Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1879, Page 7

% THE CHICAGO. TRIBUNL: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1870—-TWELVE PAGES. ’/’fifii’mo ' of the Excursionists from mw:}:g Halls of the Monte- zumas. the slistorlographer of tho L Expedition Saw and Learned, Syt ] tetely Confirms the Views of I!'wnl‘linlmter Foster's Recont Letter. _— crning Clnsses Opposed to Rail- o mr;nd Conuectlon with the United Stntes, e ides, the Country Is Too Poor s 1;flw Subsidize Avy Rail- WOYS 1 Insoourity of Life and Prop- anur:m Throughout the Re- public, . le Too Poor and Too Igno- ne'l:;pw Buy or Use American Mnnumclurou; Y3 ms to the balls of the Montezumaos bmn:e!f:md to the wonted launts, their Jofs presumably’ stored with untold quantities lTmuwrrmlluu 28 to the country, its peopls and F(A(nlurc.nrcpurlcr for Tne Tninune started forth 80 hunt them up yestorday for the purpose femosliaing fn cold type, as it were, what they mmnynnuunlmlr trip, und, more partlen- llp to#sk how far thelr observations con- gmedor disprovedd the statcuments mada by Jiolster Foster 1u bils letter on the prospects of 1nde ¥ith Mexlco to the Chicago Mauufactur- ' Assoclation. The 1mited number of peopla yhotes the ocgan of the Ansgcfation, and of Feurs. Bowen, Whoiting & Co,, its pro- fectory provrietors, and managers, are otably aware that Mr. Foster's letter Las been subjected to considerabla unfavorable diiiem both from the organ ftaell and e litlo coterfo of alleged representatives of Ctleaeo’s manufacturing {nterests who under- Lok the expedition und ran it afeer thelr kind, Jils the peculfarity of this sct toconsider every- Wieg relating to Mexico in the most roseate [ght,and to demn anybody who venturcs to Hat ibat #aome things are not what they seem,” o the two allezed bass Colooels. 1u his yarch for truth, Tine TRISUNE representative {haugbt he could not do better, [n order to ob- {aln a fafr and fmpartial view of things ns they ure, 030 o call npon Mr. U &. Ruat, who, by sewar, 8 tha historlographer of the expedition, wd Infite him to give an exposition of hls .houglte ond refloctions on” the subfect, S, Rust was found at his buslncss e, corner of Kinzia amd Rush areets, and {ntimated his willingness to accom- godate THE TRIDUNE 10 any way §n bis powd Hera briel converantlun on the subject of the tripitaclf, which Mr. Rust eald had been a most. flessant and instructive own in every respect, e reporter directed the gentleman to a consid- ntlon of some of Minister Foster's statements, witha request that h e would state in how far ; those tatements were borne out by i 113 OWN ODSERVATIONS. . wAre the Mexican peopie and the Mexican Gorernment,” asked the reporter by way of a tarter, “ouposcd to a jolnt guarantee of sovit- ity to the property of an international rallrond; andwill the Uovernment give no chartera un- lunthey so restrict and restraln railroad com- panies a8 1o muke them abaolutely Mextean i “The truth shout thut Is,” replled Mr, Rust, “that they require 8o miuch that no American company fs likely to uuderigke the work of building a raflroad, Tlhiey don’t want to make wyuilioad 3_main trunk line fromn the Rio Grande to the Pactile, but want to make all the rads tributary to the City of Mextco, 1n short, the Goverument will not’ ive ctiarters unlesa it teairets them, 80 that no reasopuble man will uadertake to bulld a rond.” “1y thera nob o widespread feeling that a riltead connection with the United States would Jead to the destriction of the Algxican atfonality, and the ultimate ubsorption of the ceintry by the United Statesi™ 8o far as my observations went, the people Tery generally sre In favor of a rallway con- uxction with the United States, but the sctlon of their represcutattve wmen fu Congress Is dotileto It Lot me ot & {nstance ot 1b; Un the 13th of November, 1877, the Min- lter of Publlc Works of Moxico entered into a ntract with Willlam J, Palmer & Co., of the Uthed States, through Mr, James Bulllvan, thar represeatative, for thu construction uf & Huemol ruilroads from the City of Mexica to the Patifie and to the United States fruntler, to connect thers with our syetem, Ono dime of the contract rovided — that Ut lno to the Rio Grando shuuld not be commenced untll the ing to_ the Paclfic was fofshed. The Congress of 1877 took no deflnfta :ulnn on the contract, and at the spring sesslon in 1573 8 stronie uprosition was manifested, the ;flnlnq falled to pase, nusdd a LN was Introduced nlme Chamber of Deputies hy the Committees otIndustey, which was passed tmmedlatuly by a ¥ ® of 115 yeas to 12 nays, authorizing ihe mlef)mlu 43 contract for a road from Mexico to the Faclde only, und upon the express condition !“ frangements musg be mude with the tales with which tho Executive might bn unde contracta, and thut {u no caso should conglructed ll"‘"‘""‘ to the State raitr 'll In competition with them, 1o Jul »::" Funumls was clected, and the “ umt Was again submitted to the Chamber ex:\mul and referred to the Commitiees of b “'“W- napite of the earnest aid persfst- y endeasors of tho friends fu Congress of an tmatinal rallrosd to connaet with tho erlcan system of ruads, hm&n FINAL UEPORT COULD BN OBTAINED by mad-{ betore the aujournment, Dee. 14, i ¥hen [Lwaa too late to obtaln aby action Muzmas. That report lins been printed, and gy b e Sullowlug polnte: Kirat, thab thie mm«nnm railroad tor AMexico, the most i f|u ity nationality wil the most cone mfll OF commerce, {8 un inter-oceanic road, mh&m-n to ocean, within Mexiean territory o] that the “second article of the "mfi should bo wo amended a8 to Putn;'.fi requirs that the line to the by ould by the maln trunk, In place of the guted Ix‘F Rio Grande, to avold belng subju- oy o monopoly of an Amerfcan rom- Tl ilie serfous danger of the nattanal fude- tosane; third, that the controct should by m;““}‘fllmm requirg the company not to ‘llhtnkm lines ilel with or In coinpetition Ly oV Tolected by the States, and to fur- Wit 1t to ubtain (rom the Status por- Leip ot e Tl of Wy or wumnoctiun With ‘Mmmye.'“" Fourth—Tuat " the third articls of DoIrL i should be so amended as to Nx thy "'hlm;:(u the brauch Ine should leave thy Seutey :c or beyond Guadalajara; und that ! ould unly extend, i the direction 8 Rlo Grawle, 1o T ey, 1 “m"am.l:. ‘Tampleo, or, at the tar- U Compittpe of ye o Industry were evidentl: kv"m‘"? B0y connection Wit our raliroud ave. '3\‘ Eu\‘“n_ TOM hiw, " obsurved tia reparter. Rl gaet Fould certanly appusr 10, Uit the 2 are ot A0 Btate thuit, 1 theso’ modificas Le Auserion mm}m und a diree conneetion with Shie Iy oo st is permitted—as cuntem- Netjegy g P elual contract—at a polnt not & e mfllLan. the benelits to bo derived Yerjg, roau woukd be realized outside of i withouy [y Tithout profit to it. In «short, the !"k‘,:\rl‘l\lxuml.\m Wt the competition In Lug mnml:n-nyn“ulxmnlerce wllm that of It ater communication sl bg .g‘{'llfi;v&d. I coneludéToy distinctly stat- ity ‘mmdummlmun' object {n thesa pro- Tl lg e g |l|m\u—n:qumng the propoacd Eugipge l'n Uteroceunic line, und proventing Iree llm.-n With the American systein—iras to g lh‘:: ‘lmm belug made a colony Nmpdcnuy of the Unlted Stotes; “)Im-m of raliroads contined to p 2 Wberyy Moy can the country advauce i g ul:ml Its Independence ho guarans h:nunnah, W the Comaittees nover would {0g. by, Y the bwo ftepublics united by Withing py 88, by a0 dg|n, N o U Satn and i they coutd hope for Ny g ‘hT;?x FHOM YuTURE aENENATIONS." © W ryiroat fuet thay Mexico hus chiartered Vihdiay hy m:fiunnuum, bug is too poor ta i :J‘mu ohe “:;, und could pever pay the e . oy 410 18 uusble to subsidize any 570 Breg gy o0 D3V Ber mllltary, which s e anay gy 08 L0 buy, liecausy, us’ aoun as W10 tamg ardldy 16 Decomes uncasy, goes “Sutioy & @ olier factlon, and you layve & \ : 4 fliod shouig po completed, would i not take vears bLelfore It would pAy anvihing more than rugning oxpenses, owing fo the taci that all {he trada &lone the line would bave to be created, and the Mexlcsns are slow’in con- forming to naw methods!™ “That 1K certalnly trae, Bix-tenths of the Mexlean ueople have alinost no money to buy woods with, auwd until they are cmployed in soing Industry walch ahall fitenish them money, they can't buy, Their wants are simple. few yards of cotton sufiice for thelr clothing for the year, while beans, corn-cakus, and fruits are thelr prineipal articles of fuod," ‘1 ft. nat a fact that the rallrond from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexfco, runuing through the richeat prto? the Republic, hus never patd moro than § per cent over uperating exoenses, while the interest on ita debt s 8 per centi” ** ] can't give exact Hizures, but I cau tell you this mich: * Mr, Jackson, manager of the road, told me they Im(l o very hard tiine, that the ex- penses wero very heavy und the profits light. There was an criormous expense in building the road, nud the local - passenger teatlle docsn't amount to anything, It docan’t scem to me that there can be any ereat amount of freight tratlic, ns compared with our roads, and I don't think that s busiuess altogether is o paylug one by any means, ‘Che fact that rates are 8o high woulil scem Lo {ndlcate that they c have a great deal of business. 1 pald Tour cents a bound (reizht on some curfositica from Mexico to Vara Cruz, n distance of 200 miles, and they UAVE ME BPECIAL RATES at that. _As for the road itself, it ia one of the best condueted and ono of the beat roads | have over sven, It is the tincet ploce of encineering 1 evor suw. ‘Ihe manazersof theroad did every- thing they could for our party to make it com- fortable und accommodate us.? “In view of Mexivo's large European nnd Amcrican debt, the fact that the duties on fm- puets are pledired to sccure those debts, that for l.wmnh‘-(nur(vcum abe has never pald o fulla hall-yearly installment of Iutereat, amd, since 1801, has pald no intercet at all; thut the aalarics af Government oflicers ure largely 1o arrears, viow of all this, 13 It not a fact 1hist Mexico abls to promote any luternal Improvemeuts whatever " That's 8 rather long question, but I belleve it Is true. Let me elye vou snother fnstaice: Mr. JoJ. Tlibault, the United Btates Consulur Arent at Tuxpan, proposed to removo o satud- bar [n tront of the harbor at that port, and tne Governmeut was very anxious to have it done nnd willing to aceept hils proposition, ung pay him as suon us Jt could. But he wisted todepend upon the recelpts of that port, eet his money as (t came in, und agked the President to be allowed todoso. The reply he got was that thoss re- colpts were already pledued 10 advance for something elee. § waa told that the weslthy ofticers were willing to be in arrears—go withe out thelr pay—oprovided the army could be paid as they considered that necessary to the lile of the natlon. The fact is, the moment the goldiery I8 not paid they become uneasy, titen right around, und off they go tor thelr vad- dles wud cquipments, umd, as {s otten the case, tuketo the roud oy robbess, 1 'belleve that Mexivo s willing to make internal fmprove- mentas, but {s utterly Puwurlcu to pay for them, Wiy, ber revenuc 8o far this sear has failen ol £1,000,000 against that of lnst year.” B 1t 18 bardly probable, then, thut thes Moxi- can Government will be'nble to puy $15000 & mile for bullding a rallrosd which so mun,}v, even of its tntelllgent public meu, beliove il even- tually result in thelr national rujn.’ + Of courae {t is not probable, and, in fact, when we see the actfon of her representative men in Conuress, we sce that t s stmoly jm. possible. ‘There must be a change v the senti- :’ncnl. of ber oflicials before it can possibly be one.” “DId your observations lezd you to the con. cluston that the Mexican tarifl is practically pro. hibitory on many classes of goods?" Y“TURY DID, MOST DECIDEDLY. They duttes are three-fold: natioual, munfeipal, amd State. The duty is such on the artlele of brooms, for instance, Lhat, white they cost $2n dozen 1n New York or Now Orleans, they cost from $7 to $8 lald down in the City of Mexico, ‘The people generally wse a haudful of coarse srass, tied up by o string, to sweep thelr houses, sldewnlks, and ‘even the strects. They have no Iden of using brooms ss we do, in fact, don’t waut them, und how can a merchant make any monty on sending then there! Then, sgaln, take tho matter of naiis, The natives use no unila to build their huts. They are made of rude bricks or mud, with® a roof of poles und thatel, ‘covered with ha- nans il palm-leaves and straw, There is no sort of use for mnlls, In the lacpe uwms‘ the houses nra bullt largely of stone, but they bave more bufldings fu the City of Mexlco now than they know what to do with.. 1n fact, thers is almost no_bdullding going on theranow. You can sco what sort of & market thera is for nalls.” ' “1d you find the system of multitudinous tarifls ‘prevalling of “which Minlster Foater spenks,—the uational, munielpal, and State duties, the latter varying from 2 to 1214, and even 25, per cent of the maritime tariff ¢ 41 corfainly dla, I notleea with some par- tleular interest the workings of thelr munfelpal tariff system. | saw a poor laborer couiing futo Vera Cruz with'a back-luad of vexetalles,— men and women there carry vegetables and other produce on thelr backs, On coming tnto town, o laborer has to pay his tax befors he is allowed to sgell his produce. It fs the poor _ people who are ving taxes In Mexico, Well, {f the ' poor fellow comes tu the zate without bis shilling to pay his tax he has to leave somo euruent in plédee, He roes Into town then, and, when he gets liis mouey, comes back und redeems his th:dgc. 1 suw a nan in front of the great sathedeal with bis lond op his back. Ila bad o Jieense to puss throtizh the city so lonz a8 he didn't sell anything there, for lio wus mnklnf: a journey ot twonty-tive mtles on foot to sell $3 worth of stull {n the nexs State, where be had to pay his tax tefore he could s¢ll iv; and fu would take him at least three days to make the trip. Now, I would like tu kuow how such a mau {a golng to buy noils to build a housa with when ho can llive under a thatehl Minister Fuster's statements regarding the onerous du- ties on foreign comvmerce are not exaggerated in any way. DBut there are other obstacles, The charges at Vera Cruz must be patd Immediatoly, or * OTIIER CHARGES WILL ACORUE, corresponding to our warchouse charees. Then they have no bonded warchouses, or any system of ihut kind, by which duties ean be puld at the City of Mexlco; und if you have u cnso of goods on which there {s 8 charize of 25 cents, you can't o to the depot and puy it there, but you must goway un {uto the city and pay there Lefore yOU ¢anl remove your goods from the depot. People thera aro subject Lo a greal many anboy- of ohe kind und suother, to which an rican couldn’t possibly think of submitting suywhere.”! N “ Are there not additionnl obstacleain the wany of the forelgn morchant, viz.: the necessity of etuploying a comnisslon merchant at Vera Cruz, doubla hundling of geods, vpening und revpens i of gouds, ote.; together with tho passage through the Custom-1louso at the Clty of Mexi- o, wherp packaues are wgain opened, another local tax is pald, with chargos for stamps, sieve- dores, ete. 1" AL theso obstacles exist, und are a great impediment to trade, Every merchant fecls, partlentarly, the inmportauce of a bonded system whereby bis poods can go to the City of Mexico in bond, But there §s nothing likd this ln the Rtepublie. You have to depend on the commls- stan terchaut to export Bfl}'ll\fll for pet anythiug futo the country. 1 stall have to pay a camission merchiunt trom 1 to 3 per cent 10 get suine Cordova volfeo out ot the country, ‘Then there 18 vexatious delay, of ons kind wid another, i transportation. “The Rallrond Com- pany hus a track runniygg down 1o the water's edze, but {1t wllows woihig to ko over thut track exvept exported artleles, ‘The water s wo shallow at the edge of the track that large ves- 4els capnol come un to it and, lu- stead of maklng us they ought, thne people depoud on smal Iighters, pushied by poles or oars, ‘Fhera is not only u charge for liehterage, bug the process of loading and unloading, bandling wid reban- dling, produces xmuu{uu: delays, 'The reason given for not having the Vesscly come to theduck 10 luad aud unload s that sucn a practice would theaw a large number of poor rcuvl» out of employment. v was actuully tuld that the com- wission-merchants of Very Cruz and the labur- ers on the docks wero oppused to thess harbor fmprovements, so teceasary to fecthitate the proper habdiing of goods, because it would vre- vent the former from collecting thelr charies, umllll.{ow many of the latter out of employ. went, “\What do you think of Mr, Foster's tigures shpwing the cost ol varlous articles in Now York, il the cost of thoso artlcles tn Mexico,with the varlous dules, charies, stc,, added 1" asked the ruporter, bunding Mr. Ruse the figures referred [ take It they aro correct, as ho obtained them : from the leadsg lmporting houses Y [r, Foster says tho average price ol wheat tn the City of Mexfco {8 from §3 to £2.40 per buabel, und that [llinols, were it not for e EXCBS8IVE DUTIES AND CHARGRS, would be the great wheat-fleld for thy Hopublie to draw upon.’ s “Inat s o doubt truc as far as it rolates to the Gulf States of Mexico, Where the weather 18 80 hot, they can't raiso wbost. But the Valley ot Mexico produces an abundance of excellent wheat,—more than they have uuy use far, In fact. We saw the natives throshing wheat with droves of mules, snd to clean {t they throw it up into the air from litele sbatlow baskets In. stead of using a fanniug-mili, or somothing of that sort," - 4 'What do you think of Ar you, or any haroor lmum\'emcmal. ‘ment that 1,000,000 peop] Jarge eatimate of the sumber of fuhabitants {n Mezico who would be consutners of goods imported from the Unlted States under the present dutivs and charges!" ‘It would be a hard matter to ind a million peaple thers that could hegin to buy anything under the present dutfes nned charges, Why, when you consider the dress of the people, you can yery casily eee what thelr demantd for moods mast be. Even with cotton cloth at 1214 vents a ysrd, n.m-‘nm will put betier suits of clothes onaix tillions of those people than they generatly wear, Why, it {s less than n lndred years since one of the Vicevercuts fs- sued an”edict obliging the peonle to elotho themaelyes, to cover thelr vakedness, and very many"ut them do but litle suore than that . *What do you think of the following asser- tlon of Minlster Foster In regard to the prosnect of consuming goods fmported into” Mexieod ‘There scems to bo in the United Siates an ex- alted Iden of thomaguitude of the possible trade with Mexleo, ‘Fhs people who entertaln _this fdea do not know that sbout two-thirds of the entire population are Indians, but, In the pres. ent depressed eondition of almoat sl industrial pursuits, these people have tittle employmont, 0 that the majority of them do not work half n Yyear, ‘The price of common fabor vutstde of the fow clties of Industrial auceess would not average more than 25 cents per day, and in many parts of the country it does pot oxceed 1314 cents. So that, considering the fille nud least dnys, the mass of the wurking peovle of Mexleo do uot recefve 124 cents per day. The neccesary conscquence is thut, with tie gonfal chimate and fertile sofl, a few cents buy the dally rastons of beans, corn-vakes, il peppers upoir which nm‘y mnlnl{ subsist, und n few yards of cotton cloth furnish thelr wearing I))Imrul tor a year, It does not require a lkllt 1ul caleulator to estimate the amount of for- cizn commerca needed by this portion of the popifation. Thers are slugle countivs i the nited States which consutue more urticles of {oreltg'n trade than the whole Republic of Mex- o, ' That is as well put as it could be, and, fn my opinlon, fs strictly trua. [ cannot add wny- thing to thut statement.” AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, " You have incldentally referred to agrienit- neal implements. s it true that thelr use is so 1 uiderstood that laborers sre very slow to pt them, and thut the pattern In use 9,000 years ago un the glains of Asia Is that which cuerally prevails in Mexico to-day (" © That 18 smplatically true, At oue place we were told that all the vecessary touls for wmaking cxcavations would be euslly fouud there,” Well, we found crow-bara instead of plek-naxes, and wouden shovels Insteal of steel plates. Wa ot two or three old iron shovals, but our men—natives—-preferred to ose the wooden ones, because, us they sald, they were Jighter and they were used tothem, [ dido't sed one ox-yoke of American pattern tnuse in the whole™ country, but, on the cantrary, the teople use the souie yoke that Is nsed In l{lt' far Eust, lashing it to the horns of the animale, [ brouzht one of these primitve yokes home with me and intend to place It In "the window of Thompson's restaurant, where Chicugo pevplo can sve it. I wns speaking to ouc of the rrmulxml engineers whils there in regard to the utroduction of our unproved machinery, Ile sald some gentleman liad proposed the use of an jmproved diwching-machive, bat they camo to the conclusion tluit they hud the best” ditch. Ing-mocbing In Mexico fn the world,—the In- dians, who could be employed at 12 cents o day. Well, that Is all very true, (b a sense, for untll You can cruflde somothing elre for them to do ¥ou had best Jot them be ditching, While there also visited a match factory, and when | suw thelr primitive way of dolng Work 1 sugzgested that machinery would help them very much, The gentleman in charge safd: *That [s true in your country, but here, where labor {8 “so chesp, we think it bet- ter to use labor than the machines.’ There fs the same prejudice in sgricultural districts there agatust agricultura) fmplements that formerly prevatled here. President Dinz, however, says lic as introduced sotne machines on lis own huclenda, und s gatisfled with the result, But he Is an exception,—ls vieh, nnd can do a8 he wauts to. Au?‘ cxtended wtraduce tlon of machinerv would throw a large number of men out of employment, and, unless they could get something else to do, they would be- coma unoasy, und would no doubt get together und burn the machivery.” “1s pot the ratool exchange a large tax on forvign trage?” “1t_certninly s, We found, for instance, that New York exchange would scll readily in Mexico for 25 por cent advaunce, How fs o nan going to send Lome any moneys under such circumnstances! ‘The merchunts will soon fizure that out themselves.!’ . | e 3 “In view of the fact that all payments are mada iy sllver, nnd the Quvernment exocts o duty of b per cent on all sliver cxported; that the rule ol trade {s for fmporters to sell goods oo twelve montha’ ercdit: that silver is brought, ot Jong fntervals of time, from remote Stutes, and has to be mored UNDER ARMED T'ROTECTION, the morchants awaiting ita arrival befors they ean get remittances,—in view of all this, what doyou think of the prospect ot a trade with Mexicot i “YWeli, fv isn't cspecially Inviting to the wna. Jorlty of American merchants. 1 think these difliculties muy be overcome in a measure, but whelher the advantages which Mexico olfers are equal to the advautages here—that s, whelher we can Bell more goods ot home und with less risk and loss effort than e can there, without the long sequuintance with the ways of dolug business there—is something abaut which,- it scems to me, thers need be no question, A fow merchanta in Mexico have the ground aud hold it, und a strauger golug tlhere stands but yery small show. ‘Flie agent of the Reminitton Sewing-Machlue Company told me lte depended on theintegrity of the uen he dealt with to et s woney, aud not ab all un thedaw, A struneer wolng there, unaequainted with the diblewities in {he way of trade, wounld be Illn-l{ to meet with scrious embarrasements, nnd, as [ bolfeve, would do a great doal butter at home."” WAVhgt do you think of the prospect of u rich nndprofitable field of Investment in gold and silver mining as long us it costs from 1334 t0 1634 per cent 1o export silver from Mexico to Londun or New York, of which from 1044 to 1% per cent ure hh-ul_'.md Govcrnment taxes und charges{” “1 think the hoavy taxes thut tho Govern- ment imposes upon the miners, the possibilities of levies for the support of the Government, the danger of revolutions, the general insccurl- ty of vroperty which makes it necessary for un armed guard to protect every baz of coln ihat goes to Mexico or out [nto the country, are such disndyantages thut the chatiees are much better for mising 1 e United States, whore we hiaye plenty of rich mines and all the protection of ihe Government wo need without being attend- ed hf‘ n i(l‘uull of soldiers? “'That brings us down to tho statemeut of Minister Foster, that there Is no real securlty {or life aud vropertyand the enforcement ot the law, Aro you vrepared to fudorse thutd® “Lam, The first intimation I received that thers was any possible fusccurity was when L saw the armed quard of soldiers attending the pussing trafn, Gonerally, the Orst car in a traln contaius soldiers, At the depots we saw o squad of cavalry drawn up fu Jine awaiting the arrival of the train. ‘They were osted o the fielghborhood to patrol the ceuntry und PROTECT THY NAILROAD and the peoplo generally, ‘Vhe raiiway stations .are gonerally walled In slong the Jine of tho ratlroadl, “Thie Airst day wo were in the Clity of Mexico I took n stroll with oo Amorleau resi- dent, and, on our return, 8s we drew near our hotel, a policemnan tapped my (rlend on tho shoulder, und sald¢ *I have becu ordered to keop walch of these Amerleans and protect them. 1 potlced some thleves following you, and I came alony after you to this peint, Now you are near your hotel, und I leuve you to laok out for yourselves,! On another ‘oceasion, 1 called upon Prasident Diaz In company with Dr. Rice, of Wisconsfn, and asked permibssion to make somo excavations In the country In con. nectlon with our antiquarian pursuits, ~ We had to have his special permission because the Jowa forbid any forelgners careying aniiquities out of the country, e very chicerfully said, *Cere talvle. 1 will be pleased to render you anv ad sistance, You'may take as much as'you please, ad Lwlll furnlsh you an escort aid appoint lwagtullmncu who are famillor with the coun- try®o o with you.! “He uppofvted the manarer of the Natlonal Musuem und a lewyer,— an Aztec by birth aud education,” snd ona ol " the most fotelligent wmen fn the city,—and they accompanled us durhyg the two days which” wo spaut In maklng Lhieas cxcavatiuns, u cavalry company hovered about us all the while, protocted us, und saw us buek to the depot. Wheuever any of our party weut iuto the country a milltary escort attended then, Tha owner of scvonty-five dilizences sald to me that thuy were often robbed, but hie was used 1o it and dldo’t mind it much, Therg are always soldiera n suzhit ou th etreets in the City of Mexieo, and guards are poatcd about the Palacy as much ns they wero about our publie bafld- fuzs during war-times, Every privato dwelling- house has iron bars over the windows, and the front gates ars Jocked—whicre there gra any, ‘Fhe yurda are frequently tnelosed by high stone walls, Every counter lu the bauks and business housca—the very Yost-Oliive boXes—urs Leavily barred with fron. In the counting-room of a cigarette factory | noticed that cach of the emult:yun cn{rlfil a vavnlll:'cr. ‘;ml :fl“ ‘propristol 0! me oy ere - e 14 rhu robbed any temu. and that blo - to hey carried thelr revolvers for protection. Where {ha ppople fnd iv Decessary Lo carry weapons “injustice; but} I tenths of the nopulation ara Indinue, 1L Is perfeet- lr patural that there should he leas accurity for Yite and property than In a country like” our own. The truth s they don't value human life down there as wedo; when an Indfan Is atruck down und killed they don't appear to care any- I.hmfiumml it." “Ilave not the Englith merchants been practleally forced to abandon the country, unid I8 not the Imported trade principally In the hiinds of Germana, who liave heconie accustome ed to wind submit to forced loans und heavy con- tributions” *“'Those aro the facts, Previous tothie French Invasion, there were thirty-thres Jarge Enelish business houses in the Clty of Mexico, To-day there are only three, Tals [ learned from a prominent Mexican, who sald, * At that time THEY SOLL US VALUALLE GOODS, and we pald full orices tor thew, To-day we are fmposed upon constautly by French wml German imitations at \!({Im")’ Dlgh prives.! ‘This prentle: added that the Germans had reduced smtiteizling Lo a scienve, aml the Englisn mer- chanta couldn’t compete with them. The truth is, the Fnglish merchants were differently bmu::h!. up and will not stoop Lo these things, which the Germans appear to ddelight in. An Insurrection, which s the easiest thing (n the world to set on foob there, 1s often bound to expedite the smugeling of pouds into the country, snd the merehant finds L more vrofituble “to pay out a smalt sum to the r Jeaders than to pay the regular duties. The (Governor of the State {s nominally responsible for’ the preseryation of order, but is probably otten in league with the smurlers or the tne mrrectionlste. The-doctrine of State rlthts prevails [ the country o all its beauty, nwd, In the absence of means of raptd communfeation, the robhera are renerally ont of the way hefore intellizence reacites the City of Mexico.” “ What do_you think of Minister conclusion of “the whole matter: ¢ Mexivo is our maturnl market, uiml the two countries should have muoretntimate comnercial relutions, but our merchauts will continue to tind ather murkets beyond the equator, or on the opposite side of the klobe, unless, irst, Mexico is willing 1o liberalize its leislution and ruo up its eredit s as to muke o direct rullroad conununication pussible; sccond, mudify ita tarti® and interlor trade regulations; third, preserve n stable Gov- ernment and enforce order amd proteetion to 1ifo and property, Whon these are accomsplished an upexampled era of prosperity and develop- ment wili dawn upon this falr Lad, and the two Republlcs will be bound together by the Judia- aoluble bonds of commercial und soclal reet- procity which will not aliow a disturbance of thetr peace or their natjonal integrity.’ 1 regard that 8 being as falr and honorable a statement as a man faniliar with all the fucts con ke, Mr, Foster 1AS DEEN ABUSED STAMEPULLT for the position taken in tis letter, but 1 think Lie §s emiuently the right man in the right pluce, 1 think we have very few men who would dure make so frauk aut truthlul a statement fu view of the position he oceuples, Instend of belng critielsed, he ought to ‘be thanked for having told us the truth, In regard to trade witn Mexico, I think the high prices at which guuds are sold thers miay counteract in _ some mensure the disadvantages 1 have referred to; but these prives, It should be remembered, do not ereate n demund for Fouda, and (L 1s ouly the wealthy peoule there who can molke purchases. 1 thmk Minlster Foster has nouestly und faizly stated the matter to the Amertean veaple, and {7 hus statement had been aceepted 0 the spme epirit (o which i was made, there would have been no oceasion for the un- pleasant eriticiems which bave been jade. think {t dus to state that 1 bave enfoyed the hospitality of the Mexlean neople, extemded to us In the most lovish twauner, aud L would not on any account do them the slightes. do feel that it f{s my duty to Indorse s falthful oflicer o the dis- charge of his duty, und at the sane time to rep- resent these thiugs justas they are, as [ have 1o richt becsuse [ liave boen ‘well treated to mislead some one clse, '’ “*1low did Senator Foster come to write this letter, aoy way (" ' “1 belleve bie recelved a letter from Bowen or Whiting, or both of them, He didn’t know who they were, but probably understoon that they renresented {n o mome “wav the Manufuctur: ors’ Association, Ue suw the vropriety. fu case Iie answered ity of sending his repiy through the Departient of State at Washingion, and he did a2 ‘The tntentlon of the letter was to lay befory Amerlcans ubout to visit. Mexleo n plain state- ment of facts that they might understindingly uttempt uny enterprise which might offer itself, und I belicve it was composed i the most friendly spirit towards hoth Americans wii Mexicans, iud the lutter do not tind as much fault with it s Messrs, Bowen and \Whiting do," ¢ How Is Minister Fostes regarded by the in- telligent clugses o Mexteol ¥o fur ns nll 1he reprefentative men of Mes- lco are concerned they speak most highly of tm. A few unfortunate sueculators and * dis- graced ofliee-holders down there denounco htn b(ucrl{. but President Digz spoke to me of him In the bizhest terms, und, referring to his letter, sold his anly critjelsm of it was that he thought Minlster Foster mliziet have sald more of the ad- vantages which the country offered.” oty ateetesto L g THE ROCKFORD POST-QFFICE, Spental Disvatch to The Tribune. Rockronp, 1M, Feb. 10.~Telograph advices from Wushington to-day announce that Capt, Thomnus G. Lawler has hcm\nmunluulcfl by the Presldent as Postmaster to suceeed the present Incumbent, Abraham L. Smlth, on Aurch I ‘The people are very enthusiastic over this an- wouncement, as Cant, Lawler s decidedly the cholee of the peole, us was evldenced by the vote ot over 2,000 cast for him in November fast. T'his electon was paragraphed by Abo Binith's organ, the Guaette, ns o farce, und b would o wholly and totally ignored by the Administra- tion. 'The contlrmation of Ciint, Lawler 1a with- out doubt a foregone eonclusion. - —— Pleuro-I'neumonia, * New York Wor d, Fev, 18, The oxistence ol pleuro-pucumonia among cattle bids fuly to give the Board of Health some trouble. ‘Ihe owners of 4 stable up town, on the east slde, yesterd, that they suspee affected” with the dlscase. consulting vuwrhwrf' surgeon of the Board, detalled to make anInvestuzation, In the ufter- oot he reportd that hie had found one eosy suffering from weute pneumonia and unother from plenro-pneumonis. The slables were quarantined. Sanitary Inspector Hamilton be- gan g examination of other stibles on the cast slde of the city, Clark Romaine, of Washington Market, was notitled yesterday that a musa named May, who keeps u stall i Fulton row, was selling meat from the Bilssville (L. 1) stubles. May was ar- rested by order of the Santtary Superintendent. 1t 1s reportea it ihe discase I8 sproading among cattie slong the Hudson ver, und 1o, Law has gone to investicute the matter, Gen, AL R Patrielc ds in Brooklyn making s eareful inspectton of ull places “where cows are kept, Detectives luve renorted to Ll certuin places to which, It is safd, infected catule have been tukey within o week, und these Wit soon by yisited, 'Iho stables b Blissvilie, L. L, aro atiil under quarantino, “but it 1 sud the accounts of e cpluenmie tiere wers much exugeerated, oster's Ltautard, the Nest Pirtanura, P, Feb 17.-=Alter having restod for several duys und uuurul{ recovered (ram the unconifortable effects of bls torribly Vuya duwn the Allegheny River, Capt. 1aul Boy! annuunces his intantion ol agatu entering the wuter at the junction ot the Mononzahely winl the former stream, the point where he left iy on his nrrival here, uud of contliulng his voyage down the Ohio Rlver. s ulthinato destination Isat present undeclded, but the hanly voyager suys he wiil float to New Orleaus, nnd perliups to the Guit of Mexwo, unless the nularisl 1eyers, which frequently prevall atong the Lower Misalssippl, shouid vrevent hinn To mako this Journey lis will have tu pass throush fnnumer- nble eddlies und zuplds uud shoot the great Tatls at Loulsville, Notbing daanted, however, hy 15 making proparatious for the tr]||| and intends to start on Thursduy uext. People alone the whole Hine of the river aro deeply” intercsted In the proposed feat, und many eXpress the opiion that Boyton van never reagh New Orloans alivge, On Wednestday atternoon he witl try the water ot the Mononiahels just above Braddocks, A polnt twelys miles from the Obio {s now full of MHuatiue fee, but it bs vxpected thab 6 will thin wut belore the time tixed fur the start, e A Duel at Loms Rtunge. The longest-range auel on record has just hoen fougnt between Adam Goldie and ¥ Bigody Bilk " Datrell, two Texus ranchmen, They wore stationed behind oaks on the open prairis of N. rihern Texas, 400 yards apart. After several shots, which dli potbl woro than cut the clothes ad an car of the combatants, both fired at aues and both fetly Darrell dead aud Guldle with a bultet in bis Jefe shioulder, e et s Ta Ho Pubiishait. The Washington correspondent of the Cleve- tandd Ledger Las information thut Judge Ware den's supprossed lifo of thy lute Chlef-Justico Chuse 1s to be publisied. Sowme 800 coples of 1t were priuted soversl years uwo, wheh the ems DArgo was put upou it by Ars. Bprague, — e Bick headache, lsnguor, sod melsncholy gen. orully spring fron o torpld Hver,a disundored stom- uch, OF castivouces, ihe disteeasing vilects of which Dr. Jayue's Banative Pille will specally remove; by theie hensficisl actlon on the billary argana they will also lesson thy lkelihvod of & roturu. CITY FINANCE The Council Wrestling with the Ap- propriation Bill for the Cur- rent Year, Thousands of Dollars Asked to Build Additional Via- ducts. Why a Yearly Donation Is Made to the City Cemetery. FIGURING ON THE ITEMS, The Councl! ield & special scssion last oven- ing. Ald, Cary in the chair, and present all the members except Ald. Holdler, Cook, Scaton, ‘I'hompson, Daly, and Jonas. ‘I'ie subject of cstimates was at once taken itp, the ltem of clmynln;; streets demanding especlal attentlon. Ald, Rawlefzh moved that the smount of ap- proprlation for that flem he made the same a8 Iast year. e thought the money could not be better invested. The total smount was 8187,500. Ald. Lawler moved to amend by making the amount $60,000 for the South, $100,000 for the Weat, aud £40,000 for the North Division. ‘Iie motlon of AKL Rawleigh prevalled, 24 to 3. Al Pcarsons, Pnclps, and Throop votlug o, ¢ Al Tuley moved (hat $30,000 less cash from miscelaneous sources, instead of $31,000, according to the estimnates, be pald for day streot tabor, ‘I'ho tnotion was carrled by acclamation. The item *For probahle deficiency arlsing fo the collection of this appropriation " was taken up. Ald, Qllbert moved to make the smount §13,- 760 tnstend of £0,6:0. Al Schwelsthiel moved that it be made to read ' the unexpended Lalance of 1878, which e understond atouuted to about $43,000. Ald. Tuley inoved a8 a substitute that the ftem of deficlency be stricken out altogother. Ho satd be thought if the Council passed the ftem fu the way {0 was uropased (t would be appropristing about 830,000 more this year than ast, Ald. Throop sald if the Council ailded 850,000 to this item e shiould vote to strike it out. On belng. put to vote, the motlon of Ald. Tuley was carricd—yeus. 215 nays, 8. STHEET AND SIDEWALK INSPECTORS, ¥ For the enforcement of the ordinances as to bullding-inateriulé, obstruction of atrects, street- slzos, numbers, ete.” Ald, Lawler moved that the three Stdewalx- Inspectors be pald $3,000 instead of 82,700. us ne helfeved they were men that were dolng good service, Ald. Tuley was opposed to the motlon. These men had been working for 8000 cach for several yeara, and he appealed to the Connedl 1o declde whother this was the time to fucrense salarics, 1lo desired the ftem to stand us it was. Ald. Rawletgh agreed with the Jast speaker; lic thought the men would be very well satlsfle with the wages they recelyed last year. Ald, Throop thotzht if the Inspectors would attend to their business that they should be pald ns much as they were last year, but not any more, Ald. Tully moved that all the nmbiguity ot the ftem be stricken out, nud In its stead bo fn- gerted, % For turce Sidewntk Inspoctora, 82,700 —or *$3,000,"" as the Councll should deser- mine. Ald. Throop sald the Inspectora were supposed to look ufter street-obstructions as well as slde- alks, Ald, Cullerton and Rawlelgh wanted it to atund as it was, Ald. Tutly’s amendment was lost, as was also the motlon of Alg. Lawler, by acclamation. wless cash Irom miscellaneous sources, $1,000," was adopted aceording to the estimates, “ For probable deficlency nrising i the collec- ion of this appropristion, $170,000." "I'his ltem coused considerable discussion, On motion of Ald Tuley, the Comptroller was fnvited touttend the meetings of the Counal during fts considermion of the catimates, and he was sent fur, Ald, Giibert moved tostrike out the [tera. Ald. Cullerton objected, as he sald the Mayor would certainly shave a man on his salary ly order to keep within 1hie appropriativn. The motion to strike out was lost by & vote of 23 to 3, ‘I'he ftem for city's portlon of street fin- yrovements ordered by Councll and assess- ments completed, $20,014, was passed. STRERT IMPROVEMENTS, “For city's portlon of strect Improvements orderea by Cotincil #nd assessments not com- pleted, and for city’s portion of strects cou- sidered nevessary to bo Improved the preseut year, $30,00.” ¢ Ald. r(m\l“%lzh mosed ta'strike out $80,000 und insert §40,000. Ald. Throop sald that this would not be enough, with non-colleetions and stoalings, and one thing and suother. 'There had been a de- fieleney for & numnber of years, - Ald. Tuley safd he belfeved, with Ald, Tully, fn enlling things by thelr right names, He un- erstood this noint was to cover paat defleien- cles, nnd e Ald not helieve tn it fle thoneht the motion of Aid, Rawleizb to make {t $60,000 was nbout rizbt. Ald, Thraop asked the Jast speaker what he was golng to do with actual contracts made, Ald, Schweisthal did not belleve in paylngz for deflciencics on coutracts made by the Mayor nud Comptroller, Ald. Throop thoueht they could nob hold the Muayor nnd Comrtmlltr accountable for doing ywhat the Council hiad ordered them to do. Ald, Cullerton sufd the Mayor had expended £4,000 more than (he actual appropriation for this purpose Just year, but It was done at the recommendation vf the Counell, und he exon- erated hini from all blame. It wus & case where [t was absolutely necessary. After some_turther discussion, the veas and nays were called for on Ald, Rawleigh's mo- tlon, und §t was lost by u vote of M4 toll, as follows: il B i ca—DPearsons, Tuley, Banders, Cary, Phelps, ol o g'v:rufl.' Tordan, " Rawlelgh, ® Knopf: sclwelsthal—11. S er—lialiard, Mallary, Lodding. Cullerton, MeNaily, Olwver, Lswier, McNurney, Throop, Stauber, Nlesen, Waldo, Wetterer, Janssona—14, Al). Tuley move to make the amount 0,000, “Ald, Glibert moved to amend by making the amount #5000, A vote wus tuken on this amendment, resuit- Ing I its Joxs—11 to 1. The rolf was then called on the motion of Ald, Tuley for 870,000, Currled—17 to 10, STIRERT OPENINGS. # Far clty’s portfon of publlc beoefits for new atreet openlnis, §7,933.44.2 On otlon, it was decided to pass this (tem uwtil the Cowptroller came. SIDEWALKS, * For city's portion of oxpeuse for new walks, 2,50, 8 "Lnis ftewm was atlowed to atund, LANP-POSTY. For city’s portion of expense lor new lamp- posts, S1,00.4 Al Bimyth did not understaud the ltom, He thoueh the nssessments for this purvose wers upon private parties. Ad, Tuley explained that theso posts were in front of pubile buitdings. The item was passed, us was the itema for private draing (8230) und water-seevics plpes (§290). DRINKING-FOUNFAINS, For the ercetion of now und repairs of old, $2), All. Lawler moved to make the amount $500, Ho Lasd beew teving [or two years Lo et one ut the corner of Blug Islund avenue und Tweltth strect, Atd. Loddlug moved sa an swendment that the item be stricken out, ‘The pyes wid woes were called upon the aweudwint, and [t was lost by a vole of Gto 23, Ald. Lawler moved that the amount bs made 31 Ald, Rawlelgh objected to Ald, Lawler with- deawlug his imotion, whereupon Ald, ‘Tyley fathered the motion for $300, which prevallea, CUICAUO-AVENUR VIADUCT. AW Ityan moved (hut ay ftem bo Inserted be fore the item for repalring brfdices and viaduets, as fullows nat a0 approvriation of $31,350 be wade for the purpose of hulldlnunyluliucl. over the Northwestern Railroud ot Chicago avonue und luisted airoets. Ife prosented a petitlon two yards Jong fn suprort of his motion, Ald. Rawlelzh presumed thers oughit tobea vinduet thery, but, before the 'Eol through with 3, it would_cost the City of Clileago more than $300,000. {lo wanted to know exuctly what it wus golng to cost before ha voted upod it. Ald. Ryauo said, according to an cstimate by tho Pubfic Worke Departineut, it would cost &74,00) for thy clty’s portion in bullding the yia- duct, und_1he rulsiug of bulldings wonld cost the rest of the amount. ‘There were but a few R s e oyt wielzh wan! e matter postponed, “ylrkwhrred to the Departmont of Publle orks. The Chair thought that an amendment to the stimates could not bo treated as new matter, hut must be disposed of {n rezular order. Al Tuiey thought Ald. Ryan's communica- tlon was new matter. “The Chalr decided otherwise, s Al Pearsons moved that the matter be tem- poratily pustponed. They did not want to get eateht {n a trap, Ald. Hawlelzch renewed hls motlon to post. pone. “The motlon to postpone was Jost—ayes, 8} noes, 20. MORN VIADUCTS, Ald. Dallard moved to insert an fitem, $43,000, for u viaduict on Twellth atrest, Ald, Oliver moved to amend by inserting an ftem of 8141112 for a viaduct on Harrison stret, Ald. McNurpev moved to amend by inserting :;lre"f.m of $15,000 for & viaduct on Baugamon o ‘The amendment of Ald. McNurney wwas first taken up and discussed, Altt, Tuley maved to lay the whole matter on the tahfe temporarily, stating as hls reasons hat the vity was [able to meur o %ut deal of expense In the way of dameges vo bulldlugs by approaches, Ald, Throop rend from past procecdings of the Coundll, showing that the Council hud been gulled in exactly this kind of a way before, lle thougit 1hey sliould Jook belore duzy leuped. ‘The ayes anit noes were catled” upon the amendment of Ald. MeNurney, und it was unat- Imously carried, with the understanding thut it should be inserted in the LI and then loft for tutitre conslderation, Al ‘Turner inoved that an item of §15,000 for 8 vinduct over the Chicago, Alton & 8t. Louts Road 1alsted street, Al Ieigh moved fo Insert $20,000 for on West Madlaon street and Kock- Ald. Lodding moved to insert $25,000 for a viaduct o Centre avenue. Ald. ‘Throop salld ff they were golng to make 20 omnibiss of the matter, be wonld move to 1m- sert $25,000 for & viuduct on Lake stree'. Ald. Gilbert thought they were gulig to have tou much upon the bill, and be could not vote for it as it stood. e was {n favor of construct- (g ong o two vinducts where they were muost needed, If they asked fur too much they would zet notblug. A TRIF TO THE MOON. Atd. Lawler moved, us & substitute, that an Itetn of $5,000 bejuserted ta build u viaduct from the carth {o the moon, The 1notion of All, Throop to iuvest §25,000 for s viaduct on Lake street prevailed. RAMING BUILDINGS. Aid. Lodding moved thut the unexpended balznce of the appropriation made on the 23d of March, 1870; tor raising butldiugs oo Elghiteenth strect,be {nserted In the bill. ‘I'he motion wus carried hy acclamntion. ‘The Councll thew adjourned to this afternoon at 2:30 o'elack. THE APPROPRIATION BILL—INSIDE HISTORY OF 30MZ OF TUE ITENS, The Council has thus far struci two anags in the Appropriation bill, one of which was pulled out, uid the other reduced in slze uver ope-hlf. The first was undor the head of # Department of Bulldivzs,' wnd |n the shape of an ftem read- Iz * Lesa cash from miscellanevits eotirces, $2500," moking the appropriation 39,200 plus 10° per cent for prabable deflclency urlsing in volleetion, lnstend of $5.7%). It bad been no- ticed by wome ol the Aldennen thnt a simllar {tem had been put o among the amounts esiled for by all the departments, the fizures varylne in accordance with the sggregate sum, und that the total of these ftewns was $100,00. An ex- planation was called for, und Ald, ‘Troop guve one, saylng that the,object was to lesssen taxa- tlon; thut $200,000 of the $400,000 repre- sented what had been saved from previous Ievies, und the balance what was expec to_come In from lieenses, rents, ete. ‘This didn’t seem to he satilslactory, buth Tuley nud Gullerton attaching the ftem, tlie latter intimating 1hat there was a scheme to cut down ealaries, and It was stricken out, usstated. ‘The discussion did nut reveal much with refer- coee to the matter, Though the polnt at fsstue was doubtless plain to .the speukers, they did not briug it inte prominence, and a reporier, yesterday, sought for more light. He flrst talked with the Comptroller, who aald: ** ‘The £400,000 represents partly cash now in the Treasury—savings from 1870, 1877, und n Hit- tle of 18—and partly what will come in from miscellaneous sources, 1 apportioned 1t among the departments, having in mind the payment of salaries or wagzes, ‘Ihere will be enuugh to vy all for Jauuary und Februury [n cash, Jeaving out the schoul-teacliers heeause they got four months {n easls from the State dividend und the Scetiool Beard’s e from rents. Deducting the amount makes “the appropriation sv much wore, 1 elakm that the preseat bill fs the fafr- est one ever drawn up. ‘Che trug theory s to upuropriate for this vear WUAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND, adding the probable defleiency in collecting, and Teaving the unexpended basauces to come fuand aceumulate for use next year. ‘Phen we will have so much capltal,” “Yea,' smid the Mayor, who came fo whilo Mr. Furwell was talking, “if the unexpended balances not vet collected are to be deducted there will be just so much added to the appro- priation as is ot collected, wnd thut {s what we have been trylng tu guurd against. The Gov- crament canliot be run if we spend 100 cents und only collect 90, Noone would touch the warrants, 1¢ will pever do to depend on the unexpentded bulupees.” 1 we use the money fo the Treasury,’ sald the Comptroller, **and so much as cones in, antieipating the taxes fu that way, lnstead of drawling warrants azafust the levy, by nex fall, perhaps, we sball not bave drawn over 03 ner cont of the levy, und yet huve met all our bills. 1 calculate, by such & tourse, in three years the city could pay us it went.” The reporter next talked with Ald. Tuley, asking him fiest what the Uouncll would be ape to do with the £400,000. 5 “ Apply it to the payment of saleries,” sald o ¢ Tan't {t already applled to them?"” “ Yes, to all salaries; but we propose to limit it to those of $1,000 nud under und the wages of the strect Inborers. A man who gets over 31,000 can oetter afford a shuve thun une who geta lessy wnd s o disrrace to the oty to pay the laborers in scrip which they have togot dis- connted, ¢ How will you work in the item1" “When we get througn with the appropria- tlon, {f {t 1s 83,000,000, an {tewm will be added *less §400,000 inlscellancous receints, to be av- vlicd fo the payment of salartes umder 1,000 und the waees of labarers,’ “Is't it the purposs to confine the benefit to the Police und Fire Departmentsi® Well, they would of courso get the bulk of the 8400,000." 'L"Il,mv wmany months' poy fu cash will the men getl “ According to my figures, the money will pay Incash the salarics and wages of all under $1,000 for six months,* 10 this {s the upshot of the matter no one will complaln except 1he clerks and otliclals who re- celve uver $1,000 a year. They will get thele pay in scrip, which #8 cquivaleut to an uverage reduction of about 5 per cent. CITY CEMETERY. ‘The othier snai was an {tum of 83,500 for the City Cemetery, 1t Was to be used tor purchoag of grounds sud other expenses. The Council bus been in the hablt for ten years of appro- z)rlnun;: 35,000 or $3,500 for this purbose. The tem waa g aimull one, and this year i the first thoe it has ever been questioned. The ceme- tery waa used ua such for years nd years heforo It Wus discovered that the clty hud no title to the zround, the Courts holding the fes to bein the helrs of dacob Milliman, As tbe broperty could not bo purchnsed at a reasonable rate, (he Councll directed the removal of the bodles buried there, nnd passed ordinunces in January, 1500, und Jubie, 1857, suthorizine te Mayor an Comptroller to purchusy lots {n the different cemeteries, purchase deeds therefor, wnd de- Myer them to the lot-owners fn the Miltlman tract, In cases where no foterments hud beon made, the purchase money was to be refanded, with 0 per cent, Althoneh over ten yuars huve elapsed sfuce thls exchange of lots e refunding of mousy wua authorlzed, there are suid 1o bu yer from 400 1o 450 vivners of luts or their hielrs who haye not come torward, A duzen or su sopeared hmu;enr. aned about £1,100 ol the $2,600 appropriated was expended, 1ho batauce bejur transferred 1o thy Ueneral Fund, Theclty allows 83 centaa square foot, whereas the price i Rosshill, Calvary, ete, 50 cents; but nu trouble {3 experlunced fn ob- tainlug au exchange, slnce the Liucoln Park Commisslouers puy the difference. 1t s probubic that many of the lot-owners bave nu kuowledge of the ordinances abuve referred to, that others aro Jong atuce dead, und atlll wo have no eyidence of title, the papers havin been burned up In the lre, and, s the cost ol restoration would pechapa’ be greater than the s they would get from the city, they prefer ‘to maku ng clnlmhuv«:u it they baye purchased & burial lot olsuwhere. - When'sn old deed turas up, 0f course thu owner iy entitled to the pur- chase mouey aud Interest, or anotber lot in another comotery, which the city has 1o buy; but, the calls are w0 infrequent, it would cem better, lustead ol putting {n an anticlpatory iteimn, to make & mem- orandum o claims present y, this year, aud {nssrt’an jtem {nto the next Appropriation bill tq cover them, just s s now done with udgiments. Many of the Aldermon are opposed tulsing wmoney by tazatiou, ssy §2,600, spend- ing $1,000, und putting §1, hito the General Fund, und 1t 18 really uu {njustico to tho (ax- i payers to doso. 'The amount appropriated for' the City Cemetery thia year h: 1,000, which 1§ - 12 bellaved will mcet alldemands, OLITICAL. omo, Bpectal Correrpondencs of The Tridune. 4 Conumnus, ., Feb, 18, —The algns of the times already begin to show .evidences that Gov. Bishop has not yet passcd by the .po-: iitical rocks and emerged nto & %afe po-° litical harbor. Evidences of the existence nf vpposition v his renomination have again aprung up, which, {f not promptly put down, may seriously endanger the growing aspirations - - of the (iovernor, who has been loa by s warm' supporters to believe thut there would be o se- rlous trouble alterSenator Thurman’s most em- ohatie refusal to become & martyr for the' Ohlo Detnocracy, and thereby submittiog himaelt to' be slaughtered for both the Governorship well as before Lhe Natlonal Democratle Couven- tion. it caonot be denfed that during the past few weeks the subject has reccived coosldersble attention by the more fulluential tnembers ol the Ohto Demucrscy who have visited Washingtou, In the passaze of the Pension bil}, the Democrats have nude the discovery thnt Uen. Rice, one of {ts Hrmest sdvucates, would nake a most formndable cundidate ugainst any the Republicans might pluve lu donnination, insmuch ws lus ennaldacy wonld draw to hia subport a gowdly portiou of the soldicrs’ vote, & suppurt which they sadly need atb the present the, Gen, Rice, luwever, hun dectived to atlow the use of Ms name fu connectlon with the yoin- ination, und bas so udvised Gov, Blshoy, But whether he cau be vrevalied-upon.to reconsider the matter, after belngappealed to the secoad tine, rewalns Lo be seen. iice 18 the ons on whomn all the elements opposed 'to ¢ Uucle Dick " will eentre, and, should he sttll udhers to his declslon, there ey be o disturblug element ruised Lo the surface by the Natlonals, who aro strougly inclived toward plucing Gen. Ew- hz at the head of thelr Cticket, und calling upon the regulur Democratlc Stute " Couventton to ruclly and jodorss thelr cundidate, Guen. Ewing bas wann suppurters Of bis own, while It scetns quite evident that the cocles of Gov. Bishup would take udvantage of the situation and ad |0 the sctietne, sefeat the Governor's pomina- tlon, and at the w: ime secure the support of the Nuttanal Greenbackers, Gen. Kobtusun, Claieman of the Btate NMe- publican Committee, us well as Ex-Gov. Younr, were In the city Jast week, ind expreseed’ thewn- selves as well pl with the politteul sky, both predicting the cleetton of the Kepubijean candidate for Qovernor tiis fall and a Kepublic an Lewislature which will eiect a United Biates Senaetor. Uen. Robluron sutd that, so far us the the Committes was cotceried ns such it had no cholce ss to candidates, aud that one of lts members lud not beun working in the interest of the llon. Chartes Foster. The Chalrinan added that Mr. Foster was not o caudidste for the nominatiun, uud would not be unlces a mujority of the delerates cousldered bim to be the inost avalinble mau. Uov. Youne belioved thut cx-Attoruey-Ueoeral Taft would cover Bishop In Hamliton County and Cincinnaty, und would run well tirougnout the entire State; stlll he hod no prelercnces, and only wanted a mau of well-known nbility and _fotegrity nominated, and the cumpalgn conducted I an agressive wanner, He had tie utmost confidence that the dtate would go Re- publican this fall by sn 1ocreased inajurity. The Republican State Committed wifl meet here next week, when it {8 cxpected a laree nutnber will be present, the time und place of the next Biate Convention decided upou, to- gether with a general consultation with the Re- publicuus of the General Asseinbly, - MUNICIPAL ELECTION. HaRmsnune, Pa., Feo. 10.—Mayor Patterson (Republican) wus re-elected yeaterday, by over’ 800 majority, and Treasurer Shalaby by shout 500, ‘The Comptrollerskip {8 undeclded. | The Democrats have elocted both branches of tha Counglt, ———— SCARLET FEVER Speciat Dispatch 10 4 Trizuis, Gavesnung, L, Feb. 19.~The reports in the Inter-Ocean und other Chieazo pnpers stating that scarlet fever waus raging fu this cily to on alarmivg exteat, und that the phivsletans wera unable to cheek it, are terrlbly cxazgerated, the reports belng news to the clilzens here, In order that the truth mighbt he kuown, vour coar- respondent called at the rooms of the Toard vt [eatth this afiernoon, nnd was fnforned that only three cases had ngen reoorted, iwo of which had proved fatal. ‘“The nther is Mr, Jolin Lans, of the Chicugo, Burlinston & Quiney Ral- road oflleeg who s consdered entirely out of dangor. A Milllon Pantage-Stamps. New Hliven duurnat, Some thne sivee o Philadeiphia veatleman offered an old ludy the sum of $200 If stic would wbtalu for him 1,000,000 canceled stamps, tho mongey to be used iu securtog for her o lifo-reste dence in a Hometor the Friendless, Misa Chloa lLunkton, of New Harttord, Conm, betains deceply intereated lo the wensure, and on Oct. 10, 1875, bugun to asslst e Indy In making er collection, Others assisted Miss Lunicton, pack- es ol stamps being seut’ from New i.lnn'u. Jlartford, Buston, uid poluts as far away us Dus buque, la, Among the llueral donors are Mrs, Luv{ A, Cose, ot New Ilaven, who gave Miss Lankton £20 stamps, some of them of the tirst {astie, all cut from her box of neatly-packed Jot« ters, Aurella K. Case, of New Haven, cantrib- uted 144 stamps to the collection, ‘Fhe million stamps have heen collected wnd the good word accomplished, as the [ullowing Jetter from Phile adelphia, under date of Feb, 3, wilt show: My Dear Misr Lankton: 1 send you word that the mililon stamps have been collected, and iU pald for them; & nice outht given tho old ludy, wuo is mow rejoicing in her comfortable kowe, the cthodlst (louse, 1 know you are pleared (o have besn aule tu contribute so I-n:c{{ toward the fund. Youra respectiully, 188 B, 8. Faun, e ——. Public Schaols N. G. Burdate, ‘The other day a nian who had just slgned his flest noturalization-papers v ith Als 4 frankty admitutd to the Clerk of the Court that the Al nc;i:-;m system of public svhools wes a hope- il AMUSEMENT! Trinmphant Return of the Brillians New York Crlterlon Comedy Companys iYERY EYENING AND WEDNESDAY AND A SKTURDAY [t} s aturday, ¥Feh. F. K. MACH KRR Unhaunded i, K. 1‘1"’!0!&! 13 ADA CAVENDIS IN HER UREAT CHARACTEN, JANI SITORIL, Friday—Benefit of Ads Caveadish, who will, aftey tho KIay, recitc by roucst, 1unuysun's CRARGE OF THHE Llflfil’l‘ nIfi!iADE- T — Farowell of & I e A T T W l“‘l,l{‘lilflu—\'illlllmlduuln with Kice's Surpriso Party in. l, AVERL Jo i HAV .auager and L'rooriater, LAST NIQHTS TIl18 SRASON OF Mt JOIIN A, STEVENS, In his own besutitul romantla idyl, entitled TNENOWIN{ A PLAY OF DEES INTEREST, supported by his owa New Yurk Cowpan, I3 pauy, s bn uluy croduced witts Mr. Btrong's fins Beancry, R e ey s g P cenery lcadorsuirs Biandand Co.—Almost a Lite, LINA TETTENBORN In tho Great Buccoss TINA, tho Milkvender of Germantown, e wgSHOMEED UM MIDUTLE o v, o 0 I AMLIN N AT, 87 Clark-at, LA [X L I8, Drennsu_and Capt, e s "}?angnfi‘ll.flfifliyffinfl.-u v paslio Court-Tibuse, JATINEES TUFRDAY AXD FRIDAY, 330 Georye Liable, Hunator {n 1o O r J. Thom) u lils ) D s LEOPOLU o F O & LIFK: s LYMOUNI CONG. CHURCH. 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