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

4 THE CIICTAGO TRIBUNI: TIIURSDAY, KNOViZMBER 28, 18i8. — Tlhye Tribane, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. T MAUL—IN ADY. Jinliy Vdittan, one s 12115 OF B vEAF, P Aditton STAOE rnlgum mie e Powt-Utica sddress In full, Including Stats and ety Ttewlitances may ba mada efther hy draft, express, Tout-Otlice urder, or In registered iotter. at dur ritk. M8 TO CITY SUBSCRIDRRS. iclivered, Eundny exeepted, 25 cents per woeks delivered, Bundey incinded, 30 cents vgr_wni. Audreas TUE THIBUNE COSPANY, Corner Madtson awd Dearbori-sta.. Chieaxo, 1l Orer for the deltyers of Tna Teinus g at Evanaton Fugtewood, and Hyde Park fe.t u tiie couniing-roois I IRIVUN CIT OFFICES. e Cricauo TAINER has catablished branch ofices fer 1hie receipt of sulbseriptions sod advertisements as qullomet NFW YOftR—ttoom 20 Tritune Duildiog, £.T.Mc: Manaer, No. 10 Mue dala Grange-Bateliere. ,—~American Exchange, 440 Strand. a, Ageat. 0, Cal. —Patace flatel. AMUSEMENTS. MaVicker's Thentres Madleon steeet, betsech Deariiom and State. ** ltose: fale.” Atternoon and eventng. Hgverly’s Theatre, Tearborn street, eorncrof Monroe, Engsgement u‘! {ho Unlon Saunre Combany, **A Celebrat d Case. Afternoon and evening, Iinotey's Thuntre. fancolph #hicer, between Clark and 1aSalle. En- gogement of Ellzn Weathersby's Froliques, **Jlob- Lies.” Aftornoos and evenluz. Acnlemy of sfuslie. nleted strect, Vetwuen Madison and Monroe. Va- rirty, novelty, and speclaity performances, Afternoon und evening. Ttamlin's Theatre, ! Clark street,oppestto the Court-Toues, **The Btreels of Now Yok, Afternoon and evening. Metropollinn Theatre, Clark street, optotite bncrman House. tertatument, Afternoon ami evening. Horshiay Muste Tail. N0, 63 Madison strect. Lectare by (. McBride. Fubject: **The Amerlean Crisis—i8:d to 100." ik e Varlety en- fulon Park Congregatlonal Church, orar 1 avenue ond Wasbiugton strart. Cons Lixta. 'THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1878, Greenbeeks ot tho Now York Stock Ex- change yesterdny closed al 995, Abont 1,500 coasting sailors at San Fran- ciren have struck against nreductionof woges from 3115 to $30 per montl. A generat mupeiminu’ of bl‘llln;ll in places of public and privato employmont will Lo observed in Chicngo to-day. Pt Rini ASERY Ltonenr Hrunre, the famous wizard, i dead. His name, howevor, will bo promptly wisumed by ono or more sleight-of-hand por- furmers, loaving tho forgotful public in doubt whother famous wizards do not live forever. T.outs GUETia, the Indisnapelis murderer of Marx McGrow, a waiter-girl in the hotol of which he was clerk, was yestorday found guilty of murder in the firat degree, nnd sentenced to desth, 'Tho cass was oue of peculiar atrocity, ond the punishment awnard- ed is eminontly just, . ‘The Intest information ns to tho fatalities in the Pommerania disaster places tho num- Ter ut fifty-four, of whom thirty-seven wero paesengers and soventeon bolonged to the er It is belioved that but for the solfish Lratality manifested by tho sailors in crowd- ing into tho boats not a soul nced to havo porished. It fu to bo regretted that thero wero not more SenweNzens among the uvum- be, ‘Fhie Cliicago Socialists, having undertaken to dircet the nctions of their Ropresontatives in the Hlinois Legislature, have coolly pro- cueded to desigonte the porson thoy shall vote for as a condidate for United States Senntor, It bes happened happily that the small body of Communists do not hold tho bulancs of powaer, so that the nomination of MecAvrres has no signifiennce oxcopt ns o compliment to that fndividual whioh nobody will begrudgo him, . There is o slight emell of gunpowder on the westorn frontlor of Persin, The Shah lag deeided that tlio Proviuce of Khotoud, which tho Turks claim by right of might, haviog an army of ovcupation thorein, muat Leeomo Persian torritory, und has sont troops to that region to efect tho cossion of the province by forco of arme, Perhaps the Shaly, secing that 'Furkey lus helpless at the fect of Europe, is dotermined to test the uustion us to how much vitality thero is in tho “Bick Man,* 'I'he Canndinn vice-rogal party left Halifax yustorday for Montreal, expecting to reach their destination to-morrow shortly after noon, us their railway teain travels during the dny only, “The departuro from Halifax was witnessed by a big crowd, among them thu ofiicers of the Britlsh war-vessel Sirius, which was sent out from Hollfax vight days “sgo to. moet tho Barmatian a4 8 wessure of procaution against possiblo Fenian cruisers, 'The Birius encountered a continustion of thick and heavy wentlier, o that sbo failed to weet the Harmatian, and Lier officers lind the melauchioly satisfaction of arriviug in post the day after the splurge. It Mr, Russesr, who camied the Thind North Curoling District against Wappery, tho present member and the regular Demo- cratio candidate, bo o fair specimen of tho Southern * Indopendeut” ju politica, then the Nepublicau party and the country at Turge witl iud jittle cause for congratulation in tho dufest of out-aud-out Bourbous at the Fouth, Mr. RusszLy is repreconted s say- iugs thut ho is In fuvor of puying tho South- «ru debt und peusioning the Coufedorsts sol- dicrs the vume as tho Unlon soldiers, 'This i u good beginuiug, We will not undertake (o suy where Mr, Ressern will cowo out, but, if Lo isa ropresentative **Independent,” wo hope the South will honceforth return nouu but Bourbens to Congress, The Iutervutiounls—~or Communists, as thcy uro better kuown in this country—aro rapidly shutting out all places of refuge in Karope. Auother attempt st nssassination, in which Count Asphrassy, the Austrian Pecutier, was to bo the wictit, oceurred yesterduy at Pesth, Hungary, 'The Prewlor wud citertained at dinner by Count Tisza, and a bomb was exploded below the window; tho fact that no one wus injured does not witigoto the offense, and will uot serve to apuro the Interustiouals from the respousie bLility which {8 sure to Le luid at their door. 1t wway Lo that un epidemic of regicide has sct in which igrunnivg ity coursu without suyspeeial conuivane ontly paitof the Iuta- national ovganization ; bht, in every instance, it hing been fonnd that the would-be nssnssin has been moro or less identified with the Communists, Tho recent atterpts on the lives of the Emperor of Germany, the King of Bpnin, the King of Italy, high officials in Russia and now in Austro-Hungary, will in. duco the authorities of ail those nationa to pasist onch other in running the Interna- tional leaders to the ground, so that the So- cioty nnd its prominent members havo littlo comlort to oxpeot anywhero on the Contl- nent of Europe for tha next fow years. The only consolation Americans can find in the circnmstance, is, that England farnishes & nearer and more Accessaiblo rofago for theso people than the United States. Becrolary Scnunz treats of the Indinn question somowhat ablength in hiis annunl roport, and what he bos to fay is of Interest 88 coming from nu oflicial who hins Iabored oarnestly, and with a fale measure of succoss, to improve tho condition of Indian affairs. o pointd out - the {mportance of fairer treatment of tho Indians in the protec- tion of their reservalions from encronchment Dby white sottlers, and the necossity that they should have lands fit for agricullura and posture, to the end that thoy may cstablish permaucnt homes, which cannot bs dono if white people are pormitted to got their bost Iands by force or trickery. Mo regards a steady progress towards civilization as tho sarest and safest solution of the Indian troubla, J. G. Ly, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and A, G. Mirrs, ngent sad man- sger for MueLtes, the contractor, were yes- terday arvested in Washington by a Deputy Marakal from Chicago, aud held in &5,000 each for (heir appearanca in this city on the 16th of December. Secretary SmanMaN seems to bave mode up his mind to stand by Hry through thick and thin, and as Hiwn Lins not the delieacy to reliro voluntarily, and tho Secrotary has not tho sense of propricty which slionld suggest bis immedi- sato suspension pending trial upon the indict- mant, it is gratifying to kuow that President Haves, with his customary regard for tho purity and good roputo of the publieservice, favors 11110’ retirement, doubtless upon tho principle that an oficial under indictment for crookedness is neither n benefit nor a eredit to the service o long as the question of his guilt remains undecided. THANKSGIVING-THE OLD AND THE NEW, Ihe President and tho Governors of tho sevoral Btateshave issucd their proclamations commpuding that this Thursday e set apart fromn tho other days of the year by tho people ns o day of thanksgiying for tho blessings showared npon them by a benign Providence. "The institution of Thanksgiving, sa a publio observance, descends to us from tho Pilgrim Fathers. The Puritans wore a poculiar veoplo, and although stern, dogmatio, aud intolarant, they were certainly not less hon- st or leas virtuous than other mon. If they wore nggressive, nnd disposed to force their opinlons and cnstoms upon others, they wero not too haughty to learn wisdom by experi- pienao, or too stupid to change their views when convinced of error. Honce time has worn off the rough edges of Puritanism, as it has polished the manners of the typleat Yankee ; oud, if wo are in s measure com. polled to render thanks ouce o year, we are not driven into church like n parcol of sohool.boys and forced to kneel at the altar whether wo will or mo, on pain of being subjocted to the ponally of flogging aud o fine. If the manner of ren- dering thanks bas beon modified by the flight of yonrs, the subjects deemod especially worthy of thanksgiving lave also changed, Donbtless tho Puritans were wont on ‘I'hanlngiving Day, aftor having partaken of o breakfast of tried chicken, to repair to ohurch and re- turn forvont thanka for tho burniug of the Iast-known witch in the neighborhood; for tho dotection and puoishiment of tho geod- nsturod husband cnuglit in tho act of kissing Jus wifo on Sundsy; for the banishment of Joux Swutit 04 a penalty for the free oxpres- sion of * dangorous opinions™; for tho or- dor of tho * Goneral Court™ prohibiting women from *‘ moddling in surgery,or phisick, drinks, plaiaters, or oyles,” and from'** ques. tioning mntters of roligion except with the eldors for satisfaction "; for the righteous or- der of the Guneral Court directing thut all Quakers bo seized, stripped to tho walat, tled to a cart’s tail, ‘have their ears cut off, be whipped through Boston and the adjolning towns, and then Vanished, ete., etc, 44Tho discovery of Amerios,” said Vor. Ay, * is the greatest event which lLas over takon placo in this world of ours, ono-half of which bind hitherto boen unknown to the other, All that until now appeared exirsor- dinary seens {o dlsapposr before this sort of now oreatlon.” Judged by the objects deowed worthy of thanksgiv. ing by tle people of America 250 yoars ago, Vourang's catimate of the fmportauco of the new discovery would scom {0 have beon exaggorated. But the orlgin of the Puritans must not be forgotten, Only a hundred yoars boforo thess curious thanksgiving ocremonies of the Puritans, in England, in 1540, Protestants and Catholics wera dragged from the Tower to Bmithfleld on the same hunlle by direction of Heney VIIL, and the former burat as horeties and tho latter hauged as traitors for haviug denled the King's eupromacy, 8till later (15673), in ¥ronco, occurred the horrible wessaere of B, Bartholomew, Ono Catho. 1lo boasted of having * ransomed from tha assacro moro than thirty Hoguenots in order to torture them at lelsure.” Bo su. premo was tho power of superstition prova. lont at tho tiwe, that it la related that a thorn heving flowered the next day in the Ceme. tory of the Innocents, the protended wmirscle revived the spirit of fanalicism, and the assacre was renewed, ‘Three-quartors of & century later (1648), coarso brutality distin. guishied Loth the people aud Govervwmont of Epgland. Tho sconea attending the trial and coudemnation of Onanvzs I, were farcical os well as trogic. Mo was donied a hoearing both before and after sontonce, and was dragged from the chambor amid the ineults of the soldiery and cries of “Justice!™ ¢ Execation !* And OsoMweLy, the Liero of the ocousion, iy’ described as “‘bold and noisy.” It is narrated of him that, being the third to eign the death.warrant, he playfully splashed with ink the face of HeNey Man. Ty¥, who sat next Lim, and who at once ployed him & similor trick, We need not condewn tho Puritans too severcly for burning witches and cutting off the ears of coutuwacious Quakers when it is considered tuat their kinsfolk of Eogland werd so lately both superstitious aud brutal, Lot us, then, in view of tho retrospect, ronder thanks for 8 larger measury of civil liberty, for wore religious tolerance, for ro- lif from the bouds of superstition, for wore stablo Goveroments, for less cruel aud op- pressive laws, for a bronder und more com= preheniive chiority towurds the fuillos, weuk- Bhould T predch on th auvject rotary of the Treasury. to discrimiuate agaimst the lawful standard silver dollar, No portion of the blame for public men, clared nosses, and erimes, ovon, of erring hnmanity, for thocloser union and greater tnterdepend- enco which exists between (ho rich and the poar, for the aprend of intolligence, and the contraction of the arens of ignorance. Aud Jot na not forgot to ronder thanks for tho material agencies through which these bless. inga havo come,—agencien of the mora rapid inerenso of wealth, and so of tha promotion of intellectual nnd moral growth and physic.: ol comfort,—{he railwny, the telegraph, and the teleplione. Theso and a thousand othdr cunning coutrivauaes unita all intereats, and mako of all nations of the earth one peoplo, Those who cmbraco 4he Roman Catliolie or the Profostant faith may ronder their thanksgivings and othern that may oceur to them within the pald of their soveral churches, Dut, thanks to that spirit of roligious toler. snco which is the growth of scarce an hun. dred yoars, those who believe diferently, or do not believe at all, may ronder thanks in tho open air orin tho circles of their own homes, undor their own roof-trocs. To theso latter, nnd to all who rogard brovity ns the soul of wit in sermous as woll as other things, wo commend, ns excollent reading, the following sbridgoment of n sermon on the words, * Man is bom lo trouble,” which occupied an hour in delivery ¢ My friands, The subject falls naturally to be divided into three heads: 1. Man's enteanca Into the world. 2. 1lis prograss throuul the world. 3. It oxit from the world; And 4, Practical reficctionn from whal ma. Flrst, then, man came into the world naked and are. - 2. Tiin progress throngn It {e tranble and care, 3. Hin exit from It is—none ean tell where. 4, Dat il hedaes welt hore, ho'll bo well there, e said, Now [ can say no more, my brethren dear, from this timo tiil next yoor. Amen. Y THE BANES AND THE SILVER QUESTION, A vorrespondont writes us from Dubuqne, Ia., on the tnbjoct of the rolations of tho National banks and tho Goveruwent in the mattor of specie.payments. which we print, our correspondent seomingly aims to trest tho subjects fairly, and whon he does not do this it is perhaps becauso ho is uninformed or has recoived crroncous im- In this lotter, pressions which have led him to erroneous conclusions, In the first place, the reopening of the sllver question hea been solely the work of the New York and Boston banks, aided and abetted by tho Enslern presa and by the Seo- These Liavo resolved the ‘‘acrimony,” *““bad temper,” otc., ex- bibited in the discussion can be placed at the door of tho Western press or Tho Eastern banks aod press Lavo deliberately declared a war of nullifica- tion and falschoad, and their followers and sympatbizers now cry out protesting ngainat *bod temper” when they find the law- brookers likely to como out of tho con- troversy in n battered condition. Our correspondent says that the Western bauks discountenanco the Eastern bank war on the silvor dollar, Terhaps soj- bnt onr columns have not contained yet a roport of any nction on the part of Western bank- crs fu disapproval of the nullification con- spiracy of the New York and Boston banks, Wo have offered the Western bauks the nse of our columns for tho publication of any protest on thefr part ogainst tho de- nullification of the Iaw of tho lsnd, nor have they adopted any agrecment to sland by the law oud uphold the standard eflvor dollar nnd pro- moto jts cirenlation, Wo have scen no ex- bhibition of sympathy ou their partfor the double standard ox debtor's option of pay- mont, not has the publio received any notice that they will receive silver dollars on de- posit on a par with gold or greenbacks. When the Woatern baoks take any nction on this subjoct, wo will freoly give publization to tho fact. Why, asn separato and abstract question, should not the National bauks redeem their notes in coln? Thoy havo been allowed for sixtcon years to redecm their notes in greon- backs, 'They wero permitted to do that be- cause tho Governmeut paper wns a legal tonder, aud was not iteolf redeemed in coin. I'io Government had suspended, aud to re- deem the Lank-noles in doprecintod papor cost them mothing. But, after Jau, 1, 1870, —obout thirty-threo duys lenco,~—the Gov- ernment will undertake the burden of re- deeming its own notes on demnnd in'coin, sud on what ground should it bo roquired to redeem the mnotes nlso of tho banks? The auggostion that the Govern. ment will not, as tho law now slands, bave to redeem the baok-note currency, is an crronecus one, After Jan. 1 next, if o mon has bank.-uotes and wants coin for them, ho will send the notes to the Lank and got " greenbacks for them, and then, sending tho greenbacks to the Sub-Treasury, will obtain tho gold for tham. No'ono can seriodsly quostion that the whole burdon of redomp- tion in gold for both bank-notes and green- backe will Le on the Government, Whoever ‘wanta gold, and has bank-notes, will tako the courso named, thus forcing on the Govern- ment the obligation to furnish the gold, Even admitting that Congress docs not re- quire the banks to redeemn thelr own notos fn gold, that will not hinder the banks from checking out the gold from tho Treasury sud holdlug it for speculative purposes. After Now-Yuar's Duy, every mau owinga note 1 the banks will havo to pay it in coin, at the demand of the bouk, It will become a coln obligatiou. Wly shauld nat the notes of the banks also Lecomnu coln olligntions, poyable on dewaud ut tho counter of the banks, or, asg new, at the Washington ‘I'rcas. ury? Why should tho Government nssume tho cost and Lurden of furnishing all tho gold to redvem tho 324 millions of baok. noles? Bupposo that the banks, if requirod to ro. deem their notes in coin, should put the threat of our correspondent into exvcution, and, gathering 100 1illions of greenbacks, should scnd them to the Tressury for gold; suppose in this way the bauvks should got posscssion of all the gold n tho country, what then? It would force the Govern- ment to suspend redemption, in which case greenbacks would instantly dopre- ciate? Docs any one suppose that any per. son holding a bauk-note would wait ona duy beforo ho dewmanded gold for such uotv? Not until every bank-uote in circulation was redeomed in gold, or tho banks closed aud tlicir bonds sold for redowmption purposcs, would a bauk-nots be peritted to clrculate, P threat that the bauks, if required to vedeem their notes in colu, will muke o * yun * on the National Treasury, is an jdlo ons. Iy such acuse overy bouk-note fa tho land would be sent home for redvmption and the banks themselves syept out of extatence, ‘Fbe policy of the bauks, if they desire to maintain their existonce, is to proveut avy run on the National T'reasury, to protect their own notes os far as possible, to aid and not embarrusy tho Goveromont, because upou tho vuceess of tho Government in maintaine iugite owa eredit devends the salvation of tho banks, Whether tho Government suc. ceed or fail, the banks will kave to maintain rpecio paymonts or go out of the note-issning business. It seems somewhat strango that after so long n war by the banks upon legal-tender notos, and so fierco a demand for specis pay- ments, that they shonld now, to avoid ro- suming specie payments themaelves, fall baek upon tha greenbacks as a logal-tender paymont of their own debts. Tho DBanking faw iz an nct of Congreas; it is open to amendment or repeal at any times, All the priviloges of tha baoka under that law aro subject to tho nctfon of Congress, The Bauking Iaw contains no contract or practice which - Congross may not (erminale; nor does the Constitution prohibt Congress from imposing the obligation of much contract, if thoro wns ono. Congrosa ean deprivo the, banks bf the ixsne of any notes; can compol the banks to vedeom thoir riotos in coin; the only legol doubt in the whole business is, whether Congress over had the power to make snch bank.notes redeomnble in avy- thing excapt coln, Whon the banks of tho Unitad States nssert tho power, and attompt to ezergso it, of nullifying the low and dictating to the country on what terms and in what coin tho peoplo shall use or pay their debts, then tha banks become ns much publie enemics ns any other law-breakers. They flaunt {ho red flag ns deflantly a3 sny other Communists. Thy who nbandon the law aud -resort {o forco, whothor Dbaukers or Communists, must be propared to stand or fall by tho result of force. If they brave and defy the people, sud insist on forelng tho country to tho exclusivo uso of dear gold, which has increased in punchasing power slnce 1873 from 25 to 40 per cont, and \incrensed all debts in tho same proportion, thon the banks must moet tho cousequences of a popular resistance and oxasperation. In the faco of open nnd declared nullificn- tion by the New York banks, the duty of Congross on ita meating next Monday will bo to cstablish unlimited coinage of silver, oud to reguire the banks to redecm their notos in coin. With theso enactmentns safely made befora tho holidays, let the banks go on with their nullifieation and outlawry, and geo how long they ean maintain it. RAILROAD DISCRIMINATION, AND THE DUTY OF THE 1LLINOIS LEGISLATURE. ‘ne Tarouxre has on nioro than one occa- slon labored to convines tho farmors of Tilimois that, so far es genoral trado is con- cerned, tho interests of Obieago and those of tha Stato at lnrgo ave identical. Tho now schemes of the railroods to diserimiuate ngainst this city and the sppronching session of the Legislature afford nnother proper oceasion for nrging o consideration of this subject. No railrond pool nor other combi- nation can be permilted to imnporil the busi- nesa of Chicngo without cousenting at the same tima to an impairment of the agricult- ural, induatrial, and commereial interests of tha whole State; and, as n rule, the very means omployed to diseriminato agninst Chi. eago operato at the same timo and with oqual dircetness ngninst tho farming and manu. facturing distriots of the contral and south- orn as well /s the northern portion of INi- nols. ‘The syatom of railroad discrimination recently exposod {8 a caso in point, and tho farmers of tho Btate shonld unite with the Chilengo merchants in domand. ing auch nction from the Legislalure as will further protect the people of Illinols trom extortion at tho hands of a railroad conspira- cy. 'Lhia notion, ‘rupplomenting tho law- wuits which wo hope tho Chicago Board of Trade moy be persunded to institute, may put n stop to the provailing discrimination before it shall have mado a serious and per- manent {nrond npon Chicago's trade. Tho effort to destroy the Iiluols & Michi- gon Canal should be suflicient notico to the farmera and to the Legislaturo of the far- roaching dosigns of the railronds. This cannl furnishes a wator highway through the contro of the Btato which hisa provided, snd if malntained will always contiuue to pro- vide, o permanert check upon the rapacity of tho railroads on both sides of it, extending over o rlech farming country sov- eral lhundred miles long nnd a con. plo of hundred miles in width, But the Constitution providea in effect that tho canal ehall be self.sustaining, and that all ropairs, improvements, and oxtensions shall bo mado and paid for out of ilg receipts. 'Cho Canal Commissioners have beon able to keep tho canal in repnir nnd oxtend its facilitics for sovernl years, and at the same time make a stendy roduction in tolls. Of late, howaver, the railronds have undertaken to provent this, and finally dostroy the canal by a system of discrimination in rates, which is not only opposed to the laws of trado, but actually pro- libited by the statutos of thoBlate, ThoSlato {a honoycombod with short railroads, aud the cross-lines, running through tho dlstricts contiguoua to the canal, havo entored into arrangements with certain of tho trunk lines running cast and west whereby shippors re. colvo a robnto of 4 cents on the rato toChleago by canal when they sLip by rilroad around Ohicago. 'This arrangement, if tolerated for any length of time, is Lound to accomplish two things, viz.: (1) To reduco Chicago's business by milllons of dollars, and (2) to deprive the canal of reveuno to suoh au ex- tent that it will bo impossible to keep it in repalr, After tho latter alm sball hava been accomplished, and the cowpatition of the canal thus got rid of, tho railronds will of courso combiua to impose upon tho farmers and shippers double and troble the ratos which they enjoyed while they bad tho canal to fall back wpon as s protection against raiirond cxtortion. The rebate. systom I8 the greatest fraud over practiced by tho railroads. It enables then to Indulgo in extortion on the ono side and favoritiem on the ather. Tho publicis always swindled, and it i8 never possibla to eatimate the extont of Lho_ injustico solong as this system prevails, More than this, the practico of glvieg robates 38 o gross violation of the Illjuols statute which provides sovera penaltics for extortion aud unjust disorimination. Indeed, it doos ot requiro a special slatute 1o procecd agalust thix infraction of publio intercsty, for tho Governor of Penusylvaula—a State which Lias no raliroad law corresponding to ours— Lins recently fustructed the Altorney-Guueral to apply for an ivjunction against tho Ponu- sylvania Company forbidding tho poyment of tho rebato to tho Standard OIl Company whereby it is ssld that corporation has pe- quired an absolute monopoly of the oll trade, Ono of tho first duties of tho Iiuots Legis- lature this winter, in the jntorest not only of Ohicago bat of the entiro Btato, will be to Justruct tho Attorucy-Gonoral or the Rajlrond Cowmmisuloners to tile an information aguiust tho offending railronds, summon all thoso who Lavo enjoyed the rebotes in violation of law, aud coforco the poualties to the ulmost. Tho romedy under tho present statuto ouglit to be complete, if properly enforced; but Jf it is not, then some other remedy shou!d bo providud, It will occur to some versous 1o wmuke the fibucis & Stizhicos Canal a fres highway, and to malntain it in good repair by goneral taxation. But thera aro many objactions to sueh a plan, though it would be much proferablo to an abandon- ment of the canal, In the first place, it would be necessary to adopt sn amendmont 16 the Constitntion ; in the mext place, the tax wonld fall largely npon jorsons very re- motely intoreated in the maintenance of tio canal; and, in the third. place, the esnal will bo solf-sustaining at vory low rates of toll, and will continne to afford cheap froight, 1t tho railrond¢ bo not permitted to destroy ite Lusiness by this unlawful prac. tico of giving robales of froight from the canal districts -just long onongh to deprive tho canal of its revenus, and tolet it go to ruin, The very people who are now enjoy- ing those rebates should nssist in the do- struction of the systom and the punishmont of tho companios that have boon engaged in the practice, for nfter Lhoso companics shall hinva attainod thelr object, they will oppress all nlike. A CONTRACT TO VIOLATE THE LAW. Wo do uot envy Becratary Suzmstax his pactnership with the Clenring-Houso Assool- ation of Now York City, and he evidontly focls embarrassed about {t, for he hna denied its existence nt loast onco every day since it wag ontored into. Early In the month (this Novombor) tha New York City Clearivg- Houso Associntion sent s Committeo to ‘Washington to confer with the Becretary of tho Treasury on tho subject of practienl resumption ol specio pnyments. ‘The sng- gestions they made wore published, and from them the scheme of the Associntion to nullify the Bilver Inw and compel resmption in gold alono beeame plain. A vigorous protest wont up from all parts of the conniry agninat the Tressury Dgpartment bocoming con- neoted with, or giving iia sanction to, ths pro- posed act of nullification. The Secrotary of the Treasury wns interviewed overy day on tha subject, aud ho pever onco failed to con- vey tho impression that he had no part nor lot fn the matter of the Cloaring-Ilouso nchome to ignore silver in effecting rosump- tion, It was plain from his givings. out that ho sympathized with tho banks, ‘but ho assorted over and over sgain his pur- pose afMcially to treat gold and silver aliko. Meantime, whila the presa teemed with theso nsgortions, what in fact had Mr, Burnuan aclually dobo? Ife had dircoted Asslstont Tronsurer Htrirousy, of New York City, to cutor into a contract with ‘the Clearing- House Association binding him (Suesrax), as Secretary of the Treasury, to litorally corry out every one of the suggestions originally submittod by the Comumittee at Washingtou, In other words, the Secrotary of tho Tronsury on tho 11th inst. instmeted Hrtzmouse to executo porioership articles between him, tho Becrotary of the 'Creasury, and the Clearing-Houso Associstion of Now York Qity, whereby the former bound himself to abiolutely ignoro o statuto of the United Statos, and that the latest. ono on tho sub- ject of monoy, requiring him to treat silver sud gold alike,~bound himself to nullify the law of Congress eclovat- ing silver to nbsolute equality with gold in the coinageof tho Unitod Btates! Uongross sald, in a statute modifying the nct of resumption; * Tho procesa of the re. sumption of specle paymonts shall bo con- ducted upou the basis of gold aad ailver.” Mr, Snenxax soys in his coutract with the Olearing-Houso Association : - * Tho process of the rosumptien of speclo poyments shall Lo conducted wholly upon agold basis, to the uttor exclusion of the standard aflver dollar.” Seerotary Suznsax could not show mora coutompt for n law passed for his especial guidanee, wero he to tear the loaf containing it from the book of statutes, and, casting it undor foot, trample and spit upou it. Is tha man mad, that he shonld do this thing? 1las 1ie nelther respoet for the will of the poople, nor fear of their indignation? Narorzox I tald: **‘Thescoptre is u mou, and I am (Lnt mav,” DBut bero the scoptre is tho peoplo, and, ¢ thoy have not lost the mnorve they hava beon wont to dlsplay on trying oceasions, thoy will strike down tho mau who rudely asasils thefr law-making provog- ative. Mr. Suxasax may bo a'great states- mon ood o true potriot, but it will bo difficult to sustaln cither of these proposi- tions on tho buaisof the record ho is making on tho silver quostion. It mattors not, how- over, whethor ho is great or small, Lo ia but one man; and the very sssenco of tho theory of our Government is, that all men nro wiser than any one man, The peoplomada tho lnw commanding that silver should bo mado tho cqual of gold in tho coinage, and thoy will tuke cara that it shall Lo obeyed, no matter il o greater than Jouy BurmuN stands in tho way. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. * ‘Tho ordinauce creating a now Dopartmont of Public Works, as virtually agreod to last Mondsy cvening, will come before the Coun- cil for ndoption at the next meoting, After a enreful examination of the ordinance, the conclusion is forced upon us that it is elther job or tho result of immaturo considera- tion, It isa backward step in the way of restoning tho old and vicious system of inde- pendent und irresponsiblo departments, with which Chicago hias had too much experlence, and it should b cither voted down or mate- rially modified, ‘Che specially objectionable fontures of the ordinance as it stauds may bo gathered from the following cxtract : 1t rceognizen the Departniont of Public Works ns exwsting as @ dopariment of the Clty Governmont since the mlontion of anew chartor, and orpan- fecu itue o department of the City Government, with certatin powers and duties. The bead of (ho Depuriment fo ealled tha Commissioner of Public Works. §lis term of oftice ls tww years, comuienc- inz Jun, 3. e i t0 bo sppuinted by the Mayor, with the consent of the Councit, aud 4 840,000 bond, Tho Kecretary 1ato bo nominated by the Commlssioner, and apoolnted by the Mayar, with 1o consent uf the Counel!, giving n y10, 000 bund. The Mayor, Wh tas Cosmmibvloers cone sonts 18 to sppoint 8 City Engincer, who, with the Beceutary, can be removed by Commissloner, with the wrilien consont of the Mayur. ‘Vhe Evglneer's duty be 1o duusl the necousnry civil engineorlug, snd ged such pay as the Council may direet, Sub-dupartments uro constltuted av follows: Water, Eowel Birect, Englnecr's, Map, aad Spectsl Awsessment, The nanes indicato the vartlculur duties dovolving upan each, A Buperiutendent for vach of thesw {soparimonts 10 to by appointed by the Comuiss sioner, with the Mayor's cousont, auct way bu moved by the Commizstoner, with the writivn o sent of the Mayar, ‘tbe pay of each Bunurniend- «ut s to be fixed by the Council anyually, 'Puvso Superinteudents ara o apooint such cierks, adsists suly, sod_cmfloyes 04 they may need, and tho Conttalesioner way empioy wiich oty a1 he way deem necesaary but the regulagly emploved Ly all of them 1¢ v coltzol of the Counal. 1, T'ho firs? objection is to bo found in tha foot that, though the Commissioncy of the Public Works 18 to bs sppointed by the Aayor, a definito term of oftice is fixed, s0 that Lo assumes sn independent sititude, whercas the Mayor should be mads responsie Llo for biw, and therefore Lo vested wilh suthority to remove him without delay or clrewmlocution at auy time when it siall be NCeBATY, 2, ‘The proposed ordinance makes the Cowmissioner a sortof co-ordinate bronch of the City Governwont,—ju somo cascs boing subordiuate to the Mayor, in othors supenor to tho Mayor. Thls coudition will afford cotstaud outorinaitics for disbigo dtaeet tud ate., 1o be Juck 10 e jnngle, jnst ns thore were formerly when Chicngo was inflicted with * Boardsa" that wore always disputing the Mayor's authority, 3. The ordinanca provides for a new set of tax-caters, nnd is of an elastic character which will strotch to nlmost any dimensions ; it will probably add at least 23,000 n year {o the expenses of tho City Government, and may, with its Secrotarics, Buperintendonts, clerks, sub-departments, etc., increase the cost of City Government indofinitely. Tho Mayor, the Commissloncr, and the Council will all be tempted to combina for the mu- tual enjoyment of the patronnge when they do not quarrel ovor ita distribution, 4. This ordinance is aalenlated, if not designed, to extond tho power of the present Mayor over tho Adminisiralion of his suc- cessor, and therenfter to oporato in precisely the same way. To establish this new bu. rean and flll it up now will ba to ombarrass the noxt Administration with n lot of peopls for whom the now Mayor will bo responsible, but ovor whom ho will practically have no control, sinco the Commisstoner chosen now will bo in a position to distase to him. Any ono of theso objections should bo coough to dafeat the ordinance, and, taken togather, they should suggest to tho thought- ful members of the Council to {nquire what special inlerests hinve suggested Lhis cumboer- some and complicated pieco of politieal ma- chinery. If theintont of this ordinanco i to ba carried out, it will bo much fairer to the peoplo to drop the namae of the 3ayor from tho ordinance first, and then abolish the offica of Mayor. Wo shall then have n Mayor under tho name of Commisslonar, wo shall save ono offleial salary at Joaat, and se- cure mora larmony of purposo aud action than by tho donble-honded system which is provided by the terms of the proposed ordi- nance. If n majority of tho Council persist in passing tha ordinanco as it stands, it will bo thoduty of Mayor Izami to voto it, for lie will recognizo the obvions injustice of his providing n Cabjnot ond contzolling tho pat- ronage for his succecsor. ‘When a man {s tising in the world, everybody jends bim a bond and helps him along. The cenaorious press becomes generous and sougds Nis prafse. There fs nothing tha press likes so woll a8 succers i undertakings; for such peo- plo its andations are unstinted and large, For fllustration, Mr. Wisrias TIENny Ssumir, of this city (tormerly Beerctary o Stato in Ohto), waa appolnted Culleetor of Customa for this port. Mis officfal duty made him acqualnted with the smuggling, and undervsluation, and drawback frauds that were being vractleed by New York fmporters, with tho knowledgo and connivance of the ofticlals in the New York Custom-House. Mr. SBsutie politely asked the swindllng gentlemen to stop their profitable practices, o ho would make s row about it. They laughed NWim to ecorn, and went on with the smuggiing, cheatlug, and stealivg. Whercupon be did make a row about iti aud some of the corrupt officlals came to grief, and some of the swindling fmporters came to dlsgrace, greatly to the mortification dnd sor- row of the “metropolitan press,” who shletded tho rasenls that were robbing the Governmert ond tho guilty offieiats who alded thew and divided the plunder with them. As 'dis- bursinz-ofiicer for tho construction of the new Custom-ITouse, Mr. Bsunr dlscoverod that scrious frauds had been and wero belng perpetratpd upon the Governmoni” by the contractor, with tho knowledge and con- gent of architects, supervisars, and oflicers whose duty it was to protect Lho Interosts of tho Yovernment, Ho concluded that the best thtng to be done was to Hft his volce o protest nalust the quict theft of amillion of dollars, more or Joss, and o spoke so loud that the Unjted Sjates Grand Jury overlieard bis con- ~yersation, and, being full of prying curlosity and in o poke-your-nose-Into-otlier-peaplo’s-bustness framio of mind, thoy sent out for varlous persons supposed to know abous it, And the upshot of thelr luquisitivencss wos thot half-a-dozen or more gentleman huve been clted to appear in court sud explain liow tho structure liappens to okt s0 muach money, snd whether thoy have Joat any money in waking it cost so much, These " and other actions of Mr. 8yiTuz have given the New York press an exalted: [dun of bis capablil- ties, and they are now advocating him for bigher oftlcos than he at presentfllls or aspires to. The veuerable and auclent Evening Post ot that cliy thus culogizes the Chieago Collector: Wittiax liexny Buiri, of Chleago, Is a vory , He fs Coliector of tho Puri of Chlcago t of tne Western Awwoclatod Prevs, He in ) supposod 1o be engayed In aa attempt 1o shaw tho custuius ofifcors of this port how ta deal with our morchants, ridé the recont kid-rlove declslon, the ullorior object of this zeul for tbe urlty and efticiency of onr Custom-licue heing the transfor- mution of Chicapo frum a thriving inland city inta the principal seaport of the country. laving still A htde dale timo on his hands, Mr. Bwri hav undertaken to reorganize tlie ofiico of the Government Architoct, und has seb about tho tsxk 1n his characteriatically Jarge-hianded mane ner by having indictments found wgsiust all the accupanta of that uffice since tuo rolyn of the Im. mortal Muieerr, Tho Westis o great country, and Mr. Swimit d8 8 eredit to 1t5 but really ho aescrveato bu made King, Ae our Conwtltution doey not Kmvlnlu fur wuch an ulioer in this countey, ansd o 4L abunt tiwe ta have 4 now Hults ultan in Aurkov, we sug that Secretary }:\'umfin kuuw liow capable Me, Butri weatton from Mr, Evaurs mieht’ soften -headed disposition with which the Iritivly Cabinet hive considered the Becrotaey's view of tnv Cunuaian llubery metter, ——— ‘The famous TiTus-DICKEY scandal case at Cluclunath, which was renarted compromised fn yesterday's dlspateh, bus o somewhat locsl sig- nitleunce from the fuct that ‘CiTus was oncy o well-known and popular soclety mow'in Chicoge and Milwaukee, Before his marriage Trovs roe sidedin Mitwaukee,und acquired soecelobrityas a Jady-kil) Ro 1s the son of a woaltiy paper- manufactures, andsome tinieago maried s dagh- fay¢ soclety woman wich plenty of money, Not long after his marriage two sults were brought aguiust him by Miss Dickey, who had for years been u poted bello in Chicinnatl and Middictown soclety, Ono of the sults was for bastardy and tho other for breach of promlse. The Iatter was tried last spring, and resulted in a verdict of 20,000 for the plalugil. Iwmedlately young ‘I1Tud went {uto baukruotey to avold paymenut of thy judgment, and Allys Digiry wasunable to collect the money, The otber sult was set down for Tuesday, but when it was called {t wasstated tbat it was withdrawn, Miss DICKeY agreelnz to accept $,850 as 4 comprombe. . As both par- tica are rict ond aristocratic, the sorrow und bit- torness of teellog engendered by the suit have Been fntense, and o good many *‘other hearts have ached™ besido those Lelonglow to TyTus aud Miss Dickzy. As‘fus TRISUNE'S special well says: *Tho complications growlug out of this suit bave been eudless. The cause of cach of the principals was to up by o wide circlo of fuflucutial fricnds, aud crlmluatious ood es- trangements followed, The sensattoual feat- ures of the case wera enlarged upon by pows- vapers and afterwards publisbed fu book form,” ‘I principal sulfesor fu the case s of course Mrs, Tiud, She bLas all ulong deciared her be- el In bier husband's (nnoceuce and ler (uten- tion to stick to biny untess Lo was proved gullty. Huow sbe will regard the payment of 84850 for the sake of a scttlement remalus to be seen. £ome of Milwuukeo's best society ladles who used to ba “sweet” on ‘fiTus fn doys gotie by are Just now consoling themselves ‘with the re- feetion that it 1a xof always the snddest words of tougue or pe hat might bave beeu.” spitiich o assarmg Two poluts brouglt out in tho faterviow be- tween Benator ‘1, O. Hows, of Wlicoosiy, snd & ‘U'8IGUNE reporter, privted yvesterduy worniug, will bear smbbasisiue a dittle. ‘Tho firss is the fact that tho Eenator was twice ro-eleclod, once i1 1507 aud ugain fu 1578, withoul be futerven- tlou of 8 caucus nomination, Wo du not now recollect of a sindlar case ever boppentog fn aoy otticr State I thls country; certatuly ot shice the orpauleation of the Republivan puity. Tue B ator put not geherally understood b e, 3. hits * past course In the prvsem’(’::.nrrlf:m.y tempting honors,™ by which referencs Iy og to the oifer onca made by President Ginynyy place lfowe upon the Supreme Bench, lioww declined this tempting ofter bocause the Doy : crate then had a majority In the “'lll’nn‘;: Legistature (1533), and Il lie had nccepted q g, t 1n that august body a Bourbon would haye :. Joyed a scat in the Senate for the past five u-nr" Jt)snot often thal a public man Is lm.\om.‘:; enough to thus trample his own. future pros. peets and his own personat ambition under {o:‘ for the good of his party. » ———— To the Bditor of The Trivune., Racixe, Wis,, Nov, 20.—Piease answer (hron h tho coinmny of TAE CiteAno TAIBENE wrpeipes cltizon of [1linois I8 extiticd (o mars than ane w > ntan aicctlon or not: nnd please oxnlain how ;u' half vote cumes in, 8nd obligs 0 readec, ' In each Benatorial District In llllm:; Jf;c, House members are clected, Of courso g voter hasaright to cast one voto for cach of theee candidates. Bnt sunposo he only wants to vote for one of three candidates, he lsauthorized by the Tliinols Constitution to cumulate on une camiidnte and give Wim threo votes. Soff . desires to vote for two candidates he divides iy voting power equally between them, whic, wonld he 14§ votes for cach. Ile may choen, however, to vote for as many candidates ns \hv; district s entitled to send to the llouse, wihlsy is three. In that case he casts one vote fur each of thre¢, The whole thing Is paly and simple, and works admirably. ‘The peop's 1tka it but the prafessional politiclans whobelieye {n the grab-alf game In politics, and hole that minoritles have no rights which office-seekers ate bound to respect, are generally opposed to proportional reoresentatlon, and would strike 1t ont ot the Constitution IF they could, but it will bs a good shile before jhiey can fnduce g majority of all the voters to help them accom. pltsh thelr purpose. ———— Itisan old saylug that ono must go awny from toma to learn tho news. A Washiozton Sunday paper’ called ‘the Hera’d spreads befurs Its Christlan roaders this lmportant bit of news from ita New York correspondent: 1 was toldd o few daya ago by o orominent b man that "Tur Cteavo Toinc curt years, taken n as stoci: of the dey.goods firm of iep, Loiten & Co,) CuanLes FARwLL1, of the firm of J, V. Fanweil & Coj ond WiLtian Heany S3mu, who e ay tho wamo time the Irrelovant position of chicf of the Western Ansoclated Fresw and Collector of 1he Tort ut Chicago, A newspaoer that Is well supolied with stocke holders of this class will get on in the world, From otlier sources we learn that the uumerous and Influential members of tho “ Wassnusuny® fainily ** are large holders uf shares in the sama concern, and a third pactye dn the employment of Toxt ScotT, lets the public kuow that the Atchison, Topeka & Sata Fo Railroad Con- pany and nlso the Caltfornla & Bouthern Pacifle uold heavy bLlocks af stock in Tie Tntovse Al of which shows that those flnanciers and capltaiists know a good stock when they sceit, and hava sonsa cnough to load up well with it, and to keep it. s The defaultiug Becretary of the New Rocliclle Savings Bank, Winttast R. Hvsenner, was vonvicted last Friday and sentenced to five years' fmprisomnent ot Sing Sing. o 19 63 years of age, and in teatlfylng in his own behalt chargod other ofllcers of the bank with collusion with him. Husptney voght to have transacted his busines« in sonie other city, where there 18 more Nberty aud less justice, It 18 wettiog to be rough tlmes for wen engaged in tho aavings baok iudustry, which has beon so profitable, it the princival actors are to by brought up witha rouud turn, — e —— Tho c3s¢ of the naturallzed (Jerman citizen of Oabkosll, Wik, Who wont to (ermany and way ureoytud for erprossing nlwusel! coneoruing thy conduct of 1ho Geenun Covoramant, having beca brought o the uttuntion of Becrvtary EvanTs, by hes anatructed Minmtee Tavion to huquire mtu the e and repurt 10 tho Stato Departuent, Ouly the uther duy o corvespondent tn Wis- consin toui consileruble pains to Inform Tus Trisuxs thot the alleged Gevman cltizen was | mufe and eound in Oshkosh or viclnity, and that he hod not been fmprlonced atall. 1t 13 not Hikely - that au Oshkosh juke Is betog perpes truted on Mr, Evants. e — Mr. MoNTaOMBRY Dt has wrliten a long tetter ta a Balttworo puuer, lu which ks clabo- rates hisreasons for thinking SAMUEL J. TiLpes s the best man the Democracy can nominaty in 1830, We duw'’s protend to know muchabout the internal ecotiomy of the Damosratie party,— not a thousundth pars as inuehas BLAI doek,— but it Is clear that uothing could sult the He- publicaus of the country any batter than to s TILDEN again the standard-bearer of the ov-, positlon. If he ts, thero will Lo o vceaslon fur auother Electoral Cowmmission, The peopls will proveat that, L —— The Now Orleans Democrat Joes not like to have the Democrutfc papcra of New York assert that the conduct of tho Southern peoplo wasthe cause of their defeat. v auswer to the asicr- tion of the Troy Zimes, thac it was o ** blunder in Soutt Carolina In making the State too unan- {mous,” the Democrat says that the Democracy of New York made asimilar blunder—* their State Is also too unsolmous on the lepublican side. It suys that it {a truu tho Lealstuture of Loulsiana is three-fourths Democratie, but tha Logislature of New York fe threo-fourths les publican, ————— JI the Republlcans can * bold tho fort ™" until 1881, tho United States Senato wili be Repud- tean ngain, That'is to say, 4 they csu hold tho Btates that they carred ab the last clection, that osult will ensue, Tho control of Cungress W 1531 will bo most finportant, bocouss upon that Congress will dovolve the waking of thy uew apportionment based upon the census of 1830 1t the Democratls party shiould bave possessivn of Cougruss ut thut time, tho ratio of roprescat- ation would probably bo made luss, so s to ine ‘reaso the membership from the South, . e —— ‘When Presideut Jlavss gots up in the morn- {ng sud tukes o lttle sour mash belilud the door beforu: Mrs. Hares comes down- stalrs, tho Hret thing ho docs s to cousult the duily papers to scu what toples the corne spoudents buve suzgested to be Incorporated b bis next sunusl message. Having wado bis so- lection for the day, hu cats bls breakfast and woea off to work wonderlbg how the world Kot uloug befure that usciul cluss of (ellows were bors who could tell everythiug belore- buud, ——— . That the rewalns of the late A, T, STEWART have realty boun recovered, the editor of the New York Worid belloves, becauso of *‘tho change which, as her friends ars aware, hos re- cently cotue over ths spirits of bis widow, from a atata of auxicty threatentng scrious illucis astato of sound bealth and choerful spirits.” ‘Tho facts conuected with the affalr aro withibeld * from the public fur the present with -the hops of securlug oll the rogucs cogaged du the dis- reputable business, L — Tl Buffalo Courisr docs not thivk thero will bo uny tarifl ruform Insugyreted as the comiok sesslon of Cungress, bocauss nothing can b3 hoped from either Socretasy BUBKMAN or Prost- dent HAYES ou that subject. Aud os for the pext Congress, *mecting on the ove of 8 Prest- dentlal contest, it will scarcely be able to ao- complish much, restrivted as it will be bys Lostile Adminlssrasion? Tt la o the vplulon, bowover, that @ cliange fo the tarlT syste can- uot long ba deferred, Gov. k1o, of Massacliuseits, in bohalf of tho luties of the Old Bouth Church, Boston, Las writteri & letter to Gov. Ssury, of Wiscousio, asking that U1 Abe, tho War cagle, bo loaned the fadies of that Soclety for an cxuibition to aid thu Soclely fn restoring and presceviug shat old strucsul 'Tho request will be granted. B R Orer scyenty women cnguged lo the Treasury Departuient at Washinzton were discharged oo Mouday becawse thero wes uo twoucy to pay them. Lile du tha Treusury Dopartment fs ¢3- ceedingty lovely asloug as it lasts, because it wilier duct, nckdeutally slinded to by the Sees | ives €uod bay fura sl amvsul of Suvbé