Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1879, Page 4

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MAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Palace Hetal AMUSEMENTS, MevVicknr's Theatre. Madtsou street, tetween Dearborn aod Etate, **Des tiny. " Haverly’s Theatre, Dearborn stveet, corner of Monroe, Engagement of the Park Theatre Company., ** Hurricanes," Kloaley?s Thentre. Randaloh street, baiween Clark and Tagaite, En- oeement of Hess Opers Company. ** Chimes of Nor- mandy.'* Academy of NMuste, alsted strect. between Madison und Monroc, Va- riety entertalnment, Hamiln's Thenatre, Clark stroet, opposita the Canrt-Touse. Engage- iment of Miss Faony lerring. **Ited Hand." Metropolitan Theatre, Clark strect, opposite Bhierman Mouse, Vatlety en tertaloment, ‘White Riloeking Park: Lake shore, foot of Washington street. Grand Ekating Carnlval. West End Opera Houare, ‘ Now. 431 and 473 West Madleon strect. Talabrego the Swedlsh Wonder, In feats of Lezerdemaln. Ierhey Hall, Wo. b0 Madlson street. Coneort by tho Abt Soclety. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 187, Senator Cameno¥, of Ponnusylvonia, will Lo his own successor. o was yesterdsy nominated for re-election by tho Republican caucus of the Legislature. Buere A1, the fugitive Ameer of Afglnn- iutan, hes fonnd an esylum on Russian soil, and it is roported that Le will bo follawed in his flight by Yaxoon Kuax, his son aud heir. over $100,000 for the past eight yoars forthe supprossion of labor troubles, besides tho 1aany millions loat through tho losa of wages to workingmon and of profits to capital through enforced susponsion of operations. Tho Tllinois Legislature will shortly be in working order. Both branches woere called to order yesterday, snd a tomporary Spenkor elected In tho House, Mr, Graxuxs being the Ropublican cholee for that position, Permonent organization will bo effected The messngo of Gov, Pontes to the Legis- lature of Tennessee is a powerful plen for an adjustmont of the Btate dobt upon the ‘aaiv of 50 conta on tho dollar both of prin. cipal and unpoid interest proposed by the bondholders. The debt thus scaled down would amount to 312, ‘The testimony taken by the T'erren Com. mitteo in Now Orleans in of the most defl- nita character, boing given by persons nfiil. inting with the Domocratic a8 well ns with the Republican party, All agree that tho ‘Tensns outrnges wero the result of a gonernl schemo of bulldozing fixed upon by tha De. mocracy. This is fully conceded on all sides, 'The negro voler muat cspouso tha causa of the Democracy or bo food for Demoeratic powder, As one witness hins it, *‘The negro who, under tho circumstances, voted tho Democratio ticket, was cithor a bypoerite or a fool.” Tho joint resolution introducod yestordny in tho Bonato by Mr. Epsuspas would, if passed, dispense with tho hurry snd rush which invariably attond legislation in the closing hours of tho sessions of Uongress, aud avold tho errors und potly jobs that creep in without belug noticed, The reso- lution provides that during tho last threo days of o session no bill passed by either THouse shall bo sent to the other for its con- currence, and that on tho last doy of the sesalon no bill shall be sent to the President for his approval, 'The regulation s in the {uterest of careful leglalation, sud ought to be paased by both 1lonses. Tn reply to the recent requost of "Tux Omr. caao TRIBUNE, made to Mr, WaTTERNON, Of tho Louisville Courler-Journal, that Le give ug his honest opinion of the political out. rages and wurders in Lonisiana, My, War. TERSON treats us to o column of very pleas- ant rhotorie, & sort of sportive’ bluo-grass pestoral, in which he gives hls opinion upon nearly everytling clvo fn the Bouth aud North excopt the subjoct npon which wo wislied to hear from him. What we wanted wus a catogorical roply, and Iustosd of that we find only a half-deninl of some facts and un effort to belittle thosa which cannot Lo denfed. If it wero of any use totry to geta straight-out opinion from 3r, Warremsoy wa would invite Lis attention to the evidenco now being taken by the Terres Committee, Porkiaps when he gots his Blue Grass army rendy to warch and ' subdue the half-dozen ‘brutes in Breatbitt County, who ought to liavo Lieen Lianged long ago, be will give us his opinion of some of the brutos farther south, We wait with patienoe, —————— Mr. TuvsMmax remgined finn in his do- termination to hold aloof from the personal importunities of friends who regard hix vomination and election as Governor of Qlilo s the only routo by which it Is possihle for Lim to resch the Prosidency, and did not at. tend the Jacksonlan celebration at Colombus yesterday, In licu of Lis presonce and par- ticipation he forwardod a lotter embodying somo observations in connection with the toast ¥ Jackuonlan Democracy,” to' which Le was appointed to respond. e directed attention to tho charaoteristics of tho Democraoy of Jacksox's {fwe, mention. ing their devotion to the Union, their love of the Coustitution, their hatred of monopaly, and thelr scrupulous economy. It will bo uoticed that the Jacksouian Domocracy, as Lauded down to fame by Bouator Tuve- AN, had no views on the currency question. But the omission was supplied by Gen, Ewixo in his speech, wharein it appears thnt Anpnrw Tacxsox was a Greenbacker and his followers firm beliovers 1n tho blessings of an irredecmable papor carrency. 'Thiais the * Ohio Tdes " of Jacksonian Democracy. Loaax's organ—the I,.0.—copios soma extracta from TooAw's speech donouncing tho late Qov. Brseerr, who refused to let Jere Davis soare him with a threat of a duel with rifles, as a perjurer, snud the ** Black Republicans of the Illinols Logisla. tura " as accomplices and participants in the crimo, and says: * If Tne Trinuse cannob find anything worse than this against Locax, it is fair to any ho ought to be olccled, for wo will bardly select a man with loss fanit.” Here is a frank avowal and claim that the filthy speech in which Looan denonnced the * Black Republicans " of Illinois as a party of perjurers, and engaged in corrapting tho {aith and morals of the people, and especinily of the youth, and with having blotted out the decalogue, entitles him, if nothing clse does, to an clection to the Senate as a repre- sentative of tha Republicans of Illinofs! The Receiver of the Fidelity Savings Bank of Chicago will go {o Washingion in a fow days to urga tho passngo of the bill abaling, a8 to such inmolvent concerns, all Govegn- ment tazes which may have lLecn nssessed agninst them daring their solvency and re- mained uncollected at tho time of their fail- ure. Ho goes armed with a potition signed by several thonsand of tho nnfgrtunato de- positors, protesting against thé collection ont of their reanty remainder of a Govern- ment tax which they do not think they owe, nithongh the defunct corporation mny have done so. The present status of the bill is this: It was prepared and subumitted to n member of the Committeo of Ways and Moans (Mr, Bunomarp) enrly in Decomber, nnd, being approved by him, was introduced in the Touso and referrod to that Commit- toe, Tndividual mombers of the Ways and Mecana gave private nssurances of theirin. tontion to support the mensure, and report the bill on the first couvonient occasion; aund other Reproscniatives indicated favor- nble intontlons in regard to it when it shall come loforo the House. 'This is well ns far an it goes, providod other more prossing interests aro not allowed to overslaugh and erowd out of sight this legislation which haa 1o look for support only to a few thousands of poor, needy, uninfincutinl persons. THE SENATORIAL ELECTION. - Two yenrs ago, when the Secnatorial torm of Gon, Loaax was about to close and asuc- cessor was to ba elected, it unforlunately up- peared that the Republicans were in a mi- nority in the Legislature. 'There were 100 Republicans, 87 Demoorals, and 7 Inde- pendents.- Gon. Loaay was a candidate for re-clection, and before and nfter tho Btate election in November there was a general Topublican nequiescenco in lis being re. tnrned a8 his own successor. 'This was not becanse of any general approval of hig Sona- torlal record, nor of his oflicinl record, nor hoeause of any undivided admiration of his abilities as a statesman, But he bad boen n Konator ono tern, and the rule in all parties had been that, where a Senator had not com- mitted any such gross violation of parly principles as to forfeit public and party con. fidence, such Sonator should at least Lo olect- ed n second term. Undor thesecircnmatances, during the summer of 1877, Gen. Loaan lind no rival in the Ropublicau party for the Senatorship, Jt is truo there wera thou- sands of Republicans who strongly protested against his support of and taking the salary- grab; but Looax, as usual, was jmperious, overbearing, and doflant. Ho tolerated no criticism, and demonded that overy Repnb- lican eaudidate for tho Leglslaturo shonld be pledged to voto for him, This practico of packing the Legislature in favor of one man defented tho party; cnough of disgusted voters in various parts of tho State, refused to submit to it to defeat the Republican candidates In sevoral closo districts, thuy leaving the party in a minority in the Legis- lature. When tha Legislaturo met, there was, for the rensons bofore stated, a general nequicsconece in Loaax's nominstion, and this, too, by many who very much disliked having the Btato or thoe party any longor represented Ly him in the Benate, Loaay had declared that it nomiuvated by the caucus ho conld easily obtain from the Opposition the threo votea necsssary to eleot him, aud there was a general Republican willingness to let him be cloctod if he could, When tho bal- loting bogan aud for four Lallots on the firat day ho got tho 100 votes of the Repub- lican mombers, During tho sucoseding doys, up to the twenty-ninth ballot, his vote was generally 99, Imt on some ballots 98 or 97, according to the number of members absent on paire, After the thirty.fourth hallot it was evident that he could not possibly he clocted ; that no membor of the Opposition would voto for bim, though auvy one of sov. eral other prominent Republicauns conld bo cleoted, Loaay was thus withdrawn, and Jadge Lawnrxce rocolved the conens nomina- tion, but, though ke got from 4 ta 14 Dewo. cratio votes on each ballot, Loaan's frivnds disregarded the caucns and refused to vote for him, thus carrying out the declaration of their chicf, that if he could not be clected no other Republienn should be. Aguinut this solflsh, egotistieal, but perfoctly chavues teristio refusal of Loaax to Iet any Republic. an in tho Btato be elected Benator, Tup "'rminuse protested thon, aud wo are suie tho Republivans of IlHinols equully pratested. Goun. Louay, therefore, had in 1877 tho un- divided support of the whole Republican strength fn the Legislature for re-clection, aud failod not becauso of any defection in the party, but simply hecause the party had not votes enough to’ elect him, nnd bLecauso Le could not get any votes outsido tho party. And they failed to elect nny Republican be. causo Looan's followers would not allow it, snd bolted the eancus, During the last campaign in the Htate there was novar on objection urged by any Tepublican to the re-clection of Senator Ouresny, Not o word wos uttered agalnst him personally ; no one questioned his Re. publicanism or bis fdelity to his State, bis country, or hix party, Al the past prece. denta of the party and of all parties polnted to the justico and sound polioy of making sny Senator who had been loyal and true hu own successor, Tum Taisuxx bad never a doubt that Senator Oonruny would be nomi. vated by the Republicau caucus without a struggle, and eleoted by the Legiulaturo as his own successor. Wo considered this so certain, and 50 directly in mccordance with univerial usage, that nothing was said in the paperon the subject. And before tho cam. paign commencod, 3r. Louan had volun. tarily assured Gav, Oaresnyon threo soveral ooccasions that he (Looan) would not be a candidate against bim for his (Oaizany's) place, ! Ou the 9th of November—just us svon as it had Leen ascertained that a Ropublican majority had beon elected to the Gencral Assembly—Loaan's ¢ Literary Burean” . opened the Senatorial campaign. It pre- pared and published in the newspaper which had during the whole summer opposed the lionest-money Republican parly, and ad- vocated the Fiat moonshino doctrines, a deliberate and malicioys dennnciation of nay attempt to re.clect Gen. Oatrsnpy, and de- manding the spport of the party to eleot Looax in place of Oarrsny, This was promptly followed np by othor articles and communications championing Loosx for Ooresny's placo. All these *“ Burcau™ arti- cles brenthed the dietatorial command of LooAx: **Ms or nobody 1" ** No Republican in Illinois must stand in My way,” was tho tone of them all, Unwilling to recognize him as dictator; unwilling to stand silont while such an nggressive and insolent war- faro was made upon such a long and faith- ful soldier in the Republican party as Ricuanp J. Oorrsny, Tre Trinuxe resentod such a proceeding, and withont mentioning Looax's name claimed for Oovesny the sup- port of the party, which he had fairly earned and to which ho was entitled by regular usage. It was not n case of re-clecting Loaan, but it wns a casa of ropudiating Oarrsnr, Bocause Tre Tnrnusr dared to mlvacato the olection of Qavrzsnr to be his own sunceessor,tho imperions, wonld-he dicta- tor, who resenta as a personal affront tha support of any person but hiteelf, couvened Lis * Literary Bureau,” nnd fssuvd bis bills of excominunication against this paper nnd ngainat every man who volunteers tosay o word for QuLrapy or opposes LooaN. Why tlis is, has not been explained on any hypothesis satisfactory to honcst men. The whole class of professionnl ringstors, subsidy and claim ngents appear to Le on. listed on the eame side. The ‘gamblers in politics and purveyors of jobs appesr to bo “‘golid * ngainst Drcr Qoresny. There s no explanation of this phonomena given to &' gurprised public, Theso hlowers and sirtkors are now ewarming about the hotel corridora and legislative balls of Bpringfield. They call thomselves *‘ active politicians® aud * workers,” Their idea of active pulitics is to koep tho ‘“boys” well mupplied with freo cigars, freo lunches, and things. They havo gathered o crowd abont the Legislature to impress that body with the notion that the popular sentimont of the State demands that tho salary-grabbor shonld be run in and the man who dared to vote for it repenl shonld be run out of tlie Senato. ‘We submit to tho Republicans of Illinois whether thoy desire that Senator Ourrsny shall be discarded, ropudiated, and insulted, to gratify the lust for oftica of Joux A. Lo- aax, ENGLAND VS, THE UNITED BTATES, A contomporary undertakes to rofuto cer- tain positions nssumed Ly Tre Trinuss in o late articlo entitled ¢ The Future of Amori- en.” Wo nssumed, first, that the resumption of coln paymonts will release private hioards of gold and silver, that these will flow to the ‘I'rensury, and that the Treasury reserve will thoreby be increased rather than diminished, and hence, that coin payments will bo easily wmaintained ; and, second, that the balance of foroign trade is likely to continue favornble 1o this conntry. As against theso positions it §s assorted that “ wao caunot suslain our present trade relntions,” beeause the relonse of privato hoards of the precious motals “will make monoy plonty and cheap, and exportable property of all kinds dear.” To this wo reply: The private hoards of gold aud silver in this country are not very con. siderablo fn amount, and the point we made in the article referred to, namely: that upon thelr rolense they will flow to the National Trensury and not into circulation, becanso, *“by an intclligent poeople, convertible vapor noney is almost invarinbly proferred to “coin on the ' obvious ground of its ' gremter convenicnco,” tonds to refute tha theory that money in circulation will bo greatly more plenty, and consequontly chenper under resumption thau under tho closing years of the late perfod of susponsion, There was in the 'Prunsury on the 1st inst, o hoard of about 250 millions of dollars in gold and sllver, and tho waek of resumption already pnst shows an increaso rather than a diminution of the sum, If the people continue to clect not to disturb this rosarve, it i, 5o far ns the volume of nionoy in actual clrculation s concorned, as if it hnd uo existence. Consequently rosumption will not tond to make “ecxportable property of all kinds dear,” a8 alloged, and will havo no effeot upon prices of commodition oxcept in 50 far as a restoration of confldence may pramota the nactivity of trade und so oxpand credita, 5 The premise of the writer in tho Newes being provon fale, his deduction—that our ** dear, exportablo property” would causio o dumand for gold abroad because it would ba “made cheap and plenty hero—falls to the ground, Tut tho writer procceds to draw o glowing picture of the immodiste coming prosperity of England. Haowuays: Wo would thus be lmlrlnu Euql-md 10 get money eheay with which to atimulate her Industrien: i the mieantime her presont efforts to cheapen hot nruperty of all Kindw, Iueluding fator, would wake her otico mory the cheapest country tn the world fu which ta purchare, and also_muke our tavorable balunce of trade 1o disappesr ke snow befors the ausmier suu, It will bo observed that the condition precedont of tho writer's position is tho ns- swined ability of England not only to overs throw our present favorable balance of for- eign trade, but to creato an adverso bolanco agninst wi, Thig is equivalont to nu adinis. sion that a failure vn cur part to naintain resuinption would rosult disustrously to En- gland. In & word, in the opinion of the writer, resunmption must fal here in order to mnko England to become ouce more * the cheapest country in the world in which to purchse, Now it must be borne in miud that the commodity of which Fogland has the great~ cst supply is lnbor, In her arilcles of ex- yort labor is the largest clement. Durlog the last twelve months she has, according to the writer's admission, gained only $16,000,- 000 in gold. ‘I'his result has beeu accom- plished by chespening labor. Hut when the process cymmenced labor wos abt & very low ebb. And it 1s now deprossed to the starvation polnt, and yet tho manufacturors have unot beon saved. British industries lLave not been *gtimnlated.” . "The pationt refuscs to re. spond to the old-fashioned medicine. 'The fuc- tory is closed, and the laborerand the laborer's fumily subsists on charity, Of the sixteen millions in gold gained by England in 1878, none ta speak of was drawn frow this coun. try. With a very general susponsion of the wmanufacturing interests, with idle laborers iu all parts of the Kingdom, with more de. mands upon charity than she has ever kuown, is England ina condition to swocp away our favorable bulauce of trade—make it * disappesr liko snow before the summer sun”? 'Ihe writer in the Awws makes much of our poiut to the effect that Englaud may be vompolled during tho coming yoar to rus- pend coin payments. The torin we nwed ia the common term nsed to denote & violation of the terms of the Bauk of England char- fer. "The bank is anthorized to irsue fiftoen million pounds in notes on Government securities; for nll the vrest it must have builion deposited. In 1847, 187, and 1866, the bauk, by an order in Council, ‘was permitted to excoed fts limit. In 1857 the total reserve of the bank, consisting of noles and gold, amounted on the mnorning of Nov. 13 to about £580,731. By sn order in Conneil it, was pormitted to violate its charter, which it did by exceeding ita lssno- limit nearly a million pounds. This, with the rato of discount at the unprecedented figura of 10 por cont. stopped tho panic, ‘This is suspension in England. Curiously onongh, the News writor under- takea to show: (1) That rosumption will munke monoy cheap here, and so wipe ont, s with a spongo, our prosent favorable balance of foreign trade. (2) That our rescrvo of gold will therenpon flow to Eugland, thus enabling her to got cheap money with which to stimnlate her industries, (3) That En. gland’s presont efforts to make money denr tends to cheapon her property of all kinds, inclnding Inbors and hence to mako hor. the chenpest conntry in the world in which to purchase, (4) That what such countries as the United Btates thatare export- era of raw products need, to be prosperous, is chenp money, Thisis afrightfnl jumble, but from it it is plain to be seen that the wnter expects and desires the failure of mpecie- paymenta hero in ‘order that England may profit by our stata of ronowed suspension. 'I'he fact is, the United Staten is no longer exclusively an exporter of raw products. ‘Wao aro competitora with England in nearly all the ‘markots of tho world for manufac- tyred articles. And this isone of the main reasons why onr prosent favorable balance of foreign trado is likely to continue, The article in the News fs written from the En- glinh standpoint, and probably the work of an Englishman, ¥ THE KILLINGS OF THE YEAR. The- Clucinnati Commercial has o statls- tician who, among his otlier duties, keeps n record of crimes. ‘This ghnstly ecatalogue hns just beon printed, and from it we find that 1,182 persons in this country wera killed in 1878, not by accidont ar natural agencies, but by their fellow-boings, and now sleop in their graves, the victims of rum, insanity, jealousy, Inst, and hate. From his state- ments of the cnusca of theso crimos it wonld appear that mnrder rarely, if over, has any- thing of tho herole in ils environments. Nearly all thesa Lillings ocourred in low life, The surroundings were coarse, grows, and brutal. 7Thae causes fn many instascos wete insnficlont ; in some thoy were grotesque, and if it woro possible to invest murder with any quality of humor, they would appear funny. lore aro a few samples from the Commereial's liat 11 have got the Inrgeat and best crop of corn," eald ALEXAXDER SiLxY, 6t Forewt Depnt, in Vir- wnia, ‘Fnat was cnongh, 10w brother-in-law then and there kiiled Ave. Hint ridicu- lonnly fuollsh was M: B AILLEW'N conduct June ), nt Buckeviile, ‘ITiere fsn fly in the weavy,” horemarked fo hlawife, an thoy sat at toe dinyer table, Unlucky remark. —She selzed an ax anil at one blow, bofore he vonld remonstrate, get out of the way, ortake bis own part, tho hushand's head was off, 10, dousrn BATOURKY wanied AMiss Avavata SiuxoNs to go to the 8t, Louls Falr with him, ~ 8he declined, o Instantly whot her, Un the 20th af Mra, Kior, 8 highetoned Viewinia V wan vevling peachies with her old and faithnl colored rervant; a tnding dlspute arcse: the old newross remarked that aho did not say or d and that anybody who sald xo was ‘Thorcunon Mra, St97 cut tho_nogress’ eartoear, In Toaton, in Octobur. AXpUEW I AxuvguroN wanted his clathes, 11l washwomian, BeTry RivoLne, dld not have them done. Bhe never llved to finlsh them, for hie shot her on thy #pot, Lewin ‘Tysas sclected a eurfoun place and singular matter tu kill a fellow-man Ho cut NATHAN CovE, at Culpenver, Vi t o Molhod- st prayer-meeling, iua quarrel asto who should havu tho bymu-luok, There have been numecrous murders in which women wers tha cause, elther thronga tho jealonsy of husbands or from the rago of rejooted suitors. T'ronble nbout otlier men's wives, in fact, endod tho existonce of sixty- four victims. Nuwmerous wives have beon killed by their husbands in drunkon frenzy, and a high.toned Virginia Colonel, Wirsox Hovoniys, killod his wife, childron, and mother-inlaw, and as a groud finish blow himself up on a keg of gunpowder., Thora have been during the yonr no less than nine out-and-ont child-murderera, somo of thom not over 12 years of age. Boveral have boen killed for small sums, aud five of tho viotims camo to thoir end in quarrels whero the sum involved was only n fow cents. ‘Thore were 25 porsona poisoned, and 1% women wora killed Dy nboptionists, The heat of political quarrels ended tho carcer of 14 men, Eightoen fathors killed their sonw, 7 mothers killed their ohililren, 8 Lus- bands killed their wives, angd 11 wives killed their husbands, Fifty-threo ofll cors have killed persons and 80 off- cors have beon killod, Ten nen have beon killed in quarrels in bagnios, 74 in bar-room Lrawls, 4 on account of dogw, nearly 100 on account of womon, 15 on account of cardy, 56 by fouds, 55 on property diaputes, 9 by mobs, 112, kuown, by Houthoru bulldozers, —and many unknown,—and 27 by thivves, In all this longand ghastly list there.is scarcely ona case thal hina a redecming qual- ity about it, It {4 all n brutal, bloody Lusi- ness, an exhibition of tho animal fustincts, aud lowest, bascst passlons that almost makes oune doubt whether theso human bensts hava consclencos or not. Murder is no now thing., Bince CaiN sob the oxample they have been abundaut cuough, und probably those comuitted in 1878 do not excel those committed centuries ago in cruclty and diabolism or inanfficlency of cause, In the old times, however, when nows was a slow traveler and tho telegraph ch o thing, and railrond and modern reporter wero yet to bo iuvented, tho story of a nunler rirely traveled beyond the Nmits of tho locality whero it was comn- uitted, unless tho parlies to the crime were persons of widely extended reputation, and then one murdor served as thy staple of won. derment and food for gosaip for months all ovar the country, The peoplo of those for- tunatoe titaes wero not awars of all tho evil that was rmnpant, as we aro uow, when the triplo agency of tho telegrapl, tho railroad, sud the reporter oxhaust the news of even tho smallest localities day by day, from the toxture of su unknown bride's hoslery up to the nssasaination of an Ewmperor or the mor. tality of a great ‘battle, 'Tho omuivorous colluctors of nows spread before us every morning evdry crime that has been commit- ted In city, town, and village' during the previous doy, as part of the great world’s doings. ‘While all this does not necessarily prove that crimes are jucreasing, but simnply that the opportunitics for hewring of theu are increasing, as comiuuities aro brought near- er togother, and while it is pwobable that thero aro no moro murders thau thers Lave always been in proportion to population, nevertholess it is evident that a very consid- erable number of the population ere engaged in killing puople every year. This fuct bas becoma apparent through the sgencics we bave montioned and was not known beforo, #0 that thero is no necessity for us to charge that the country is hecoming moro nnd moro brutalized, or that educntion and religion no longer * exercise restraint upon the earnal instincta; but, now that we nre cerlain that this wrotched state of things ex- ists aud ean realizo its full dimensions, it is evident that a very considerable portion of the population needs hanging every year, and that the increase of murder will not stop until every individual murderer feels the conviction that he will expinte his erime upon the gallows. Whon this happens, so- ofety may reasonnbly count upon protoction, nud hnman life will increnso in value. At present its duration soems bounded by mero whim or eaprice, and its cost is ofton count. ed in cents, It is exposed not only to the fronzy of intomperance and to tho brate roge. of insnnity, but also to tho possing fanoy of n sentimental fool, the silly disap- pointments of a child, aud the ridiculons no- tions of personal digmty that nvo entertained in a considorable scction of the country. With all the industry of the reportors, they have been nble to discover searcely more liangings than can be counted upon tho fngers, showing that the overwhelming majority of these murderers have either escaped punishmont or gona to the Penitentiary to make a visit, the length of which will depand upon the facilities for es- caps or the capncities of (fovernors for pare doning, which are usually very generons, The result is, as a rule, that murder is not punished in any manner commensarate with its enormity, and consequentiy murder flour~ ishes, When the punishment of death comes quickly, sharply, atid terribly, when tho delay of tho law does not admit of any chance for the operntion of the morhid and maudlin sentiments of a community, and whon the gallows conses to be a place for the glorification of the murderer, wo may hope for a decrease in the crime, At present the outlock is not encouraging. The new yenr, though but a weck old, is rad with bleod. ‘WHEN, 0GLESBY sV{AAlSNQUPPD!ED T0 BE When the report reached this city that Gon. Oaraxsny had boen mortally wounded at the battls of Corinth, fonght Oct. 4, 1802, and bad expired the next day, the late Dr. (I, IL Ray, thon editor of Tur Cuicaco Tam- UNE, wroto this touching and well-deserved tribute to the memory of the fallen chief, supposed at the time to be dead : [Fyom the Chicigo T¥ibune, Dct. 6, 1802, * ** 1tltnols is called to mourn thy loss of another of her bravest and most honored soldiers alain in Uattle. (len. Riciann J. Ourrany, o it companton of the lamented WatLace, has dled of wosnds re- cefved Ju the .battio of Corinth, yielding s Nfo In the very hour of victory, A more intreptd apirit wan nover offered up on the altar of hLis conntry; & more pencrous heart never ceased to beat, We, who knew (len, Qarrsmy, mourn hilin for thoss qualities which commanded the love of his fellow-men; others can only deplorathe lossof those virtues which ex- cited admiration and respect, ** (ien. Qoreany war, wo belleve, o native of Kentucky, from which State he migrated to Central fllinote in carly vouth. Hiw carcerans roldier began with the Mextean War, in which ho enlistod asa private, and waa nafterwards pro- moted for bravery and good conduct, 1le foughs with consplenoun gallantry at Corro Gorda, and tho subsequent battles on (len, Bcorr's mareh to the Caplin), Returning aftor the War to bis home at Deeatur, he cngaed in hustness pnesults with marked anccess, and contribnted largely by his energy to tho growth of that prosperous town, In tne political campaign of 1878 he swas the Repub- Hean candldate for Congress fu tho overwhelmingly Demoeratie Soventh Distnict, recolving 11,700 voted nyaluat 18,788 for J. €, Tlonensox, Demo- crat.—cutting down the Democratic majority fully two-thinds. In the Prealdentlal eampalgn ho was solected as the Republican candidato for the State Sfenato in the Democratic Pecatnr Distelct, which® had given over700 anti-Repnblican majorlty at tha previousclection, Ile maden most cuergetic canvy: of tho district, and wad clected by about 150 m Jority, ruoning far shead of his ticket, and reccly- Ing 8 majority in his own County of Macon, which hnd always before been decidedly Democratic. His conrse in tho Lezislatoro was marked by np- rizhtness and fearless adherence to tha principles which he had osponsed on the forum and buttle. field. When tho traltors of the South threatened disunlon ho threatenod war, and when they fired on IYore Sumtor bo ralsed o comvany of volunteore, ond was elected Colonol of the Eighth Nitnols Reglment, o was promoted to the rank of Briza- dler-Qenoral for yallantry at Fort Donstyon, where [ lor Coloncl ht commanded a brizade, Whatover tuy hand fiudeth to do, do it with ‘oll thy might,’ was Gen. OoLesny's maxim. Whether In politics, war, or vrivatu life, the suma, seatless energy characterlzed him, Coupled with this trelt was an inexhaustible fund of humor, overlylng a heart full of all nubla emotions, which made him s wost agrecably companion to his fricnds, and endearcd him to all with whom ho Yo bas been mlain by Flavery, but his blood lias not been pourcd out for his country In vain! He has left to his kindred and Btato aglorions ex- ample. and his name will long bo remombored an a citizen und & soldicr without fear sad without re- vroach." Porhaps thao oditor of the Cincinnati Com. nercial has permitted himgelf to bo misled by Beerotary Burnatan, or somobody belong. jug to that selool coterie that admires and up- lolds Mr. Buknaan's courso ou the silver (nestion. Homothing of this kind iny be reasounbly inferred, ot all eveuts, from tho following paragraph Verhaps Tux Ciicavo Trinu: auxiety on the subject of allver, wa nacdless faws uilluct- 0y cannot for the prosent be chanved, Wo havo resuined speclo payuents on tho uld ¥pecis bavls, We do not huve freu colnugo of silver, but we hiave enough stuudard silver dollurs to enjoy the advantage of both metaly, and the law conipels tho cuntinusuce of the coluave of Jnwtul money in all- ver. We can worry alonz fur s few yeara In this way, and then thie winie-standara” uatlone wil coui (o ue for a conforence to ix 1o ratio betweon the two nioney metals, Mr, HarsTeaD appoars to ignoro the vital roint in the case. Becrotary Burnaay s coining oaly the minimuin amount of stund. ard eilver dollars allowed by law, and then piles them up iu the Treasury vaults, Iu Las refused and utill refuses to pay them out for redemptiou of greenbacks, forinterost on {hio public debt, or in settlement of salurivs drawn by tho oficinl ¢lass, 1le has said, and obstinately reiterates, that he will pay out no silver dollars exoept when they shall be ex. pressly demanded and preferred to gold, Uuder this condition of things tho option is given to creditors aud not to debtors, and tho silver dolfars are not availnble and witl not Le availablo as a part of tho double standard. It will be a long time Dbefore the bullion value of silver will increase, and be. foro other nations comeo to us for a con. ferenco Jookiug to the adoption of the doubla standuad, while the United States Govern- ment shall continue to coin only about half a8 niuch silver as the country produces, and thien hoord even what it coins 50w to pro. vent its monotary use, To tulk of tho re- monetization of silver, or the enjoyment of any of the advantoges from havivg the two wetals, or tho possible cxercise of tha option which portains to the doablo staudurd, under tho conditions we have describad, s simply sclf-decoption. If the Cinciuuati Commercial will oliminate the prosence and respousibility of Joun SuraMan from the caso, perhaps it will raengulz* tho real condition of things.. At all cvents, it {s certain that the country must abandon tho benefits it bas hoped for frow the restoration of the double staudard unless Congress shall provide free coinago for the silver dollar, or compel Becretary e e BHERMAN to construo and administer the present law very differently, The Tavron will case has nssumed a now interest in the light of the decision just ron- dered Ly the Appeliate Conrt in favor of tho Aon who contosted the validity of his father's disposition of an estate valued at $750,000. Tho father Teft the son a tract of land nnd #50,000 in cash, which was to be invested in interest-bearing seeurities for his benefit, the principal to go to tho son's children in case of his denth, or to charity in case the son should die withont issne. The balance of the estate, nfter & certain proviston for the widow, wns deviged 1o trastees, with author- ity to found and entlow an institution in Chiengo, charitablo or otherwise, which was ealeulated in thefr judgment to accomplish the most positive and enduring good, or, in cnge the trustces shonld decido not to found n now inatitntion, then the remainder of the estato was to go tha Home for the Friend- lers. It wns this devise which the son con- tosted, and the Ifoms for the Friondless filed n cross-bill at the eame time to protect its {nteresls. Tho Court below setained the validity of the will, but the Appellate Court has reveraed the decres, Tho ground of tha reversal s the indefinite charactor of the titlein regard o the disposi- tion of tho estate and the discrotion vested in the trustees. It is held that, it the property had been davised oxclusively for charitable uses, the will conld have been sustained, but that when the late JMr, Tavror left it to the diacretion of the trustecs touse tho cstate for other than charitable purposes, without expressly stipulating what shonld be dono with it, then the vaguoness of tho langunge was sufliclent to invaildate the will The . Court held also that the Ifome for tho Friendless s likewina excluded from the conditfonal banefit which it might enjoy in oaso the trustees decided not to found an iustitutidn, because ils rights conld only mature by the exorclac of tho trastocs' dis- aretion, which the Court dented to be valid. The case as it now stends cnables Alr, ‘Taxron's son to succeed to the ontire estale, excopt that portion which rightfully belonga to his mother, and the only charitable pur- pose thut can be worked out under the will of tho decensed Mr. Tavron is the beatowal of the 250,000direcily bequonthed to the son, which is to go the Home for the Friendless or other charity, in caso the son shall die without children. JANUARY FIRST, The farmer pedaleth hin garden navn, he hummer tipveth tho festive class, Tho earvfnl dactor presceibeth bine mnns, “I'se younw man courtet the gentio lass, Conauming tho old man's coat and poy, And the editor sceketh the npaual paed, —St. Louie Temes-Journil, And smalier growotl the Bunday-School class, For the festival {a a thing that wass And (he girl coanta the callers' carda sho tas, . And signs becauso they're 8o few—alas] And the man that awore off rays he's an ass; And dlary-writing goes suiooth as glass, Next! ———— The long session of each Congress usually Tasta abous six months. Allowing six worklng days to tho week, and subteacting o fortnlght for the holldays, this gives ahout 140 days for the lung scsslon. The short sesston only lasts turee months, and, subtracting the holidays when the members are at home, numbers but sixty-slx working days, For each of these scgslona the members of Covgress draw 85,000 and nileage. For tho long scssion this makea an averaze of more than U5 per day, and for the short session $7¢ ver day. Most people will regar). this.ae preity good ay even’ for a Conaresvmnan of tho re-' markable abilitics of Mr. Jonx A, LouaN, But “Our Joux" did not think so. When he fonud himselt exalted tothe Senato he soon bogan plotting and schieming with Bex Butioi, Matr CanrveNTER, and others to ralse his pay to 853 per day for the loug and 8114 oer day for - the short sesslon. The conspirecy arainat the ‘Treasury suceeeded, and the grab was made to date backwoyds sawellas forwards. Looax had already deawn '$35 per day and mileage for tho longg wession and 870 per doy and mileage for the stiort sessfon, After passing the bil he coolly stepped up to the disbursing oflicer of the Henate and drew $18 per day extra for tho firat scaston he had sorved in the Senato, und for which he bad already drawn moro than o year proviously 35 per day in full of his services: and then he drew §33 extra per day for tho eece ond or short ecsslon Just exirqd, rolled up tho money, snd walked off with it. " And when tho excitement broke out over the Btate of Iiuols ot his dishonest, preedy cluteh of the-public money, ne suceringly and brazenly asked tho people ** What they proposed to do sbout il When asked whetlier ig intended to refund the £5,000 extra grap-money, his reply wad, that *'hio grucssed his questioner did not knuw him that he was not one of that kind of men; that hie did not do busjuess {n that way; that when hie tuok money he wus in the habit of Keoplog it," ete, Matr Canrenten talked in the same way, and the people of Wisconsin walked hlm outof the Seunte, FRANE Paryzn (Logan’s editorand Postmaster) talked in o slnilar tone ufter hls grab, and the people of the Des Moines Distriet Informed the went they did not need his services in Congress nuy longer; whereupon he corpet-bagged ta Chicago and {nvested the Srgrab ™ i the newspajier orzan of his fellow- grabber, —————— Mr. Javies R Kense, tho Callfornia millton- alre capitslist who recently made such a tlutter utmong our boys on 'Chunge, Is now tursing his attention to horse-flest. Jo has Just purchaned the famous S-ygar-old racor Spendthrift, for- merly tho property of D, Bwiurny, of Wood- ford County, Ky, The purchase was made on Lebalf of Mr. Kuess by C, W. Batucars, who at the samo tine bought for the sume gentlo- man Bpendthrift's youuger brother, Miser, The prices juid are sald by one authority to have been §15,000 for Spendthrify, avd by onother 213,000, with 25 per cent of his winulugs during the senson of 1570, and 838K for Miser, A writer lu the New York Sun gives the pedigree of Mr, KEgsu's flrst venture fn this Mue, and sava: Spendthrift 1o 0 brizht chestnnt, with a larze wiar, and two white feet oehind, 1o was foalud In 1470, aud I by iwported Australian, out of Acras lite, by Lesiugivn, a full elsicr of the famons Tulo- wild, ~ 1els 4 {nl] brother to Fullowernft, wlo ran four mtles In 7:1045, Hy has met the best blood of Kentucky and Tennessco fu five racey, alwayscom. inzout a conyuerer, When hodeicated Lord Mur- phy at the Nusbviile meeting last Uctobor he run T snito , comiug fu on a canter, 3t hay wade no di 0 Spondtheiit whero ho was ot v start, he atways scored Bret ot the b, o 1% cnvaged in all the prominent three-year-old slakew yeur Bouth aud Eowt, and 1s to appear at Jerome Purk, Long Uran Saratoyga, - ————— We always ko to kuow what our neigh- bora say about us, 0 We copy the following rather caustie description of the burning of Chfeogo's Post-Oltice from the Cinclunati Com- werelal oro was a litlle carventer-shop n the hase- ment of the ureat butlding destroyed by fire the ovilicr night bu Clicayo. Thare wera wouden par- titous about it. Thede wers hollow, of coutee, and tnero were whavine sud kiudilog' all aroond. In & wooden pariition on one side of this shop *+wero allixed threo folding gas-orackots, which wora used for liZnl, leatine g patng, " ele, Fifteen feet distan! frons Auls charinlug afcapge- ment was the elevatwr, ~thai is 1o sav, & Hue fron collar W ceiliug, ready. to catry tbo Bames from cutes-shop, with the fulding wad-brackyts, uzlh e roof 10 the sliorteat possinly time, 5, ull this, was in ove of 1he preat ' tre. proof * bintldings In Caearo, owned by an fnsue. suco cowpany,” ———— Fither Gen. (inaxt has very much Improved fa the ort of pubile speaking ducing bis travels abroad, or be has amazing good luck fv havivg the beat possible fave put upou his vratorical performances by tho reports that come taus from the othier side of the Atlaotie, His speech at tho banquet eiven lin at the Manstoo House ju Dublly, Jau, 3, printed at levgth in Tusn TBuNE, was well concelved in sentiment and exceedingly felfcitous In expression, and did tne ex-Presldent zreat credit, GRAxT s known iy his own country as o closc-mouthed, retleent, man, a8 modest as a school-girl, and possessing fow of tho accomplishmenta of the popular after-dinner oratur, But on this oceasion he made the longest speech of his life, *speaking in aclear voice, and being Hstened toselth markeq attention,”” IHs frish audlence scamed to have aporeelated the General's hunorous efforts, Top thao repore says that his threat to return o Dui- 1in game thne and ran ngalnst BARKINOTON for Mayor and Burr for Parllament wan reccived with much laughter and cticering. But tha teally valuable partion n the address was that which dealt with the financial and material prose perity of this country, and which conveyed ina very fow words o correct Idea of tho cause and cure of the busincas depresston that liss exlsted here since 1878, —— ———— The Vicksburg Jerald of Sunday last prints a ghastly list of the names of ail the persons who dled of yellow fever during the past summer fn that city and a dozan others In Mississippl, {n- eluding Jackson, Holly 8prings, Merkllan, Pore Gibson, Gronada, Wator Vailey, and Greenville, The compllation was made with much care and labor, and #111 be of value heroafter, Speaking of the deatheroll, the Ierald adds: “In this beantiful country, whera the climnte fs unsur- passcd on the globe, the nlague madea record that will not be forgotten by thls generation. From onr busy thoroughfares the numbera are hurdly missed, but a perusal of the list of the dead will causo one to shudder at the extent of our losses, of persons, It mowed down the rich and the poor, tha good aud the bad, alike. Whole famllles were awept away, snd dear, familiar friends were takeu In almost countless nume bers, Tho nnmes of usetul, respected cltizens, the loss of whom wrunit tho hearts of com- munities, aro recorded with a few letters, and this 18 all that remalns to us of them." i ————— “ Another good man gone wrong® in tho person of the * Rev. Jonx Morrir, who proe fesses to be o Daptist minlster. Ile has been operating in several small towns in the Interior ol Pannsylvanla, whero he excited suspicion of his plety by leentious conduct, by coplous drinking, and by taking letters from the Post- Ofee addressed to Goonwiy Tunven. Tle ex- plalued the last peculinrity by saylng that TuR- NEw wasen Intlmate friend of his, and would soon join hin. e next married o widow (of conrse) of good property and good repute, went with her to Baltimore, robbed her of 81,69, and then deserted her. o was traced to 8t. Louts, then to differeut places in Tennessce and ticorgla, having fgured at fall's Mills, in tho Iatter State, os the Rev. W. W, La VerNe. e was on the point of mareying agaln at Corters- ville, Ga., when an articlo {n the Baptist Observer exposed him, and caused his flight, ITe has probably changed bis mamo agaln, and Is now purring around another unsophisticated widow, e e The recent death of the Noun. CArep Cusi- 154 has revived oo anecdate in regard to bim that had a great run {n the newspapers at the time. Miss HanyNan F, Gouto, who was one of the most conspicuous writers of verse In this country thirty years ago, perpetrated the following eplaramatic epitaph upon CussiNg: Lay nside, all ye dead, For in the noxt bed Teposes the bady of Cusmixa, lio haa crowded hia way Throuzh the world, thoy s And, even though dead, will {m pushing, ‘This was considered rathier n neat job by the wits, but Mr. CusniNG turnod the tables on the gltted lady Ly the followlng witty response: Here lies one whoso wit, Withont wounding, conld hit, And greon grows the grass tbut's above her, Having scnt every beau jona Lelow, She hins gune down herself for a lover. ——— Tho Columbus Democrat and the Cleveland Plain-Lca er, both Bourbon papers, are yuarrel- Ing over tho subjoined paragraph: *"Pije Kith of January celebration at Columbun nest woek promiucs tu ba o gellorions affalr, Nuarly ail the nright aud ahinin' Denocraticliehts in the State will he present, Honator THURMAN 18 o respoint totho toast ¢f **’T'ho Jackeonlsn, Democracy,” Conwldoring the Senator's weak ond vacillatng courso on the financial uuestion, anything Jack- sonfan wonld acom ta bo oat of nfs io. Old 1lick- ory alwaya knew ol mind, and never straddled the fence on pulitlcal toples, Tho Denocrat vssorts that tho Plain-Dealer wrote and printed it as edltoriul, and the latter paper sags, with Democratic omphasls, that it fs 0 e, it dldn’t, Whether it did or didu't, (t is a good drive nt TRURMAN, R BT Five or six counties in Wisgonatn arc annually producing a large amount of excellont cheese. Theso are Kenosha, JefTerson, Walworth, Foud du Lae, and Sheboygon, the latter belug the banner county {n the checse-nnking business, The shipments from this county alone for the soason just closed foot up 108,785 boxes, or 5,837,470 pounds. Theno fizurcs show an lne creaso over 1877 of 1,037,470 pounds. About 2,000,000 pounds were shipped to Liverpoot, nearly 1,000,000 to Chlcago, and the remainder to New York, Milwaukee, and the South, One man shipped 2,000,000 pounds, another 1,200,000, and another over 500,000, Bhchoygan County contalus over sixty chees ctorles. 1t may como to pass in this country, as Mr. Tnuistan says, that ¢ lntelligonco and respectas bilty " will rulo; but If it rules it oueht also to vay ite shura of the taxea for the privilege of ruling. Speaking of tho default In the vayment of the January iIntercst on the Btate debt of Loufsiang, the New Orlcans Times of the 2| says: **With a reduced debt, and with resources amply sulllclent to meet all expenses, and steadlly improving every year, the tinanclal eon- dltfon of the Slate has been retrograding, wntil the sltuation to-lay is, In the last degree, grieve ous and discouraging.” Qov. N1¢1ioLis dous not sceun to be o very succcasful Snancior, el i ot g Plty the sorrowa of & poor old man who edits n country newspaper and, belng desirous of Kooping up tils oxchauge-list, fluds {4 necessary tu say, In o diforent manner each thne, that each ons of soventesu flercely-contonding rival shocts is **the foremost journsl of Amerienl!® No consclence less bardened than that of the opera-stuger, who glves overy plano-mauufac- turor & certllleate saying that his vertleal grandiose plano {s the fluvst Instrument sho ever vlayed on, woald stand without permauent in- Jury such wear und tear. . e ————— Thera is o prospect that all the Onlo papers on both sides will soon bo enlurged, Both the Bepub aud the Democratie organs are now 50 lariely dovoted to discusaing the possibilitics and probabllities of Quio palitics, and they so Hye, move, and hava thelr befne in spoculationy rezarding candidates for varioua olllces, that they bave little room for the news of the day. Obfo 1s conslderablo of ngpot 0n the map, bot 1t fau's the unlvetse, ———— “0h, why should the spliit 'of mortal be prouti™ or whv should JouN BuesyaN wish to rint his Huanclal speeches fu Look furm to the unmber of 600 pages{ Go on with your Resump. tion busluess, Joun, but don't run those excel- lent specchies un us sgain, as goud as they gre. Glve us a rest, E il The Vicksburg /fera'd of tho 5th’ fnst, s “Tho weather is colder hore than ever felt by tho oldest fuhabitaut in this cltmate. It sngwed here yesterday nearly all day; but wo can stand this sort of weather, though, as it s sald to e death to the germs of yollow fever,” e A Tomeat got up on a Pence o gve veus to his soul's Eloguence, Butthe Parson sald ** D—~rat him! Aud & Boatjack hurled at him, . 80 be swiitiy migrated from thence. o Bounding BANNING gave a dluner the othet pight at iy hotel in Washinzton to the promi- ueut army ofllccrs. Sumusax sud Hasdock were prescut. It was a sort of good-bye, you kuow, e — Thore are four of the oldest newspapers tn the Unfted States, If tho papors thewavives are 0 be behieved, ‘The yellow fever was no resvecter,