iu favor of "Turkey, npon tho principlo that Greece, having # future, ean afford to wait ! Well mny France, who has sincercly striven to help Creece, look ncross tho Chaanol and ropent her old tannt, ** Porfidions Albjon.™ Well may Ttaly, whoso sympathilen ara with the Greoks, re-echo tho same cplihet of roproach, ro richly merited. Wall may Bis. aanc indignantly thander at tho Porto tint sho must not expect to meparate ihwe drawbacks from the bonefita of the tronty, but muat tako it a8 a whole, One clause of the trenty hnving been disreganied alrendy “by England, whnt binding force is there left upon Russin to rogard nny other provision? Whnt obligation of any kind doesn treaty convey with it that canbo so looscly cone strued, nlmost beforo the inkisdry? Well miglit one of tho members of the Parliament (Mr. H. Basturison), in the course of the debate, exclaim, ¢ Ho did not wish ta incite Groece to taks up srms ngainst Tarkey, but it Greece did, ho thought ahe would be fally Justified in doing so.” 1r-Groece is driven into war by ‘Fory periily, sho will have | tho netive sympathy of France, Italy, Ger. . many, and Rusaia, aud the moral sympnthy - of all people who detest ntiona! viotation of volemn pledges, 'The recent compnet of Pogland aud Turkey, which the former holds ns mora binding than the Treaty of Berlin and more racred than national pledges, may yet ho the cause of » more tor- rible war thnn the Inst ono, in which En- gland will have to take n part, and In which ocenrrences, like the Gernian demongtiza.' | sho may pny the penalty for her infamous and cowardly desortion of the Graeks, e ‘The Confedurates of South Carolina ninke 110 conegnlment of their determination that ithe negroes shnll cither vote tho Dourbon ticket, did, or not vote at all, Every Bourbon meeting is nttended by organized bands of armed Bourbons, cafled tho ** Rod-Shirt Demucracy,” and by wilitia companies, nnd in the scctions wheru these mactings arn held no Republiean meelings nro beld at all. Under the menaded that hive Loon uttered, the Republicaus have made no Stata nowml- uations, They have nominated eandidnfes for Cougress in ‘only two districts,—J. 1. Naivex in the Firat, and Ronent BMatis in te Fifth,~but the Bonrbons will nilow nefther of thesa to be clected, Upon (s ypolut ‘the Charleslon News and Courier wayr: * Democratio rulo is a su- promwe necessily. For their own sake, s for tho anke of tho colored people, the Dentoc- racy must, wo repeat, refain tho prodomu- nuuee, which is dno to superior enlturo and oxperietfcs, and which thoy noty enjoy.” ow thint predominance is to be becred is intimated in the following from the samo papes: Tho Kadicals aro.making constderable atle in Williamsburg, Sumier, Heaufort licorzetown. Chaglentan, aid oot countion, " We cannot uiford to fnrmeh aticka to/break our own heatls with, “Pliere are only two wiiys of counteracting thie Itad- feal mononyreas Qo 18 to wend Democratic cane vaseers tu neciinls whero the thieven proposs to *noak, and expoyo their roguery before tho eyuw of thelrdudicnce, whota tho Democrats cdnnot reach tn any other ‘way. Thu other v, (o arrest the roguus and clap bioh.in afl for trial, 'ho Reptiblican party in the North ia sn. peridr in wulture to the Democratic, but how would it do on this néconnt for the Repub- lieaus to kaep tlielr mpromaoy by breaking .up Democratio meotiugs, or, whore this was impracticabley clapping their loaders in jail ? ? dadese— _JUIs asubject worthy of publle attentlon and remark W beautifully sweet nad good- tempered - “Gall tlamilton” les kept ter- seif a1} through these long, very long years of 1rial and'disappointment. Sho le greatly at- tached to ber bl uncle, Senator Jix Braive, of Matne, and hud Ler little heart sct on seciog eandid! Luf wii Lund go ¢ Abrows st o bisof 8, (Bhe wight Lave used her vigorous aud pungent pearto ahusc, lmmpoon, criticley, and ridicule all those who obiposedthe patitteal “nnbition of her accottplslied uncle, arid vape- clally might the youaft lady have pitched ‘Into .| every publie man aud every prominent newapa- | per that advocated the nominatlon of another mnn. Thoss who have carciully perused the seventeen phittppies that have appeared (o the New York Tribune over the dear girl's ‘signa- $ure, or winler {8, we forcet exacetly whien, sad has alss rgad the sad refrain between the lines, will understand juss what Is meant, . Wo saw the gther day o curfous mistake that was made by on.dntelliegnt compositor, which might bu selacid upon by-a mallefous person to Injure this nelee of her unele; Tho word * GA" Jio had spalled *(all,® which §athe apionyin “of bit- 1erness, winje on the contraty everyhody knows thut ! Uatl ™ 18 08 sweet a8 8 Juno Fuse. e e — ,-Uenerally, when a man leaves the Republican party and Jolos the unwashed Democracy, ho sbandons his good scuse as well as his good principles; but there are exceptions, one of which we hiave Just now in our mlnd’s eye. The case s that of tho Hon. Tivotnr Broww, of Murabialown, la., who has Just been sclected by the Democrathe Committee of that Conzres- stonal District-te swand as their caddidate in plucs of the Hon. (igonax J. loat, of luwa City, who was: unmpated, but declined on ae- count ¢ -tho pressure of his private Lusiness Mr, Bnows has Ween o Hepublitan up to & very recent dnte, so receht; Indeed, that risuy of hls old neighbors did not kuow of the chunee, and will b surprisdd “whei " hear that he has taken up his quarters fu'tlie camd of the opposition. basls of n sound currency,” dud ad Browx bias been smare enoueh to make conslderable maney for himaell, the pre ptlon® §s that bis ldeas of a*sound currency™ do not correspdnd with that of the flst-money lunatics; As luwa {s vat 11 the hobit ot sending Democrats to Congress, it 15 not expected thus Mr. Browyx will speud nuch of hix thue in Washinaton, CrANK 1a1he Rupublican candidate, and of poutse witl bo elected. . — n——e ‘That sardonle grin which Shyiock put on wheucver he had oreasion to refer bo what was “nominsted In the Lond " was just liko the amile that Bad TiLpun's face now wears when hie thinks of Tutusay's dop on the currency yuestion, and reijpembers that the last Naflonal Democrutle platfogis adopted at St. Louls * de- uounces” the Republicah party becauss it hias falled * 10 wmake good the promise of the lewal- temter uotes which sre o changing standard of Value in gbe bauds of the people, upd the uon- vayaicut of which 18 a dizgrage to the phhted fuith of the uetion,” And Samuy goes about rubbine Lis withered old hands i glee, just a3 Shyioek Qld, Lecauso It is *s0 numinated In fhe boud.” e ——— tur of The Ceibung, S (LR (D reDs llaF was corn eruuent for uxe i thet the builloi- wicsn of clieatiug oue owls people. Wiat § want lo kuow et (11 bid the Uuverutout wmake tbem legal-tepdur to tBg suiount ol Bve uohlare 10r Whe sue reason? () 3 ey wore ot cxpcclad ba b acd at hume, wby wero thoy luadu 8 lugai-tender 86 uil? (3) Haviug bevu iade lezul-iender, Were they uol lawiul wouney ! (4) Being lawful movey, by laklng from theus that guality has not the Ubvernioent dooe tue ckeutingt 'Ybess ary propor yuesitond for Bee- celary SUKRNAN (o snawer, bul, feariug tBat be WOBL o8 RAWer Laet, Sy 416 addrenkid S0 304 By the ack of Feb. 12, 1878, the Trade dollar was wudy a lezal-tender to the swount of 85, the fame s balf-dollurs aud other subsidlivy sitver cofus. By theactol July 18, 1576, Congress wbolsbicd the lcgal-tender quality of the Trade X Avnona, 11! pusenivd os fur the bulllou-uwuer by the Uoy portation to (China only, owiier hind pesserted it Mul-mzninuwd.nt Clngintipti as the Rupubljeatr lg'l(vr.,l'{uhfm}’ul the Unlted Staies, | he was noty " Gall? diditg, got mad ¢ o hr stpoy in o fait 14 pouk and | ca ot Mry Buain®'s pppouenss, Nutj the I s of Lake, 1 But bis Kepubliean cduen- | tiat fa of sotus Yalua to N, for in uécentifig | the eall to be thelr candidate . be distingtly in- | forms the Committes that he “uccepts vna Mr, Rtusn | Qoliae:. We ahatt not upiddriake to nnawer the sectitnd question. . Havinit® first nnde them o tegal-tewter for 83, the rethal of that provislon was'ah act of bk Falth on the part of Congress. T véry Teast that canlid_bg honeatly done was to authorlze the redemption Iy leaal gold or wiver doltars of all the ““Trgides ™ that hndheen colned previons to the reveal. Coueress has syndonhiedly done the chedging ' hy wittudeas- Ing tho legal-tender quallty from -the Trude Our be- dotlars, 1L was o very disionest act, 1of 1s that alf the Trulo dollars eomml previous 1o the Mth of July, 1870, nré-abilt legal-tender to the mnount of $5. The colnags of tho “ Trades " hus heen ns follows: We presume there ure not many ‘Trides uf 1874-'5 cleculating in thia country, us they wera neatly all sxported to Chiua. The ‘Trades in cirewiation are mostly those of 1457, When Conaress meets, the {ilng to do la to pass a little DI making sl Tradu dollars o legal- tender, and alsu to provile that as fast ns they come Into the 'Frensury they shall be recolned Into standord dollars, " 1t fs only neccssary for the people to ask thelr members of Cungress to muko the Trads dollars legal-tenders to have It done, These who plek them up now at thelr bullion value will make a geod speculation, o8 Cungress witl, with little doubt, legalize then anonge 1ts first acts on reassembling next Des cember,—threo months hence, There secms to ben dlspusitlon everywnevs among the wita of the heyspapers to ke the most of the patronymle of th vobled the Pullnan Car Compauy. hin nnine wos AXGELL with o surplus f, It has ehelted n great many bad puns and some good ones from those who are fueltued to take a philosophical view of Mife, and to laugh rather than ers over such unfortunate not he avoided, The New Yorl; Tooking Into the Scripturcs to vents 8 cai- fiuds that *the noclent Ilcbrew books mention 8 varitLy of angels, though none of them spent thefr thie i flehing from the celestial powers that trusted and employed thom. Tho Chlcagu fugitiva spelis his nome, v s true, with o double 7, but the Company whose Seeretary ha was gave lim, as tho Dircctots have widmitted, on fnch, shd he tvok an f,* which acconnts for the extra letter. what the absconder may have beeu so much an- noyed by his name a8 to be constantly tempted to contradict It by lis conduct, And of course that famitiar Stnday-school hymn, 1 want to ve an angel? comea {n for nshara of the wit, and s wade to olaytta part In the ssrcosii. ‘The Jast parody that we have ttotieed upon AN- aELL and tho gond old soiig nitns thus: 1'd Uke to be an angel, And with defaulters stand, A'poeket fult of plumler, And it o toreign Jand. i ‘The school-bovk monopoly 1s anothel ques- tion that seslously affects the peoble's pockets. A cliange of text-books luvelvea a_ tremendous exbeise Lo the barents, and shoutd not be fn- dulged in merely tosult the caprico or benefit the pockets ot the publlshers. I Milwaukee n great contest uver s change ot schuol-buoks has agitated the School Board for a long time, which has been finally rottled by awarding the contract to a certain flem for lurnisbing certain text-buoks for five years, One of the lacal vapers usserts that it never would have been awarded to this house except for tho most viguraus and peralstent cauctising and canvass- fug by the azents of the successful firnt. Sume of tho influcutial members of the Board, not- withstanding the fact that they luve mot boen fn office a year, have aceumulated a fine lbrary nlready of' educational works, the frec-wilf offering of the school-buok publishers. Of coursa b s generally surmised by the unsophisticated citizen vutslde vl the Ring, who is never conmtlted and knows nothing ubout It cxcept to gay for the new houks that aro ordered, that this liberal dona- tlan of books to tedchers, Buperintendeuts, and members of School Boards s Intenden Lo opgrateas u bribe, and that they do so operate. e’ et Noticl the Lict thit fy the Nlicteenth Olifo Cungrdsstogal Distelet, Ged, Janzs A, Gan- r1ELDhad boet nominated for the ninth time, . makes o mistako as nsuAl when it saya that' the districk has had ‘only thres Repre- seutgtives In Afty-four years, to-wit: - ELlsna WuyrrLesey, 10 years; Josuua I GippiNos, 20 years; James A, GARPIELD, 18 yoars, After the death of ' (ntuxag, the [lon, Jonx Hutemxy, of Trumbull County, served ouc term (n Congreas, where he was notsconsldered much of o success, and cave way to GAnrisLo. 1lowerer, the advico 1s guod which the Inter- Ueean secks to lucnleata by reference to the liable 6f the Revublicans of that dlstrict in Keeping an ablo and faithiul man i Congress swhen oue ean be found, Fhe distriet now cou- the Counties of . Ashtabula, Trumbull, and Mahonlug, and has ‘wiveu to fhe couniry auch stanch fricuds of freedom and good government as Bexaasns . Wabge, Josuus R. GipmiNes, -ex-Gov. Davip Tow, afl of whom aro ndw dead} sud Qen, UAn- #IzLD, who fs an nbler wan-fhan vither pf his liustrlous vpredecessors, and well worthy to succeed them in the councils of tie natfon, Mr. WiLtiax 8. Kixo, of Paciffe-Mall notg- rlety, denouuces, with epithets that, would puz. 2le Denxis KBAnNEY o beat, the ytatoment telegraphed from StePaul to the Clucago Times, that Prevident HAvES was Lo be his guest ut the Miuneapolis *Btaty Fair.” Among otficr things, e asserts: Fonpn ow the facts are that Jiidd not ' been. suaton ** Whefe, Uy Guy peregll, OF any papor, thut “lreatdont 1avin tas £ahig to tho Sinuesola Falr st Minneujiolis tiv the gitedt of Bint. Kixe." The persou wiio ever +atated ' wuch 8 thisg was the degeaded cieature whir deliberately und povely colied this Hu snd atariod it un Its cuiitse up and dow i the earila. with tho sing@lb parpose of lrymu 10 Koy thu President awuy Binneapo. 1ly by t appeagtadin thot ¢ Bty Kive 4 ) ils Bxceilulicy us Uiv guest while ho Yo be I phle cily, And, witn this (e wothe, 88, Paut fnds e sny vlEht here, vhat 1 1 to Joation tn the State Auricubinral (4,90 touch bewvutathe chirs acter of cura ol low und high dezrco that are to be exnibiied i St dual st ‘weck undor his Bilapitts, as to mako. lim Wi wartly wf thelr cqnpruty who gelloerniuly en- seagos I thls weurriious ainl tnfanouy. work, T otives of o s wrelches beding understom : 2 1 card nutlun (o7 what they may way, Thelr ordinury. Lica and sianders } havo gu. countercd lhmu;!hnnl 1he whole Rurthwest fur threy montla past, but have poraistently setiaed to Alzmiry their autnord by T Socloty—whit The perfectioh of ralirosd muchinery {s surcly approachiug: A Bouthern invention esubles the locomubive to cousuwe lta own smoko una cinders, which §9 of vast fmportuuce, and stten- tiun 1a catied ‘to anothes veluable tuveution of the Ashton Valve Comuvany, of Boston, which vompletely stitfes the hideous roar sccompauy- tug the blowing off of steam. The advantnges af such & nolicless sttachwent to raflway en- qiues are obvious, What speclally cornmenis the {nvention to rallway coupanles are its cco- nowmtenl fontures, By oo “undes-dischange pop- valve® tho scoping steam (s quietly couducted tnroupls a pipe to the feed-wates i tho teuder, This materislly lucreases the tomperature of the water used for feedluy the boller, and thus re- duces the quantity of coal required for keeping up the ueeded pressuro of steam. Thy saviug {n thiz way 14 estimuted ut ug uverage of seven pounds of coal per running wile, or & Lalf of & ton fu the workiug duy of a locowotive. - —— The neutral editor en the T¥mes yestorday bad the fead, sud of course o pitched luto both the Republicuns aud Democrats on the currency question,—rldiculing the position of both par- ties. Both the Republlcan aud the Demoeratle editors ol that suect are preparing replics o the article of 1he buutral, which witl appear in due time. Ex-Lieut.-Gov. C. D, ParkEn, of tho Beventh Congresslonal District fn Wisconsty, hus been somiuated Ly the Nutlonelisty as thelr caud)- date. But t scems that Mr, Pausei 13 uot swuct ot aw inflatlontst. Tbe editor of the Hud- sou Star, published tu Lis owu coaity, siatcs 2,684,000 B, Q07,700 0, 132 0 D, 10,000 4, 581, 450 " State Committee, s making o effort to olgaiy poor fellow who Uecaure imes has been e what was the character of the angels deseribed therein, and ‘o Zimed think ~psting match, 8ng, better still, wo ons will be lett Tk a last year's bounot. that Mr. Panxer “informed us not & week 4, that he was opposed (o any lesue of x\lrmn?’ that would depreciate 1t below par? The s sagn: e (PABKRR) I8 0 2k now o hape, money mang atd wants i common wish o tepnblicans such a Buancial polley as vl g cure the harmonlotn elreulathon uf gold, siive. and paper mongy® The fats have go gy wrouie nan fir tha flend thie tire, i —— The New York, Mera'd sayn that, fn spite of the temporary cessatiun of arders from coray, Southern polnts (hat are DOV oo much e groseed with the yellow fever o thiuk of gy thine clse, teatera report the -lrv»mnnlnuml’- to bie more brisk than ever belore nt this mm“ of the year. The surpius stock that e...h barassed the médtket for several suars ofter IhA panle hos boen extiausted, and manufaciyror haso been guantior carafully againet ovep: production. Uoids ard sy low that there g ty. tle riskc of declining on thelr handa, aud ago. wether the- prospect s cheering for the lareey; business that New York hoa known for yeyry i - " Mr. Jonst FonsyTnn (Room 4, No. 12( [0 #trect, Chivago), 8 member of the Democrayy, the, Nl hnmes of alt the candbdaten of alj the political partics. fn this Btate, and he should by asslsted 1 thils endeavor hy the caudidate, themeclves, wio shoulil send hitn, by yoss card or otherwiae, thelr full names, Invtuding tho so-called Christian name. 1t Us very Impoy. tant tn all electiGhs that the names of candiastes ahoull be corrtotly sbelied, and we presumg Mr. Fonsrrue. ithough a Democrat, will giye the Republlcans as ‘sell o8 the Dewmocrats thy Uenefit of referring to his st | e Ex-(ov, Bovtwett {s lkely to come to the front ngaln as a candllate for Congress feow, his district. 3¢ he should, that classiual allg. ston Lo “the hole in the pky " which Le mpde in Iils speech in the fmpeachment trial of Ay. prgw Jouxsos will be mado the most of by the Journalistic wits on the opposite side. e — et 1f you have & grudge azainst ' politictan of any protulnence, just reveuge yoursell by pub. Ilely suggesting that lic be nominated for Vice. President of the United States, prubably settte him ; but it it does not, then go 4 step further and get him nouiinated and clect. ed. ‘Thut will cook his goose sure, e ——— o Baxt Cany ond -DExxts Keansny intend to hunt in counles, will assert thot the “yamplre " capitalists have contracied tho currency several billions, and Keansey will calt upontho crowd to marcht against the alotesuid “altmy Imps of holl) * corral them, sug tha G— d— e, prind e, & —— Rranngr, the blatherskito Paciic dead-beat sloper, had the Impudence to go to the White House on Weanesuay and talk with President Hares concerning the rights of lahor. If he would flnd Senutor CONKLIXG and persuade him to ** poot bls Issues,”’ it uught be duing tho country some servl - e —— Tt ts praposed to runt State Treasurcr Rutz as the Repuvlican “caudidate for Congress afafnst the Demovratic Monnigox, uthe Seven- teenth District. The Belloville Advocute thivks Mr. Rurz would beat Monnisox. ———— ‘The bankrupt busluees will bu over to-mor- row, although it bdd an rin it, dud the oyster trade will cdinmenee agiln Just for the reason that there Lo an » in September, e e PERSONALS. Junes Gordon Benngtt will pole—XNorth Polo--uls lasites, Jogeph Cook has begun to plaglarize for next winter's lecture scason, 2 'wo unhappy womet maurn Angell's flignt: Saidaond the Sleeping Car'line, 'he Workingmen's party ean uover sues cecd, Tt Is too constitutionally tired to vote, 1ligh back combas are very fashionable, Lot tho sweetest thing in comba Is the loney-comb. “Thero is a place In Ohio called Olcero; but 1t was ngt named after the Pred dent's wpetches, A dismal, down-hoartod exchango suys, s An applé wronghit all oar woes."* It must Lave ‘been o greonapple, Eugenio isno longer tho loader iu the world of faanlon, or the world of fashivn would bo com- pellod 10 have the gout, Eugonle hns tho gout. Tho gout o twingo her tos, and welug & groau from e'on the une who onco adotned o throne, 1In roferenco Lo » battls above the clouds Glen. Orant, who bulleves that noue waa fought, says, **Chut's toa hixh for me." John Kelly was ht Saratoga tho other du and Mr. Tilien wondefs why ihere was uo fricadly band to polavn the spring-water, "I'he wantof monoy miikes the mayor go— Into bankruptcy, Witness the Mayor of Plttabuy, whoso labllitles aris about §200,000. Mrs, Mackoy, wilu of the great Donanzi Kiug, has & sapphiro which was once the property ‘of o Ituwstan Vrince, It cost 8150,000, Konrney is not well up in the rules of grammar; bul. s Artemus Ward nsed to ey, 4 Why care for gramiunr if you're unly kood ¥ Aw exchangs brenks julo tears, and ex- claims that the conntry has gone tu poi. Ob! wursa than that, dear ulr,—it hos xone to Potier. Franels Murphy has boou jolued iu Liv tomperance work by hla brother, aud, thoy will Niereafior uiar thy country in & double red-zribbon act, ’ My, Tilden bueljoves that John Kelly is cray, but wo #hiall not fecl eure of it until be has beon summonsy ey u witness by the Potter Com- mittee, B 1t Hogardus and Cayver Will shoot, nalng ench uthor for tarzete, tho result will he su intor- to claim tho stskes. Rallroad tralug loso a good deal of timo dally iy belng compulled (0 stop a0 froquantly tv put off gicwbers of the Workiugmeu's party who are trying tosteat u side. A wnlly well-dnforiiod papor tells us {hnt slicre arv no reserved weate in leaven, _ So all of ue stamd Juvbas goud 4 chancy i gup @ Frunt sval aw Jil Davis or Jhn Andurson. A Wahnsh avenue bourlliug-hiouse kooper Nas recently employod & copk with cardinal-red halr, b save vho is boand 10 faeton the tespons silility fur tha hair ih tho biasb whirs It buloags. Blsmarck ks guined thirteon pounda within & year, and, witbout desitlng 10 break up the peace- 0] reiatione wincn vstes botween us, we shall vou- turg o cxpress thy beliof thut Niswarck bv 8 Dbioated becrholdor, - A corsespondont wiuts to know why women never sleop I church, Doublless it 18 be- cauvs they ary top anxivas to discover sowu un- (ortunate woman in the congregution Who 1s wear: Au English sclentist, i¢ v sald, has Als- covered that 1ying produces s huskiness of the tyroat, Loforo we ean sezopt thisasa fact, whil Eolieh sclontles uxplain 1 us why Ji Auderson can spuak abore a whlapery ‘Mo Loulsville Courlar-Journal soys tha +ogapiblore -have been uslug the tumb-stones of the Dalijwore Methodlst Cowclaty fur e Llea." Now wo would Jke 10 know it the deud arvse when they ulayed thele it tuuwp, Tho pockothiook- of Alrs. Chenory, of Mase., was siruck by lightning the other dav and 4 gruonbacks Wero consnmed, whlle tho silver I §t was morely & teifie blackened, Vet in wnito of theso rebukes of au angry Providence, we supposc Tontman and Bam Cary will go gt on howliug for Koft wuney, King Leopold, of Belgium, who was pro- verblally stingy, geve s baunes to & Brossels o cioty. In hiv speceh at Lic proseniation, she Kiok exprosscd 158 bup 1hat the standard-bearce wad not fatigued Ly the welght, **Ou! na, sire,” ro plivG tbe Belgian, Wiaking 1o wey somethtag po- lite, **everybody kuows thst yous Mujeaty's \n- cuts oro never b TELEGRAPHIC NUI'E S Suectul Dispaick (o T4 lound. Ixplanaroly, Ind., Aug. 20.—The ¢ty a5 seeswent fur taxation tols year foots up VA T TA5, —§ 50,0 Teas Than Last year ‘That wip s B mmmmmT