Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 2, 1878, Page 4

TIUE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAW. OCTOBER 2, 1878, | - : : Fod [ ¢ Firat District will refuse to scoept the dis- | Inated whils it seenred his elevation. If ho o] i @I c @ Lvibitn z reputablo mobs which made up tho two Con- | hns been sincera to any man, it wns becanso g * | ventious yesterday as their anthorized repre- | tho sincerity was profitable. Tf hypocrisy, rh 7 TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. » RY MAIL—IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGR FREPAID. tly Fdition. one year.. B12.4 - Fai s T 300 Bundsy kdltion: Literary theet . %lllr‘lll hdition, fwelve pages. dishonesty, low snbterfuge, and grosa polit- ical immorality are the qualities of a good leader, thon tho Domocrata and Fialists of Massachnsetls are to be congratulated upon the man they have choson. Ho should con- fine himeelf, however, to his own State, Tle will have difficnlty enough ia overcoming the opposition thers, Iis present todr in the West will nake him no capital. Tho Western people have no sympathy with his methods or protensions. If at any time the country shonld be afilicted with the calamity of his Prosidential candidature, the West may be relied upon to squelch it. Unless all rigns fail, the Republioans of Massachusetts will obviate that necessity, sentatives in the making of nominations. Trz TRrsuxe bas no proferences as between the two sets of candidates; both should be promptly thrown overboard and a new set of nominations made. For the sake of political decency and for the credit of the Repub. lican party the disgrace of yestonlsy muet be wived ont. ) FH-Weekly, one yesr.... ‘Artaof a year, DeF mon WEEKLY EDITION, Cme cony, por ye Clabor foar., fpectmen coples sent Give Post-Offico sddress {n full, taciuding Stats sad Confity, Remittances may be mada either by draft, express, Tost-OMco order, or In regisicred letter, at our risk. TERMS TO CITT SUBSCRIBRS, Dally, deltvered, Sonday excopted, 23 cents per week, Daliy, delivered, Sunday Incinded, 20 cenls per week, Address THE TRINUNE CONPASY, Corner Madiron and Desrborn-sta., Chicago, 111, Orders for the delfvery of Tie TRIAUNE a1 Evaosion, ' Fnglewood, and Hyde Parg left In the counting-room wiilreceive promptattention. it e e BT ok SR R A discovery has been made with reference to the antecedents of Dy, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvanis, which threntens fo give that party o good doal of trouble. It is to tho offect that Divy was in 1855 o Know-Nothing 1éader in Fred- orickstown, Md., and tho record of his speaches and of moetings in which he took a prominent part is now in the hands of the editor of the Catholic Standard in Philadsl. phis, and will be made publio, Nothing less than the prompt orasure of Dinr's name from the ticket will satisfy the clement of the Domooracy to whom the word Know. Nothing is like a red rag to an infuristed bull HOW GOVERNMENT BONDS ARE TAXED. A reador of Tk Tatnuxz, living ia one of the small towns of his State, writes that *The leading and most effectnal argnment used by Fiatists in his neighborhood is the fact that the United States bonds aro not taxed,” and he adds that this argnment ‘i doing a great deal towards oxeiting the sym. pathies of the laboring classes in favorof tho soft-money vagaries.” Domagoguos evory- where encourago tho notion that rich men, whose wealth is invested in bonds, escape taxation, and hence the poorer men who Linve no bonds are taxed the more to make good the deficioncy, This is not trne. The roply jo the statement in brief is: (1) That State nnd local taxation of bonds is prohibited not merely by statute, but by a uniform con. struction of tho Constitution ; (2) that Gov- ernment bonds sctually pay alarger and atoad- ier lax than any othor property ; and (3) that the Btatesand people derive a gronter benefit from the tax actually paid to the Govornment on its own securitios . than they oould possi. bly secure by any aystem of State and local taxation that could be devised and enforced, 1, Tho ropesl of tho statutory provision prohibiting tho taxation of Government bonds by States and municipalities, which would be a flagrant and outrageous violation of contract, would atill fail to give the loenl Governmonts the power fo tax the United Statos securitles. Tho Constitution confers tho right upon the Governmont to borrow rionoy ; but the power of tho Statesto tax such ovidencos of indobtednesy as the Gov- ernment may issuo for this purpose wonld practically defeat this constitutional right, for such taxes might be levied upon the bonds as would 80 destroy their valno that they could not bo ‘negotiated. This prinei- plo was Imd down half acentury ago by Chief-Justice Mansmans, ond has becn sus. tained in all decisions of tho Suprome Conrt. The following is a portion of the language that disttnguished juriat nsed : ‘The American peopla bave conferred the power of borrowing money upon their Government, nnd by making thai Goverument supremo have shiclaed 112 actlon 1n the exerciao of that yower from tho action of local Governments. Tho grant of the TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES, TrE CRICACO TAIRUNE has estadlished branch ofices for the recelpt Of sabucriptions and advertiseinents a1 followa: NRW YORK-TRoom 28 Tridwne Botiding. F.T.Mc: Faonex, Mansger, . PALIA, Prance—Xo. 16 Rine de is Gravge-Batellere, M. Mamixe, Agent. LON » Eng.—American Exchange, 449 Strasd. Hxxny ¥, Giiuta, Agent. : BAN FRANCISCO, Cal ———— ‘Tha Republicans of the Becond Congres. slopal District have had an animated pre. liminary caucus to determine who shonld bo their nomineo for Congross, Yeaterdny the Convention sctiled tho matter by the nomi- nation of Col. Gzonax R. Davis, who will Lo remembered as the unsuccossful opponent of Canten IL Hannison two years ago, At that time Col. Davis labored under the dis- advantage of o Prosidential campaign in which his party proved to be in the minori- ty; this year thero are no side issues, and tho only question now is as o the relativo atrength and popularity of the Republican and Democratio candidates. In such a test thero is every reason to anticipate that Col. Davia will be victoricus, ce Motel. AMU - MeVicker's Theatre. Msdison street. between Dearborn and State, **Lost fn London." Afternoon and evealus. flealey’s Thentre. Mandolph rtreet, hetween Clark and LaSslle, Rice's Evangeline Combtuation. **Evangeline,” Afterncon antevening. E Tlaverly’s Theatre. i Dearborn streer. corner of Monroe, **The Daaites. Afiernoon and evenicg. . Iamiin's ‘Theatre, Clark street, opposite the Court-flowse. Engagemen of Frank Chanfran. °**KIit," Afternoon and eyening. New Chieago Thentre. Clark straet, opposite the Sherman Louse. ] ' Teechter," Acndemy of susic. TIaINEd atreet, between Madlson and Monres, Va. wiety entertalnmont, Afternooa and evenlng. b N AP S e it Sl i S 1S 1 s oA ' Haer THE NEW DEMOCRATIC FIAT LEADER. In a spesch made in 1873, Bey Burnrn, the naw leader of the Democratic party and orncle of tho Fiat lunatics, uaid of himself: * For more than twolve years every act of my public and private life Las been subject- ed to a microscopic examination under a blaze of light supplied by the Iurid malignity of my foes."” Ho might have ndded: * And 10 man's caroor has offered so wide a field for microscopical investigation, or bacn rich- er in tho results of the scrutiny.” It may be profitable to consider some of the discoverica that have been mado with the microscope in Ben Burnen's case. The subjoct that was Iaid upon the glass for in- vestigation waa supposed to be n patriot, ro- former, and poor man's friond Wlen brought into the fleld of viow, however, it appenred, first, that he was the attorney of the Axus-ALLEy-Dintox Credit-MobilierRing in the Paciflc Ralirond suits, a Riog that sprend corruption far and wide, not Lskashore, foot of Adams streat, ‘The Tabernacle. ¥ Lecture by Ienry Ward Lieecher at & p. @, **The itefgn of the Common People,” s White Stocking Tark, Game between the Mlwaukes and Chicago Clubsat B:15p, m. i H Expasition. / ' Budject: P i BOCIETY MEETINGS, D. & CNEIGEL LODOE, KO- o1 A F. & A. M.~ Ttegular Commnnication this (Weincsdav) ovening. AL7:00 o'clock, aliaTjy &t thelr hall, Nos, & 408 Milwaukee-av., near Carpenter-st, Work on M. M. Degres, Visiing brathren ara cordiaily (- Vited.” iy ord JAMES KKATE, W. M, JUHN QINUCTILO, Secretary. VAN RELAER GILAND LODGE OF PERPEC- TION wiil hotd & reguiar assembly on Thursday even- {"'r'inflx(u . d, At fl"u'clm'k Work ‘on the Fourth aad | : o e M T oS E, T. 103 KD Q0ODALK. Gr. “G.03 HRAPLIIA LODGE, Xo. 411, A, F. & A.X.=5pecial power is incompatibic with a restralning or con- Cammunication thin (Wednesay) afternoon, 20p. | hositating to involve mombers of Cou- | iralling power, and the declaratlon uf supremacy gl‘ ltegular Cumnmunteation at 7:30 p. m, Wor isa declaration that no such restraming or con- Vialtor ty order of the W, or to 1Y AR Biciary, | EF088 In s bribory scilons, grab the people's money with unblushing greed. It appeared, second, that he was trolling puwer shall bo exerclved. , . . The right 1o wx the contract toauy extent, when made, munt oucrate on the power 10 borrow bafuru st 18 waya welcuny i ARLY 9 4 vd and b cnsibl Aue: h . WEDREADAY; (OGTOUER 4 1805 I8 o iy the foodalont: Hacsomt oo o s by e secatblo nfnach un the cos . tracts, ond figurod 1n tho infamous Jaxxe [ 1a2 i (Y dower of ‘the. Caliod Thores o bt : Greenbacks at tho Now York Btook Ex- | moiety swindle by which the reapecfablo | money on tho credit of tho United States, and cun- sequently repugnant to the Constitation, Tha demagogues who tell the people that tho bondholders are a privileged class and escapo taxation uniformly concenl the fact that these bonds could not Le taxed in the diroct nnd palpable way which thoy demand without the direct authorily of law, and that such a law would deprive the Government of tho power Lo borrow money, and rob it of its only moans of existonco in timo of war ur other scrious cmergency. 2, Tho United States bonds aotually pay a tax which is larger in amount nnd more surely collacted than any tax paid by any other class of property. If bouds wers sub. joct to Btato and local taxation, they could ensily evade the scarch of the Assessor aud Collector. Thoy would disappear, Large amounts wonld go to Europe, Canada, and other countrios where the Slates could not rench them, and thoso retained 1n this coun. try would flnd biding-places frum whick thoy could not bo uuearthed. But the UGonernl Government has adopted a certain means of collocting a tax thereon. It snys to the bond-purchaser in effect: *Cur- ront rates of iutercst on good sccuritios ara uow from G to 7 per cont; Htate and local taxation ranges from 2 to 8 per cent; we will rvlease you from Htale nud local taxn- tion it you will pay n 8 per cent tax to the General Qovornment by tho romission of that much iutercst.” By pursuing this policy tho Government has atways collectod every peuny of the largest existing tax-rate ou ail the bonds it bas issued, whother the bonds were issued at G, 5, 4, or 4 per cent interest, In every iustance tho Goverument ‘would bave boen compelled to pay, suy, 8 per cent wore in Interest if it had confurred upou State and local Governmouts the privi. lego of taxing thcse bonds, Isn't it vastly botter that the Goverument should colieot the tux for the bonolit of all aud in advance of the paymoent of every coupon? Mr, DBrass illustrated tho cuso in his recent speech in Funeuil Hall, Boston, ln which he picked out two men who hsd §10,000 eack which thoy wanted to iuvest. 'The more consorvative of the two resolves to buy Gov- erument bonds, Mr, BuaiNe proceeds with the unrrative: ‘Fue 4 per cent he can get at par, 1If he takes any uf tho Us, ur 5a, OF 4338 that a1 out, that ure mot yet lunded wit fower bouds, he will pay Just engugh premivi to wake his o Wt 4 per cout, and it is caiculated Lo tao niuety-ututh shade of a batr. B0 ho can save himself all trouble wuen ho comes 10 tnveut, uod bie had Detter put bis wouey I atratght 49, Bub my other Triend, there, v duea not luok quite »o conservative, aud would not bo conteutud with # per ceut, and.> luuking over the price-Hat, he Whinke he will taks Cuicazo 7e. Puecity, great weatin. large smount of wouds in <Joaton, wost sll uf thew bere, L thluke be whil take Chicago City 78, Well, the genlivian wio puts bis 310,000 In United Bistes 4w guls vuly $400 & yeat, and (he otner geutleman la quite justited, 40 the guuorul view, tu trying o vel 7 per ceut, and so e takes his $10,000 In Chicaga City 7. o« . ‘Phe Lruth is, (hat the vast lunes of ihat kind of property escupes taxatiou, aud § su afraid that the genticman who buys st $10,000 Chicago city 7a would not ko Figut away tu the ity Asvcasors of Bustou, but he would quistly tuck 1t away aud kot 5700 for hix $10,000 wuuually. Now, to place biu cxactly L ment boud man, b shuuid ahango yestorday closed at 99§, New York morchants wore blackmailed and e their private proporty taken from them for purposoes of corruption. It appeared, third, that ho was tho member who proposed and forced the salary-grabbing bill through Con- gross, and dofended that unblushing steal ovon nftor tho wholo nation had pronounced it to be a robbery of the public monay, and condemned the grabbors with tho whole weight of ita indignation. It appoared, fourth, that ho has boon systematically en- gagod in preventing the Government from collecting its ducs from rich men, as for instance when Lo saved Fraxk Movcron's firm from paying a penalty of half a million of dollars by a compromise of $50,000 ouly, thus indirectly helping to swoll tho taxes of poor men. It ap. peared, fifth, that he has violated the Iaws by taking foes in cascs against the Government while ho was & membor of Con- gress, among such, the Florida prize caso being s notable one, It appeared, sixth, that he in company with an sssociato got tho lion’s share of tho prize monoy in the New Orloans case, which belonged to Fan. raoUT' sailory or their widows, having done nothing mora for them ‘than any ordinary of- fico lawyor could havo done. It appoared, sov- enth, that he has beon the constant and bit. tor onemy of reform in the Civil Servico, and hes opposed, tooth and nall, every effort to introduco lLionesty into our politicul systemn and to root out corruption in the adminis. tration of the Government. I sppeared, eighith, that whilo ke and his friend Dexxis Kzanxey bavo been assailing * the lecherous bondholders " with every upacics of vitupera- tion, billingsgate, and profanity, he bimseil in ono of that class, and that while he would *“corral and grind the capitaliats, G—p d—n thom," Lo hiwself {8 u copitalist who las wado his money out of poor men, Theso aro some of the results that the mioroscopo hus brought out. The Hostou Journad hus placed Lim under 8 microscope of still greater power, and makes other dis- covories. It fiuds that if Azaman Lixcory had lived a fow weuks longer ho would Lave bad him court-tnurtialed for troasonablo in- torcourse with tho Confoderates whilo ko was in comwand of the Peuinsula; that upon tho oceasion of the burning of the divpatoh. boat Greyhound he rudely pushed aside and nearly drowned the colored stewardess in hia efforts to get ahead of her ; that in some mysterious way ho monoged to get the yacht America from the Navy Dopartment at o figure less than the value of the ballast iu hor hold; that four ships and their - cargoos, which were taken from Now Orlesus on his brother's account, have mystoriously disappeared, and thore is no rocord to show what has become of them, In roality, thero is no end to the discoveries that the microscope can make in tho case of this dishonest doms- gogue. If the Boutherneru were in the mood of applying o microscope to him, they could pouaibly make still more startling discoveries than those we Lave chronicled. It does not need o microscope, however, to discern this man's general characteristics, ‘They can easily bo seen with the nakel oye, What. ever divhonesty o has sssailed in the name of reform ho has been engsged in himself. ‘Whatover corruption he demounces ho has been up to his neck in it. Whatever real reform be advocates he Las always opposed it He has no couception of good, except as its protenso can be made to minister to his ewmbition, His ideas are based upon por- sonal greed, and bLis methods nre (houe of low cunning or bruta force, There is scarcely an aveuue of corruption in current political bistory that dovs not discloss him squat, like s toad, in some of its windiugs, If Le Las boen honest in auy given cass it was Tho regular monthly Treasury report shows a decronso of $:3,196,634 in the na. tional' dobt during September. The ds- creaso since June 30, 1878, is 89,878,345, ——— Henator Hraine's appearance in Burling- ton, In., yesterdsy was tho occasion of an 5 Immenso popular ovation. Groat crowds of s people from the adjoining countrv came in to sco and hear, nud 15,000 wore present ¥ when ho spoko at an open-air mass-mesting i In the afternoon, . Tho Iatest information at hand rogarding the result of yesterday's eloction in Colorado 5 Indicates the success of the entiro Ropub- ‘ lican Btate ticket by a clear majority over i tho combined vota of the Damocratsand Grocnbackers. There ia little donbt of the tlection to Congresa of Mr. Bzryvoun, who was shamofully choated out of his scat by the Domocratic majorityin tho present Houso, The Illinois Bupromo Court Chamber at Ottawa wns yestorday tho sceus of unusual aud deeply impressive proceedings, being ' the dolivery of eulogios upon the life and character of the late lamanted Stoner Buerse, Associnlo Justice of that Court, Lho Btate Bar nnd the Chicago Bar Associn- lion wera ropresonted by eminent lawyers doputized to oxpreas the great respect entor. tained for the momory of the distinguished jurist, — The speech of Gon. Brewasr L. Woop- rorp, of Now York, at Jackson, Mich,, which . Wa print this morning, will commend itself to the reader as an owminently plain and practical presentmnont of the currency ques. tien, Gen. Woonronn's potnted paragraphs and his clever colloquial style of dealing with intorrogatories and interruptions facilitato a 1ull approciation of the good sound evnse which charactorizes tha speoch, making ite perusal at once casy and enjoyable, ———— The mauner in which the Indisn cone tractors st Red Cloud Agency were outwitted aud chockmated by Commissioner Havr is a striking czample of the new methods in the ‘ ousgement of Indian affairs which obtain . qunder tho presont Administration. 'The contractora combined sgainst the Govern. . suont in their proposals for the transporta- i tion incident to the tranufer of the Agenoy, €0 that tho lowest bid was $40,000. The Commissioner defeatod the conspiracy by ‘purchasing wagous and using Iudian ponled, thus offecting & nel saving of $30,000 in +cash, besides baving on hand thoe wagons ~after thq work {a done, ' . Lozt Perno Bosoxy, the Italian ragpicker H wvho in April last shot aud killed Niouoras McCux, who was pursuing him for> the pur. pose of recovering some papor boxes 1o which tho former had helped himuself, was yester. day sentenced to s term of fourteen yoars in tho Penitentiary, Mo lad entered s ploa of guilty and thrown himaself upon thoe clomen. cy of the Court, claiming that he had fired under fear of baing robbed of a sum of monoy which he bad on his person at the time, and Liad aimed at nobody iu particular, Tho circumstances wero considered Ly the Court as juatifying the lightest penalty pro. vided Ly law for the crimo of murdor, uf those two 1aen do you L pald Lis 183, Lo wan who Lwuk the $10,000 of Government v, wrecing 10 tuke only 4 per coutb because taxation had been taken Vut 1n advauce und \he rate wade low by Teawon of that fact, ur the wag who takes Lo 7 per ceuts and ruuw for Juck us W whuther the Assessors will tind bunt out ur not) This is cortainly & practioul sud truthful view of tho transaction, anvd it shows that the Government boud is not only taxed, bug always pays its tox, while othor seourities sescape altogether or in largs part. Iudeod, oue of the great authoritics of the Fa¢ peo- ple—uoless a person thau Bex Butres—took precisoly the sume view of the case in 1870, He was o member of Congress when the lyw for issuing $1,500,000,000 bonds was enacted, and made @& spoech, during the course of which be said: By esempting theso bonds from taxation we dise couut ur laxes 10 Our futerest. We aay, us we have a right to vay, If you will lend us woncy wo it Srys that no sutliurily undor tho Governueat shall fax The entiro proceedings in connectlon with the Republican Convention of the First Sen. atorial Distriot in Chicago yesterdsy were such us to inspire the most intonse disguut awong the Repablicans of the District. In sevoral instauces the nominations were an absolute disgruce, und the action of both the rugular sud romp Couvoutions should bo wholly repudiated now, as it certainly will bu at the polls. 'Fhe Democrats bave kitherto Demy because the case did not preseut au | 4 the Ircnm:v!flludlnklv'l_u[.luu riucipal Liud a mouopoly of thiskiud of disty work and | opportunity for dishonesty. It Lio hus boon | Sobtracts 1t1e & peri of the ‘33;.?..‘#.%?‘.'.“‘#3? rowdyiua, aud tho Lepublicu volers of tho | fuitlful to auy pusty, bis allegiancs ouly Doldu s, sud ougbitodo wo. o o liKew - bléy pluin question Waelber we bave the power (o tax an antaxahle bond with a low rate of interest, where we throw in the tax, i eain. not that thin proporty will thereny sacape taxation, and | destee no man 10 go to the people disconntrd ont tazation on that bond in ndvance, anwe ahall teresl, and if we fand under i1, ‘We don't seo how any Fiatist can reason. ably conlond that the United Btates bonds encape faxation, after reading tha clear ox. position of the contrary made by his Mas. As s matter of fact, too, $100,000,000 of the United States bonds pay an additional tax to the State and local Governments in the shaps of National-Bank atock, and it is estimated that a revenue of from $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 & year is de- sachusetts prophet. rived from this mode of taxation in addition to the tax actually collected by the Govern- ment overy time it pays a coupon, 3. Tho last materinl point in the onse is that the Btates and the people benelt from the preseut system of taxing United States bonds immenaurably more than they would if thoy should endeavor to collect the tax for thcmselves. 1In order to gob an ap- proximate estimate of the maving, we will eny that the Btato of Yilinois pays about one-fittoenth of the entiro taxes contributed to the support of the Genernl Govern- mont. We will call tho average Gov- emmont indebtednoss $2,000,000,000, If the Government did mot collect tho tax on the bonds in advance, but transferred this duly to tho States, then it would be obliged to pay the 8 per cont to the bondholder which it now retalns, This would {uvolve an additiona! expenditure of £60,000,000 a yoar in payment of intorest, 1t Hlinois pays one.fifteonth of all the taxes to the Goneral Government, then the people of Iilinois would be forced to make an annual contribution of $4,000,000 in addition to what they now pay, Is thero an Assessor or Collector in this Btate, or is there & man who has auy knowledgo of tho obstacles in tho way of assossing and collecting taxes on stocks and bonds, who will maintain that the local anthorities conld collect $4,000,000 a year taxes on the Government bonds held in thin 8tato? There i¥ renson to beliove that not 910,000 a year could be raised by this menus, for the bonds could not bo found ; it is cortnin that not enough could be secured to pny the cost of colleotion. 'To chango from the prosent systom, unfler which the General - Governmen! collecta the tax on United Btates bonds in advance, to the un. certain system of State taxation, wonld cost the poople of Illinois 4,000,000 a year, and tho peoplo of other States in proportion to their size and woealth, H. B, JAMES TO THE FRONT. The following dispatch from Washington sappeared in the Kvening Journal of Monday Inat: In reference ta the charge mada that. In con- nequenca of a large damuge allownnce at the New York Custom-liouse, the merchants of other cities preferred to lmport gouds there, instead of throngh tho Custoni-llouses at their uwn citfes, tha Treavs ury ofliclale suy that the wvidence dul not sustain . lu the ofiicial statement, prepared tho Treasuey Dopartment und furnlahed for publica- tlon to-day, ls given the following figurcs as the percentagoof domage allowance un the onginal value at the sevoral poeis naed for the years 1874 to 1877, inclusive: Chicago, 21 2-10 por cent: Clne cinnatl, 73-10 per cent; 8t Lonis, 20-10 per cent; Now York, 14 8-10 per cent; loston, 16 1.10 Der. ceuts Phiindelphia. 51 0-10. por ceni: Daitl more, 20 por cont: Sun Francieco, #24:10 pee cent; New Orleans, 28 8-10 per cont. It will bo observod that the langunge of this ** official ” statemont Is vaguo and indefl- nite. What does the phraso * peroentage of damago allowanca on tho original valuo at the soveral ports"” mean? 'L'ho allownnco charged to the port of Chicago is 21 2-10 per cout; that charged (o tho port of New York is 14 8-10 per cent, It is plainly intended that tho public shall infer that for tho period named the allowance for damago at the port of Chicngo was more than one-third gronter than the allowanco grauted at the port of Now York. There is but one practicable criterion of comparison betwcen differont ports with o view to criticism of the prac- tices obtalniug in granting damage allow- naces at such ports, uamely: the perceutage of allowance to amount of collections. We find by reference to tho report of the late Bixouax and Hinos Invostigating Commis- ufon the following: During tha past year tho rebaty for damago allowauces at thls vort [Now Yurk| amonntad to atuut $240,000. In our oplalon. bn viuw of all ihe facta tiat havo coma to our knowledgoe in the coures uf our Investixations, this iv fully $100,000 i oxcess of (hu Jegitimaie asmage ne contem- ulated by law. This is tho criticlsm of the damngo allow- auco practice at the port of Now York which Las cailod Mr. IL'D. Jases, of the T'rensury Departmont, to the. front. Bo far as tho public knows, the customs officers at tha port of New York are not disposed to ques. tion its justico. But Mr. Jaues rushes to the defonss of New York as against tho Com- mission creatod by his suporior oflicor, Sscro- tary Bueusan, Of the percentage the Commussion, pro- coeding, uny ¢ ‘This i» & hittle more than one-fouriA of ous per cant of tho tolal wuwing of duties coliected, wiile at all other rmu, excopt Buaton, visited by us the atlowauces fur dumage have been scarcely one-talrd o] such percentuge. We lave uscerlained the percentage of damsge allowanco to collections at this port. iloro itis: Forthe period of fve years— July 1, 1873, to July 1, 1878—the collections agyreguted $7,313,223.10, For the same period the damage sllowances mggregated §3,563.568, or lss than 8-100 of 1 per cent. ‘The result vorifies the currcotness of the report of the Cowmumission, It shows that the port of Chicago, which is ropresented in an ‘official” statement of the ‘I'reasury Departmont as ‘having boon in the hubit of gruoling an aversge sggrogato damago al- lowance one-third greater than that granted st the port of New York, has in faot only allowed damage to the extent of loss than oue-third the percentage allowed at the port of New York, It our authority is good, and it ie that of the Custom-louse officials of this port, the ‘*officlal " statemont of the Tressury Dopart- ment to which we refor is a gross misropre. sentation, issued evidenily to weaken the forco of the criticium of the port of New York by the late Commisslon. Wo submit : (1) That fn all humau probability the *‘official " statemont was prepared by Ar, H, B, Jauzs, a clerk in the Treasury Depart- went, who ought long sinco to have Leen summarily decapitated. (2) That the issuo of wuch a statement on the heels of tho pub- leation of the report of the late Commuis- slon betrays a purpose on the part of 1I. B, Jauus to enter upon an elaborato defonso of the old Custom-Elouso Ring of Now York ay it existod bofore AmTuus 8ud his corrupt Deputy, Lypeckes, wera remaved. (3) That for an ofenss of this charscter Mr. H. B. Jauzs ought to be instantly suspended frow an office which he has too long disgraced, — Ex-Senator DooLrrrea whll soon bo ablo to set up o busivess sa * the vomplete leter- writer.” First ho writes a lelter to C. Il -PaRxE®, Ureenbuck candidate for Congress fn the First Wisconsin District, and takes tam off both tho Greeuback wid Dewoeratic platfurms aud pisces blw upon ous of bis own. Theu be 1 may neo that phreee, —disconnted it In order to deive a ool par- Thet {4 cleacly within our power, and, in mov Judgment, clearly within our discretion. There- fore, T rvdtra'that this shall not be atricken ont. - and_nay that we nave need 4 bond to escapo taxation, bat 1 wish them to go to aur neople and say that we have doif we paxa thia ata low rate of Ine writes a letter to Ty Tnrauxs indorsing his fon ‘t Little Jist " a4 tho ablest man In the United States, the Hon. Crintes (. WiLtiams, the Re- publican candidate for Congress agalnst tended to help PAngar and embarrass WiLi- JAMR. DBut WiLtiams docsn’t embarrass worth A cent. member of the 8enate, and quoles chaptor and verso from the Congressiona! (lobe. turna the tables on him most completely. e — Tne present volitical campalgn in Wisconsin cexamole: The unlimited Fiat-shinplaster canal date, PAnKza, Is also tho candidate of the hard- money Domocrats of the districe, who met in Congresslonal Conventlon at Eikhora and adopted this platform: We demand that no materis! change he made In the volume of tha eurrency, elther dircctly or Indl- mur. thereby changing values and disturbing the relatlans between the debtor and creditor. excent such Increase a4 shall be the nataral increase of the business growth of tho conntey and the Increase of our guld and silver coinage, \Weo approve the act remonetizing T, and desire that the messure ba fully perfected and falrly carried Into offect, nn- 141 the sliver dollar shall tako its lcgitimate pince along side of ih doliar and” the nationat Trensary-note dollar, and _they eqnally shall form the carrency of the entire peaple and be receivable in payinest for all dobta and dnes of every kind, pnolic or private, and that thera bo no farther in- crease tn the bonded dabt. It scems from tha letter of the Tionm. C. G. WiLLIANS Lo ex-Senator J. R. DooLirtes that the Fiat-shinplaster candidate desires it to be understood that ho accepts and indorscs this platform, Mr. WitLiaus shows ibat Panxen Is practicing a disgraceful swindle on tho hard- money Denocracy of the Janesville District, e —— The following scntence occurs In the speech Cutin LaN P'1v, the Chinese Ambassador, ad- dressed to President 1{ATes upon the occasion of presenting bis credentlals: T1ia Majealy cherlshes the hove that this Embas. ey will not only be the means of entaviishing on n fArmer basts tho anitcabla relations of the Lwo coun- trfen, but may also ve the atarting-point of a new diplomatic ora which will aventually pnita tho East and the Weat under one calightened and pro~ gressive civilization, Nelther tho President nor sny of his Cabinet ofticera could have given uttersnce to a more noble and fraternal sentiment. ———————— Bay Hie, of Georgls, I8 reported to have snd: I begin to think that the Democratlc party can pever bo killed. Secession did not kill it; the War bas not killed 1t; fraud has not killed 1t It has not kitled ftaclf, and It will not die.” But Bex it evidently does not sce tho two arch enemles of the Democratic party that are now lylng in smbush for Ita destruction,— the Flatists and 8AMUZL J. TILDA: — e ee— e ‘The Albany Zvening Journal sums up the re- sults of the late Ropublican Stato Convention in New York in these words: * All n all, it was o grand day's work for the Republican party. It unites and cousolidates the Republicans of Now York. It proclaims the watchword for the Ro- publicans of the whole country. It began io harmony, procecded {n unity, and will close in vlctory.” t— Scnator CoNkniNa's [felicitous quotation from LAMARTINE, when speaking of the curren- cy question, tnight be adopted as the motto of the Ropublica party everywhere, **1place my Lark on the highest promontory of the beach and wait for the rising of the tide to make it float." “I'ho honest-money sentiment of the conutry Is a ristng tide, and It fs safe to wait for it ‘The Philadelobis Times astonished the slow- golng citizcus of that conservative city recontly by fssulug s Bunday morning cdition full of news aud miscellancous reading, which made the old Quakers open their cyes. Tho Timesls aloniz way behiud the Chicagzo Bunday papers, but for a city llko Pniladelphia the initial num- ber was yery creditable. ——— A letter from the interior of Texas to the Qalyveston News says that fu many portions of the 8tato the cotton crop {a enormous, and that much of it will go to waste for lack of laborers. Numerous farmcrs have been compelled to sell a portion of thelr crop as it stands {n the fAeid to partics more fortunate In sc2urlng plekers. - t— - PaRKER, of the Janesville (Wis.) Distrlct, has “nccopted” {he Fiat-shinplaster nowmination for Congress, and he would do well to write o letter **exceptiug ' the hard-meney Democratle nomination, if he has not siready. Otberwise he will stand in tho light of a confldence man seeking votes under falso protenses, et Mr, SLATER, the gontloman that Illinols con- tributed to Oregon to makea United States Benator out of, went tothat Statuasa Free- Soil Whiz. Not tinding Oregon a good place for Whigs, elther bresentor prospective, he naturally drifted Into the Democratic party, where e has romalned aver stnce, e et—— * Tho Democratic Convention grubbed around to find the unfittest stick fu the First District for Senator. ‘Lhe rump Convention yesterday niatched the Democratic basswood with an cqually poor piece of timber; bus the voters are not obliged to take elther of them, ————— ‘The Ilawkeys calls upon Mr, Kxanxsy to give his month a boliday, The sdvica ta goad, Thers certainly never wxs a bolier opening for & holiday. — Louistille Courler-Journal, Don't you kuow how to maka that * openiog” still botter] St his cars back, e As CiasLey WiLLiams, of Wisconsin, has chuwed up ex-Senator DoOLITTLR very Hne, it will be n order for little® Jiat to challenge WiLLians to % measure futellectual strength " with the “*old man.” ——— Nenator 11owz will open the campalgn in Wis- consin at Kenosha, Oct. 8, e s advortisca by the Chalrman of the State Central Committes to make sevoral speeclies between this sad Nov. 1. —— ‘The friends of President Havzs In the late New York Lepublican State Convention had to do thelr own conatruing, nod content themseives with a freo translation of the platfurm, . ——— 1t looks as it CoNgLING was consideravly abeat in New York just mow, Perbaps the ‘*dark borse” fur 1830 Is m light chestnut, with an elegant top-knot in front. | Mr. Gronoz E. Wiuire ran oneo before for Beuator aud ran {nto the ground, The attcmpt to folst bim on the district again will full os badly e it did the tirst time. e o —— The Golden Erals the {oappropriate title of 8 Greenback puper in a nelghboring Btate, It mighs better be the Fiat Lra,—soytbiog but golaen, 4 Qur Barnzx fo the Third District proposes to stripe the fiyst TRUN be comes ncross for a pals, unud set up busiucss on hls own account, | Tweuty to one that Bax BurLes doesn't write theuext Thanksalving Proclawation for the Commovwealth of Massachusctts. e ——— Owing tos * holo in the sky,"” ex-Becretary BourwzLL will not Lo a eandidutes for Cougress In the Beventn Massachusctts District, - — “There is uothiug so puccessful as success,” says Coxkrivg, **Therv ls nothing so futal as fatality,” says TiLDEN, | TuukMAN is sald to be very well satisfled with the Byracuse Cooventiou. Thlukiog of 1380, you kuow, | Judee DooLiTLedid not write auy lettars for publication yesterday—not as faras beard from. New York qends Conkriva booming for 1830. But tben it ts two years yet. et - - At Byracuse the gawms was adraw botween Tammaoy sud BAMKY. f, Counx is cowing to Chicago to help Kxuos, Blrds uf & featbive. Next he addresses a lettor to PargERm, and aska him divers qnestiona {o- Ho refers DooLiTers to some of his own votes In favor of horest money while o WiLLaats Iins develoed some romarkable phases, For WASHINGTON. The Class of Bonds Held as Se- curity for National Bank Notes. in the Past Two Years, A Reduction of $3,198,534 Made in tha Pubiic Dobt During September, What the Kepndiation Policy Has Dono for tho State of Virginin. How the Indian Commissioner Euchred the Qontractors and Baved $30,000, THE TREASURY. PUDLIC-DRBT STATEMENT, ‘Wasntnoroy, D. C., Oct. 1.—The publfe-debt statemont s as follows: Five per cant bon: Yourand iimif perce Four per cent hun Total cafn bonds,. TLawfulmoncy et Mnatuted dabt, Leial-tanders, Gortifeates of iid ractiodal curry Coluaud sitver ] 4TI 0 M7 4 T4 070 $232, 890,048 1,072,003 10,000,000 Totaltn Treasury, Debt lest cash In tha Tressnry. Pecreass duriug septeintwer. . Dec Klea done 4L . Bondslssued to e Pectne laiinsd Com- ch, luterest payabie In tawful money': princival ontatanding, . o1,022,812 TRErcat pac by s Ui Spa B0.858, k00 o Uithod State lnr:r-‘!‘v‘up:flpul,d by trausportation o " 10,279,381 o 20,663,879 ng s the comparison of the condi- ton of the Treusury Oct. 1, 1877, and Octl, 1573: Butances, 1077." 1578. 0 5 N 4i? 8 307550 Bpecial fund emptiviof fractinel Lurreney ... 833, 10, 000,000 Bhocial deponitof e M Teiders for re . 450000 ADTI0.0MN IR Yt men w0 30T ALY 197 080.070 . 11,791,000 0,240, 247 9,864,330 6.014,0 40,031,010 18I IngeT 4 43,801 B4, 351 Total debt less carh 10 Treasiry. . oo.,. 83,031,647, 258 $2,02,003.485 Reduction of dewt for b S smensm.1u8% Suiy 1. L.oBMmeE D67RMS Market value of gold, 104,42 .37 Imports tweive o ndlug Awg, 31, 410,547,748 838,017 Kipurts twelva indiiie 0 A ARAIDK AR Mooy OOLZTOZN 720,484,170 NATIONAL DANK 8ECURITIES. ‘The Comptroller of the Curretcy has pre- pared the foliowing table showing the kind und amount of United States bonds hetd on tite st of October, 1878, to sccure the redemption of the cirenlating notes of toe Natloual Bauks: Auihorising Case of Jtate of e accoun, bonds. interest.. Amonnt. 18418 Gpercent 8 2,318,000 1R4te Grercent 14.02).010 3 Il & per cont 1, o B-3us o e ceus n 3 uly and July'%,*G4... Pactfio 18, It # por cont 5,564,000 e 3, &"d 10-48 3 per cent 7I.=1M.!50 Jda 1..Fundod 18313 6 percont 125,278.7%0 T undod 15010 o:g ¢ ::mmn un. & T ce X Suy i Tomid by an. 20, ‘71..Consola 1007 4 per ceut 8, F00 wounenanes 8349, 3L BI0 1 payable 1 coin by the terms of the acts under which they are fssued, with the cxception of 854312300 of the 6 por cent bonds, Of this latier amount $36,041,050 consist of Us of 1881, which were 1ssucid prior to the pussage of the Loyl der uct, 311,797,660 of 5203, which were (ssued under the act of March 8, 1805, which law does not specify the kind of money in which such bonds shall be pald, althouch futercst Is macde payable in coin, and 85,584,000 Pacilic Rafirond eurfency 66, On Oct, 1, 180, the banks held $312,%53,8%0 8 per cent bonds, and 805,143,550 b per cents, Slica that time there has been a decreaso ol $173,744,- 100 in 6 per ceat bonds, and un increaso of $100,- 570,050 in 6 per cent bonds. During tho last three veara there hus been n decrease of 85, 450,012 1n 6 per cont bonds, and of $43,528,00 in b per cent bonds, while 1 tue same perlod £40,000,050 of 43¢, ‘and within the lust elghteen onths $20,520,50 of 4 per cents bave been du posited, coiNAGR. The following Is u statement of thy colnage executed at the United States Mints durgnyg | Beptember, 1578 Pieces, Danble cagles... 248, (100 Eavles ..... L | 00 Half-engle H1,700 408, Hug Quarter-cagios 1,000 12,600 VIRGINIA FINANOCES,. T LOWEST DEITIS OF IMPECUNIONITT, Special Disputch to The Tribue, Wasinngron, D. C., Oct. 1.—The Qovernor of Virglula bias found it Impossible to overcome tho effect of the ropudiation toudeucy in the Democrats of that State upon its capitullsty, A special from Richmond states that a conference of the Governor with the officers of the four State Depositorics to induce them to loan tha 8tate a small sum—§:200,000—las, uo to thls tiwe, met with no favorable respouse, and thut there is little probability that cither of the four banks will advance this amount. Unless it 1y obtained a largu number of public sthools must bo closed. The Baltimore Suu (Dewmucratic) usea thisinformation to condemn the Grecnback mova inits purty, und to enforce some of the positions of Sccretary Bchure's speech,: which v coine meads highly, It says: “'The Anancial comli- tion of this ue oll Commonwenlth, which In years past had unllmited eredit, §+ deplorable. What with *scalers,” ¢ forciblo veadjusters,! and ropudiators, Virgiula's Treasury is vow stated to be not ouly completely empty, but her eredit entirely gone. The publie schools are just open, but there 18 1o money even to pay the un- tortupate teachers' arrearaiges of the last school term, To meet this emenzeuey Gov, Hatllday applied last week for a loun Trom the Rich- mond banks,” He only wanted $200,000, aod fur Du other purpose thuu to prevent sclivols deiing closed, “I'hobauk Presidents rave the UGovernor and ‘Treasurer a confcrence, at which it is sala the Qovernor made a most earuest appeal for ueuns to moet the oxtraordinary exigency. ft 18 reported, however, that the hank Presidents returucd obly wn svasive answer, ‘The security was not suilicient, ‘These Lunkers have s vivid remembraucs of the repudiuting tendencies of the last Legtslature, and ure naturally afraid to lace falth I the houusty ol the next one me K...., a3 {orvible readjustment §s advocated Ly & portion at least ot the Virzivia newgapers aud politicians. In other words, Virginlu's credit bas been 50 tampered with by eu who now asplju to vontrol her allulre thut alie s ot wble to procure even 8 stnull temporary loau tu cover Ler moss pressiug neceasicies,” THUE CROPS, OCTOBEI REFORT O TILE AGKICULTURAL D¥- PARTMENT, WasuinGToN, D. C.,, Oct. 1.—The following (s & report upou the convlition of the crops for Scptember as made 10 the Departmeut of Agrl- cultures Outs—The condition of oats averages 07, agaiost 100 In Avgust, 100 I July, and 103 fn Juge, Last yeur the Beotember average was 106, agatost 03 iy August, and preseated 8o ex- captionally hivh condlfon. The preliminary estimate in Juue fndicated an ncreass of 9, per cent in the average, Tho yleld will probably fully cqual that of 1877, whick amouuted to over 400,000,000 busbicls, ‘The hizhest Stalo average—118—was lo Con- necticut, and the lowest—70—Iu Texas. Tobaceo—The twelve lurgeat tobacco Stutes, Changes Made in Buch Securities —e representing about 15 per cent of the total pro-1. net, report thy September coudition of fiy crop as kollow: Kentucky, 639; Virgingy, 6y, Minsourd, i Tennessee, — BE; 3 ¥ jand, 50; Pennsylvania, ; 975 Ublo, Sy Indiana, 903 Niinois, "7; Maoasachusetts, 1 averazs of thesn States fn 8 antnat b Angust. The Connesticut Valley lias hag a proancrous acason, and reports u larzu crop of . excelient quality. Buckwheat—Reports are numerons of Infury from drought, The condition for Septembep is . m{l the :v_linlu country agalust B3 for the same month v . Potatoes—The condition of the potato crop fy very much helow the report of 1837, The - on. I country §s 73, aguinst 09 in Sep- 7. HKye—Uniyisix Btates (Vermont, Conneetl. ~tho highest, 113,—Alabama, West \'!rzln‘l?l‘ Oito, and Minnesotn) report the condition' of ryeabout 100, In Rlioda Tsiand, Penoaylvanta, Florida, amt Orecon the cron 13 an average o while in other States the {lzurea range %) to ‘The comlition for the country is nuch bel that of lnst year, being 83 niralnst 101, Burley—Excessive ralns have redueed the Heptember condition from 8 Tast year to 03 iy 1873, ‘There Is much complaint of discoloration of the grain, but tyo 8tates report the condi- tlot above 100 (Connecticut 110, and Indiang 101), and two at 100 (Rhode 1sland and Ohio), OF the other States reporting, Pennsyivania is the highest, (1), and Orerron Lhe lowest, 51, Sorghum—Not cqual to the September aver. nge of 1877, ‘The September returns of 17y indicate o condition of ubout 81 for the whole country, No linprovement In the conditlon of hops stace the Auwrust report, Sweet Potatocs—Tho Beptember returns of the conditlon _are: New Jcrmiy. 1033 North Caroling, 90: South Carolina, 10i; Qeorila, o Alabnma, 104 Mlssiesippl, 093 Loulsiona, 102} Texas, 100; Tennessce, 15, Fruit—Apples—All "New England and the Paciilc Statcs report apples n tull . average, cx- cept Vermont. Texasand Olio nro nlso aboys the averare, and all other States below. Btock Hogs—The number of stock hogs fa about 4 per cent_less than last vear. An (n. creaso s noted In New Eogland, the South Ar- lantle, Guif, and Paclile States, The Middly Htates show o small decrense, as well as all see. tions of the Mississippt Valley. In the i 1 Bouthern States the decline s almost o fourth, NOTES AND NEWS, APPOINTMRNT. Speetal Dixpaleh 1o The Tribune Wasininoroy, D. C, Oct. 1.—Thoe appoint- ment of Wilson to succeed Irish ns Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Engraving will not mect with 8o much fuvor as the promotion of Irlah to be Chler, Wilson Is sald to ba from Secretary Bherman’s dietrict in Ohto, and was for many years messonger of Senator Shermon’s Cow- mittee-room in the Senate, When Sherinan be- came Secretary, Wilson was made Captain of the watehmen or police fu_ the Bureau of En. graving, o place that would not speclally tit nim for tue Important duties and responsibilitics uf Assistant Chiof. WIISKY. Cemmissioner Raum that the object for which double sets ot Gaugors were recently sent to ditferent polnts hus been accomplishied, s theve Gauwers were to<day ordered by telecraph to retuen to thelr proper statlons. ‘The practieal benetits which the revenue system has derived from this expediont lias been to render the sys. tem of gauging in ilferent parts of the country uniform, basod upun standard gauges which are Kept i Wushiogton, INDIAN AGENTS CHICUMVENTED, The Indlan Burcau has succeeded 1y clrenme veutiug contractors. ‘The latter, knowine that the Ited Cloud Agency was to by removed, com- bined to put up the price, snd the lowest blds werg, for removing, 312,000, The Comumlssion- ¢r ot Indian Affairs, upon discovering how laree the blds were, purchinsed a quantity of wagons, used the Indian pouies and cattle of the Agen- ¢y to dinw them, and will suceeed fu removing all the effecta of the Ageney for 813,000, and will have the wazons left, making a savior of $30.000 In cash. ‘Tho I'resident leaves to-morrow for o trip to New York, Hecretary Evarts goes to New York to attend to s bushicss, and the Acting Post- mastor-Geueral leaves for Indiana Lo be ubseut two weeks, COMMERCE OF DALTIMORE, ‘The report of the commerco of Baltimore for September fs publ © port of ed to-day, aud s of a very encoursging character, ‘The total of foreln exports was only slizhtly Juss than the previons month of Augitat, wihich was the heaviest in the history of the p TUE ILLICITS, ‘The Commissloner of Internal ftevenue has Information of n movement agulust the ilitat distillers In Western North Caroting und ajous the Bouth Curoling Mne. 'The rafd was very successfnl, though the distillers were found jto be mieh strensthened by Wada ll:mlrtml'd ol clifntory ucts nud Janguuge, “The ralding party wus flred on gt different points, but none were wounded, ne nfachlovous persons started a rumor yesterday that tho Committee avpuinted 1o tonut the boud-paper wnd sccuritics of tha Burean of Engraving and Urinting priparatory to teanslernng tho vilice to Mclhierson’s cessor found that Mel’hesson’s nocounts short. ‘The story was a malicious stander. Every dotlar and evory plece of houd-paoer i3 properly accounted for, aud McPherson has the satiluction of leavine the oflice in a better con- dition than uny of his predecessors, Tudecd, Bucrctary Sherman upon taking leave of Mr. MePnerson said: ** You huve confereed honor upon the Depastment by tha manner n vebnch the Bureau hss beea contucted.” AN OFINON, Sceretary Uorhum, of the Republican Con- geesslonal” Camouign Comnittee, declines to print Sceretary Schurz's speech for eampalzn purposes, Uorham ways 1t s of course a fiue specel, us were the letiers of Junlus, buttaatit I8 not, accordlng to his notion, adapted to caim- Pulizn purposes. . AY 00 UOME TO VOTE, ‘Tue clerks In the War Department who de- slry 1o 4to hume tu vote have been nattiled that they can have ten days for this purpose. 108 suppused thut sume urder. witl b made fo all the Departuents, . CADINET MREFING, ‘The Cabliiet held u short acsslon to-dav, All the members were prescut exeeot Postmasters Goneral Key and SBocretary Thompson, Tae forier was repreacnted by Aasistaut Posttiase ter-Ueneral Tyner, A question was _brouzht bofore the Cubinet hwvolving the right of the Qregon & Utah Railroad Company 10 extend ity Hlns through certuin Indlan terriory, it will hio the subjoct of further consideiation by the Attorugy-tieneral, COMMISBIONRR OF PATHNTS, Qen, Halbert K. Paioe, of Wisconsin, ha been appointed Commtssuner of Patents. 1l comtulssion Wil be brepared without delar, aud he will soon cnter upon tho discharge of bils dutles. A B0 KIECTMENT SUIT. The law ofilcers of tw Uuvernment bave takicn steps Lo eject parties from tho passcasion of ubout 1,000 acres of land [n the Peons) lvauis oil reglons, “Lhis tatl wos taken (n part piy- mont of o debit due to the United States by ths Venungo County Bank, of about 60,0000 It wus held by the former owncr, fu the duys of the il fever, at a lubulous suin, he haviug 1o Tuscd FTOU,000 tor it, THE GREAT WILL CASE. ‘Tho Charge of Perjury Not 8o Clenr. Naw Youx, Oct. L—In the Vouderbile will case Yo-lay, the so-valled Mrs, Btoddard, who gave the scnsatioval testimony Friday lash was cross-cxamuinied,” 8he refused to answer 3 nutsber of questions touching ber character or relationship to men fur whom sbe bad kept house. A, woman stood up B the court, aud witocss adwnftted that thise woman was Mre, Etoddard, tho wifu of Dr. Stoddard. Before receds tho counscl for Wil fam 3, Vanderbllt asked the Burrogate to place the witness {n the custody of au olflcer during the recess 10 securo hor presence. After all the explauations shie could give were m, the counsel suld he would ask the Court to commit the wit- nees Lo await the action of tho Graud Jury on 8 charge uf perjury. Mr. Lord suld it was the nost monstrous & withcse that lulrd-:\rlr( ol wear Lo ail (s would placs Lier i i position to strike back, and make theut s responsible as they suy sle is, " Mg, Lord then safd Lo would be responsible fur hier appearunce after the receas, which wad satiafuctory, Wituess, in the course of her examinationy testiticd that she was warried to Dr. swd,hn. by a Magistrate at Kingston. At this thue sh wus 1ot aware that the doctor had u wile hiv The pavers thot would prove lier warrlae w buried WUteen years wgo. She went Lo doctor's bousy @t bis requeat and told 3lr Thig was thies The doctor Broddard shie was @ widow. years after the man ke cevmony. Eave ber o weddingring, *