Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1879, Page 4

;4 THE' CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY {1, 18791 Thye Tribane, TERMS OF SUNSCRIPTION. WELVE PAGES. 2 tho risk the Sonth s anked to také by Northern Demacrate. Ranthetn Democrats havealwaya done what was asked of them by thelr Northern allies, relying on their promisea to sen justice done when 0ar party gresw strong enongh to out-vote the Re- publicans, Recent ocenrronces §n bath llonses of Congresn shoyw that theso promises have heen vio- lated. Tho Prealdential strngglo will he one to do- eide which aet of Notthern mon shall control the National Government, and it {a eany Lo xoe that the Bouth need risk nothing by severing her alle- siance to the Natlonal Democratic party, Wo know there witl be & preat hue and cry agalnst snch antepas thls by the old projudiced Monrbons, bat wo ay, withaut fear of nccesafal contradietion, thiat it le proferablo to risking all we have gained merely to serve men who are afraid of onr fellow. while the Africans ara said to have lost 5,000 | tho high character of Coorzn. Doultless ho in killed during the ongngement. It is quite | directad PErtox to inform Coorer that ho corlain that her Majesty's forces in that | (Tieoex) did not know of his proposed locality hiavo been serionsly crippled, as tho | journcy to Baltimoro. This theory ne. mont nrgent call for hoavy reinforcamenta | connts for the fact of Cooren's neglect to hins beon forwarded to the Home Govern- | spenk of the proposg) journcy of the ment, nephew to tho uncle that ovoning. Of R S ok course the £80,000 for Wezp's purchase Tho public money, rays the Charleston | was ultimatoly to come from 'TiLoex's (8. C.) News and Courier, in an argument | coffers, but Trroex did not want it to como aupporting Bontharn grabs, ** belongs to tho | from Prrroy, because the notorious poverty South as well as the North.” This is on the | of the nephow would in that caso create tho theory that the Governmont rovenues nro | jrrgsistiblo inferenco that it camo directly raised by taxing the wholo people. 8ome- | from the uncle. Ilence bo (TizpsN) in- property, at » nominnl interest of 10 per cent, leaving municipalities and’ the Stata without their proper. rovenue. The facility of borrowing taxes from the State is becom. ing ono of the growing and alarming evils of thadny. Every yoar there la more and moro of the publio revenuoe locked up, to be ultimately lost under forfeiturea to the State, croating embnrrassing doflcita in the local trensurios, 3. Another defect needing prompt remedy ie tho long dolay in collectiug loenl taxes, whereby the rovenna for one flseal year s not collected until nontly the close of the until trouble brenks out agaio, and from present appesrances that will not bo long. A rupture between Bonthorn Bulgaria and Trrkey scems to ho inovitabla aftor the de- parture of the Rneslans. ‘The Treaty of Berlin, it will bs remombered, nccords to the Turks tho right to occupy certain of tho passos throngh the Balkan Mountains and establish armed garricoun. Bolween Constantinople and the Balkans, there- fore, tho Southern Bulgarinns will bo belween the upper and lower mill-stones of Turkish intolerance. A dis. patch in tho London Z'imes of Jan. 21} foro- Just ulllnzk: and correcting slons. Indlyidunl contributio 25 cents, and the total nmmmtn :-;:::lu;l.m“cd bl 800, e vase, which ws mammtaeri ) TirPARY & Co,, from orlzinal design,, 1! o descrived: ““In ahape it rc;vrt‘"‘msl‘ca‘ s which assimilaten 4 to the form af (e o™ blo vase. T s of gold and il and e 70 sido 8 medalllon bearing in bag.rolief o 0 of a battalion of Infantry drawn up Iy Ir;k'tuu battle, presenting arma ana colors dru“e : whilo Columbia adsancs and oresente g oo™ tlon 10 Mfr. NAST. The plcturo of Calumye "™ onoof Mr. NAT, drawn from lfe, ey . foreground. 'The medalilon on the F e bears this [nseription: ¢ Presented :eevsr,;flnlm' STIONCOUN imyprey, dhees.. " Ecfurday Frecimen coples sent free. * Give Fost-Uilico address In fnll, Inelnding Btate and Covnty. B Temittancen may be mada elther by draft, express thing might be said about the proportion in | structed Prutox to arrange to draw | succoeding flscal year, Legisltion enabling | ahadows tronblo, It ssys: *'Tho reports | /%" NAST by his frfends fn the army gnd i ““'W‘f:_"';‘l::- ?";‘“c';r';":{;‘:_‘::":‘;" :\‘;’“' ik | whici the two scctions contribute to tho | on Cooren, the Trensurer of the Domocratio | cities (as counties do now) to make thele ap. | deawn up by the majority of the Forelgn ,:n:::"'; ;':é’:::;:’;:; orsx:’l:]el:;nn::;u::: United Btates fn mcoznltlanyn‘(mm':,“n’l::i;n: rrlly.fltllv:rr}l.afillndl: excepted, 2sconts per week, | SUpport of tha Genernl Govornment that | Nationnl ~Committee, assuming that ho | proprintions at tho closo of ono flseal year | Consuls for their rospoctive Govarumonts aro g 8 PO uso he has madeaof his rarc abilitle 3 Dnlly, delivered, Bunday Ineluded, I centa per week. Audress THE TRIDUNE CU Y, Corner Madiron and Dearbor 1. . Ordera for the delivery of Tie Tutl st Evauston, Erglewood, and Hyde Parx teft a the counting-roont willrecetve prot tiention. are suflicient to fudicate with certainty that the Bouth ix propared to ndopt Col. Sellers’ platform, viz.: “The old flag—and an ap. propriation.” They amcunt to a warning to Northern Demoorats that the Southern faction will only go {ato the next Presiden. tial contost with tho nssuranco that their c!nims for reimbursoment on nccount of war losses, nnd for sufficient subsidies to make up for the lost time while the South was in rebellion, will receive tho nctive support of the Northern Democrats, - The Bonthern faction threatens to bolt unless it can be convincod of tho readiuncss of the Northorn faction o ncquiesco in its demands, This ultimatum places the Democratio parly in not mercly an embarrassing but a perilons condition, If the Northern Democrata stand by Gen. Bnaan, as thoy are nndoubtedly in- chmed to do, and boldly proolsitn their de- terminntion to resist Southern domination for the purpose of rawling the Troasury, then they will not enjoy the assistance of the Houtliorn Democrata in alooting their Prosi- dent. 1If, on the other hand, the Northern Damocrats desort the position taken by Gen. Braca and yield to the intimidation of the Southern faction, it is certain that they will lose thoso Northern States which aro noces. wonld illustrate tho pecnlior injustice of (Coor'zn) was ripe for the vilo transaction, dietribmting throngh the Houth money | and knowing that Scort, of the Committes, that is contributed for tho most part | gould raise the money. DBut when Coorer, by tho North, But, nside from this | poor innocent, brought tho nefarious scheme view of the case, nn admission that the pub- | directly to tho notice of the principal in it, lic money “belongs totho South aa well s | e, Tizoey realized that he (Coorzr) wos the North " by no menns carries withit s | capablo of blowing it to the four winds of Justification of any sectional subsidy or any | heaven, and koew that the game was up. demand for reimbursoment on account of | 1fo mnde a virtuo of nccessity, and professed war losses. During the yoars of tho Reboll- | jgnoranca of the plot, and expressad indigua- ion the Sonth was engaged in tho cffort to | tion that he dil not feel. break down the Govornment. Thateflort | 1t any man doubts that Mr. TrLoeN would was unsuccessful, nod left the South in an | i, an emergency testify innway to criminate impecunious condition, with erippled ro- [ or blast Limself, wo think wo can convinca sources and palsicd enorgy. These rosults, | ot man that he errs griovously, ‘Thero 18 Inmentable s thoy wore, form no claim upon | now in the archives of the State of Now tho General Government for a relmbursc- | yyrk n paper over tho siguaturo of Saxvry ment of losses in n war which the Southorn | 5 Bynpy, Governor, which is of such o peoplo precipitated and a disaster for which | wharator as to render it certain that it was thoy thomsolves were responsible. If thoy | geliberately made with a purpose to decoiva, lost property, time, or opportunities during | On the 25th of May, 1876, Gov. Tz that period, and conscquently ol behind the | flod with tho Socretary of Htate n messago North in material progress, they must liedn | or memorandum in which he protonded to tho bed mado for themselves, and not look | ghiow that certain retronchments nd reduc- to the North to even shars the expenso | tiong in taxntion hind boen effocted by his ad- of now upholstery and decorations. Tho | minigtration, In that messngo occurs the public money can only be legitimately usod following: for genernl sud necossary public cxpenses, | Rearrnorniarions—Theso are pald out of eash and ot for reimbursemant of losses bronght | in the Treasarys S a3 th ;}t lthlu peopl:.u’l’hu &ilt of 8,500 ofMcers :n:;lel;t. sted men of Blnl;-.' L e army and navy of the Unitey e t— Manrin 1. Towssesp, the wiyt man from the Troy District, will n{fl &".':," ter of the next House, having failed to gey o = nomination. He will exchange places wmxfi auccessor, Mr, CROWLEY, formerly Unitedgty, 4 Distrfct Attornev. Tho trade scems to ; amicable and eatisfactory all around. e hoy this will not bo the last hoard of Tow.vuxnl; publiclife. Hewasan able and enterprising member, and would have been exceedingly ful in the next House. The minority will gy TowNsEND and several other men lixe hig who kuew thoroughly the ways of the House, and wera in a botter position to represent (hb[‘r L tric irly than thelr successors can well be, It is a pity the principle of rotatton in offles should deprivo the Republican party of the sery. fces of such men. ¥ — Pnor. 8wina sald in his sermon Buaday: 4 The throne of empire Is helug left withoy any Royal famlly of JErremsoxs and Jyex. aoNs.,”” The figure {8 not good. Jzrerson and JACKSOXN were not Royal. They hated ang despised Royalty, all its trappings and belone. ings. Tho cholce of thess two names as thosy of represcotative statesmen suggests, beslles, an union of charucters widely dissimlisr, Jgy. FERBON was & statesman fn the true senseor for the succeeding yenr would have tho ef. foot of permitting cities' to collect tho reve- nne for ench fisonl yonr within the yoar in which it ls expendod. There may be somo other remedial legisln. tion urgontly demandad for notorious and undisputed defects fn the law, and, a3 all these provisions have heretoforo beon dis cussed aud aro generally understood, it is to bo hoped that the Kogislature, if it slnll ap- point the Rovenue-Law Commission, will cmbody theso into tho form of a law nnd pass them at this session. Even if the Com- nasion be appointad, these provisious, being of great urgency, might bo nlso passed. atated to express tho opinfon that it will be impossible for the Turkish troops to return to Roumelin and the Halkans, and that thero is every prospect that the future Governor of Ronmelia will meot with a general passive resfstance.,” It adds to the gravily of tho situation that the Northern Bulgarians, now erccted into an indepondent Blate, aro doters mined to foin hands with their Southern Lrethiren for incorporation into one gront inte. Tho first nct of Turkish tyranay will uudoubtedly be the signal for united opposi- tion, Meanwhila it is clear that, although tho Russians ngree to leavo Southera Bulgarin, Bulgaria proper will for a long timo remain under Russian influences. The majority of thu Bulgariane are in favor of prolonging tho Russion military occupation, and it is an- nounced (hat on Sumdny next, tho time specified for tho opening of the Bulgarian Assembly and the clection of a Prince, n mo- tion will bo mada to postpone the election for two yenrs, or, if that shall be considered an infraction of the 'Freaty of Berlin, thena nah of straw will bo olected, nnd Dulgaria will remnin under Russinn influences. The Definitive Treaty settles nothing exceptsoma financial matters, Hardly more could have been expected, when the Treaty of Berlin TRIBUNE BRANCI O —l"ICES. ibitshed branch ofMees d advertisements as Trx Cnteann TAIMCNE has ¢ for the recelpt of aubeeriptivns fellows: NEW TORK—Room 20 Tridune Bullding. F.T. Mo+ Apnxy, Manager, TARIS, France—YXo, 16 tue de1a Grango-Datellere, 4 T M . Agent, g L .—American Exchange, 440 Strand. LLi6, Agent. 0, Cal, — THE EXTRA BESSION OF CONGRESS. It is evident tho Democrats and Confeder- ates are intent npon forcing the President to call nn extrn session of Copgross. ‘'I'heir object is to organize tho new Congress at oy carly o dato as they can, so as to guard ngainet any possible combinations or con. tingent evonts that may placo the frail Deme- oratic control of the next Congross in jeop- nrdy, ‘his partienn control is threatened by varions clrcumstanees. The Greenbackers ore Innguishing for want of an issue, sinco resumption robbed them of their stock in ; MeVicker's Theatre. i Madiron street, between Desrborn and Rtate, En- grgement of Miss Ads Cavendlsh, **The New Magda- 1 Ten.* Tinverly's Thentre. Dearborn Atrect, corner of Monroe. FEngagement of Oates' Comic Opers Company. *‘Les Clochea do Corueville.” Hooley’a Thentre. Mandoipn street, tatween Ciark and LaSalle, En- gagement of Mme, Janauschek. **The Countesa.” Acndemy of dlusic. { Falsted street, between Sladison and Mooroe. Va- 7lety enteristnment. = - rox Ham 'thu;:, R on by the folly or wickedness of any section. !D)lquf: g‘.’},'n“c-‘ sgf';,’:’;?fl trade, nod they may go over in a body to the | itself is only a tomporary pbstponement of sary to their electiug the uext President, | the nord; but Oid Hickory was s military anq Clark street, opposite tha Court-flouss. **NiIp sn 2 ‘The couflict botweon the two factions has come, and it sooms to threnten the defeat of the Democratic party whichover horn of the dilemma may be takon. volitical chicftan. He introduced the spofy system In politics, from the bad effects of which Amerfean politics have not yet recovered, per. haps never will recover. flo ought nottobe sct upasa good type of Amcrican statesmaa for the admiration of the people. ———— Bomo people may have forgotten that Joho(, FneysoNT was lately made Governor of*Arizons, But ho doesn't mean to ho forgotten—at leat not for long at & time. Ho has prepared and sent to the Legislature an able and suggestivs message, pointing out a number of wags fn which the National Government can spend money in Arizona to agvantage. He Republican party on other national {ssues. ‘Tho harmony of tho Democratic party is im- periled by the brench betwoon the Northern and Bouthern factions, which may widen out and threaten disruption in the next few months, In order, therofore, to avert theso dangers, aud particularly the in- fluence their possible occurronca may oxert ontho elections next fall, the Democratic managers desire to secnre an early orgoniza. tlon of both Senate and Ifonse, aud thus promole o common desiro among all factions to pull together for tho spoils, In order to bring about this extrn session, the Demo. crata in the House proposo to tack on to the Appropriation bills certain logislative ncts, such as the ropeal of tho test oath and the Nationa! Election law, to which the Repub. lioan Benato will probably refuse to nagroo; an adjournment without completing the np- proprintions would neccssitate an extra scssion, sud the partisan purpose would thus Lo subserved. But these Democratic mau- ngers ignoro the fact that the Prenidont will not bo compolled to call such ecxtra sesrion immedintely upon the termination of the prosent Congross. Ilo may postpone it till smndsummer, ns the fiscal year does not end till July 1; nod in that case the chief aim of the Democrats would bo defont. od, aud the gontlomen rosponsible for the . extrn sesslon would experienco tho dehghts of sponding the dog.days in ‘Washington with the thermometer In the nincties. Those Democratic managers also soom to ignoro that o serions responsibility nttaches to an cxtra session, which may do their party moro damnge than a parlisan orgnnization of the new Congrens will bonefit it. An extra sceslon will impose an enormous extra oxponsa upon (he country, aud increase taxation to that extont; the peoplo will not approve this fentnre of the proceeding, It will also continne the uunsettled and uncor- tain condition incident to o prolonged threat of now legialntion at n time whon the coun- try wnnts to be nt peace, and whon business Intercsts will thrive the better with tho na. suranco that thero will Lo no legiilative dis- turbaneo. For these rensons the Democratio managers will bo wise in avoiding tho reaponsibility of an extra session, which will be plainly upon them if they mako it necessary by attaching extrancons and partisan legislation to the Approprintion Dilis, and thereby bring about their failure, The contral statement here madoe is that under Gov. Tizoex's administration no reap- proprintions wure made, and henco that thero was n Raving, a8 compared with the adminis- tion of his predocessor, of §817,370. Now, 08 o matter of fact, on the 28th day of April (less than a month previous to tho dato of this statemenf), Gov. Tinpex had signed a reappropzintion bill for £300,368; and on tho 20th dny of May (five dnys provious to tho dato of his statement), ho had signed a re- quostions that must bo answered so long a3 the Turks remain in Europensau independent Power. “THE OLD FLAG-AND AN APPROPRIA- TION.” The Southern newspapers havo naturally beon stirred up by Gen. Braoa's warning that the Domocratic purty canvot bo used mcrely ns an instrument for collecting Rebel claims, ‘There 18 as much disposition among (ho Southern Democrata to resent this iutor. forenco of Northern Democrats with their Plane as thero is on the part of the Northern Domocrats to resist the domination of the Bouthern faction. Tho utterances on both sides aro equivalent to a genoral notica from ench faction to the othier that separation will he prefernble to ylelding. A few of the Northern Democratio politicians, like Gen. Draao, may bo honestly and carnestly op- posad to the Southorn roids on the United Blates Treasnry, and mouy others not so Loneat or palriotic will bo constrained to tnke the same position, because they will droad tho wrath of their constituents if they shall commit themsclves to the Southera ralds; but the Southern press choose to rogard this unexpected Northern reslstaunce within the Domocratic party as n rosult of cowardico on tho part of all the Northern politiolans, If by this .use of the term ‘‘cowardico” {s mennt n deference to tho sentimout of constitn- ents, it is n useful and comniendablo cle- mont in the politics of a cauntry where the people aro supposcd to rule, and, in the caso of the Bouthern war claima ns well aa South- ern subsidy-grabbing, the Domocratic poli. ticiaus of tho North dara not resist the oppo- uition of publio sentiment to all these ralds. ‘The Svuthorn newspapers scem to misjudgo this state of things. Bomo of thom advise an attempt at concilintion and the policy of concenlment, while othera come ont with charnctorlatic rashness and proclaim their rendiness to break away from the Demo. cratio party at-once anlessthey can bonssured that thoe Sauthern claiws for reimbursoment forwar lossen and for sectional subsidios shall receivo tho support of the Northorn Demo. omnts. The effort of the Charleston (8. 0.) News and Courier to patch up the breach be. tween the Northern aud Bouthern factions, and at.tho samo time save the pet claims and subsidy-messures of tho South, In very amusing. It smeoths aver Gen, Braaa, and at tho sume time applaudy Gen. Cnatuers, It gives in on adheronco to the policy nd. vised by Bex 1y, which included a negation of nll war claling aud n refusal of all zubsi- dies, but suggests certain curious modifica. tions, It wants oxceptions mado in favor of the ‘Texns & Pacific Rallrod; of $15,000,000 which it now says is In tho United States ‘I'rensury os procceds from the salo of cap, tured cotton, and which it believes ouzlit to Lo returned to the * rightful owners"; and also of the Missisaippi levee scheuio ond a fow other ‘*exceptional cases,” In other words, the policy is recommended of pro. olaiming a platform apposcd to tho payment of war clalms and sectionnl subsidies with a quontal roservation thnt will subsequontly admit all these raids on the Treasury. ‘This journal professes that it 18 as much opposed to the rcimbursciuont of *so-callod loyal- ista” o8 Gon, Duaco is, and quotes approv. ingly -Gen, Ciaruens’ stotement that 4 Bouthern loyalty to tho Union during the ‘War meant disloyalty to everything ho held denr,” T'his is equivalent to an edmission that the real Bouthern demands made npon the Government aro for the Lenefit of mon who were disloyal. The Vicksburg (Miss.) Ierald is more outspoken about the impending conflict be- tween the Northorn and SBouthura factions of the Democratio party. Tt expresscy the belief that tho Northern Democrats in Con. gress, in tho fear of being visited with the disploasuro of their constituents, will oppose the pot Bouthern projects for reaching the Tublio Treasury, and announces that, insuch caso, the Bouthern Democrats aru ready to dissolve the partnership, It yogards Gen. Buaca's speecl ns veflecting the bellef of o majority of the Northern Democrats that the dewnuds of the Houthern Democrats aro unreavounble, aud says the timoe has arrived when Bouthern Democrats must consider what thoy will do; the programme is out- lined by the assertion that ** We [i e., tho Houthern Deinocrats] cannot afiiliate nor co- operato with men who suspect us or who are afraid to stand up for us, and wo can't afford to go iuto the fight and tcke ull the risk.” The following paragraph {s particularly sig. vificant: - **1In 1880 the two great partics will contend for the Katlousl Guverniuwnt, When (bis coutust cumed on the South wlil be saked to go forward i clect tha Demoerat. 8o will bo seked to risk all that {8 doar to her~local self-government—to do thie. Alrcady Gyt ia spoken of as the Hepub- lican standard-benrer, oud that man is s fool in- deed who duva not know that Guast will do his beat to resurcoct the *lepublican party of the South i€ Lo skiall bo elccted. bls in truc of uuy of the Radical caudidutes now spoken of as things now stand, —that is, with the South dorng its level beat pgainst tho ‘Norldcra Lepudiican party.) The South could not expect Vel & cous tnuativa of Mr, Mavea' policy, ‘Uhis is Tuck." Variety entestalnment. ELUDING THE TRUTH. The conclusion that perjury is a common crime is irresistible, It is equally beyond doubt that the crime is sometimes committod Uy persons in high social station, It is suffi- cient to our present purpose to cite, in fllus- tration, the Bxecusn trinl. The sharp con- flict of teslimony in that case demonsirates the fact that there was extensive lying under oath by saveral persons who had theretofore enjoyed spotless roputations in the most dis- ege 7 tinguished religlous and socinl circles, At :lflm:lp r:;fio;“t:“ytf;;fi;:;o'fio; ‘:::d'lmn;h: the close of that caso tho country was in bfl{wnn opriatin ESOODOOB gn doubt 3 to which side did tho most lying, | ypo .hgmfi mufm Sy N but thoro romained no reom for doubt that of gront Stato, would mb“m; to n stat in tho conduct of the cnsa Iying was reduced BE » 950 I Bificee to n fine art, and olaborated to the degreo ment 8o absolutely falso ns this, morely to which seemed requisite to the end sought to :g":q";;:;'i rfi‘i:z:l’; ':::g":g:g:‘:fl::a} n; bo accomplished. Wo do not proposs to in- disgrace of complisity i the. etlomyted stitute n parallel botweon the Bezcnes- Il gc?; ral brib f" P ¥y P Tiuton case and the TiLoen cipher caso. & Flhry Bisiness, There ia a similarity botween them, but thera i {4 mso o striking difforence, Brrcnen | SOME ‘m:mg 0 STATE had ono powerful, distinguished enomy— Tho proposition pending ]“' tho Logisla- Tn:rml.| ‘l‘lxlm)m :;;‘"’ clyilier invcs!'lrgnllon ture to appoint a Special Commission to con~ Soeing: 0w Bavo no enomy. CLILTON | yjger during next summor tho various strained overy nervo to ruin Beroner, On schemos for o State Revenuo Inw meata with tha other hand, in the matter of the ciphers, moro opposttion than wns anticipated. This every porson who from personal acqualntanoe | 4oy, 1 yegratted. Framing the presont law with tho subject had the power to ruin Tu- | o0y Iargo undertaking. Tho reduction of DEN '"l“l“"d, °vx°r’b“°"° to shield and pro- | 1o congigting patehwork of rovenua laws of tact hl mtl l[h s belug :h“ omat, it b“;“““ the Btate, county, city, town, incorporated campatailynly, coasy o lo eanmy - ouk & village, nud school district into one law, concorted movement based upon b series of applicablo to all aliko nnd Lanuonions parts comprehienaive, uncompromising Hes. To | o one system, ns required by tho now Consti- savo TiLveN from the ruinons effects of tha tution, was o difficult job, Tho work was bribery negotintions it becamo necessary for | o)y ;mrfnct success, The nttempt to con. lilw necomplicon to MBF“!“ themsalves bolow solidate inconsistent lnws nnd systems came thelevulof ordivary cnmumlx.,—in aword, to very near dustroying finauciully all the City the lovel of idiots. In swonring that neither Governments, and theso, at the end of six T"‘”“lm:lr thokDunlfu;nlio'Nr;:i?nnll, Coni- years, can only bo said to have fairly got mittoo had any knowledgo of their -bribery | Ly a0 way under the now la, tempered, ns negotintions, Priron, Manur, and Ween it hns been, by remedinl legislation nnd swore in ellcct that they offored to comuit a judicinl declsions. Tho law i still inperfect. felony without tho lenst fden from whom the Tho interprotation of tha Courts, tha larga wuns of money thoy propased to pay cxperienco of six years, and nnforescen A ccn.xe. M“"":‘B,i" siblancn: dola- chnpges and conditions, have demonstrated graphod to etzon: *Will you piny &50,000 the necossity of additionnl changea, In fact for the Electoral vote of Florida?" TeLrox | 410 10 by alrendy assumed the nllpenrnue:) . Yon." ropllr.;dx ‘wa'. ‘Wl:.lz:vt'cl!egmphed to Pri- | o6 o yories of dotached Inws ; othor amend- ToN, Iu gubstanco: *Will you pay 880,000 | 1ot will smake this condition moro striking, for tho Electoral vote of Sonth Oarolina ?" and bouce the desirability of picking up oll Peurox replied: *Yes." Now, theso per- theso amendatory ncts nnd making of the sons, who enjoy {he reputation of being | yyo1 ong complote and harmonious coda shrowd politicians and sbarp business mon, governing the nascssment of taxes and tho go on the stand and rolemnly swenr thot | oiection of revonuo. none of the Democratic statesmen by whom Tho work of making n codo i less diffienlt lhe): (Sanntn and W m‘m) wero surrounded | oo il it was fn 1873, but oxporicnee Ling in Florida and Bonth Carolina, and neitler shown how littlo can bo done In o Legislature 1"‘”;‘" "'; ’:‘l' (Ii’u.-m.x "I) elhow, nor any | ), such n largo subject,~—covsldered, ns it mambor of the Democratio National Com- | 10t 1o, ot the ssme time with fifty other miltee with whom he (Prrron) was In daily subjects. ‘Tho iden, thon, of preparing dur- consultation,—that nowo of them had nny ing tho recess o genoral law ombracing tho “‘“0“'1"""5", “h‘“‘“."] of b theso negotin- | 1o question of taxation, and sdupted totho L r?nul | n n; word, theso threo men | yanty of all classes of local governments and Bieeyr “{;L thoy lm(:lud .lh;‘ (lu? wholo | communities, and having such law disoussed matter withoul m.h““,‘ with anybody at | 109 matured at a spocial sessfon noxt winter eithor end of tha line, 'Fho statemont is ut. held for that purposo exclusively, has com. torly preposterous. What wora the other | oy ded ftself strongly, especiuliyto the poo- visiting Democratic statesnen doing while plo of the oities, who nre yet boavily embar- Manoe avd Weep were nogotioting and | 0 Dy resson of the emlden change of tologruphing the results thoroof? It is not rovenuu system In 1873, An objection 1 shown that thuy did auything or telographed | |10 46 the Hasuztox bill beonnso it in 0, : A E any u'h',“ to L1uoey or the Demoerntio Na- | o1,d0q n fow fiscal experts in the Conunission tlonal f:ommmue. It {a not shown that the who aro not membors of tho Logislaturo, As Committes, Iu conutant sesslon nt the Everott | )5 ark of the Commbssion 14 morely pro- ouse, did nuythiug or telegraphed anything paratory, the advico of skillud persons who to anybady at the Southieru end of tho line, do not happen to be iu the Legislature could It is not shown that lln_:y took the luast in. not do suy harm and wnight be of materinl terest ifl the couteit ruging in the two dis. sasiutance, boeniso thoy would be spenking puted States. 'The testimony of TieoeN, and | g0 practioul knowledge and spocial study ];u.rnx',, l:n'd'\\lllébl, m‘n;l -‘\!lf“”:'!- it trae, | oo ihe subjeot, Bub this advico and ald shiows that intercset In 10 dispute was con- fined wolely to the three gentlamen last | S50 purliapy | be cbialnad, Ao/ oty 5 extent, by request, a8 by making vamed, Tho oxpenses of Wern and Marsry £ . wera doubtless pald by the Demoeratio the exports members of the Commixsion, Nutional Committeo, but we are asked to be. E';::il: :m?;;:;utlml:::,: '1:,:’,‘:,::,“3'0;,],52 tieva tho Committeo wero kept in profound too of either House will do the work at this ignorance of what thelr agouts wero dolng. seasion, or, it they attempt it, do it well, r n:mx w'n‘n au lmp.uc_uun{u: ’r.ulul.iw, and e | vas it 4 not wiso to adjourn until soma glar. ploys of TrLoew, living in Tives's house, ing defects aro romedied, the lack of which and in that house recelving and sending | g causing largo losses in tho collection of scores of dispatelies in a siugle day concern- | yovenve, Whatever the final conclusion may ing the high futcrest of his uncle, and yot ho bo in regard to o Code Commission, the best kopt his uncle in profound ignorducs of overy thing that body can do is to take u‘p tha bill detnll of the mpcrtunt uegotintions. Of so fully discussed ot the last sossion, and courso thts theory is bosh. The WSS | \ifel was unfortunately defeatod, then pro- who, in & court of justice, should testify to & - posed Ly Mr, Marrnews, and with some ;‘:l‘:;' stuff would by scornzd by Judyo sud | jiyo additions pass it, This bill, enlarged in sowno fow particulars, will meet many of the most serious defects in the presant law, Iucludiug iu it somo of the provisony rocom- mended by the recent Cunvention of City Governmentsof this State, it will provide for the fullowiug urgent cases ; 1. The abolition of the unuecessary, cum. bersome, and costly multiplicution of book- keoping, which costs in thle county alone 810,000 a year, and the equally useless, cum- bersome, snd esponsive delinquent tax list which, under the defective provisions of the presont act, is mado to inolude eachi year a Metropolitnn Thentre. Clark atreet, oppotite Bherman House. ‘' The Boy Detective.” TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1870, The Clnclonatt Commercial charges Prof. Marngws, of this city, with plaglarism, The chargo is founded on a remarkavle similarity between his essay eotitled * Professorships of Tiouks and Tuings,” printed in * Hours with Men and Books,” and a contribution uof Prol, W. H. VENADLE to the Ohlo Educational Month- fy, cntitled *“Books and Readings.' Prof. VENADLE'S cssay was printed In 1807. Prof, Marnrws' cssay firat saw tho lght In Com- ntasioner EATON'S spectal report vn the * Pub. lie Libraries of the United States, Thelr His- tory, Coudition, and Management,” prepared for the Centenulal In 1876, The priority in ttmo is plainly Prof, Venantw's. In oroof of the charge of plagiarism the Commercla! cites tho folluwing parallcl passages from the two crsays, und snys the correspundenco at other points s almost as complete: VENAULE, 1807, MaTIRWS, 1878, *1looks, the chlef al-| **Tho chief ailics and lies and teachers, nre inetruinents of teachers, tuemsotyen, probasly, thelthey (books] are the ‘hest bestsuostitutes for teach- lsubstitntes for teachers, , and next to o 2ood'and, next to a good cole seminary 8 good library|leze, a good library may inay well be chosen as a|woll bocliosen as 8 tneans neana of education. In-lof cducatlon, Indeed, a deet), books aru voiceless|Look is o vofcalosn tenche s, und great lora«ler, and & great library is ‘r:ullmuulfi uni-|a virtual university, ™" . Senator CAnIsTIANCY'S resignation wna yes- terday communicated oflicially to the Legis- . Iature by Gov. Cnoswrrn., 'The fleld is now clear for tho Senatorial aspirau‘s, and Mr. COnmaxpren and his forces aro alrendy on tho sceno and ready for active operations, o ARt Ay | Both Houses of the Ilinols Legislatura found themselves without a quornm yester. day, chiefly by ronson of the exodus of some forty or fifty members of tho Froo-Lunch and Deadhead Committees who left for their two wacks of * boarding round"” among the charitablo imtitutions., Legislativo business will bo more or lessat & standstil untill the 5 junketers roturn from their succession of { Thanksgiving dinners at tho Slate’s exponso, 0 establish o mining burcau, assaying office, and a reflnery at Prescotts to appoint an cogineer corps for a survey of the Territory, and to bulld dams for navigation purposes nll over the Tere ritory. 'This message at once shuws the danger of appointing a man with a fertile and restless mind to an offlce of trust and responsibility m s Territory. ——— The New York Sun heaps reproaches tpoo the head of Benntor CONKLING. 1t eays of him and his defeat In the Senate: Mr. Roscor CoNKLING, in controverar with tha Administration, has been badly beaten. The defest is in_many ways disastrous to hlm. 1t puts fote tho New York Castom-House, in place of ane of bis own most popular and devoted adhereats, s titeiens worker for a hated rival, It deordves aln of mnch of tho prostige of bis recent trumphe, it smite and humbles his towerlne pride, The deiest, 100, shows that, 1n inviting delay, hir tactics wera at fault; a8 wae his judement in'underestimatisg the atrangth of the enomy. ‘The truth is, tho Democracy have never ceated to fecl that CoNELING betrayed them In the spring of 1677 In not helping them (o beat Hares and scat the “usufruct.” Hence the bitter taunts of the **fraud Sun. ———————. It should be a consolation for the lossof the Republican najority in the Benata thatwithit will go Srencer, Donser, Patreasoy, Coxo- VER, BARUENT, and a few more of that strios who always have voted on the wrong sideol overy subsidy bill that bas come beforo the Seoe ate. Donsey and BAnoenT, it wlil be obeerreq, aro membera of the Senate Appropriations Com: mittec which shows such hot Interest o 3r. Jouxn Roaun's Brazillan subsidy scheme. Ws are grioved to add that Benator Wispow,ol Minnesota, and Scnator ALLISON, of Tows, whe oro members of the samo Committee, arere ported to ba fn favor of the same grab. They represcnt States which are solidly oppored to this and all other gra —— — The Atlanta Constitution eays: * Not only tbs Congtitution, but all the amendments therelo, aro creatures of the Btates,” What States aro tho Constitution and amendments * creatures of, Mr. Coustitution? 1s the Federal Coostit tlon s “creature™ of the States admitted lnto the Usifon under its provisions] 1f pot, are thoso Btates more or less bound to obey it tbsa the original ‘Ihirteen are? Are the amendmeots “creatures” of thosc States thut voted ageins them and realsted them us long as they couldt 1t not, are any States Justified in nollifyive o attemptiog to nullify the amendmeuts! e ———— TRussin is apparently overrun with epi- domica of almost every known description. In addition {o the plaguo, which has earriod panic and desolation into many districts, small-pox and spotted-fover aro now decimat- ing the inhabitants of that unhbappy realm. It is related of n cortaln band of Cossacks who fled from n plaguc-stricken town, that t overy one of the number only escaped the i scourge to freezo to denth in n polar storm whiles on, thoir onforced pilgrimage to the ‘and of health. VENANLE. MATHEWS, “Wo wero once ac-| ‘“Who has not seen qualnted with 8 youngiyoun men plodding man (he was & brotheriivearily through bulky schoolmasior, too, itivolumes «f history and must be confeesed) wholsclence, utterly unsmted hiad got it 1nto his headito thelr state of actusl that~ reading was theldovelopment, . . . lle whing, Ho plodded thro'(ulods ~ through Huxe, RotLiy, Joseenes, and|Ginsox, Houixsow, and Dick'nworkewith incred-lother worke no gentig- iblc patience and n scrn-fman's lbrary should ba pulons atientlon to notes(without, joarneymyover and references that wasipage sfier page with in- morally sablime, Nolcredivle patience, and tome was too bulky forwith a scrupulous atton. Wim: no subject was out|tion to notes, and in rara of bhis range. . . .[casus 1o mnps, that is Aud yet be no mare as-lmorally subliine, ~No wimifated his crudo mc-jiome latoo thick for hit, quisitions than a mlil-[no typy toowinnll, ete, » stonansstmiates thecorn|, . Hle has no moro ase 1t grinda. ‘I'he corn wearsisimilated his hoteroge- out the mill-stone. givingineouwacqaisitions than & it a mealy ainells the|mill-stone asaimilates tho tooks wore out tho young(corn {¢ grinds, Tho corn man, impartiog to bim{wears out tho mi}l-sione, only the Iatntest odor oflgiving it & mealy wmnell, Hierary culturo and dis-fand tne books have worn cipline," out tho student, giving hiim only the faintest odor or intellectual culturo and disclvline, ** The colncldence is certainly strong; but it should be remembered that Prof. MaTnews uses vommonplace books. The large infusion of VENADLE in his text may bo dus to Wn accl- dent. Prof. MATuAWS Ia a writerof high char- acter, and wmany catimable personal qualltics, We shiould bo very slow, indeed, to believe any Il of him. ——— The millers of Minncsota have been annoyed & good deal of tate by wive in the wheat, coused by the uso of wire-bindiug harvesting machin- ery. At ous time the matter had becomo so troublesome that they thought seriously of ad- vising the disuse of such machinery, But nway has bees found out of the diMiculty by the in- ventlon” of a simple and exceedingly in- genfous devica consisting of two guncs of horse-shoe insgnates, four in one and five in the otlier, placed 1n aspout through which the wheat. passes, ‘The process of extracting wire from the wheat 1n this manner was exhibited before the Millers' Assoclation in scsslon 1o 8t. Paul Fri- day. 'Tho Press of the Bthi Inat, esys: *‘By thoe severest tests It was demonstrated that every varticio of wire was arrested, Numerous pleces, frum the sizo of a pin-head to an fuch ln length, were counted and mixed with a quautity of wheat, and being passed through the spout the exact number would be found wpon the magnets, The wmillers were hichly pleased with the work- Ingsof the simplo device, and {t will beun- doubtedly Introduced foto all the mills. Tho chiet polut of intercet in this matter s the fact that this is not a patent, nor have its projectors any tosell, 1t 1s mercly a hint to intllers that with an outlsy of a fow dollars they can them- selves put muguets oto thelr mills which will obyiste the ubjections hitherto urged agalnst wire-binding harvesting machinery.” The English cattlo importation regulation hos been so modified by an Ordor in Councll a8 to provent the iutroduction of lve cattlo from American ports alter the iid day of March, This will not be likely to in- terfero with the slipping business, ns ex. lonsive arrangetnents aro already in progress looking to the slaughtering of cattle im- mediately on arrival, and in cases whero dis- enso has manifosted itsulf on shipboard it & will be to tho interest of those engaged in . the trade to soo that tho cargo s properly ; guarantined in order to provent more sorious 4 £ONEOGUONCOR, Gen. Bienyan, upon tho occasion of hix recent visit to Allanta, Ua., was improssod with the evidences of vigor aund prosperity which sbounded in that reglon, and was induced by Mr. L. P. IloweLy, editor of tho Conatitution of that city, to cmbody his vigws and improssions fu o letter. What i ever Gon, Buzman finds time to write s quite certain to be read, and tho Atlanta lotter, which wo print this morning, will prove no cxception. Not alono the railrond metropolis of Georgia, but tha entire Bouth, can got some points worth having from the Snzuaax letter rogarding tho best way to encoursge immigration aud {nvite new capi- tal and enterpriso, FINAL TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY, The Russlan and Tuarkish Governmonts have taken the flual step towards closing up tho mntters ot {ssuo botweon them, and the Deflnitive Troaty, n eablegram states, is now roady for ratification. It disposes of the temporary Trenaty of Han Stefuno by provid. ing that all the stipulations of the Iatter thut wera modified by the Powers in the Treaty of Berlin sball remaln as moditled, and the ro maiuder aro supplanted by the uow Treaty. Tho Han Btofano Treaty was only a tempo- rary bridgo over the diffienltivs, to be with. drawn when the Deflnitivo one was finishod, ‘Thero fs but little now mattor in the latter, and its most fmportant provision touches the indemnity. ‘Tho groas sum is fixed ut threo hundred milllons of papor roubles, and made payable in that monoy, though ‘the time of payment is not fixed, but left opon, as it wns iu the Ban Htefuno Treaty, "The provision, howaver, is mutunlly advautageous. ‘Tho war left Tussia, as the war left us, with an cnormous volume of doprecinted legal-tender paper aflont. 'I'he value of the paper rouble {s 70" cents, but it has depre- olnted 80 or 40 conta 1u value, which wlil en. able the Turka to buy it np cheap for coin, aud when paid back to Itussia she can rotire it and thus volieve horsolf from her debased, fluctuating currency whiel s an intolerable burden. Noavenuo of escape had horeto- fors boen apparent. No term hns boen fixed Jor the payment of tho indemnity, and no mention is made of juterest. With reqard to anterlor claims ogsiust Turkey, Princo Gosrsanakory declared in the Congress that the indemmity should not affuet tho interests of the Porte. Tu discussiug the Definitivo "Treaty, tho Russlans souglit to construe this declaration as meaning bandholders, but the interprotation wus finally sbandoued, so that, as the Treaty now stands, the indem- nity cannot affect the 'l'urkish securitics or tako precedonce of any prior claims, The claim for thy expensa of taking core of tho Turkish prisoners is kept spart from the indemnity, and in tho discussion there was a wraugle, the Russians wishing to cale oulats 1he expeuss up to the time of tlo prisonery’ returs, whilo the Turks wmaintained that it should be calculated only to tho time of the signing of tho Ban Btefano 'reaty. 'Tho dispatches do not intimato how it was settled, excopt that tho paymont is to be made in twenty. ono fostallments. Tho ouly other pro- vision of cunscquouco duclarcs that tho Russlaus shall evacuate Turkish territory within forty days after the ratification of the “'reaty. ‘The dificulties between Russia sud Tur- kov way wow bo comsidersd s settled— The reslgnation of Gov. Vaxcs, of Norb Carolina, took effect Feb, 6. The Governor xo«: into tho United States Scnate, 'Tho offceo Qoyernor will be filled for the unoxpird lem;. ending Jan, 1, 1831, by Licut.-Gov. TuoMas & Jauvis, NoGovernorof North Carolioa b3 sorved his full term sinco the mmnnlmclhn: the Btate In 1808, Gov. HoLpEx was mpesch fn 1870, and OLDWELL succceded bimj CAL> weL died {n offico fn 1674, und Broapex s cecded him, and now VANCE gives way lodar vis. The term of oftice Is four years. e — 7 ‘ThoRusso-Turkish Definitive ‘I'roaty,signed few dnys since at Constautinople, duclares, sa all provious treaties botween theso two Powers hava done, that the gentlest of gon- tlo peace now exists botween tho Czar and Sultan, and that those portions of the Ban Stefuno ‘Treaty mnot abro- gatod by tho ‘Treaty of Durlin are in force and possoss full vitality, Tho most important quostion, that relating to in- demnity, is still unsettied, the Powers inter- ested agreelng to enter into u separate con- vontion on thatsubfoct. Servin, Montonaegro, and Roumania aro loft to settle their wevernl claims against the Ports as to them shull seom most meat. That jolly old tar, Mr. Roussox, wilt nm“!,l' bly bitch his trousers o little uncul.ldy-m change bis quid many times wheo he ve: .nb report of the WinTrnorNe Committes nnm sdministrution of thenavy, In view of n row about the trifling sum of $65000000 wbH! HopEsox la said to havo pourcd n and s a hole, tho noxt Houas inay Wit £ whather he {s a fit man to bo a mnecwber, plll’h ol larly it he is fudicted, In avcordancd wl recommendation of the Commiittee. ———— = Capt. Cowpen's protest lo the Benato 3 agalust tho concurrenco of that body in the Mississippt Lovee bill, just pasied by tho 4 House, is sufticiently blunt aud plain-spoken to sttract sowe atteution mmwouvg the Bena- tors, and to suggest the propricty of xo ameuding the Houwso bill as to require of tho Commission a falr exmmination of all the plans of river fmprovement, His sugges. tion of the mode of taking ohscrvations, and mviting testimony from river men, planters, oivil engineers, and others, by weans of fro. fquent stoppages at points along the river, s s0 fulr aud practical that it ought to receive carcful sttention in the Bonate, and bear fruit in the form of umendmonts which shall re. quire the Commission to give somo altention to other plaus besides the expensive luveo system. The Turk would be more than humso :: did not think the Plack Plague was a Ind!lfl'_ of Providenco on those lmwflllvm":‘% Rossis aud Austris. “A plaguo o’ bolb ¥ houses ! " shouts he. ———————— Senator Camgiox is tukiug the Philadciphla appojutinents vory much to heart, Iis slut was disregarded, and HARTRANFT, whom ho wished 10 have out of thy country, was made Posimas- ter. We do not know, however, why Benator Caxtgtoy should want to have IlaRTRANYT OuL of the country, BSenator CAMERON s bardly a serfous cuncidate for the Presidency bimself, Ho aud his * Awful Dad ™ supported Ifan- TuArNrr betore the Clreinnatl Coovention, und suld him out, according to the Peousyivania practice, o thio nick of time, 8o that they mude the President, though they did not get their drst choles in Haves. It the thing wers to be dous over sgsin fu 1580, the result would be pro- clsely the same. larTHANPT, Or CAMENON, OF whocver else should be the favorite son of Penn- sylvanis,—excopt UsanT,~would be sold out us o matter of course. Why abould there bo lively competitiou for the bouorof a complimentary vote from Peonsylvaoia lu tho Natious! Repub- Ucun Conventiond Ridiculo aud abuse bavo becn heaped upon Cowmissloner Ln Duo because hio has tried to make the Departinent of Agriculture honest uud useful. Such s thing was pever heard of before. Congresswen secm fo think it a great outrage thut sceds should bo sent vut to be put fu the cold, uuvleasans ground just at a time when the whole cuuutry is aching for free poul- s ——— ‘fhe New York Craphlo publishes a cut uud descriptivn of the vaso presented o Nasr, the artist, by bls fricoda iu the grmy aud navy, The preseut was & token of gratitude to tho srtht for bis services in Lebalf of the army and pavy by weans of cartoous detvodlug thew from wu- e — x Ger It MantRANYT had known how to spe man he might have been Minlsterto l:;fll" Another argument In favor of German schools. The Btalwart Renalssance cocoursz! te Appropriation Committeo 10 & Hoaca the free run of the ‘Freasury. e ———— (e tive Just “thero cucht 10 After Buonasrr and Rex0, " amelis b€ be somethlug better than nr@zrr‘o : Chivaga to lnvestigate. Who's lff_ll e wpoois ¥ It is protended that when Tizpes was in- formed of Lis nophew’s negotiations hie be- cawo very indignuut, and ordered him howme from Baltimors by telegraph. Whero is that uessage? Maj. Cooreu says ho suw Trrrox at the moment of bis departure for Bultimore, and roceived a cipher froin him with tho statement that he wight want to tulegraph for moncy. Ho eays that tho ju. terview occurred in Mr, TiLpey's bouse, Is it not strauge that Mr, Cooren omitted to spesk of Perros’s departure sud of ,l:fl proposition to telegruph for money to Mx. | Jisg of ull tho real ostato in the county, as Tupes thut evening? We are uot wssiw- | yobody pays real-cstate taxes up to tho time ing thot Me. Coorrs kuew of PrLvoN's | fixed for its publication, This utterly use. pluus; Wo sequit Lim of that business, - Wo | lews list costs the taxpayers for its unneccs are convinced that ho was ignorant of those | wary publication £30,000 a year. lans. Wo think the fuct of Lis being ninde 2, It will Lresk up the praotice, now wholesuly and general, of defsulting in pay- wment of tuses, lotting tho State bid in tha The GRavT movement will not ™ . much {f Rouwsox goes to mect BELEXAT: e PERSONALS. eft. There are atill two Ricbard IL Dm: L" Ix thers a game that Now York know! to playt _— i Reterring to Weed, Mr. Tilden sey® noveruses it. « Mr. Soxton, the billiardist, sy 160 with akiitul nursiog. < tarably 'I'no memory of Mr. Pelton is couside sborter thag hia ears. A g Bounty-jumpers in the lats War are B0 | thelr claims for venslons. ) It now appears that Ar. Barble ¥e8 Florlda solely for Mr. Tilden's bualll- . Wa lesrn that the Princess .u:mm::ld:‘“‘ ‘ consldar herecl! barred Lo k0 compel It sppears by tho forvigu news that there is an odds beyoud which 1t is unsafo for the DBritish troops to go in their campuign ugaiust the Boutl African natives, The Zulu tribes, which have waged war aguinst their natursl eucmies the English for several wmounths, huve, it appears, more fighting men than their would-be cunguorors have given them credit for, und v possessed of & courage und persistency which Lave proven disastrous to the invadens. According to tho sccouuts, whick are weccasarily Euglish, a British column of sometbing lesy than u thousund ey hias been vaught napping Ly 20,000 nu. tives, and the former forco neacly sunibilated, with tle loss of o very large wouon truio, i AT % A b wrquainted with thew resulted in their over- throw, Doabtless T1Lves attely misjudgel