Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1879, Page 4

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PARIE, France—No, 16 Rue de Ia Grange-Datellere. ent. g.—American Exchange, 449 Strand, TAMUSEMENTS, MoVieker's. Theatre. Madiron street, between Dearbora and State, *'Two Women," t Haverly’s Thtatre. Dearborn street, corner of Moutve, **Around the World fo Elghty Days." Haoaley's Theatre. Tandelph street, beimeen Clark and 1S gagement of the Engilah Opers Company. 8. Plustore.” fte, Ene LM Acadeiny of Munlc. Tishted street, between Madlaon and Monroe. ety entertainment. Va- Hiamlin's Theatre, Clark street, opposite tha Cuurt-iouse. tertalnment, Variety en- erahey Muale-Hall. Madlsan street, opposite McVicker's Theatre, breks the Wizanl. SOCIETY M TINGS, APOLLO COMMANDERY, No. 1, K. T.—Atlentlon 3 1 are herehy requested o’ repdezvors Monza Moralng, The Commandery wili leave by cartiage tn the houre of ces: . 47 ‘Twenty.elghitlat,y from thence 1o titacg Enlscopal Chirehi fram Cliurch to Xorthiwest- e Depot. Chatiered ‘cars to Rosehtil and return, Catyfages Trom Depot tn Asylum. Members of 1lomi Luidxe and Chicago Chapier, and Commanderica aro rordially Inyited Nicales. 0 sharn, i uttend tho funeral, Tiy onler of i mander. 1. B, TIFFANY, leeconler. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1879, Ninety-four bills were yesterday intro. duced in the Lower Iounso of the Illinols Tegislature, with several membera yet to henr from, The present Iilinols Railroad nud Ware. lionso Commissioners and the Chiof Grain TInspector at Chicngo were yosterday renomi- nated by the Governor and confirmed by the Henate. The press dispatches of last Monday from Washington contained the bare snnomnce- ment of tha death of Dr, 11, It. LiNDERMAX, Dircotor of the Mint. Tho diseaso was pleuro.puoumonin, » Benator CnrtsTIANGY was yestorday unnni- mously conflrmod a8 Minister to Poru. His resignation ms Senator from Michigan is as yet witbheld, and it scems to be undoter- mined whothor he will vacate at onco or “ hold the place to the end of the scsslon. The total downfall of A Gourp is chironicled in our Now York dispatches this morniog. Ho is “short™ on varions rall- rond stocks to an extent difflenlt to ostimate, and it is believed that the shrinkage of valuo in other atocks hold by him will com- pletely ruin him, ' Ex.Sherif Keny, who was induced to be. lieve that gross frands had been perpetrated in ‘tho canvass of the election returns whereby he was cheated of lis election, has discovered his mistake and abandoned the recount. Ho wna miado the victim of bad advice, but it happoeus, unforiunately for him, that the bad advisers do not foot the bills of the useless procoeding. Tudinnapolis yesterday had its first experi. ence in public oxecutions under legal forma, mnd iw inclined to liko a system which ade- «quately punishes n fiond like Mernick, tho poisoner of his wifo and her unborn child, and Aoney, the deliberato murderer of a sambler who hind won his money. T'he don. Lle hanging took place in & munner which reflects credit on tho new and hitherto un. tried apparatus and tho ufficers maupulat. ugit. The cablo dispatches rogavding the serious crialy in Franca contain no confirmation of tho report of yesterday that President Mac. Mauon had submitted his rosignation, 'The Intter announcoment was premature, "The Marshal has not yot swroudered his oficial tonuro to the will of the Assombly, thongh there seems fo be 10 doubt whatover that Lo will tender his resiguation lo-dny, that it will be accepted, snd that Jures Grevy, GayMperra’s favorite candidate, will ba elected Preshdent of tho French Republic to fill the vacaacy, Llio Tnglivhs firm of tugbode owaers who undertook to enforce their cluin for salvage upon the United States frigate Constitution discovered thut thoy had a very serious job on hand, They were promptly shown out of the daor of the lligh Court of Justice, whoso Jurisdiction tho American Minister doclined to racognize, while the counsel for the Crown cuncurred iu this view, snd urged the dismissal of the motion on the ground that to detain the veasel Ly order of the Court 1wight result in o war between Greut Dritain and the United Blates. ———— The views of *Crn Lax Pix, Chineve AMin- ister to the United States, relative to the Anti-Mongolian bill just passad, Luve been oltained turough wenmbers of the Embassy, who arg presumed to spenk for their chiuf, "o passage of tho bill is regarded as un ex. pression of political projudice, but uot s in uny wanner efccting the matter of Chinese inmigration, siuce that is provided for in the luntixaswe Treaty, which cannot Lo cbrogated by tho passage of alaw conflict. ing with its provisions. On the Pacifle Coast the pasaoge of the bill iu baited with satisfaction us a rule, though here and thero the real worthilessuess of the measurs in its prusent form is correctly percsived. Law-Reform is u question of the kour, with us, aud the articla on 8l James Prrzsaues Breeues’s pew criminegd code for Eagiand, priuted eliowhere, will be of special interest, L'y 0 do wus sutircly drawn by Bie James Sreensy, I lias wieady Lecn istroduced in [ Tarliament, and will doubtless, it is sid, becoma tho law of the Iand. It sweeps nway all the uselers forms, idle verbiage, and anti- quated observances which have mndo English crviminal trials too often a parody of justice, nnd puts both the criminal law and tho criminal practice of England in a volume of 170 pages. Buch n reform is far more needed in this conntry than in Eugland, Whoover shall bring it nbout for any Btate of the Union will deserva the gratitude of its people, ‘Whntever may have been tho neglect and inefficlency complained of on the part of tho United States Marshal of Louisiana and his deputies prior to the November clection, there is no lack of industry now shown in bringing to justice tho parties indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for violating the clection laws, Whorever indictments have Leon fonnd arrests followed quickly, and wholo boat-'onds of prisoners ara on the way to New Orleans to give bail and stand trisl. At tho rate at which judiet- ‘monts, arrests, {rinls, and convictions are occurring in the Sonih there is being gradunlly wrought a most desirable change in the estimate held by tho power and in. clination of the Federal Government to en- force its Inwa., Terms of from one to threo years in the Tenitontiary are apt to dissipate much of the charm which in the South attaches to the stufling or burning of ballot- boxes, the intimidation of voters, and other favorite Democratic methods of influoncing cloction results, Indion affairs in the Far Northwest are getting moro and more complieated. Infor- mation was yesterday received by Gen, Suen- 1DAN to thooffect that the exampla of Srrrive Buwn in moving over the border for better Linnting Lns been followed by a large num- ber of British Indiaus who found it convon- fent to pull up stakes and go whero game wwas plontier. With this motley collection of huugry ravages skirmishing for provender through Northern Montaon, the probability of maintaining 'a peaceful condition of things is infinitely lessened. Their numbers will naturally render thom bold and insolent In their beariug toward tho white settlers, and they will not bo likely to nsk twice for what they are strong culugh to take without permission, The Government nt Washington has decided that the American hostiles nader SirTive Bonn aud other Ohiofs must either surrender unconditionally s prisoners of war, or clee return forthwith to Dritish territory, and it is presumed, from the tone of the communications received, that they will olect to surrender and be fed rather than go back nm'l starve. As for the red children of tho Queen Mother, a polita requost to ths Dominion Government for {heir immediato return will probably bo made o8 s0on as this phoso of the Indian compli- cation haa been considered by the Cabinet. ‘WILL THE SENATE INDORSE CORRUPT DISCRIMINATION 1 The statement fa telographed from Wash- ington that Mr. Kennaw, tho -Democratio Senator from Now York, has decided to lend tho aid of Ins voto and influonce to his Re- publican colloague in the Inttor's efforts to prevent the confirmation of Messrs. Mznrrrr ond Bonr as Collector and Naval Officer of New York. Mr, Coszrixg’s motives in this controversy are well known; he is willing to strive for tho rejection of good men nnd to Lreak down much-needed reforms, in order to rostore to placo and power mon who are dovoted to him porsonally, notwithstanding their demonstrated inefiiclency and the cor- rupt practices tolerated undor thoir ndminis- tration. Mr. Kenvax cnn hardly bo iuflu. anced by similar motives so far as Mr, Cong- 1a0's retniners aro concerned. Kenvaw is n Democrat, and wouldl naturally be opposed, a5 o striot partisan, to any strangthening of Mr. Coxxtina's power Jn New York City and State, which must bo used more or less for the benefit of tho Republican party. It i juat possiblo that thero is an nuderstanding that the Cuntom-Ifouse influonce shall bo used at the right time for My, Coxnxring, and nlso at tho right time for Mr. Kruwaw, but this would bo another serious reflection upon Conxriya, and thore {4 no warrant for think- ing it true, so far a8 wo know. What woare ronlly searching for {8 tho motive which induces KenNax, Democrat, to stand fast by Coxzrivg, lepublican, iu this particular matter, whon it would bo in the interost of the former aud his party to oppose CoNrrixa, ‘The real reason of Kenvax's allisuco with Coxgriva. if such allianco haa beon formed in this Custom-llousa contraversy, may be found Iu the New York pressure, both Tie- publicon and Democratio, to check the growth of direct importation at all other citics, and coutinue a practical monopoly of . tho foreign trade in tho hands of Now York merchnots and brokers, This monopoly will not ‘b possible under tho presont laws it the New York Custom.llouso shall be managed honcatly, and lLenco tho violout opposition againat Mennttr and Bont, who promise to munage it honestly, Under the practices permitted by Antitun and Corxerr, the New York lmporters enjoyed unfair ad- vautages agafust which the honest and eftl. cient mansgenent of other Custom-IHouses would not permlt hnporters clsowhero to compete, Falso invoices, undervaluations, robiates, and unwarrauted damnges had bo. come systomatie, besides the large smount of outright wmuggling carried on with tho cormpt counivanco of Custom. House subordivates, Ho exteusive were thesoe practices that it eamo to bo universally known that importations could be mude moro cheaply through New York, notwithstauding extortionale charges und fuus, than at auy other port of entry in the couutry, and thers was o powerful ring of importers that securod sbsolute control of curtain lines of silks, gloves, and other goods, The Now York ‘merchants desive to rotain those ndvautages; the New York brokers want to do all the business and absorb all the commissions that altach to importing; the Now York business-men generally aro avoro (0 tho loss of uny trade to tho city. 'I'heso ara the influonces that Lave evidently Laon brought to bear upon Mr, Keaxay, and havo prevailed upou him to join bands with his Republicun collaaguo in order to nssure the continuance of a corrupt Custom-flouse wapagement, 'T'his conjunction of Republican and Dame ocratic forces from Now York Blate to scoure u systematio discrimination against importers ot all other States should suggest a defensive alliauco between Benators ropresenting the other Htates to resist, on tho part of their constituents, the palpablo aud outrageous froud which it i souglit to force upon tho country, If selfish intervsts con fn. duco Beuators Keuway sud CoNKLING, of Now York, to combine in belialf of o corrupt mausgement of tho most iwpogtant brauch of the public service, then the prin. ciple of sclf-protection shauld prowpt tho -Bunatory from scveral other Btates where there are importing ventres to combine in fuvor of such houesty sud eflicieucy in the Now York Custom-House as will enable im- portations on equal terma in other ecities, Mersrs. Dawes and Ioan should struggle valinntly in behalf of the new nppointinents for the rnko of Bostcn, where tho dnties on imports amounted to over F12,460.000 dur- ing tho last year., Mcssew, Caymnoy and ‘Warrace, of Pennsylvania, should oppose the Now York Ring in the interest of Yhil- delphin, whero over $6.500,000 wers collects ed lest year, Mensrs, Boorn and Sancest shonld sustain the Administration in its efforta at refarming the New York Custom- House in the interest of San Frauciaco, whore over 7,000,000 of duties wero collected last year, Mensrs, Daysia and Wirrs, of Mary- Innd, should Lo as active in favor of the now appointments ns aesuriog fair treatment for Baltimore, where nearly 3,000,000 dulies wero pnid Inst yenr. Messrs. Davis nnd Ooaursny shonld oppose Covsnive and Kenxan in the intereat of Chicago, whero there wers last year importations represont. ing ©1,600,000 duties. Mossra, Hueuvs and Cocxnrnt, of Missouri, should insist upon the now departure ax n protection to 8t. Lonis, which patd abont the same amount of dutics ns Chicago. 8o, too, the Henators from Michigan {u bobnlf of Detroit and Iin- ron, from Maine in behnlf of Portland, from Minnesota in behalf of §t, Paul and Duluth, from Louisinna in bellf of Now Orleans, from Ohio in behalf of Cincinuati, nnd from Connectient, Vermont, Wisconsin, lhodo Ts- Iand, Virginin, Iloridn, Alnbama, "Texas, and Goorgin, in behalf of varions cities, shonld combino to oppose the sectional New York scliome for concentrating the importing busi- ness of the country at that point by means of fraud, ‘This controvorsy is ona that ought to be decided on its own merits, and snch n de- cision would uadonbiedly result in the con. firmation of Messrs. Mennrrr aud Bunt for the good of the public service. But, it the Now York influcnces withont rogard to party aro to contered upon the effort to restors a corrupt management of their Custom-I{ouse, becauso such managamont contnbutes to local advantage and discriminates agninst all other porta of entry, then tho Influenco of all the other interested Btates and cities slionld be combiued to defeat 3lessrs. CoNk- riva and Kenvay and the corrupt mnaunge- ment they ropresent. Presonted in thislight tho President's rocont nppoiutments in New York should be confirmed by a sweoping majority, and Benntors from other States who fail to assist in this work will bo ealled to account by their constituents for botrayal z of their trust. : THE CHINESE QUESTION, Tho Iouse of Representatives has blocked out a bill fo tho rough restricting Chinesa immigration, and passed it Ly more than to-thirds msjority. "Tho vote can hardiy be called partisan, for, although the bill originnted on the Democratic side of tho I House, fiffeon Democrats voted against it aud fifty-ono Republicans for it, while many | more Republicans would hava voted for it i hiad not the Democratic cancus proviously { dotermined that no Republicans should be ! allowed to spenk, and that no amendments should be offered. The large Republican vote in the negative may bo construed, thers- fore, ns meaning, not that tho Republican party is opposed to regulaling the ovils of Chinese linmigration, but asn protest ngainst tho application of tho gag law, and as an ex- pression of opinion that n bill of such im- portance descrves the freest disoussion and may noed amendmont, Tho bill in question provides that no mas. tor of & vessel ownod by nhy citizon of the United States shall take on board at any foreign port any number of Cbinese exceed- ing fiftoon, with intent to bring them to tho United States, under penslty of £100 for each passenger in excess of fiftcen, such penally to becomo o lien on tho vessel. L'lio looso- ness with which the bill is drawn i ngainst it at the very outset, as it may be construed to maenn slnost nnything in tho matter of prohibition, AsMr, Conarn intimatoed, un- der its provisiona a Chineso vessel of war or of commerco might Lo prohibited from on- tering our Larbors; or a Chinese Embassy that bod more than fifteen membors in its suito could be forbidden to land upon our shiores; or it might violate the unwritten law of humanity by prohibiting the reception of a wreckod Chinesa crow in auy one of our ports, It forthermore works an fnjustice by forbldding American vesscls to bring them whilo forcigu vossels are lcft frea to pour them upon our shores without noy restric. tion whatever, T'ho grent majority of Chi. neso who come across to Californin make the voyage in Yaglish vessels, and, unlosa there is somo method adopted for rogulating the foroign mnothods of trankporta. tion. the bill will muke no porceptible diminution fu the statistics of the imwmigra. tion, There remoing also the very serious question whether the eatiro Dill i3 not in direct coufliet with tho BunmNasxe treaty avd in violation of its provisions, Wa cannot violato treaties with the Celestialy with tho easo and Immunity with which wo Lreak our Indian compacts, oven {o suit tho dusperato partisan purposes of the Demo- cratic party. Tho Chinese Government is recoguized as a treaty-making power in diplomatio relations with our own, snd it would liave the sympathy of the world in caso of any lufraction of treaties by onr Govermment, In (Lisdirection aud fu many others {hero was nced (kat tho bLill should have bad the freest discuasion, aud the couutry will now look to tho Benate, which can offord to investigate it without any partisan bearing, to shape the bill in con. sonauco with tho (reaty, dud to add to jt such amendmcuts a8 are necessary to make it mpartial and practical in its operation, Of tho necessity of some such bill as this there 13 no doubt, aud there is no question that whou the Heuate has matured it and placed it npon such a basis that it will not conflict with treaty stipulations, elther by cowpromiso with the Chineso Embassy now in Washington or by abrogation of the treaty, it will receive tho support of the ma- jority of the Republicaus. 'Iho Dbill 1s not rotronctive 1 charactor, It doca not affect tho status of the thousands of Chincss who nre already here, nor those who may leuve China prior to 1he time it gocs into opera~ tion. Whon once excessive imuigration is checked there is little danger of svy fur- ther disturbance of the labor question, Tho numbor of Chincse will steadily diminish. Very fow of them come hero with tho inten- tion of staylug, and none of them give up their allegiance to their own Goverument or thelr ameunability to (he Chincse lawn. It they live long onough tbuy ecxpect to rolurn when the contracts with their cowpanics expire; if they dio here, they do not care enough for tho couutry to by buried in it, ‘Their social, religious, aud political allegiance is given to their own land. ‘I'hey have no desire to as. sociato with Amoricans further than the de- mandy of labor necessitates. Thoy huve no wish to vots mor apy intention to become citizens. Furthermore, it will operato ngainst their increase that the condition of 1abor on the Dacific Slope has entirely changed rince Chineso immigration first began, They con- meneed to vonie over at n time when Inbor in California and Negada was very donr and do- mestics were vory scarce. When white Ia. bor was worth S and &3 prg day, it was found difficult to c::m\uc{ mining aud various forms of agricultural induatry, Lenid=s howsework, excrpt at an expenso that reduced profits, Now, however, labor in Califorsin {4 ns chieap as Inbor in Illinois, and tho necessity for chieap Chinese labor 13 not 5o prossing, and can searcely be said to existatall. In tho Jangungoe of political ecouomy, the demand for Ciiinese is dull. and it would bo n viclation of every lnw of busi. ness Lo forco o supply upon the market. The bill, therefore, in caso of its proper amend- niont, will not only sattlo n groat Inbor ques- tion and mitigate bitter rnco asperities, but it will bo in consonanco with the changed conditions of labor, nnd alleviate a groat danger in tho futnre which might occur if tho Chineso should ever become convinced that it would Lo for their advantage to eomo here, Enfilngd .is toking the snmo position with roferencs to ler New Zenlnnd and Australian colonies, and adopt- ing siriungent measures to check tho rush of Chincge who aro crowding ot English citi- zons, It tlie Chinesa came here with tho intention of becoming citizens tho case wonld bo altered; Lut they have no such intention. They do not want our laws, our mannars, our practices, our nssociations, or our citi. zenghlp, They coma horo ainly as the ngonts of groat compnnies to do specified work, nud therefore should be snbject to rogulntion, and their numbers ought to bo limited. ‘There is no warrant, lowever, for dolng this in an irregnlar or unlawful man. nor. ‘Tho Senato should earefnlly rovise the bill, and if it eanuot by cowmpromise har. mouizo it with tho trenty, notica should bo given that tho traaty will be abrogated. THE CANAL ENLARGEMENT. Tho resolutions proposed in the State Legislature for tho transfor of the Illinois & Michigan Canal to the General Governmont would bo unobjectionabla if there was any certainty that tho transfer would be ac- capted, It it wero not that the resolutions imply that the Slate shall practically nban. don all further expenditures to maintain nod extend the canal and the river improvement, there would be no opposition to this offer of a surronder of the caual to the General Gov- ernment, and to making the whola routoa freo highway. Tho importanco of having n navigable stroam from tho lnkes to the Mississippl River cannot he exaggorated. The impor. tauce nud the practicability of this route throngh Iltinois have boen nnderstood since the onrliost rettlomont of tho eountry., 'I'be iuvention of tho locomotive and the railway have not dimiuished tho usefulness or cvon the necessity of maintaining that water route, "Uho Frie Caunl and tho lakes nnd tho Misslasippl and Obio Rivers wmny not transport as much commerco asthe railwayy, but novertheless, so long ns they remain great highways for commorco, they stand a perpetual restraint upon the exactions of railways. I tho question be reduced to n mere matter of economy, whether to close the connl and abandon the navigation of the llinois, or to ralso by taxation the amonnt to complote tho ovlargoment and cxtension of the wator route, the Stalo ulono would find that in tho mora matter of oxcessivo tax- ntion by rallways the, closing.of canal and river “navigalion’ Would Bo a''most costly policy. : Wo are, however, none tho less satisfad that overy consideration of unational policy should induce tho (enoral Governmont to complote this water-route. The State of Illinois bes expondad several millions of dol- lars onthe work. Tho river improvemont has so far progressed that it cen be com. pleoted in two years for the mero cost of the locks and dams. Tho canal wants onlargo. ment,—that is, deepening and widening,— through n prairie country, with a compara. tively short distance of rack enttlug, - When comploted it will Lo the finost work of slack- wator navigation in the world, aud oxtend. ing navigation from tholnkesto New Orlenus, from Ommalia to theUppor Missourl, and from Pittsburg and Memphis to the whole lake system of navigation, Tha Stato of Illinoly will trausfer this work, with all ita great properties, 1o tho General Government on tho sole condition that it be comploted and be made foraver frao. The delegation in Congress from this State havo in this soheme ono on which they ean all cordially unite, nnd one which they can sustoin as o national enterprivo, It isnot a now work; it is not a job invented merely to securo an expoudituro of money ; it 1s n work on which tho Htate hins already esponded tho great bulk of tho cost, and which needs hut comparatively little moro to completo aud rouder thu most maguifi- cent improvement of the kind in any country, Three hundred aud moroe iniles of deep-water navigation, with but a fow locks, affording transportation through tho heart of the counlry, complote, continuons, and free. It would Lo tinicly to havo the Tiliuols dolegation presont this mensuro to Cougress, snd to wuitedly give the support of tho Btato to its acceptanco, While othior States aro asking and obtmning millions of dollara for more local worky, cortainly the Btate of Tllinois has force enough in Con- gress to obtnin au attentive hewring nud favorable action on (his natioual work, THE BTATE REVENUE LAWS, Tus Tuwose yestorday printed a copy of tho measure proposed by Sauator Masivron, of McLenn, looking to the appointmout of a Commlssion to examing and roviso the Itev. enue luwa of this Btate, sud reduco them to a couslstont and harmonlous cole, The prosent law wasonnoted in 1872, It was tho patehwork of o long scasion of the Legista. ture, sud in mnuy respeets was erudo, vio- lontly fuconsistont, aimed strougly after the unattainuble, difeult, and in parts hnpossi- Dlo to by exouutel, It providod a machinery aud o dotal that wes rudo and Lorbarous, and at the samo timo costly In the extremo, It was lurgely founded on the theory that politicel parties wero cusential to national safuty § that numerons and profitablo ofilces wera essentinl to tho existencs of parties, and thereforo the Revenuo law should provide for as mauy oflices us possible, with the largest auount of plunder aud patronage. ‘L'iis law Lins boon iu forea samo yenrs, At each scssion of the Logulatura there have been amendinents somewhat n:itigativg the, imperfections of the law; the courts have alio by construction n:odified it iu many re- spects, until now tho law which is actually in forco 14 scattered in parts through sevoral voluwes of statutus and sy bo found em- bodied in mauy of tho judgments uud opinions of the court. Auch of the trouble growing out of the law of 1873 was dyo 1o the fact (Lat that act was inteuded to adapt theoldsystem of Havenue lnwa totho changed circumatances of a utw Constitution, and tho attempt to redues a syatem of apecial Icgistation to u general Iaw was not vory suc- caaful, With the experienca of the last six years, and the nid of judicial interpretation of tle Constitution, it ought to ba now possible to feamo n law freo from tho imperfections of the prosent, Thero are soma economical questions which the Legisiature have never Leen nble lo grapplo euccessfully, such ns the taxation of ecredits, and which questions Liave never been ns thoroughly and practi- cally considered ns they ought to have beon, It 1a hopeless Lo oxpect that the Legislnture, ocenpied with n great variely of business, ean ever reach au intelligent action on such questions, which aro not attractive to the average legislator at any time, Benntor Hawwrox's bill proposes to tnke thls whole subject out of tho hands of the Legislataro nt this session; that o Commis. slon to counsist of threo Sonators and five Reprosentatives and five othor cilizens—in nll thirteen—Dbe appointed to moot during tha summer and propare a consistent code for the nsseasmont and collection of revenno in this State, having in view tho reduction of the cost of tho revenuo machinery, the sim. plification and eficioncy of tho system, and of necessity tho reduction of toxation as a reanit of thesa changes, On tho question of coat, it is onough to say that to produce cach %100 of rovonue collected in Hilinols it {s necessary, in order to avold n deficit, to levy a tax of $120; aud when the taxesof all kinds lovied in this Atato nggregato noarly $25,000,000, tha pub- lie may form their own estimato of the senn- datous oppression of the presont rovenue syslem. ‘While thero are several matters requiring an enrly if not an immediate amondwment of tho Ravenue laws, we beliove that botter legislation, mora intelligent, efficient, aud thorough consideration of tha wmatter, and wisar action will result from having this subjact considored by this spocial Commis- slou during tho recess, nnd then having n rpocial fessfon of tho Legislaturo mect next January whosa deliberations shall Le con- fined exclusively o this ome bill. Tho adoptien of this proposition will havo the effect of shortening the present gession, without porhaps the losz of auy satisfnotory logislation. 'T'he considern- tion of the Rovenua law at a specinl sossion will lead 1o a gouoral discussion of tha sub. Jeot by tho poopla of the State, and will give to tho Legislature the benefit and aid of a full interchongo of sentiment from persons of all class and ocenpations,—tho learned, sclentifle, oxperts, economists, and nll others, ‘Therefore it is, we think, that, as the nttninmont of a carcfully-dovised rovenuo code §s tho ond sought, and the attaimnent of such n codv is of the utmost importance to every taxpnyor in the State, it will ho bat- ter for tha Btate aud for all purposes that this keheme proposed by Senator Mairton bo adopted, REBEL CLATM-AGENTS IN THE SENATE. Lhe Wanney Mircneer claim for pay for cotton seized by tho Government during the ‘War was defented in tho Sonate by a vote of 0 ngaimst aud 17 for it. Enough Democrats, including some from tho Sonthorn Htates, voted ngainst tho LIl to show that the ex- Confederato grabbers will havo no éany job in thelr cffort to eapture tho Domocratic party and uoko o tool of it to reimbursa tho Sonth for thelr warlosaes. 'Tho Northorn Democrats who rafused to sonction the fraud wero' Basnvye and Esvox of Counceticut, Krnvan of Now York, and McPutgnson of Now Jeraey, Bex Iinn, of Georgla, fol. lowed tho convictions. of policy which ha statod so plainly in his speech ngafust all war-claims dolivered the day before, and Cocrnenn’ of Missonri, Coxe of ‘Loxas, Moraan of Alabama, aud Raxsost of North Curolinn, voted with him, probably on the some ground. It is suggested that Messrs, Barann nnd Savrsnury of Dolaware voted against the claim in tho interests of Bavarn's candidature forthe Presidency, and asa menns for propitiating New York, Connecticut, and Nuw Joraoy; but it is only falr to nysume that neither of thoso gontlemen wonld sanc. tiou the allownnco of Robel claims in any caso; tho little State they reprosont is too closoly identified with ths North to tolerate any such conduct, . Among thoso who voted for this bill, aud theroby virtually cowstituted themsolves agonta for Itebol claiinants, in general, the moat surprisivg case was that of Scenator Bootn, of Culifornia. It is fmpossible to account for his anomalous position, since he is ncither scctioually nor politieally ideuti- fied with the clique urging theso olaims, The people of California, whom HBonator Boorn pretonds to ropresont, are without doubt s solidly opposol to opening the doors of tho Unitod States Treasury to 1tebol olnimauty a3 are the peoplo of any other Northern or Waostern Hiates, whose sub. stanca aud prosperity are threataned by the raid, and Mr, oot has evidoutly betrayed thom in this instance. Tho same may be said of - Joxus, of Nevada, in rola. tion to his coustituency. Beck and Me. Cneeny voted for this Lill ns inuch, perbaps, beceauso tho claimant lives in Kentucky as bo. causo they are in favor ‘of allowing Robel claims generally, for we do not believe that tho people of Kentucky, a prosperous aud contral Stato, will approve tho principle. BaLxy, Garrann, Gonvox, Iinnw, Hene. voun, Liaman, and Wirtuens voted for tho bill ou purely soctiohal grounds, and will probably vote with equal alacrity for every Nobol claim that shall bo prosentod in the future, Donsey, Srexcen, aud PATrensoN, outgolug Hepublican Senntors from Houthorn Htates, wanted to emplasize thelr readiness to trucklo to the Confederate cloment, Huch Northorn wen as Groven and Voonieesstaod roady at all times to submit to Southorn dic. tatlon, but it is rather surprising that old Gen, Suzups should avail himself of his brief tenuro of his place to sidu with the ex. Coufyderates, unless ho concluded that was tho surest way to sccura su clection ns gu officer of tho next Soaate, which will be Dewmocratio in majority, Whilo censnring tho mon who are willing to indorso this favorite Bouthern schemo for plundering the United States Troasury, it is a matter of considerabla ratisfaction that two desperuto efforts to grab public money for ex-Robels have recontly beon dufeated,—the Williaw and Mary College bill in the House, nud this Wanuey Mircucey claim in the Sen- ate. But thoe strugglo iu belal? of Rebel claims is uot yot over, nor can the vesult be defivitely forolold until the next Congvess, which will ba Democratio in both 1louses, sbiall have declared ftself on tho subject. It will require mors nerve thon ou the part of such men as Usice and Hiix to maintain thcir present antugonistic poaition than it does now.” —— Some very remarkablo statewcuts are made by the Austrlan press fu regara to the discaso revaging the Volrw Valley in Rusela. Niely percent ol the persons attacked by have died. It has decnnated Ast tire survivors have fled In it divectlons, earry the disease whin them, It has traveled ranidly westward, and appeared witnfn o short distance of Moscow. There is danzer that [t wilt pass the luits of the Empire, snd appear in Austria and Germany, An exchange says: Th!s s the same disease which, 1n the fouricentty century, desalated the clobe, and gels Ita nama from the hlack saote, aymptonatic of a putrid de. compotition, that fiow themssives at one of fta hiages 0n the skin of the sufterer, 1t ia thoueht to have had fte ariain tn China (n 3K, =ome dfteen searahiefore its outhreak in Enropz, aoi it raged oF ifieen years, whilo dranght, faminios, Hoods, carthquakes that swallowed town's nnd mountains, and mwarmd of locuris spread destenction every. where. Durlng the mame perlod Europe had an mny abnormal conditions as the Hast, ‘The order of niture apseared (o be reversed. The seasons ot yarions times svere inveried: thunderatorme were freqnent in midwinter, and volcanoed, long coned- ered extinct, burat forth afresh. ‘The theory s that the exiraordinary nctivity of the erth, ac- companled by the decomposition of vast arganle manscs, ~myrinds of Incusts, brutes, and bodies of haman beings, ~produced some change In the aiz inlmicnl to Jifo, “Some writers say that the lm. pure air was actually siejble na it approached with ite hurden of death, The placue owed i+ extenslon slmost wholly to infection and contagion. e i There is n question even greater and of moro sbsorbing present futercst than that one of ihe iVorld's prize neries, ** Wheu Is a door-nail dead? The question we refer to le, How long wilt it take New York to burn up it its present rickety nnd insecure methods of building are perststed in? For atenly to this question we have waited long, are walting still; O World, you treat no other friend sodll. 1f the editor of the Wor'd can't answer it himself, ho should put it along with the other snags fu the Prize Berles. ‘The Census Burcau computes that two mill- fon dollars, under the new Pensfon law, will go to Kentucky, West Virglola, aml Iennessecs According to the number of pensioners, a Targger amount will go to these States than In the North, owlng to the gencral fznorance of pen- tlon provistons and fallure to auply to et on the rolls. About three-quarters of a million dotlars will go to Enst Teuncssee, where the Union clement. was very prevalent, aud which turned out a great many Unlon soldlers, ————— The Philadelohia newspaners talk flat hlas- phemy about Judge Hirtox and the Kid-Glove Ring. 'They don't think that anybody s golng to be crushed. But they do say that, if av fu- vestigation ls ordered, *every member of the Ring will cheerfully como forward to declare that WiLLianms, the 8peclal Azent of the Treas- ury, I3 a great rascal, Becretary SHUERMAN n deadly enemy of hls country, the New York Apprager o hopetesa blockhead, and himselt o tniraclo of purity nod patrtotisim." —— There was n back-action tothe Arrears-of-Ten- tlon LIl which some of the members never thought of. It wlll prevent the abolition of the tax on tobaceo, nind muke every subaidy job and futernal fmprovement scheme less llkely of adoption, For, unless it is futended to increase the bonded debt n a tiine of profound peace,— which has always heen held to boin this country indefensible,—there will be no spare funds for anv purpose after the arrearages of pension are paid. 'This dlseovery Is sald to have ereated o panic fu the cubsidy camp, 2 - ——— Zacn Cuannren has some quathleations for a geatin the United States Senate. lo hasa large private fortune and 13 Incorruptible. IHe hay brafns. He hasn't got the Presidential [teh, He unquestionably 13 the cholce of a majority of the Republicans in his State. Ifo was always au influentlal, hard-working, and usefnl mem- ber. Hewasan almost invaluavle party man, aml party micn i this day und generatfonare not to be sucezed at. 1t really will not do to be down on ZACHATIAR, . The 8t. Lotls Repub'fcan, with vaciferous vol- ubllity. asseverates that it fs not alraldol Qen, (inAnT aa a Presidentiol endidate, but on the vontrary it is anxious to have lim run, becansc hie will be so casy to beat, Why Is it then, that every new symptom of ntentlon on the part of tho Republicans to nominate him throws that concern fnto an agua fit, scts its tecth to chat- tering, and blanches Its countenancel Those are not marks clther of longing or confldence. —————— SirriNg BuLl talks Froneh, and he will nne derstand what GAMBETTA maild to MacMAnoN, as well as tlio Femark of the Governor of North Carolina to the (overnor of South Carolina. But 1w will be well for Mr Strrive Buri, it he comes back, to stay on his rescrvation. It might go hard with hin if he should ba cor- nered, as the Cheyennes were, by Unlted States troops, . e et — e e The Ameer of Afchanlstan takes (he same vlew of readivg and writing that the Shah of Persia does of danelng. What s the use, ho nays, when ane has hundeeds of people to do it for onuf 1t would be a boon to the commuuity 1 the writers of voetry for the dally newspa- pers would take thia sentfment to heart. e et B e Ol Gex, 8uieLps has o seat in the Senate in a fine Democratle nelehborhoud, whenee hie can varry on hils campalen for the Secreturyahip or he Bergeant-at-Arma olliee, or some other good place. ‘Il Democrats of Missourl really havo glven the old manesu chatco—two chuuees, fn effect, o e —— Mr, B, V. Ssarrer writes from Loulslana that there §s a growlng senthnent in tuvor of repudiating the State debt. Yet thia fs one of the Btates the newspapers of which sk the privileza of guaranteelng—on thelr sacred “honnah "—the Texas Paclile bonded loaa, ——e— Mr, Invi¥g, the actor, has nmde another breach fu the text of “Hamlet.” [lo rewls he dog will have his ‘bay,'" fnstead of #Tho dog will have hta ‘day,' " The firss night this Innovation was heard all the Shakspearcon scholars present greanced audlbly, e — That Chincse Immigration bil {s almost as bud o ritlle for the average Congresswuu as the Equalizition-of-Bounties bill er the Back-Pen- sions bill. Walchever wav @ member votes oo it, he la sure to give scrivus offeuse In sowe quarter. ———— Tresident MacManox has pondered over that Gambettesque senteuve—® I1 faut se soumelire, vt e deniettre'—more than n year; and, having tricd the first hall of 1t thorouthly, bo belleves the last end s better, e — e Hounace GuueLer fortunately Is spared the humiliation of secing the newspaner founded by D eating dirt before Rozco CoNKLING, Whomn GueeLey hated und distrusted uore than any Hving wan, ———— Bhort and sweet wers the words ha sald, but those few showed that Senator Bex Hink de- sired to be counted vut of the group of Confed- cruta Brigadiers, e ——— Poor Mr, Vasvsuuirr should anpear at the approaching carnival of authors st New York as the autbor of the biggest whopper on record. et — The New York Sun had better stop bawling fraud so long as it defends the Customi-tiouse undervaluation frauds upon the revenue. e —— : Benator CosELING should remember that the celebrated BuenMAN fawlly bas uover been overs come {u @ square fizht, . — ———eO—— One artlele, we kuow, Judge Hirzoy docs ot uudervalue, und that {s bis own tmportance, R PERSONALS, " Joff Davis' fa is finlshed. Unfortunately this refersonly to bla Laok. Mr. Coukling has no clivice for the Prosi- dency,—that {a {0 43y, no second choice, Tae Caluwet Ciub neglected to offer the plpe of peace to Miss lauk the other eveulng. Mr, Murphy's lutest touperance song ba- §loe. **i1abody wiects body coming from the £ye.” sud pocs on tu thy cifect thnt b sbould dine wmedlately pin s fibos vu Lis cualsfrant tu watch & the colar of hls nose, And take him at once :e‘ri i of the ratd 3r, Murphy's tamperance Neclingy, "j An anthar<’ carnival fn Clifeago wnutvxv'..f',. talnly be n tremendous success, Al 7 zuthors, E e fack g Aan Ul States Senator, Mr, Tarnum, no douht, would have been **‘The Great, 3 Wonder, bt by & ‘Lho investigation of tha ciphar dilrn’&h.‘ s bazin, and Sammy's barrel s on ta f whitewash. PR mr Tionis Napoleon's china, tihle.liy piate, bearing the Initials *' N, E." are at anction, Tho message of the Governar of T, thirty-two columas long. ern otitrage. Stanloy i3 eoon to maka nnoth. **throngh the dark contlnent" of his manners, 20, o o be soly XA wag This ta another Souy. 27 janrne: forthe lu:uruum!n’; Gen. Bherman will soon baginn tour of the South. Ile was rather coidly recelved oo hig lst tour, In 1864, 5 Mr. Bonner claims to have the fastagt horse in the world. Mr. Nlonner's watch @ay by too slow, hawever, Sitting Ball would be au_impor:ant wit. . ness in the Reno investigation, Why Is te not 7 summoned to appear? ¥ ‘ ) Tho extermination of tho Clmfmnen con, £ vinces us that America 18 the land of the tree gng ), the tomb of the **brave,* = [ Aunna Dickinson's locture tonr is very snc. ccasful, What has been a zain (o the stago has noy Leen a loss to the platform, The Princess Louiso §s highly pleased wity America and Americans, She spent neatly an houe I this cauntry the other day, ‘Waondell Phillips takes out the ittle thingn of the poor little rag.baby accaslousl Razes sadly futo Ita vacant craule. Canada papers report that the Princa of ‘Walea s undor promiee ta visit Ottawa while Lorng and Princesa Loutse are at Rideau Ia1), The work of a philosopher doosn’t pay as 8 ateadyjob. Aftera long life of the severest tojy, Mr. Lewes lcavas & propertyof only $10,000, Mr. Watterson hns just boon lecturing in the Sauth; and the Ffonth, too, has rearcely yot recavered from (he terrible ravages of the yellow fever, S ‘What an expressive lesson s presented to the pollticlana of this country by tho life of & late resldent of Utlea, who got rich by keeping his mouth shut, . Tho art of ednlterating sugnrs has rerched o high degreeof perfection, but the New Yorx Honrd of lcaith is determined to putnstupto it. Good-by, aweet art, good-by! Tho nocessity of immodintaly sending a Mimster to Gerinany, 1s scen in the fact that while thia Misslon Is vacant our relations with that coun. ry continue to be of the most feiendly character, Gnorg'a W. Childs has a mnain for collect. ing clocks, Ha hasan assortment of forty af 1hs rarcat desceiption. 1le should by atl means sy the well-known grandfatber's cloci ta lus collec- tion, Justice Hunt is improving. Ho i3 now able to o1t np in bed and hear the nawspapers read, ‘Thia I8 regarded os unpleasant news for the apph cants who look forward to Hunt'e placs on the bench, The Mnrquis of Lorna travelel inevs. when on tho Aniorican side of the Falis the otlier day. Posaidly ho was afraid that Anthony Come stock might arrest Llm for his low-uck dress wrder. ‘Within the past ten years twanty-six proplo have been killed and_thirty wounded iIn Breathitt Connty, Kontucky, Yet we dnnot hear that that section of tho country has ever produced a sinzle nrima doune. Tho abicuco of Indians from the Indiax question tends to remove tho cagus belll from the Schurz-Shortdan controvarsy, and a strifo which threatened to arench the country with Ink s prov- ably ended. Mr. Vandorbilt is about to take a tripto Tlortda, and tha inhabiiants of New York hope to be shiu o got ont of their houses and walk the streets aguin, The want of autdoor exorcise Is telling serlonsly upon them. Mr, Whistler, London nrtist who re- cently suod Mr, Tuskin for" lbel, has Just painted & *‘symphony In white,” It is sald to differ romewhat from the artlat performances of colored gentlemen with whitewash pails, Prof, Watson hns oarnod some famo by the discovery of several hitherto unknown piants; but his wariest admizers nre compellod to make the humiliating namlssion thot he haa never dis- cavered an oyster In a church-festival stew. Mr, Lloyd Phoenix, of Now York, who it now somewhat prominertly before th public in connectiun with Mra. Thorp, would kave ilved uu- known, tnsung, und unarrested wero it not for bis nuwerous smorous cecupades, Mr. Phoenls risce frum bis ** mashes, o to sapoak, THE WEATHER, Urrice oF Tue Cimer Bionan OFrICER, Wasiinaton, . C., Jan 30—1 a, m.—Tudica- tlons—VFur Teunesyee und the Ohto Valley, low- er temuerature than on Wedneaday, northwest to southirest winds, stationary or slowly thiog barometer, und partly cloudy westher. For the Upper Lake reglon, Upper Miss!s ply wnd Lower Missourl Valless, slfght riv lowed by wlowly fatllng baromoter, northwest winds shifting to west and south, sifght changes in temperature, clear or falr weather, LFor the Lower Lake reglon, sticht rise in temperature, varlabhle winds, mostly south or west, clear or partly cloudy weathier, statluoary or slowly falling barometer, play. Ty and a0, Jan, 2% 10188 b, 'y ) Masluiuin, o “aation e ———— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Youk, Jan, 20.—Arrived, ucamuhlnl’ Wisconsin, from Liverpool; Hart, from Huvres Switzerland, from Havre; W. A, Scuoltoy, from Rotterdum. § Hosroy, Jun, 22.—Artlved, Bohemian, from Liverpool. Luémou. Jan. 29.—Steamships Btatg of Peno- sylvaula aud the Ruclw, from New York, bave urrived out. ) SAN Fuawcisco, Cal, Jam 20.—Ariveds :aw“m" Guelic, from Hoog Kong, via Yuso- U0, 5ay Foaxcisco, Jau. 30.—Arrived City of New York, from Syducy, via &tc,y beluglue the Britiah wils. e t— - DANGEROUSLY ILL. . Ciscinnaty, O, Jan, 2).—A, C. Bavds, bust nesy mouager of the Cloctnuatl Tines, is dai- gerously. 4t 1s thought by way dis befure word: W steanicr Honolulv