Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1879, Page 4

Rl oo S L LA s i J 4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TIIURSDAY, JANUARY 23, IX7—=TWELVE PAG Tye Taibmne, TERMS OF SUNSCRIPTION. 5T MAIL—IN ADVA! !"RH'A‘XD. £ pecimen copien sent free. tifve lost-Utlice address in tall, fnclading State and County. Remittances may he made cither by draft, exprosa, Toat-Uiee order, or in reglatered letter, st our risk. TERNS TO CITY SUBECRIDRRS. Tafiy, deliverei, Fundsy excepted, 23 centa per week. Dally, delivered, Eunday inciuded, 20 cents per week. Acdress THE THIDUNE COMPANY, Curner Medison and Dearborn-sts., Chieago, 1k ©nters tor the delivery of Tux TainTxx at Evansion, ‘Englewood, and Tlsde Park jeft in the counting-room ilireceive py TRIBUN OFFICES. Tn® CnicAco TRINUXE has established branch offices fcr (L recelrt of subscriptions and sdveriisementa as follnws: MEW TORK—Room 20 Tribune Bulldiog, F.T. Mo+ AnvEx, Msonger, VAIE, Frace—No, 16 lus de ia Orange-Datellere, T Mantrn LONDOY, Jtexay ¥, BAN TTAN WASHINUTON AMUSEMENTS. American Exchsngs, 440 Sirand. Agent. O Cal.~Palace Hotel D. C.—No. 1819 F street. AcVicker’s Theatre. Madizon street, detween Dearbornand State, *'Green Dushea," Tlaverly’s Theatre. Desrhorn strect, corner of Monros, Engagement of Hor Majesty's Opera, **1Puritanl.” Iloalcy’s Theatre. Tandolpn street, beimeen Clork and Lasalle, Ene gaxement of Joseph Morphy, ** Shaun Tioe.™ Academy of Muste. Tlalsted street. between Madlson and Mooroe, Va- ety entertatnment. Iamlin’s Theatre, MCIark street, opposito the Court-llouse. Varfely en- tertainment. » THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1870, —_— Tho varions cleotions of United States Senators, mentionod as having beon partial 1y consummated on Tuesday, wero yosterday confirmed by tho action of tho Legislatures in joint-convontion. There s & revival of the rumors that Jndgo OnnisTiaxoY may resign the Michigan Benatorfalship end mako way for Zicx Ciuaxpren, It fs hard totell what may liappen in theso qneer Senatorial times. Brsmancx’s plan to silence adverse debato In the Gorman Parlinment by legislativo on- sctment hay oxcited such o storm of indig- nant opposition throughont the Empire that o withdrawal of the obnoxious measure is necessitated, Tho Repnbliczn majority in the Legisla- ture of 1llinois having condoned tho salary- grab offenso, Wisconsin naturally folt en- cournged to follow the example of letting by- gones bo bygones, and so clected Mart Oag. rENTER to spcoeed Judge Howe in the United Bintes Sonate. Binco the Republicans are to be in the minority in the Scuato after the 4th of March, Wikconsin will havo the satisfac. tion of being represonted by a mon who can tulk brillinutly aud well, and whose share in the debates will be n conspleuons ono. e . Tho fngitive Clioyennes havo at last been overtaken aud captured in their il ght acrosy the bleak praivics and among the snow. covered hills and ravinos of Nebraska, Theirs was n most desperato plight from tho timo of thair escape nt Fort Robiuson, and tho only wonder I8 tbat o their helpless condition they should bavo been nblo to elude pursuit solong. As it was, they sold their liberly dearly, twonty-three of tho forty.nine hav. ing been killed in the attack of tho troops upon their positions, while nine woere wonnd- ed, aud the remainder are uvaccounted for, They were on the road to the Red Cloud Agency, where their urrival would have boon cortalu to maka troubls, Itis with pleasura that ackuowledgment 1s mado of au injustico doue to Col. Marre- gox and Mr. J, II. Haveserin yesterday's 'Frineye in giving currency to tho report re. gurding the sale of operu-tickots to specu. latos. Bubsequent juquiy acquits these pontlenton of any blume whatever in ths affair, Col. Marvrsoy belng exclusively ene grossed fu tho musieal munegement, while Mr. Haveney, who s convalescing from & wevero illness, was uuable to exorcise Lis customary capable azd careful supervision of affnirs, So far from cncouraging the practico jof ticket speculation, 3r, 1avenny had adopted un- usually stringent means to provent it na far e practicable, nud it was ouly through tho disarrangonont of pluus consequent upon hiu illness and prolonged sbsenco from the theatro that the shnrpers were successful in getting a ** corner " on the performancos of to.night and HBaterdsy afternoon. Whero the blumo lies the punishment shouldl be located, but it clearly of right does not at- tach to elther of tho mnnager:. Nothing but tho expiration of the morning bour iu the House yesterday prevented o conflict of intenso interost Letween the two wings of the Democralic parly,—the oune urging and the other opposing the payment of Bouthern Wur-clubus, It is omy lately that it could be said there were two winga of the Democratio pavty as regards this question, ond even now it rewalus to be determined ‘wlother the vigorous aud manly fight waged by Mr Portez of New York and Gen, Bnaca of Wisconsin against the 'F'reasury- ralders of their party in the South will at- tract recruits to thelr sido suficient to raise & rensonablo doubt as to the ability of the Bouthiern wing of the party to carry matters with o bigh Laud as thoy did iu the anto- wor times, Gen. Buade bas cvidently ulirred up the wumunls to & pitch of furious anger by his blunt reminder that the Nosth bos ulready <yielded up ounough in bloud and treusure, and will staud no asseas- wmouts to poy losses sustained through treu. son aud rebullion. The Coufederato Briga. diers oro burstivg with impatisnee to ds. nounce with true Southern fire the Northern Democrat who bas bud the harditiood to call thinge by their right names, and they will be beurd from at the earliu opportunity, ‘The salo of 4 per cent bouds sinco the first of tho New Yeur has been unprecedented by suy previous negotiation’ of Governmout sevuritics, unless wo except the great popu. lar loans of Frauce, Tho recentcall for $10,. 000,000 of tko G per cents makes $90,000,000 of that issue which were called within twenty days, and it isnow more thanlikely that Suc- retary BurzMaxs prediclion will be yorificd, Vot Fant the entirs woonnt of vatstanding cousols of 1367—§310,614,000—will wll by retunded before the closs of the yeuwr, In crdar to do this, bowever, it is uccossury to net over the back-pay Pousion bill. discovered that twonty times the amount of monoy atated by tho claim-ngouts on the floors of Congreas will not begin to moet the requiroments of the bill. It was Loldly ale legod by those pushing tho bill in Congress that it would not consnne moro than soven milllons of dollars, that soven spucio puymoents, snto of soveral hundrod willions of bonds, reach tho £200,000,000 or thereabouts that aro believed to be held in Earope, the new 4 per cents for coin and romit that coin to Europo in exchangs for the called bonds would bo a fearful drain upon the coin resonrces of the Treasury snd the country. Tonccomplish the end in view and at the same time aveid this drain of coln I8 the mission of tho new syndicate, of which’ the Rornscnmps, Sgrioyase, Mos- aAx & Co., Beuyoyr & Co., and other large firms are mombers. The purpose i3 to make a direct exclinngo of 4 per conts for @ per conts without sending tho coin abrond to take up the Intter. Itis belioved that this plau is fonsiblo, 'The 6 per conts are subject To sell to call aud will be called, so that the European owners cannot hold them and con- tinuo to draw interest thereon. likely that Europenn capitalists, in these uncertain times, can secure a botter invest. mont for their money than Amorican 4 per conts, and it is evidently on this theory that the new Syndicate has undertaken to nogoti- ote the exchange nt the rate of 5,000,000 a month up to July 1. cess, of conrso tho contract will be extended g0 s to embraco tho whole lino of 6 per cents Lield abroad. Tho profit ou the trans- notion will be in the commissions and in tho drawing of incerest on the two seta repre- senting the same lonn for tho threo months’ time, which it i necesaary to give 8aamno- tico for calling the outstanding 6 per cents. This circumstance will offer an inducement to the Europoan bondholders to facilitate the exchange, and at the same time the Govern- mant will not only reap the advantage of re- funding, but escape the embarrassmont of the drain of coin which a payment in coin of the G por cents hald in Europe would occa- sion, It ia not If thoy meet with suc- Tho House of Ropresentatives has so many questions on hand, and tho time of tho ses- sion remaining is g0 short, that the expaota- tion of obtaining any legislation on general business becomes wonker every doy. of tho measures pending is tho resdjustment of the sugar dutics 8o as to brenk up the presont giaut monopoly in the sugar trade, and to break up tho scandalous frauds porpe- trated in the importation sud adulteration snd in the Custom-House welghts, of revenue by frauds equals annually perhaps £0,000,000. The frands upou thao public by ndulteration amount perhaps to §20,000,000 annunlly. ‘These are merely tho pecuniary robberies, and do not take into account the injury to health, lifo, nnd morals resulting from the wholesala and of nrticles in the manufacture of which sugar entors largely. partment has enraestly appesaled to Congross to revise tho Inw 80 ns to put an end to theso abuses, but the sugarlobby with its enormous profits is able to maintain an op position which is truly formidable, defeating any legislation to reform abuses aud dostroy mouopolies are various, and tho session has so far progressed that it will soon requiro a two.thirds vote to carry auy bill of that kind. Even it the llouse pass the bill, it lina to meot n severo trinl in the Sonate, There the sngar monopoly bias a strong party which will oppose uny such bill as ia pro- posed in the Houso. o personal interest in defeating such a bill, The feauds in the New York Custom-I{ouso inclnde those practiced in (he importation of sugar, and, as he is making the fight in tho Sennte to protect tho officers who por- mitted those frands, he will uaturally oppose One ‘Tho loss adulterntion of sugar Tho Troasury De- Tho menns of Benator CoNxLiNg lins any legislation fonnded on the ncceasily to corroet ovils which ho declares do not exist. The fact remnivs, nevertheloss, unchangod that tha reform of tho sugar rates is de- mauded by overy consideration of publio in. terest: but, unfortunately, publie interests aro not so strongly and carnestly defonded in Congress as is tho intercst of the sugar monopcly or the private feelings and pur. poscs of Senntor CoNkLING. PENSION PANIO IN THE CABINET. There is something like a panic fu the Cabl- It ia It is now discovered millions will not pay the nterast ulone on tho monoy at 4 per cont, Bocrotary Bizumax declared in the Cabinet meeting of Tavsdny that it would take nore that one inndred und fifty millions to meot the domands of the bill, The farther the matter is looked into the larger tho thing grows, From n harmless little lamb it has alrendy becomo an clephant, and bids fulr to bo n whale before it is done growiug. Nobody in Congress secms to Lave made the slightest iuvestigation into the amount of money that it would take to satisfy the bill, blindly as to eoffeot or counequence, sido sald they could stand it if the other oould; neither had the mornl conrage to ex- amine tho muasure, or to vonsidor the futer. usts of taxpayers, or tho condition of the ‘I'ronsury. tho bill, sud the Becretary of the Treasury 14 protty badly frightoned as to the ultimate effuct of thio bill vu the finances of the Gov- ernment, Alroudy the Fiatists are sdvocating It wos rushed through headlong and One I'he Prosident is afrald to veto nn emission of groenbecks nud suspeusion of It is that, they say, or tho and o now excitemaont s likoly to burst forth in Congress before this session terminntes. An extra session will probally have to be callad to mect the now and grave fiscal problem, 1t 18 plainly seon already that the surplus rovenues will not at oll sufiee, s thoy only smouut now to twouty to twuanty.five millions & year, A tax on tes and coffee wmight be made to ylvld fifteen or twenty willions o ycar, or, sy, forty wmillious for hoth together; Lut the demsuds of the Pou- sion Lill will be anywhere from 200 to 300 millions, and porhaps twico either of thoso s, if intersst ou buck pay shsll also be puidd Lot us caleulate a littlo, 'I'he number of names on thu pension rolis is ot Jeast 300,000, fucluding thuse who bhave died sinse tholr nawes worae eatered, aud whoss heirs will be eutitled to back pay. 'L'ore ure in addition fully 50,000 new nataes struggling to get on, with certuinty of success us soon us their cases can bo examined. It is thirtoen and o half years singe the War closed uud soventeen and o half years since it com. monced. I'he Dbest estimates lend to the opinion that the names now on the rolls will be entitled under the Lill to five or six years’ pay on the gon- erul aversge. Boma will receive soventeon years' back pensions and others one your, some five yeurs uud otbers tou, oto. Average tho whola 300,000 uames at five yoars, with- out counting nuy interest, and lbu swouut of money required to sottly their claimg will bu 160 willions of dollars. Add to this the £9,000 applications being proven np heforo the Pension Barcan, and certain to be placed on the rolls within a yearor two at tho farthest ; anch of those 50,000 will be enti- Ued to fifteen to cighteon years' back pay, which will give each ex-private abont &1,600 apiecs and ex-officors say £3,600 each, the whole amounting to fully 100 millious, making & total of moro than 250 millions to start with, as this will only be the commencement of thoso enor- mons ponsion cxpenditures, When it is scen {hat n small fortnno awaits every man whose name can be added to the pension rolls, tho pressare to got on them, nccording to human patare, will bo not only immenso but irre- alstible, Every 10,000 now names will require twenty millions of dollars for back pay, and oach year the bnck pay will be growing Inrgor, Is it any wonder the Becretary of the Trensury is alarmod at the prospect bo- foro him? As tho President haa not the nerve to sond the bill back to Congress for farther cousid- eration, that body will have to face the musla on tho question of ralsing the money far tho vast flood of pension grotuities they liave voted away, and the problem to solve is the procuroment of the money with the lonst damngo to tho pnblic credit, injury to the business interest, and oppression to tho tax- payers, THE APPELLATE COURT, Wo did the Appellata Court of this diatrict and the Circuit Judgos of this connty an in- justice yosterdny i publishing a commauni. cation from a lawyer, and in editorial com- ments thereon, respecting tho businers of that Court. Substantially it was stated that out of fifty-four cases taken to tho Appellate Court from this connty fifty-three wero ro- versed and only one affirmed. Tho writer wns lod into this mistake by forgotting or not knowing that the Appellate Court is not required to doliver writlen opinions except in thoso cases which are reversed, and hience the volumo of roported opinions contains only cascs that were reverscd. In one case of special public interest tho Court gave n written opinion affirming tho judgment be- low. ‘This fully explains what seemed to be o wholesale sud extrnordinary reversal of Judgments. Mr. Barm, the Olerk of the Appellate Court, furnishes ns with some facts concern- ing the business of that Court, from which it appenrs that the wholo numboer of cases docketed in the Appellate Court sinco Oct. 1, 1877, iy 265, which have boen disposod of 28 follows : Ct . asseen een o Cases revoraed and romanded. Pending and under advisomenf Totalicuisevanessonnsnnnons: The number determined by the Appellate Court wns 234, of which ahout 60 per cent, or three-Afthy, have beon affirmed nnd tho others reversed and remanded, Iho wholo nnmber of cases in which the sum in controversy is 1,000 and over 8 126, From thoss reversed nnd remanded thero is no appeal to the Supreme Court ; thosa cases aoro returned to tho Courts in which they originated. Of tho onsos af- firmed, only 22 have been appualed to the Sapreme Court. Of tho 23t cnses ndjudi- cated by the Avpellate Conrt, only 22 hava been appented to the Bupremo Court, when iu tho absence of that Court porhaps 200 of them would have beon taken up, Lractieal- 1y, thorefore, the Appellate Court of this district has relieved the Supreme Court of appenls in 212 cases, and If tho same relicf bo afforded proportionately by all the other Appeliate Courts of the State, then tho relict to the Supremo Court has been perhaps ovon greater than was outicipated. ‘Tho whole number of chancery cases taken to the Ap- pellnte Court has beon 48, of which 13 have been ravorsed, 18 aflirmed, and 17 aro pending or under advisement. Only eight chancery enses hinve been appoaled to the Supremo Court. "fho Appellate Court has now under ad- visotnent ao npplication for a aupersedeas in o criminal cnse, This opens up o new difi. culty in eriminal prosccutions, If tho Ap- pollate Court whall take jurisdiction in all criminal cases it will givo an ndditionnl op~ portunity for delay, and delaysin the admin- istration of criminal lnwa are not conducive to the ends of justice. TREATMENT OF THE INSANE Dr, IL. B, WiLoun, the Huperintendent of tho Now York Asylum for Idiots, has done good servico to the important work in which he s engaged by printing and circulating in punphlet form somo oxtrncts from the “Twoentioth Annual Roport of the Commis. sloners of Luuncy of Scotland for 1877," As the proper methods of trentment of the insane hnvo long beon discussed in this country by thoso intcrested in thein, and the discussion at times has grown into quiton hented controversy, the evidence submitted Ly tho Scotch Commissiouers ought to be carefully cunsidored by those who kLave charge of these unfortunates in our own midst, It is imposuible in onr brief space to give suything liko a comprebensive state~ mont of the results aud conditious of the Beotch mothods of troatment, but we mny indicate n fow of thom in a general way, and sufticleutly to furnish our own authorities with & busis for fuvestigation aud expori- ment, Tho general aim of all thu establishments for the insane in Bootland is to improve tho condition of the pationts by a rational system of non-restraint, to encourage healibful nud Interesting occupations, nud to make asylum life aa much liko ordjnary lifo a4 possible, ay well s to ubwerva the proper hyglenic reme. dies, Oneof thomost imj. rtaut changes lutely inndo In management is tha diminution of restrictions on the persunal liberty of the patients, Tho old plan of walled alring courts has fallen iuto disuse, and the now asylumy pre Lullt witbout them, ‘They havo oven gouo further than this, aud the grounds attucbod to thew uro mow constructed withe out boundary-wall or fouco, unless they aro located in the heart of u town or city, when thoy are inclosed liko ouy other public build. ing. Tho practico now is also quite gencral of furnishing the asylum doors with locks haviug ordinary haudles, sud eveu leav- ing tho doors open. Bo far s 18 compatible with safoty aud prudence, mavy patients aro allowed to tuke exorolse or move about on parole within the grouuds or boyond thew, and to have as wuch personat froeedom as if thoy wero with. in their own houses. While this large do. gree of liberty is accorded to patients, thero iv less resort to mechanical restraints and so- clusion than in any other part of the world. Owing ta the fucrenso of exercise aud occu- pation in the open air, the coutontment and calmuoss of the patients, aud the careful at- tontion whick is given to the preparation of food, stimulants are decreasingly consumed and the use of narcotics is also diminisbed. Insteud of giving sleoping draughts, they suck to secure sound aud refreabing natural sleop by dictary meaus und closer sttention t9 tho condition of beds, Great lmvortanco ia nlso attached to exercise and ocoupation in the open air, and they nre made as cheer- ful ns possible, Much of this oxorciae is now obtained on nsylum farms, and #o profitable hos it become that the asylum managors aro now procuring ali the Iand they can, They Bay *! The Argyll Aeylum has abont GOO scres, and the little Ban® Asylum about 350acres, This land furnishes heaithfal occupstion and exerciso to inmates, and n the strictest »ense farnishes a means of medical troatment, At the samo time it benefits the whole namber of the patienta by the liberal sunpliea of beef, mutton, pork, polatacs, green vecotables, and milk which it ylelds. The dietary 18 thus renderad more abandant, of hettar anality, and more varled, Specinl benefts are be- tlaved to rernlt from the plentiful aapply of good milk, in the valuo of which ns an article of food there is 8 growing confidence. ! Dr. WiLoun, 1 a carefully.prepared intro- ductfon to the oxtracts he bas made from the roport, calls attention to the thoroughncss of the Governmental supervision that char. nclerizes the management of the Scotel nsylums, It is the duty of the Lunacy Boards to see that every patient is properly treated, and that he is not rotained beyond tho proper time, aud ss moro or less of the membora of theBoards arc men who have bad practical exporionco in taking care of the insane, they are compotent for thelr duties. The system * requiren the keoping in every asylum of registers, case-books, nnd journala which cover the daily lifo of every inmate, and report all necidents or casualties ; in slort, evorything ont of theusunl courso in the medical or other napects of every in- dividunl case. It investigates the causes of accidents, of nlleged nbuses or neglect, and in tho caso of every sudden death it requires an {nqnest.” It is nlso a part of the duty of theso Bonrds to make publio all improved or sucecssful mothods of treatment, and to act as a check upon local Boards of Administra- tion to provent extravagnnea or noglaot. Tho suggestions whioh aro thrown out by Dr. WiLnur, a5 well a8 thoso mado in tho Beotch report, aro worthy of carefal consid- eration, QGrave charges have more than onco beon made of abuses in our Insane asylum#} charges which are difficult to estab- lish, asthe victimaof inhumanity cannot testi- fy. Mora than once it has been shown that patients havo been improperly committed to nsylums, and in somo instances that sane persons have beon confined through the con- splracies of deslgning parties, It is, more- over, an undisputed fact that in somoe of our asylnms pationts are not properly or intelli- gontly treated, and that the State suporvis- ion is notoriously incompetont. The victims of mental disease are cutitled to a constant regoard for tho alleviation of their pitinble condition nnd to evory mothod of treatment which will minister to their welfare, The results which have been secured in Scotland, ns shown by the report of the Commission- ory, outitle their mothods to a full and im. partial trial, and, if successful hero, to their adoption, THE CIPHER DISPATCHES, Thoso famous, or more properly infamons, dispatches which wero exposed by tho Now York Tribune scem destined to make tho Democratio politicians a good deal of trouble Leforo thoy got through with the subjeot. They havo been n gort of nightmaro to thom ever sinca mado public. It hias boon severnl montls sinco these strong evidences of cor- ruption were Lrought to light, and Congress has been in sossion mix weeka during tho poriod, but it was not till day beforo yester- doy that the Democralic mnnagors plucked up enough courage to demand an investiga- tion. Tho rcsolution nuthorizing the in. quiry wn3 only proposed at lost becanso they could wo louger avoid tho matter without placing the party in the nttitude of approv- ing tho methoda that were used by tho Tir. pEN crowd to bny the Presidency. B, Porren introduced and supported the resolu- tiou undor n sort of protest; Hewrrr was nnxious fo protect himsolf ns Chalrman of tho National Democratio Committee which ran T1LDEN'S enmpaign ; BorLes opposod the resolution ontright; the Iepublicans wera choked off from debato, ond altogether the caso presented a sories of curious contradic. tions and revealed a general searo among tho Domocrats, Mr, Porren's romarks were peenliar, He s evidently not prond of the Committeo which benrs his nome, nor of the results of the general Inquiry which ho set on foot, o aduits that the conduct of this Commit- tea lins been mean ond outrngeous in many respects, and ouly complaing (hat Lo hag been blamed personally for it. Tlo shows a notablo auxioty to unlond Tipex, and por- ticularly to disavow auy close personal rela- tions. Finally, Mr, Porrer wanted it nnder- atood that he dId not introduce this now res. olution of inquiry of hils own motion, but L. causo ho had boen instructed to do so and could not avoid it. 1iis remarks indicated throughout that Le wished he woro woll rid of tho wholo matter, aud that he is lnboring under the uppreliounsion that no good can possibly come of going any doeper into the affair, Mr., Hewite's romarks wero scarcoly less confused ond straiucd. This gentleman, it is genorully understood, hos been estranged from Mr, 'L1iLoxx¥ by reason of tho contro- voray over the latter's rorponsibility for tho Electoral Commission which dotermined the final count of the vote for President, A very marked question of veracity arose between thieso gentlemen, brought out by proxy under the suspicos of Measrs, Ilzsuy WatTeusox and MastoN Maupir. Bince then, llzwrrr hus beon remnrkably cool towards Mr, Tir. nrx and manifestly udiffervnt as to bis polit cal fortunes. But the cipher dispatchos seom to have rennited Megaru, Tivey and Hewrrr, for the lntter thinks it necessary to viodicate tho former in this matter as a means to Lis own vindication, sluce they wero go intimately sssocluted in the conduct of the campaign. It is worthy of romark, however, qmt AMu, Hewitr was not anxious cnough for this meaus of viadication ta move for sn luquiry Liuwwelf, aud ouly tock the position when the issue had been forced upon the House, DurLes's attitudo was still more mysteri- ous, Hv opposed tho investigation alto. gether, iy pretense was that Congross has no suthonty to rakoe up private telugraphic correspondencs nor {o spend publio money for investigating private affairs, It is pro. posturous 0 suggest thay Burixn is really influonced by auvy such delleato wmotives. ‘Thoro ure varions theories on which his op- position to the investigation moy be ex. plained. He bas taken tho lead in tho dirty work of tho Porren Committes in bekalt of the Democrulic struggle to smirch the Adminlatration, aud it is possible that he dreads an inquiry which may result in the worse smirching of the cause which he has made his own, It was also rumored st ono time that Burier bad some agency in so- curing for thoe New York Zridune these verycipher dixpatches, theexposursof which he vow deplores as coutrary to ths usual sauctity of private affaire, and ho wmoy foar that Lis counuction with the affair will be explained tlrough an investigation, It was commodatlons, upon by Congress, says Mr. Srorronn, should understood that ho will be hanged. tlser pays that probably nothing will avall to suve bim from the gallows, Now, this is far frown being evon-hianded justico as hetween the promised on Burres's hohalf, whon the Tir- neN ciphor dispatches wors first brought ont, that he (BoTrer) was prepared to far- nish cqually dnmaging dispatches on the other sido, and his inability to provide the Democrats with this promised off- Rob may also account for his unwillingnoss to go into the matter. Viewed from ail sides, the unwilling ap- proach to this invostigation is certainly not calculated to nllay public suspicion, The inquiry is intrusted into the bands of a com- mittee which has forfeited publio confidence and ovinced n readiness to do almost any- thing necessary for partisan advantage. It is a matter of considerable doubt, therefore, whether the $10,000 appropriated will bo in- telligently used to arrive at the *‘truein- wardness " of the numerons Democratio at- tempts (o bribe nnd purchase Eloctoral votes for TrLoex to which he was mnot entitled. As a matter of fact, tho sum of $£10,000 scems (o bo n good deal more than is re- quired to that end, ainco the New York dribune sunounces that it hina just pub- lished in pamphlet form the original cipher diepatohes, the transiation, the key, and n history of the dissovery, all of which it will soll for the smsll sum of 25 cents. In fact, it is not unlikely that a copy of this pam- phlet will be contributed to the Porren Com- mittee without monoy aud without price, it necessary, 8o that there necd be np delay and no extravagant exponditare, unless the pur- posa be to conceal and not expose the real responsibility for tho seandal, The annual report of the Librarian of Con- gress has been recelved. The aggregato increaso during the year has been 21,537 volumes, swell- ing the contents of the library to 852,056 vol- umes of books, besides abont 120,000 pamphlets. ‘The accesslons of tha year have coms from the following sources: Rooks. Pamphlets. By purchane ... .. 7,804 940 Uy copyriuht + 0,350, 6,740 By deposit of n Inatitatior . 2,300 2,410 By donation o and municipal docaments) ... 947 M8 By exchange,eeiceseseessconees D80 245 TOtal seernans ae o 0000a20,5397, 11,089 There were entered in the oflice, durfog the calondar year 1878, 15,708 publicetions of all kinds, ngainst 15,758 entrics for tho calendar year 1877, The number of books copyrighted was 4,075, and the number of periodicals 8,00, The report closes with an appeal, now grown famlliar and almost pathetic, for {ucrcased ne- Whatever plan may be agreed provide st the outset for the construction of a building sufficient to hold the prescut library multiplied fourfold, and Ilcave room on the grounds for the bullding of additlons to the lbracy. Any plan which should overlook thess necessities would result io burdening the coun- try with two llbrary consiructions nstcad of one. ——— The Boston Adverliser fnds in 'tho Norwich case a lessan, which It procecds to teach at some length, Thia lesson is, in cffect, that married people shoula not commit adultery, or, if they do, add murder toit, But there Is another les- gon which the Advertiser hasaltogether neglected toteach, 1t!sthis: That a copartoership in crine between a man and o woman is a very uu- cqual affalr, In the present case, Mrs. Conn has been convicted of murder fn tho sccond de- greoand sent to the Btate’'s Prison for lfe. Her accomplice, WesLyY Bisror, is not to be tried until March, but it scems alrcady to bu ‘The Adver- man snd the woman. Botn were equatly gullty. Both were to share equally in tho benefits of thelr eritme {f they cseaped unpunished. Bisuor alleges that_(he woman fustigated bimy and sho was, at feast, the active murderer of her husband and Mra. Bisnor. The Jury let her off apparently only becauso they wers unwilling to haog a womau, und (he next jury will mako amends for this tenderness by bonglug Bisuor. ‘I'his {8 not a case, of course, for much sentiment. on cither side; but it should bo a warning to all ovil-dlsposed men that when they agreo to com- mitacrime with a woman they must sharo profits equally, and take the heavicst part of the penaltics on their own shoulders. ——— ‘Two results of the great distress fn England have alrcady declared themselves: Tho first s the rcoewal of the cmirration movement. It will not be surprising If the United Btates, fn the uext fuw years, receive such accessions from Eugland and Wales as they did from Ircland during and atter the Irish famioe. The other result {8 the revival of yegetarian discussions in the Eoglish press. It is very comforting for the poor operatives and laborers who can’t get mieat to be told that they sre much better with out it, 8o far s stirring articica on lentil-soup tend to accomplish this end, they serve a guod purposc. But most men would rather be vego- tariung, if at all, from chotes than from neees- sity. In the United States they can have some choice; and a good tnuny of them are likely to come herc on this account, if noother. The North Wnalos® Miners® Assoclation, it will have beon observed, bas already resolved to vote £7 tu every member of the Union who desires to cmlgrate to Amorica, This {8 an example that ought to boe gencrally followed by Labor-Unions thiroughout Great Britain, The Anglo-French Co-operative Boclety, late- 1y Installed on a large scalo In the Aveuue de 1'Opera, has taken active steps to' bring down the price of butchers' meat In Parls snd m- prove Its guality, bince the Exposition the prive of weat bas Leco undoubtedly hirh add its quality inferlor, The Co-uperative Soclety cxhivited the prize ox sent by the Prince of Wales to the Bmithfleld 8liow, and, after draw- ing n crowd in this wanner, slanghtered 1t and distributed the ehiel Joints among wombers of the Government, This example Is futendud to #ivo an fmpetus to the tmvortation of live ment frotu Loudon; and the Soclety will, If necessa. ry, undertake to cut under the regular butch- cra' rates, in order to promoto the movement, eeg——— The celobated pliraso * Of the people, by the people, for the people,’? vriginated not, as com- monly supposed, with ABrAluAM LiXcoLx, but with Tuzovons Pamken. This 15 made clear by the testimony of members of Tueonons Paunxzu's houseliold, vriuted 1w the Bt. aul Lioncer-Press. AvBaMaAM LINCOLN himself, it hie were liviog, would probably be the first to ackuowledge the origin of this now famous plirase, for, 33 Sllss BTEVENION suys fu ber note on tho subject, “Truth was very dear to bim."” Dr. MORRIS, the sagaclous correspondent of the Cinetnnati Gaselte, agrees with ey Hutzs, whoin be seldom agrees with, in saving the new Anny illy i passed, would ** make the Gevera) ol the Arwy a despot, und give to s private cor- poration the mouopoly of making the public arme.” “Despot™ ls too strong u word to use 1u gontiection with euch a patrivt aud soldler us Gen. Buzumaw, even thoush the vroposed change be unwlse, But as to the arms question there can be no doubt thut the origioal bill was manipulated lu privato interests, o— Gov. Hautuawrr, who went out of office Mouday, bas beeu in continuous public service cighteen years,—slx years in the army, six as Auditor-Ocneral, und six as Goveruor. lils fricuds aze sure of somethivg for bl after 1550,—probably s the resuls of & trade of Peuusylvania’s vote fn the Natloosl Kepublican Conyyotion. e Docs it Dot seem extraordinary to accuse Gen Guant of travcliog through Irolund to catch the Lrish yote? It would be aa reasonable to say that he went through Eneland and visited SuaKarEARE'S tomb to cateh the Euelish vote, that be viewed Mout Blsoe to catch the Swiss vote, lovked ut the Colisvum by wovnligbt to catch the Itallan vote, zazed at the Sphinx to eatch the Egyptian vote, and marvoled at the Escurlal to make himsel! solid with the SBpanieh vote when Cuba s annexed. If thers were no natural wonders in Iroland, and no people to meet, it might be necessary to Invent a reason for gofng there; but Geo, GRANT has only done what every wise traveler who had the time and money has done In makingz the tour of freland. ———— The Legisiatures of Iilinols, Indiana, and Wisconsin have all acted alike In one respect, in the selections they bave made for Benators. In each case they havoelected salary-grabbers,” and apparently for that reason Wisconsin puts in the most braips and worst record; Illinofs the best machine man and least education; and Indiana the tondest blowhard and biggest dem- agozue, up her worat firc-cater, IL was a big day's work all round, e —— ** A little moro clder, too™ : Western Massa- chusetts alone made 150,000 barrels last acason, using up 1,600,000 barrels of apolea in this way, and halt the spple crop was not picked at all, Any statesman who can stand on a hard-vider platform now {s pretty sure of afull vote In that nelghborhood. Harper's Tlazar prints a cartoon to show that If stout ladics would always wear plalds, and silm ladies always wear stripes, and elderly Indics always have their dresscs made s if for girls of 18, the world wonld pot be altogether such s valo of tears as it is at present. i The new Senator from Connectlent, Q. 1, PrLATT, says: **I beliave In the Republican psrty boeause I belleve It has the hest interests of tho nation and people at heart,” Thatis a plate form broad enough and sound enongh for every true Republican to stand upon. —— Tt will certatnly be easicr for the anti-grab people of Illinols to hecome reconciled to what hus becn done when Indiana and Wlsconsin as- sumes an equal sharo of responsibility in that back-pay businces. 'They will now keep each other in countenance. e t— The finsurance companies are still wailing about thelr losscs In Now York; and the World aritbmetic man now lasn't aoy consolation to offer them. THE TELLER COMMITTEE. Teatimony Taken nt Charlestan. Criantzesrox, 8, C.,Jun. 22.—The Teller Com- mittee resuincd its sesslon this moralog, E. M. Pinckncy, colored minlster, Republiean, testified to the extstence of threo organizations of Red Shirts In WHlamsburg County. Ho also gave an nccount of atleged interference with & Republican meeting at White Qak, when Swals 18 sald to have been drawn to Kingstreo by the Democrats. ie gavo a long account of the conduct of the election ot Kingstree, stat- ing thut the Democrats refused the United States Bupervisor admission to the potls, and in the ovening captured the ballot- box and etuffed it; also rcintes his personnl exterlences, saying tho Red Bhirts were bunting bim and had dug a grave for Lim, Ho described his arrest on 8 clargo of perjury made by Domocrats as * kidnapplug," and gave ndetalled uccount of his being beaten nand threatened, tho cross-examination, however, elfciting the fact that theso latter were the cone scquences of persopal ditlicultics. John M, Freeman (volored) epublican Buper- visor at Patmctto Engloe:House, testifed that the arrest, by his order, of =& Democratle voter for a repoater re- sulted fn witness belng knocked down and kicked, but the luterventlon of Jemocrats saved liim from moro serfous njury. When he returned fnto the polling place he found bis poll lst was gone. Up to that time 915 votos were polled, nixd sbout two houra later, when the poll cloaed, the total vuta proved to bo over 3,i00, \Witnces saw Democratic tiasue ballots stufled futo the box, and saw large numbers in the box when 1t was opened. Witness saw a number of persons voting tissuo tickets. Ilo Kknew of no ostraclsm of colored Nemocrats by Rupublicans, and thought the ostracism o just the other wav. At the cluse of the cxamination of this wit- ncsa, the ballut-boxes were openod by the Com- mitiee, wwl no ballots wera fouud in the box usodat the Palmetto Engine-Ilouso and at two othier'polls. Ono box was examined and tho whole were then given to the Committee of Re. pubiicans aud Democrats for examination and report aato the number and kind of ballots therein, A. W, Qreen (cotored), Ropublican Deputy Marshal at Palmetto Engine-louse, testified as to a fight fn which Freeman was struck, The ballot-box when opened was Lot full of tlsug bullots, Stayed at the poll untll the count was fintshed ~ in Lhe muruln{:. Witness saw full-sized Demo- cratic Lallots with_tlesue ticketa folded up in them fu the box. Pretty ucarly all the tlasuo tickets syere put up in thut way, Thero wera more balluts in the box than names on the poll- 1tat, and one of the Democratic clerks was at work throughout the night udding nanesto tho poll-list 1o make the numbers agree. It 8, Catbeurt, white Democrat, testiled that nu was at Palmetto Engtue-House ncarly all election day, Freeman, the Supervisor, when the fight took place was protected by Demo- crats, Green, & previous witness and Doputy- Marshal proclaimed bimself o Democrat, nnd was #0 drunk thut witness but him {u a chalr to sleep, und found bl there still nsl:ef hours after. A lurge number of the colored peopla voted the Democratic ticket, aud the tissue ticket was voted openly. Muny white Dumo- crats from other wurds voted ab the Patwetio Encine-House, Colured men told witness thut menus muat be Mralshed of voling scerotly, uud hie guve them tsaue tickets. o . Bryan, Prestdent ot the Domocratie Club, Ward 1, testiticd thut ouly thrco tlssue tickots wors voted fo his ward, The white resldouts of the wurd went to_Palmetto Englne-House or Mar- ket Hall, in Ward 3, to voto tn conseque nes of the crowd at his polls, Ooe colored wman brought up cighty-ilve colored men to voto the Democraticpticket. ‘The colored men told him their churches would not sllow thew to vote the Democratic ticket, nnd they desired to con- ceal the fact, dutimidation of colored Dewmo- crats by negroes at the previous cleer tlon was Ot mon, Witness did not know of colored Detocrats belug killed fur yoting such ticket, but Kuew of white menbetog killed while protectiug colored voters. Ilad neard of cannon bulng taken to political meet- ings in 1875, but only lor salutiug purposcs, und Kuew that al previous elections the Btats t(litia, comvosed of negroes, sttended Republfcau mectiugs with urms. Charieston now had s fluer budy of colured nllitia, o8 ceorganized by the Democrats, than can be Tound lu any ulber dlx in the Unlon, djourned. o ————— MICHIGAN LUMBER, Rpecial Digpatch 10 Tha Triduna East Baotxaw, Mich,, Juu, 22.—The sunual roview of the lumber manufacturers of the Bug- luaw River mills, published to-duy, shaws the extent of operations fur the past year ss ful- lows: In what ls known s the Bagivaw Dis. trict, including Baginuw und Bay Couuty, there are over J0U mills, with a capacity for insuufue. turing 1,000,000,000 feet of pine luwber por usuvum, Lumber cut 0 1878, 517,574,103 fect; lumber cut {n 1877, 010,413,210 feet; lumber uuw on dock, 257,674,853 fect; logs rafted in 1879, 575,207,804 feet; logs fn mill bout, 21,000,433 feet; luth waoufactured, 51,230,075 pleces; stngles wade [u 1878, 189, 175,750% umoust of fumber now huld on do ubuug 3,000,000 wors than o vear awo. The mille ut Clcbuygen, Alpeus, Harrisvilie, Alcova, (Irecabushi, Au Bable, uid Tawas marlufuctured 209,655, 130 Teet of Jutnber uud 40,000,400 pleces ;n! l:un; awount of luwberou hand, 57,439,609 cel e —— ‘' GETTING A VERDICT,"” Hpecial Divwatch to The Trisne. FRANKFORT, Kv,, Jan, 22.—For the first time 1n the history of Frankfore a colured jury sat fo the trial of 8 cuse In the Police Court this siter- noun. The defcudants were & colored mun aud woinan, charged with disturbing religlous wor- ship, und Judire Suced ordesed Marshal Todd to suminon 8 jury {rou swong the culored popu- lation, which be did, sclectlug twelve of the moss respectable und substantial colored citf- zens of the place, who tried the case in accord- suce with the evidency, und, no duubt, gavo sat- fsfaction o ull partics. ‘The cvent wys sume- tbiow 0 unusuyl that quite & crowd was 8l tracted to the Pollce Court, and, while it cuu- not be sald that the jury was packed, the court- Foom was 2o {ta utmoat capaciv. Missourt **pulls down ' her Vst and” STATE AFFAIRS, Legislative Proceedings of Both Houses of the Illinois Assembly, Adjournment Until Next Mon. day, Which Mcans Next Tuecsday. Tho Prohibitionists in Michigan Pregsing Their Bohemes upon thy Legislatnre, Reoord of tho Day's Work in hy Various State Assemblics Noy Convened. ILLINOIS. Bpectal Dispateh to The Tridune. SriuoriELp, Jan, 25~In the Sinate, ty, morning, Benator Davis' joint I‘L‘!Olllllo:l Phe viding for an adjournment from to-day ungy Tuesday noxt was taken up aid amended sy to provide for the adjournment until Mong, at 100'clock, g Bevoral bills were returncd from Comniftyey with the recommendation that they do pass, and among theso was one introducc by e, ator Mayborne, to ive elect as evidence, wiyy. out further proof, to deeds and other convey. ances executed by Assiguces and officers o eratiug under the Unlted Btates law; alyo, |y :g:::r the Inss of records burntat Chicago Iy 7l Scnator Hnmilton's bill to consolllate by scyeral Grand Divisions of the Bupreme Courl, ot Sprineflend, uud bis bill toamend the statute in referonce to sald Court 80 3 Lo prepare for the consolidation, was also reported favorably, Also, Senator Sent's bill to amend the gen. al law in relation to the vrgunization of corye. ratlons. Bcnator Delany fatroduced a Jolut resolutiog reciting that the larbor of Waukegan, in Laty County, hins falleu Into disuse on account of 1ty formation of sand-bars at the mouth of the river, and directing the State's representatie to urge the apprupriation ot money by Congeagy to Improve sald barbor. The resolutlonwy adopted. Benator Franz Introduced a jont resolution reciting that tho Comm!tteo visits to the Statg fustitutions Involved uunecessury expense, sl directing the Senate and House Comunittecs og State. Charitable Inmstitutions, Penal and Ra formatory Institutions, Public Buiidings and Grouuds, Education und Lducational Instig. tions to appolnt sub-committeos to vislt the jo. stitutions. It was mado tho speetal order for Thuraday next at 11 o'clock. The Committee on Agriculture and Draivags repurted back Senator Talliaforeo's bill to pro. vide for the construction of levees to pre. vent the overflow of Jands, and Scuntoe Dear. born's bill to accomplish o stwtlur bur.o» recomnmending that they be read a eecond tuay, oud that 600 coples Le printed for the Informs. tiou of the General Assembly, A bl was reportedifrom the Jdudiciary Con. mittee by Senator Hunt to pay Mr. Archer (o Soevator from Plke) for hls professional servics in assisting the Attorney-Geucral in resistiog claims agalnst the Starc, The LI was refernd to the Conunittee on Appropriations, Benator Herdman introduced o bill to amesd the law In relation to the jurisdiction of County Courts fo cases of appeal from Justices soasto leave out the proviso. Benator Dement's resolution providing for tte collection and printlog of the most valuable of the oplofous of the Attorney-Guneral was taken up and discusseds The resolutlon was rejecied on the ground that the opinfona of the Attorg- Genera! were of Bo possible finportanco whate ever in dotermining legzal' questions. After soms further unimportant bualnos, tw Banate edjourned to the Chamber of the Hours _tomeot that budy {n Joint sesslon 1o hearde clared tormally the result of the -clection for Benator of the Unitod States. ‘Lhe body after wards returned to its Chamber and adfournd. JIOUSK. The members of the House stood In thelr places this morning while the Rev, Mr, Hye prayed for thefr salvation, after which Mr, Tay- lor, the Clerk of the House, read the journal of yesterdoy. The business of the House was bugun by the introduction of a resolution by Mr, Rublsou, of Fulton, reeiting that whercas the ‘Thirticth Ueneral Assembly had made an appropriation for the support of the Nermal University, fa which it was vrovided that tho expense of the Hign-8chool Departient of that fustitution shiould bo paid from the receipts of the cane, and whereas the report of the exvendituresof chut fnatitution gave no detatted uccount of the expenditures, he thercfore desired that the Audltor of Public Accounts be instructed 1o demand of the proper ofticers a sworn statetet showing a detuiled uecount of the reeelpra aul expenditures of cach deparituent, as requlired by law, Mr. Mitchell, of Dloomington, whero the Usk verslty is situsted, remarked that it the gentle man (rom Fulton (Robison) would take tle trouble to walk fnto the Auditor’s ofliee L would fiud the vouchers on file for every dulla paid out. Mr. Roblsun sald thero wos no detallud stater ment, but thut the expenditures wers puting bunch, so thut no fntormation coutd le o tatucd of the charncter sought by thie resolution. He desired s suspension of thu rules of (b Ilouss thut the resolutlon might be put uxs Its passage, The Bpeaker reminded the member that il House was aiready neting under a suspension of the rules to allow the Chalrman of the Conmii- tes on Contingeut Expenses to muke o reputh and therefore his mution was out of order. The resolution, therofore, remained vadisposed ob ‘I'ie consideration of Mr, Wentwortn's resr lution, jutroduced several days sluce, providic fur the clection of Committee clerks by ¢ vota of members of the groups, came up, 10 ellcived quite o suruggle. Mr. Herrinzton, of Kaoue, stated that Mr. Wentworth was absedty and ho thought, asa maiter of courtesy, e actian of the House should bu postponed untl Iis return, A member moved to lay the who'd subject on the table, which was lost. Mr, Shaw, of the Comumlittcs on Judiciarf stated thut bis Committeo hada vast amoust of work to du, und its busincss was delayed 18 the reason that o bad no clerk to do his work Therefore, ho desired the uction of thy Jvus at onee, for the pubiie Intercst. The Dewo crats of the [louse begun an lrregular discur slon of the suvject, and succeeded i occupyid the entirs moruing with thelr talk sud dilater? motlons. When the hour arrived for the joist scaslon, the natter had not beeu disposcd ol On reference to the bill jotroduced by lepre sentatlve Bisbe to pay David Dalt aud others 8 certain sum of mwoucy for danugus ooUasIvLe by detlcits I the Liinols & Michlgan Caval, 000 ceruing which some criticisus bas been madels the pewspapers, Mr, Bisbee destres to gay that the bill iu question was st to Lim by Rl Rug, of Chicsgo, aud that ft purports o0 i face to scek nu apvropristion to pay s Julé went sgalust the Btate of Illinols. fe s further, that he does not koow the partics oot auything whatever sbout the clreumstauces O the case. Tho purtics are not elluts of bib aud pover were. He says ho futroduced the b at ihe request of Mr, Rae, and notitled thut ge3° tlemen ho must lovk atter it ilmaelt bereatie™ —— MICHIGAN, Epecial Dignitch 8o The Tribuse Laxsing, Mich., Jun, 2%~In the Houss it woraiug, J. D. Ross, the ooly 1misiug Repree sentative, presented hitnself, und was swort io. Attherecent election o defeated Hiller, 8 Detaoe cratic opponeut, by sbout G0 votes. ek election Hiller seut word 1o Represcotati®® Dovuelly that Ross wus & Federat otticer (ot waster), and therefore disqualiled by the (92 stitution ‘Thls was very sbabby bu Hiller, ¥b9 1s Limself 8 United Statcs Cowwmlssloners