Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1879, Page 4

.4 THE CHICAGO WEDNIHDA TRIBUNL JANUARY Iy, 1879—TWELVE PAGES. bnsed npon tho assumption that tho time hnul passe? when a roprieve conld Lo expected, and yet {tiere camo n ropricve borno Ly & messengor who knocked for admittanco thirty seconds before tho drop fcll, but failed to make tho doorkeeper nnderstand the naturo of Lis message, and s0 was refused sdmittance. It was not until tho sontenco of the law had been carried out, Zhye Tribware, TENMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, DY MAIL—IN ADVANCR—FOSTAGR PRRPAID. Jiuity Edition, one yesr. 'STUR Of A SOAT, TOF toNt bordny Ediito shect., Eaturday Kdition, 1weive pa R FORFp S .8 1.50 { and the two men launched into iho Loreafter, Spliegeor, 1708 | that it becama known that the Governor had interposed with a reprieve. The 4 N R oo addreas in full, Inclodiog Btate snd | B18Y of proceodings camo teo late, and the County, men wero legally and properly hanged. Remittances may be made either hy draft, express, Tost-Otice order, or in reglatered letter, atour Hike TEHSS TO CITY SUBACRIDERS. Dally, delivered. Bunday excepted, 23 cants per week. Datly, delivercd, Sunday included, 50 cents per week. Addrens THE TRIBUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison and Desrborn-sta., Chicago, 1. Orders for the dellvery of Tug TRIDUXX at Evanston, ‘Englewood, and Jiyde Pari teft In the countlag-room willzecetve promotattention. Thera is little cause for regrot fn the mattor except that tho reprieve was issued, since the condomned were undoubledly guilty and deserved hanging. ‘Wo hopo there may havo been somathing mislending nbout that meat-contract which peranaded Commissioners Brorrorn and Mir- 1En to voto with such men as FirzoenaLn, Horrxasy, Leszen, Mever,and Waeeren,and against such mon aa Avans, Boxse, Bunruiva, Conuny, STEwart, Woop, and Sexxe, for wo do not want to bellava that’tho two gentle- men first named sro ready to join with tho worst element in the County Board to TRIBUNE BRANCII OFFICES. ThE CRICAGO TRIDUXX has catablished branch oflced fortherecciptof subscriptions and sdvertisements as folloxa: NEW YORK—Ttoom 20 7rfoune ufldiog. F.T.Me- ADDEN, Manager, PAIUE, France—Ko. 10 tue de 1a Grange-Datellere, H.ManLer, Agent. - LONDOY, ng.—~Americsn Exchange, 440 Strand. Hxxzy F. Gictio, Agent. defeat the better element. Tho circnmstances bAN FRA. 8CO. Cal, lace Jotel of tho caso give this vota a suspicions character. Four of tho Committea which had investigated the matter hnd recommend- ed that the meat.contract be lot to Fonp, the lowest responsible bidder, and only one (HorrMann) favorod O'Doxxenr, the old contractor. Commissioner Conuny, had nlso stated openly that ho had been appronched by two mon—one *' Doo ™ (GanpxEr and one AMUSEMENTS, ‘MeVicker's Theatre, Madison street, between Dearborn and | dale.” Afternoon and erening. e, **llosa- Tiaverly’s Theatre. Dearborn street, corner of Manroe, Fngagement of THer Majesty's Opera, *'Le Nozze de Figara," Tlooley’s Thentre. Rendolph strect, l‘flle!r: flark and .T'ufinlle‘. En- | % Hanne"” Lawnexce—nnd offered a bribe, zn:’: “('ntnl.lolml)lllnll. All tI Glitters Is Not first of $1,000 and then of 1,600, it he would favor O'Dowyetn. 'Phese circum- stances shonld have provented Mossrs, Mit~ 1en and Srorrorp from voting for O'Dox- NELL unless thoy had somo good resson which does not appear. It has been hoped that the organization of the new Doard wns such as to prevont oven a suspicion of cor- ruption or favoritism, and it is desivablo that this cage may bo #0 explained s to rovive that hope. Academny of nuslc. Tialsted strect. hetween Madison and Monroe, Va- riety cotertainment. Afternoon and evening, Hamlin'a Thentre. Clark street, opposite the Court-llouse, Verlety en- tertalnment. Metrapolilan Theatre, Clark street, oppoeits Sherman [fouse, fertalument. Afternoon and evening. —_ Variety en- White Ktorking Park. Lake shore, foot of Weshingtun street. Ekating Carnival, Grand —_— - TRE CHAMPION BOLTER OF ILLINOIS, A lettor was written not long sinco by Dox Monnsox to the 8t Louis Globe-Demo- erat which Lelps to recall Tooax's perfidy to Lis party two yonrs ngo, whon, failing to e- cure n ro-election as United States Senator, Lo compnssed the defont of saveral Republic- ons succeasively who could bave beon clected if it had vot been for his interferonco, Mr, Monnison's lotter was called out by a pro- vioua lotter wiitten by Benator Movprnwery with the purpose of defending Loaax, and, as MonrisoN was a Democratio politician who attended the Legislature at tho time, his statement is of importance as demonstrating that one Reputlican (Wasnsunye) could have been clected to his (Mozmsox's) certain knowledge but for Loaan's intorfer- ence, nnd algo by reviving the opinions which tho (lobe-Demoerat than entertained of TLoaax's party-treachery, though it is now engaged iu urging bis election, Thia lotter, which ia confined to only one instance of Loaax's porfidy, suggests n rostatement of tho dogged and disgraceful way in which Loaay, after abandoning all hopo of his own election, slaughtered every Republican ean. didate who was suggested. Let us take the eases in thoir order. 1. After it biad bocome cortain that Looax could not coax, bully, nor purchase enough votes to elect him, My, Cuartrs B, Fanwewrn, who had bzen his fost friend und active sup- porter, wont to him and said: * You must bo satistied that yon cannot be elected; wo have doue everything that could ho doue, but in valn. Now, itis lmportant that a Republic. au Senator should be chiosen, nud it you will turn over your sirength to me, I enn got four Democratie votes, which, in conjunction with the Ropublean votos, will elect mo.” TLoaax, utterly impervious toany senso of grat. itude, sbsolutely declined, Then Fanwetypro. pozed that, if Locax wonld Jet himn bave the Itopublican votes, and he should bo clected, bo woulil resign at any timo during the sosslon when it should become evident that Loaax could get enough Demacratic or Inde. pendent voles to secure an election, This proposition, which certainly carried with it the strongest powsiblo evidence of personal friendship, wns alko declined, because Looan wi entistied that tho time would never come during that sesslon whon he could sccure votes cnough for his own clection, At this Mr, FauxwerL began to suspect that Looax was governed entively by selfish motives, and bad uot tho slightest consideration for tho Republicau party ; and, in order to test him fully, proposed that he (FanwzLn) wonld re- nign after tho ndjournment of the Logislaturo in order to allow tho Governor to appoint Loaay, if the latter would turn over his votes to him, Looan deellned ovon this proposition (which Farwery had made in the belief that it wonld ko dectined), but ouly on the gronud that tho uffaiv might subsequently be fuvestigated and the Largain exposed! Thus Loaay, ufter Leing satisfied that ho himself conld not be elected, refused to permit tho election of FanwrLy on any terms, 2, Then there enme an opportunity fo elect Evinu B, Wasununxe, an original Ite- publican and the mort ¢minent among the men oligible to the office, Beveral Demo- crats, tepresenting Gorman constituencies, wera willing to vote for Mr, Wasnuunng on account of his kervicos to the Germans dur. ing the Franco-Gorman war aud In the con- vicetion that their setion would bo approved, As o matter of fact, thero was a compact 1o this effect, embracing four Democratic mom. bers of {he Legislature, aud from four to sovon Democrats voted for Wasiuusse in every ballot taken during tho entire duy of Jau, 21, Mr. Wasubvsng could havo Leen clected on wsny one of tho ballots of that day, ond n staunch Republican Ssuator thus secured, if Jonn A. Looan lIad permitted Liv partisons to vote for Wasu- uuuse. But Looax would not cousent to it, Wasuouvusg was the kind of wen Loaax could not abide, for Wasununye's previous Uongressiounl career had shown bim to bs uniforuly and energotically opposed to all subsidies, steals, jobs, aud Treasury.grabs. Loaax would do nothing to assistsuch o man to the United Stato Senate. .. - 8. ‘Then cerlain’ Republicans, still hopeflil of cleeting onoof {hiir own party, begas to _cast about for 8 wan whom Loasxr wweild not try to defeat. It cawe to théir .Ruowlodge 8t Loaax bad sald he would- prefer to seo Mivvoy Hay olectedin casa’ho could not Lo elected himsolf, ‘Mizo¥ Hax was peculiarly available as a candidate, for thore was yeason to belit¥a that déveral Democratic members of the Legisluture from Hax's soction of the State would voto for him on account of his personal popularity, and becauso he would bo less objectionablo to the Democrats gen- erally than almost any other Republican who could be suggested. The Dewocrsts alouo could not clect nuy wore than the Republic- aus alone, aud they preferred to seeept WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1870, Joun P. Jovea was yestorday clected by the Novada Legislaturo ns his own successor in the United States Bonato for six years, commenecing with March 4, 1879, He re- cetyed the entire Ropublican voto. Bonntor Ixoaris, of Kansas, finds consmd- erable opposition to his ro-electior, 1o has tind the misfortune to mingle private busi- ness with official duty on one occnsion in & manner which, though suggestive of no graver improprioty than that of the display of bad jndgment, is being used against him Ly enomics with somo effect. Tt is underatood to be Justico Hoxt's in- tention to resign his position on the Bupreme Beneh, bLis physical condition since his recent illness being such as to render diffl- cult, if not impossible, the peformanco of judiclal duties. In the ovent of his retire. ment, Attorney-General DEVENS will probably ‘e appointed to the vacant place, and Bran- iy MarTews js named ns likely to snc- ceed Judge Devexs in the Departmont of Juastice, The Tilinols Leglulaturo was yesterdny in tull blast, bills, resolutions, otc., Leing offer- od in both Iouses in numbers sufliclent to keep tho nssombled wisdom busy digesting them for soveral wecks to come, 'There is, however, little chanco that they will ever be thoroughly digested clther in committees or in open session, Oceans of other bills, and petitions, and resolutions yot to come wilj bury theso ont of sight, nnd only a small proportion of the wholo will ever sco day. light in the form of enactod laws, Torren's Committeo is still fooling away its tino trying to flud out who it was that signed tho names of the Louisiann Electors to tho duplicate certificate, with the rosult of ot lnst discovering that the individunl who did tho signing dicd last fall with the yollow fever. It is not now of tho slightest conse. quence who signed the second certificate, winco it was tha first which governed the ac- tion of thoe Electornl Commission, and this oue was regularly signed. There remnin tho cipler dispatches to look into, but somohiow Chairmnn Porres §s not all onger to take up this line of inquiry, Fussing naround the Louistann case is much more to his tuste, Ihe Inquiry into the conduct of Aaj. Rexoat the battle of the Little Big Horn was continued yesterday, and tho basis of the investigation was made known through the introduction of a letter from Fnepenicx Winrraxen, of Mt Vernon, N. Y., who, in gathoring materials for thebiography ot Gen, Custea, claimy to have recclved in- formation justifying the charge that the massacre of Custen aud his men was only mado possible by Maj. Reso's cowardico und disobedienco of orders, It is to henr evidence on these points that the Conrt of Inquiry, appointed at the roquest of Afaj. 1texo, Is now assombled, and there i every ronson to auticipate that the investigntion . will fuirly and faithfully develop the facts snd locato whatsoever blamo justly attaches in conneotion with the nclaucholy affuir of June 25, 1870. * Hunburg " Burwzs, of South Caroliua, ap. peared yestordny us the especial chumpion in tho Benato of the Toxas Pucific subsidy grab, offering o resolution to inquire of the Becre- tary of the Interior what railroad company is building a railroad scross the public dommu in Arizons, aud by what suthority it is being constructed. 'Iho Licro of the Hawburg massacre of colored Ropublicans is perfectly informed on all the points of tho resolution of iuquiry, Mo knows that a railrond is belng pushed rapidly scross Arizona without a dollar of subsidy, und that its progress acroes the publis domain incroascs teufold the value of tho (iovernment landa; and he knows too that unless something is domo to atop 1t this railroad will Lave spanned Arizona and joined with eastern counnections in Now Aexico ond Texas before the job to subsidize ‘Y'ou Boort’s milroad can be worked through Congress. The trouble with Hamburg"”, Burrzu snd the rest of the subsidy crowd is, not that they waut a Bouthorn Yaciffo rail, yond und can't get it, but thaf thoy are uz;lnni & Bouthorn Pacifie spilrvad and don's want'ft, , A inogt axtdBididary execution took place yestorday b Mauch Ohusk, Pa, whgm Cusxrxs Smaver and Jawes McDoMSfrin wers hanged for a murder comiwitted in 1863, Asis usual in such ‘chuos, the jail * doors were closed andlocked a few minutos previous to the hanging, sod orders given by tho Bherif to sdmit no one, This order was & Repnbliean of perronnl popnlarity and unimpeachablo integrity bka Tiar, tathar than run the risk of a more objec- tionnblo man. HBo Tonaax was appronched to ascortain whother ho wonlkl consent to Hax's election, but now he repudinted his own words and refused to countennnca 11ax's eandidature, ro that Jie sgan dofeated the election of a Repnblican, 4. The defent of T.onax had becoms so certain and Lonax's dog-in-the.manger policy 80 manifest that the Repullicans in caucus now resolvel to drop Looay, amdl try to clect somo one clso ns a party candidate, The chiof names beforo the cancus wero those of Wasunonng, Tanwrey, iy, Jeno Baxen, and Judge Lawnexcr, Wasununye, Fanwsrz, ond Hay had nlready been de. fonted by Loaax’s opposition, so that it was not thonght safe to take up any one of thosa gontlomen ; Jenu Baxen's claims wero not urged with sufficient strength, and the choice fell npon Juidge Lawnrnce na tha most availablo candidate, Tho sclection was n wise one, for the next morning soveral Democrats voted for Lawnexce and cone tinued to do so during the day,—but the Locax-ites began to bolt at the very first ballot. Eloven Itopublicans bolted Lawnexce, under Looax's dictation, to start with; then sixteen, then forty, and so on, The more certain it beeamo that Lawnesce wonld bo elected with the full Republican vote, the larger was the number of Looax's tools who refused to vote for Lawnexce. It was this final pieco of treachery on Looax's part which ulthnately rosultedin the election of Davis, Thisis the record which shows how Toaax mndo good his threat that no Republican should bo clected uniess ho (Loaay) wero the mau, It proves that Louax i cutitled to ths distinction of * the champion bolter of IMi- nols,” Even tho 8t. Louis Globe-Democral, now urging Looan's claims a8 those of o staunch and true Tepublican, then de- the Treasnry of all its silver in sixty days. Tt wonld distribute it thronghont the country. It would carry it into overy villago and town whore there in n enlaried Tostmnster. Tt would pass into thehands of the people, nat in sums of £1,000 to each man, but jn sums varying from %3 to $10 each, Al tho silver dollars that the mint can produce for the next three yoars conld bo thus nlisorbed, and Lo held, ns tho greenbacks were held, in amall sums by tho people, The Secrotary, howover, will not let it go. o wants {o prove that the silver will not circulata by bolding it under lock and key, and when he has accnmulated £50,000,000 or £60,000,000 ho will cry out, *'Tho people do not want silver; they refuso to take it repenl the law, and let its hinve gold ouly.” The Hecrotary is paying interost now at the rate of 6 per cent ou Londs whick he might purchinso with (bis silver, or with other mouey he. could use i the silvor was other- wiso put in circulation. The Clerks, Col- lectors, Postmnaters, Gangars, and the whole army of ofliceholidors through the country, lo snys, do not waut to take silver 50 long os ba offers them gold, and thereforo lo will mnot foree it on them. Lot him imuo tho order that all galarics bo paid in silver while thero is silver in the Trensury, and avy officor who don't want it can rosign, The Seerotary need not fear that the Government will suspond for want of officers; wo quostion whetheran officeboldor in the United States would ro- sign. The protensa that the United Btates, with an atnual expenditure of §230,000,000, cannot get rid of 165,000,000 of silvor, isn transparont nnd self-ovident fallnay. In the menntime, Congross silently per- mita the Becretary to lock up %16,000,000 of silver, and pay interost nt G per cent on an equal amonnt of borrowed gold in which to pny snlnries, contractors, stale claiws, and other Governmenial expenditures, TIE CONSTABLES OF OHICAGO. vounced” bis treachery in unmoasured torms. “8imply o sellout, na be- In the memorial addressed to tho Judges trayal to tho cnemy, & rovelation { of Cook County nsking tho reappointment of Mr. Looaw's ability to ruin whero he had failed to rule,” wns the wny in which the champion bolter's conduct was chnracterized nt that time. * The proof of deliberata dis- honesty on the part of the friends of Loaax,” continued tho Globe-Democrat, ** and of their determination to betray the party rather than nllow any other Republican to be clected, is clear enough”; and the same journal insisted that the humilinting defeat was to be nseribed solely to ‘that rule.or-ruin pelicy which was a part of the LoaaN programme.” And much moro to tha same purport, which will ba found quoted in Monnison's letter. And shall this champlov bolter, thus frecly de- nounced by the Republican press as a traitcr to his party, bo permitted now to prate nbout loyalty to the caucus ns a means for playing his disreputablo gamo all over again? of ono of the Justices of the Penco noarly 200 reputable members of the Bar commend him, iu addition to lis legal qunlifications, beenuso ho keeps o clean offico, an orderly office, and one freo from loafers aund loun. gere, and bocause of his firmness and docision in refusing to accept juries mndo up of pro- fesstonals and packed in the intevest repre- sonted by the Conslables, While this memo- rinl may show how much a Justice of tha Penco mny do to elovato the office and re- form the administention of the law in Jus- tices’ Courts, there still remains the notori- ous fact that » mnjority of tho Constables of this city are disreputable and corrupt perconnlly, and aro so unrestrained by law a8 to be practically iudependent of the Justices and of all other Courts. Their general brutality 18 notorions, and their ig- noranco of the law and of their own author~ ity is equal to their contempt for lnw. The bulk of thelr victims nro helpless, defonse- less womon, or tuen who cannot afford to prosccute them, oven if such prosecution promised any redress. It I8 to boregrotted that Justices of the I'ence aro not harassed iu their efforts to do business in an honest aud Dbecoming manner by the Constables alone; wherever thoro is o disreputable or scoundrolly Constable, there will be found nlso severnl equally disreputable shyster at- tornoys, ‘These mon aro authorized to prac- tico 1aw, with all that that term implics, The shyator who wants to defent justico by intor. posing botwoen the Court and hia client the * pallndinnt of our liberties"—the trinl by jury—calls for a vonire, and bns it direoted to his nccomplice, -the gentleman bonring tho baton of n Constable, TIu all such cases tho jury iu selected to find a3 tho Constablo -wants the verdict o be. Anothar abuso ig, that *‘ onco n Constable, always a Constable.” A man who once gets the offico, aa n rulo, continues to do Constablo business forever aftor, whether elected agata or not. ‘They hunt in gangs; they unite thelr knowledge of dishonesty; tho share the spoils taken from the poor aud defenso- leas; and their legal supprosslon in this city, with n fow excoptions, would Lo cqual to the oxpulsion of an equal numbor of professional thieves. 'The Bur Association ey do infi. nito kervico to the people of this community by preparing o proper law rogulating the pumber and powerd of Conatabler, Wo have alrendy indicated some of the regulations that should bomade. It Coustables aro to be wrungin by caucus-Jockeying and elec. tlon, then tho number to be elected should be fixod at ono for vach ** town,” with au. thority by the Circuit Conrt or the Hheriff of tho county, ou the application of the Btate's Altornoy, to appoint ps many other Coustables, or Bherifl's deputiea with Constables’ powers, ns tho wants of the community might desire, ‘This would rid the commmuity of the whole swarm of * acting Constables” who now in- fest the city and who rob and plunder under the profection of tho luw. Every Con. stable's fees should bo mado n matter of record in cacli ense, nnd bo cortified to by tho Justico. Tho taking of illegal foos should bo canso for dismisenl aud eriminal prosceution, 5 As wns snld rome days ago, tho ovil of tho Justices' Courts is largely dua to the wholly frrespousible choructer of the men acting o8 Constables, and any reform which oea not bogin with the Constables them? solves, and which daes not thoroughly recou. stract the system of appointing and regulat. ing Coustables, will be a complets failure, ‘I'iero is no room for doubt on this sub. jeet. Every respectable luwyor in Chicngo kunows the iufawous character of the Cun. stabulary and of its practice, und shonld lend a helping hand to ebtain from tho Leg- islature a deliveranco from the abuse, SHERMAN'S NULLIFICATION. Secrotary Suewan's Iatest Lulletn of his ntontion to suppress tho circulation of tho silvor dollar calls for nn explanation of the striking viclousness of his palicy. According to tho Intest figures mada public, the whole coinago of silver dollars amounts to about £22,000,000, of which 16,700,000 were in the 'Trensury on Jan, 2, 1870, Tho law ro- «quires the coinage of not less than §2,000,- 000 nor mora than $4,000,000 a nionth, Tho nctual coinnge hos not exceedod the mini. mum, aud even that Los been locked up, the Seeretary paying out gold and hoarding the silver, unless the lattor be specinlly demnnd. ed. During the time which has elapsed sinca tho passnge of tho Bilver act the Scerotary hins boen {aking all tho surplus revenue of tho Government, Investivg it in silver, and locking it up in tho Treasury, If Lo con- tinnes to coln $24,000,000 of silver nununlly, thot will bo equal to any posstble surplus rovenue, and this ho proposes to keep locked up, nt & hoavy cost and losa to tho Qovern. ment, . ‘Tho Government has still several hundred millions of 6 per cent Londs outatanding, The Secrotary is redecming these rapldly with gold. 1fe hns the legal option to redeem them in silver. It ho would redeem themn in silver ho would releaso that much gold for general cirenlation, If ho would put the siver in circulation, then ho could employ that muek additionsl gold in purchnsing ¢ per cent bonds; as it is, ho receives gold and greenbacks for 4 per ceut bonds and pays out the sama for G per conts, at tho samo tima holding 216,700,000 of silver idloand innctive, Tho wuslocking nnd distribution of this nmount of silver would bo to add that much to the moncy circulation of tho country, If tho Beerotary wonld even adopt the practico of tho Hank of England, and for avery dollar of silver coin in the vaulls wonld issuea paper doller, and with the addition of £16,. 700,000 of paper purchase a correponding aum of ¢ per cont bonds, that would at least bo an utilization of the silvoer, at & saving of G per eent por annuut, Becrotary Burnuay prefers, lowever, to Leop the wsilver dollars locked up in the ‘Preasury, nnd pay interest on them instead of by using them to save the puyment cf that much interest. 1o fs using the milver coinnge act 50 a3 ta increaso the intercet on the public debt, fnstoad of reducing it, In. stowd of wing this %10,700,000 of silver aud thoreby reducing the interest-bearing dobt, ko locks the silver In (ha vaults and borrows un equal amount of gold at G per cent Intoreat, How long does b propose to carry on this policy ? Unloss Congress shall remove tho restriction upon the colungo of the silver dollar, thers will bo colned, by the time Con- gress moots in Docernber rext, §43,000,000, supposivg the minfwum sui ouly be coined, Is this monoy to remain locked up all this time,—withdrawn from use,—while the Governont in paying 6 per cont interest on on equal sum ? ‘Tho pretexts given by the Secretary for this policy are whally fullacious. 1fo claims that to issno the silver dollars will dopreciate thom. How can they be depreciated, ay compared with gold or paper, whou they aro reccivable for dutlos, aud for every purpose that gold and silver can Lo employed ? Ilow caun they ba dopreciatod when they aroredeen ablo at any timo in exchauge for 4 per cent bonds? Bo long as the silver dollar is o legal- “tendor for any aud every purpose for which gold or paper dollars can be used, and is ro- doomablo at the Treasury on an cquality with gold aud paper iu exchange for 4 per cent bonds, how cun it fall Lelow them in valuo as cmrent monoy? It will buy as wuch, aud pay as wuch debt, public or pri- vate, as will either the gold or paper dollar; aud why should auy mau sell it for lexs than & gold or paper dollar? ‘I'ho purpose and sl of the Boerctary of the ‘Treasury oro obvious, Ilo intends to limit the circulation of silver to tho smalleat swount bo cau. This ho does by rufusiug to put it iu circulation. An order from the Becretary of the Treasury directing tho pay- went in silver of all salaries to persons holding office under the United States would ewpty ENGLISH AFPAIRS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Phio recont dovelopment of evonts in Houth Africa fudicates thut that rich and extonsivo region Is dustived to como speedily under Euglish domivation and play no incousidara. ble part in tho extounsion of hor connnercial supremacy. 'Uhesa judications point to the pousibility of a final sud severs struggle of the South African tribos, or ot least the dis- contented ones, lo break the Euglish yoke, and this possibility has induccd the English Government to uttempt to establish more rational relations with these tribes, aud, ns thoy have shown & capaclty for assimilating the rosults of modern civilization, to give thom tho largest opportunities, Ilitherto during the pust sevesly-five years ju which Euglaud bos bad a foothold in Africa, her rolations with the tribes havo resembled our own relutions with the Indians. They have fouglit them tribe by tribs, and as thoy bave couquered them havo aunexed thelr territo- ry, but in almost every iustauce they Lave left thom a3 they found them. As they have made no efiort at a genoral conquest, their boundaries have always been exposod to the ravoges of the unconquered warlike tribes, and more than once, through tho persuasions of thesy tribos. those undar Buplich damine. e tion have broken ont in fierce revolts. of theso tribes, the Zulns, the most war. liko of them all, biag now risen, Their ter- ritory extends for nearly 200 iniles along the English frontier. The Pall Mall Gasette ina recent article gives roma interesting particn. lars about them. Itsaya: * They aro sub. Ject to a military despotism ns grinding in its tyranny ns any existiug in Europe. They aro a nation of koldiers, und from the time ench man beeomes capablo of bearing arms until disqualifiod by old age their lives nre rnled by military conslderations. To work la benonth n warrlor's dignity, unless it bo in furtherance of a warlike object. Their flelds aro cultivated by their women ; the ocenpa- tion of tha mon, when not engaged in drill, is hunting. Cerewavo, the Znlu King, can, it s anid, put into tho fleld from 40,000 to 60,000 warriors, armed moroe or less with gune, organized in regimonts, and accus- tomod to wxecute concertod movements.” ‘This African warrior Lins not only mustered Lis own subjects for the impending strife, but has sent bis mossongara among all the native tribes, with the view of combining them into a rolid organization to disputo the supremncy of the whitcs, Iitherto theso tribos have Leen clannish and ncted independontly of ench other, so that the Euglish progress hes boon slow, owing to the necessity of overcoming thein triba by tribe. The Zulu King is aided in his work by ono of his vase snls, Secocmxt, a powerful warrior, whose operntions are conducted npon the guerrilln plan, being confined mainly to nocturnal at- tacks oud caltle-stealing, s retreat {s n securo ono and his position is unassailable with any small forco. e has 10,000 war- viors, nnd, tho Gazetlesays, * hna intrenched himsolf on ono of tho inaccessible mountaing which abound in the routheastern part of tho Transvanl, 1lis rotreat is upon certan large caves situated in o stoop mountain, the sides of which aro defonded by, parallel stono walls, increasing in strength as the top is ap- pronched, ‘o storm tho position is impossi- blo without a greater loss of lifo than with n small forco is advisable, To starve him ont will bo tedious, as he is roported to bo well supplied with food and water.” Bo suc- cossful lins this awarthy warrior been, and 50 unapproachable in his mountain retrent, that the Euglish have had to lot him nlone, in orderto coucentrato their forcesto moet the threatoned Zulu nttnck, 0! the nltimato resultof this atruggle thers is, of conrse, no doubt. The English will conquer as they have done in the past, while it is possible they may avert the nocessity of war altogether by proventing theother tribes from joining the Zulus. But whether it bo war or peace, tho now policy will be adopted. War can only delay it ashort time, The adoption of that policy will give them a per. manent foothold not only in that region but also the ultimato supremacy in Africa. Thia is 0 it should be. Whatevor joalousiesother Powers may havo ns to English influenco in Asla, thore will be nono aa to horpossossions in Africa south of tie Great Desert, The African peoplo will make rapid progress nn. der her rule. In tho caso of one large tribe alroady, where n just and liberal policy Lns beon tricd, it is snid that they wonr European clothing, build their own roads nud bridges, suppurt seliools and churches by voluntary subscriptions, and contribute to the Colonial exchequer, This result will o attained timo among all tho tribes, and England will find compeusation for her efforts nnd eox- penso iu civilizing thom in the development of the rich resources of that country and tho immensely valuable commorco that must follow. The world will watch the futuro of England in her dovelopniont of Africa with great interost, so far as it brings that be- nighted region under the influences of clvil. fzation; education, nud religion. Ald, TAwLer is thoe very cmbodiment of a taxcater. Ite wants tho salaries of all pollce- men and firemon increased 20 per cent, and of course all other clty ofllceliolders. It never oceurred to this naturnl-Lorn lecch that salaries of offlecholders can only be increased by in. ercaping the tax burdens of tho tax-ridden people. 1f the idea dove ever got into his mind, he trents It with as much (ndifference as ho does the toll of hack and horso-car horses. 1le only louks on taxpaycers 0s s0 mnany geese to vluck or anfinals from which to draw bleod, e pays no taxes himself, nnd therefore feels no intereat in or regard for those whodo. He knows, as every other mau docs, that tho offlce- holders of the clity, including policemen and flremen, are pald hichor by the city corporation thun other employors pay for service reaninng equal akill and work, Ho knows that the city's employes canuot do as well fn any other busl- ucss, elas they would not remain in thoclty's service, Stnco the salaries of city employes’ wero fixed & your ago, monoy has appreciated 4 ta 10 per cent In purchasing power; that is, the cost of livingg bus grown that much cheaper, and proverty has doclined that much fn selling price, and taxes have beconie In the same pro- portion harder to pay, But what do the bum- mner class of Aldermien care for thiose thingst Thelr ouly desiro 18to draw more blood from those who foot the bilts and pay the cost of malutalning the City Glovernment, —— Tho Chiness Itecord 13 the mamo of a little sheet printed In Bun Franclseo, and devoted to the vauso of the Chineso In ths country. The number before us {8 published in the Chilneso languuge, accompanied by a lteral translation futo Euglish, and gives tho reasons why Jous should nut *go." It keeps stunding st its wasthead two quotations, onc fromn the Dun- LINGAME treaty of 1863, which {s as follows: Awr, VI, Chinces subjects, visiting or reaiding 1 the Umiied Btates, sinll enfoy the same privi- Teges, fntaunities, and exemptions travel and resklenced os may be onjo: 1zeus o7 subjucty of the most favored natfon, Andthe other trom the Civil-Righta act of May 81, 1670, to-wit.: Sre, 10, All persons within the furisdiction of tho Unilted Elaten shull have the same Flght in overy Bute und Territory of the United States to thy full and equal beacit of all laws and proceedings for the sucurity of person sud proverty av s e~ Joyed by white citizens, sud shall besublect to liko punlshincnt, paine, peual d exactions of every’ Kind, y wiatule, ordiasuce, regulotion, or custuni to tho contrary potwitnstanding, ‘I'he Hecord particularly fnvites the attention of the Constitutional Convention of Californta 1o these two impedunents fn the way of prohib- itlug Clhiluese nmigratton, —— A suggestion made lu these columns a shart thine uro ju regard to an organlzation of lberal wien and women for the protection of tho weak and heipless ought to be scted upon at once, ‘There 14 8 largo class ot persons tn this city who are belng preyed upon datly by meau and porsl- wonlous cwployers whoeo groed aud rapucity ought tu be held In check. These are worthy youug men and girls, wany of them total strapngers, and without friends, moncy, ursteady, remuucrative suppors, Many work for s mers pittance, and then aro cheated out of the whole or a part of it ou soime frivoleus pretext drumn- wmed up on vurpose on the part of the ewployer. Such persons are absulutely belpleis, and oro,| ouvlired to submit to uny extortionste demands madcupon thew for the sake of keeplog budyand soul together, It is casy to sce that many of theao youug men will bo driven foto crime by the very necessitics of tho sltuation; the boys fnto thelt and su forth, and the girls Into prac- tices that can never cud o anything ¢ise excopt ruin sud despalr. It may seew paradoxical, but 1t is neverthieless true, that a more lonely, un- friendly place for 8 modest FOUDZ Deravl Can- not be found than u a great city like Chlcago, where cach one 18 too lutent upon his own busl- ness to pay much hiad to strungers. Soclety One hag effectually barred the doors against all new- vomers except a favored few; even the churches arcalow to seek them ont anid show them any favors cxcept on Sutiay, and almost the only places open to them ara those of a questiouablo kind, No wonder that in this wilderness of peoplé, rushine and tearing ahead at a high. presaurc speed, men and women are dared and eventunlly lost. These people need some- thing bosides svmpathy. They neod advice, and the assurance that their rights will bo vin- dicated v caso of pecunfary loss before the courts, i need be, and they protected by the strong arm of the law. Such an assoclation te reatly necded n Chicago, and ought to bo or- ganized at once. It Is emincntly worthy o, the active support of every Christlan man ‘and woman, If somo well-known person would take tho Initiative, a great good could be nccom- plished by opening an offlce where twico a week complainta might be lodged and wronas fnvesti- gated. Bome bright younz lawyer might lay tho foundation for & good practice fo the future by becoming the prosecuting attorney for auch a socloty for o mere nominal chiarge, and some eminent counsclor, already vich, might lay up a treasuro in Hcaved by giving advice free of churge. 1t s proposed In the Council by Ald. Coox and othors to give the Department of Public Buildings control of elevators, tho fall of which Is causing so many fatal accldents. An fordi- nance making provision for this important ob- Ject haa been introduced. The matter naturally belongs to the Public Building Departmont, ut up jumps Ald. Lawser, who wants an “ Elevator Department! cstablished, saying *thers wero plenty of good men to putat the licad of it. Tho Buperintendent of Buildings coulin't carry the elevators and the City-ITall on his back,”” This amendment would creato o new ofllce with aSuperintendent, and Asststant, and clerks, and other tax-cating machinery, hence his deslrs to makea * Uepartment ol Elevators,” instend of having the Department of Public Bulldings, to which the matter prop- erly belongs, detafl a coinpetent man to attend toit. Woouly refer to this matter as tllustra- tive of the tax-cating instincts of a certaln class of Aldermen whose chic? aim In lifc scems to ba to prey on thoso who support tho burdens of governmont. — Last Friday the Democratic House did a littie judicial hedeing for the next Presidontial elec- tion on the subject of Southern clalms, Tha long-standing bill for tho relief of William and Mary Collego, in Virginfa, which once wvassed the Houso by a largo majotity, was refected by o vote of 87 yeas to 127 nays. Tho first memorial for ald was presented by Gen, Butren nearly ten years ago, end was favorably reported upon by the Committea on Education and Labor of the Forty-first Congress, though no action was taken. In the mext Congress Benator (then Representative) floan made the favorable re- port, half thu other Massachusctts members ugreed with him, and tho Lill was passed by a vote of 111 to 70, though it nover reached a de- cislon in tho Scnate. Now the Northern De- mocracy have killed 1t, for fear it might be re- garded ns tho opening wedge for a class of clalms that have been vigorously denounced by tho Republiean papers o the North. e e TILDEN appeara in the backpround of a flst fight, a sult in the police court for false impris- onment and for assault and battery, ond o a clalm for $100,000 personal aamages, Ilis In- ability to be present at the Columbus celebra- tlon was sent by telegraph to tho editor of tho Columbus Democrat, and he locked the tele- gram up in hisdesk. Thir wos the cause ofn fight between the editor, TATLOR, and the busl- ness monager, O'MeYens, the former getting the best of it In tha scrimimage, but O'MEeYRRS succecded in getting tho cditor arrested, thrown Into {all, andfined, TAyLORnOW Wants a ** bar'l" of muney to scttle the fuss,—8$10,000 personnl damagesand $100,000 for false fmprisoument. e siatsadlaisiad st Eleght years azo a burglor killed ArTnus Dy- 80N, n skillful and popular rallroad engineer In Cloveland. The villain escaped at the time, and tho matter passed from the attentlon of the public. The falthful wife of the murdered man, however, never gave up the fdea of overtaking the nssnsstn. And now she is sbout to be re- warded for her dlligence, Some time since sho. received mewa of the capture of o thiel who s supposed to he the murderer of her husband at Sheflleld, Epgland. 8ho has now gone to En- gland for tng purposo of identitying him, if possible. There will come to this country from Tussia this year 15,000 Mennonites to scttle Inthe Great people are Germun Baptists who tious scruples nualnst fighting. Thelr ancestors settled tn Russla long no, having heen guaranteed fmmuunity from militury scrvice. ‘That guarantse has been withdrawn, hence the exodus. They como to this country in the hopo of cscaping conscription, but when tho nation that gives them homo and shelter nceds thelr scrvices then thoy must go to the front lko the rest. e ———e MATT CAnrxTER alleges that his law-prac. tice in \Washlngton is worth $30,000 annually, and yet ho 1s anxious to give up thls lucrative practice nnd o Into the Sonato for 85,000—un- feas another Balary-Grab blll is passcd. As Marr 18 n poor tnan, he should not bo allowed (o sus- taln a loss of $15,000 per annum for the sake of serving the people of Wisconsin in Congress, and the Legislaturs will probably eco to it that his *personal maenetism 48 kept before the Supreie Court. e ——r——— Btockholders In the great Penusyltania Raft- road Company are intereated in knowing how it happens that during the past year thero ls an increasec In the groas earnings of $765,085, and a decreaso {n tho expenso account ot 501,047, whilo the road-bed and equipments scem to bu kept in excellent conditlon, They wonder whetlier the expenditure of over half a million dollars years before was necessary aud fegitl- mate, but o ltems of economy are elven. Minneapolls has had a committeo at work to Invent ways and means to reduco the citv taxes, They report in favor of epteniding the city tm. its tocover an area four by four and a half miles, which would Include valuable manufac- turlng vroperty that now escapes taxation, sud the euttlug down of city expenscs to the tune of 230,000, They slso recommend cutting schoal-teachers’ wages to the amount of $12,000 PET aupuLL. e The Montgomery ddrertiser 3 o the opinion that the Braing buslovss, as & personal sod party investment, is likcly to prove the most profitless project ever inaugurated, That may Le true, oy far as Mr, Brains aud the Repub. cau party arg concerned, and 1t way tarn out “profitless® also from the Dewocratle stand- voint. Lot us walt and sce. —e—— e ‘Tou bill of Scnator MlaTruews for the con struction of the Texas Paccltic Rallrosd do- clares that the road shall not extend farther north than Memphls, This makes 8t. Louis Lowl, —————— The Milwaukee Dally Murphey kuows very welt that 1t les when it asscris that cx-Qov. C. C. Wasupuay was & salury-grabber, Hke fts candidate for the Senate, § A Cinclouati paper says: “The feellog ln business cireles 1s better than it has beco in five years, and thus wo bave sure aigns of the promised revival."! } The Cincinnat! Gazeite says that the gas com- paules of that city will take a contract to supply the elty with gas at $1.50 for ton years. The Moblle Kegister says thay the originel rific cluba fn the Boutb were organized by tho varpet-baggers to riflo the Treasury. 4 | MINNIE sings s0 sweetly lhnt.—n more appro- priate vawe could be suggested than Haux. | Maioo bas ber Bret Democratic Governor ln twenty yeard. | By Burian will toss bis first brick at Bt M uTing. The Potter Committes Ep. counters Another Unprof. itable: Witness. His Name Is Kelly, and bi ) Tells How He Was “ Fixed.” St. Marting’ Testimony (op. roborated to a Large Degree. The Forger of the Electorg] Signature Long Since Dead and Buried. Features of the Appropriation Committee’s Army Reor- ganization Blil. A Gradual Reduction of t) TForce Frovided for by tho Measure, Nearly Fourteen Millions of Four Py Cents Subsoribed for Yos- terday, The Time of the Departure of the Blodgett Committeo Not Yet Fixed, POTTER'S COMMITTEE, ANOTIIRR BAD QIVEAWAY. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, ; Wasuinoron, D, C., Jan, 14.~The witney Relly before tho Potter Committeo today, whatever else hie proved or disproved, helpe * clreumstantiaily to coofirin some of the state. ments of the famous 8t. Martin aflidanit, Kelly showed that Maddox, who s charged lo the 8t. Martin aifidavit with being a Tilde agent, and with uing around endeavoring 10 obtain witnesscs favorable to tho Demoacratle slde, called upon Mm (Kelly) recently to en. deavor to ascertaln what ho woult swear to, mnd was presented to him asthe aceredited agent both of ‘Tilden and ol the Potter Committee. There sccmis to bellle doubt that tho two names, Joffrotus and Levie sce, were not written by thoso gentlemen fn the second set of Electoral certificates from Louis iana, ‘The Reoubllcans of the Committee, per. haps, would concede this, and it probablyfaa matter of NO NATIONAL CONCRRN what particular person did this, especlallyes tha decision of thoe Eiectoral Commlssion rested upon the 1irst sct of returns, which fs conceded 1o have been valid, But the Peiter Comtnitteo spent the day endoavoring to twist somo sort of o confession from tho wilness Kelly as to swho did it. For their pains they finally discovervd that the conventent and ueusl dend mon did {t. Tho dead man fu thivcass wans one Blanchard, a clerk in tho State-Ilouse, who dicd 1ast fall with the yellow fever. All Interest n tho proceedings of the Coms mittee has disappeared, anda probably wil not bo revived unless the Investigation of the cipher dispatches shall beeln, ‘fhe Aporopriations Cominittea hes nally signifed its readivess to vote wwhateves appros pristion §s necossary, but, curlously enough, Clarkson Potter, although empowered by the Committes to make the request, and althouzi opportunitiea have offered, notwithstanding the funcrals, has not yet prosented the resolu tlon adopted by tho Comumlittco last Fridey directing the investigation. Tho door of the Putter Commitiec stood open all day, but the attraction wns not great cnough to call In tho customary loungers of the Capltol, and the room was nat half illed. KELLY'S TESTIMONY. To the Western Associated Przes. Wasinarow, D, C., Jan. ho Totter Comemnittes to-day examined J. 'Henrd Bireh, Prestdential Elcctor-at-Large of Loulstona. 11l testimony was to tha effect that he sfaned a sec- ond sct of cerdfflcates, he having been advised that thero was au informality In the first sct. 1o knew nothing of the forcery of signatures, oxcopt what helearned from the newspapera and In converaations. Mr. Ketly, a witness on Saturday, was recalled, and, after much pressuro, stated postively that the name of Juflrions was forged, but wos not «quite so sura ss to thut of Lovissce, Witness testificd that the nawme of Joffrions waa forged by D. I’ slaucbard, a clerk futhe Governor’s office. None but witness aud Blanchard were present nt tho time, By Mr. Cox—Did anybody approach you as to the character of the ovidence you should give before this Committee? - Ans.—I was approached once by n gentleman named Maddox, Ife was Introduced to me by Col. Qeorge W, Carter, and safd ha came [n the intercet of the Committee,ur from the Com- mittee, Ho camo to the placo where 1 was stopping aud had a conversation with e, the purpors of which was that he wus EMULOYED BY HIGH AUTHORITY from this Conuuittee to mscertatn what my testimony would be. 1o offered as an induce-, ment for mo to teatify that no queation shoulls be asked to injurc mo or any of my fricnds The object of the Commtitteo waoe, hin sofd, to make political capital for Tilden againat Thure man. As & further Inducoment ty testify, 1 was tola that I could go olf o considerablo distauce, even to San Francisco, and cuuld then bs summoned back, profiting by the mileage Witness was examined at censlderable Jengsth by Gen, Batler, He sald auwong other things that Blanchard, who committed the forgery of the name to the certificate, ls dead, Gen. Butler—You say that Hlanchsrd not only had an opportunlty to forge thy slgnature slone without beinig scen, but be culled you to witness it, ssyinig, *1tow Is that for uighi" What answer have you to makae to thatl A.~Thut's what be did. P Q.—Was there any particular fctimacy be tween you and Blanchardi A—l was 1u a differcnt position from the other messengers, 1 could write when the force of the office was short, 1 Q.—Huve the kinducsa to write tho uame of Jolraln. A.—1decline to do so. Q.—~Write your own name. The witncss did so, saylug: “Tuat {s my slze nature now.” Q.—(iive me your signaturo as It nsed to be. Witness did o, and fn furthier reply to ques- tious b said he hud one siguature for letters to fricods AND ANOTUER FOR BUSINESS, Q.—Why do you make & ditfercuce in the .slgnatures? ‘A.—~The matter concerne mysclf, and I made adifference in my siguature because I chosa tor Whyl A M'zulu it suited iy pleasuro. Gon. Butler next referred wituceas to o sen- tence in bis letterto Mr. Potierin which Lo sald, * It Tcould sew the Electoral certificates | could shiow forgery of the nawe of Jolfruin a3 woll as that of Lovizee.. I have made marks on them to prove this beyond doubs, uud to sbow you men who did ft." & Butler exuilbitéd to “bim the certiflcates, and asked him to polut out the warks of which be spoke 1o bis letter. - Witness replied that the difference was in the haudwritiog aud wmakeup., Thews were the marks, He dealgnated no others, ‘The Chalrman (Potter) wished to say with speet to one stateioent of witness (Kelly] b neyer sutborized Maddux, Col. Custer, of HINGTON, | I S " P LML Ny 7% i t ¥ 1