Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 28, 1878, Page 12

THE CHICAGO\ TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. SEPTEMBLER 28, 1878—=TWLELVE PAGEN, B e —————— = I CILICAGO AND MEXICO. Facts Respecting the Commerce of Mexico—-Current Errors Cor- rected, ‘The United States Has More Traffic with Mexico than Ene gland Has, EGeet of Tariffs~.Heans of CommunicationThe Revolntionary Condition of Nexlce the Greatest Obstacle to Com- . merce. Advantages of Chicago in Any Com- mercial Project with Mexico. From Our Own Correspondent. ‘Wasnixnoron, D. C., Bept, 22.—The commer- lal relations between the United States and Mexicoare of great importance, and the stb- Ject bas recently recelved speclal prominence by e very commendable action of the Manu- facturers' Association of the Northwest. The attention that has been given to the procecd- fnizs of this Assovtation recently In Chicago, in conuection with the visit of Minister Zamacons, bas led your correspondent to make such in- quiry as hias becu practicable here with regard to the prescnt condition of our relatlons with Mexico, political aa well as commercial. LOUBT AS TO THE INCAEASE OF MBXICAN COM3ERCE. ‘Exact information with regard to the magnl- tude of the commerce of Mexico fs difficalt to procure, except from the official publications of the Cnited States and of Mexico. The latest Mexlcan official publications which have been recelved by our State Depart- ment here embrace only the year 157, with the exports of 1874, There {8 no in- tormation here, so far as can be learned after ditfizent Inquiry, recelved through officlal chan- nels, showing any recent large fncreasc in the commerce of Mexico. In this respeet, some of the statements recently made in the West are not sustained by fnformation In posscsalon of our Government. It Is curlous that, if there has been such a great increase, the commercial rep- seacntatives of our Government, who have been eapeclaily instructed n that regard, should not Yave communivated carly information of the fact to the State Dopartment. Had there been such an inerease In the commerclal relations of Mexico, the United States Consular representa- Jives fn that country would undoubtedly have Informed our Government. Iu 1870 the commerceof Mexico was depressed and futerrnpted by the revolution which mised tien, Dinz to power. After the termination ol that revolutionary niovement, the country be- e soinewhat barren of merchandlsc, conaidera- bie importations were made, and the commerce o[ 1877 was probably larger for this reason than that of 1876, AX ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION nppears to e very generally entertalned as to the proportion of the total commerce of Mexico whlch 1s enjoyed by the United States. Accord- ng fu tables complled from officlal data In pos- Jessfon of our Government authoritics, which are here appended, it appears that, exciusive of spetie, the commerce of the United States with Mexico {8 farger by about 25 per cent than tho commerce which England has with Mexico, This {3 directly contrary to the zencral Impression oo that subject. The commerce of Franee with Mexleo I3 1eas than onc-balf thst of the United Btates, while that of Germany s still smaller In umaoant. The total com s of Mexico with all countries for 1873 both mports and exports, umuunted to a fraction mors than $62,000,000. It is not probable thut these figures bave yot Leen very lurgely Increased. OUIt COMMENCR WITIL MEXICO. Accortinz 1o Umited States oflicinl returns, our total commervo with Mcexico for that year mnounted to nealy $24,000,000, or considerably nore thau offe-tolrd of the totst forelen com- weree of Mexico. Bioce then, and uatdl 1870, there hne been o falling-off in_ cur trade with Mesico amounting to 818,750,000, For the flscal vear 187 our commerce with Mexico was $31.340,0003 and for the fiscal year, o “J‘\;u 30, 1873, It was a little less, being 21,185,000, « - Enelunt's commerce with Maxico (n mer- chaudise for 1577 was less than for the yesr Inid, accoraing to the returns of the oftlclal l'mlammu‘nn‘ Ra.-p:;n;. e A very Jarze anl important Iist of the pro- ductlous of the United Status have been for many yeurs admitied into Mexivo, under the il o1 that country, free ot duty, ‘lhesc ar- ticles embrace machinery of all filnd-. fnclud- 1ug that devoted to agriculture, mines, and to the cquipment of rallrouds. The average rate ‘of duty under tha Mtexicun taritf has beeu ofil- vlally ‘reported, by the Consul-General of the Uulted States ut the City of Mexico, at 43 per cents XPPECT OF TARIPFS. It will thereforetore be sceu that there is no serious Ivnu«.xllmellt'{lmmtd 0 our comincrea by the exfsting tarilf ol Mexico. Witk regard o vur uwn tarlff-ates upon Mexican produc- tious finported to this country, an examiuation ol utileini statistics shows that, of the total hin- ports iato this country for 1870100 er cent camie in (ree of duty, aud for the followiag 1l; ear the proportion wus 08 per cent} for the 1 year just clused the vroportion has been 80 per vent. From the forogolog statewent it will bo oboerved that, so far as the relative proportion of the trade with Mexico is concerned, the United Stutes does not occupy the disadvan- Lugeous positivn that has geoerally been sup- pused, At the same time, there §s no serious smbarrossment to the fucreasa of our commierce vresented by thio existing tari(f of elther coun- iy, MEANS OF COMMUNICATION with Mexico by steamship, on the Gulf of Mexieo ond oo the Paclic coast, have uxisted fur a number of yesrs, Although they are in- udequate, and the rates of freight are h(nu. 1t is nut prubable that sny very serious barrier exists on this account, ‘The marketsof the United tiates have been as open for the products of Mexico, tor its coffee and its fruite. as tbey have for those of Brazil and of the West-India Jelands, Qur agriculiural fmplements and min- ng und other nachinery, belvg fres of duty, Jiave stoud upon us favorable a fuotiug there as 1he vroducts of any uther country, Itis, doubt- duss, e that exustivg fureign commerve with Mexico 13 carried on almust exclusively fu Aicxico by European houses. But these houses ure tusning thelr atteution more and mors to the United Stat Lho place where they can LOW 1ot ady eously wake their pur- cuases, 30 tho juauufsctirers of the United Htutes would send representatives to Mexico, it 4> probable that the vales of our products there could Le considerably fucreased. BEVOLUTIONAKY CONDITION OF NEXIC But the chle! ditficuliy, which bas lungl [ ed, aud which now etauds o the way of an Lrent lucrease ju the foreign commerce of Mexl- Lo, {8 the revulutlonary cundition of that coune try, sud the want of security for life and prop- erty. ‘Lhls s the oUatucle which lmpedes the oat earuest aud dismtereated etforts to stimu- late comnerclal relatious with the Mexican peo- Jle. Nolouger ayo Lhan last wonth & revolu- tiouary vutureak was reported by the Mexican newspaders Lo have occurred at the Town of Julups,—a place connected by ruliroad with the City of Vers Cruz. It is stated thag thy Insur- rents, Who numbered 600 e, levied 8 foreed vats of 10,000 upou the merchants, and seized »1l the Goveroment funde. Tuey l‘[:cn vacated 1he place upou the avbruach of 4,000 we, who were sent to the scene of action by the Goyery- went. Buch recurrences as thess wre fnsepar- wbly connected with the Emlren of all revolu- tiong 1w Mexico, It wes boped that, when the Cuouatitution of 1557 was tiually eatablistied, the weriod ol mullitary revolts bad passed Iy Mexico, The Chburch aud = Heactlovary party bad Lesy subdued, and b certainly wus not swupposcd that the Liberal or Coustitutional sty would resort L0 the prueeediugs of the uld tewhine. ‘Tufs contidence, howover, was remnoved alen, {n 1871, Geo. Disz comenced revolu- Munary wovements sgulost tho Guvernment of Yresdent Juurez. The Presidential clection had iukey place, fu which President Jusres, Lerdo, wd Gew. Dlaz were candidales for the Presi- fetey, Presdent Juares was elocted. Gen inuz Instesd of ablding by the results of the tlection, appealed o revolution. His movemeut Xept the countsy fu turmod for several years Flie revolutiou was toally suppressed, sud it sus believed thiat the tine o passed when oy auch wovenient could be successtul, After tue Buath ol President Juares, Lerdo, witbout op- ualtion, was elected o the Presidency, His <ol uf uilce had wot expired when Gen. Diaz Sualn commenced revolutionary proceediugh. Buutiar proceedings W dromte the futerests of LULEr Bepirauts 108 buwer were alw commenced b vuriols purte of Mezloo. Theae wuvements were all within the Liberal parfy,~the old Church party taking no part in them, The re- suit was_the overthrow of the constitutional order In November, 1476, and the cstablishment of the rovolationary (Forernment of ticn. Diaz, Owing its origin to revolution, this Govern- ment has falled to Insplre confidence either at home or abrond, Recent accouats indleate that the eame fate will hefore long uvertake the aathority of (en. Diaz that has befallen all revolutionary Governmente in Meviro. NISTAKE OF TitE LIAERAL PANTT. Tiad the Liveral party been true to fteelf and to the Conatitutfon which it framed, Metico to-day would not only be in the cnjoyment of tranquillity, but wonid probably be fn possession of the eredit necessary to precire capital for its materlal development, The Unjted States at a Very early porlod recogoized the Government cstablished under the Constitution of 1557, For scventeen years that recognition was cons tinued without fnterruntion, until the constitu- tional order wns averthrown hy the successful sevolution headed Ly Gen, Diaz. The delay In the recognition of his Government by the United States was occasfoned by the swant of confidence In its stability. The continuance of the border-tronbles Is due to the fact that these continued revolutionary movements have ocea- sloned & distruat of thie Central Government and have prevented the establishment of any national authority capable of effectually enforcing fta decrees throughout the country. The present (overnment of Mexico owes lts origin largely to the ald rendercd by the Mexli- can’ otlicers who are now In command on the Rio Grande border. These officers, ltisreported, are_now very largely cngaged, and doubtless profitably, in “extending protection to the enor- mous contrahand trade through the Free Zone, by means ot which forelzn merchandiso is being carried into the interior of Mexico, where it takes tha piaco of legitlinate fmportations b; the way of Vera Cruz. The merchants of Mexi- co are now bitterly complaining'ot thiscondition of affairs. This contraband trade Is onc reason why the foreign commerce of Mexlco does not more largely increase, and espectally why our merchants and mamifacturers encounter di- culties when they attempt to cngoge in it 1T stabllity and order had been maintaloed in Mexivo, these evils would before this malnly have ceased to exist. Ifow long this stale of things may continue, and thus impede the duc development of our commercial relations with Mexico, it Is {mpossible to predict. Whether there will be any better condition of atfairs should Gen. Dinz be overthrawn, is very doubt- ful. The spirit of revolution having been evoked by the Liberal party iteell, It is impos- sible to forcsee what the result mav be. HXLATION OF CHICAGO TO MEXICO. Meanwhile tho desire in the United States to increase our commercial relations with the Spanish-Amerlcan coustries will induce our business-inen to watch very closely events in Moxico. No place is more favorably situated than Chicago to enter upon that trade, when it can safcly be undertaken. At present, great care and vaution sre uecessary to avold loss from extension of trade In " that slirection, Thero has cridently been some crror in the statements which have been made fu the West with referenco to the_magnitude of the com- merce of Mexico. This will appear from a careful examioation of the tables which are appended. ‘I'he rallroad-system of the United States fa rapldly appronchivg the border of Mexico nt several points. In California, the Houthern Pacific Railrond Is a continued line of communi- catfon by rall from San Francisco, T20 miles, to Fort Yuma, on tho northwestern border of Mexico. ‘'The extension of that raliway 300 miles east, to Tucson, will cnable it to command the greatér portion af the trade of the Mexican Stato of Sunora. ‘Tucson is situated but seyenty-five miles north of the border of Mexico. It {8 aplace of some 4,000 Inuabitants, and has already an {mportant trade with Mexico. Tne Atchison, Topcka & Nanta Fe Raflroad s being rapldly extonded in a southweatern direction, and has now reached Trinidad, on the border of New Mexico. Itis expected that it will be completed to Las Veyas, 1o New Mexico, by March, 1870,—a «ia- tance of 1,800 miles frem ~Chieago, 1 only 460 miles fram El Paso, on the northern border of Mexico. From Chicago there is now & continnous communication rail, via the Missourd, Kansas & Texas Railroad, und the tan Antonlo & Texas Rallroad, adistance of 1,400 miles. By the way of the Bt. Louis & Iron Mountain Rallroad, " the distance from Chi- cago to San Antonio by 1all is only 1,815 miles, From Ban Antonlo to the Rlo Grande there re- nalus to be constructed only 150 miles of rail- road. ‘Fhe construction of this latter extenslon will probably becommenced by the Galveston & Sants Fe Halirond Company tho coming year. Tis will give Coicago a connecting rail-commu- nication to tho border of Mexico, with a dis- tance of less than 1,600 mlics. 5 From the Riv Grande at this ‘volnt to the City of Mexico 1t 1s about B0 miles tarther, and to the Pacitic const nt Mazatian 00 miles, No grants for the extension of rallroad-communi- catioua into Mexico are now In existenve. Leg- Isiat.on for Lhat purpose was obtalued from the Constitutionsl Government, but fell ‘with the overthrow of the wuttiority from which it was ob- tained. A subscquent cootract, covenug shinl- lar grants, was entered futo with Gen, Diaz, but falled to recelve the ratification of the Mexlvan Congress, From the tenor of the pablie se- counts rom Mexico, it would appear that pub- lic opinion there Is not now favurable to the openlug of comuniation towards the Hio Grande, or with the United Ntatea. Should other charters for raiiroad purposcs be obtained 10 Mexivo, 1t woull be very doubtful whaother aoy capital could be fouud under the prescnt circumsiances to bulld the roads. For the pros- ent, therefore, raliroad-communication will un- doubtedly end at the northern baok of the 1uo Grande. E.B. W, The following are the tables to which refer- ence was made: s 'TABLE NO. 1. CowpaRATIVE BPATRNEXTshOWInZ the forelgn com- merce of Mexico, by countries, during the flscal year endiug June 30, 1 Complied from the anpual ropurt of the Consul-Geueral of the .United States at toe City of Mexico, transmitted to the Department of Biate: Total Countries. Imporis, Erports, _Commerce. Qreat Brit'a$10, 150, AS0 $12,470, 48 822, 060,157 Unt'attat'a® 7,420,410 11,860,531 18, 80, 00 17,111 4,000L417 0,421, BEVO AN TBONGIA 4,090,130 1,203,430 1,670,016 2,812,443 Cuba ... 1,304,212 752, 2,147,104 105,470 81 186,470 . 0. 20,424 10,40 13,801 480 1 Ciiing. oo (5 823 Not specte . vevee eevsnie - 1 4TT 458 1,477,408 Total...$20,062,40d $33, 108, U00 302,201,016 ®According tu the United Blates annual report on Commerce and Na on, the commerce by tweon the Uniled Blates and Mexico, during the above year, amounted to 822,800, 388, TABLK NO. 2. SrareMExNT showlng the classitication and valoe of the jgn {mports into the Kepublic of Mexico during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1873, the amount of duty pald thoreon, and the percentage of duly #o resulting upon the value of each class of articles. Cowmplicd from the sanual reportof tha Conaul Genoralof the United Btatea at the City of Mexico, l’t‘rffl Articl Yal ity el dufon rticles, alue, i . talue, ‘!m.b:u.mo § Ladhon" " 5,101,780 2,012,600 90 3,354,260 ol a hy u mongery, eic.., 2,184,014 701,000 35 Miscellanco 2033610 1,055,828 G2 TAG0TE G610 89 427,807 w407 45 1,417,428 603,148, 43 588,011 207,403 45 677,511 206,647 30 Drugs and i clae 300,000 15,011 45 Total.. 1.vvet 820,002,407 310,060,310 43 ‘The articles free of duty nnn'?)xln 11% per cent of the total imports, Iu the United Slales the av- ersya rate of duty, reduced to ad valorew, during the tucal year ended Juns 30, 1670, was 44,74 per cent, and runlnm-ol the tolal lwports en- terad free of duty was 83 per cent, TADLE X0, 3. BrarzusnT showing the commerce of the United Btates with Mexico |.lnrm!l llzu last six yearn. ates: Compiled trom the United Oticlal Reporta. Imports. Cnfll‘::u 10T %25 40 o o 13,280,005 11,634,083 758 21,343,516 21,235,683 TABLE NO. 4, Srarsuzxt showing the commerce of the United States with Mexico, sxclusive of specie, flur{:& il the L eix yeal Blates Otticial »f:; ::Amplkd from tow Total exporés Yearend- Exporteof Import ¥ W'Mun{ nm::j and unports 066 -010,34 Bty o G150,673 1Lus101. 204 11,007,733 1,002 12,712,208 TABLE NO. 5. SratEMENT, complied frow the English Parlla- meulary Heposts, sbowwg he sumaece of Las Vegas ' (ireat Dritain with Mexico, cxclusive of specte, dnring the Inst five years, rednced 1o dollars, at £ to the £ sterling. Year Total exporie 7 Erportsof Imports of and imporia of . merchandize. merchandise, merchandi, 187i..... 80,800,006 §2,407.000 §9,307, 18 . 6,014,280 2,783, 2053 18 L ADONGRO A, 600,505 51 18 . 2£81,070 , 310, 560 14 W87, MAMDTA D04, 285 The valuo af the commerce of the Unlted States with Mezxico, exclnsive of apecte, for the fve years enced June 10, 1877, WAS ol wen ..o $04,105,047 The value of England's commerce with Mexico, exclurive of specle, for the five years ended Dec. 11,1877, was. 42,805,303 el Shawing a difference, In favor of the United Btates, for the five years, of, $11, 380, 082 1t thus apps that the commerco of the United States with Mexico, In merchanaise and mannfac- tnred products of all kinds, daring the above petiod, hus exeesdea that of England with the same coun- try by more than 25 per cent. Soxr. o THE AnTicrEs which for many years have becn [ree of anty under the Mexican tariff: Agricaltural impiementa; Barrel heads and ataves; 3 Iooke, printed, bonnd and nnbonnd: Corn and corn-meal s tardo, wire and vegetable, resdy to apply to ma- chinery: Carwund coach, Coal of all kinds: Flre-ongines, and pumps for {erigation and other purposcs; Gunpowder for mines; Hay or straw In biles; Tlanduatrots of unc or two wheels; ilouscs of wood or iron complete; %nk. printing; ces Lime, hydraalie: Machinery of all kinda for industey. agricalture, miniag, ecience, aAnd the urts. Oata'In geain o on the stem Ol and ofl-cake; Printing material, type, etc.; i x"‘)mu and eeeds for the improvement of agri- ullure; Plows and plowshares for agricaltnre; Rl o dnd stee, for ralironds (alls, irun and stee), for rallronds; SteelIn bars foF mineas & i g:mnu !t}r‘ roals nnd'flm)r!: " " 1 eatn engines snd locomotives, iron aleepe: and other railroad-material; Tk RES: Stones for lithozravhing; Yesacls of all xinds: Water-oipes of all kinds, material icks sud nescne-grass for mines; Wire for telegraphs; Wire, iron and steel, for zarding; le:ma& for comatructions, shingles, and box-ma- or tallwa; and slzes; Pzrerxraar of the total imnorts from Mexico into the United States, entered free of duty: 1870.. . .0 per cent, 1.91 per cent, +»0o80 per cent. LIFE IN PARIS. Fael and Provislons, Paris Letter tn PhiladeluMa Ledaer, All the shops belog open on Suuday morning in Paris, this peculiar people, who live only fromn hiand to mouth, first bought their break- fast, and then started ot to buy their dinners. They tirat fuvested §o atittle bunch of kindling- wood to start the fire with, and then in a little bag of charcosl to keep it golnz. The person who bought more than a day or two's supply of fuel would be looked upon s & foe to the State, o fixed Is the public hablt of bnying only enough for tho day. ~ The kindling-wood and charcoal shops are as prominent and numerous nlong the streetsns any others, and they display their goods In the windows as attractively os possible, the kindlng-wood neatly tied in small bundles sold at one and a hall cent oplece, the coal, In sauare blocks, and the charcoal, {n bags, varylvg from 10 to 50 cents apiece. 10 frewooa s waoted b some aristocrat, who i bold enourh to catablis o freplace, he pays for It at the rate of about two cents a stick, and he buys just cnough to last till tho dinner s over and the compuny bids farewell in the evening. In food the range s somncwhat restricted, the Panslan buying al- most sverything hn weight, at so much Tor the kilogramme, which curresponds to nearly 23 pounds. Reduclog the prices paid to American money, and the purchasos to pounds, it s found that Parisians pay about 43 cents per pound for veal, B0 cents for ordinary rump steak, and 40 to 60 cents for bectateak, 83 ta40 cents for mnt- ton chops, 83 cents for leg of mntton, 04 ccnts for cotfee, §1 to 8120 for ordinary ten, +i¢ cents for bread, 50 couts for butter, 48 céuts for ordinary ham, and 70 cents for boifed ham sotd In alices at the shoos (the usuai way fn which It Is bouicht), 16 cents for loaf sugar broken futo tha accurately square -lumps unlversally used here, about 8. cents di quart for milx, 4 cents cuch for townatoes, and 13 vents o hall peck for putatoes. These are the usual prices noy paid for these artlcles, dnd, nlthough the 1lst does not Include all, it shows the high pricés at which most articles” of food are soid in Paris. ‘This is due nut only to the increased charyes consequent upon the Expoaltion, but also to the * octrol," or city customs, Parls levying & leavy duty upon almost everything orought into the city in order to ralso reveoue. But, with these very high prices, the Parisians can atill livoe wore cheapiy than In most other piaces, owloge to the small'value of the articles of food they subsist upon, and the absence of wastefulpess, 1o not suppoee there was a dinner, outside of a hotel, served In Paris yestorday (Sunday), of which the food that composed ft was not bought at the shops and markets on Suuday morning. ‘This Important business over, tho populace started for the duy’s amusement—to the Ex- position, to the theatres and cafes, to the Bou- levards, or to Versailles. It belng the great fets day at Versatlles, the first Sutiday in the montl, at least 20.000 people directed their steps to that fawous city and palace, but Parls coutd readily spare. them, for, including the straugers attracted by the Exposition, there are probably 8,000,000 population here now. . IN THE SOUTH. Come closer, Love, and hold my burning hand Oh 1t rd that thus wa part, emed full of honeyvd swacts, And far away the cruel leuper's dart, The world nn)lnz frow my clinging feet— Ilow can 1 T‘ and leave you here alune, Who never left my tears unkissed, nor falled To make my Joys and sorrows all your owa. And yet, O Love, but for your preclous sake 1should have prayed for death s Lour agu, When Baby's ayiug 1ips clung to my broast, From whence no more of life for her could ftow, She died—0 Uod1 the dowy eyoe are closed — The dimpled handas are ours 10 kiss no moze: 'l‘na{ tory her from my longing arms—my atma That lovingly the precious burden bore, A few ahort days ago, She was the lasl ‘The very last, of that fair crown of pearls That gemmed our livea ~our notle, msnty boys, Uur geutle, playful, loving hitio girle. Al gone In one short week—the dear iome-ncet Hobued of it birdlings, caugbt within the toils Of the brass serpeut. All i valn wo frle ‘Tu tear them frow the losthsome, deadly calls ‘That beld them cruelly and ?nlckly burned Tue young lives oul. “Lord| can—oh! can it be That 'll‘llu'.u art merciful? **Holp Thou winy unbe- o Aund 1ot ind a refnge safe In Thee. 3iy Love, my Husband, | am woluy fast Hark) hear the tolling of that fuueral-bell1 Slokd me fast tbus, my Daring, in vour armat O cruel Death, (0 part us—Dear, farewell! YValnly ha clasped her to his stricken heart, Wul'r uz and prayli as the hours weat by, Madly bewarling sli the dear ones gone, Jeady almoat 10 curse bis God and dle. Cawe the next moralng, m-‘I freen, and coal Weaviny sweot Lopes aroun Llr{ fal husd, Aud pitylng sunbeains croot within the room, And suftly kisscd the lone man | ing dead. Lavnad, lirrsxuouse, Cuicaco, Hept, 24, 1678, ———el—— The Late Lord Leitrim & Monster. Correspondence aew York World from u Traveler in The driversald: ¢ i{ & man planted a tree or a shrub which the old blagyard did uot Jike, and he would not pull it up, vut be went; aud that wasn't all cither, If any tivant had u fl'“"’ stuughter, sud As saw ber, he wouldorder er 0 be sint to hig house. And, {f she wasnot slut, ber fsther was mighty suon evicted, and suy of hifs relations who had farins or houses o the eetate. But very often the gisl waa sint, sud after that she was very lkely K off to Dubliy, ur elsa the old Lord lovked out for o husband amoug the tinants' sous. He would say, ‘You must marry Mary So-and- 80, 200 I will give you wmoney :ouough to take you to America i you hke to go there.’ Bure “enough the tiuant’ would suwetioies re- fuse; for wbo wants totake the leaviu's of thy 1tkes of bim, or auybody elsel Then Ae would be turued out too, and uol one of his family would be left upon the land. Tnat is what he had been doln’ for years sud years, and every- budy in Douega) will tell you so." 'rflu truth js thar everybody Aad told me so, =i sowng swsos with names, dates, aud places all in tee story. [ beard it frow dozegs of per- ps;—solnctites (rom lsudowners themselves, bo unly wondered tb Leitrim nad not been sbot before, In some uvihier councries 1 ;" hall Inclined to think thst ke would usye cen. G ————— . Two Querles, A stranger was strolllog about Costello's tan- nery, and sccosted Pat Daily, the bark-grivder: 4 lethere a mau sbout bure with oueeve by the uame Jerry of McCarty "+ What's the Duwe ©f uw otiwr eyet” swd Pay -} American sylva TIE COURTS. The Tax-Fighters at It Again—A De- feated Suburb. Record of Jndgments, New Suits, DI- vorce Proceedings, Etc, The recent dectsion of the Supreme Conrt de- claring a nortion of the taxes of 1873 vold has opened 1ip a new vista of tax litigation, aod the ploncer vl In this line was filed yeaterday in the Superfor Court, and 1t will doubtless be followed by & mumnber of others of the same sort, The complainant is Edith E. Sexton, the owner of Lot 25 iu Block 1 of the Assessors’ Division of the N. W. X of Bec. 23, 80, 14, She states that fn 1876 there was levied on her property @ tax of $133.43, but she has lately learned that a considerable portion of that amount was and is {ilegal. The lllegal items werecontalned {n the Appropriation ordinance and the Levy ordinance of the city far 1873, and were regularly carricd out on the books. The ftems were as follows: For entertalning ofiicial visttors.,........$ 2,000 For payment of Interest on generai bond- ed municlpal debt ana on temporary loans, In adaition fo the unexpended balanegon Aorll 1. 1875 ... . 200,000 To amoilte for interest, on i 4 tonaa for ¥ire Department.... .o 26,000 Tntercst on temporary lvans for water 40,000 Intereat ‘on”'{cmuorary foans for Police ' Departmentoocs oo civiiien o0 o 25,000 ‘These were all fllcgal, because they were to discharge obligations which were in excess of the constitutioual limitation on the extent of thedebt of thocltr. ‘Iho fllezal character of these itens was not known to cumplaioant until the recent decfslon of the Supreme Court, She, however, did not pay the taxes when they were due on account of want of funds, and her property was sold. She thinks there arc stli othier fllegal items which should be ellminated, and in particular shy clalms the city under its present charter has no power to levy taxes for malntaining schools, but that the schools are subject to the provisions of the general schocl Taw, and that all the school levy fn the tax of 1873 1s voln, The whole tax for 1875 was $5,123,005.29, and the fliegal portion nimounts to 18 or 14 per cent thereol. Complainant's lot was sold fo Octo- ber, 1879, for non-gayment of taxesto U, W. Maioney, and he nsslgued the certificate to D, J. tlubbard, sua the time of redemption Is about to explre. s . In canclusion, complalnant charges that the Juagment and sale of her property are buth voidy and that she is willing to pay all legal taxes. She accordingly makes 1. J. Hubbard, (1. W. Malopey, the City of Chicago, and E. F, C. Kiokke, County Clerk, partics defendant, and asks that the amount of the taxes of 1875 which are legally <us mav be nscertained, so she can puy them, aml for an ln)uncllun to pre- vent the issus of o tex-decd to Hubburd, HOW BUBUINS ARR DUILT UP. In olden times, a4y about six years, when maney was *plenty,”” when eversbody was en- Joylug the immedisie expectation of getting rich without traveliug the humdrum road of toll, when real cstata.was worth whatever price Its owner put upon it, when, In short, prospects were golden, {t was plie customn to make suburb- an towns at the rate of about one & wee ‘The modo was as . simple as it was easy. A speculator bad only to get somb suspicion of o, title to & tract of land between herg,and Chiro or Davenport, eitber by contract, tax-titie, shares, or occuslon- ally by purchaso In the old-fashioned way on payment of money. Then he made u visit to eome architect’s clerk, who immediately ot up a fine plat plentifuily,aprinkled with trees, and occaslonally o crooked line to represcct o stream, but with a cheerful djsregard to topo- graphical accuracy, and called It n plat of the land, Uccastunaily, just to show the excecding care with which tie map wns made, even though it militated ogalnst the owner's pocket, & few 1uches off onc corner would” be marked “marsh,” or a tree would be drawn mious a brauch. This plat woukl then budubbed"At!wna’,"ur 4 Corinth,” or *Roscbud,” or * Paradise,” or somo other highly-suggestive name, and put on the market 8s the lutest und most attractive suburb of the cl‘.i;. and the projectar sat_down to count the millions that were in ;it. But after the spare fences aud walls of the city were ucrlnklul with tne plats of these npnerous subdivisiovs on high posters until it looked 1fke an overgrown architect’s oflice, {t was found necessary to ndd sumu apecinl attractions to the new suburbs to dtatingsh them fron thelr many competitors for'publicfavor, A tavorite way was to offer a commutation ticket Lot n year or two, or ad- vunce money to bulld,ete,, and i the panie had not closed this poldey.age we might -oll have bad suburban residences for nothing, and have lett. Chicawo o howling wilderucss. Ot courso a railrosd was a slne qua non to such villogtes, and 1t was conceded that n suburb located at thie junciion of two or three rall- ruads, where ull the juvenile population wouid be sure to meet with a prematurs death, was sure to_be a pecuniary success, But the man- agers of railronds soon’ declived to stop every twenty rods at stations where there were only passengers oncen week, and it becamo necessary 1o “see them. ‘This 'was a matter requiring tact and delleacy. lLv.)u. it was found that a #uod way would be o offer inducements by ving thie raflrond couipany sowme of the newly- subdivided lots, or cpeating 1or it s depot, or engaxing that a certaln number of passengers nhollml patronize the road, or scttie at the new station, Among the suburba thus offered Lo the hungry public was River Park, us the prospectus says, ** one of the newest of Chicago's suburbs, an oueof the promisibyg, series. . . . It bears thie samo rolation of distance and position to tho uorthern part of the city Lhat Riverside bears to the southwestern,"—whilch {s somewhat mixed, as Riverside when Jast sighted was nearly due weat. OF course, 1t was situated on a river and a raflroad, and the wiole vocabulary of the had been laid under contribution “to furnish names for the stregts. The Chicagu & Pacllc Railrond ran tbrough it. But the nanacers of the road, after ruuning thetr traius awhile, found It did not pay, and, s was_claimed, broke thetr con- tract, ‘The proprictors of River Park, Bayles & Walker, thercupon filed & bill in_the Circuit Court, setting out that In July, 1872, they o tered into au ugresment with 'L 8. Dobbius, us trustee fur ‘T. 8. Dobbms & Co., by which, It the Chicago & Pacitic Kallroad Company would first locute aud maintaln a denot upon a certatn cletity aero tract, that fa River Park, and sbould ruu fts suburban traius on all thelr regular trips there, they, Sayles & Walker, would give biin hultof theelebty acres in fee. They charzed that no uepot wus ever erected by Dobbtis or the road, that the suburban trulns were not run as ogreed, and that they were catitled to have the contract resctnded and declared vold as a cloud on_ thetr titte, The Company pleaded that it did not intend to Keep tho contract, and that tt was lllegal, ‘Thu caso was hieard y sbort time ago and decided yesterday by Judge Far- well, uod the decislon contafued very cold com- fort for the ambitious projectors of itiver Park, The Judge sald that bo had examined the case, aud o thought on the complainant’s own shawlng It was not o case where the Court could Kruut reliet. Asshown by the bill ftself, the contract was contrary to public nonu{, and such as could not be enforced, and it brought before the Court i the proper way It would be sot aside. ‘The defendsnt was to locate and maintaln a depot on certain lands, and {n con- slderation was o baven conveyance of an fu- tereat In the lsod. The Supreme Court had de- cided tuat such o coutract was against public flullcv; that it was corrupt it its pature und a ribe to public oflicials, aud made for private advateze. ‘Iho contract was uot good, und i if tne persous who oblained it, or the persous who made it, came futo Court to have it en- furced the Court would not help thew, were certain conditions under which such a con- tract might be set aside, but she prescut case didnot full under chenw. flere the parties did uot seek to huve the contract set wslde pecause it was corrupt vo its face, ubt becauss the uther side bad not done what thuy ugrecd todo. But if ® yurty wude & corcupt agreemant sud cloaded his title, the Court would uot belp him to clear 1t when be bad dove ft purpou-lg. The Court fu such an mluus: would not help elther side, 80 that If clther Rarty brought suft to enforce suih @ coufract & Court would not help them, but would leave thens fin ua they were, Tho bill would therefore dismlised for want of equity, ut complainaut’s costs, ANOTHER ¥ENSATION SPOILED, There secined to-ba 8 possbllity, when 8tepben Keough recently filed a blil against Hurms, the coutractor for the Coust-Huuse foundation, askiug, as 4 partncr, fur ab account of the protlts of that job, that the public wignt qut some julcy 10tornation us to Just bow much curruption, f suy, there was iu the contract. ‘The bUl wus, doubtless, iutended to muve Hauriue futo 4 scttloment, aud it spparently bad Jts efect, Yesterday was the day sct for the hearlog of the wotivu for injuuction to prevent Hurms frow collectiug L bulauce due biin frowm the Couwty, but nowe of the atiorucys nor parties wero present, This scemed some- Vs, Ward; atgued orally by Prondfoot, and taken, what strange, and a visit was made to one nf the nttorneys, Hero It was nscertained that the day after tho bill was filed Keough and Harma “madeup” and a settlement was effected by Harmas paying [n the nelghborhood of $5,000. The bill will be dismiased, and with it the hope of finding tho true fnwardncss of the Ilarms contract, which at one time had no small share of the public attention, It scems that when larms got the contract {t was chiefly on the atrength of his having suflicient timber to fur- nish the plles. Fitzalmmone, another contractor, was taken - in because he had the machinery to drive the plles, and then Keough had to have a slice in consideration of furnishing the stona for the foundations, Bubsequently Keough bought Fitzsimmons out, giving him & two-thirds fnterest, snd then ho settled, as near as can be ascertained, at the above figurc. = A CONSPIRACY CASE. It Is not often that a conspiracy case can bo proved to the satisfaction of a jnr}. bat it has Just been done In a suit belore Judge Booth, Which occupled nearly a week in the trial. The plainti s Boencer Pickett, who some year or two ggo opened a small hardware * storo on DBlus Island avenue. As s mnot uncommon, In order to attract ({rade he began by sclling at unusually low rates at first, and "to undersell his competitors. The evidence In the casc showed that Mark L. All. rort and his wife and ono Lewls S8imons, rivals n the aame line of business, cotered into a con- apiracy to ran him out of the neighborhood. fund was also raised to help accomplish this purpose. Stories were circulated that he was a thief, and a reeelver of stolen property, and the persecution grent 5o far that boys were engaged tostond {n” front of Pickett's store and warn customers {rom dealing with him, Finally he accumulated evidence enough to warrant his DLeginning s sult agaiust his persecutors on a charge of ¢ mn(nv{ and the jury returned a verdict of £1,000 In his favor. TIR NATIONAL LIPE-INSURANCE COMPANTY. Judge Harlan yesterday afternoon com- menced the hearing of thu suit of Fernando Joncs against Kirk tiowes, Assignee of the Na- tionul Life-Insurance Company. The suit was brought to enjoin tha Aesignes from proceed- ing with suits that he han brought to recaver of Fernando Jones about 870,000 of subscriptions which hy mude to the capital stock of the Com- pany. Jones claims that, in other transactions with the Company, he has advanced for {t mora than the amount of his subscriptions, and that the Company agreed (o offsct these ndvances againat his” subscriptlons. ‘[he case is com- plicated, by rcason of the fuct that the e- curlifes which Jones pledzed to securo his subscriptions had been deposited with the State ‘I'reasurer as part of the guarantco capital of the Company upou whicn the Assignee brourht his auit. The case was not _concluded, but was postponed until Monday, Mr. Orrin Skinner appeared for Jones and Haines & Lawrence for the Assignee. DIVORCES, Saral A, Miller tiled a LUl yesterday against Bier husband, Aenry P, Miller, because he has since his marriage served a three-years' term In State’s Prison fn Penvsylvania for forgery. 1TEMS. Judge Harlan will hear no oral arguments to- day, but will be In chambers, Judges Gary, *Jameson, and Buoth wiil hear motlons; Judges Moore, l’umell, and Willlams, defauit cases. Judge McAllister will hold no court to-day. Judge Blodgett will hear motlons to-day, Judge McAlllster yesterday dssued n special venire for twenty-four jurors, returnable Mon- day. ’i:ho following {s Judze Willlams' divorce calendar for to-day: %“ 2,107, 9,174, 2,178, 2,007, 1,800, - 2 2,200, 2,180, 1,024, (oA, 1113, and d25r 1 2, und 2,287, In tha case of the Rock River Paper Compan: vs. The Chicago Publishing Company, Hueh ‘(. Dickey filed # petition setting out that he s a creditor to the Publishing Company to the amount 6f about 84,754, nnd asking to be made a party complainant. tHis request was granted. Discharges trom bankruptey were issucd yes- terday to Andrew J. Cooper, J. F. Bonfleld, and 11. C. Milier. George W, Campbell was apnoloted Assignea of J, R. West and O. C. Calkius, and C. D, Lusk of Jobn Gordon. A ‘The composition meeting’of N, 8. Graves vas continued to Oct, 8, “Assignces will be chosen this morning for C. ‘W, Boynton and J. L. Kelley. A first-uivideud meoting wiil bo held at 2 p. m. in the case of ¥dward ‘Temolar, ol UNITED STATES COURTS, Philip Goldman, the boot and shoe dealer, bas been defendant in a number of sults lately, but vesterday a wholcsale onslaught was made on him iu the United States Clrenit Court when suits wuere begun against hifns by the following parties: J. U. Urecn & Co., for $1,200; John- son, Rust & Co:, $2,000; Louls Bhumann, 81,000; R W. Emerson and T. N. Joncs, $1,200; C. H. Fitéh & Co., £2.500; August B, Loeb and Edward Loeb, 81,000; Francis brig: hdtn et al. $1,200; C. E. Jolinson, $2,0005 O, Robbins and C. W. Kellogg, 81,%00; E. A, Stroog, George A. Blunt, and J. W. Moore, $2,0005 8. M. Currter, 31,600, z : ‘The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Com- any flled a blil agalnst Henrs K. White, Nettio . White, Mark 8kinner, Auson Sperry, E. L. Bumers, A. J. S8with, and Jobn Dupn, aslgnee, to foreclose a trust-deed Tor 83 Lot 3in Vundervoort’s Subdivision of Otigins! Lots 1 and 2, Block 4, of Ellls’ Firat Adaition. SUPERIOR COURT 1N BRIEF, Wilitam P. Tuttle began asuit acalnst L. G. Tuttle, W. G. Thompson, and C. L. Wetinore, ynslcr(‘ny, to recover 85,000, CIRCUIT COURT. Willlam 1. Mulick _commenced a sult Ig tres- pass ogalost John W. Swart, clalmiog 83,000 damages. Josephloe Lammgrs began asult azalnst Mary B)ulndch. to recover $3,000 damoges for allegod slander, S CRIMINAL COURT. Fred Gadar pleaded guilty to_horse-stealing and was given threa years in tho Pcmwmlnr{, Johu Smith pleaded guilty to horse-steallug on two indictments, and was glven &!x years in the Peniteutinry, James Jonuson pleaded guilty to burglary and was senteuced to ons year inthe Penitesi- tiary, PROBATR COURT. Ta the estate uf Benjamin lluchberger letters of admninistration were granted to Fauny luch- berger, under band for $20,000, THE CALL MONDAY, Jupax JIARLAN—Oploions, and set cas Jenkins va. Stacey, and 355, Ketcbell ve, Upos BLoburTT—Motions, Junas Ganv—i03, and 408 10 480, except 474, {{hdul, Manun vs, Fame Insurance bampmy. on rial. Junon Janzson—104 to 107, 110 to 114, 119, 141, 123 to 131, inclusive, No. 102, Niederhofer vs, Bchaffer, on trial, Jupos Moorg=—58, 80, 62 No. 57, Falter vs, term No, 4,240. No Carpenter, on trl call, No, 4,250, Dietzsch va, Muellcr, on tri Jupor MuA 896, o8 I8y, Jubux Boorii—Bét ca Het cas 5 420, Lingle Wallace va, Morrison; and calen- 185, incluaive, except 160 ana 164, Jupas FanwerL—(eneral business, Junax WitLiaus—Ueneral business, JUDUMENTY, Svrpmion Counv—CoNykssions—W, F. Mc- Laughlin ve. Edward Rice, $300,80,—August Du- brock ve, John Krummenacher, §70.70, Cincuir Count—Junur BooTit—Spencer Plrkett vs, Mark L. sud lisnmab Alluort snd Lewls Blmuna; verdict, $1.000,aud motiou fur new trial, Juves McAiiisren—John Heley ve. City of Chicago; verdict, $100/ : 1LLINOIS SUPHEME COURT. Orrawa, Iil., Bopt. 237, —Supremo Court pro- cecdings to-doy: MOTION® DECIDED, 01. Clvit Docket—Sttisun, adminiatrator, ete, vs. Tho Chicazo, Burlivgton & Quincy Eairosd Cum‘rnu” mottons sllowed, an: lfln estonded a —Austin, adminletratelx, ten daye Lo Ble belo! 4, KRehoarlng Docket—A. va. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacide Raflroad Com: pany; reliearing allowed. i 00, flvlluocnb—smth va, Fieming; motion allowe 3. People's Docket—The People on Lhe relation of Young ve. L. L. Mills; motion overraled. <15, Clvil Docket—Gnardiun Mutua) Life-Insur auce Comoany vu, Hbzan; lme extended tou days for tle sppolice to Ble Lricls. 23, Duret vo. Dates st al. ; time extended ten days fur too defendant to le brisfs, NEW MOTIONS. 314, Hoyt va. People ex rel. Huack; motlon to xuntdp the appeal, W, Marckimnn, Recelver, otc., ve. Meyer; motion by the appelice to strike from the recors thu findingt of theCuurt below, 420, Uerman Iusurence Compauny, of Newarl, N. J., va. Hutchberyer, for uase, eic. ; moon to disules ¢ ipulation on dre. 6 ve. Carti eatl of Artewas Cartor suggested, snd Harne Caner, adminisirator, made 8 party; appearunce of tne sdulnlstrator entervd. CALL OF TUX CIVIL DOCKET, * 201, Macluy vo, Harvoy; laken vz call. 202, England ve, Selby; Lazen. 2. Coleago, Rock Island & Pacific -Rallroad Cumlllny va. Carey et al, ; taken. - « Losch ve. Farouw; takon, 2045, City of Elgin ve. himlall; taken. 200 Bastlett, ete., vo. Powell; takcu. 207, Leucker vu. 0 taken. vé. Mumford; taken. ‘oole ctal. ; taken. pasl ve. Hodman: . Race va, Oldridgy; taken. ‘Towa of Lyooa v Coaledge et al; taken. ieasner ve. Hub; afirwed under the rule. blocke va. Neel; afiriovd under the ruls. Kollbammer v, Weisbach; takea. Lunenbatn et al. ve. Stickney: taken, . Chleayo & Nortbwestern Hullway Company IIMH: taken. * 218, Klog ve. Foster; heretofore dismiss 210, Lycuming Fire' Jusursnce Com ; argued ngnuy by Lawreuce Pmudy:aa’ 8. o and . German Jusursnco Cowmpany, of Freevort, OFINIONR FILED TRATERDAT, The following opinlons were liled with the Clerk yesterday afternoon: X 07. Fleming va. Carter et decree afirmed. 16, Johnson vs. Watson; roversed and re- manded. 17. Nelson vs. Watson; same, IN MERONIAN. Thomas Hoyne, lsanc N, Arnold, and Henry Bheldon, a committee apoointed by the Bar As- saciation, will be here on the first day of Oc- ober to submit resolutions of respect tv the memory ol the late Judge Breese. - .THE VICE-PRESIDENT. Speech of Mr. Whoeler to the Farmers of 8t. Lawrence County, New York, Cawnrtox, N. Y., Sept. 19.—Vice-Prestdent ‘Wheeler arrived here at noon to-day, and pro- ceeded to the Fair Gronnds, where he addressed & largo msscmblage of people. Ile was intro- duced by Gen. N. M. Curtis, and spoke as fol- lows: Mn. Prrstnrxr axp FARMERs or trs Countr OF St. Lawngxce: The desire o meet and take by the hand many of the peaple of St. Lawrence Connty, who have 6o long favored me with thelr friendship, confidence, and snpport, is the sole motive which han bronght me fero to-day. Yoar President was distinctly advised in advance that I wouald not atitemnt to ‘speak nbout agricniture in anyolits forma, for I know nothing upon thatsub- Ject except of the rongh methods enconntered of necensity by me in m{‘.bfl.'hovd‘ 1 knew then the une of the ax and the hoe, but nothing then or now of the application of science to agricniture, of Wwhich we hear eo mnch in these daye, 8o I am hero, my frlends, simpiv to witness the display of the products of your Inhor, and to share in the so- cinl part of this annual farmers' festival, On every hand I witners the avidence of the rapld Advance in material rosources of this yonr empire county, it ia itaell 8 model repablic for complete Hlustration of the henelcent resulta marked out by onr institntions, Nowhere are nnion, justice, dos mestic tranauillity, the general welfare, and the blessings of liberty more strongly Intrenched than in tnls County of St. Lawrence. The long rolations which 1 austained to yon. as yonr repreccntative in the State and National Council, may have made me partinl to yon. but I sincorely believa that there Is nota spot In this wide land, to-day, #o free from the wild notions which are now rocking the foundations of rociety and bueiness as the County of 8t, Lawrence. "The Nibillsm of Rua- iz, the Socualism of Germany, and the Commun- {#m which has no geographieat lfmita, and alt their attendant fatlacies, have ncver taken root here, 1n your intelligenco, your strong armna and your rtont hearts, your mental and gmu agriculinral rkill, and In your respect far fhouest labor are fonnd the rure guaranteo of order, poace, security, ond progrees, 1t Is with such -rwple. wedded 1o the #oll, knowing the value of home, and with capacity to nnderatand the great probioms which now, nain all oges of all Governmonts, threaten the secnrity of soclety, that the weltare of the people renta, P Fallowing the fashlon npon these occasions, T might deacant to Jou upon tho Independenco of the farmer, upon the pleasuggof cating buiter and honey o!xnllr own prodaction, upon the rich grain fields aud heavy-laden orchards, upon the sweet scent of the new-mown hay, and all the rural Innd- scape no eleyantly portrayed hy those who have done farming through others orthelr fancles. Dut, my friends, no glossing of words can make you farmers forget that labor was pronounced upon Adam and his descendants as o curse; and, al thongh rendered subservient to bonorable uses and great blessings, 5t has not wholly lost its original nature. Your occupation 1e s hard one; hard, and for small profita, ‘ou are hiving by your wits, a8 the phrasc goen. You are not shirking the real mission of e Ly lovking for that ocennation which - gives heavy pay for light work, and proint=ca large rewanla for little labor, Gambling in fancy #tocks and tbe mvention of fan- cy schewmos {o plunder have no placo in the stern category of the farmer. Agriculture {s the great science of the earth, vaster and nobler than ajl othess, Can there be no improvement In the con. dition of thie farm and the metuods and results of itacnlture? Havo the benoficlal aide in this great scfence of the carth reaclied their climax? Call to mind the great triumphs that hava been won over the clements of fire, alr, and water. Can thero bo no further improvoments in this great science of human existence? 1 leavo with you to-day one Jesson. and that is, thu concentration of the mind 4 well as the heart upon your calling. Urain must o with hand, mind must go with muscle, it yon would reach the full results of your laburs, My frlends, wo have agreat many panaceas of- forcd in these days for the fnancial 3l under which the country suffers. Horn in the old echool, Ihave uo falth in the now nostrums. The fact, hard se it is, remalns, that wu can never regan our old-tinie prosperity without o return to the old pathe. We must have soberer views of life. We cannot recaln thls prosperity until after the stronger vortion of our people become willing, through paticnce and manly toil i the nseful uud vroductive arts of iife, tu earn nrcx‘{‘duu:r they receive, Oar young men must learn that they cane not, with lmpunity,” fgmoro the lower rounds of the ladders on which their fathers climbod with patient, toiling steps, and come to property and reputation with a nd.’ In manly o:cn‘nuun. and manly Indonendence only can bo lald the foundation of honurable, permanent prosperity, Tty proprietors of tne Soli stand and sit &t the basle, of ‘all soclety, and, as remarked by one of our leading Mawsman fn anothoe State, the otber day, are tne wulding and controlling influence ln tho Goyerninent, It ia a great rosponsibiity, and 1 wish it woro cvernmeru as safely lodged as with the farmers of 5L Lawrence, . Let me conclude wilh the wish that each of theso returning and snnual festival may bring fm- pro elovation In yoor calling, new promlises of your labor, and that yonr congregated thousands wiil be mi elf- de up of Intelligent, lmhu!i’llml reliany, self-auscriing men, willing fo work for the good thoy enjoy. Loug may this noble coun- try rutain ita proud pre-eminence, una remain as now, the safeguard of the rights which have come Jown 10 uy L nufu years of stragules and blood— the rlaht of life, libersy, and the pursuit of happl- ness. After the address the Vice-President held s reception Floral Hall. Near the close of the reception the platforin on which the Vies- President was stanaing, ond convected with the grand staud, became so densely packed with peoplo that it f“u wn‘y and went down with a crosh, Tl Vice-Pres Jent. with a large num- ber of people, was carrled through to the ground. The excitement was Intensa for some wluutes, but all escaped without serious harm, ——— CURRENT, OPINION. Wo beliove Guerilla Mosby, who gots tho mission to Hoog Kong, 18 not an Ohlo man,~Buf- Julo Express (Rep.). It looks an if Mr, Bherman had carelossly sat down on his privato crop of Presidentlal chances,—New York Tribune (fep.), ‘The strong should bo mercitul. It is cruel af the **Natlonal"™ party to ferce Ben Butler down the Democratic throat,— Ciacianati Zimes (2.}, Butler likens hizasolf unto Jacob. Hardly, for Jacob uncd m mevs of pottage na legal-tender, and what Butler proposes lsn's worth that,—Boston Post (Dam,), Now a dollar is a doliar, in spite of Demo- cratic opposition. Let's sce whe'her they will continue thelr mad efforta to demonetize tho poor wan's dollar.—Dayion Journal (Rep. ). Ttisto bo hoped that Butler will not ontrage tho feolings of Charles Francis Adama by referring 1o him ns **the distingaished patriot who two years ugo stood, f»allncally, where 1 now staud,""—=New diuven Reqister (Dein.). There must be no surrender of the faith that wasgiven ne to keep, We mast stand where wo hiave siood thess many years, on thls brave declaration; Stendy steps toward spocio-payments; no step backward. —Utica Ubserver (Vem.). o + We canuot if we would gain strongth from the Greenback craze, Just %0 farae iLrune, itis hostile to the Repuolican party. Our only conrsa is to fight it, courtcously, but withall the re. sources at our commnand, —Utlca Herald (Lep. ), Ihe Demooracy of the Blate of Now York can wall fford to maintaln its position and faith,— on the Onance quostion ason all others, —while recnbackiem plays out its brief comedy {n Maino, Massacnusctts, sud elsewbere,—LUuffalo Courier (Dan.). ,*“'The rich men can take cars of them aclves,” |s the cry of the Natlonals. Butlest there sbonld be any bitch In the matter they pruceed lo nominate them for Congress with & unanimit that betrays & very tonder solicituds oa the anbjeck of campaiyn expenses.—Akron (0.) Beucon (Kep. ). Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio,~-whose rucord on the Central Rallroad clalm of Keatucky, in which, a8 executor of the estate of bis brother-fn-law, he took wore than half the sward m, Belknap, 1s now weil kupwn (o the co: longe 0 the order of gusliing patrivte, —X _Bua (Dan.). . 'QGen. Banning will have three months worq o Congress. e should Improve the time to saffect & further reduction of the army. Gab. Miles 1s reporiod o have whlrnnl the Bannocks, snd this 1s° suggeated a8 evidenca tost thorw are 100 wapy Uniled Buates soldters.—~Columbus (0.) Jouraal (Zev.), Ben Butler will probably find bLimself in the position of & circus proprietor. An Immonee crowd enjoys the music of the band and the free sbow, and thers is & proapect of & large sttend- soce; but, woen the tlume for busincss uaies, somubow the crowd doesn'y sbow up.— Lineinuatl Commnarcial (Lnd. ). As Democrats, determined to represent their constituents in & Convention held when sad ‘wheru called by their State Cummittes, they clalm to nave done their work regularly sudju good order, and will clahn and reccivo the support of that pasty at the polle for tholr tickel, headud by Benjawiu F, Butler, no watter |f 8 dozen poste uements aro bad by the uld Stste Commitiee, 'be state Committeo bas pow come to the fruot for viguruus wourk and a aharp cawpalyn. ‘The Globe will heartlly co-gperate witu 4 Coumnnlt- tee, the men wha forned the Conventinn, and thasn whom they represent, In snoporting 1l steong ticket aud platform whieh are tho tesnlt of Festerday's work,— Jlostan tilabe (Dem. ), By tho irresiatible lome of charncter, assn. clation, and history, the Republican party becomey tho pepreacatative of public honor, snund woney, and_husiness mecurity, Jnst as cortalnly na thy Democratic party becomen the representative nn | emhodiment of ropudiated faith, dishonest cnr. rency, and general uncertainty. ~Aibany Jouraal (iep.). The Hon. Ben Hill begina to think that tho Democratic party cannot be killed. [t hay stood & great many hard doses, but it remainy ty be seen if Ben Notlar's crow will not ** pizen™ 1y party In Massachnsette, The prineiples nf Demoe- ncr are Inextingnishnble, but binnders in vropa. gating them may make a good mnny‘rmuhm ary blne, 1f thoy ao not have a care. —Augusta (uy.) Chranicle (Dem.). Even in the house of hia friends Mr. Slier. man doca not escape sovero criticlsm an account of his change of policy In regard to the disburscment of the sliver dollars. 1Tt bellttles the policy of ay Administration to play fast and loose with 1] 1t financial achemos or oporationas and tho n change of purposs Ia & confession of cither (znie FAMCO OF Weakners, —an alternative chiolce that 1y not creditabl (Rep.). Mr. Blaine ia just now widening the cir. camferonce of his personal grip; Mr. Randall hag become a sllent and ghostly wanderer? Mr. Thur. man begins to whirl Jike a shuttlecock overautamn flelde: M ayard knows the downy comfort of tho fleet -cary Mr. Hendricks awinas around the clrcle; and one own mgentons Governor sud. denly develope: ambition for making acquaint. :llu:'e‘l) in far-away Slates.—PAiladelphia Times nd.). Au earneat Greenbacker in the lower part of the city sald: **If the Qovernment stamps g plece of paper and says that's o dollar, why ain'c it & dollar Just as much as a pleco of gold or silser atamped one dollar 18" And when he wan vk *41 the Government stamon a bushel of sand anj eays that's & bushel of potatoes, why nin't ity /o Greenpackor 3ald: **Now you talk ilke a — faal." Krom which it appears that n Grecnbacker 1u ntterly nnable to reason by analogy.—/ingaon (V. Y.) Freeman Rep. ). How is this, Deunis Keatnoy, my hoy? ‘When Ben Baller was & **coliege consumnptive," Thomas Talbot was a bard-working operative in s mil), where, by honest indnstry, he raised himscl to an honorable position as s manufacturer. Nen has amassed a great fortune by Ingenulty and trick. ery in warping facts. Tomn lias secured acom. petency Ly cnterprine and_economy, nevar for Ing the intorests of the workingmen. 1en's nan. ufacturing stock paya Iarger dividends, but Tom's operatives ore not 80 badly squeezed, —Zostos l}’l‘;‘alu (nd. Dem.). The Maino election has proved that the Democratic party canunot keep 1ta votors tn the old parly fold by inclining to fluancial heresles, aa it has done In Maine, Vermont, and Pennsylvania, or by onealy embracing them. as it has done clse. where. The demand for a new voiltical distrbn. tion Is wo lively that Democrats with soft-moncy =ympathies will prefer to vote a stralght UGreen. back ticket rather than to accent one of thelr own nrty duly laveled. The rafcty of the conntey loy n the hupe that the Hepuolican party will he trug (o its pledges on this quostion, and that the Ke. ?;Ibllc‘nl will not desert their old abip nntil tie mpest 18 over, ~New York Ecening Lost (fiep.) Tho only really doplorable result of the mistako [Butler's nomination by the Democratlc Conventlan) ia the extont to which It mpinges the dignity of the Democratic organization, and places tha party In the attitudo of having made a needless concesalon, if not a useless sacrifice. Dutler Is not a.member of tho Democratic party. does not aspire 10 be, and wanld niot be wanted by the party 1f he did. But he 18 8 very convenient and cfiective bludgeon with which to smash the ugly anil vicluns head of Massachusctts Itadicalism. And there wag no need of taking the bindgeon formally into tle famliy as & pormanent articie of furnlture. 'Tnat 18 8)l. — Washinglon Fost (Dem.). ‘Wao are and have beon for the harmony of the party. We have even been willing that silence should bo had upon Immaterial fssues, Wo have never favored silonce upon a motertal lsanc, The financlal issuc ls of all isstica tho most material, Silenco upon that wero "“Ch"Y to the Nftfon. And, warned by the plots wilch arc disclusod, desplaing the counsols which would lead it to ruln, let Republicans speak rieht out, and domand of their Conventlon the most positive and vestinent deciarations of principlee, * Pcraonal agiitions will and must be made, to take care of thofluclves. mnm les before men,— Lochesler nocral TN Thurman, and Tilden, ond Hendricks may bid for the Presidenttal prize; but, it the divero ¢lements opposed to the Republican party areto be consolidaled, Butler I the wizard who will rule thoatorm, He never was at hearta lepublican. lle simply ran with the muckine, Now hes whero hils natural inclinatious Jead him. Helson s own, hla native heath, Tie revels with a fresh freedom, and Aghts llke a man sure of his eroand. Just now be Is the conspicaous tyure of our pul.- tics, and, if we are to sink to the mire and slvuzh of the vaparles proclaimod by tne third perty, and accepted so often by professional paliticiany uf both tho old organlzations, ho {s the fit cbief for commaudin the purgatory.— Utica Jlerald (e It is all very well—it sounds mighty fino —to talk about ralsing higher than ever thy atand- ard of bard money, aud of waging & more relent- lesa war with the Greenback heresy, in view of the Hopublican disaster In Maine. But it le not good political sense. In fact It fa precious nonscnse. 1n this campaign we are not called npop to fight for & national parly Bvlnclnln. Our chlef business Is to prevont thy Democrats from foollng us. We muat secare all the Stato officers, and all the Legislatures, and all the Congressmen, that can possibly be eles by Republican votes, and we ought not Lo lay & siraw in tho way of any ro- calfed Greenbacker who desires to vote with us. After this battle ls over will be timo enough to be- Qin & ro that may pervuade the next Na- tional Keoaulican Conventlon to draw the liue at Rreenbacke, —Lufalo Krepress (Reo.). Whon a philanthropist like Butler pops up and announces, **Iamthe coming man; Jum be whow!ll run the Biata with such yrudesnce thit your taxes will be halved, ' It may be proper toak 1f he brought a character from his last place, M Conaressional record fupnishes the rendy auswer. Thathe pocketed thoussnds upon thousauds of Qollars which came out of the pockets of the sailors of Farragut's ficot; that g was the sutbor of tho salary-grab, or at Icast Its chief promoter; that Congress was obliged to pass an act forbidding Congressmen from belng paid attornuys, an thus pleading their wpecial causes, while pru advocate a public measure; that he Intro Massuchusctts 8 syateni of alectioneering thro.di a horde of pald agenis, thue attempting to thwart the will of the people; that ho hae attempted b7 inuondoes and threats, both written und nrl to intimidate prominent wentlemen from vEan. i i political aspirations,—theee eviuences of character, such as they ure, we know Gen. Butls possesscs,—Loslon Journal (Lep. ———— THE MADRIGAL. et, aweet is the breath of the red June T Bwee! ‘et, swoet is tho hymn of the bird swe-:' woet, swect 18 thoe thougut whickh no heirt dlsclose Bweot, swer west 1s tho song that de neves fieard, -Phlladelphia North American Bweet, o Faint, falnt, fatat fs the faco of the dying illv: l-'amt', taiut, faint 1s the vmile of nm'mmn:- yi Faint, faint, faiut i tne bLreeze that couwes U) il Vllnl: m{fi. falnt 1s the lght that ls stealied away. Falr, fatr, fair the etars gleam over the fouataing Fair, falr, falr ls the face that s turned fo Palr, 't': “mr the clouds enshadow the mouut: Falr, y fale the lips that are red se wine. Low, low‘; low is the call of the brook In 1B tuslies Low, low, lu‘w thie maon dips over he bill; Law, low, low is the boat-suug In its gushess " Low, low, low your cyes droop, sweet aud oliils Hoart, heart, beart, tae dav has endod fn glory: Hy eart, hoatl, the world i & decai of ollst Hears, heart: heart, Yo have heard tha ot oH siory s than & u""i ::'m. beart, fu there "fifl,'}'u'.‘.fiuuxu ———— TO' A ROSE. Exquisite rose, 1 love to gaze on thee, Forels o e il B2 e , $hou dost sveu Son waead wait Trom et Swcet clie which lles Beyond the skles. ' ‘The crystal dews that gom thy ceimson heart. And hr{nu ke auwunfi on thy emerala reasch Aro like the precious teass that aw alurt Wheu Lieauty for Lur abseat lover On lonely eves. But, though thou art 80 perfect in thy forw, Bo yluwiag and alive with 1ender grace, 'Boa st wy ftayrant fov, 8 crukl Laoro— 1 fels it ae I plucked theo from thy place To crown this vase. i ¢ served me right; 1shuuld bave lest gheo bloom b hxu-n)ng{w 4 10 8hy ewcrald bower And not bave pluckod thee Lo encheor wy Ffovil Q"ma tuy sweet prusence for & Heellng bour, My roysl Hower. v But atlll thy fste s nobler far, T ween, Toan Ly sweet slelers on Lheir native tree, Wh2 bloow “‘l“r’l‘ there, unloved, uusen. wmlu“n.:luu wast bes £ aweally bluom for bid 0 wiag of fheo.. Couxcis Broyrg, la, 4*Siorx” BELBasss- | | |