Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1878, Page 4

1 v 4 THE CiiiCAGO TRIBUNE: THURBDAY, DECEMBER 5 1878. tion undoubtedly reflects the temper of the friends of the silver dollar regarding the hostile course of tho New York banks and the Socretary of the Troasury, and although its | resentation has been postponed under objections, it will be leard from againat a time when objections will not prevent its consideration and passago. Thye Tribamne, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. TT MAIL~IN ADVAN Dy Fditton, one year. Parta Ol 8 veat, por mo ditiont Literary an Tho Iatest English advices strongly hint that Lord Bracoxsriztp will not submit to tho prosent Parlisment the question of fur- nishing supplies for the Afghan expedition. The forthcoming speech from tho throne it in rald will be of tho moat general character, and will contain no specific statement regard- ing tha foreign policy of the Government. Thene facts in Eoglish political circles aro looked upon as & sure indication of tho epeedy dissolution of Parlisment, and the ordering of olections for mombern of & new body, to test the strength of tho Ministry in tho conrse it has thos far taken. WEEKLY EDITION, POSTPAID. Frecime; Give Fost-Onice address in full, fncluding State and County, Remittances may be made efther by draft, exprest, 1 ost-Office onder, or in reglstered letter, at our sk, TERMS TO CITY BUNSCRIDERS. inly, dellyered, Sundsy excepted, 23centa per weeks Latiy, delivered, Sunday fncluded, 30 cents ner week. Adiress THE THIDUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chicago, TiL Orilers for the delivery of Tir TaInENx ot Evanston, Englewuod, and Tlyde Park faft | the counting-roous wilireccive prompt sttention. — TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES, Tne Citeaan Tintxs s establlshed branch ofices or (he recelpt of subscsiptions and sdyersisements as oltows: NEW YORK~Toom 20 Zribune Bullding. F.T.3Me- ADDEN, Ma PARIS, Fran H.Manxn, A LONDOK, Eng.—American Bxchange, 449 Strand. Hyxur T, GiLLio, ARt AN FRANCISCO, Cal,—Palaca Hotel, —en THE STRUGGLE IN CENTRAL ABIA. The Anglo-Afghan war and the troubles apprehended with China possess more than & local significance, They ara but the pre- liminary steps leading up to a great conflict that must some day agitate Central Asia,— the strife of giants for possession. No ono now living may see tho struggle, hut it is manifostly destined to come, sooner or later. ‘The attack npon the Ameor and the mutter~ ings of the Chineso ars only signs that lius. sin, throngh the natural action of growth, is reachiug points that threaten encroachment upon India and China. It {s an invarisbla rule that nations grow and expacd in the di- rection of loast resistonco. Thisvast Em. pire of Russin, with its wonderful facility for abrorbing nnd governing Esstern na- tions and {mpressing them with the fear of its strength, cannot extend any fariher to tho west. Against growth in that direction there {8 the impenatrable barrier of Germany and Austris. Sha cannot expand in a south- erly direction withont a flerce resistance and dangerous complications with the Great Powers, and, even yero every obstacle re- moved, tho territory itsolf is too small to suswor the demandsof its growth, Having obtalned a foothold in Asia Minor as part indemnity for the exponses of the late war, sho may and probably will incrense “in that direction; but it is evident that the main line of hor expansion must run due cast through the vast plains of Chinese Tartary, embrac- ing hundreds of millions of square miles of fertilo torritory., The advance guard of her armies and politiclans have alrendy reachisd the wostorn limits, and are pressing down upon Persia, Afghanistan, and the western Chinesa boundary ; while on the Pacifis coast heor traders coming down from the north are already trespnssing upon the rich provinces of Chineso Tartary. This growth cannot be stopped except by the oxtinction of Russia. Tt will move on with the steady progress nnd resistless power of tho rising tide. DBarriers may bo built to stop it, but it will eithor overflow and sweep thom away, or, if they prove too strong for that, it will trend 1n other directions where the resistance is wenker. If the new barriors England is now soeking to ersct on her northwestern frontier prove impassable, the tide will turn dno cast and swoep on whera the resistanco is loss, namaly, over China. Thongh Ntussia continually doprecates any intention of making aggression upon Indin, the idea has frequently bLeen entertained. In 1800, the Emperor Piur, made formal overtures to NAroLzON, proposing that Rus. sia and France should combine to drive the English from India, and fuvite Germany and Austria to moke common causo with them. He presented the plan of the campaign to him in detail, but it did not impress NarorzoN as feasi- ble, though years afterward, during his caplivity at Bt. Helena, he expressed the opinion that some dny Russia might mako a succossful expedition in India. Pauvn did not abandon the iden hocanso of NaroLron's rojection, bat in 1801 sctunlly dispatched Gon, Orvory with a strong force to make the attempt, Onvorr had already started from Orenburg with his Cossacks and sevoral nomadio tribes which had joined him, when the news oame of Paur's death, speodily followed by his own recall. ¥rom that time to this the ideaof an accupation of Indin bas nover entircly - abandoned the Russtan mind, but no woll-digested plan like that matared by the Emperor Pavr hos ever been presented. Oa the other hand, tho confusion existing in Russia relativo to India is sharply outlined in the following extract from the 8t. Potershnrg Vews: What do we know of Indla except from Engllsh sources? What iussians have ever beon 1o tudia? Which of un hou studied ber political condition, her manners and customs, the relations of rulors toaands ouc another and towanis the Engltsh Gov- erpinent? Ou what hadls are vur plans founded for Invading udia? tiss one rationa baok aout India appeared In Itusdla for the lasi twenty years? What facts, what data have we for putting'our plans into exccution? Orarc wo 1o trust In this, a8 in 10 mony wther things, 10 tuek-—to sant for indis, and tustesd of reacning it stick for tweuty years in Afghn 1 Tiusein Afghani W aro the Itusslan oficers ur the Ruwalan travel, who hava Visited theso parter 1t i » shamefu con- feselon to make, but 0o one from Kussls baa ever been there, The probabilitics of a conflict between Russla und Chiun are much atronger than betwoen Russia and England, and tho easus belli 18 not wanting, even at the present time, to pluugo the two nations into war any doy. During the groat Mahometan uprising of 1862, the rich Provinca of 11l was annexed to Russis. Ono afler auother tho Chinese have been rocovering the provinces they had proviously lost in Eastern Tarkestan, until all have roverted to them wxcopt Ili, 'The Qtussiaug in 1862 promised the Chinese Gov- ernment that, when it was able to re- asgert ita sway over these proviuces and take care of them, Il would be returncd, the Russians evidently fanoying that such a time would never come. But the time has come and Obina has made the demand. Rusais, unwilling to give up the province, hias met it with 8 counter demand for $10,000,000 as compensation for the cost of conquering and occupying it. Ohina complained thaj the compensation was ex- orbitant, and has seut a dologation to the Czar to urge its retrocossion, but thus far tho delegation has been ungpecessful in its mission. The Russisus are evidently follow. ing the old maxim: * When you get good thing, keop it.” Meanwhile, the Chinese Emperor, to provoke his antsgonist, has in defiance of treaty stipulstions massed an army st Kasbgar, banished Russian mer. chants from the reconquered territory and prohibited trade on the frontier of Kash- ger. Great wars have arisen from smaller causcs then this, and the pres- eut statys of affairy in Kashgar is critical enotugh to provoke it, especially as the Em. peror of China appears to be not averso to measuring swords with his powerful antego- nist, It is clear that the events out of which history is made are rapidly transpiring in Central Asia, and a clear comprebension of thera as thoy pass in roviow, oue aftor the other, will suably the render to wore clearly cowprehend the great strugglo for suprewacy N0« 16 Rue da Is Grange-Batetlere, AMUSEMENTS, MoVicker's Theatre. Madison street, botween Dearborn and ataie. **ituse- dale. iaverly’s Thentre, . Dearborn street, corner of Monroe. Engagement of the Unlon Syuere Coudlany, **3other and Eon." Ilooley’s Theatre. Ttandolph strect, belween Clark and LaSalle.* En- gagewment of Mrs. D, . Dowers. **Eaat Lynne.” Academy of Muales Tialsted street, between Madleon and Monroe, En- Theatre. CIark street, opposite the Court-louse, Engsgement of Oliver Doud Byron, **ifere.” Motropolitan Theatrs, Clark rtrect, opposite Bherman House. tertalument, . Variety en- Exposition Bullding. Michigan avenue, footof Adams strest. Great Fat Block suow. Art. No. 03 Washington stroet. Losn Exhibitfon of the Chlcago Koclety of Decorative Art, Day and evenlag, THURSDAY, DECEMBER G, 1878, Greenbaoks at the New York Btock Ex- chauge yesterday closed at 99, Gov. Hov1apay, in his mosssgo to the Vir. ginin Legislatare, makes & strong appeal for the Lonest adjustmont of the Btate debt. D. R. Branxs yestorday progided over tho deliberations of a large convention of millers at Springfield, I, The recklessness of this proceeding is plais whon wo romember that amill is the latest refinement of the quin- tessenco of destruction, and is moro likely to How up than either dynamite or nitro. glycerine, The New Orleans link in the chain of sub- sidy conventions has voted with great unan. imily to urgo tho pnsange of the Toxas & Pacifio Rallroad bill now before Congross. Unlike tho Chicago Convention of a few weeka ago, care has been taken to make the thing “unanimouns,” tho minority being so amall as to mako no show of opposition. Col. PrrtoN was yesterday tondered tho uso’of the columna of the Now York Z'ribune, with a reporter thrown ip, for any explana- tion he might fool disposed to givo regarding tho cipher dispatches, their translation, or his meoting with Barrit Wezp in Baltimore. Liko tho boy in the atory who had * made a mess of it,” the nephew of his uncle had * nothing to say.” An important trial was bogun yesterday at Hartford, Conn., in which the former officers of the Charter Onk Lifo-Insurance Company, Messrs, Tuonoen, Warkeny, Wiaaixs, and Wmre are defondants to indictmonts charging them with having conspired to- gether for the purpose of ontiching them- selves at tho exponse of the policy-holdurs. ‘They aro roprescnted by eminent counsel, and aro ovidently prepared for a desperato tight to avoid conviction and punishinent, It ia reported that an order hins boen jssued by the Treasury Dopartment rescinding the regulation imposed last July, upon the recommendation of tho Dixomaw-Hinps Commission, relative to the mothod of determining damage allownnce at tho Fasteru ports of entry. The Commis- sion found that opportunity for extensive frauds woa presonted by tho practice of iuspecting tho contentsof but ono packagain .ten of thosa upon which dmnage allowancs was claimned, ond it was ordered thatin future nll such packsges be opened and ox- amined. This last order allows of & roturn to the old loose systom with its iuvitation to dishonosty and. fraud, and its advantages to dishoneat importers, The etrict enforcoment of the regulation was working to the interest of the Government and of fair dealing, and it would b iuteresting to know by what moaus the ‘I'reasury Dopartment has been persuaded to revoke tho order and return to the old plan, 'fhe President hns * suggested * the pro- priety of suspending Bupervising-Architect Hiut during the interval preceding his tria) ou tho chargs of complicity in the Chicago Cuntom-House construction frauds, and Sec- retary Biensan has thought proper to defer to the judgment of his superior officer in this watter, It had occurred to many poo- 1l that an official under indictnient was not nsuitable person to continue in custody of the records from which testimony is to bo derived bearing upon the ques- tion of the gwlt or ionoconce of Limsclf and tho other members of the alleged couspiracy to rob the Government, and it seems the President folt impelled to direct the attention of the Becretary of the ‘Ireasury to tho correctuess of this view, ‘L'l watter had doubtless escaped the atten- tion of Mr, Suerman in his preoccupation with the schemo of exclusive gold resump- tiun, uud tho hint of the President was most tinely, ———— ‘The rctalistion proveked by the New York Cleariog-House Association in its hos- tils discrimination sgainst ‘the standsrd sil. ver dollur wes wade mwanifest in the House yusterduy in the form of s résolution subwitted by Mr. Fowr, of Illinois, the suthor of the bil) rewonstizing the dollar of 412} graing, declaring that o refusal by suy Nutional bank to reccive and treat it as a Legal doltar uhalt be deemed a defianoe of the laws of the United States, and providing for the puvishment of any aad all tusks 80 nullitying the law by the passage of a Lill withdrewing their notes frowm circulation. This resolu. when it comes. The Afghanistan war ia but the first ot in tho groat drama, tha denone- ment of which no ono can foresce. When tha curtain goea np ngein, wo may behold war with China aa the motive of the second aot, SHERMAN'S REPORT. Tho Secrotary of tho Treasury propo=es {o do many thinga in the matter of the resump- tion of specis payments. Some of them are in accordance with Iaw, others not, and still others are to be done by moro or less - genions twiating of the Inw to suit the Sec- relary’s preconceived notions of what it ought to be. - 1, The law provides (May 81, 1878,) that “'whon United States notes are redeomed or received in the Treasury under any law, from any sourco whatevar, avd shall belong to the United States, they shall . . . bo reie sued and pald ont again, and kept in eircu- lation.” This languoge is tolerably plain. 4 Khall de kept in cireulation” cannot very Avell be tortured into meaning may bo locked np in tho vaults of the Treasury at the dis- crotion of the Secrotary. But tho Secretary makos an elaborate though involved argn- mont to prove that ho has & right to honrd radeemed greonbacks, and thus so contract the volume of currency as to rendor it moro easy to maintain resumption. He inti- matos that instead of reissuing theso re- deemed greenbncks, and so keeping them {n circulation sccording to the mandate of the 1aw, he will sell bonds under the Refunding nct to roinforee the gold resorve. This proposed sct s the logical ontcome of the chief obfect of Mr. Bnenuman's policy, namely: his purpose to resumo on the single standard, gold, iu- stead of the double standard, gold nnd silver, a8 required by {he act remonetizing silver. The Treasury now holds 141 million dollars in coin. But f this 14 million dollars is in silver, leaviog 327 million dollars in gold. TIn referring to his stock of coin nvailabla for rodemption purposes Mr. SneruaN includes both silver and gold, but he cannot fail to know that, under his plan of resumption, the 14 million dollars iu silver is practically nse- less, Burrendoring to tho creditor tho option which by law belongs™to the debtor (the Qovernment) makes silver a dead letter in re- sumption. Mr. SnEsMax, then, basaredomp- tion fund of 127 million dollars with which to float 846 million dollars in United States notes, and back of that 823 million dollars in Nationnl-bank notes. Hnad he carried out the spirit of the Bilvor Remonetization act in good faith, coining up to the outside 1imit, his redemption fund would consist of 127 million dollars in gold and 86 million dollars in silver,—n total of 163 million dol- Jars, or over 45 par cent instesd of 85 per cont of his labilities, Havifg flatly vio- lated the Silver Remonetization act, Mr. Sueruan now finds it neceasary to violate the act requiring Unitcd States notes (green- backs) to bo kept in circulation. If ho ap- prehends it difticult to flont them on the exclusive gold staondard, he anuounces his purposa to lock them up in the vaults of the Tronsury. 2. 'The Becrotary says that the act of Feb, 28, 1878 (remonctization of silver), * made o very important change in our coinago system.” Wo submit that both his course as financa officer of the Governmont aud the argument of his report flatly contradict the proposition. By that act Congress un. doubtedly intended to give, and did give, to the debtor the option of pasyment in gold or silver. But the Becretary has takon the option away from the debtor and given it to the creditor, Congress undoubtedly in- tonded that ailver shonld play sn important port in resumption. But the Sccratary has construed thot intention to be of no cffoct whatover. As the Soorotary’s ontire discus~ sion of the subject of resnmption is nn argu- ment againat the donble standard and in favor of the uingle standard, so his entira conrso ns Finance Mlinistor has boen in violstion of tho spirit and tho letter of statutes standing in the way of forcing exclusive gold re- sumption, One thing wo look for in vain in Mr. Buenman's roport, namely: A suggestion looking to the sealing down of the gold dol- lar to the valuo of the silver dollar, Bat we find its oppodite, a proposition to load up the silver dollar to tho bullion valuo of the gold doller. And it is beautifully oxpressed. Tho Becretary saya: ** The addition of ono- touth or onc-eighth to the thickness of tho silver dollar would searcely be perceived ns an inconvenionca by tho holder, but would {nspire confldence, and add greatly to its cir- culation,” And he adds, with a well-simu- Inted appoarance of artlossness: ** As prices are now based on United States notes at par with golil, no disturbance of valuos would result from the chango.” Wo bog the publio to contomplato tho spoctacle of the head of the finance departmont of u great nation dis- cussing & question of political economy of tho first fmportance with'no more apparent comprohension of the far.reaching ¢ffeots of its decision, pro or con, than if it were a proposition to add a wing to the 'Treasury Dopartment building! But this failure to ocomprehond the subject he discusaes is only apparent; it is not real. Mr, SazaMax knowa that hig propesition to add 12§ per cent to tho bullion value of the silver dollar is a proposition {o inoreass the burden of the national debt 124 por cent, to increasa the burden of all State, municipal, and private debts 12§ per cent, and to add | to their value 12§ per cent in the hauds of the creditors who lhold them. For Mr, BuenMax knows that, to-day, every debtor in the United Htates Las the option to pay his debt fu wllver dullnnl and his proposition is & proposition to deprive them of the option, and compel them to pay in the dear dollar, gold. The present Congross will not adopt Mr. Suesuan’s advice; mor will the next Congress. The rosponse to it should be the pasiage of a bill providing for the free and unlimited colnage of silver dollars of the present logal atandard valu BAILROAD ROBBERY. The enormity of the oppression practiced by tho railroads may be gathered from the following simple statement of the case: The Bupreme Court of the United Btates has judiclally afirined the right of the States to regulate the mansgement of the rallroads for the protection of the public; Hiinois has a slatute designed to restrain the railroads from the practices of extortion and unjust discrimination ; the laxpayers of this Btate support a Board of Railroad Commissioners whose sols function is to assure the public the protection guarantced by the law ; and yeot, in spite of those facts, the Iowa roads, the Bouthwestera roads, and the cross lines, all aided aud abeited by tho Eastern pool, are carrylog ona deliberate and systeratio discrimination sgainst Chicago, actually shipping grain through Ohicago to poiuts woat of Chicago at lower rates thau are given to Chicago, and thence to be taken sgain through or around Obfcsgo to tho Fast at lower rates than aro mada from Chicago eastward. Of what avail, then, is the right ® violations of law, to remonstrato, protest, ish tho offonding compnnies. Tho offices they hold were not crented merely to onable contribntions. They are expected to oarn their money by protecting the public from railroad oxtortion and discrimination. publichashad no evidence thatthey are dolng, or contemplats doing, anything in this direc. tion, Why don't they help arouse public opigion by an investigation and exposuro of avidenco and bring suita ? If tho law is do- fective, why don’t they point ont wherein, ond organize a popular appeal to tho Legis- lature for its improvement under the sauc- Lot us at Ioutamvu some evidenco that this Bonrd iz still in'existence, outsida of the poy- or other quasi-public corporations. A com- ‘Whether Mr. Kzzxeand hisassociates buy up all tho wheat in the Northwost, or whather whother they got .squaezed themsolves in bears, is of very slight consequence to the community at large as compared with the road d!acrlminnm'm ngainst Chicago. Tho brains and the eapital on the Board of Trade oughit to unite. 1nvidemanding - instant roliof duty; they ought.to dovote tho necessary and bringing of suits which would quickly dicato that the actjvo managors aro becow- _promisos of this kind, Onr observation has afiirnied by tho Supreme Court or the law provided by the State Logislature ? Tho blame for this violation of law and disrogard of commorcisl probity must bo divided smong nt lenst threo olnsses. The guiltieat, of course, are the railrond mnnagoera who combine or who compete in making the disorimination. ‘They combine against tho Iaw when thoy agroo npon an extortionnto rato to Chieago whiel they could not main. tain under conditions of honest competition; thoy compete in violation of law whon they cut rates at other points or allow rebates a0 as to carry froight n longer distance at a lower prico. Thoir pool is a frand, becanse it is merely designed to afford them op- portunitics for cutting nnder ecach other in all business cxecpt Chicnga business; their competition 18 a swindle, bocauso it i practiced secratly and affords reductions and rebates unevenly and nafairly, Ohicago is awlodled ns a community, and in. dividual producers and shippors are de- frauded nll through tho Northwoest and Southwest, But what of the Siate Board of Rail. road ' Commissionern? Why do these gentlemon suppose that Board was croated ? For what purpose do they draw their sal- nries ? They have not been heard from in this matter. Thoy misconcelve their duty it they think they are o judicial body, and snould wait UIl suita are brought boforo them for trial. On the conlrary, thay are oxpacted to net as police, to ferret out the and, when necessary, instituto suits to pun- them to draw salaries and live on tho publio The the railrond nbuses? Wiy don't they gathor tion of the United Statos SBuprome Court's decision in the so-called Granger casos? mont of salarlos to the Commisslonors. The third reaponsible party is the Chicago Board of Trade. It assumos the chief com mareial authority in the Northwest, and it should bo tho first to show rosistance whon any injustice is practicod by the railronds, mittos has boen appointed, wo bolieve, to tako the mattor in hiand, but it that Commit- toe ia ns slow in moving ae the Board was in waking up to an understanding of the situa- tion, Chicago may became a medern Ninevah in decay before it offera any measuros of re- lof. Just now the Board seems to Lo en- grosaed with o singlo Kzexx iden, which is not in the direction of roforming railroad abusos. thoy propose to sqaceze the short-scller, or fooling nround in n monagerie of balls and questions and interests involved in this rail- from thoe extortion; they ought to stir up tho Bonrd of Railrgad Commissioners to thoir timo and monoy ta'the collection of ovidenca convince tho railrond managera that thoy wore in oarnest. Tho lntest roporfi from railroad circles in- ing impressed with, the opposition of publie sentiment against their pools and discrimina- tions, and that they aro ready to moke con. cossions. Wo have not uch fsith in boon that rallroads do not abandon their schemon of extortion until thoy are com- pellod to doso, In the prosont case, it is not enough to oxact fair treatmmont from thom; they should also be punished to the full extent of tho law for tho oxtortion and discrimination they have bLoen practicing. 1t is only by this moans that any gnarantee of good faith in tho futurocan be secured. Aud §f this polioy shall not compel them to conduct thelr businesa fairly, they may ex- poct another * Grango" movemont in this conntry that willincludo the large cities also, and result in some monsuro for a nationnl regulation of their business. Tho patience of tho public {s very ncarly exhausted as far as railroad abuses go. BCOTT'B EUBSIDY BILL IN THE SENATE Mr, Stanvey Martuews is detormined to improve the fow remaining days and Lours of his aocidental membership in the Benate by o vigorous dofenso and advocacy of the most promising of the subsidy jobs now pending. o advocated the 'Toxt Scorr sub- sidy bill at the last sossion, and on Tuesday last mado an claborate spoech in favor of the bill. His term as SBonator expires March 3, 1870, just eighty.cight days henco, What is the bill winch s thus advocated so stren. uously by tho Bouator in his expiring officinl hours? Roduced under the pressure of re- peated defoats, the proportions of the Lill aro now imuch less than they have been horetofore. ‘I'ho bill now proposes that tho United Btates Governmeut shall guaranteo the intercst at & per cent on the bonds of the Texas Pacific Railway Company; the bonds to bo issued in the proportion of $20,000 per wila for 1,160 miles, and at the rate of £35,000 per wila for 230 miles; the bonds to run for fifty years. A supplemental issuo of §5,000 per mile for the whole 1,400 miles is authoized, making atotal issus of bonds of §38,760,000, The nggrogate inlerest on these bouds for which the Government as- sumes the obligation of payment is $90,- 875,000, As s security the Company givés the United Statos a mortgage on the road, all ita lands, franchises, and other property, That is tho bill to the passage of which Hepator Marruxws is devoting the last fow woeks of bis officlal Itfe. : ‘Wo liave discussed this subject repeatedly from the standpolut of the impolioy of the Government engaging in any such partner- ship with railyoad or other compsnies. Wa have Lad a striking inatance of the folly of such business in the results of the bond sub- sidy to the Pacific Rallway Companies. The Government loaned those Companies $64,- 000,000 of bonds, priocipal and iaterost to bo taken care of¥by the Compauies and the Government nover to be called upon; but what hag beon the result? 'The Govern. ment bas bad to pay nearly 330,000,000 of intorest, and the bonds have many years to run yet, sud {u the end the Goverument will havo to pay the principal of the bonds. For the sum of §100,000,000, principal anyg in. turest, paid aud L0 Le puid, the uwam,mu Santn Fe ing ita railway, grading, excooling §12,000 per milo. ronto a8 or for fanta Fo THEWS, Pacifio Company asks tho Government to guarantes the payment of 96,000,000 of interest, for $10,800,000 cash, and the Houthorn IPa- ciflo ask to build the road without charga to will have a second mortgage on the ronds, All tho other subsidy jobs in which the Gov- ernmaent has engiged have proved propor- tionntoly disastrons and corrupting. Leaving out of sight, therefore, for the time, tho impolicy of subsidies generally, the morits of this proposition should be qx- amined. The issuo of bonds i equal to an averngo of 27,080 a milo of rallway. At thia vory tinio the Northern Dacifio Railway in rapidly building its roml, pushing it on to- ward the Pacific, and the cost per' milo does not exceed $12,000. The nioney Is furnished by private oapitalists, In the Bouthwaost, the Atchison, Topeka & Railrond Company is build- bridging, and ironing it with steol rails, at ncost of not At the western ond of the road, the Bouthiorn Pacific Com- pany is building its railway onstwardly through Arizona, and over the same goneral the 'Toxas Pacific Rond, ond ia Iaying it with ateel raila at a eong not eoxcoeding 212,000 per mile, These Companies are building their several long linca of rallway with great rapidity, and with profit to the contractora over thelr respective routes, nt an average cost, including through the mountnins, not excoeding $13,600 per mile, out of thelr pri- vate funds, They have no difllenity in hav- {ng the work done, nor the ties and the steel rails farnished, at the rate mentioned. The Bouthern Pacific Rond les through the Ter- vitory of Arizona costwand from Fort Yumn for the distanco of 400 miles over substan- tially the routs marked ont for the Toxas & Pacific Rond. That Company will build that 400 miles at a cost of $12,000 o mile, $4,800,000, The Atohison & and the Sounthorn Pacific COompanies will bnild 1,400 miles of their ronda for the sum of $16,800,000, and pay for it in cash. Mr, Srantzx MarTHEWS, liowever, insiats that, while this rond-building ia going on, a large part of it alongside the route of the Toxas & Pacific Road, the Gov- ormmnent of tho United States shall indorse national Londs at the rato of $27,600 o mile, or for the 1,400 miles £38,750,000, and sasumo an obligation Lo pay 800,875,000 in- torest. Wo submit (hat this proposition lacks that economy essontinl to recom. monding it to disinterested porsons, but perhaps, for that same reason, commends itaolf to Hemator Mat- The question which will ad- dross itself to tho Intelligent judgmont of Congress and tho country is, if tho construe- tion of thisroad bo of mny importanco to the country, wonld it not bo batter to appro- priato diract the sum of $10,800,000 to con- strnet and completa tho 1,400 miles of rail- way, and own it, than to vote 838,750,000 of bonds, calling for §06,000,000 of interest, and take a mortgaga foreclosenble in 10201 Ia thoro any man who in his own private business would hesitato betweon poying out tho 316,800,000 aud owning the 1,400 miles of road, and indorsing the notes of tho Com- pany for $06,000,000 of intorest and taking o mortgago payablo fifty yenrs henco? That is the proposition roduced to a moro matter of Governmontal expenditure and lability. Beotter still, if Congress will only give the authority, - the Bouthern Pacifla "Com. pony will build the rallway worth without any monoy or bonds or in- dorsorent of bonds, It the buildiog of tho road is of such vital importance, why not 1,400 miles of from Ban Diego to Fort let it out to tho higheat bidder? The Toxas Contractors offer to build the road the Govornment aud for its mero ownership, Theso are the threo propositions before Congross, In only ono of theso 18 there nny room for a repetition of the Credit-Mobilier operation. If the road can bo built at an av- orago of ovon $15,000 n mile,—u most liboral oatimate,~then tho Icsuo of $27,600 a mile of guaranteed bonds will leavo u margin of $12,600 per milo of clear profit, amounting in 1,400 miles to %17,640,000. That is to sny, the Texns Pacific Company, or tho Con- struction Company, will have that handséme fund to divide smong its members and to re- word its friends 1n ond out of Congress, ‘We submit, thereforo, that this subsidy, so consplcyously advocated by Mr. Marraews, does not commond itscll to the judgmont of the country on economical grounds, In tho first place, tho subsidy is double the sum needed to build the road, sssuming oven that the Company s bankrupt; in the second place, if the Government should bLuild the road itaolf, it would sava half the subsidy and own tho rond ; and third, there is a company asking permission to build the road at its own expense, without any bonds or guran- tecs of intercat from tho Government. 'Tha subsidy soheme, however, being the only one that has money in 1t for tho lobby and to pay for support, attracts the greatost intellectunl and logul talent in its defense. Referring tho other day to the fact that Sen- ator Howe, of Wiscousln, was twice re-cleeted without the lotervention ol a caucus, were- marked that n similar case did not then oceur to us; whereupon the Boston Advertiser remarks that *the record is wn booorable ane, Lut Muasachusctts can show a betier one. Thero never was a Iepublican Iegislative caucus in thia Stato until 1871."" It then goes on to staty that Messre. Bumnen and WiLsoN wore re- elected withou the fnterventiou of a coucus, and that several other elections * were fought out fn open session,’” —————— When slavery existed, the Soath olten select- ed a Northern doughfaco to do tuglr dirty work in Congress. ' FxunaNDo Woob voluuteered to way, as he did on the first day of the session, that he *“falled to sco any dlsposition at the South to anuuy! 1n any deares the coustitutional amendmonts.” Woop made fudecent liasts to defend tha South from a very wmild aliusion wade by the President’s message to the South- eru bulldozing, DIid Woon speak for the whola Democratle party In defendivg that systemt ‘We bupe so. ———— “Tho 8an Francisco Hulletin asks, * What would two thousaud Chicago merchauts do if they could havo thelr own way in Moxlcol? Well, that is hard to tell. But it 1s safe to say that thiey would sell them all tho €oods they could pay for; get up s corner ou wheat; buy all the silver and pold wiucs the Mexicaus had lor sale that wro good for moyihing; take tue contract to build all thelr ralirouds for a couslderatlon; uod develop all thelr other resources, pro- vided they could make it pay, : L e——— The 7imes and Taisuss lusiat that, while nnder Indictment, MiLt should resign of by suspended ad Buvervieing Architect of the Treasury, Why do thoy vot Insist that Buntina shall rewizu bis plsce 1o the County Voard?—Lelegraph, BukLing did tender bis resignation to the Board of Commissloners, and the wmembers of that Lody uuanbmously declined to aceept it, Unless hels prepared to confess that ho fs gutity ag charged {ntho indictment, it ls difticult au couceive what wore becan do tuau ko has lone. ——————— The only gentlewian o the Bcoate, 88 the curreut report has it, who js not a caundidate for re-electiun, 13 HanNiuaL Hasuy, of Maine, once Viee-Preandunt of the Unlted States. It s #nld that Eoarse Havs has & wistfal eye on the seat now occupled by Mr. fRavtiw, andis manipulating tho wires to bring about that re- sult, I BrLaing Jooks with Clrlstian resigna- tion upou the defeat of Hang to the Houso, as Is ntleged, how will he rezard Iiava's clevation to the Senate! HALE and Braina are sald to be unfriendly at vresent. ——— Benator lows his a terse way of putdup things. Writing to a fricnd in this city he says in a private Jetter: ** The Milwankee V¥isconsin holdly sccuses mo of supporting demonctiza: tlon, ss if It were already conceded that tho sil- ver dollar 1s a felon, and therefora it only re- malna to prove that I am an accomplice. I ad- mit the complleity, but deny the felony." chletitoelonaias It 1t wasn't for tho fact that that pure and fn- corruptible statesman and moral philosopher, Bity, Srrixarn, was & member of the notorious Porrrr Committee, we should express our feara that TiLnea's “bar'l ? of money might bribe the Committeo not togzo Intothe cipher dls- patches. But now It cannot, cannot be that there shall be any corruption. The so-called Commercial Conventlon now o session at New Orleans atarted off well n clect- fng the Hon. Epwanp D. flovrox, of Milwaa- kee, as its temporary Chalrman. Mr, Hortox {8 a free-trader, a resumptlonist, a sound busl- ness man on gencral principles, and carrles too Jovel & head to favor any of Tox Scorr’a sub- sldy schemes, e ——— The boys in Congress must bave an eyeon old Santa Claus, If we may judge by the prompt- ness with which thoy have taken hold of work. Two important bills wero passed by tha House on Tuesday,—tho Military Academy and Forti- fleation bills, i they keep on they wiil have earncd their holiday receas, — JiM ANDERSON has gone ns far West as ho had money tv pay his fare, and now he offers to go to Washington and tell some sort of a llo it the Govdrnment will sllow in his mileage. It Jiat could be acnt tothat place which INaEuRSOLL snys does not exist, it might be well to pay his fare, ————— Thoe Cinclonat! Erguirer of Mondsy prints several Interviews with Bouthern statesmen as to thelr cholce for Prestdent in 1880. Trunsax and HENDRICKS secm to Lo the favorites; Bay- ARD, third chofea; with PENDLETON, HANCOCK, and others {o tho fleld. . e —— i Gen, BRERMAX ncts as a sort of medlator be- tween Sciunz and SHERIDAN, and Insists that there Is nothing personal between those two gentlemen. But a Buffalo paper says that the sooner SHERIDAX gots in bla little blll of par- ticulars the better, A Ouiva LooAX has ralsed a muss by saying that Mrs. BARTORIS, nes NALLIG URANT, s not happy with her husbaud. 12 Ouiva wilt atteod toher own Mr. Sikzs, she will have aflthe matrimonial infelicity on her hands that she can care for. ————— The Krening Wisconsin )aughs because Tns Tuinung safd there wero thirty days Io Decem- ber. It positively asscrts, upon the suthority of the last nlmaopac, that there are thirty-one. But how can there bo thirty-one if there are not thirty? —— The efforts of tho weather officers to precipl- tate’ a snow-storm upon Chleago yostorday morning was an ignominfous fallure. It started In Lriskly and snowed boasutifully awbile, but utterly falled on tho bowmw-strotel, ? Tt is well enough for tho Democratic papera all ever the country Lo hulst the nameof thele perticular favorito for President, but they ought to bo discroct enough to koep back the Vice to trade on. f Tho monthly debt-statement shows an ine crease,—nn unusual thing, But then we bave been payliz‘extra for somé’ flsR” caught *mear” Newfoundland, It won't hupven agaln. ——et———— 1f there are any independent Democrats in Congress, the country will bo glad to hear from them on the subject of tho recent Southern elections. It I8 a good time to speak. e — ‘The ZTimes mournfully statcs that “there are no second. torms for Bherifl fu Cook County,"” Have you Just found that out? What Ksux be tho reasoni e —— There is a bloody chasin between tho Leader and Herald, two Cleveland newspapers. It hos a gory look, but IlAyEs hus not called out the troops yet. oz ———— Sciunz, Buenipay, Sitrive BuLy, BroTren ‘TatL, aud scveral others whose names begin with B, are nll tnterested in the Indlan question. | ““IHonest Joun HorrxanN" still haunts the sanctum of the Times oftice. It Is a healthy ghost, and does not down at auybody’s biddlng, & The South Is now 80 solld that the old breed of dourlifaces will begin to put in an appear- ance again. ‘Tho raco Is not yet extinct, | Bex BotLen is already in tho fictd as a candi- date for the Presldency, The Woman-Suffrage Conventlon at Fhitagelphta did it § An English paper says that o Yady applled at the bux-ofilco of ‘one of tho theatres fur * pro- served seats for two." ? Bpeaker RANDALL 18 of the opinfon thst there will banv extra session of Cougress. Every- budy Wil be selad. § Dr. Many WaLkzn fs lecturiog on “Pure Love and Bacred Marrisge® Manky knows all about thom both. | Conferring the ballot upon the-colored men of the South s now regarded as o Agurative ex- pression, —e—— THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE, RicuMonn, Va., Dees 4.—The Legislature met to-day. A Joint Commities was appointed 1o juqaire into tho legality of tha seasion. A resolution was adopted requesting tho Gov- ernor to communicate to the Suuate all the fy- formattun be Las In rejatlon to the recent action of Judgo Rives, of the United States Districe Court for the Western District of Virginia, in removiiyg from the custody of the State ollicials certain persons held for trial for murder, avd in 0o wise purporting to try sald persous iu sald Federal Courty for said crimes agalnst the State laws, which proceeding is cuuljwml an enforce- mest of police rogulations and an assuuiption of the coutrol nf o dowestlc affairs of the State Ly Federal officers. "The (ioyernor's mwessngo Is almoat entirely do- voted 1o the discussion of the State debt. “The Goveraor says no vxcuse for the von-peymoent of tho debt ever can b urged save iuabilivy, “Fhers arc ouly two ways open jor an honorsblo scttiement—i a fair, kiudly adjustfucot with the creditors, Repudiation or forcible adjustment wouls brin, Tuln, but_ taxation, though 14 migh cause suflerior sud privatlon for a time, would ultiately bring prosperity and peace, St BECKWITH GETS THE BEST OF BUTLER. pseial Dispalch (o Tha Triduns, Nuw Youk, Dec, 4.—lu Gen. Sheridan's case to-day, considerable timo was consumed fu the cross-cxaniuation of Thomas L. Deacon, who was & witoess for tho prosecution to ;:uve tho valus of the property scized, Judge Beckwith lefe the dlrect evidencs fn a badly-shastercd coudition when be flnlshed the cross-exatuine- tlou. In tho afterncon the session was largely oceupled by arpument of counsel ss to the Lreadth of the complalnt. A motion to amond the complaint wes tinally made, aud this will be argued to-morrow, CHARLEY ROSS. Towanua, Pa., Dec. 4.—Nelson Vandersool, o balf-breed Indian who lves in tbls couuty, clalws to bave Charley Ross in Lis possession. Chrlitlau K, Ross arrlyed bere from Poliadel- phia laat vight, and lefs this woruing In com- bany with Vauderpoal for a clace uine miles ulatsut tu fuvestigate, | at s, by un lucrexau of taxatlon or. . BISMARCK. Further Glimpses of the Greay QGerman's Charactaer. flis Cruelty Contrasted witn g Kindliness, A Firm Beliover in Christianity... Hatred for His Enemies, A Heaavy Eator and Drinker«-. Goog Living Is Inspiration” Correanendence New Tore Herald, Loxpox, Nov. 19.—Dr. Buseh’s buok on * Bis. marck durine ®ho War of 1870 still vecuples the attention of the German sod tho English public, ; DISMARCK AT ROTNICTILD'S CHATEAU, At Ferriera’s, Rothachild's summer-residence, where Bismarck, as Prussian Minister {n Parls, had frequently been a guest, he was furlons o tho meannces with which the Emperor and him. selt were trealed by the rich banker'a wajtro d'hotel. Tiis Majesty had glven ordera that no damage should be done o the premises and the adjoining park and gardens. The stewan, aware of these instructions, refitsed Blsmarck's demand for a supply of flue wines for dinner, The Chancellor, Indignant at this effrontery, summoned the scrvant 1o his room, and there nquired i he knew what a atraw bundle wag, The steward became alarmed amd replied in the negative, whercupon Blsmarcke Infdrmed bim that such a thing was used to fasten obstinate stewards upon provious to adminlstration of a soutid thrashing, This admonition had the desired effect, for thenceforth the best wines were forthcoming. Numerous simflar nnec- dutes, some of them ot even appalling serfous. ness, might be extracted from Buschs reml. ulscences, Thoy profe the truth of the geueral bellet that the Chancellor is really o man ot blood and Iron (except in the matter of cating); cntirely vold of pity or conipassion. Tiits hatred of tho French wns nearly demoniac, and was fostered not only b,; his entourage, bt also by bls wife at home, Tho Countess, nfrald lest her busband should be deprived of the Bible n +shamuleas France,” sent him the Old and New Testnment, that he might read in the Psalms »that the wicked—vir.: the Frenco—stould perish by the aword," . DARBARITY OF DISMARCK. In his description of the buttle of Eedan Bls- marck said: [ suddenly remarked an agrec. abloamell of roasted onlous. The odor camo from_ Bazellles, whero the Bavarians, on belng sttacked hy tha vilingers, had opened fire on tnem, and sct tho whole place 1n flames.” Ile forgot to mention that at thia dreadful catns- trophe some human belngs were burned alive, Ilis olfactory uerves inust be very scnsitiv During the bombardment of Paris Bismarck, dissatisfied with the mere communication that somo parts of tho French Capital were in flames, was desirous to get “a scent of the conflagration,” Jules Favre, at hia first negotlations for an arnistice, cotns platned of shells havlug been thrown from the Prussian batteries on the Asylum for the Blint. “lam quite surprised,” the Chancelior, “at your remonstrances. You are much worse; you dh‘ shont at onr able-bodied and bealthy men.” Thiers onee deacanted on his perflous position fu Parls. ¢ Why," sald tho Chancellor, **Incite o revolt mow that you have the army at your disposal, and ‘then crush it by brute forco.” On casually mentloning this couusel to his _amanuensis fu "the cvenlog, he obscrved: “Thirrs Jooked at mo quito nghast, as if gomng ta say, * Oh, how sanguinory’® Ang yet, it 1s only a few weeks alnce we licard In - England of the barbarity of the Russians fu firing tnto thy city of Rustchuk, TISMARCK'S GOOD TRAITS. I am deslrous of adding some traits reflectiy honor upon the Chaucelior, whose dark sides may otherwiso be accused of baving too forcivly brought to the foreground, He often visitet thoalck and wounded, and strongly expostulated withy the doctors It anythiog was wanting for tho fovallds, On ono occaslon he entered o sick room .in ,oue of, the magnificent wings of the LPaluce at Versallles, and hearlog the wounded soldiors complain of the cold Lie inquired wni( the tine pictures, decorations, and _gilded tusnl ture were not used for inaking aflrel For the same reason ho wos furous with Steinmetz for his sacritica of Bo many vallant soldirs ot Spleheren and Mars Ia Tour, e called him a sisughterer regardless of the lives of his troops. The Field Marshal's subscquent removal from the comnmand of tho ariny may be traced 1o - mark’s futluence. 1o frequently interfered on behalf of the soldfers, i thoy were unduly ex- posed to cxertions or sufferlng from fuutliciens cyof provisions or tho unhicalthiness of the quarters assigned to them, A GOOD PATIIZR. Bismarck Is a kind and affectionate fatlier, Iis twvo sons had éntered tho arny us stuipie privates on the outbreak of the war, ‘The clder was severely wonnded at tho memorable cavalry attack on Mars In Tour, Tha Chanecllor, hear- tug of tius misfortune, at ouco hurried to the battle-tield, at no slight risk, to the slde of his soity, whom h at lnst discovered among a num- ber of other wounded men, The doctor fn chargo hud sumo scruples about, selzing sumo of the fowls oir s nelghboring farm for the benetle of hia patlents. Bismarck, in order tu guiet the doctor’s consclontiousncss, went bitsell aond uhiot the coveted poultry, DBISMARCK'S PIRTY, AMany will probably be surprised to learn that tho 1ron Cuancellor, slthough no * professing Curisttan, {8 ot heart o stanch Lutheran, ond during tho war never falled to perforin lis dully duvotious. . One mornini when Busch looke fnto Blamarck’s room, Just ofter the chief hod quitted It, ho noticed on tho table, near the bed, u book of Beripture texts, fssuca by the Mura~ visus, a Bible, snd :gxmyufibwk sor strongih- enlng the falthof beliovers.” Al thres boro wmorks of frequent usage, In social Intercounis Biamarck never hesltuted to openly avuw b3 frm religlous beliof, Lo frankly profeased s very stanch faib, and wondered “how withous such 1ho people could do their auty, But for hls faith and bls conviction that he was dis- coorging his duty to the Abmighity, Biswarck sald, he would turn his back ot ouce upon diplomacy and the suthority of oflice, or, fu- deed, ho would never bhave undertugen thei; for he did nat caro for honor aud distiuctlon; he was well off and uhllmflululmd enough to dis- pense with theto, 1f bo had displuyed unusual perseverauce, it was oll owlng to tho sense of _religious responaibility, LOYALTY TOWAILD TITE XMPEROIL, A deep Ieclingr of loyalty 1 appurent in Bls- marck toward the Empcror. fle sometimes .grumbles at the aiflicultics attendant ou per- wuading the gray-headed monarch, but this rri- tatlon, never very prouounced, soon passes away. The Emoeror ou hia side la dolng sll b can to pleasy his Icading statesman, He veva- slonally called ou hlm late in the evening b sonally to nppriso him of important milita news. The Crown Priuce sharcs his father's attachment to the Premler. Onee ho dined with him and his ataff, and on tho termination of tha repast drow out his pioo to bavo a snicke with bis *chief” and nis eabordinutes of the Forelgn Oftice. Moltke Is & great frieud of Bismarek, 1o deacribed him as o gloowy aud espondunt In time of peace thut one could vt recogulze fn him the cheerful any active war- rior, With other Generals Blsmurck was durive the war not on the best of terme. 1o ds anury at their seercey ana poimpousuess, Part of this feritability was dua to the hesttation vrevailing amoni them with regard to the bombardiueut ot Larfs, resolutely {usisted upon by him. BISMARCK'S HOLLOW PLETENIB of desplsing public oplulon, as vxpressed through the daily press, has already becn ex- posed fu the extracts wiveu. here probably Beyer wus a groat stateaman who busied hhnscit as much tosuipulating the press down to its pettless detajts as Blsmarck. He was wuch plessed with tho appesrunce ot 8 Baxoo | meot, apd o he says to Dr. Busl - seein to be quick, vlever hu)‘i’, and that ougut to be set forth i the papess.” Thu least at- tractive part of thesa memolss, thoagh by no mesus occupyiog the smallest space, I8 thut which refers Lo personal fncident, prediction, or sotipathy, The Priwce's cunversation ways personsl, refersing elther to b sclf or 1o others, ‘The persoual incidents re- corded fu the book are numberless. From bis student days o has had no euds of ducls. Hu Las beaten topers In beer-bouses with such & glorlous sense of lunul{ clation that ho tahes two pazee to recount Ll victory twenty-ive years afterward, Ho bas beow, over and over agulu, in peril of Lis life, from the ofd Rusilan duys wheu a sentinel offered to shout bim, to the cutry futo Purts, where s ferco-looking fu- dividual” was disarmed by the Priuce's coul y aukivie bim for Hght. e bas juwved over ubyeses lu the Alpe, with o falr burden in bu arius; bhe walks ubout slone st nleht i Ver- sallles, revolver (o pocket, ready to kill and dic; and, to excel bl beighbors i everyiblug, dues wot scruple to tell us that us be la the wost accomplisbed diplowatist his age, 80 he cau also challeuve asscus bled bumanity to outdo hlm In polut of drivke 8o serritlc are bls acliteveents ln \be poratery it that oue dreadful duy Kivg Wil 1Va