Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1879, Page 4

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BAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—T'slace Hetel putsiosadibm Sl el AMUSEMENTS, BcVieker's Theatre. ‘Madizon street, between Dearborn and Btate. *'Rose- ale. Haverly’s Thentre. Trearhorn street, corner of Monroe, Engagement of Her Majesty's Upera. * Lacla," Ioolcy?’s Thentre. Tiandolph street, between Clark and Latalle. En. gagement of John Dillon. *‘Everybody's Friend** and **To Oblige Benson.™ Academy of Masle. Halsted street, between Madison sod Monros, tlety entertatnment. Va- Iamlin's Thentre, Clark atreel, opposite the Court-iouse. Varfety en- tertatnment. Metropotitan Theatre, Clark street, opposite Sherman House, Varlety en- tertaininent, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1879, e — Sixty men nre entombed in a mine in Wales, beyond thoe possibility of rescue, by tha falling of the roof of the shaft. Tho resigoation of Archbishop Pumortr, of Cincinnati, is cortain to be necopted by the Pope, nud the question of his suscessos ¥s nlready under consideration. T Gov. Vaxce, of North Carolina, will bo the successor of Mr. Meauntox in the United States Senato for tho term commencing Maroh 4, 1879, He was yesterday nominated by the Democratic caucus of the Legisla- ture, The loniency of the Itepublican Govern. ment of Franco toward the Communists trausported to Now Culedonia is shown in the pardon of theso prisoners. Presidont MaoManoN yesterdsy signed the decroe which restores them to liberty and citizon- ship, 8. D. Ricnanos, tho Nebraska butcher- fiend, wns yosterday found gnilty of murder in tho first dogres as tho result of a speedy arraigomont and trial for tho killing of tho Swedb AnpensoN, which he so choorfully confessod whilo passing throngh Chicago 8 fow dnyd ago. Iip will be havged April 26, ——eee e to bo settled to-night in the Republican caucus, for, while a nomination may uot be sundo, the strength developed by the threo caundidates—Keszs, ITows, aud OanrENTER— will probably ba such as to indicato clearly the final result, Presont calculations point 10 Kzxes as tho successful aspirant, - Tho Reform Shoriff of Hamilton County, Obio, is in wore trouble. His nameis Wire- 2a3t Pirr Wasnaoe, and be was the embodi- wment in 1876 of tho local Democratic demand for a botter and puror admiuistration of affairs. Boon after buy election Lo was trled, convioted, and punished for the crimo of procuring illegnl votes, and now.it turas out that ho is A dofanlier to the amount of 28,000, which he fraukly admilts he ocan't turn over to liis successor, T —. Tho President has communieated to the Bennto lisreasons for the removal of Antnur und Conseiu from tho oflicss of Collector of Customs and Naval Officer at the Port of Now York. These reasous aro not satisfac. tory to Alr, Coxkrinag, ond it {8 prevamed ihat tho Bonatorizl joalousy of anything that challouges the Sonntorial right to die. tate aud coutrol appointments will influence o majority of the Republicana to sustain Mr, CongLing in the movement (o defeat the confirmation of the successors of the officers removed, T ————— 1t is roported that Ruasia and Turkey have mndo n ncw agreement regarding tho sottle. ment of accounts growing out of the recent war, and that tho signing of tho definitive troaty will occur fo-day, In it Russin con. sonts to reduce her indomuity demand by 100,000 roubles, and to sccept thoe wholo in paper monoy based on the *falth and ro. souraas ” of the Turkish nation, The print- ing-presson will Lave a busy time furnislung 1,800,000,000 ronbles, and tho Russlans will havo a busier timo in trying to make people beliove tho money is good for anything, The Domouratio Sonators bave found it necessary to put their solomn kends togother end altempt to formulate a party policy which shull serve as a countercheck to Republican aggression, When the Repub- licaus have clalimed and secured the credit for speclo resumption, and with that party fu the a'tituds of demnnding the rigid en- forcement of the coustitutiounl amendments guorantecing the free excrcise of civil and yiolitical nghits, there is so littlo left for tho Democrats to loy Llold on that the caucus s reduced to the mocassity of making a point of the repeal law requir- iug the juror's test.oath, which fu the South. o Btates excludes from juries in Federal courts nuarly everybody but negrues, fo buch a repeal tho Repullicans are not op. poaed, and thers can be no party fssuo mada up out of this moterisl. What ths Demo. eraty in Congress sball doto couviuce the poople that there is auy mission for them to yarlorm, is what the cauous is now consider. ng. A Republican Legislative caucus is called at Springtield for to-morrow night to nomi. nate a candidate for Benator, The strugple will be to turn OoLEspY out of hiu scat for working and voting for the reposl of the in. famous Balary-Grab bill, and putting Looay i it, iu order to indorse that genticman'’s uc- {on in supporting the Grab law und fobbing the §5,000. His friends want his record on that steal ¢ vindicated,” and thoy demund of Asseusor one of four years instead of oue year,ns to the oftico, an Assussor bas to bu performed within sixty duys, Under tbis Lill the work of the As vessor's oftico will bo continuous; and, as soon nd ono amessment is compleled, ho can go on with his books preparatory to next your's aasossient, to have property asscssod at its valuc on tho a8 now, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 IN7)—-TWELVY PAGES. that Benator Oovesnt shall be punished and broken down for his vote for tha repeal of the Grab law. The wnlture class of politi- cians who have got into the Legislature think thomsslves strong enongh to banish Oovrzsny from the Senate for not supporting the robbery. standard of morals to represent them; thoy prefer liko *Black Jaox" i reported members also rogard it to b their duty or interost to vote to ** vindicate” the salary. grabber and punish ‘“ old Drox " for helping to repenl the $7,500 Grab law, their consciences require them to uphold Loaax's grab record, fora the people again for support they may discovor when it s too late that their con- stitnenta also have consciontious convictions on that same qnestion. licans do these members suppose thers ars in Chicago or Cook County who indorse Looax's vot6 for the Grab law or his taking that $5,000 out of the Troasary? And how many condemn Oarzany for voting to repesl that scandalous act? Not ono man in sl Cook Connty. They don't want men of his men of oasy virtne and themselvos. It that some Cook County They say When thoy come be- How many Repub- The Staats-Zeitung abaudons its ridiculous twaddle about tho inconvenienco of the el- ver dollar, after reading Tz Tarsuxe's expo- sition of the utter and meaningless folly of such an objection, and it reverta to the old lie obout the *‘83-cent-dollar,” and the *ras. cality” of forcing such a dollar upon the people. Wo had alroady pretty effoctually closed the mouthsof the Eastorn gold-organs on this phaso of the question, and it is preity todious to go over tho whole case again for tho benefit of tho Staats-Zeitung. shown from tho market quotations that Euglish and French silver coins are worth ns much in Now York na corresponding English and French gold colns (less, perhnps, the ad. ditioual cost of transportation on greator weight of the silver coin, which is a small {fraction), and by n parity of reasoning the American standard silver dollar will be re- ceived at par with the Awmerican golddollarin any part of the globo which has commercial rolations with this country, because it is re- coivablo at par value at home. to disposo of the ** 83.cent " lio, charge of scoundrelism, we wonld advise the editor of the Staats-Zeitung, ns we liavo al- roady advised tho editor of the New York We have This onght As to the 1imes, that he will do well not to go to France and proclaim overy man a scoundrel who passes silver coin as logal-tender, for hie might bo sont to prison s n lbelor, ond oven the German Premier could not save him from his very just punishment. Fronch silver logal.tender coin does not con- tain relatively as much bullion aa the Ameri- can standerd silver dollar, enough pointed out the objection to inoreas- ing tha weight of tho silver dollar, but thoy ny be summed up, for sake of brovity, in tho simplo stateront that increased woeight would drive tho silvor coin out of circulation just ns soon as there should be suflicient coinage thoreof to restore tho old and ordi. nary ratio of values betweon gold and eilver, — Yet tho ‘We have often THE aTATE REVENUE LAW. Thera I8 ovidently an wotive interest feolt throughont the Stato with regard to the cor. roction of those provisions of the Revenuo law which experionce has shown to be de- foctiva, Legislature on tho subject we may mention that introduced by A, MarTnews, which pro- vides that in nll cases where property is for. feited to tha State for the uon-payment of taxes the smount of each forfeituro, with tho costa and intorost nt 20 per cent, shall be included in tho noxt year's levy. ent rate is 10 per cont, Do 20 por cent por annum compounded. The presont penulty for delinquency is wholly jnsufficient to compel porsous to pay their taxes, and the changoe is nt loast an oxperi- ment fn the way of lmproving the collection of revenue. Among the bills proposed in the Tho pres- Tho now rato will As o result of the moeting of representa. tives of the several City Governments of this State, threo bills hnve buen matured for preacntation to tho Legislnture. theso bills fs to amond the general law re- Inting to iucorporated eitios by requiring them to pass their nununl approprintions during the throe mouths preceding tho heglnning of cach fisenl year, Instead of duriug ing such year, and requiriug the amouut of rovenus to be raised by taxation to be cerlifiod to the Cuunty Clerk in May inatend of August, as now, decided roform. ‘The fiscal year of the Ciry of Ohicago boging on the 1st of January of ench year, aud the appropristiona for that yoar aro not made until the close of March, sud the amount of rovonuo noedod Is not cortified until August. In the meantime part of the yenr is pnssed without uny ap- propriations, aud niue months have expired bufore any tax ia lovied, approprintions for tho yoar will be made and fixed before the yoor begins, The firat of the threo months follow. 'Ihis Ju & most Undor thia bill the A second bill proposes to make the offico at presout, and thus give a continuity At present the wholo duty of It is sought by thoe bill 1at of Janunry iustend of on tho 1st of May, ‘T'his last provision, unless confined to proporty in the citles, will be resisted in the agricultural districts. Tha 18t of May was fixed for the listing and valuation of property for the special accommodation of the faruers, who by that time kave generally disposed of thelr cropy, including hoge and cattle, 1t is propoaud, if the chauge of dato for fizing valuation be chauged from Muy to Jouuary, that the Asscssors, with the proparutory work douu buefors the beginning of the year, shall return tho asscssments in Murch justead of July, as at present, sud thut the Biato Board of Equalization sball meet in April iustead of Beptumber, as now, ‘Fhe warraut for the collection of taxes will be deliverod to the Collector in August, and judgment for dolinquent taxes will ba ob taiued in October, In this way cach year's taxes will bo collocted within the yeur for which they ave lovied, and not as uow, nine mouths aftor the year bas expired. This will cut off very largely ull necessity for the isue of warrants on the Treasury or scrip,—an wvil which iu both costly, bazardous, end very embarrassing to all Oity Governments, Al these changes in existing laws aro iu the fu. terest of ecouomy and prowpt avd respousible government, But ono of the best chavges, oud oue which tho people of this eclty will Leartily welcome, is that which dispenses with the 240 mauuscript volumes which now form part of the machinery of taxation, ‘I'his bill reduces the number of copios of tho tax list from seven to two. Oune of theso i3 tho original Looks of tho Assessor, porting him for Benator, that officer may snfoly troat tho threat withcontempt, When JonN A. Looan promises, ngrees, or cou- Preaident Mavzs shull Lold the office of President. Let avy man who has any idea and the other is a mere copy of so much of the nssossment list as is delinquent. In. stend of the enormous swindle called the tax list published in the news- papers, costing between 240,000 and 50,000 annmslly in this county, the notice will be confined to an advertisemont to be published ten days, stating that certain taxes levied for certain described purposes have been levied ound are dus, nnd that ap- plication will be made on a day named for judgment sgainst all such property on which tho taxos ars not paid at that date. Wo repeat that all these amendments are in the inlerest of bonest government, re- duetion of expenditure, the reduction of toxes, the making of intelligont and correct nasessments, giving ample time to correct orrorsand infustice, and it is to be hoped tha delegation from this city will give them o prompt and earnest snpport. LOGAN'S PROMISES AND THREATS. The accne now enacting at Springfleld ls ono of the most remarkable that was over witnessed fn a free Btato and under a freo QGovernment, Thero hava beon ocossions— exceptional ones—in the history of this coun. try whoro tho National Government has em- ployed its patronage and its powers to over. ride public opinion and control the election of Sonator, through the liberal use and promise of offices and honors to members of the Logislature for thomselves and friends. That exlibition, disgraceful and dishonora- ble as it may have beon, had at lenst the foaturs of responsibility,—the men offering the bribes to appoint and making the threats 1o’ romove having the power to perform both promises and thrents, But ot present thore is a man at Spring- fleld who combines fn himself all tho ele- ments thot are debnsing and demorsliz- ing in political practice, Without shame or docency he holds his court surrounded with tho vultures of politics, and to his qnartors have flocked tho vultures aud unclean birds of prey from all parts of the West, Tho ohfof hurls threats as ho bestows promises. Ho asserts that os Sonator he will wield the ontirs patrouago of tho National Govern. meut in Illinois. There is scarcely an ofticeholder in not been notiflod that sontativo in the Btate who bhas it his Repre- the Legislature does not * support Loaax,” that ofilceholder will bo dismissed after the 4th of March. Col- loctors and Deputies, other Federal officors, nre notifled that their places sball e vacated if their Representa. tives dare to vote against Looan. tont with this mode of making pnblic opin- {on, this man hos promised sbout every Fed- eral office in the Blato, including several diplomatio appointments, and the Consular service has boen freoly submitted by him to the selection of membors of the Legislaturo for themselves or thoir frienas if they will only vote for him, Springfleld anumber of his henchmon to coax, iniportune, and bulldoze members, and mnke public opinion about the hotels and the State-Ilouse loblics. his promisces are sot at work writing lotters and sending telegrams o membors, aud getting up little pnoked meetings to pass resolutions and send fustructions to mem. Postuinsters and Not con- e Las summoned to Othars (at homo) of bers * to vote for Loaax.” 'This i the kind of machinery now sot in operation to lift Loaan into tho Sonate and throw Oarescy out of his seat. 1t is timo to cry a halt in this stylo of pro- ceoding, It may bo safoly said lo every membar of tho Genernl Assombly of Illinofs, and to every man holding office uador tho Governmont of tho United States In this State, and to overy man seeking or ox- peotiug an office at home or from the election or non-oloction of Joun A. Looan will have uo more effect on the matter of removals or appointments of Fed- eral officers in Illinois than if no euch man ns Jouy A, Looax was cver in cxistence, Gou. Qoresny has onjoyed the respect and confidence of the Administration of Prosi. dent Haves, and if he bo re-elocted that re- spect and confidence will in no wise be changed. abroad the present Adwinistration, that No Postmaster in Illinols need have tho nlightest apprehension that he will be ro- moved, 8o long ns President 1laves remains In office, through the proonrcment of Joux A, Louay, bo homade Sonator or not. No man [n Illinols who has been promised an office at homo or abroad, large or small, as sn inducement for supporting Looax, need deceivo bimself ono moment by tho belief that the Presidont will in any caso appoint such person to redesm nny contract, bargain, or etipulation made by Loaax or any undor. strapper inhis behalf to purchase Sonatorlal support, When Jomy A. Loaan, therofors, threat- ens to remove any man bolding offico under the United States Government for not sup. tracts, or any ono in his behalf, that it a mombor shall vote for him be will appoint wuch metnber or enyof kis frieuds to any offics under the United Btates Government, such member may coufidently deny tho au- thority of Joux A. Locay to redeem that promise, agreement, or contraat, or any other promise, agreomont, or contract for the distribution of Federal offices, 5o long as that Loaaw can fuduce tho President to re- deem puy sules or bargains for ofice made in consideration of wotes for Lim for Buna~ tor read the Prosident's general declaration ond notification on this subject. Bpeaking of the praotice of hnving appointments and romovals to offico under the control of mem- bers of Congres, Lo said: **The ovfiices in these cases have becomo not meraly rewards for party services, bul rewards for #creices fo parly leaders. This systom destroys the independeuce of the sercral depariments of the Qovernment. 1t tonds directly to cxtravagance and officlal Incapacity, It ja s temptation to dis. i1t inders sud fmpairs thas caroful super- d strict accountablity by which al faftbiul aud ebicient puolic servioes can bo cured; 14 ubstzucis the prowpt removal punishment of the unworthy;in every way it de- grades the Civil dervico and tho charactor of the Goveroment . . Jt oughito be cbolladed, ‘The reforushould bo tharough, radical, and complete, We should zetura to the principles and practice vf Ithe founders of the Government, Supplytng by legislation, when nveded, that which was formerly the cstadlished custow.. . . TAey meant that the officer ahould hie secure [0 hie tenure as long as his personal chsracter rematued uutarnisbed, and the performance of hle dutics wallsfectory, § SUHALL COXDUCT TUE ADNINIATHATIONOF TUX UV~ EUNMENT UFON TUKSE PRINCIPLES," That is the President’s gencral declaration, and we need not say to any person who knows the President and kuows the other wan that there is not the remotest possibility that the Presidont will ever chaoge that rule, or muko an exception at the request of Jomx A, Loaay, or for the purpoas of carrying out avy coutract of Loaax's for votes, or threats of removal for votos, made by hii 83 a can. didate for Benator, Lot any wun jmagine Beeretary Scuvuz sppolnting an Indian Agent ez apy purson to uny other office because Jomn A. Looan hed purchased a vote for Senator on a contraot to deliver that officel Think of the President removing or por. mitting the removal of aPostmaster becauso the representative of that Postmaster had not voted for Looax,—tho man who bolted the causus two years ago and treacherously defeated the President’s friend, Judgs Law- nence ! BILLS REGULATING THE ELECTORAL OURT. Evor since the closo of the turbulent and all but disastrous controversy over the count of Electoral votes {wo years ago it has been felt by thinking and conservativo men of all parties that proper legislation ought to be provided to prevent the recurrence of similar tronble in the future, There has boen a de- mand from many qnarters, indeed, for a change in the mode of electing the Prosident which shall make tho ehoice dependent more directly upon the popular vota; but since snch & change involves a oconstitutional smendment, patriotic oitizens agreo thatitis wiser to provide at once a safer system for counting the FElectoral vote and leavo the other question for future and deliberative de- termination. Though itis two years since the neceasity of passing & law to govern the count of votes has becomo apparent, and though tha fact that the two Houses are con. trolied by different parties is favorable toths possago of a fair and impartinl law, Congress has failed to ngree upon a schieme, and pres- sure should now be brought to bear tosecnre the required legislation before the close of the preaent sossion, Thero are two Electoral bills pending,— ono introduced by Mr. Epxuxps which has passed the Senate, and the other by Mr. Soutnarp which has not yet been adopted by the House. Both bills are similar in sev- eral respects, and it {s believed that cither will serve to avert a dend-lock or serious dis- turbanco in the faturc. If this estimate be correct, then tho Eomoxos Lill should be given tho preference beoauso it is further advanced than tho other nnd has a better prospect for passing at tho present session. 'The fact that it is not partienn but well cal- culated to serve tho interests of a falr count is attested by the strong support the bill recelved from Mr. Bavanp in the Bonate, notwithstanding it had boen introduced by a TRepublican Senator. Moreover, if there be a desire on the part of the Houso to comply with the popular demand for this Electoral legislation, the purpose can be worked out more quickly ond surely by amending the Epyunos bill in any way that may be deomed proper than by urging the Bourmann bill. ‘The Epmunps Lill provides that the Pres. fdential election shail take placo on the first Tuesdny in October, and that the Eloctors ehall moet on tho sccond Mouday in Janu- ary. This provides an interval of more than three months for tho sctiloment of any dispute that may arise as to which set of Elactors have roceivod a legal majority of the popular vote in each Btate. Under the Epuuxps bill- each Btate may provide by Iaw its own systom for determining nny con- troversy concorning the choloe of Electors at ony time previous to the moeting of the College. After tho Electoral votes have been cast nud aro brought bofore Congress, BIr. Epsunps' bill provides that every undis- puted roturn shall bo counted unless rejocted by both Mouses ; io the case of two or more returng, ono wineh hns been ndfudged regular by the .competent tribunal of tho BState, such rogular return alone mny be counted; where thers ore two or moro roturns, each clalming tho sanc- tlon of the competent Stato tribunal, noither roturn shall bo counted without the concur. ronce of both Houses; where there are two or more roturns, neither of which lias been sustained by n competent State tribunal, then no one of the relurns shall bo counted with- out affirmative nction from Doth Iouscs, These provisions comprehond the essence of the measuro. Tho Boutnanp bill retains the present day of election,—thie Tuosaday nfter tho first Mon. day in November;—and requires the Eloctors to moot on tha second Mondsy {n Decomber. This gives nn interval of only thirty or thirty-five days for the settlemont of disputes by the 8tates themselves, inatead of more than three montls, a8 undor the Epaunpg Lill. The Souvrmanp bill also provides that such disputes shall be dotermined by the highost judicinl tribunal of each Btate, in. stead of pormitling every Blate to regulate ita own manner of disposing of any contro- yersy as to the appointment of its own Elect- ors,—nn interference with the State's internal allnirs that might Le resisted o8 unconstitu. tlonal, The Boutianp bill Is similar to the Epuunps bill a4 to the powars of Congroes in most respeots, but the two bills differ n one imporiant respeot. Whera thero is only one unduputed relnm, Mr, Sovruann's bill, like the other, provides that such roturn shall be counted unless rojected by both Houses ; whero there aro two relurns, each claiming tho sanction of the proper State tribunal, both bills require that no roturn shiall be counted unless both Youses concur thoreln; and whers thero aro two returus, neither of whick has Leen anstainsd by the proper tribunal, the conourrence of both 1ouscs ia required for the counting of either, Dut in oase of two returns, whore one las been sustained by the proper tribunal and tho other has not, the SBouruarp bill provides that the two Ilouses concurring way reverse tha decision of the Btate tribunal and count the other vote, This provision would soow to render the Btate decision altogether use- less; it would enable a Congreas Democratio in both Houses to sot asid for mere partisan advaulage a decision of w State tribunal in favor of tha Republican Electors, and vice versa. Of the two bills, Mr, Epuuxps' scheme seems to bo the fafrer aud the surer topre- veut a wrangle in Cougress over the vote, ‘The objection urged to it, that {t recoguizes the rights of individual States to an extent at varinnce with the thoory of the power of Congress to count the Electoral vote, may be best disposed of by the statement that the rights of the Btate are recoguized by the conatitutional system of sppointing Eleotors which now provails, and auy measure defin. ing bow these Elecloral votes shall be counted must conform to the existng sys. tem, Eithor bill, bowever, would be prefer. able to leaving the mallor where it now stands, and ono or the other should be adopted befory the present Copgress shall adjourn sine die. A Washington dispatch conveys the start. ling foformation that an atterapt will be 1wade in the House esrly next week to pass o bill orcativg o Loard of Commwissioners whose duty {t shall bo to fnquire into and roport to the next Congress what means are necessary to compel thy Pacitio Railroads to obey the laws of 1862 and 1864, Thisis eitber the suggestion of a huge joke about to be perputrated on Congress, or else tha propused bill is the product of some irre- devwably idiot who ought uever to lave atrayed into tho National Congress. It such a bill bo passed, and anch a Committes ro+ port to the next Congress, we presnme the next Oongress wonld appoint aunother Com. mittoo toinquire into and repovt whether tho recommendations of the previons Com. mittea wers propoer, and so on ad infinitum, It wonld be equally fitting that every time Oongroas pAsses n law on nany sub- ject & Committes be appointed to in. quire into the meansof enforcing such law ‘Tho Pacifio Railroad laws of 1862 and 180 ¢ex- prossly reserved to Congress the right to alter and amend, and, if those laws nre de. fective in providing the means for enforco. ment, then it is for Congress o pass addl- tionat legistation to curo tho defects. It was this necessity which suggested the TavaMar bill, end it is now the duty of the proper officers of the Government to proveed to ouforce the torms of that bill in the courts. Thera {s not much donbt either, in tho light of Benator Davip Davia' speech on the con. stitationnlity of the bill, that it will bo sustained by the Courts, The penaltios provided by the Trumsax law are ecvors, aud thoro is little doubt that ita tertns will be complied with when once sustained by tho Courts. If, upon trinl, it shall prove defoctive in any way, Gongress hins nuthority to still further amend tho original nots, and thero is no npeed inthe monntime for sy Congressional Commisaion to lob.nob with the Pacific Railrond manngers, | THE CHEYERNE OUTBREAK. The recont cscapade of the Cheyennes from Fort Robinson hns its sentimental as well ns military aspects, Sternly as their savagery should bo condemned, it is nons tho less impoasible not Lo feol a certnin aym- pothy with them, and probably many a read- erexperienced a feeling of exnltation whon this half.starved and half-frozen band suc- ceeded in eluding tho vigilanoe of their pur- suors and mado their tomporary escape, though it is cortain ultimatoly that they will either bo roturned to thoir reservation or ex- tarminated, The story of theso Cheyennes is full of in- torest, and it hna 1 {ts progrossion the qual. itles of oromance, It will bo remembered that they were originally placed upon n res- sorvation in the Indian Territory., It pos- sessod as many mdvantages as any other reservation in the Territory, and the Choy- onnes wera ns well sitnated as any of the other tribes, but they wero rostless, homo. sick, and discontented, and chafed under rostraint, At last they made their escapo and struck off towards the northwest, plundering and killing ns they wont. 'Tho troops follow- ed in pursuit, They tried to stop them on the line of the Kansas Pacifio, but foiled. Thoy thon trled to head them off on tho line of the Union Pacific and nilod agalu, and, after a long, tedious, and profitless stern.chase, thoy lost them in the sand-hills, 'Tho fugitives had thelr liborty for a time, Lut one unlucky day, coming in upon one of the northern resorvations, they wers made prisoners by the troops and were taken to Fort Robinson, in the extrome northwestern corner of Nobraskn, whore thoy wero temporarily confined previous. to thelr roturn to their old reservation in the Indian Torritory, The band, which had boen reduced in numbers to only 150 during tholr loug wandering, several of theso boing womon and children, becamo sullon and throatoned to escape. Foaring an outbreak, the guard was strengthened, and at laat, ay the day nrrived whon thoy wero to bo re. moved, they dotermined that they wonld die rather than go. They chantad thelr weird doath-song on the night of the Oth. Thoy threw open ths windowa of their prison, and, with a wild whoop, jumped out, overpow- ered the guord, killing’one and wounding four or flve more, and once moro mot thelr faces to tho northward over tha frozon, deso- late country. The troops at once organized pursuit, capturing somo of themn and killing thirty, among them womon and children, The main body kept on, how. ever, until thoy bhad reached the bed of Indinn Oroek, on the ot Creek road, which runs northenstorly along the lino of the Black Iills rogion, twenty miles awny from tho camp. Five companies of cavalry followed thom so closely thnt at Inst the In- dians Intronclied themselves behind rifie pits and spparently determined to sell their liven g dearly ns possible, How the Indinus over monagod to got that distance on foot, followed by five companies of mounted cav- alry, ospecially when they were incumbared with women and children, whero they got their rifies and revolvers, how the half.clad wrotchiea kopt from freezing, how they man. eged to subsist on that Lleak expanse of snow and fce, aro all mystories, unloss tho Indian fa skin to the wolf, and can shalter and subsist himself where other helugs would perish, 'The Iudians, having intrenched themaolvos, the troops camo to a halt, nud, having procured a twelve-pounder Napoleon, attemptud to shell thom out of their position, but oould make no impression npon them, As thero was apparently noavenus of eseapo, tho troopa rested tLnt night. On the follow. ing mornivg a recounoissance showed that tho rifle.pits were empty, Tho Indiava had stolon away In the night aud made good thoir escapo, and by that time must have put many miles bolween themsclves and the baflied troops. Bo long as these Indians remain on Amor- ican territory they must be vigilantly pur. sued, and those who are not killed must be taken baok to their rescrvation, If allowed to go free, it will not be possible to maintain any discipline over the other Indinns, At the same timo, if {his little band of half. starved, honiolcss wretches aliould follow Birrive Busy's example and make good their eacapa Iuto Dritlsh terrilory end remain there, thero could Lo little reuson for com. plaint, for notwithstauding their past asta of oruelty thero is somethiug in their abject condition that appeals to sympatly, aud something 1 thelr desperats determination to dle ratlier than lose their liberty that hos an elemunt of herolum in it, and calls for ad- wiration, Bo long ss Indians remain upon Amorican soil there is mo alternative for them but to go upon reservations and con. form as nearly as posaible to the demands of civilization, There is no cholce botween tbis and extermination, hard ok the slterna. tivo may Le, but even this need not deler us from adwiring thelr cournge, bardikood, and lovo of libert; 43¢ the Republicans of lilinols want Oorzssy for Benatur, let $hem excrt thumseives to have bim powminated fo 1k caucus. Louax's frisuds will staud by the caucus somination. Hutit ia the duty of svory Rtepublicsn to discoursge and denouucs pre-arranged *‘bolts™ by which s few sorebeads underiake to defeat the will of tho peo- vle, *"—Globe- Vemocrat. How does the (... kuow that * Looaw's friends will stand by the caucus nomina.’ tion? They bolted thecaucus iwoycars ago and dofented the regulur nominee, Judge Liwzrsce, sn influitely abler aud bettur men thau Loaaw, They will undoubtedly stand by the caucus if the “Big Iujun Ma" xeceives the ubuvlhuniuu, bus their past record rhows what they may do if he is not. Bupposa tho cancus should nominato the Hon. O, B. Fanwern, will Looax or his “frionds” stand by the nominee? The * friends ” hinve already leaked out inti- mationa that thoy will not support him if he fs nominated, but they vociferonsly domand that Fanwzwe's friends ahall support Loaax if he gets the caucus nomination, ** Heads I win ond teils yon losa™ {s the game Jomx and hin friends played two yoars ago, sud the only game they intend to play now. The special hienchimen of ** Black Jack " are gov- erned neither by honor nor honosty, and no- body is mora fully aware of that fact than the Globe-Democrat. Two yoarsago, just after Looan and hin friends hed knifod Judge Lawnexce, the Republioan eaucus nominee, their perfidions conduct was so glaring and indefensible that the Qlobe.Democrat de- nounced them in sirong langunge, We quote from ita article of Jan. 20, 1877, as follows: ** What fs the return which Republicanlam has recelved at the bLands of Mr. Lonan nnd his friends? Eimply a seil-ont, & botrayal to the enc- Looax', 0 had fatled to role, 1P Ju soof gratitade In his ponderous body, he will ascribe his election not to hisown merits but to the generous and devoted manner in which the Looax ndherents sacrificed their party on tho altar of their candidate, Tho proof of deliberste ‘dishonesty on tho part of the Irlends of Loaa: d of theie delennination to betray the party rather than allow any other lepublican to te elected, is clear enough, They bhad tha victory in their hands, and it does not matter whether they eacrl- ficed it throngh deliborato malice or sheer stupldity, the result and the blams must fall on then equaliy. Loaoax has i)lustrated for the ninoty-ninth tine the acpressing trath that in politics the only rale without an exception is the rulo of ingratitnde, and that when a party has ex- haousted fte resonrces and weakened its strength In heaving honors upon a *favorite son,* and stand= ing by lilm for the eake of the interests e reproe rents, the only roward it need expect Is botrayal, surronder, and defest! The bumillating defeat the Ropublicans have experionced when thoy held tho victory In tuelr hands ought not to be lost on them. Yet it will have been eadured in valn i they fail to aseribe itto anything else than that rule-or-ruln polley which waw a part of the Loaax programme, and which no man ought in a freo country be allonod to carry out moro than once." Evory word of this indignant Ianguage .is true as Gospel. Locan was guilty of deliber- ata troachiery ; his solfish, egotistical nature could not benr tho sight of any Republican getting the Bonatorship after he had failed. Wo fully and hoartily coincide with the Globe-Democrat, that *no man ought in a freo country be allowed to corry out his rule-or-ruin programme mora than onco," That Loaax porfidiously *sold out his party and betrayed it to the enemy,” as the G..D. chargad, 18 a foct of record. 'Thathe s pre. pared to play tho snme treacherous game over ngalu, in case Mr, Fanwerny is nom- innted, is as cortain ns Lis own existence. But the atrangest thing connectod with the whola matter is the sstonishing stultification of the Qlode-Democrat, which is bawling itsolf honrae for the displacement of fafthfnl and honest Uncle Diox Ogrxsnr and the elaction to his sent in the Benate of the very man whom it denounced as an ** ungratefal wratch,” who *‘sold out” and **botrayed his party ” from molives of cold-blooded self- ishness. What hos caused this flop? Is it the work of the old Whisky-Ring? The pulling and hauling over the election of Unitea States Scnators in ten or twelve Btutes, at the present momont, ralses the question whetlier a more peaceable, decent, and demo- eratic way of electing that officer couldn’t bo dovised. It looks to n good many peoplo as if our fathers made a grave miatake In taking tha electfon of Uunited Btates Senator out of the hands of the people and committing it to tho hands of o few persons who aro not elected with special reference to the performanco of that duty, If the Leglislature every vear had to dis- chiarge that scrvice, there might be sume pro- vtiety fn ft, at least more than now; but two- thirds of the legislators that arc choson nave nothing whatever to do with it. It {8 possible that the people at largo would not choose better men than aro now elected by the system In vogite, but it would bo more fo accordauce with tho spirit and genlus of our free institutions. At any rate, if the Benator was the direct choice of the masses, as the Governor aod other State officers are, we thould escape thescandal of log- ralling and wire-pulling that now dlsgracean number of Btato Capitols. e i —— ‘The 8t. Louls Republican (Dem.) favors tho election ot Logan to the Benato, nnd very can- didly and unrescrvedly gives its rensons for its prefercnce! Democratia Intereats would nndnnhludl;rbe mae terlally alded by the claction of Logan, 'That re- sult woutd sicken the decent Republicans, aud be tlis entering wedge of discord and dlasanslon here. afier, Moreover, & m-u{ able Republican Senator could do his party valuable service, and tothasamo extent hurt the Doinocracy, ftio stump ai power what o mere Senal Whoreas Looax, ot ‘outalde the county caucus, hins no 11e wouldibe, what be wad before, tick, not worth the powder to Llow o up—excopt as a frat-class test for Demo- cratic_sornivns. ‘fherefors Democrals can con- template bis success—If he oblains it—with perfect complacency, UOnly the peovlo of Illinvie §n gen- eral, nud the Hupublican party In particular, will suffer by it e e—— - We have fooked in vain through the columns of tho Loaan orguna for juvocations to Joun's lienchinen * to stuud by the caucus® in case the Hon, C, B, Fauwstu ls the nomiuee, Not ono of them {s vociferating in that behalf, Bevoral are already threatening to **bolt” In case he getsit, and Looan will Jead the bolt just as he it agalnst Judize LAWIRNCE two years ago, When thoso * organs” howl ¢ taud by the cau- cus, they merely mean in case **Black Jack s nominated, 1t he {& not, then bolt, as be- fore. That is thelr Idea of stanulog by a cauen “1leads I win, talls you lose," is thelr lit- tle game. Thoas follows are to bo trusted no farther tban o tallor can sllog s bull by the tail. e et—— ‘The Utah Salnts ore not hicartbroken over the death of Judye Janas B, MoKean, which was announced sume days ago, who had gained the name of *the Mission Jurist,” becauss of his hatred of tho practices of the polywsmists, It was Judde McKrax who first refused tha right ot citlzenship to Mormons believiug fn plural marriazes, and who gave the allmouy to Anx Euiza Youxa. e was doing agood deal to Lring volygamy into disrepute, and he stood bigh fn Utal jo the estimation of the Geutlle fobaottants, ——— Mr. MaLsteaD {8 clearly of the opinfon that “ne Adwinistration would be sn ass to nllow thoso who are its eneinica becauss it hauds are clesn to take posscsslonof tho uext Natlonsl Rupublican Conventlon. A solld Bouth forBiinn- MAN would therefors scem the most natural thing fu the world, bat remark of Mr, Hate »THAD s a littlo blind, We are st a loss to koow where the exact point is, and whether he is for Hayes or BuzRyvan. Of course he fs foran Ohlo man sbut who t e—— Tt looks just = little like rebellion out at Balt Lake. The Mormona aro very much worked up aver the declslon of the Bupreme Court to the elfect that Congress has the power to passand vuforco laws aguinst polyeamy. Bir. Delegate Cannox, who bas four wives of his own, has no {uca that the Morinons * will ylcld {helr princl- ples at the dictate of the Buprewe Court,” It they don't yleld, thea thers will bo wmusic, e ——— Gov. IlanTuaNsT must be & very carcleas ma, else he would Lave scot Lis reprievo fn thue to preveut the cxecution of the two Molly Maguires. Two wloutes after s fellow has ceased o kick {s at least threo minutes too late. Time must be preclous fu Penusylvaula, e —— Mr, Jamzs R, Kegxe, who caused such s Bester smong our boys oo 'Change fn the carly part of winter, sccins $0 bo too busy with wheat corners to give much attentlon to growing gy, kind of grain. Tho San Franclsco Pad of l):-‘ 80savs: ‘“The ranch bolonting to Jaspy Kenun, located In Alameda County, nepy thy Miesion 8an Jose, and held under mortgage 5‘ the French 8avings and Losn Assoclatlon of 1 city, has accrued to that bank by defayy .,: payment, Kexx® has interests In miolng and grain speculations too avsorbing to care muy ubout agricuitural interesta.’” ‘ e ea— T1sWARCK {a eald to bellevs in one-man powy, provided he is that onc man himael e Prin !' has drawn up a bill which canses n deal of ,}. citement and comment. It practically abollsp,, all guatantees of frecdom of debate ani puyy), in the power of the mafority of the I to turn any offcnding member over courts, chitay to th ————— Constderable favor 18 given Lo tha laws pry, vosed In several Btates whereby bu(ly-mnlcmn. will bo obviated, in part at least. The plan iy Kive tho bodles of criminals and other unclameq budles of persons who dla in publlc Institutiy to medical socletics, and ot tho same gy, provide sqainst the robbing of cemeteries, Philadelphia Ttmes: *The trouble that yy, Jomx A, Looax fs having in his effurts to gy back to the United States Benate scems to fny, cate that he fs not the awfully great may by s been cracked up to be. linols hias gepey, olly been able to return her really @reat mepqy the Benate without so much trouble.” sshastaitialohions The Ohfo Democrata ara just now discasnizy the question whether THURMAN'S lctter oty Columbus meeting wonld have sulted g Hickory. Of course it wouldn't. JACKsONwy not in the habit of bllnking public quesy a8 THuRMAX did the currency question, gatientd H ‘The bitter cold woather of January fswy comed il over the Bouth., Tho Vickibgr dieraid snys tho gerins of yellow-fover musyby hidden unusually well to have escaped (b severe cold that has recently vistted that gy tion of the country. 4 e — All the Washington correspondents are ¢r, tremoly anxious to havo the Preshilent provig asnug berth for BTANLEY MATTUEWS, whoy sands of politieal life have raa almost out, Th ! President I8 not the man to leave an Oblo frlenq outin tho wet, ——————— . The rich old gentleman whoss name |y Tnosmas Lonp, who mndo some nolsc s yer ago by marrylng the Widow Hicxs, fs about ty pass fu bis cheeks ob 85, Bl badu'tlongte wait for her monoy, It would be & joke for which the counlry’h not preparcd L 87, ManTing has told the trah alter ail, and thus glven the 1ie to tho nssertion that o Loulsiaus man can be believed uuda oath. , If the Connecticut Kopublicans elect P.T. Bannux to the United States Senate he wil teach tho boys how to advertise tholr show sou to get a crowd, - ————— The City of Memphis owes 85,000,000, sn) - cau't pay, It fs proposed to abolish theciy clinrter and lot the creditors whistle for ther nouey. —— Prof. HiLy, who has just teen elected to the United Btates Senate in Colorado, i8 worth hat amilllon. No nced of salary-grab In his case. = it Mules, horses, and cattlo were frozen to death in East Misstssippt during the lust cold weather, ————— Congrossman Cniro, who has been sick slay Novemticr, has started for Washingtou, e a— ‘Wape HAxrroN fa ablo to sit up. The mul bos entlruly recovered, Y SYLPH.” MeoDonald, the Crony of o P’residont, Tikely to Fina flimsolf Without a Ruor Overitl Head, Bpectal Tiaaleh to The Tyihune, MiLwAukez, Wis., Jan, 15.~The wifc of Gen, John McDonald, of 8t. Louls Whilsky Ring fame, Lias turned the tables upon her husband and the 8ylph, by selling the splendid Green Lake property now occupled by them. ‘The purchaser 18 0. L, Rosenkrans, a well-known jeweler of this city, and tha terms aro private, although Mr. Rosenkrans feola ot liberty to stato thathe lias bought It at 8 barzaln, for speculative pur- posca. This handsomo proowrty sonslats o8 nacres of land, and has huilding fmprovements on it that cost $33,000, "It was acelel to Mra. McDonnld at the tlmo of her marrlaze to the General by his father, aud ber hushad has never exerciscd any fusthier control over i than was conveyed to him by power of attorney to sell the products of the farm. = Mra, MeDua nld's object o dlsposin of the houschold un- questionably {s to dlspossess the General and bhils Sylph of the comfortable quarters mu(,m at present enjoylng, Her attornvy, Mr, Wik lams, left this evening to serve uotice umwd Gen. MeDonald, prellminary to thoe cotninence ment of ejectment proceed{nes., ———— MILWAUKEE MARINE NEWS, &pecial Dispatch to TAs Tribune MiLwAvxax, Jun 15.—Tae propellers Trues dell, Oconto, and Depere arrlved lnat night and this mornlug from Ludington, 'They will re torn across tho lale with full cargoes of grain flour, and provisions as soon as the present southeast snow-storm abates, The propeller Mcnomonea left for Ludington laat night, it a full cargo ot wheat and flour, Neither the Minucapolis nor Amazon bave suceeeded [n leaving Graud Haven Uarbor o yet, bup It {4 suppoaed thut tho prosont south enst galu will seod the fce-telds adrlit and effect thelr rolease. forinight, The following admlralty cascs aro on tho cal- cndar for the Junuary term of the Unitoed Statel Diutrict Courtt 1. Michae} Winter vs. Scow Manitor. 2. Edward Mcliraw ct sl va. Beow Monllor and Danlel Bwinburn, Juliu Bertsehy va. Propeller Beotia. 4. Greenleat 8, Rand ut al, v, Securlty Io surance Company of New York, 5. The Phenix Insurauco Company of Brook- Erle & Western Trausportation Cuae es Kusign ve. Propolier Peerloss. 7. Miciolus Miller va, Barguo Lotus. 8, James Alley vs, Barquo Lotus, 0, :Il'hemloml Evert ve. #ehooner Roubes oud, 10. James Carr vs, Bchivonor Odin, L C. if, Harke ve. Schooner Anole O lanson, % |0l"1 Charles Bpluney {ve. Schooner Hotty Tsy* ——— MASONIC, Bpoecial Dispatch to Thé Triduna. Bennora, I, Jun, 18.—A very largo number of the ellto of this clty ussembled laat eveuingy by Invitation, in the besutiful rovms of Mendots Lodge, No. 176, A, F. and A, M., to witness ou¢ of the most successful installatlons of ofilver? that nastaken place futhe DBlue Lodgu fot years. 'Tho followluy are the geutlomen fuduct ed: Drothers J. Hcheldenbelm, Worshipfel mastor; H. Eungelbracht, Senlor Warden: Joba B. Stuminger, Junior Warden; 8. Ariold Treasurer; Theodure Guere, Seeretary; J. We Edwardas and L. Uoodwin, Deacous; B. Lec and L. ‘Taylur, Btewards; B. N, ll&n, Trler Bro. A. M. McKey, Postinaster, sssisted by T F. A, Newport, acting Marshal, performed the gorenooy. Lico. the Rev. I A. “Read, Cher- lain 834 Degree, dulivered s magoificent and o+ terestivg mddress ou the antiquities of Masunryy #oon after which the brethron and visitors ade uurned to the Passenger House, whers ¢ uguet was beld thut would have tempted the appetites of the gods. The tables rontalued everythiog of the season, and prosented a3 el Zant an appesrauce as possible, und the ailen: tiou ta the gusts was certatuly all that coill bo required, ‘The party retired abuout il night, witer having spent ona of the wost st us well a3 one of thy'enjoyable ureniugy of the svason, — SUPPOSED TRANCE. Special Piapate to The Trionne Four Warxw, Iud., Jan. 16.—The case of Rose Miller, the girl whose funeral was poit poued yesterday on account of signs of life, re malus 8 profound mystery, The body fs yet 8 tho hospital, sud presents the vawmo lifc-liko and nutural sppearauco ss it did yesterday, 1t wss visited to-day by bundreds of people. It will Dot bo futerred until Unwistakable sywptosd apnear, ‘The blockade has now exlsteds |