Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 28, 1878, Page 4

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Lake Shore, foot of Washington street, Whites v, SOCIETY MEETINGS. OMMANDERY, N . e this (satardan) evenine i Tioo gelick, | Tho e Temple il be conferred. There wii b ¢ oun. Ity arderof i - priase e Mlemm: DUSLOD lircorder. 7.—Spectal Greenbacks at the Now York Stock Ex- change yesterday closed at Avaust Ifz;wnucn Pz-m‘_um;l:lhu eminent German geograpler, died yesterday at the ago of GB. i Thero scems to be an interesting mncer. tainity as to where the Canadian volunteers aro going to get their pay for tho services rendered on tha 12th of July at Montreal in connection with the Orange-Catholio row. They were called out by six Magistrates ngninst the deriro of tho Mayor and A major- ity of the Mngistrates, and now the City Council refuses: to vote thom any compansa- tion. Ti.pEx's eminently respectablo connsel, the Hon, Troxas Hanrawp, of New York, wnd yesterday held in $10,000 bail at Detroit for his appearauce to answer tho charge of participation in the theft of tha nccount books at Marqnette, 1To has gone to New York to congratnlate his chief upon tho suc. cessful manner in which the income-tax in. veatigation at Marquetto was brought to an ond, The pioneer bill in the tax litigation of the prosent yenr was filed yostorday., Its object was to declaro nbout 14 per cent of tho tax of 1874 void, in accordance with tho rocont decision of the Buprome Court, and lo give the complainant the right to redeem rom tho tax-sale on payment of the remain. der of tho tax. This suit will ‘no doubt ko followed by a long line of others, a8 was the caso last yenr in a similar instance, It is plonsant to bo able to give promi. nence o the fact that the yellow-fever re- ports from Louisville, alleging the occur. rence of o large number of new casesand tho existenco of a panie in that city, wore exag- gerated and falso, and that there is neither a seare nor any occnsion for-a scare, In the statement promulgatod yesterday bLy the Louisville Board of Ifealth, the official wssurance is conveyed that the city s fu an cxceptionally Lealthy condition, and there is not uow nud has not boen any epidemio of uny choracter. Which is doubly gratifying in viow of the pluck and generosity shown . by Louisville 1n roceiving all who came, and 10 questions asked, yi — An inquiry has beon raised which Gen, lurLen will probably feel ealled upon to take notico of at lis earliest convenience. It re. lates to the manuer in which lie Las employ- ed the funds of tho Boldiers’ 1omes of whicl he is the custodian, and which have remsined in his keeping for such intervals and under such circumstances as to puggest the possibility of considerable profit to somebody in the way of interest. It seems hard to put the friend of the workingmen to the trouble of laboring through lis private sccounts in order to ascortain whother Lo may not have used largo amounts of the Iowe funds in his own Lusiness, aund, it so, who ot the benefit of tho myjxture; but people would really like to know about it, now that the question hias been raised, Trom Memphis the choering news comes that the back of the scourge is broken, and that tho death-roll yesterday was the smallest recorded since the fever broke out, Vicks- burg js baving a new sffliction in the return of hundrods of peoplo who fled to the country, but who, finding the city is shak. ing off tho digeaso, aro now pour. ing in from the infected districts round sbout, bringing a frosh supply of infection aud iocreasing the number of new casce, ‘fhe fover in its most virnlent type fs atill roging in wany of the couniry distriets, not oniy unchecked, but in mevy iostances wlwost unopposed, this coudition re- sulting frow the woful lack of the proper medicul supplics, physiciaus, ‘and- nursos. Isolated 03 wany of these" plague-stricken communitive aze, with death relentlessly at: work in thelr midst, and in! many cagenwith uo hope of immediate succor, theirg is truly # fato which ghould excite univepyal sym- puthy. P % Yesterduy's developuouts in the Vawpra- vieT will caso were such a3 to show up the churacter of Mr. Wrietas 11 Vasvenowr in 8 very ugly light, and, unlessthe force of theso rovelations can bo broken by psitive contradictory proof, thera iy & most pleasing proapuct that the groedy monopolist will be Svrced to looden Lis cluteh upou the vust - tate which he contrived to inherit from his fathor, The contestanis of tho will have nndertaken to prave that Wrnruas H. Vas. DRRBILT resorted to conspiracy nud frand to induce the old Commodore to devise to him alone the gront bulk of the enormous property in rulway stocks and bonds. They wera pormitted, after a fierce and dotermined effort by the connsel for the chief legatee, to stave off tho damaging disclosnres, to bring upon the stand a witness who swore that her ‘hnspand, a professional Spiritaalistic medinm, or * medical clairvoyant,” was employed and heavily paid by Wizt IL to stff the crednlous old Commodore with the statement that A mosange had been received from his dead wife in the spirit world urging Dbim to mako a will in favor of Wirrtast I This shameful plot was fully carried out, according to the statement of the witness, and the will was made nccordingly. o me———— The successful raid upon the gambling- hotses yesterday, accomplished by Supt. BeAvEY, is & welcome demonstration of his inclination and ability to break up these nefarions establishments., Tho raid was organized with such skill and secrecy and condneted with such vigorous earnestness as to reflect great credit npon the Superintend- ent and his subordinates. This is the sort of thing Chicago wants. The thing to do is, in the Ianguago of Dexxia Kran- NEY, 0 ‘first corral them, and then grind them!” Tho gamblers must go. They have cnjoyed immunity too long nlready, and the people of Chicago will re- joica fo find o Supt. Seaver the man to smash the dens and break up the business, Itis plensant to record that the iitherto.sacrod precinets of * The Store,” a gambling hell presided over by that emi- nont and influential Democeratio politicinn, Mixr. McDoxarp, shared tho common fato yonterday, thereby dissipating tho idea that this resort is priviloged beyond others. Theore mnst ba more of this interruption of taucled security ; the more of it the better. The way lo suppress gambling is to make it Lot for the gambling-houses, and the way to Inako it hot s to repeat yosterday's rald every dny and night so long ns a single deu of rob- Lery remnins in operation. Snpt. Sea- viEr has demonstrated that ho knows how to doit, and tho peopls will expect him to keop it up. et e The Gubernatorial aitustion in Maine is vesy peculiar, and it is imposaible to foratell tho result. 1IL is the duty of the Houso to report to (ho Senate two nmnes ont of the four candidates who had the highest num- ber of popular votes. Coxvon, Bwnta, and GiancELON wera respectively the Repnbliean, Nationnl, and Domocratic caudidates, but Col. Frepentox Itomte, & Ropuliican, reccived setenteen - votes, and henca in eligiblo for election at the hands of the Leginalature, The Senate is Republican, so (it if eithor Coxvon or Ronie bo one of the two reported by the Touse, thero will be n Republioan Governor, But the Houso ia made np ns follow: Tepublicans Nattonala Democrat b Hard-moncy Democrats, nomin licans, Totalsereas oo, A combination of the Republicans and Nationals is ont of the question. A combi- nation of Republicans and Demoarats would require eleven of tha Intter to report Coxxon and Ganceroy, which would be cqdivalent to the election of tho former, aa the Senate haa 20 Republicans out of a total membership of 81, Tho Nationals will require the co-opera. tion of 19 Democrats in order to report their enadidate Byt slong with the Democratio candidate Garceroy, The last-named com- bination may be thae easiest to mnke, because tha Democrats Loliove that, a3 botween the cnndidate of tho Democrats and that of tho Natiouals, the Republican Benate will select the former ns the lessor of tho two evils. But Ropiz, with his littlg sceenteen votes, mny possibly come in asa compromise on whom the Republicaus and honesl-money Democrats may unite against a common one- my. NEW YORK'S EXAMPLE. ‘While all the tendenoies of the Demacratic party are manifestly in the dircotion of in. ternal dissension and disintegration, all the Republican signs are favorablo to renewed harmony aud good feeling, 'Tho Now York Ropublican Convention furnished n notable illustration of this fact. Thero were elo. ments of discord among the Republicans of thst State that might easily have been do- veloped into ns serious a Lroach as occurred betweon the opposing faotions of the New York Domocracy, Instead of this, there was mutual concesslon i tho faco of a‘common onomy, and there was a disposition to sink persoun! aud private intervats which reflects great credit upon all concerned. It is protty certain that Mr, CoNurina's friends had suf. ficient steength in the Conveution to have arrayed tho parly nominally ngainst Proai. dont Haves' Administration, had they seen ft to carry on tho warg it is also certain thot tho auti-CoNkriva faction was strong cmough, mwot to eurry tho Convention, perhaps, but to have in. sured the defeut of tho parly and of Mr, Cosguiva's chauces for ro.elec. tion, it it Lud been disposcd to do so. DBnt both factions recoguized the uew spliere of dnly and usefulness that kns been opeucd p to the Republican party by the fdentifica- tion of " the Domocrats with the Communists and Fiatiets, and they abaudoned porsonal vreforvuces and projudices to a higher pur. pose, A, Conxwixg sud Mr, Cunnis wero fouud togother, eloquently, urgiug Larmony and fidelity in Lattling agaiust the danger of the hour, Mr. Coxxrrxa's speech before the Conven. tion sy be commnended as one of the most telling, because oue of the most concise aud simple, argawents that bave beon wmado in behalf of the honesty aund wisdom of main. taining the substantial aud stable monetary Lasis which has boen practically renched. ‘I'ieso arguments sppeal'alike to capital and labor, mod Mr. Coxsuma sot them forth in » style calculated ‘to conquer assent from all closscs. Mo was right in pointiog out as the pecnlisr mis- sion of the Ropublican party to defvat 1hip combinations that bhave beon made under tho suspices of the Dumocratio party to plunge tho coantry into anotherern of ruin- ous speculation, intlution, and extravagauce, ‘The people of tho United States can only be protected from the follacics and excossos of Butlerisw by the Republican paxty, aud it is ouly through hanmony of jiurpose and sction that its sgeucy can bo mado efective,, Tt will bo suggdested in portuiu quartors that Mr. CoNELiNu's wmotive way sclfish in urging uuity of acfon at this time, and that bo Lod muainly 46 View his own re-eluotichs to tho Bonale; wu prefer, bowever, to put a wore charitable construction upon his con. duct, and sceredit Lima with geuuine patriot- isw. ‘Lho purity of his motivos will appear when be tukes Lis plicy i the Scuate; of Lo ahadl thoy hold out encouragement to party dissensions, whether by resenting the removal of the New York Custome Honse ofticials (which twrns out to linve been for goud enusa). or by giving re- eret countenance to the parlisan effort to distarb President [arss in tho possession of the Prosidential office, then it will be fair to chargo him with a solfish purpose in his ane. ocessful offorta to harmonize the New York Republieans, bt not till then. In the mean. timo he hina taken a conrso which ronnds the keynote for harmony in the Republicau parly throughont the eutire country, and indicates neuro rond to miccess in 1880, if not in the fall election of this yenr. For,if tho Nation- als shall 5o fae deceive the peoplo as to gain substantinl victories this fall, tho superior wisdom of the resumption policy, ** by mak- ing all currency, whether paper or coih, eqnivalent, convertible, secure, and steady ” (the words of the New York plat. form), will have been' domoustrated beforo tho Nationnls can destroy the work of many yenrs, nnd thon tho steadfnstness of the Re- publican party to the cause of lonest and rational money will onable it to provail, The New York Republicans hiave ot an excollont examplo by treating the provious condition of things ** ns an emergency in tho history of the conntry second only to its strnggle for existence,” and the same view shonld persuado reasoning and right-minded men everywhore to act with the Republican party in this emergency as the only political orgnn- ization cither predisposed or competort to opposs the flood of errors and threats which Domocratic approval has mado dangerous. "“GREENBACK AND ANTI-GREENBACK." Bureen, on his way from tho West to Massachusetls to open the enavass, atopped long enongh in Now York to have himself interviewed Ly two morning papers and lo write alotter tothe third. Ilis lottor was for tho purpose of **correcting ” the report of hLis Terre Hante speech, in which he was credited with saying that the ol Continental monoy ** wiped itself out of existenco with- out anybody being loser.” In his * correc. tion” ho maintains that the Continontal money, ‘* having done done its work aud dis- | tributed tho cxpeuse of the war among tha people, it was no loss to anybody and a gain to all.” ‘This * correction ” only leaves Bur- Lrn's position on the subject of Continental mouoy o little more bonfusing than before, Lut it sorves to confirm tho suspicion that Lo knows nnd intends that the now flat money which ho advocates ghall take the same course,~—repudiation,—and that Lo ap- proves of it in advance. He doos not oven seok the justification of a war and the unequnl distribution of its. cost for this de- liborato schome of. repndintion. In his in- terviows, Burren exaggerated “his own por- sonal fmportance in tho nniversal nttention which the Massachinsetts clection i3 attract- ing, enlarged upon the phenomenal growth of tho National party, justified the nctiou of Lis blowers and strikers fn burglarizing the ‘Worcester Convantion, bedged on Keanxey ns mauch as ho could, expressed the beliof that tho bulk of the Democratio voto in Mas- sachnsetts will be divided betwoon him und the Republicnn candidate, and admitted the soft impeachmont that ho hns Presidentinl aspirations, Tho most .important thing which Borren ssid was that thero will be only two parties nt tho mext Presidential clection. Whon asked what thoy, will Lo, ho raplieds i ‘* Greenbnck add anti-Greenback,” Butien was technieally corvect in this onswer, but tho menning in which he in- tended it was false, It is probablo that the two contending parties at the next I'rosi. dential election will bo a Greonback and nanti-Greenback party, Lut the Republican party will bo the Groenback party and the National party will be the aunti-Greenback party. Butien proceeds upon tho assump- tion that the Dentoorstio party will be swal. lowved up by the Nationals before 1830, and tho events of the lnst fow montha certainly werrant the prediction; in that event, the Democratie party will cut no more figure in the eampnign of 1880 than it did {n running O'Coxon iu 1872, when the contest lay be- tween GRant ond Greerey, The Republicnn party will mnke the fight under its own uame, and as tho champion of the genuino greenback,—na Govornmont promiso-to-pay, redoemablo on demand, and the carrency equivalent to the staudard com of the na- tion. The National purty will bo the onti-Groenback party, for it will advoocate the unlimited fssne of {rredcomnble fiut scrip, promising to pay nothing, payivg vothing, and looking forward only to repudiation and disappoarauce after tho manner of the Con- tinental curronoy. ‘Thore are two thiugs that Botren would especially like to accom. plish, viz.: (1) Tho disintegration of the Tepublican party over tle repudintion issue, along with the Domocratio party; angd (2) the approprintion of the word **Gresnback” (which commands universnl rospect for the sorvice it hny done) to the usesof the Na. tional purty, I3ut he s making uo Loadway in citlier of theso things, Instead of disin- togeating, the politioal events of the day show that the Republican party is growing stronger under the ‘influ. cuco of n new mission ; and the real charno. ter of the greenback i3 too clearly identified with it namne, now that it in practically at par with coin, to bo confused with ny serip of tho Joux Law, or Assigoat, or Continental, or South American, or Confedurate frre. deemable, flat, aud *“ahsolute ™ kind, ''he greonback needs only tha realization ot the Reswmption act, which ButLea’s * Nation, als™ ara too tardy to defeat, in order to be tho equal of any curreuoy on Ihu faco of the oarth. ‘The Republican party will La its champlon in that condition, and it will be for Bureen's Dewmocrats, Communists, and Fiatists to break it down if thoy can, DRIFTING INTO WAR, Each successive day’s news brings En. gland aud Itussia more directly face to face in the Afghanistan matter, The effort of the former to leavo the responsibility with Ler Viceroy of Iudia aud to make it secmn an Indian rather than an Imperial quarrol may bo a fancy of Bracosariern's thut con- sorts with Lis love of Oriental pagesntry and spectacle, but it wilt hardly deceive any one. 1t is not likely that the Viceroy ot India will undertake to settlo any' quarrel with the Ameer of Afghanistan upou his own’wotion. 'fhe armies of (ke native Princos fu India are not yet sufficipuily loyal, the Iudian ex. chequer is too nearly baukrupted, the people are too sevgrely ellicted with famipe aud taxation, the work of goveruing Iudia is al- ready too crushing, to encoursgo any idea of sssuming the burden of fighting the turbu: fGut and fanatical tribes of Afghonistan and Heloochistan, It moy be stating a fuct diplomatically to say that the Viceroy nud tho Ameer have & quarrcl on hand, bLut st would como uearer . the truth to say that Fuogloud wnd Russia buvo sgain drawn their Srelations to sa thin 4 threcd thal i may becek un less the tension is- relieved. Tt s cerlain that the Ameer adoptel his policy of anub. bing the Faglish I-!iu‘h.\u,v aud lensing all their eommunioations unrecognized at the instigation of Russin, ' It is equally certain that ho would not bato dared to risk a wir with England except -he bnd been sccretly cucouraged and offdred protection of some kind by Ruain, -\, While the Euglish Goverument may deem it policy not to rush ifte au mmediato rup- tare with Russin, or to have it appear that eithor of the home CGovernments hns com- plicated its rclnuonnfn[mh, especinlly while it hins the Asia-Minor elephiant on its hands, and Russin holds an jndomnity mortgage on Turkey which it may forecloso at any mo- ment, nud may seek Lo linve it appoear that thero is no quarrel bBetween them, it does not fail on that accoint to recognizo the hiand of Russia in thé policy of the Amcer. 1t does not loso any tine in sendiog its Amn- Dassador from Rerlin! to 8t. Petersburg to ask for explanations aud to demand the withdrawal of the Czar's representative feom Cabul. Does any.ovne supposo that if this were mercly a, quarrel Letwoen the Ameer and the Viceroy, the English Cabinet would dispatch its ' ipdst experienced Am- Unsandor post haste ito 8t. Petershurg; or doea any ona suppose that the Ameer would have contemptuonsly slammed the door in tho faco of the English Embaasy, keaded by nu officer reputed to be s personal friend, it some one bind not stood behind him ‘with a proniise of protection ? It is a littlo remnrkable that the English Government shonld express any surprise at the preferenco shown for Russin by tho Amecr, consideriyg the treatment it has be- stowed upon Afghanistan, It mado war upon her in 1840 to placo upon tha throne a Shah who was favorable to Enghsh interests, but who was disliked by the Afghan people. ‘The London T'imes recorda still further ren. sona that liavo led to the estrangement. In the Seistan arbitration of 1871, the English arbitrator cut off n large slice of terntory that was in dispute botween Persia and Cabul, and gave it to the former,~—the vory territory thal is now reported by telegraph as in revolt,—notwithstanding the very genernl impression of English politi- cinns that the award was an net of injustico, In 1873 the English Government refused to rocognize tho heir apparent to tho throne, aud oxpreased its sympathy for his brother who lind always opposed the Amecr's policy. Subsequently it ignored tho Amcer by sond- ing o wission and prsonts direct to the ruler of Wakhnu, which was tantamount to a re- fusal to recognizo the suzorainty of the Awmcer, While Eugland was thus ropelling the Ameer, Russia stndiously courted his favor aud encournged Lis policy. The result is slio Lias a strong forca on his border, her eavoy in his Capital, and ber policy and in. flnenee established in his dowinions, while tho English ave forbidden to cross the fron tiers. All of Tarkestan, Afghanistan, aud Deloochistan is Lrought into direct commer- cial and political relations with Russia, and sho bas a baso for (uture military operntions with her commnuications fully eatablished. Bubstantially tha great contest for Asialic supremacy betwoen Russin and Englaad has commenced, and Russia hns moved her first plece upon jthe board before Eugland was ready to commenco tho gamo, Tho Afghan- istnu pawn may bo taken, but either England will have to exchango a picce for it or the sacrifice will placo Iinssia nt an advantage in fature moves, In view of tho situation in Luropo and Asin, BricoxsrieLp's Loudon pngeant appoars, to say the least, prematuro, Russia rotired from the Borlin’Congrass ap. parently with a large abatement of the de- mands sho made at San Stefang nnd with loss to herself, when thoro appenred to Lo n prospect of an Anglo-Anstrian alliance, but how does tho situntion stand now ? Bhe bos iuvolved Austria in n bloody and cxpensive struggle in Bosnia and produced dissatisfac. tion among the Hungariang, She heas left tho Balkan provinces more embittered than over ngniust Turkey, Albania is in rovoll. Greece i clamoring for war, The Dobrud- scha isin arms, Bervia and Montenegro are basioging tho bewildored Turk for their in. duenmitics. Engtand bas au elephant on hor handa in Asia Minor, and now suddonly finds herself upon the vergoof a war with twelve millions of the flercest nnd most warlike peo. ple of Central Asia. Thoe revengo for Berlin begins to appoar, The Rev. A, A, Mixgn, who s the Prohibl- tlon candidato for Govarnar of Maasachusctts, would bu serving the auss of temperance and rood grder moro effectuatly Just in this partica- lar emiergency i ho would throw up his haud and vecommend all bls friends to vote agatnst thoe draron, BuTLER, and ln favor of Mr, Tat- vor, the Republican nomfuce, Mr. MiNex says fn his letter uf neceptance * that thn evils that must attend the proposed: greentack loflation would be trifles compared with those made by the six hunared millllon dollars munually ex- vented for liquor, and tho six hundred mill'ons required to repair damagea,” But Mr, Mixen ought Lo know threo thinge: () That be cun- uot by any vossibility be clectd@® or come with. in a thousand miles of ie. (2) ‘Thaty It he could be elceted, bis party could nut by any meaus or method abate the “evils of Intemperance. (3) ‘That hils candidacy, fustead ot doing good, docs harm, because it may endanger the alectton of the Hepublican candidate whose defeat would be & public calamity at tnl, stage of the gawme, — Ex-Senator JAMES R. DoolaTrLe takes nd- vantage of vur guod naturs to say iu Tua Tris. uNE thnt s sun, “littlo Jisg," who fs runnine on the Bourbon ticket fur Congress lu the First Diatrict, is a very smart boy,—au asscrtfon that the Juslor member of the concern would to Qoubt readily admit himsell without an elabs ‘vrato argument. .Concerning a speech which theson made, the father Ias the extreme mod- eaty to write this: *One of the greatest states. men, jurlits, wnd orators {n the United States eald it was one of the ablest and most masterly specchies ho bad ¢yer reads” Now tho question that puzzles out brain at present is, whether the nonie of this 4 greatest statesman, Jurist, and orutor fu the Unlled States® s not ‘Jasms I DootsTrLe.” =Otherwise why not let the world koow who It Is that Lias discovered the peer of our grestest aud ablest stutesinen fu *little" Doorarrexl . e —— Aun alleged Republican mowspaper ab Milwau- kee, kuown as tho Du'ly Murphey, bas much of & very scvere charaeter to eay about the “methods of those candidates for United States Besator in Wlscoritja o whons the ul- leged Ropublicun nowspoper In question is op- posed. What has it to sbout Mr. MatT CaRPENTER'S “*wethiods,’ Who accepts acall from Dewmocrats, Upeenbackers, Kepubticans, und anybody who will size jt, aud thus becomes aparty to a plan to deprive the Republican party of the scrvices of thy most populur Ro- pubtican i the district as a.candidate for Con- gress, uuless a corrupt barialu sball be wmade to pack o leglsistive dolegation in Canerstes’s uteruest, to which even thy Republiean cindl- dates for the couuty ollices aro to beforced to subseribe! How i3 that for *uethods,” so- calledd s An Interesting meetivg of the leadiog - Jurlsts of Norway, Sweden, aud Deomark was recently lield at Curlstlania to conslder the question of the aldvisability of trlal by Jury, Mitherto the & slet Las bot Leen utioduced I Nurway, 1a participation i dispensing justice, but nothing Mike a formal Jury, In Denmark, the charter ot ESE) enacted that Jurtes should e employed In criminal cases and {n lawsuita of a politteal uature, hut the act was never eartied out, and Is practically a dead letter. In additlon to the Jurlsts, there wers prescnt several of tho Unf- versity Profcasors aml members of the three Cabtuy During the discusslon it apoeared that Norway and Sweden vigorously opposed the jury aystem, while Denmark approved of it. Between these two extremes there were somo speakers who recommended the system that prevalls in Some parle of Germany, where wno divislon between fact and law is admitted, but whers tho jury- inen concur with the Judge in declaring gulity ornot guilty. Itis probable that eachot the three Kingdoms will take its own course, and that, while Denmark will try the Jury system, the people of Norway and Bweden will contiuue to rely upon the honesty ot their Judges, et — Speakiog of tha encouraging slims of a re- +ival of business, a New York paper notes an- othier good omen §n the bank circulation and reserves which remaln remarkably stendy, The New York banks lost lnst weck only £384,700 In reserve, of which ovly $352,600 was In legal- tenders, and have lost since tho month began only $2,100,000 in legal-teaders, while galning $1,400,000 fa specle, and increasing their average of loans by $2,000,000. ‘'L'ic outstanding circu- Iation of all the National Banks was $323,010,- 242 on the last day of Angust, and only $:391,- 878,037 on the 21st of September, The volume of business transacted is larger than It was last year, and the carnings of rallroads and other corporations give token of a geucral improve- ment, e In tho Scventh District of Wisconsin the Democrats are supporting UntArres D, PARKen, the Greenback candidate for Congress. The (Greenback Congressional Conventlon, in nomi noting Gov. PARKER, declared that the *Gov- ernment hos becume In fact a Government of corporations for the accumulation and protee- tion" of proverty by potiticlans, Natlonal Bank- ers, brokers, stock-jobbers, and others whose fn- terest is dlametrically opposed to tho general welfaro of the people,” aud added that *‘both the Democratic snd the Ropubllcan parties are responsible for these evi's,’! This is a decided ene couragement to the Democrats to voto for the Grueenback candidate and platform, ————— Mr. E. V. SMALLEY writes to tho. New York Tribune n cheerful opinlon reganding Republie- an prospects It Ohlo this fall. e says that in its “present nspect, the National movement In Ohlo is far mora threateniog to the Democratic party than to the Republicans, It bids foir to aive the Republichn State ticket a much larzer plurality than could be hoped for without it, and ft will end lo tho election of Repubtican Congreastnen In the Toledo District, the Cleve- land District, Fosten's District, and I the Firat Cinclanati District."” —————— Mr. Bexcugn, who is to treat our peoplo with a new lecturo next weck, lias met with the most brililant success durlng his lecturing tour In Calitornio. e cleared 810,000 by ten lectures, and the man who hired bim made almost a8 tnuch. His lecturo cutertninments {nterfercd seriously with the business of the theatres. On one oceasion, when the workingmen undertook to et up a riotous demnonstrution before the doors, his nrent offered the leaders freo tickets, and they ylelded to the temptation. —t— A dispstch from Galesburg on Wednesday eays that Senator Oarssny's specch at the Opera-Aouse was n mosterly review of the fssues of the campalgn, Tho hall was densely packed, 3,000 peoplo bolng present, aud the ad- dress, which was greoted with great npplause, will be the keynoto of the Republicans in that distsict. The party is united, snd an old-fasn- joned mojotity may bo looked for. e Senator CoxkLING'S conduct” at the Repub- ifean State Conyention on Thursday Is worthy of all cuinmendation, Not ouly was his ad- dress bofore the Conventlon upon tho finunces emluently sound aud worthy of the Republican party, but his disposition to conciliate and bar- monlxe contlicting vpintuns in regurd to other watters {8 a ¢ood omen for the Republican party in the Emplro State. e ee—— Immicnse quantitles of lthographed letters are being scut through tho malls o Penvsyl- vanla, slined by DoN CAMERON, aavistng those to whotn it ls addressed to subscribe for tho Now York ZTridune. 1t is sald to be less cffec- tual than tho offers of strawberry-plants as premiums, which was a business cuterprise of good old Hopace GuexLey in his prosperous days. ——— Will DBzx Burien wow procced against AnpoTT, the Demuocratic caudidate for Gove eruor, by maadatwus, injunction, or quo war- rantof o ought to be uble to keep AnuoTT from running sealnst him In some way, and Uen. BuTLen Is subbused 10 be fawiliar with all tho quirks of tne ) e — ‘The smoky stmosphera of Pittsburg is so donss that it can alwost bu cut with a kuife, bat o4 thick as it 1s, Mr. DANA, of the Sun, wua able to look through it the other duy upon the occa- ston of the visit of President ilayes, nnd sce that “the brand of fraud upon his brow detied obwcuration.'” ————t—— Senutor PaTTRRSON, 0t Houth Carolfua, 1o a recent duterview denounced Civil-Burvice re- form as **infernal nonscnse.’” ‘Ihere is no nou- senise, though, udout the Yact that PATTERSON is wauted 1n Bouth Curvlina to be vlaced ou trial for bribery sud othur crimes. ————— Bow KircneN, who is the Greenback nomi- nee in the Fourth Congressional Districtof Mis- sourl, wns a Major iu Jere T1OMPION'S guerrile tas during the War, * Lately be lins begn one of the wanagement of the Missouri Pouituutiary, und [s au unsavoery Kitenxs, e et —— The Democrats recently bad s barbocue at Sedalis, Mo., at which elgtit oxen were roasted whiole, and forty slieep aud 4,000 loaves of bread were consumed, What an all-fired lot of whisky it mast have takun to wash down that amuunt of dry bread, e —— The lion. Enwanp McPueusow, long the Clerk of the House of Representatives, will be- como tho editor of Forymy's Philadelphia Press, —a position which bas been vacant for about filteun yeurs, —————am— Cole R, Q. INGxkmaOLL ¢nu make & better spueech than Firz-Gresxz HaLLecs coula; out SlanLzcx’s poem on the bisthplace of Robxrt Bonxs ts tnsplhied, while 1naxasoLL's is simply & set of mechanlcal rhymes, — Ex-Llcut.-Gov. F. A. Hoyrsian, now a Wis cousin fariuer, took the Arst prize for wheat ot tho titate Fair, 1ere is & gentlo bint to his sues ceasury, DRVERIDGE, GLENN, and BUUMAN, pigmfest Seaselilul s From tha gencral tone of the Republican journals 1t would svet 1hal they uo uol regard Gen, B, ¥, B.rieu with much faver.—qQuiney Herald {Len. ). How do you like blw, sluce he has gobbled your party! Tho Tute'lyencer, Democratlc organ of Madl- #on County, bulte Col. BN BUCKNASTEN, stat- Jug that the Scertary tampered with the Dzurs and counted Buek lo for the Scuats. N e o M. D. Hatuaway, Democratic:candldate for Cougreas I the Flith Distpict, 16 President of tbe Rochelle’ Natlonal Bauk, Like Geu. Paus kR, lic splts on the Democeatic State platform. e rrlip—— . 3 % ! Now that Bonutor Covkrixo end Groram WinLias cum": bave pooled tuojr issues, thery, Is & reasouable "prospeet that the Ropublicgns will carry New York this fall. Brrmse Buny wauts ™o como back! Ponies fre-uring, biankets, rutious, and sculps arc o, L old Chial’s il i — Ep1:o¥ Is trying to fnvent u machine tbat will uize the sarplas povier ol Bes BosLes. weden there has bicen romething tike apopular WASIINGTON. Collector Marritt's Administration of the New Yerk Custom- House, Falsc-Bottomed Trunks and Such Liko 'Pricks No Longer Play o Part, Vague Hints as to Poible Trouble with the Mexican Ropublic, Ilow Jusilce Is Thwarted by Democratic Legislation at tue Last Scesslon. The Posse Qomitatns Olanso of the Army Bill in the Interest of Horso- Thieves. GEN. MERRITT. HOW IS MANAUES THR NEW Yo CUSTOM- , MOESE. Speciat Dievaten to The Tribune. Wisnixurox, D. O, Bept. 27.—Gen, Merritt, Coltector of the Port of New York, In the course of on foterview here, sald he was run- ning the Custom-touse on busiaess principles. Senator Conkling had not recommond- ed any appolutment. When vacancles ocetrred, the Collector had tried 1o supply them from the various factionsin the Republican party. Ia thought the varty was not too strong, and that cvery man was noeded. He bad appointed no Democrats, and does not futend tos nor has he made any appolntments merely to advance the fnlerests of the party. He sald he shoutd Lo able to collecet several millfons more revenue than bad been collected before, and at mitch less cost of eollection. In the mattor of sugar, the figurcs would be enormous. He sald the matter of personal beggage had recelved much attention. Ha thinks ho tins stopped the oldl practice by which tho Insuector of Baggaze received bribes from travelers for passing bag- eage unopenced. Ue does not intend to be severe, and, in caso of doubts, atways directs tho ofticers to declde in favor of the travelers. But when there is an cvident Intention to de- fraud the_revenues, he oxcrcises tho utmost eoverity. Tle has no sympathy for those who employ false Lottoms to thelr trunkg, and uso other devices to conceal goods. Jlesald one taso has occurred lately that gave a sambple of what 1 constantly happening. A prominent gentle- man arrived from Europe, The oflicers pro- posed to search his bagage. He ovjected and Llustered, sald he was worth a_million of dol- lara, and was not lu the habitof having bis word questioned, nor had ho suni so luw as to be a smugeler, The officers peratsted fn the demand for nis keys, and search was made. Savonteen Illrlk of fiue lacu curtains were found iu onc runk, Lien, Merrltt says ho has nlready, during Sep- tember, collucted over 810,000 duties on oer- sonal hageaze alone, and the sum will probably reach §50,000 by the enid of this month.” He also says that in August and Beptember more money has been collected on personal baggage thain durlog the whole of any previous year. —— GEN., BUTLER. THE SOLDIRRY' IIOME FUND—A FEW QUES- TIONS CONCRRNING I1IS BTEWARDSHIP, Special Dispatch to The Tridune. Waenineroy, D. C., 8ept. 27.—~8en. Butler, at the beginning of the camnpaian for Governor, called attention to his record, which he sald had been for years under the blaze of gmicroscope, Il bas repeatedly invited public attention to his management of the business of the Soldiers’ Homes of tho Unlted Btates, but has fniled to furnlsh nny rellablo data for cxamiuation, snd when catled ubon to do so has excuscd himsell by statiog that ho conld not furnish an exhibit of his financial relations to the Homea without disclosing his privato affairs. In an fnvestigu- tion somo yeard ago be testiflod that it was his custom to 4 MIX THE FUNDS of tho Homes with his own private bank ae- count. Some gentiemen interested In the Mas- sachusctts campalgn have investigated the sub- joct of the dispusition of this fund, and clain that the following statement I8 correct: At the beginning of eachi quarter the fuuds for the support ot the lloues, uvernging about $2220,000 per quarter, are drawn {rom the Treasury of the United States on tho wurrant of Gen. Butler, and sre placed to his personal eredit lu a bankiug tnstitution at Lawell. A mouth or slx wecks after the beginning of each quar- ter the financlal agent of Gen. But- ler usually transmits Dby private drutt to the ° Tressurers of the severul 1lomes ono-tnind of the amount reculved from the Treasury, and a_month later lie wenceally transmits auothor third, and at the cod of the :!unrm the balunco I fn Itke maaner surren- ered to fts prover custodions, It Is therefore clear that 1he whole of the money nuurmrlnw(l for the support of the Homes, say §20,000 each quarter, NEkAING 1o THa PRIvATE CREDIT OF OBN. NUTLAR one wmonth in each quarter, or four months during the year: two-thirds, say $146,000, re- mains fn hls hands anotier month in each quarter, or four months during the yeur; and one-third, say $73,000, retalns in his hamds yet another month Io each quarter, or four months during the year, equal tu an average of mora than $146,000 conatantly in s hands, upon which luterest at 5 per cent i3 . NEARLY $7,500 FERt ANNUM, Tho rate allowed may bo leas, but fa it not in order for Gen, Butler to exulain what use hie has mude of this interest? [f lio bas approorl- ated It to bis own usc, tins o made seturns of it to the Assessors of Luwellt MEXICO. A A LITTLE WAR TALK, Special Diapatch to The Triduna, Wasiuinuton, D, C., Sept. 27.~1C the minor officers of the State Dupartinent correctly rep- resunt the oplufons of their superiors a tritllug circutnstance miglt ereate troubl between the United States and Mexico. One of the officers of the State Department ro-day, lu conversation with a geoatieman who has spent mucli tuns oo tho Mezican border, said, referrfug to the re- vent information (rom Mexico, that the onder to Gen. Unl would not be withdrawn; that our troops, i thegy was occasion for it, would cross the Rio Grande, wod that If they did cross fu force they wquid remain there unthl they could vommaml a treaty winch should result dn the permanent resturation ot order on the burder, ke, thia under otiicer imtimated that the acquisition of Muxican territory woull b ap- proved at least by some members of the tove vrntnent, ana that a war with Mexico (u.tuo lat- ter part of tho present Admimstration would not he lmpossivle, Tho sum of §100,000,000 was spoken of as a price not oo small to pay for the acquisitlon of tha desired territory, It 1s uot believed that this uuder otlicer represents suybody but himself. NOTES AND NEWS. TUN RPISTLE OF EVARTS TO GREAT BHITAIN. Bpecial Dispaich 10 TAs Trisune, Wasniworoy, D. C,, Bept. 27.—Secretary Evarts appearcd at the White House to-dsy with bis * great portfollo,” containing the text of tho letter to Uireat Britaln upon tto talfux fishery award. Tho letter was submitted to the Preaident, was approved, and will be torwarded to-morrow, The subject has beun Inforally cousidered by the Cabinet, pud tho diffurent ollicers hiave becn made tamiliar with jts dotails, ‘Tus letter, of course, Is voluminous. Jt recites the history of the flsherics from the betonlng to the Wasnlogton treaty, Earncst doubts are expressed as to tho valug of the Gsheries Lo the Unfted States in zenerat, sud tho stateweut b very empbatic that tho ilalifax award Is grossty Qlsportionate tothe amuunt ol the fishi-cateh. But tocre arono fnthuaiions that tha United States will bealtate lu paying the award. Jf thera had been uny purpose oo the part of Afr. Evarts to suxeest a reclprocity treaty with the Duwinion of Canada, the recent elections fu Canada would have reudered such sugiestions usclese. At all eveuls, the letter contsing no selercocs toa reclprocity treaty, ENLISTED LABOR ASSOCIATION. 7o the Weateri Assuclited Preass Wasmsaerox, . C, 8 27—\ new gesacl- atiya 3 20nalug bere kuuwu ed *Tae Buliated S—— Tabor Assoclation,” 1t Is proposed to orge upon Coneress the passaze of n law by whyep 100,000 volunters may be enlisted for five veary for millliary nnd agricuftural purnosea on thy reservations of the Government, Twelve skilteg wiechanics or arUisans oro to be I each company, and ohe reginent of each corps fs to e engi. neera exclusively, | As soon a8 10,000 men shat be enllated, they shall e rent to o reservatlon, and apon their arrival shall Isy out n eity apy lieuin the erectlon of sultable quacters for per. manent eottlementy prepuring ths groun| for agricaitural purposes, and deveioning the mineral resottrees of the country, Faey corps Is to Lo furnished by the Government with sccds, stocks, farming implements, ang taole, Volunteers aro to recelve tho same pay as regular soldicrs, anil overy peraon £o enlist. ing shall, upon his honorable discharze, be en. titled to o patent for 160 acres of land, "as now providod for oy the Homestead uct, ur'to one jug wiLhin the limits of the ity, as he may cie.t, Every alternute lot i3 to be reserved to tae Unit. ed Htates, CONSCIENCR-STRICKEN, The Secretary of the Trousury ta-day receiveq an anonymous conimunication from Bostow (y- closiug $1,500 Lo be placed to the credit of the ** consclence fung,” TIE HOMESTEAD LAW. Gen, James A. tartiekd, in rosponse to n tele. gram from some gentleman In this city interest. ed fn the matter, sonds Lhe following us his cop. struction of tae Homestead law: Persons enteringa homestead after they have ceared 1o be soldicra get a patent After one’ years residence, Pereone actual roldlors t the date of entey, of who bucome so afterwards, if they aervel five “yenra, requirg no residence, I'he Conimie. sioner's deciaon Ia Haht, ~§did ot frame the lav, but cuncur with Judge Lawrence, who did, ! J. AL Ganriewn, THE NOWGATE EXPEUITION, Tuformation has been received by Cant. How. oate, at the Signal Ullice, that Copt. Tyson, of the schooner Flurence, of tue Howgale t'olar Expedition, reached st. Johns, N. F., yeatecay, ua" hus been sbsent fourteen months. Afl well, NESULT OF DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATION, Among the embarrassinents prowing ont of tho posse cumlitatus clause fn the Armv Anpro- yriation bill discussed in the Cabinet yesterday, I addition to the Pactfie Raflroad niatter, were the cases which tave rceently occurred, one in Arkaneas and the other In Texas, [n Arkunsas the United Stntes Marshal anpesled o the come manding officer at Fort Concho for a military cscort to protect him In the arrest of an allegud murderer, who had taken refugo in thy Inidun Territory, The request was reterred to Uen, Ord, who declinea to furnish the troops, and fn turn referrcd tho reguest to Washlngton for spectflu fnstructions. ~ » The other case wos tho applleation of the United Stutes Marshal of Texas to Col. 8haficr fur troops to assist him in arrcstlug partles charged with organlzing an exoedicion to fnvade Mexlco. “Lhis request was ulso declined and 1¢. fereed to Washington, Cases wers also ncntloned fn which the au. thoritics inlght be unableto enforce 1hie neutral- ity Jaws. ‘Ihic subect was pot finally disposal ol but It.1s probuble that instruct:ons will Lo issued to military commtanders authorizing them to act without previous authority from Washington, and upon thelr own reaponsivility, when tuey malr be In possession of evidence that the ueutrality laws are to be violated, HEMOVED, Ridga Vaschal, Collector of Customs at. Corpus Christi, Tex., has breen removed, nul 8Bam M, Johpson, Deputy Collector at San Au- toalo, appointed i his plnce, THD MEXICAN BORDER, BSenor Zamacona, the Mexican Minlster, says the ‘purpuss of the Moxian Governuent sendlug 5,000 troops to the border wis tu sup- press rulding and uld the United States troups tu putting down Jawlessness. A PROFOSITION REJECTED, Gov, Humpton hwving requested that ths Btate authorities bu allowed to eolicet thy Unlted States Internal revenuc-taxes fu that State, on account of tho great difiivultles expe- rienced by the revenuo ofticers i performunce of that duty, Commisaloner Raum, to whom the watter wis referred, rerllc: thiat the propo- sittou cantiot bo entertuined, TIRES.’ AT TAST 81 LOUIS. East 81. Louws, Nept. 27.—The loss of the Migsourl Car Comuany Ly fire last nlzht was be. tween $150,000znd 8160,000. Insured for 850,00), but the names of the companies are not yet us- certolned. T.oss of the Ollo & Mississippi Rail- way cstimated at 825,000, Insurance unknown. 81, Lovts, Mo, Bept. 27,—The Ohlo & Mis- slesippi Ratiroad round-house and the Missourl carand foundry works in Fast St. Louis wero destroyed by flre last night, The loss Is up- wards of $100,000. ‘T'welva bulldings were destroyed, Tho St. Louls cngines wero telegraphed for ata late hour, anid went over, but there was no water, ond the fremen and citizens had to stand fuly by and sce the property burn. A large lut of viluable lumber, one Tocomotive and tender, and several now freight cars wero also destros- e, Tue orlgin of the fire {s not known. Thy toss Is estlmatod ut 150,000, lusurunce not us- vertained yet, Later—Kollywing s the (nsuranzo on the Car Comvany's wroperty: $2,000 each fu_ the German, New York: Lamar, New York:: Men- den, Conneetient; Shoe & Leather and Shaw- mut, Huston; Franktin, Philadelphia; Commel cial Unlun and Boriogiield; 82500 cac in the Phenlx, New York; Hurtfoni; Guardian, Envlund; St, Joscoh, Missourl; Pennaylvania; Jome, N, Y.: North British and Mervantile, Germun-American, London Assut- anee, and Hambueg-Bremen; $3,000 10 the lm- perial: $1.500 each in the Connectient, Fair- eld, 8¢, Paul._and Fircmen's, N, 5,00 the Jusurance Company of North Am EL,000 tnthe Mechanfes® and Fradeses 56,000, AT TRANCESVILLE, IND, FraxcesviLLg, Ird, Sept 27.—AL ten ol utes to 11 o'clock lust nlght the Louisville, Albany & Chivazo Raliroad Depot was discore ered to be on fire nud beyond being saved. Sverything in it was Jost. 1t was the larpest deput on the Hne between Lafayotte ot Micat gan Citv. ‘Fhero being uo wind at the time was the sulvation of the town, as it would have heen finpossibie to Luve prevented tho flro fiom communicuting to the bulldlugs near Ly, The «ause of the fiva fs ‘ot Known, . Damage esil mated ut ubout 81,000, AT MOUNT VERNON, Apecial swteh 10 The T Cedap Rarvy, la, Bept, 27.—The woolen mills of James Bmyth & Sou, at Mount Vernon, twelve miles cast of bere, were totally destroyed hi fire at noon to-dav, The loss will excad 5,000 {usuravce duknown. anl "hutid, 1A, CIICAGO. Tho wlarm from Box &M at 9:15 yeaterday morntng was false, and was_turned jn by sume unknown person who saw smoie tssung froin s window st No, 23 tireen street, where Witlam Butcher wns cugaged In smoking out nls Leds room 1o kthl the mosguitoe: AP BOSTON, MASS, BosToy, Mass,, Sept, #7.—A firo to-nizht o the large marble-front bullding on 11 amt 13 Bummer street, oceupled by Bpringer Beody manufacturers vf cloaks and cloak gonls caused o damuze of $2,00 to building und a lud of 2,000 to Sprimeer Uros, AT TPREKA, NEV, EvREKA, Nev., Sept, 2T,~The smelting works of the Iictmond Mining Company burnud to day, Tho refincry aud engines wera sawveds Loss, $195,000, The furnaces will probably be thrown uut of servica for two mouths. st Ay AT BHEDIAC, N, B, 8t. Jonw, N. B., Bept, 27.—W. J. L. Harrlnz- tou's saw-mill st Shediac burned. Luas, 30 000; Iusurance, $12,000, et THE DOCTORS TO THE STATE. ageciat Dispulch 1o The Tribune. SrRIsariELD, 11, Soot. 27.—Atturaey-ten- eral Edsall bas been requested by the State Hoard of Health to sppear on their behalf nthe cuforcement of the uew law regulatiog the pras tics uf wedicine, the pending caso beig thut of Dr. Akin, of Chicaxo, who sues the Boazd for Qunayes for takiug bls liccuse awuy for uts profeesiona] conduct, The Attorney-Geneis will by too busy otberwide at the thuy to appest in the case. - 5 ¢ A TAVERN UP NORTH. Brectal Dispits¥ 10 The Tribuns. MauquETTa, Mirh., Supt, 3T.~The La Mote), formerly catled the Cuzzeus Housey v ed by A, R. Harlow, which was ¢l E axo fur want of 3 bropricior, was leased Lo d)fl for fve years to Brown. Butler & Blake. of ti? Luge Lioden House at LTAuze, fu wiwl the 1tk ol Ustote 2-day Louey, to suit U