Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1879, Page 4

THE CIHICAGO TRIBUN. WEDNESDAY JANUARY [, 1879—8IX" W—_——_————_——_—_——m SN PAGES. Thye Tribae, prohibition ennnot work together, becauso TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION. ing to the statements of Mossrs. ARusTRONG, Tavzor, and Henrivarow, the chiet claim of Qen, Loaax to the support of the Repub- lican party is his success two years ago in securing the election of Judge Davis, bty Genoral Raview, of which wo enrnestly invite a critical examination, satisfied that no person interested in this city will fail to be componsated for the time given to such ex- amination. Tho general summary of the yeoar's trada may be thus stated : ment has been to reconcilo the Hungarians, who feared the prepoudcrance of the Hclavie element, to this event, and this haa at last been nlmost ontirely nccomplished. The struggle with Socialism has beon the mnrked event of the yvear in Gormany. Kindle “the smolderinz firen of an almast exi Futshed sectional tnrv,--wo make no dissuise of ot feoling towant you: we doteat and distzast yons detest yon for yor mran purault of ns: distrnat you for sour Iypocrisy_and corruption. You Aone, amone Americans, have cansed the ehoek of honeat Americans to blush for their country in cvery part of {he world. Yon alone, mountebanka and malizmants that yon are, have driven our flag Barsrn one term, and the on. W. W, Firtn two terms, which may deckde the cnse ngntnat hlm. It s possible nlso that the cholce may he hedged about to some degres by the preferences - which Messie. KeLLRY and CARTER entertaln for United Btates Scmator, Mr, KerLey, belng ono nullifics tho other. Az botween the two, Tur Trinuxs ndvoentea moral sunsion, beeanse it bolioves it td bo the beat, and it believes it to be the best bocanse it mecs definito results for good growing out of it, BY MAJL—IN ADVA A i The slatements of the condition of the aresident of the same city with Senator Hown nafly Fdition, one yenr. Prodnce 8210.700.000 [ Aftor seckivg the lifo of the Em. | wlilonot cvon upon the thowing of Nean f";‘:,"‘:‘c‘:,"mm“'o'c“‘ng:‘,"","‘,“:'m‘:':‘m‘;‘:“’n‘,',‘.".;’:‘,‘,’"': fs supposed to fivor that gentleman's re-clec- }"""'",;V“‘ T montlie +00 | National banks of tho. principal States of ;‘( hojerite., . 000000 | poror, the Parlioment wns dissolved | Dow himself can it seo that Probibition | tho'ifberty and peace. the brosperity and fair kood | tion, Mr, CARTER'S;chalce 18 not known, ol- : Fan ATy 5 £ Anufsctures ), 000, . namo of & section of your countrymgn. Aprung | 4 h th {ncipal’ ey . S.r‘!" i e g..s Enrope, brought down to Dec. 2, ‘ls,x, ol FT»W and new elections wers ordered which | prohibits. from the same orlzin ,,,,h,,,,.,,,,h,,;_ ,llm m,;““,, :. Il:ug :‘ :": y‘: nc]y:m m\?nblllun mivunupnnn WREKLY show the following fignres @s to coln on | 5y uilsieccs o et Siaded in 0" resulted in giving Bisuanck auch n working o ST " eyual right to share with youthe glorious achieve- | Dia county, the s vigorously opposing . i 4 p ts and tha birthright of Tathers, 10 . 3 Tne.Sony.ner youn. .!‘33 hand and nolte circulation. The pound | = wholesslo........ 74,700,000 | majority that he succceded in passing a 31 Vfimfi(@m‘ifl lh‘olfl?r fi&?lrlfi'uun o :;:"ui'\lfln flt'r'l?r y‘('mr"“lte‘g;“m'n :n ‘)E;:" iy ol {;”2 l'::,n :'lfiet!rl:s c:( fl‘::: gr:g“’f\‘\:: “‘1‘: tlrl:ay B:ufl{a et 810 | stoting is computed ot 85 Fodersl monor: | arand toa, 1678.. o iy ewapitior whidh ‘or ths Lictianant Gavernor, strong anti.Soctalist bill which is now being Rood peoplo nf the North, down to your baseness, 7o, Nationat Coln and ! . A a daily newspaper which would have been | 1o paison their very blac with lies, and to artay the presiding offlcer is the Llcnkx'mnbflnternnr. Ciee Fow-Omea sadrem 1a furk, facladiog State aod | bantr, Bullion, cipeutafign, | 0720 1041 1877.ceves "ls‘"i' “""""“'mr”m“ bk b‘;";’nl‘""f,’ left nnsnid it more matnro consideration | thee ,,fil‘,‘},,,,flfl:‘,f}:},‘."!‘,,',’.'2’.,,",'., A0 gneiny | the Hon. J. M. ingmaw, of Clippew Falls, “';}'Z‘é’xi. 5 T s g;flc:q. 350 l‘l 17,400 TIncrease in value, 1878, and prosperous, hnd a successful Exposl- conld hava been given tha cnse in hand, and | our hands of the consequences, The Chiet Clerk will probably be Me Cnannas ances may press, tion, and has been the most peacefal and quiet of all the Europesn nations. Italy lust her vonerable T'ontiff, Prus IX., and her King, Vicron Esnmasuer, and io their chalrs now sit Leo XIIL and Huupest, though tho Booialiat assnsain has sought tha life of the Intter—for what renson is not apparent, as ho is niore liberal in his views than his father, Ilaving narrowly escaped n rupture with Austrin by the radical de- mands for tho annexalion of Aus- trian provinees, she is now engaged in trying to sattlo her local political ngitationa. Spain hes lost her young and beautifal Queen Mencepes, and i tho very shadow of her denth n Bocinlist nssassin attempted to kill the King. Btaid old Scandinavinand the phlegmatic Netherlands have been qniot, and are at tho present time principally en- gnged in strongthening their Constitutions nud Governments,” Undoubtedly important evenis hiave happened iu tho isles of the son and the uttermost ends of the earth, but they are of little consequouco to tha rest of the world. Whilo the Old World is in asiate of po- litical and financial unrest, tho Now seoms nbout starting on nfresh era of prosperity ond happiness. Tho clouds are breaking away, ond in the glad sunshine there is no rerson why we shonld not pnsh on with renewod courage, each man and the nation, in tho paths indicated by Divine Prov. idence, so that when another New Year dawns upon us we may look baok with thankfal henrts over the past, ‘Though each of our readers is but a small part of the great world whose retrospect wo have boon exomining, it ia in ordor for Tra Trinvse to wish him a Iappy New Yenr, and to extenll the hopo that we may meot himagain in 1880, Tost-Uflice order, or n registered letter. atour risk, TRUMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS, Tafly, delivered, nday excepted, 29 cents per week. Datly, delivered, Bunday Mclnded, 20cents per week. Addrers TIE TRIRUNE COMPARY, Corner Madison and Dearbamn-sis., Chicago, 1. Orders for the delivery of Tig TRIRUNX at Evanston, Englewood, snd Hyde Parg jeft {n the counting-reom wilizerelve prompt ateentl TRIBUNE BBANCH—(—);FICEB‘ ‘ Inerease In coln value The avorage deoline in prices sincen year ago has been sbout 17 per cont. Iu the computation of gquantities, as well ns of the velues of the merchandiso prodiuced, re- ceived, and handled, i3 givenan insteuclive ilinstration of tha general increase of trade, which, dospite this large reduction in prices, foota up such a liboral inoreaso in the values. Altogether, our merchants aud our mechan- ies and oue people genernlly hiave reason to ba prond of the record of Criciao 18 1878, Wa think it will Le evident to every im- partinl renlor of Mr. Warrensox's papor that his purposs is rather to justify the solidity of the Bouth than to assist in the effacoment of scotionalism, and that his connsels aro caleulated to widen tho broach botween the North and Bouth politieally, sooially, and eommaercially, with a reckless disregard of the consequonces. E. Bross, who filled the porition las year to wroat accoptance. For Chiel Clerk of tee Asg. sembly Jonr E. ELDRED, of Milwaukee, seeqg to hold the winnlug cards. ———t— The Washington Post {s scandalized at the thought of a monument being erected to the memory of Maj, ANDRE at Tappan, New York, who ‘*was caught as & spy, tricd asaspy, and cxecnted as a spy.” He lost Bis Mlfe Intrying » to assist BeNkpieT ARNOLD to complete his treasonable design to sorrender West Polnt. “The WasmNaTox Monument is an unfintahed and unsightly pilo of stoncs, growls tha Iost, **and hundreds of brave offlcors of the Revolu- tion sleep in unmarked graves.” But the Post must keep cool and not gush fn that way, Let it remember that such faults as Axpne's ars now ore casily condoned than they once were, ond that hundreds of others who did a thonsand times more than he in thelr attempts to nssassi- nate Liberty are now among the honored men of this nation. Let it remember, too, that one of the finest, mmost beautiful, and most expen- slvo monuments in the United Btates to-day atands in the Bouth to commemorate,—not the memory of those who fell to preserve this Goy- ernment, but the memory of those who sacrificed thelr lives to destroy ft,—while “the WasniNg- TON Monument -1s an unfinished and unsightly pllo of stones,” and thousands of Unfon snldiers . sleep In unmarked graves, If Ronznr B, Lez ond BTOREWALL JACKSON had persoual merits that outwelghed thelr treason aud justify their friends In erccting monuments to thele memo- ries, why abould not Axong's fricuds do the samol much is excnsed on this account which would bo incxcusable nnder differont eirenmstances. But Mr, Hexny Warreasox cannot plead this fact in extenuation of tho exaggeration and intemperanco which characterizo his article on the ‘*Bolid South " in tho current nnmber of the North American Reviet, ‘That peri- odical is published only once every two montha; its very title implies deliberation nnd foirness in tho discussions conducted within its covers. In contributing his views upon the political rolations of the Southern nnd Northern people, then, Mr. WATTERSON hiad a very different task from that of writing an editorinl for the partiran and scctional readers of tho Courier-Journal. Unfortu. nately ho scems to have misconceived tho scope of the unauvrtaking, and his roview of tho situation is merely a rohash of the articles ho had alrendy printed in his daily newspaper, and in part a literal transeript from portions of his editorials on the same snubject. 'The roview in question, therofore, throws no light upon the sectional dangers throatened by the solidi- fication of politics on n sectional line, unless it tonch that the scctionalists of the South, judging from Mr, WarrErson's examplo, aro as obdurate and hot-headed after deliberation a8 they aro in the heat of a bitter partisan or newspaper controversy, AMr. Watrenson starta off with the ssser- tion that * Tho *Bolid South ' is a reaction agninst proscription, attonded by misgovern. mont, and'n protest againt the ever-recurring monaco of Fedoral intorference,” Tho forco of this statemont is considerably dimsinished by tho fact that tho Bouth was **solid” in the ronre of sectional animosity toward tha North long befora there was any Republican party down there. It was this sectional * golidity " that led to tha organization of thoe Robellion and the precipitation of the War. Tho present tondency of the South to unito upon s sectional line for po- litical anlt social oupremncy is only a rovival of tho spirit which prevailed during tho days of Blavery, which was dor- mant only whilo tho equal righta of all were protected by the lawe and policy made necessary by the procesa of reconstruction, end which has been permitiod tv reassert itselt only by the unparallelod mognanimity of the North in restoring full citizenship to thore who sought to break down the Gov- ernment, and in giving the South full ropresentation in tho Genoral Goverument, ns well a8 complete control of its local affairs, befors the oxtinction of the men and sentiments which led up to tho Robell- ion. This historical fact fully disposes of tho theory thatthe present attituda of the | Bouth is tha result of any mistakes or abuses mado by the Repablicans while they were in the control thoro; indced, tha only respon. sibility which the Republican party has in the matter is that it voluntarily extended universal amnesty and oftizenship without sufficient assurance that the old-time section. ol hotred and raco prejudices bad been con- quered. Tho animus of the South could not bo bot- ter illustrated than by Mr. Warrzrson's own apology. Iio chargea that the leaders of tho TRepublican party ** conflscated more prop- erty and impoverished more non-combatants than evor before submitted to tho hazards of war.,” This broathes the spirit of rovenge on account of the exaggerated sonse of wron felt for tho defeat of an attempt to br down the Government. **Conflscation of property ¥ and *impoverishmoent of non- combatants,” o3 used by Mr. Warrensox, can only rofor to the emancipation of alaves; ond if he has not yot outgrown the idon that tho War could have been fought and the Union saved whilo still recognizing tho right of property in human boings, thera i littls hope that he will evor progress beyond the present narrow-minded and intemperats con- ditlon of the native Bouthern whites asa class, There is littlo wonder that a man 145, 000, 000 A e Netherlanda . ..o ), 360, \ B70, Toeiglum.... 20, 000, 000 Rusel; Ttal; 8wl 37.035.000 Tho totals are of coin and bull £050,000,000, and of paper abont $1,850,~ 000,000, 'The coin in the United Btates Treasury Dec. 80 was about $230,000,000, and in the banka about $30,000,000. Tnz Ciieac0 TRINTXR has estabilshed branch offices or the receipt of subscriptions snd advertisements as ollows: THE BUPPRESSED DISPATOKES, On the Bth ult, we published in our Wash. ington correspondence nn extended intorview with n gontleman familiar with the subjeot 'of kid-glove importations. It threw much light on tho oporations of the kid-glove ring of New York City. Dut it Iacked soms do- tails osentinl to s complote nnderstanding of thosnbject in all its bearings. Our Wash- ington correspondant now supplies these da- tails. Wo beg to draw especinl altontion to his dispatches to be - found else- where fn this issue, We tnay promise by saying that tho facts in regard to the kid-glove controversy communi. eatod by our correspondent this morning wero furnished to tho Now York Associated Press somo days ago, but not & line on the subjoct hns been pnblished in New York City, or boon sont over the wires from thora to tho preas of tho country, In aword, it hns boen suppressed. Dispatchos that are suppressed are usnally intoresting. We think tho readers of Tur Trinuxe will find theso dispatches particularly inter- esting, sinco they show precisely how honest American morchants have been syatomatically robbed of trade and the Government of its rovenus by n ring of for- cign mannfacturors. The revelations to which wo invito nitention consist of the ro- portof the Specinl Trossury Agont detailed to investigate tha subject of kid-glove im- portations at tho port of New York: (1) He places the undervaluation at an average of 20 to 30 por cent on all consignod gloves, whather of kid or lambskin, (2) Ife de- claros that tho entiro business of kid-glove importations ia controlled Dby foreign manu. fnotarers. (8) 1o aasorts that the compott- tion of commerco, so faras it relates to kid gloves, no longor exists, but that, in place of this honest, honorable compotition, thero now cxists m competition among under- valuers; that these, being mostly commis- sion ngents, rely npon the smonnts they save {ateal i8 n better word) from the duties to vay their commissions, and that they hold out their ability to do g0 as an inducoment to aocure consignmonts, The Specta Agent's first point is to tho effeot that the late advanco of the Collector and General Appraiser ot Now York to 49 francs is not suflicient to covor the existing undervaluation, If his evidouce proves any- thing—and it appoars to be conclusive—it proves that tho first.quality two.button kid gloves are worth in Paris at least 62 franca,, 1lis socond polnt isto'the offect: that Amor- - can merchauts have boen driven from an entivo branch of trade; nnd his third point i8 to tho effact that this result has been nc- vomplished by lying and false swearing, (1) by the foreign manufacturer beforo the Consnl, and (2) by the consignuve hore before the Collector of Customs, . Tho report opens with these conclusions, which are amply supported by the exhibits and cvidence appended thoreto. The report coutains n table iucluding the names of twelve forelgn mnnufacturers of kid gloves, the place of manufacture, tho names of their coneignees in this conntry, and the prices at which thoy invoico their goods. Of theso twolve consignecs ton are in Now York and two in Philadclphia, The ton New York consignees hiave baen in the habit of receiv- ing their gloves involced at 42 francs, Tho two in Philadelphia pay respectively 54 and 60 franca per dozen for thoir gloves, The Bpecisl Agent shows very cloarly that be- tweon the 42.fianc glove aud the &i-frano glova of Philadelphia thoro is no material or The Durean of Blatistics have fssued 8 atatement of tho excess of exports over im- ports for the month of Novembor and for other poriods ending Nov. 80, 1878, com- pared with the cprresponding terms of 1877, "Theso fignres relato to merchandiso only s e e A, 8 s1hAd.003 § n"“: ST sot Zmos, ending Nov. 113,004, 0 2,408,577 08, enaing No 00,00, 744 140, , 626 Tho excess of imports or of exports of coin and bullion during the same period thus comparo : P TORK~-Reom 20 Tribune Dufiding. F.T.Mae ., Mansger, Tance-No, 10 Tue e 1s Grange-Datellere. SMaunxn, Agent. LONDOS, Fog.—American Exchange, 449 Strand. Bxxey F. Oiein, Agent. BAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Falace Totel. THE OLD YEAR'S HISTORY, The year which bas just closed has not beon mnarked in the New World by snch mo- mentous events ns have occnrred in tho Old. The story in a brief one, but it is novertheless promising for the future, The great strug- gles of the year in the United States wore to provent the remonctization of silvor and to force the repeal of tho Resmmption act. Both stroggles have closed with s viclory for honest money. After soventeen years of in- flated paper curroncy, silver i8 remouetized, and to«lay wo return to specie pnyments and ara thus relaying solid fouudations upon which to baso our prosperity. The people substantially ended the conlroversy in the fall elections, 1n which the North roturned hard-money Republicans to Congress, while the Houth sent in solid Democratio delegations to swoll the ranks of tho Bourbons by her favorite moth- oda of bulldozing, ballot-box stufing, intimidation, and murder. With the restora. tion of o solid currency, many air-castles have vanished, nud business that was cou- dueted upon rag-baby principles has suffered the fate of that swollen and inflated humbug. Tn addition to the reassuring effects of these grent victories, tho repeal of tho Bankruptey Dill Lins done much and will do still more to reanimate the busincss of the country by ro-establishing business credit. With all this, the cropa of grainin the Norkb and cotton in the South have been nnusuhlly sbundant. The oarth has been lavish of its wenlth, sud has tarnod it into the channels of trade, ex- psnding commerce, providing labor for the unemployed and blessing the hus. bandman, though least thankfal, as a rale, whon most blessed. As the natural re- sult of thess concurrent causes, the channels of trde which were s0 stagnant and choked upa yoorago have beon cleaned out, and the streams of prosperity slowly but surely onco more begin to run through them. Ex- ports are rapidly increasing. Manufacturing begins to look up again. Oapital, warned by the experionces of tho past four or fiva years, soeks now investments of a solid char- noter, content with small dividends, It has aided this genoral business restoration that, whila we have been through a very impor- tant political cnmpnign, the conntry haa boon comparatively free from excitement growing out of sectional strife., - What time in the year the North was not enaaged 1n proparing the way for arovival of business it devoted itself with the warmest sym- pathy and most noble oharity to the ro- lief of the Bouth, smitten down to tho carth with the ravages of tho yellow fever, and while upon this orrand of meroy it is not too much to say that North aud Bouth were brought closer than they bave been ot any timo aince 1860, With the ex- coption of the fall eloctions, the most im- portant political ovent of tho year has beon the investigation sot on foot by the Demo- crals for portisan purposes, which after months of tedious progress aud barren re- sult finally paved the way to the disclosuro of tho astounding cipher dispatchos and laid the burden of fraud nt the door of the bogua reformer of Gramercy Park. In onr neigh. bor’s affalrs tho only ovents of interest have boen tho political erisis which roturned Bir Joux MacpoNarp to the head of tho Gov- ernmont, the retirement of Lord Durrenry, MeVicker's Theatre. Madison street, between Dearborn and Rlate, Eogage: mentof the Tius Opora Compauy. ** Bellsot Corne« vile." Afternoun and evening. THaverly’s Theatre. Dearhorn street, comner of Monroe, FEogagement of tho Berger Famfly and Sol Smith Russell. Afternoon und evening. 1878—12 mos, nuqnxnr..'l 1877—12mos. end’g Nov.30 ... ) It will be meen that for the calendar year ending Nov. 30, 1878, the exports of mer- chandiso exceeded the imports 2309,809,744, and of coin and bullion 81,517,674, 1In 1877 the exports of coin and bullion excecded the imports $15,834, CHICAGO IN 1678, The year which closed yesterday has been one of striking importance in commercial matters, nnd, of necessity, in evory branch of productive industry, Values of all forms of proporty have fallen in all parts of the world, largely consequont upon the searcity and advanced valno of gold. Tho approach of tho date fixed for tho resumption of specia payments, and the natural approhen. °| sion that the Government would not bo ablo to maintsin the public credit at par, bas moro or less nffected trade, Tho repeal of the Bankrupt law, and tho crowding intoa brief term so. many bankruptcies, even of persons who othorwise might have continued in business, has also had its disturbing in- fluence. Our faithful and painstaking commercial cditor and statistician this morning presents 1ho record of the bnsiness of Chicago during tho yenr 1878, Tho record sliows the totals in quantitien and wvalues of what we bought and what we sold during the twelve months which closed last night. Tho balances ex- hibic a gratifying result, and illustrate anew the wonderfulstory of the progressive growth of tho trade, commerce, and manufacturing production of Ohicago, For thirty years, dospits all manner of calamities, war, pesti- lence, cpidemics, fire, failure of crops, panics, crashing of banks, prostration of credits, and conntless vicissitndes special and general, the Qity of Olicago has annually ndded to the quantity and value of tho merchandise she has rocoived and shipped, and the valuo and quantity of her manufactures; oudalsoto the expansion of hor population, the beauty and number of her buildings, the oxtont of her stroots, the number of hor railroads and their con- nections. An unbroken sories of annual in- .crenso in all her business for thirty years is an evidonco of her stability, and offers rea- sonable grounds for the belief that the city is oven now but in the infanoy of the com- mercial grentness which is to be hers in tho noar future. Tho story of the growth of Chicago reads like a talo of the imagination. Lot no one fail to read the statemont which inall its details this morning fills such o large spaco in Tur Trinune, From the totalities wo tako tho following general re- sults The greatost amount of breadatnfls (flonr being reduced to grain) in any provious year was 1873, when the aggregate was 08,035,413 bushels. The receipts during 1878 renched the enormous aggregate of 134,856,103 Ileclcy’s Theatre. Tandolrh strect, beiween Ciark and Lafalle. En- gazement of Miu Fanny Davenport, Afternoon, “Ollvia.” Eveolng, ** As You Like It." Academy of susic, Haleted strect, belween Madlson aud Manroe, Vae ity entertaloment. Afternoon sud svening. Iiamlin's, Thentre, Clark street, opposite the Coort-Houss. *‘The Buaugbaun,” Afterncon nm.l_svunlnx. ————— Mr. TOURMAN'S {dea, that ¥ property, intelll- gence, and respectability ** will control things, fs not fndoracd by the Columbus (Mies.) Jude- pendent, which asserts that the Scnator’s propo- sition is only tiue when applied to the white race. It eaysthat ** Northern Democrats must recognize that no quantity nor quality of edu- catfon or !ems!nflug, or Loth combined, can mako the black mail the equalof the white, and o8 long as two races dwell togethicr, the superl- or will, in one way or the other, manifest aud malntain its superiority.”” ‘That Is all very true, but the capacity of the black to become tho equal of tho whito 18 not the disvute. The point §s whethier the black man sball bo pro- tected fu the rights which the Confultntion and laws guarantes to him, and whether the Bouath- ern white man will respect those rights, e ——— Motropalitan Theatre, Clark sireet, upposite Sherman Houre, Varlety en- tertainment, Afternoon and avouing. Heratiey Munte Hall, No, €1 Madlcon street. Prof. Carpenter's Lectures ©n Pavebology. White Stocking Park, Lake shore, foot of Washington street. Grand Ekatlng Caralval, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1878, NEAL DOW ON PROHIBITION. Mr. Near, Dow, tho inventorand founder of political Prohibition, has comoto the rescue of bis pet moaguroe to cure intemperato people by force, and restrain theé nppaetito for liquor by the agoncy of the policeman and constable, and replics to rocent articles which have ap- peared in Tne Trinuxe eriticising his system a8 compared with the moro pragtical plan of moral sunsion, As Near, Dow ia the father of political Prohibition, we are warranted in Jooking to him for somo strong argnments in ita favor, nnd for some definite statements of great results. Wo think, however, it will be tho universal testimony of thoso who have read his reply, which was printed in Tne Trnune of Menday, that they are disap- pointed in both directions, Instend of n vigorous attack upon moral suasion, he makes o labored and barron defonse of Pro- ‘hibition, and, like all men who ride hob- bies, he stigmatizes overy other ngoncy for the sprend of temperanco oa o failure, It will surpriso tho ‘thousands of temperato Irishmeon in the large citics of this country, who still keep up their Father Matnew or. ganizations nud march undor bis bauners on evary Loliday, to learn that his ngitation was adead failure, Fathor Matrew's gospol of love and penco Is as old ns Dow's gospel of force, but who marches undor the banners of Probibition? It will surprise the thon- gands who have been inducod by the agenta of tho many colored ribbous to abaudon in. ternporanco to learn that the ribbon move- ment will * ond in smoke,” It will surpriso tho thousands moro who hnve beon rescued. by Brothor Moopy's entreaties and warnings to learn that moral suasion can nccomplish nothing unless it is accom panied by force, as it theso two ngencics could svor bo made to work togothor! * Fathor MaTuew's agita. tion wns o dead failure; ond hLis statue stands now in 8 small squaro in Cork sur. rounded on overy hand by grogshops,” says Mr, Dow, When in tho course of naturo Mr, Dow dies, thero bolng no prohibitiun agoiust death, and his slatuo is erected, in what city whero prohibition has been trled can it bo placed that its shadow will not fall upon a grogshop ? EXTRA COPIES of Tux TaisrsE to-day, containing the Annual Tleview of the Trade, Commerce, and Manufact- ures of Clilcago, can be obtatned in the counting- room, conveniently put up In s'ngle wrappera ready for mailing, nt fivo cents each. A large supply has been provided for in anticlpation of the demand for this accurate and comprehensive com- pendivm of figures and facts relative to Chicago’s business during tho year just closed, Not long since, Prof. MonTox published an articlo on the electric light, fn which he took the ground that holders of gas-company stock need not be frightencd at any discoveries that might bu made, The Professor now suggests ., % that the future light for the million will not be clectrie, but phosphorescent. e says that a chieap compound of Yma and sulphur has tho property of absorbing light by day und glving 1t out at night,—a sort of light-phonograph, os it wore, Who knows but that the time will como wlien a little whitewash on the walls of our dwellings will radiate all the light we need, and gas, kerosene, electrle, aud other sort of stock will not be worth a tig 1 Mr, EpIsox, you are s lttlo late, Tt ia no longer necesanry to announce each day tho relative value of greenbacks and coin. Trensury notes and specie aro in law end in fact interconvertiblo and of equal purchasing power. - The Resumption colebration at Farwell Hall to-morrow evening is cortain to be an uffair of genuine intorest. Itla safa to raly on n most admirablo address by Gen. Gar. ¥1eLD, who s ono of the fow speakers capa- ble of entertalning nn audionce with the dry topio of finance, 3 ——— Aunothergood man golog wrong. This time It fs Congressman RippLE, of Tennessce. He has been a hard driuker and 18 now on the vergs |3 of lunacy. DBoforc his clection tothe Forty= . flith Cemucensh his Held she position of Mu ster - of Chauccry 1n his State, and in effecting a salo ot property accepted somo funds to the facs valucof $2,000 which have proved worthless, aod which RipbLe is being pressed to make good, He imagines that bo fa looked upon as & defaulter, for thls reason, and nlso that he will I not live long. 'L'his troubleand his intemperate habits have so undermined his health tuat his E | 4 * A most singular ahocking tragedy was that which occurred at South Byfield, Mass., on Monday night of this weck. Jomx H. OarpweLL was sent into the presence of his Maker while kneoling in prayer by his in- sane wife, who killed bim fnstantly with a Llow from an ax which clove his skull, Irlends are much alarmed about biw. Tho Afghan mountain tribes nro not all loyal to tho British flag, asis instanced by the froquent cutting of the communications of the English troops. Itis now said that XKbyber Pass has been complotely obatructed by’ hostilo monntaineers, and tho invaders have been obliged to send back a forco of infantry and artillery to dislodgo the enemy. i —— s Tho widelv-circulated story that Wapx Haxr- Tox shot aud killed Col. CAMENON, brother of cx-Sunator CAMENON, of Peunsylvania, s now denicd by one who was present. A member of CAMERON'S regiment saya bio was pregent, at the Lattle of Ball Run and took part in ft. Do saw Col, Caxxnox fall. o was not taken prisoner and ho was not unarmed when e fell. He stood bencath a treo near the crown of a slope over which the regiment had charged. He had a largo revolver in cach hand, and was urgiug his men (o be steady. The floancial summary for 1878 presented by the London Times gives a gloomy colore iug to the experiences of the year in Groat Dritain, by the side of which the people of tho United Btates have been onjoying * flush timea.” Tho failures are by 5,000 moro nu- merous than last year, credit has buen e et— Thero was a stight difference o the tempera- ture between Chicago and Ban Franclsco on Curistmas Day. On the night before Chrlstmas too editor of tho Bulletin wrote: “The white I ) d : shaken, fudustries dlsorganized, wages ro- | bushels, an increasoof 53,020,780 bush- | wnd the trumplant entrea of Louz and | _'The littlo dofensa that Mr, Dow mukes of | who atil cherlshes rosentmont for tho logioal | foreign markot dillerenca fn valuo. This, | Lhn o IO 13 rders The frosk hon touciey duced, and oporations suspendod (o sn cx- | els, or of 36.8 per cont over that yoor, Louse. Prohibition is invariably in tho naturo of an | outcome of tho Bouth's own folly is | ggain, shows that the late ndvance o 49 | white Nlics will bo gathored from open grouuds . tent that hus brought many thomsandsto | Thonumber of hogs roceived duringthe | In tho O1d World momontous ovents Lava | apology. Wo oro told that tho statutos for- | ready to excuso and justify tho solid- | francs in New York is insufliciont, uctual want. year was 6,330,680, and the number killed hero 56,128,000, 'The number killed in 1877 waa 8,076,630, Tho weight of the hogs killed during 1878 wng (648,200 tons, Thoeir value was $44,810,000, pnd the valuo of tho whole bog product was 855,500, 000, The value of the live stock received in Ohicago during 1878 was $98,400,000, being oan iocrense of 5,200,000 over laat year, and this notwithstanding the extraor- dinary reduction {n prices. Dosplte tho general decline in tho value of nll mauner of productions, tho increass in tho valuo of the manufactures of the city over last year is £22,000,000. The reader can rendily estimate the incroase in the quan- tity necessary to warrant this incrense in the value, Tbo total of the wholesalo eales in 1877 was 270,600,000, and of tha liko sales in 1878 was $280,000,000, Rememwbering the deoline in prices, the rouder will understand Low great was the incronse in quantities, The values given are in currency ; reduced to gold we bavat Wholcsale sslcs in gold, 1878, $277.000, 000 Same tu gold, 18770000 s 03, 100, 000 Bhowing an fncrease in coin value of $12,800,000. Tho capital invested in rear tho clty durlug the present weck., Camel- llas, too, which wero once 8o rate, are now as abundant as rosebuds,’’ Pleasaut reading when the thermormeter Is at 16 below, —————— occurred, nearly all of which aro direotly or indirectly conuected with the close of tho Turko-Russian war which crowned Russia with viotory over her old-time foe, and ex. tended her dominion both in Europo and Asio, The war and ita Eastorn complica- tlons have been the overshadowing isauca in Great Britain, and have 80 fur dominated politics that parties have divided during thy year only upon the question of the Govern- ment's Eastern policy. As one of tho re. sults of the war, Evgland bas acquired Cy. prus, and by private treaty with Turkoy Las eatablished o conditional protectorate over Aniatio Turkey., The invasion of Central Asia, pending the war, by the Russians, ns & military precaution, so exposed the weakness of the northwestern frontler of Iudia as to lead to a war with Afghanistan for its *scl. entific rectification,” and that war, though still progresaing, {s subatantially closed inthe English favor., The only other noticcable cvout in Great Vritain fs the poralysis of trade and commorce which still continues. Disastrous bank and commerdial failures, the closing up of the coal mines, fron works, and cotton and woolen mills, the gencral reduction of wagos, the tremendouy falling. off of exports, and tho thousands of work. bidding the trafilo in liqnor are not satisfac- tory because ‘‘bills aro usually drawn by lawyers, and tho Bar generally is in favor of grogshops,—they are the groat allies of the law shops,~aaod it is very easy, by the addition or onission of a comma or o semicolon, to change the whole meaning of s section of a law so a8 to render it practically inoporative." Passing by this unnecorsary and malignant attack upon the Bar, would it not be botter for Mr. Dow, or some of the intelligent leaders of Prohibition, to draw up thelr own bills and thus rescue the perishing thou. sands? If the fmproper use of o semi- colon has stood in Mr. Dow's way for tho past quarter of a century, would it not be better for him to adopt the unwritten law of moral sunsion, which needs no semi-colons ? The Bar having beon sufliciently abused, we aro moxt informed that tho small effuct of the law in Connecticut is owing to an emas- culated law, and to tho malign jufluonces of Yalo College, its groat medical school, aud the Now Haven pulpit! If, then, ‘the legal, medical, ard theo- logical professions, and ons ontire po. litical party, bosides the largo majority of voters in every town and cily, are opposod ification of the Bouth in tho ef- fort to disfranchise tho blacks and to gnin control of the Genoral Government for sectional aud clnss purposes, **The wonder is," says Mr. Warreasow, ‘‘not that there bas boen 5o much bloodsked at the Bouth, but that, under the circumstances, thers hos boeen so little.* There could scarcoly bo a more frank avowal of the disposition of tha Southorn whites to dominate by force and in violation of the Constitution than is con. tained in this single sentence. Wo may pass ovor as & characteristio con. coit Mr, WatTERs0N'S contrast hetween South. ern atatesnion of the ante-War times and the politicians of the. North, but we must pro- test sgainst the intimation that tho men who now control tho drift of Bouthern sentiment aro not the same as those who brought on the Itebellion. The Congressional lists from the Bouthern States, since those communi. ties have become solidly Demooratio, tell a difforent story. ‘The men most sctivo ju the Robollion are the men who now come to the front and direct publio opinfon. Thoy bave fimbued, and are still imbuing, the now goneration with the sane sense of supe- riority, the same sectional hostility, and the same projudices and futolerance that formed The Special Agent shows thay the under. valuation on kid gloves in Now York aud clsowhere, when consigned, extonda to all qualities. Ho stales that about Fob, 1 last the Appraiser at Philadclphia submitted to the New York Appralsers five samples for thelr nppraisemont, with the followiug re- sult FONEION XANKET YALUE FIXXD DY UNITED STATES AFPUAISELS AT NEW YOIk, XNo, of sam- ples, 4 Discount, 1 e 84 france 10 por cont. 14 mar) Net. The Bub-Cowmmiltes of the Benate Coms mittee on Territories has agroed upon n number of important changos in the political position of the Indian Territory. It i pro- posed to establish a United Statea Court for the Territory with civil aud eriminal juris. diction ; to make all Indinns comprising the Five Natlous citizens of tho United States, swennble to its laws, and competent to serve on juries ; and to provide for the division of Jands now held iu common. as 1o tho commercial atauding of merchauts in varloua citfus, by the salo st auction ot the books of s comuaorclal sgency, ‘The buoks relatiug to the merchants of Fiitsourg aud Baitimoras sold for about 80 each, those reiating to Bostou bruaght hygher prices, Walle no one scemed Lo care wuch about the reported standing Of warchauts in Chle cngo and 8t. Louts, aud the rivals of the Westsold st 81 & volute. —Krchange. 01 course; Chicago credit belog nuquestionas ble, they needed no books. Bustou's credit re- quirfug coustaut watching, the books brought higher prices. ——————— Bfr, Penay H, 8sutit is homo from Europe, 4 and explatns the Florida cloher busivess in & way that, perhaps, needs some explanation. Perry comea home quite enamored of Gen, amant. He traveled with tho General in 8pain, and was greatly pleased with bim. The Gun- cral was a superior gentleman soclatly, and Mr. BaiTir was obliged to undyrio a radical chaoge 1n his opiuton of the ex-President. L thiuk,” said Mr. BMrmi, * the chaoues ars ten to oue § will bo @ GuaxT mun.” | A valuation was recently put upon Information P I [ ! ) [ The First Internal Revenuo Collection Dis« trict of Illinois continucs to hold the first placo in tho United States in tho production of spirits. 'Tho footings of Qollector Ian. vey show a total product for the year 1878 of 11,195,662 proof gallous, of which 6,592,601 gallons poid the revenuo tax, while 8,602,961 gnllons, or 41,020 barrels, woro exported. "I'ho export trado in slcoliol was unusually large, which accounts for the decrease of $398,906.52 in collections ns compared with ACTUAL FOREIUN COST AND HATE ON WHMICH DUTY WAS AMKGIED AND COLLECTEe AT FUILADZLs 8 por cent. 8 per cent, 10 per cent. This table, with its monstrous differencos, shows that the Appraisor in chargo of the kid-glove dopartment at New York is utterly ignorant or hopelessly corrupt. But it ho were neither tho one nor the other, it is essy to see Low thin state of things might exist. Yor, were he honest and acquainted with the Concerning the versatllity of Gxorax Erio1's late busband, Gxoucs MENRY Lewes, the Lou- don World declares that ho was tho most mauy- stded man in London, In addition to being the It is to bo presuwed, from tho tenor of the foreigu dispatches, that the DBritish task of rectifying the frontisr of Indiais progress. trao valud of kid gloves, tho advances Le | | rorgundest German scholar mmong Engiish- i fng satistectorily, at loust to the Euglish | wholoealo trade fs sbout the samo as last | % turned out of employwment, are the sad | to Probibition, we ask Near Dow in all sin. | 80 largo a past of tho conditiona that led to | might make would be sworn away by the !{.,,..,1-..“.. CARLYLR Dot excepted, LEwes § Uovernment, This rectification only in. | year, not including tho increass in the value fealures of tho Tngllsh punl. cerity Liow ho over Lopos to euforco it? 11, secossion aud the War. The ox-Confedarate ring of agonts of foreign mannfacturers call- | was a philusopher, savant, blographer, drawstiss, 3 cludes the lopplng off of some of the sharp | of tha currency, Thero s su increase in The year Las closed with Rusla viclorious | after twenty-five yoars of trial, with cvery | titles that fguro in the Bonats Ohambor and | ¢q to testity on reappraisemonta. eritic,and novelist. ile was a strikingly howely ; corners of the Ameor's dowinions, sud as | value of salos of dry goods, §2,000,000; and Turkoy Lumblod and crushod. Iussis | agenoy of the law in his hands, he can only | the House of Representatives; tho univor- | \ya have not apaco to roviow in detail {his | wan, but a riltiant wit who sdapted huneell to i uobody appears to stand in the v;ny the | oystors, $1,000,000; and tobsoco '31 ‘000, | bos vegained her Bessaralian territory in | ny thatin his own Btate, whera tho {dea | sal roverence pald in the Boath to those who | gimirable report, It is snfficiont to say that | bis company with perfec! slcing operation goes on unjmpeded ovan by | 000, Thera fa a falling off iu valuoof dried | A48 Minor, besides holdiug in reservo a | origiated and is most popular, that by sud | were chiefy iu the Rebellion, ualess thoy | it sustaius ovory allegation herolofore made ; b sl ba : g op 0 g peded oven by . 1'4 value of e e et Turkey in th h i sl nseled deration; Mrs. 1lavzs' photograph sella beiter than tho interposition of a sense of right dictated | fruits, coal, and oils. eavy wortgage upon Turkey in the shape | by they will have power to enforce ft, and | havo since counseled imoderation; the by Tuz Trinuxz touching the kid-glove ring of an indemnity which she may forecloao nt her own option, £ho has also releascd and fraed Bulgaris, Bosnis, Iorzegovina, Ser. via, and Aontenogro from Turkish rule, sud made the ollier provinces which have bLeretoforo been under the absolute rule of Turkey somi-independent, ‘T'ho record of Turkey during tho yenr is in. yolved in the record of Russia, and tho New Year finds both natious busily engaged with their Internal affairs~the one ostenta- tionaly talking of reforms which will never be accomplished, sud the other using her authorily and power to put dowa social up- risinge of an alarming character. All that has been of interest in Austria alsogrows out of the war, By the terms of the Treaty of Berlin and at the espacial desire of Eugland, she has occupied Bosnia and Horzegovina, after an unexpoctedly sovere resistance, and Ler ocoupation may be considercd as perma- neut. Tho political policy of the Uovern. any other notabls fu Washlogton, which shows ’ that most people who buy photograpbs prefer hers to her husband’s. O the Seuators, Braix's sells better than any other. Laan stauds next. ————— The Madlson Journal sgys that the war eagle #0ld Abe™ has earnod $50,000 fur Aifenval societics where ho has been exhibited as 3 carfous rellc of tho Rebelllou. Tle bird 1s now ou his way to Doston to stfend 8 festival. Our New Yurk namesake labors through & columu artiele to prove that Pearer M. Ssitu is not the “Peri” of, the cipher dispatches. ‘fen Lo oue, however, that Penuy knows mors about thist busiuess thao the Zribune wan. e e———— Ly the acknowledged codes of iuternational comity. DBut Eogland has reduced the recti. fication busiuess to a sclence, and her claim to e exclusive ownership thereof is seldom disputed in the localities where it is brought to bear, that at present **jt lingers scerotly in the largor towns and cities,"—and those towns and cities it should bo remembered have a native population, not a foreign oune acous- tomed to drink from youth up,—wherein docs the success of Probibilion lle ? The value of auy agency of reform lies in ita proctical results. Tho advocates of moral sussion canlay their hands upon teus of thou. sands whom they have rescued from the evils of intemperance. Can Near Dow point to a single person who has been reformed by Prohibition? There is no difference of opinion between Tue Cuicaco I'sisuxk and Nzar Dow on the evils of intemperance. It rocoguizes them as fully and regrets thom as kounly as he. Ho has uo need, therefore, to cite the opinions of Wzsrzy, Lord Cuxsren-. rieep, or Dr. Bercurs as to intemperance, for Tux Cuicaco Trivuxs bas the samo. We differ with bhim, howeverz, &3 to the wethods of arresting the evil. Bleral sussion snd . Under tho compreheusive title of produce is included = large list of commodities which may bo grouped as follows, with the values for the year of the receipts: viclousness of the SBouthern press; the dis. position of even the young men to follow in the foolsteps of their fathers,—all contra- d ct Mr. Warrensox in this regard. Indeed, Lo bimsel! affords on apt illustration of the juscouracy of this theory when Lo addressos himsel! to tho Republicans of the Norih in the following terns: You scek B0 peaco. You care nothlog for the negro. Frecdow of spuvch sud the secunty of lite aud property sre tho lsst thluge whbich you would have estavlished in the Soutk.” Your aim ls continucd dlsturlance, on waich yuu hupe to trude and derive 8 profit. Your guino 14 10 yoad un Into the fprudent ulterances of outraged maobood. For years you levusisted ageluit us, Yor years you have muliyuod us, You loss ua opportunity twjusult us. Well, if the North can staud it, ths bdouth cau, Thne prescnt generstiva of Southern wen s nob respossible for slavery, or thy War of Secesslon. Nearly all of the sctive leadere of the South Wers obscure young men when the War begun. Toe leaders who are coting on were lu tbelr cradles. In all that coa- stitutea good goveruuent, the goveroment of the veople, e are coually Interested with you. lu Pprivata victucs, as ia public spinit, we clalu to be B lewst your’peers, Awfur you,tu Hadical Jeadere of thy licpublicau party,—Who wusld ro- of New York, We Lespoak for it o careful porusal by ull who desire to sce the frauds exposed and tho rascals punistied, ‘Who shall be elected Bpeaker of tho mext Wisconsin Asscmbly 18 & subject that 1s belog considerably discussed by the Wisconsin Repub- Mean newsyspers. The cholve sccms to ile be- tween Mr. Kxrimy, of Brown, and Mr. Oas- TEH, of Grant, both old members of the Legis- lature, and either of whom weuld make an able, dignitied, aod efliclent presidiog ofticer. Mr. Kxrrr was President of the last Republican State Conventlon, aud Mr, CAxTER was ton- dered tho numination for Attoruey-Generul by the Conveutlon, but declived oo account of professional business. These geatlemen seem to be neck-and-neck in the race, and, if elther of them is chosen Speaker, tho Assembly will bo sure 10 bave an excellent presiding officer. Mr, Canrer will bo somewbat handicapped in the rsce by the fact that his couoly (Grant) bas already furuished the Spesker for threo scealcus tu the perzons of tho How. J. ArLey E e — Remlniscences of the Seunjorial contest of two years ago aro tho order of the day, and uuy juformation tending to explain why it vous that u Kepublican Legislature was unae Llo to elect a Republican United Btates Sena- tor i3 considered 88 haviog an fmportant beoring upon the forthcoming contest, Wa priut this morning the recollections of sev- cral Democrats who were members of the Legisluture of 1877, and who are able to throw sowe light on the situation et that time, and who demonstrate clearly the fuct that the wan who more than any other iw responsible for the failure to elecct & Re- publican Senator is Joux A, Looas. Accord: Total, 1878. Total, I8T7..00es vonne Valua in coln, 1878 . Value {u cuin, 1877 ., . 2031 10¢reast 10 VAIO suvveresenesonsssd 14,830,000 Coal, lumnber, and fish are not included in theso figurea. The total receipts of lumber (not includ- ing shingles and lath) during the year were 1,171,304,000 feet. We have only indicated & fow of the facts of which the full dotails are given in the The man who named his lofant son JonN WiLkes BooTd 18 us big 8 fool as the Wisconsin Copperhesd wbo cbristened bis boy JErrsusoN Davis lo the dark days of 1863, e eet——— Judge BryYaN, of Washington, who has beea favorsbly wentloned in councction witn the Bertia Ewmbasay, wes a resident of Chlcago for