Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 27, 1878, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: IRIDAY, 8 the Republicans of the district have evory reason fo feel satisfied as to the probable re- sult as between two oandidates, the ono & comparativo atranger, and the other fully nlive to the wants and foolings of the peoplo of the district. E—~T'0STAGE PRETAIN. 12.00 W0 Conex, the Washington Kearneyite, ix now fully provided with the outfit necossary for a spongling-tour among the Bocinlists of the conntry. Ifa contrived to gather in hia wake a =ilhle of disreputablo loafers and chioken-thisves, whom be used for the pur- pose of atlracting attention, sud finally succeeded in gotting arrceted and fined, In addition to theso advantages, he hos managed to interview the Presidont, who, to be sure, did all the talkiug, and improved the opportunity to read his visiter o wholesomo lecture. Now that Comex has been made & martyr to a despotic Government and has stood faco to faco with the President for five minutes, he is prepared Lo solicit attention and nickels aftor the man- ner of Kearvzy. The workingmen of Wash- ington spnrned him as an upstart and a nui- sance, and the workingmen of the West, should Congx come this way, should do no less. raf, per in flon: Literary and Heiigions Dioutia Epecimen coplea sent frea. Glve Post-Uftice sddres In full, foclnding State and Comnty. Remittances may be mede either by draft, express, Fost-Oftice onler, or In regletered Ictter, at our fisk. TERMS TO CITY AURACRIBERS. Dafly, dollvered. Funday excepted, 23 cents per week. Dally, delivered, Bunday included, 50 cents per week. Address THE TRINUNR COMPANY, * Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chicago, Iit, Qrier for thio deltyery of T ToINUNE at Kvanston, Englewood, and Hyde Park ieft fn the counting-room ®llireceive prompt atsentlon. TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES. Tnx Crricano TRINUNE has established branch offices for the receipt of subscriptions and sdvertisements ss follows: NEW YORR—Noom 20 Tridune Ballding. F.T.3Mo- Fapory, Manager, PAIIS, France—Xo, 16 Rue de 1s Grange-Bateliere. 1. Manreg, Agent, E The New York Republican State Conven- tion at Baratoga yesterday proved to be in every respect a gathering of mon united for” earnest work, Entiro harmony pre- vailod, and the absence of disturbing eloments in the pioceodings was 8 clear evidence that the support- ers and oppouents of Benator Covx- Lixeé lave buried the hatchot, and will Inbor together for the good of the party. The unusual spectacle waa presented of Mr. Coxgrixa aud Gaorox Wrnrtax Cun- 718 in hearty nccord upon the plat- form, tho latter in au enthusiastio spoech econding the formor's motion for the adoption of tho resolutions, The speech of Mr. Conkuixag contained no allusion cal- culated to excite acrimony, and was Joudly applauded 8s well for its soundness on the currency question as for its tone of amity snd good-will. 'The platform is squarely for honost-money, greenbacks and coin of equal purchasing power, and tho Republicans of New York are to.day in botter shape to moke it win than they have bLeen for years. MeVicker's Theatre. Madizon street, between Dearborn and Btate. Ene magemant of Juseph deflerson. **Rip Van Wiokle." & Tlooley’s Theatres Tandotph street. between Clark and Tasialle, Rice's Evangeline Combination. **Evangellne.” Tiaveriy’s Theatre. Dearborn street, corner of Monroe. **The Danites.” Hamlin’s Theatre, CIark street, opgoslto the Court-Tlouse. Engagement of Mre. Chanfrau. **Parted.* Acndemy of Ausle, Talsted strect, between Sisdison snd Monroo, Vae tiety entertaloment. Expos Lake shore, foot of Adam at, White Stocking Tark. Laka Shore, foot of Washinglon street. Whites ya, B Game calicd at DEMOCRATIO FAMILY TROUBLES. No attentive render of the newapspers for tho last fow days can doubt that there is trouble {n the Demooratic family. Its con- dition moy be picturosqaely described as “all tore up.” Whother at the North or at the South, regarded locally or nationally, tharo is a claug Like aweot bolls jangled, ont of tune and harsh, Not that there hos boun of late years ** that noblo and most govoreign reason " about the Domocratio party which would make the presont discord so very lamountable; but thero had grown np a confidones in the resur- rection of this political organization which presonts A strong contrast to the disjects membra thot aro now scaitered loosely throughout the conntry. Since tho eloction of 187G, whon tho Domocrats camo nearer to the spoils than thoy had beon for sixteen fong years, and since thoy hiave counted on the basis of a *Bolid South,” there Lns bLeon - a genoral sentiment among san- guino mombers of the party that it was only necessary to await the elec tion of 1880 to sweop everything beforo them. DBut Gen. Grayt was right when he sald - that i¢ is always safe to count upon Democratic blunders at the right time, and the party dissensions of to-day are tho direot oftspriug of tho chinracteristio Democratio qualities of groed nnd assurance, The Dem- ocratic party could not await the advantages of circumstance, bul have proceeded to ex- hibit their unfituess for prospority and their dishouest tondenoles, Tho first notablo blunder of the parly was tho movement in Congrass to crowd Haves out of oflico in uttor violation of law and the Democratic obligation of acquiesconce in o rexult brought about by lawful means, The country caught quickly at the apirit and pur. pose of the Porren Iuvestigation, and there was a general ronction among the conserva- tive claases ngaiust tho rovolutionary aim of the movewent. Tho Democratio politicians discovored the error that had been made, and ondeavored at least to concoal the real purpose Irom view, and they may have es- caped tho penalty of this blunder in part by their subsequent decoption. But tho sec ond notable blunder wau the encouragement univorsally extouded to the Communists and Fiatlsts, Tho Domocrats showod themaolves ready to sock anow element of strength at the sacrifico of principle; this, of itself, was a warning to the country, But, worse still, tho new element which the Domooratio poli- ticinna started out to encourage proved itself 80 encrgotio and independent that it was able to swallow up its protensious patron, Theso wero tho chief blunders of the Dom. ocratio managers, but they have boen sup- plemonted by mauifold others of a local character, that havo helped to scatter the forces of tho party, Tho reeunlt is soon in tho porty domorslization everywhers, In Maino the eleotion served to bury the Demo. cratio party, as such, out of sight, and the success of ita protege ennbled Bourires to gobblo up tho Massachusatts Oonvention. It i3 all very well for a larga number of repu- table and self-respecting Democrats to got togother at Boston and declara themsolves as “the Democratic party of Massachusotts, in allianco with the National Dem. ocratic party,® and to denounce tho pretonscs of the Borua Convention a8 “utterly falso sud frawlulent™; but the faot iy, that the Convention which nominated Bureen was the regular Democratio Conven. tion of the Btate, made up of dolegates choson by the primaries and caucuses of the party with a full knowledge of Bunres’s candidaturo, The action finally taken by the Worcester Convention was confirmied by threo-fourths of the delegates to this regular Convention, and the Boston Couvention can only represent, at thenoat, a respectable bolt, ‘Tho decency and strength of the Boston mnss-meeting of Democrats may command Epecl "ig‘k i thie M. A D Seork an the Sl Do Tugdted, iy urer i Wil KEIIL Becretary, » APOLLO COMMANDERY, KO. f, K. T.—Epectal thia (Friday) afternonn at 0. {n clock: ho evening at 7 o'clock. “The Order of the Teinple will ferred. Visilors always weicome, o iy ordor of the Command 3.5% pUNLor, Recorder, 8 CHAPTER, No. 43 T A Yot Tk ot Tanjons corataily FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1878. Greenbacks ot tho New York Stock Ex- ciinnge yesterday closed at 903, According to advices received in Washing- ton, and yusterday discussed at the Cabinet taecting, affairs in Mexico are in a bad way. Tho Dssz Admmistration has no money with which to pay the Federal officers and the aiwy, and the prospects of a stablo Govern. ment for thut distracted Republic are ex. ceedingly slendor, ‘The r:ccnymendations 1a behalf of Capt. Jast-s . Wimnte, of Chicago, for appolnt- ment g Gencral Superintendent of the Trostal Ratlwar Iea wern yesterday filed with the President and Postmaster-General. T Trmwy: VWurre's prealiar fliness for the place, and can only repeat that a befter appolntment could not possibly be made, Louisville i+ just now the scene of n yel. low-fover scare which hos already caused a Leavy exodus of people whose nerves are unable ta bear tho strain of the rumory and cxugyerations of *now casen” A ecity whieh has received with open arms ths refugoos from the fever districts further south deserves better luck than to be itsulf depopulated by panie at this Iate hour, Wo print this morning the special roport of the Custom-1louse ‘Comnmission, in which the frands and dishonesty of Mr, Lyprcxen, Specinl Deputy of the New York Custom- llouse, were brought to the attention of the . Bucretary of the Treasury, Aftor roading this report, no porson can question tho ne. censity forced upon the President of remov- ing the Colloctor who porsisted in retainiug that Depaty in offie r———— Tho trial st Now Haven, Conn., of tho Tev. H. A, Haxpe for tho murder of Many Brawnano has tenninated in a manner very unsstisfuctory to the prosecution, the Court Laving ruled out the testimony of the sister of tho murdered woman as to what the latter told hier, and discharged the prisoner per- emptorily, The counsel for the State with- drew from tho case in consequenco of the numerous adverse rulings of the Justico, and it fa probable that the defoudant will yet be brought before the Buprems Court en & bench.warrant, Tt i3 evident from the tenor of the foreign dispatches of this morning that the British Home Government will not take upon itsclt tho task of resenting the recent insult offered 1o the Enoglish Buvoy by the Ameer of Ca- * bul, but will leave the entire direction of whatever retalistory measures may bo do- cided upon to the Indian Govornwent, at tho head of which as Viceroy ia Lord Lyr. ToN. The reason which prompts this course on the part of the Disrarus Ministry is be- Jieved to be a desira to avold complications with Russia, which might possibly ensue wero England to sssuwe the responsibility of invading Afghanstun without. consulting 1he Goverument at St, Petersburg, The Democrats of the Third Congressiounl District wppear to have boen fairly shamod into makiug a nomiuation that is not a downright disgrace to the party. ‘They nar. rowly escaped putting up-a perfect watch for tho caudidates fu the First and Becond Districts, and only succeeded by selecting an ulmost tolal strunger as theirstandard.bearer, Judge 'Tree, the nomines of yesterday's Con- vention, hes been a continuous sojourner in foreign countries for over three years, aud is notevenuow inaposition to be informed of his nowigation without the sid. pf a cablegram. is views rclative o tho vital juspes of the day aro of nccesty unknown, and his long sbsenco frow the United Statds cangot’ have Huiled to in souw mossuro depronse bis ffull. iurity with (ho wmerits of fHose issuds, ' Nover for the ticket they have put forth the sup. port of the better oloment of Demoosals, in spite of its irregularity; but, even in that evout, the party will only be divided and scattored, which ig but little better thun ag sbsolute surrendor, ) Tho aunilillation of the party in Maine and ity utter demoralization in Aassachu, sotta aro only a little more pronounced than the evidences of disintogration elsowhere., In Connecticut, tho Democratio Convention wade o focble and half-bearted effort to sbide by its hard-money traditions, butat the same tiwe it stultided itécl? and throw a -s0p to the Nationals' by denouncing the Resumption act, Tho practical aim of the un setive partisan politician, the velurned truveler, in the ovent of his acceptanco of the nomination, will flud the fild new and - stguuge eud dificwlt i lwavy respucts ; aud pasty in that State is tho sama as in Maine and Massachusetts, for tLo Democrafs aud Nationals have united on the same Congres- siopal candidates, If tho Republican pasty bo defented jn Connecticat, the triumph will ba for the Nationals, and not for the Demo. crats, In New York tho Democrats aro at loggerheads among themselves over TiLpEN and Tammany rule. They camo very near to & genoral row during the firut day's sesaion of their Convention, and tho fact that the Tammany mob barely gnined tho ascendenoy raveals an opportunity fok a fartier develop- ment of the dissension. Individual evidences of disintegration are occurring all over the country. In nearly every Southorn Btate there arc indepondent movements protesting againat the Donrbon olemeont, and threatoning to dissipate the dream of a * 8olid Bouth” long beforo the next Prosidentinl election. Fint monay has cnt a considerable fignre in the Southern Democratic rows ; but, whatever the eanso, an amount of bad feoling is being engen- dered which will not be allayed in time for that universal harmony on which the party has counted as the means for gaining cou- trol of tho Government. Wa reonll a fow of the quarrels in Northern States, which aro enough to show how gonerally all Domocrats sre falling out with one another, . In the Fifteonth Ponnsyl. vanin District Dimurcx wns nominnted, whereupon the Piltaburg I’osf, tho chief Domocratia paper in the State, oxposes hia record, and adds: “ Wo hope the Demo- crats of the district will reject Drarcrn's nomination with unanimity, for, bad as his candidaocy {s, his election would be a greater misfortune to the parly.” It is only a day or two since that Trr Trtpune published an nacconnt of tho trinls and trfbulationa which Convensx has encountered in running for Congress in the Ninth Ohio District, and thero are indications that tho Nationala i that State will coniribute to the dofont of some of the Demooratic candidates who have pandered to them. In Indians, too, it has been discoverad that, in spite of the truckling charncter of the Domocratic platform nnd tle abject attitudo of the Domocratio candidates, the Notionals threaten to bring abont the defantof the DemocraticStata ticket, Chicago Demoornts, as if not to be behind in this general family row, succeeded in promoting such a quarrel in the Becond Congressional District that ono of the loading candidates announcad his intention of taking the stump sgninst the nominee, nnd the losa of the dis- trict has boen tolarably well nssured. Every- where tho Domocrata scom to have been on- tively succosafnl in keoping away or driving off all tho conservative people who were in. clined to act with them on account of somo dissatisfaction with the Ropublican party, and at the sametime thoy have only cou. tributed to the abnormal growth of a new party, which they supposoed they could whip in aud claim as thelr own, THE END OF OUR CARTER. ‘When in the course of political events it becomes necessary for o constitnency to dis- charge its Congrossman and hire another, it is neither gracious nor grateful to let the ex- employe drop out of sight without n public recognition of bis services. While this i proper in the case even of an unconspicuons Congressman, it becomes an imperative duty in tho casa of one like Qur OanTER, who has occupled so prominont a place in the public attontion, and who has made for himself n national reputation, Such a recoguition is due to Our Canten, not only on nccount of past gorvioes, but beosuso it may help to ense bis fall and to administor o lurgo degroe of consolation, Probably the most effectiva consolation under the circumstances will bo tho reflee. tion that, evon iu tho highly improbablo ovent of 1he election of the neow nomince, ho fs much too smallto wear Our Canten's mantle. It haa been the habit of envious oppopents of Our Carren to likeu him to My, Merryman in-the circus. Even if the cowmparison could bo sustained, it {s not vory creditable to the intelligence of the peoplo of his district that thoy shon!d select, in placo of tha funny man who occupies 8o im- portant aplaco in the ring, the man who poddles lomonade among. the benches, In his capacity as Reprogentative from the Becond District of Illinois, Our Cantxn is to be crodited with having done a fuller scope of justice to tho Amorican Eagla than any of Lis coutomporaries or predocossors, Both Mr. Wepstzr and Mr. Orax were accustomod to round their periods with allusions to this remarkable bird, but thoir bird was a spring chickon ns compared with the majeaty of Our Cantea's, Ho first exhibited him in his full dimensions and kingly bearing, callod sitontion to the breadth of his pinions, tho lustra of hia eye, the beauty of his plamsge, aud the aweep of his tail. He first let him loose and bade him girdlo the empyrean. He firut tracked his scronwming flight across the Continent. Ia first saw him rise like n halecyon out of tho tur- bulent Atlantic, wing his way over great citios, smiling villagos, broad acres of grain, ondless strotohies of sage-brush, snow. capped ranges of mountaing, and big-tréed valleys, nover tiring in his flight until ho had dipped his wings and cooled them off [n the sprays of the calm Pacifie. It waa one of those grand plotures that Lbelong with such efforts as CoLgminar's apostrophe to dont Blane, Doxanr's oddress to the ‘Watorfow], Stoavay’ musical setting of the Blue Danube, or Vicron Huado's graphiec do. scription of the Devil-fish, Our Oarten is furthermore to be eredited with having rescued the Marine Band from the maliguity of his partisan associates, who, having no music in thelr souls, wero fit for troason, stratagoms, and spoils, and had doomed tho luckless national horn-blowers to an untimelyend, 'The malignity of the at. tack divorced him from his alloginace to party, Ho deliberately cut loose from (e majority and rushed to the roscue of trombone, trumpet, and kottledrum, He defied the ridioulo of lus party and the joers and jibes of unmusical membens, and lot logse that same torrent of resistless cloquence which bad enabled the Amarican Eagle to rouat higher than ever before. Ho saved tho Band, and it ia all the more to his credit that he bad the courage to savo & bad Band, & very bad Band, au aggregotion of mediocre Llowors aud impotent percussionists who, as a wholo, wero not worth sdving, however’ estimable they may bo as private oitizons, It only vemains for us to chronicle the third jmportant event of his ofticial life. Having given the Eaglo an approyrlate send- off aud saved tho Band, he next devoted his energles to Firzuvan, who was * biger thau old Grant,” and soon had that mognificent Doorkeeper toppling down In témpestuous ruin, 'The next man who presumed to sock the place, the scarred old voteran of a hun- drod hard fights for hiy country, tho gallant old Irishmau who thought tho country wmight do something for him iy his declining yearv, ‘was, tho next to go down before Our Oartes's flail, tomake rooua for bis Confederato cousin, ' Fuero, Thus ends the recond, and with it ends Our Cantes's official carcer. Mo will hereafter 8tuy at bowe, snd will Lave the cousolation PTEMBER 27, 878, of reding the person named aa his Fuccossor slay at homo also, and a bettor and moro nrefnl man than either fill tho seat from the Second District. 1le may bhnve beon tho clown in tho cirens, nx hin irrovorent crities claim, but he has nono the less boen n gon. tleman. Ho may have been tha Herlquin of the Iouse, but ho has been an honest man. o did not enlist in the support of subsidies and jolw, but he chaerfnlly undertook the eause of the Ameri- can Eagle aml tho ' Marina Band, and there was no money in eithor. The Pand issues many notes, but they are a1l bad snd irredeemablo, and the more a man hns of them the worse off he s, 'The Eaglais without a dollar, though no dollar is without the englo. Our CUanten's fate offers ono consplenous warnipg to ambitlons Con- gressional nspirants. Do not talk too much. Avoid garrulity, Had Our Canten moin. tained n discrect silence, ho would havo passed for a groat man, 1o s the victim of bLis own talk, washed up high and dry on tho boach by tho torrent of lis owun worda. His career was briaf, honest, funny, gontle- manly, and speechy. Detter men may follow bim, but none whom we shail mias so much, Wo bLid him hail and farewell. Gone to meet the Eagle. WHAT OREENBACKISM PROPOSES, The term ** Greenbackism ” is a very com- prehensive one, It is nusod to express opin- ions and alms of the most widely differont character,—from that of the man who favors the continuance of tho present number of legal-tender notos, provided they can bo kept at par with coin, to that of the man who favors tho unlimited issne of such notes, provided they are mada absolute money, irredeemnblo at nuy time and in any form, Exactly what the aim of tho Greon- backers is mny be sald o bo very indefinite, and ong of the grest diMonltios of consider- ing the quostion is to ascertain what is really the end songht. Itisonlyoccasionally that wo havo n frank disclosure of the ultimato pur. pose of the party, and one of thess disclos- ures by an authoritalive representative is that made by Mr. Buuvee, of New York, the editor of the Advocale, which s tho rocog- nized organ of the party in the Enstern Btates. Mr. Saueg, in o lengthy atstemont published in tho Now York Koening Post, states the objeots, nimg, and purposes of tho National.-Greonback pnrty, and this stato- mont, which {8 quite long, we condonso as follows: 1. The Domocratle party will at onco sink into and be.lost in the National party; the Democratie party will not survive tho No. vember clection, after which there will bo but two partics, the Ropublican and the Na. tional party. *‘On the one side you will see the party of {ufiationists, borrowors, and Inborors; on tho other aido the party of con- servatives, lendors, aud enpitalists,” 4, Tho National - Domocratic- Greonback party will oloct a Congresa which shall issno 1£1,600,000,000 aud spend the money in s vout system of intorosl improvemonts. The Erio Canal will be widoned =o as to ndmit son-going vessels, and Lo extanded from To- ledo to Ohicago. Tho Missiasippi River will be widencd a3 far north as 8t. Paul. Tho Bonthwestorn Tarritorios will Lo traversed with railronds. For thros yoars 21300,000,000 will bo issued by the Nat.onal Government aud paid to laboring meu, 3. Tho Government can pay off the bonds with theso greonbucks if it choosos, or it can manufacture the monoy as it did during the War, 4. Theso groenbacks, will never be ro- deomod. 'Thoy witl oxist as capital in the internal improvemonts of the conatry. Peo- ple will not be at liborty to rofpse this money ; the Government will mnke it logal- tendor, nud they will bo compelled to ac- cept it 5 b, Tho capitalists will go to tha wall. Money will bo 8o plenty that they will only get 8 por cont intercat,—$1,500,000,000 of new monoy inthreo years will give overybody work to do, This, divested of o multitudo of words and meaningless sentonces, was the statomont of the editor of tho recognized organ of the party,—an organ which = ¢lalms to send 43,000 copioa to Massachusotts, pdid for by Burees, 'This schema of internal improve. mounts, howaver vislonary and impossiblo, 18 held out, like thoae of Jomn Law, nearly two hundrod years ago, as capablo of accom. plishment by tho mere process of printing papor wnoney, and i just now reovived ns crodulously as it was then by wulti tudes of people, who are dostlned, If it should Dbe attempted, to witnoss the snme desolation and ruin whioh over- took the victims of Law. 'Tho possibility of foating such paper, and to such an amount, socrus nover to be doubted, The iden pre- vails that whon the paper is logal-tendor it must be taken in oxchango for commoditics, and this s one of tho deluslons from which there will ba a terrible awakening somo day. There nro now about §670,000,000 of paper mouoy outatandiog in this couutry, Of this about $70,000,000 may be said tobe **at yoat "—tlt is, held as ronorves—and inactive, The other 600,000,000 15 in use sud at par with coln, ‘'Thal sum, thercfore, socms to mendure the capacity of the couutry to ocarry paper money at par, thers belng only 100 days fotervening befors it will bo re.” deomablo in coln, “The law aud tho national pledge promise redemption in coin 100 doys hence, and $GU0,000,000 of paper monoy is all that can be kept at par, Now, bow muchean bo floated at par, if tho near promise to rodeem in coin be repealed, and the paper be dependunt fapon the chance of future redemption? It is safe to sssuma that, in casw all promise to redvom bo with. drawn, and redemption reduced to s chanco, not over £300,000,000 could be kept ¢ or ocar par. This would therefore reduce the current valuo of the $600,000,000 to 3300, 000,000, or 7i0 cents on the dollar, If, how. over, the policy o declarid to issue $1,600,- 000,000, or $1,800,000,000 additional paper, with the declaration that the whols should be forcver frrodeemnble, aud this paper sbounld be issued in throe oqual anuuol iustallments, theu the declining valuo of the paper fssue woald be measured by the inorease of issue, It 000,000,000 of paper, doprived of all logal promise or guarauies of redemption, would recede in valus to @300,000,000, then the addition of 8000,000,000° of pe- per, whilo leaving th¢ cash or coin valuo of the whole uachanged, would ro- duce that of each ‘mote from 50 cents on the dollar 025 couts, and tha issue of each additional §600,000,000 would reduce the value of the curreucy in the pro- portion that the sam of $300,000,000 which flie coudfry might float g¢ par will bear to the ‘whole suw issued, ‘Lhe par valug of poper issued without loggl prowmise or. con. tract to pay is known not.to, excood $300,- 000,000, Issuing more paper, whother it be £100,000,000 or $3,(XX),M‘009. will not fn. crease tho valug of that”puper which the country can or will snstain, ‘Thus, whother 1t Le £,800,000,000 or §2,600,000,000 of flay kind of papor, the uitnoat value it can have is the #300,000,000. Al the water in Lake Michigan cannot strengthen or add to the qualitics of a gallon of molasses. The molastes may boe sprond over an immense surfaco, but thero will bo bnt one gallon after all. Watering tho onrrency cannot add to tho valne boyond that amonnt which the country conld Yont or maintain at par. The legal-tendor quality of monoy only provails in the case of paying debts, aud that soon exponds itself. Making anoto nlegnl-tendor will not enable a man tobuy bread withit, and no man can bo compelled to soll goods on credit payable in legal-tonder paper. If thero bo no other monoy with which to mako exchanges, the mnn who wonld take 86 in legal.tender notes for a pair of boota in Septomber, 1878, when thore s only $600,000,000 of paper money, redeemnbla 100 days henco in coifn, will, a year honce, when that promise is repealed, and there are 81,200,000,000 of logal paper outstanding, ask 218 in legal-tendsr for the same kind of boots, and as the amonnt of papor increases tho price of the boots will incrense in proportion, and this will go on until the orlginal valuo of tho paper becomes so dilnted that it will coase to ba computed atall, It will readily be seen that $1,800,000,000 of irredoomnble paper moncy, haviug a cash valne of say 300,000,000, will not purchase any moro labor than if thera wore only $300,- 000,000 of tho paper issued, The iden of issuing watered papor money with o viow of carrying on a national aystem of internal im- provements, such as has boen mentionad, is oneof those dolusions with which demn- goguos, recking present advancemont, do- coive and swindlo the uninformed and un- thinking. The reader can well nnderstand the distarbanco that would attend any such inflation of the currency, changing and ro- ducing tho valua of the wages dollar from day to day. Is not this whole schome, after all, a more offort on tho part of some debtora to hold their property without paying thoir debts? Ontside of the monay invested in bonds, thoro aro nt this time not less than $2,000,- 000,000 of hard earned monoy belonging to merchants, traders, business men, bnilders, workmen, women, gnd children on deposit in the varions banks, sav- ings institutions, and other depositorios in the country, This money is tho accumu. lations of yoars, and it belonges lo sovaral millions of people, in sums ranging from $10 to 21,000 nud over each, To water the cur- rency o8 proposed, and reduca the valuo of these porsons’ praperty—their money, their all—from par in coin to G0, 25, or 10 conts on the dollar, ia one of those schemos of in. famy which can hardly bo stigmatized in fitting terms, Why should such a thing be done? To onnbleacomparatively fow persons, who havo bought property on eredit, to ro- tain the proporty withont psying this debtal 1s that a motive to induce the American peo- ple to commit an act of madness, folly, and erimo ? ‘The Toss of the excurafon stoamer Princess Alice tn the River Thumes, by which some 700 versons lost their llves, has. been duly an- nounced. Tho next Sunday after tho horrible accldent occurred from cighty to & hundred thousand peoplo of all ages, sexes, conditions, and colors weot down from London to ses the wreck and have a day of it. A correspondont ot the New York flerald says that, while the preachers wero expounding to thelr flocks the owlul lcssons of the catastrophe, the mob on theriver was alTording o shameful and degrad- fug speetacte that witl makeths Now Zealander, whea ho sits on the arches of London Bridge and reads of the aad eveut fn the chronlcles of Kather Thames, blush with shame, Scores of pleasure-boats, londed to the wator's odge, came dawn the river to look at tho sight. Scores of four-horse omnibuses left London for the scenc of the disaster. The wrecked portlons of the boat were crowded with sizhtseers, mauy eagor to secure rolles, ploces of chalrs, tables, artlelesof clothing,—anything, indeed, that could bocarrled uway. River thicves nbounded, The foul liviog gloated In pleasure over the cor- ruptivgdesd. A corvespondent of & London newspaper thus descrlbes this horrid Sunday carnival: Tn tha shoal of Loats that dragged for corpsos or hung greeddily ubont the wreck ono boheld sncn typea oa might be ealled anti-human with a kindof teuth—foul Watar birds of night, creeping’ aronnd for prey. . A police inspector sald, **All the wator thioves of London aro out''; but one did not uceil the oxglnnauun. v s o At the Dockyard shed scveral (hiovos have boen arrested, and one, who unclyonsty wept snd mourned, was canght In the act of twikting o rlng from o dead wuman's fingor. Tho unoatural viijain wore s white tio and broad. « . Hideons,degraded buinys swarmed ontly pushing in theie flthy vatched, and evil-looking on thomwelved, . . » ‘Cne watormen find the con- veying of sighteeers to the ylace of the wreck #o profitavic that they rofuse to search for Corpaus oF 10 take charge of them when found, Kor the lat- 1er wervicn tiwy rocelve fve shillinss per body: for tho former nourly us tuuch, and they carry o score of foads 10 tho 4ot d . o 'Phe tradesneos ple of tho neighborho olag a ruaring busi- e, cloth, . suout the l\'lnl] wherries, paint A representative of the Detrolt News recently bad un luterview with the Hou. D, A, Cunistia, Presidout of tho Benste of the Dominion of Cannda,—a sharp, sbrewd Scotchman, who has risen Lo bis present poaltion by shecr forco of werlt and honest endeavor. In the courae ot the Interview Mr. Citmistin cxpressed the opinion that the cause of tho defeat of the Gay- ernment was the hard thnes, and, upon belng questioned as to the causo of the hard times, put the whole thing In a nutshell as follows: Your Groenbackors hero are ralslug Just the samo howl au that with which tho Cauadian Convervatives ot lnto power,—thut of bard tmes, Ifard tines cama from overoruduction, frum laziiess, from tho ansiety of worklugmen to get len houre' nay for elght hours' work, frow ‘the indivposition of ien for bo v contonted Wit ittie and ot wi' malr,* from want of theift, from devation to whis- ky Instead of the svlnze bank, from e: I hving uud crowding into citics, fron the diu cluation of men o pudh Cocward tnta tho viegin iaudé which our and your country offur 80 profiusys 1y, und do what our furefailiers did—hew out com« petencies. Although the election turned upon the issue of g rotallatory taril agalust the United Btates, Mr. Custratin is of oplulon thot thers will bp uo turit changes. On the otier haud, *Cunada could not adopt a tariff of s protective or a ro- taliatory character againet tho United Btates without the consent of the Parlfament of Qreat Britain, and that Parllament s, a8 you are aware, freo trado to the core.” e —— When & jealous husband hives another man o wateh hils wife, e should sclect ove who fe uot likely to knock dowa and got away with the domestlc pershnmon blmself. This safe rule did not suggest itsell to Mr, O, B. llazzw, of Bowling, In tols State, whon he hired Georax Newcoss to look after Mrs, Ilazus. On the coss. ning for office this year tho Buard seems to be could be put to. tha express purposs of mulcting the punli glish sustalned 1t will save the ity 3250,000 annually, coming to the front In almost every district, The Ropublican conventions havanot been be- ‘hind the Democrata In setecting new men. And there Is another notablo ovkience of tha popular deatro for achange: O all tho agltatora of the Independent-tirconback causo who led off In the revolution of 1374, which sent flve men to Con- gress and thirty-eight to the Ueneral Asscmbly, not o halt-dozen have been heard from this year. Arexanner CaMmrngtl, of LaSalle, ana A, E. Srevessoy, of Bloomington, have been renom- inated for Congress, but for the General Asscm- bly Harown, of Da Witt, Is tho only oue. The two HAINES®S, PAnRIsE, DROWN, (t.AssronD, Prusp, Anpriont, ALLEN, PINNRY, AmitToN, are each rolegated to that obscurity they courted whon thay undertook to set up & polit- feal party of their own, with “ Brick” Posx- ¥ROY, *Kewanca® 8xmir, and Broner Mrens forlealera, On Tuesday tho sarviving members of the Tenth Itlinols Cavalry held a reunion fn Spring. fleld, which was well attended, and wasan agreeable aml successful gathering, Col T. D. VrangNnuna read a very full and interesting iatoricat sketch of the regiment, commencing with lta organization scventoun years ago and camp near Clear Lake in Sangzamon County, ‘The reghnent was musterea into the United Htates service 1,114 strong, In January, 1803; on the22d of that month {t was ordored to the front tn Missourl, Arkansas, Louisiann, Mis- slssippt, Florida, Texns,” and the Indlan Na- tion. The regiment was continned In serviee from January, 1863, to 1806, and from the first to the last the regilment had upon its rolls 2,500 names. Tho number lost by denth was 260. Tho Tenth Cavalry was engazed lo many battles, and particlpated in many ime vortant expeditions, Other suceches Wwero made by Gov. Cuitos, Jony M. Parsen, Gon. Jony Coox, Col. Hantow, Chablaln Srrixaes, and others. Inall respects the rcunlon was a grand success. ————— The ex-* Rev."” J. €. 8toucurtax i the Dem- ocratic candidato for Congress in tho Aurora Diatrict, aud the Zeacun lels him have it fu this pointed style: Thearmy waa the place to try men's metal, —and that of Stovantex was found buse Indeed. 1lia charucter would not stand the test then,—and it wuuld not In the nu responsible position of Coniressmun, As & temperance man he was o falluro in tuc Coloel's tent; as & preacher ho was # fallure in camn; ne s lrnnlgnrter of sanitary storcs he wasa fajlure on the line botwaen the . The only success that I8 revorted of him was as a supplier of sute tier’ . Mz, Broyanron, nsa candidate for Congtrees, ud a profossed advocate of pubiic morals, asn ‘‘friend to the people,™ must expect bLis e rocord to bo well laur:{ed. and it ju unfortunate for him that It 18 not a asvory ono. o The Champaian County Gaselle charges that Marpes Joxes, Democratic candidate for Con- gress in that district, drow more mileage than Ite was entitted to when s member of the Legls- Inturo, by falacly roporting tho distance he reslded from the State Capital. never denled that ho had drawn motro money It says Jones from the Stato Treasury than bo was lawfully entitled to, but during the last campaign, while hewns o candidate for thoStata Scnate, he repeatedly promised to return to tho Btate ‘Treasurcr the amount he bad unlawfully taken. Now that ho is running for Congreas, tho Gazelts wants him to exhibit the receipt, o —— Just after tho breakinx out of the lato Civit War, Louis I Hanvey, then Governor of Wis- cousin, was accidentally drowned by falling over- board from a steamboat ot Pittsburg Landing, whither he had goac to look alter Wisconsin soldiers. Ills remalug wero brought back to Wiscousin and buried at Madison. Legislature mado an aporopriation for the erce. tion of n suitable monument with approvriate inscriptions, which bas just been placal at his grave. Tho last ———— ThoStateBoard ot 1ealth 1s a prononnced suc- ‘romn the number of doctura who are run- weeding out thu professlon very clean. The Gifforence between a quack Doctor of Medicing and o quack Doctor of Laws ia very slizht, and, consllering the goneral worthlessuess of logls- Intors, I¢ 1 about the bost use a cashiered M. D, — The Fond dut Lac (Wis.) Commasnicealth prints this juley paragraph, which may by sald to pos- scss a slight local Interest: Look a1t for the Protection Lifo-Insuranca Com- pany, of Chicao. Thle concorn, organismi nlu ale though bankrupt, 14 sonding printed lettar-circu- 1arw 10 pohicy-holdees, demanding curtatn soms of money, which, **if pald promptiy,* will make *Syxpensive lawsuils unnucessary, ” Don't sund a cent to tho sharks, —their stealingy aro already Targe coough, e ——ie ‘There {8 a collezo'nt Belolt, Wis., one of the best nod inost popular institutlons of lesrning in the Weat. Under [ts shadow lives one C. 1, PArgan, Greonback oud Democratls candidato for Cougress. Writlng to the Democratic Com- mittes that tenders hun thelr support, PARKER says e “exeepts” the nomluation. Bat then Scoator Jo LANE never used o capltal lettar when writing the pame of tho Supreme Being. e a—— Asto that lurceny of account-books at Mar- quette the other day, subposed o be tu tho In- terest of Samuet, J, TILbEN, it has not yet transplired that tho business was done through the cipher dispatelies of Maxrox Manoue, Anraman [[gwITT, Hoss KrrLy, or 8ly Bastsix bimsell, The public witl awalt the dovelop. ments with curlosity, e —— The opposition to teaching German in the publie schools of St. Louls has at last vot into court, an injunction having boen Hled agalnst the School Board of tho city to prevent the giv- Ing of Instruction in uuy language except En- It iy claimed thst if the Injunction is e mi———— = T1LDEN can cheat the Gavernment out ol its reveuue, wreek a rallrond corporation, aul steul the bouks of a mining company, but he could not steal the Presidency, ‘Tuat was too much for bim. ‘ Larzer shins may ventare mord, But Hitglo buats nust Kewp near shore, A Dureen delegate by the mamd of W, 1L Cookk, ol Boston, undertook to capturs the Fancull Hall Convention, a ls the mob, but did not accomplish his purposc. Tho account of tho disturbance ends with thy slznificant remurk that he wis renloved by the Worcester pulice.” e The Tiidenltes galned a point ab Marquette on Tucsday when thoy stolo sud ran away with the account-books uf a firm, but they Jost at Byra- cuse on Wedpesday, when the Tammouyites smote them bip and thich, — e Oh, no, thero s no show for Mires Kanos, who would Hke to go down to Wushingiou, you Enow, and wake a great blow, Not auy, ——g— Kauon is a dlsciple of rarseY's, aud fol- lowed the latter's adyice, Ho corrales Qur CantER n.ul then ground him. e —— e Will 3iegs Keuoa send for lls brother dray- man, Dexni KEARNEY, tostuimp the Second cuntrary, UEoruB has been looking after Mre. Hazuw with such Incessant industry that the husband now cannot (nd clther spouss or hired man,—gonc to jolu the birds of passage. Mrs. Hazr i3 the mother of soveral children, ope of whbom she tus taken with ler - A local puper adds to the gencral scanual by giviog currency to tho rumor that JIazey hg knowledgo ot the elopement beforehaud, and that bo actually furulsbed Nawcous with money in order to facllitate their ‘flight. It tls {s wirue verglonof the aftulr, Mazex's: nelehbors wilt not swa weed on -his Suuday hat, and bis griet witl ngt bo beyond mitigation,’ e e e e e il . The strongest evidence of the ‘popular ‘np- begval now gojug on ty, IUiuots Is showy fu.thy .| wotul Luck ¢f renomivatioss. Of the 17V Bon- District with bini —— 8boll Bey BuTLen wear that white plums to “shade bis cock-eyel Navarre! e ———— f To Our CARTER, greetiug: 'Tis tha Jast rose of suunner lett fading slone, —— Carter MAxuisoN has beeu defeqted, aud now the Eagle Is for sile. . Tally o for Kzuos., UNITED PRESBYTERIANS. - Swveial D IsDatch to The Tridune. Kxowvk, la., Bept. 20.—The Syunod’ of the Vnited Preabyzerian Churcly of lowg couyened {u thyls city this eveding. The opeviug yerwon aturs and Represcatatives whoso terms explre, auly three Senators aud sistecn Repressutatives bave sccurcd a renomination thus far. Aud these, with two or threo exceptions, were men- bersof vo particular ipluguce, New wea are was deilvered by the petlring Moderator, the Rev.. 3r. Bovd, of Sowerset. Tho Rev, Duncan, of Cedar Ravids, was choscu Moderator for tho eusuiuiz year. The churches uf the State are well represcuted. The Syuod will be lu session several duys, WASIHINGTON. Cohen Movos upon the Whitos House, and Is Treated to a Lecture, DPresent Phase of the Caso of the South Carolinn Revenue Offtcers. Collector Merritt's Scheme for Cleauz. ing the New York Custom. House. Indications thal tho Present Govera. ment in Mexleo 1s Crumbling, s 8pecial Dispateh to The Tribune, WastiNaroN, D. C., 8ent, 23.—Conen, Imitat ing Kearnoy, has hod his interview with the President. Colien admits that the President occupled most of the thne In tryfug to convery him to sensitle viows of finauce.: The npparent object of Cohen's futerview was to personally assure tho Presidont that he dues not Intend to QMsturb the peace here. Uohen fa a great cow. ard, always runs when danger cumes, and been frightened at the resoluta attitudo recently taken by the Distrlct autlorities. 1o to-gay intimated that he would attempt no more pa- rades, amd will soun go West on a Iectusing tour. QORITAM'S AMBITION, The friends of (feorge Gorham, present See. retary of the Scnate, and of the Republian Cougresslonal Campalgn Conmitiee, are now urging (orham for appointinent as Chlef of the Bureau of Eograving and Printiog, to succeed Edward McPheraon, resigned. UGurham's posj. tion as Secretary of the Benate doubticss will become vacant by Democratic ascendanes that body after March 4 next, and, as the wing of the party with which he has been associated 1s defeated dn Callfornia, there 13 no political position for bim thefe. Other persons mentlon- ed In copnoction with this position bave been Galusha A, Grow, of Ponnsylvsols, and the present Congressuan from that State, A. Here Smith, AN ACT OF COURTISY. The United States Treasury to-day, 88 an act of courtesy to the Chinesa Governmneut, trans- ferred $100,000 in gold from Ban Franclsceo to Washington for the use of the Embassy with- out expense. The transfer cost tho Government uothiug, WILL PROVE ITJ ASSERTION, ‘The Treasury Dopartiment will givo & conelu- slveanswer to the Greenback charge In the ‘West that the 7-30s were [ssucd as o logal tender, by furnishing & photograph of tho orig- inal nutes, with coupons attached. RAYNOR. A new movement 18 to be made against Ken- neth Raynor, the first Old-Line Whix that the Presldent found to put In office, the now Soeit- or of the Treasury. Nothlug is charged azalost Raynor personally, but thery are {ncreasing jue dications that a changoe {n that oflles s probabte, WHITR'S BECOMMENDATIO N3. The recommendationg of Capt. James K, White for appointment to the poaitlon of Gen- eral Superintendent of the Postal Ruliway Serv- fce were to-day fled with tho DPrestdeut and Postmaster-Gogeral. TIHR BOUTH CANOLINA MEVENUE: CASES, *It 4 expected that tho steps whieh the Gove cernment will puraug In rozurd totheimnrlsoned revenuc-ofllecrs fu South Carotina will bs deck. ed upon within a fow days. They are sthl In {al), and no apotication for bail has bzen: mude to the United Statos Courts, The only ehanse {u thelr situation s that the United Siates Mar- shal holds tho key 1o thelr pelson Insteal ol tha County Sherlit, Tho ‘I'ressury Duepartin holds that tho question of Jusisdl:tion Lot the United States and South Carolina remalas unscttied, notwithatauding the travafer of the vrlsoucrs to tho Marshal, anl on trial of ths caso this question wuat siill como un for. selile: ment. Tue shng of tho case rests ot present with tho Attorn eneral, CUSTON A A, Gen, Merritt, Collector of t York, 18’ here, and has_mala the reorganlzation of tho Custori-House, whica will olfuct 8 saving of about 10,00 rer annmin, ‘Tho reorganization {8 to be made upon bitine:s principles, lu accordanico with the Civ potiey, A number of sipecuteas wre to b shed, aud where two desks ¥ :‘v‘l)muuumury to public business that 13 to be CADINET MEETING, v the Weatern Asinclated Prees. Wasmnaroy, D, €., Bept. 26,—Tae Cablnet to-day considored o lurze amount of business which bal sccumulatod during the Presbient's recent absense. ‘There yas somo e - 7ersation concerning tho clauso in the Arm, \ppeapria- tion Wil probibiting the use of the ¥Ry or auy part thereof as a posse comitutus to aid tho civil puthoritics, cte, “This clause, 1t wis sald, b | in numerous Instances been detrhnental to tue Qovornnent servive, The Seeretary of War stated, however, that he felt justilled fu direct- ng Uen. Crouk, snould he beem It 10 bo novsi- aary,to afford protectionto the Paclile Ratirouls, the (fovernment having on intervst in the roada nlld“n duty to perform in the sade couvey: ol maila. It was mentfoned fn the Cablnet that move- wments of inportance have recently oxearred v the Rio Grande, aud that witle lute uttempts to overturn the tlovernment of Mexivo hal buen unauccesaful, the country i8 in o bal con- ditlon, there belog o money to pay the Federal oflicers and army, The prospects of w stuble ;k':v;:rnluuu?- 0 Mexico every day bocoms ore alut. MRS, GEN. SHRRMAN, A tolozram ravelved b Necrotary Sherman from Dri Basil Norris, attending poystelan upon Mrs. Gen, Stierinan at Atlantic Ciiy, Is to the effect that,while his vatient 18 dangerously siei, hu has lopes of ber recovery, ATPOINTMENTS. * The Prealdent hos upoolnted thomas B, Eitis, ol Broukiyty, N, Y., lndiag Axzentat Fort ler thold Awency, Dakotas L. M, Kolley, of Elgluy 1, Las Vihos Ageney, Colorade; Josepn Stephan, of Laporte, Ind., Stunding Ik Agency, THE POUR-PER-CENTS, Bubscriptivns to the 4 per cent loan to-day, 502,500, ——— INDIAN INVESTIGATION. 8z. Lowis, Mo,, 8cvt, 20.—The Indian Com- missloner held a seerce seasion this mornlg, andadjourncd tiH this evening, when the hearivg of testimony was commenceds The gentleimen who wero examined and gave statuments werd Alfred L, Rizgs, of tho Banteo Ageucy, Ne braske; D, 8. W, Mariton, late Suverlutendont of the civilized tribes in the Indlan Territurys ox-Indlan Commissioner Fellx 1. Brunot; the fev, James . Wihber, of the Yotows Natlon, Washinglon City, of lonz experience withtue [udlany; the Hev, Dr, Lowry, secretary of the Presbvterian Board of Missluns; aud the Rev, Dr, Btrioby, Becretary of the Awmorican Congregatioual” Missionary Assoclation, 1t was the unsulmaus opinion of these gents tnat it would bo Unwlse to transfer the ludian Buresu to the War Devartment, It would nob bo any uiore economl and the Indtans sirongly opposs it. object shuuld bo to give the Indlans s conunun- s:hool cducation, teach tnem the English lauguagy, sl fnduce them to support thein: acives, Greot vonlldonce was expressed that under the proper intluences aud sdministration of allairs concerniug thym they would becomy rapldly civilized. auy of thuin are now qual- fled 16 becume citizens and have the weneral Iaws of tho cuuntry apply to taci. [t Has also the general optnion that if any change 1F made there should be an fudian Departwment, prestded over by a Cabinet oflicer. e —— AN UNUSUAL RESULT, Nxw Haves, Sept. 2.—In tho caso of the Rev. il. A. Havden, on trial for the murder of Mery Staunard, the Justiee ruled qut the testimony 0f Susau, Mary's slater, a3 to Whet tbe datter bad told ber. Couussl for the Blate said bie cxpected to bave wore evidense soui aud' agkud for an sdjourumont, Defendsut’s counsel objected, sud tha Justice refused to order au adjuaruinent. -Counsel for the Blate toen withdrew fryin the case, sud the Juatiee, alter reviewlng tha tusthuouy, ordered the prusoucr disctiurized, Mr. Haydiw recelved the couggratulations of hte numcrous triends upus the result. ‘The Btate clabng that the Justice ruled vut vital testimooy, andit s sald Mr Hayden will be brought before the next terw of tue Supreme Court uu & benvt warruut,