Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1879, Page 4

4 . . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MARCH 13, .1870—TWELVE PAGES, ‘ - ringa in chargo of the Stato institutions. Yosterday, after having slept over tho loct. ure of tho Governor, the legisiators did somo loud co-ordinate-branch Dblustering, coupling their kicking with the very nmns. ing nsaortion that old Bluo Jeans, In in- of tho clomonts opposed to Communism, Ald, JaxaseNs fs probably ns good a man ns stands any chanca of election from that ward, and we hope the Republican Olub of the Eighteonth Wnrd will presont tho right sort of material upon whioch the fall strength of e Eribaove, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Y MAIL—IN ADVANC TOSTAGR PREFALD, iy K. . S 12 sulting thom, had imsulted tho poople | the party will unite, E:.',"f.v (aget e 33 whom the Iaémnmra hins . tho plensura of | Thisis a tickot™wjjch will put Canten et %3{', swindling, 1l has, however, concluded not Iannisox aud bis pecaline frionds to thoir to tako nrma in defense of the Insulted peo- | spurs, if hois to Lo tho Btato-Sovereignty WEERLY EDITION, POSTPAID, Qpe copy. o plo just yot, and the loud-talkers wero qui- | candidate for Mnyor. Iannsox himself Glub of ton: otly muzzled and put on back seats, will havo to adopt n moro courageous policy Cluo of twrnty. Bpectmen coples sent free, @ive Post-Ufiice address [n full, Including State and County, Nlemittances may be made elther by draft, express, Tost-Office arder, of In reglatered tetter, at our risk. TEIMS TO CITY BUNSCRINENS, Dally, delivered, Sunday excepted, 26 centa per week. saily, deltvered, Sunday tnclnded, 50 centa per week, Address THE TIIBUNK COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearhorn-ats., Chicago, 111, Onders for the delivery of Tite Tuinux at Evanston, Tuglewood, and jiyile Park lefe in the countiog-room will recelve prompt atten thnn that of going to Xontucky to escapo n decision nbout nceopting the Greonback nominntion aud to avoid embarrassing ques- tiona if Lo hns any iden of benting A. DL Whnianr, baoked up by so strong n ticket as the Republicans biave put in the flald. Io cannot come back any too soon nor rid him- self nny too quickly of his Fint nssociations if ho intonds to mako the campnign. What- ovor may bo tho result, itNy a satisfaction to foel that tho Republicans’ havo nominated roputable men throughout, and have catored to nono of tho low aud daugerous elements that entor into local politics. ENGLAND'S EABTERN WARS, The two wars which England now hns on hand aro likely to keop bLier busy for somo time to come, but will end in securing her avery handsomoa indemnity fn the way of territory, 8ince Oerewayo surronuded and overwholmod tho camp-gnard of Lonn Cnerasronp'’s invading force, the tida of battle hins turned and tho Zulus have been defeated with largo loss of mon and mate- rial, The dofeat scoms to havo: overcomo their florconess and desiro for war, os they aro represented ns notv indisposed to accopt terms of poace. 'I'lo,only hope that Orte- ‘waxo enn have for prolonging the war is in his porsoun! influence over his warriors, hia succoss in inducing other tribes to join his forge, and in keoping the Transvaal neutral, Even admitting, however, that he should succeed in overy ouc of these throo dirce. tions, his ultimate success is hopeless. If necessnry, tho English Government will pour in troops enough o overrun the wholo of Sonth Africa, It is only o quos. tion of time, thorefors, ond of very short time nt that, how soon Oerzsavo will bo suing for pence. When that time comes, the English will not lonve their Natal colony exposed to any further dangor from Zulu- land, but will go in aud occupy it,—in other words, annex it to the Queon's dominions and bring Cerewavo and his dusky warriors un- dor the influenco of Euglish civilization, The work of makiug n scientific roctifion. tion of the northwostern frontier of India by cutting off a slice of Enstern Afghanistan nlso progrosses favornbly in the main. A small colum n was attacked and defeated lnat month by ono of tha treacherous hill tribes, but sot-backs like this kind are only tempo- rary, snd do not affect the progross of the gon- ernl campaign. The English accomplished tho most dungerous pact of their work whon they got tlirough the passes and estab- lished their communications, and when thoe campaign is ronewed this spring wo mny look to sco them go forward with irresistible momontum, "The recent denth of tho Ameer, Suere Awr, has beon of immense importauco to thom, first, becauso it hos provoked civil atrifes smong factions of which they could take ad. vantage, nnd second, boeanse it deprives the Afghans of the moral help whiok Russin has been giving ‘thom. The Russinn Govern. mont hns very littlo confldence in Yakoon Kuan, who has proclalmoed himself Ameer sinco’ the death of his father, and tho Afghans thomselvos oro not over well satis- fied with their now rulor, Asin tho cnso of tho South African campaign, it is only a question of time how soon the English will advance their Indinn’ frontier to the tablo Jands of Afghanistan nud ostablish o strong barrier against Raesian progress towards Tudia, "Thoge two ware off thair hands, it apponrs highly probablo that the next move of the Inglish will bo to subjugato the new King of Burmal, who hes signalized his accossion to the thromo Ly crueltios as inhuman ay thosa which: are practiced by the rulors of Daliomey, and by monnces against the poaco of British Burmah, Tho resident represonta- tives of the English Governmont have al. ready made formal protests and have boen rudely aud discourtoously ropulsed. If o repulue of a similar sort from the late Amaor of Afghanistan was sufiiciont canse for an Invagion of tho ferritory by Eugland, thoro {83 no reason to oxpeet that sho will pocket the affront of tho King of Burmsh. When the conveniont time conies, thereforo, we are likely to hoar of apoflier auncxotion movement on the Eastern frontior of Indin and more scientifie reotification. As all three of theso rectifien~ tions are in tho intorest of religion, morals, . The nominaes of the Gévernor for mem- bers of the State Board of Henlth wore yes- torday confirmed by the Senate, including Dr, Raven, concerning whom o majority of the Comtmitteo report that tho chorges of habitunl intoxication, profanity, ete., sre not sustained; while a minority report seta forth the paiuful faot that tho Doctor is afllioted with the aleohol habit, The adoption of the majority report and tho confirmation of Dr, Ravon shows that tho weight of opinion was that the case was not 8o serious o8 to nocesal- tate the amputation of the naffected member. TRIBUNE BRA OFFICES, Tnz Carcano TRIMUAE has eatablished branch ofMces far the receipt of subscriptions amd advertisementa ag folloms: NEW YORK—Toom 20 Tribune Building, F.T. Mo« Fapnex, Mansger. TARIS, France—~No. 18 Rao de 1a Grange-Natellere, In. ManLzn, Agent. LONDON, E TxNRY F, OILLI0, AR 8AN FRANUISCO, Cal WASUHINGTON C.: The completo collapse of Daxter, O'LeARy, the Chicago podestrian, and his withdrawal from the contest in New York ia calculated to still furthor lower townrd abrolute disre. puto the businoss of getting up walking matches for the gato-moncy that can be squeezed out of nsilly public. O'LEzary's downfall would oxcite sympnthy and commis- erntion among his fotmer frionds nnd admirers in this city wera it not for tho very sirong impression prevalent that his break- {ng down {8 the rosult of dissipation and cx- cess. The man who but recontly commanded the admiration of a muscle-worshiping world by renson of his oxtraordinary capacity a3 n pedostrian 8 roducod to tho condition of & pitiful wreck, partly through the indulgenco of gross appetites, but Jargely on account of tho torriblo atrain his systom has undergono in provious con- tosta, Ife might bave lasted longer if he had had tho brain and will.power to withstand tomptation, but the ond was sure to como, and was only hnstenod by a little in conse- quence of his fallnre to got aud keop himself in condition for such a test of endurance. -American Exchange, 449 Strand, AMUBEMENTS. ‘MoVicker's Thentres Madison stroct, betseen Dearborn and Atate, gagement of Itice's Burpriso V'arty, * Horrors.” En- Haverly’s Thentres Dearborn sireet, comer of Monroo, of J. K.Emmet. **Our Now Fritz." Engagemont . Hoolcy?s Thontres . Wandolph street, batween Clark and Lasalle. En- gsgement of Lotta, **Musctte.” Tinmiin's Thontre, Clark street, opposite the Conrt-Tiouse. Epgagement of C. W, Barry, '*Droken Fetters.” Variety Olo. Acadomy of Music. Halsted street, between Madison and Monroe. Va’ rlety entertainment. Exposition Building. Lake Ehore, foot of Washington sireot, Anderson, the Pedestrionne. Madame THURSDAY, The City of Szegdin, in Southenstern Iun- gary, bos become the mcene of one of the most terriblo catastrophes of modern times, ‘The city contains some 80,000 inhabitants, aud is situated on the River Theiss, which rung through ita contro. It appoars thet the lnnd is very low and mavshy, and in ordi- nary times levoes or artificial banks nre needed to keop tho river from encronching upon the dwellors of the town. Tho spring floods from the Carpathisn Mountaine bave sot in and the river, swollen to an nn. precedented hight, hins broken its banks and inundated the entire city and surrounding conntry. Duildings of overy deseription have boen swopt away by the force of tho oengry waters, and noarly the entire population aro rondered homoloss. Tho loss of life, it is es- timated, will bo great, and the saffering con. sequont upon this sudden and, cruching visitation will be fonrful. Alrendy the cry for food is heard, and the prospect of carly reliof is not encournging, Tho sight is said to be utterly indescribable. Whore but yes. terday Iny® thriving commereial and manu. facturing city is now only n watery desolation. MARCH 18, 1879, A mystorions disappearnnce, which re- moined a mystery for over thirteen yenrs, has at Iength been nccounted for in Ellen- ville, Ulstor County, N. Y., where the re- oponing of an abandonod lead mino die- closed the skeloton of a man who faded from view in Fobruary, 1806, It is presumed he waa murdered and thrown into tho mine by o man who subsequently boeame insane and is now dend. L The bill providing for driveways to the public parks of Chieago haa finelly been per. mitted to emerge from the obacurity in ‘which it was for soveral weoks kept by the Houso Committes on Municipal Alairs, and is now in a fair wny to bo pnssed. Mir. Moss "Wextwonth s entitled to tho cminonce of having cxerted himself to defoat n measuro in which oll Ohiengo is douply interested, ond which, os it concerns no other part of thu Btate, ought to be passed without delay. Tho roport of the Provision Inspection Committee of the Chicago Board of Trade, rolative to tho complninta received from Belgium of unsound meata slipped from tho Umited Btates, is & practical and business. like presontment of thé ronsons for themo complaints and tho way to avold being im. posed upon in the purchase of oxported meata that are fmperfeotly cured, The nocoptance of wents of inforior quality packed under flctitious brands and inspected by inspectors not nuthorized by the commercial organizations whosa interest it is that tho inspeotion shall bo uniform and relinble—this s shown to be tho chisf causo of tho inatances of dissat. isfaction that have occurred in foreign mar- kots. Tho purchasor of exclusivoly frst quality and standard brands of provisiona that have been regunlarly inspectod need have but little fear of gotting an unsound articlo, THE OITY ELECTION—THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, The Republicans havo every ronson to ha satisfied with tho action of tha City Conven- tion and the ward primaries in the nomina- tion of n goneral ticket and caudidates for Aldermen. For the good of the city, nnd to gunrd against ‘emorgencies, wo hopo tho Demacrats will do a8 well, though exporienco with Domoeratic conventions and primaries in the past makes it o case of almost hoping ngoinst hope. At all ovonts, it is now cor- tain that the Democrats caunot put n ticket in the field that will command any moro re- spect or confidence than tho ticket which the Republicans have nominated, and, if they put up an inferior ticket, then Ropublican success ia nssured, Tho Republican ticket is essontially n business] ticket, and inspires the belief that the city will bo run on business principles if the Republionn oandidates shall bo elected, JMr. A. M, Wronr is a straightforward, mat- tor-of-faot, and plain-spoken man, who is con- coded on nll sides to havo positive and eiliciont cxeontivo ability. Ho will toke hold of the Mayor's offico with the purpose of running it in much tho samo fashion ns it has been run during Mayor Heati's administration, which Mr. Waanr heartily npproves, In Mr M. A, Tan- WeLL'S hauds the ity monoys will ba porfoctly anfe, for, ns a successful businoss —————— The Washington Post has onco mors ns. sumed to mnark out the dotails of the revolu- tionary programmo of tho Democrncy at th oxira seasion, It waa a true prophet at tho Iast trini, when the plan of defeating tho ap- proprintions and compelling the oall of another session was aunounced, and its pre- dictions arc liable to be verified again. The Post undoubtedly spenks for the bulldozing aloment of tho party when it anuounces that tho Legislative bilt will bo promptly passed precisely in the form (hat it passed tho Inst Houso, and then, if it is votosd | Man, ho will know how to tako care of them, . . - % by tho Prosident, there will bo no | 8nd his personal intogrity ia apovo ropronoh, ;:?;fi‘:::’ o':mtlo::;ti;irzym\:a'l lll::g I:b“nm{:%l:fd attempt to pass tho bill over his | Col Ricany in o popular and excellont lawyor, b L voto, but both Houses will nt ouco adjourn, Hpon with Joslonny be the wevid Ingpnordl loaving the Legislative and Army approprin- tions unprovided for, and tho Governmont ‘without funds to keop it in oporation, This 18 procisely tho kind of statosmnuship that is by the Ropublicaus rolied upon to iusure their success in tho vext Presidentinl cam. paign, and it really looks as if the naual opportune blundering of the Domoeraoy was ot to bo lacking this time. and, ag the ofico for which ho iu a candldato ig but a continuation of the practico of Lis own profession, he will bring to it all the requiremonts needed; ho s also a vigorous and devoted Ruepublican, aud will be of good sorvice in tho national ocsmpaign of next year, Mr, Peren Busonwal is a young man of Amorican birth nud Garman parentage, a resident of the North Division, who is in every way vompotent for the position of City Olork, Excullont as tho genornl ticket Is, it ia n natter for stiil moro congratulotion that the Alderinanio nominations include the very best men who conld be prooured. Messrs, DixoN aud Banrann, of tho First and Second ‘Wards, uro gentlomon of Iargo experionco in public affuirs, nnd their records entitle them to continued confidonce, Mosars. Joun M. Orazk nud Axos Grannts, of tho Third and THE AEBSORFTION OF GOLD, Wa print an teresting communiention mado to the American Silver Commission organized in 1876, briuging the figures of the ostimated motallic money in the princl. pal countries of the world down to the be- ginning of tho present year, Some of the informntion ia of interest, In 1872 Germany began the coinage of golt under the law demonetizing silver, aud nt tho end of that yoar Lad goined n sum equal to $100,000,000. Up to' January, 1879, the total gold colunge of Gormany equaled $418,551,260, Binco 1874 the tendency has boon to concentrato the gold in those coun- tries having an exclusivo gold eurrency, and under this tondency gold has heen drawn from other countrius whoro silver or depre. cinted papor is the money in use, Binco 1871 The Jommon Council has finished tho annunl Approprintion bill, nnd it now goes to the Mayor for his examination, ‘There {4 urgent need that ho examino it olosely, aud that he froaly exerciso his powor to roturn without hig approval any or all iloms that eholl to him 'scom exiravagant or inoppor~ tuno. Tho total'of tho bill has beon mwelled 613,000 sinco it came from the Financo Committee, and now amounts fo §3,- Fourth Wards, aro repranf!nmuvn mon of | Japan has coined about $50,000,000 of gold, 975,000, which must be ralsed by | the frst-class rosidenco districty in which [ all of which has dissppenred, and most toxation, on aggregate appropriution | they live, and thelr ocleation T8 assured | of it has heou traced, dircctly or indiroctly, to beyond any question, dtr, O, W, BarnerT of tho Lighth, Mr. Ricuanp Joxes of tho Nintl, Mr, Geonae B, Swirrof the Eloventh, My, J. D, Evengrr of the 'Twelfth, My, Jonn O, Enprus of tho Fificonth, aro all business wmon of good atanding who will represent taxpnyers' intérosts {u the Couucil. 'Thore should bs a special effort to re.elect Ald, TuoumpsoN jn the Thirteonth Ward, beoutne o apooiul effort is boing made by designing wen to beat him on account of his steadfast adhoronce to au economical policy in the wanagomont of city atfairs, No nominationy hava boen mado by tho Republicaus in the Tifth, Sixth, Soventh, aud Sixteonth Wurds, bocauso it wna thought wisor to mnnke uny combivation in those distriots . which may bo necessnry to defeat the tex-cators and Com. munists, Mr, Bouwristaar, the presont Al deruan from the Bixteenth (thongh a Dama. crat), ought to be voted for by the Rtepub. licans for re-lection, it he ruus ngalnst n for 1870 of $4,875,000, including the unexponded cnsh on hand and yot to be re. colved from various sources, Mayor Hearn ia nbout to retire upon well-varned lanrels as an able maungoer of the municlpal finances sud a caroful conservator of tho vity's credit, and he caunot better conclude his succossful adminlutration than by vetoing such items in this appropriation ordinauco as he knows to bo uunccesssry and extravagant. He could lop off the ontire R600,000 increase without injury™o a single intorest that noeds toney. England. This coinage in Japan was of gold belonging to an old stock whick had long beou in the country, Thers Ling slways beon large stock of gold in India, and England hns baen drawing it from that country, India being supplivd from elsowhore, But since tho disturbaneo in the valuo of silver Indin has rotained her gold, but suspended her im- portations of that metal, The importations of gold into England from Australin hns iucronsed to $84,000,000 annually since 1878, Trom 1873 to 1878 England has reccived $11,000,000 of gold from China. During the snme porfod the net imports of gold into Eogland from Moexivo, Contral Amorica, Bouth America, and the West Indics has not oxcoedod $28,000,000, AN theso silvor.using countries, therofore, may be snid to have been exhaustod of any supply of gold beyand tho ordinury supply needed for foreign trade, ‘Tl absorption of yold by those countries using gold since 1872 is tracod by Mr. Wes. ‘The Governor of Indisun on Tuosday scnt to the Logislaturo of his Btate about such a dooument ns 8 non-jobbing taxpayer of Illinois would soud to his own General Assombly if he wero to make any communication’ at all,—that is, the QGovornor told the legislators that thoy had boen “beating" tho peopls, and should bave been satisfled with stloking = the | Communiatio candidate, a8 he bes made an | ToN, and the awounts closely estimated. Btate for a !lnglo sesslon of such | oxcollent Alderman, Thore is davger that | From tho amount coined by Germany must salorfed woldioring aud Incompoteuoy | the Communists wmay clact in the Fourtoonth | be deducted the wmount of gold on hand y iustend of piling on the rank outrage . of on extra sittiog for the sole purposo of passing bills to pay thowsclves and the Ward also; Mr, Louws Mawsriv, whom the Republicapa linve nominated, doserves to be eleoted, and will be if ho receives the support aud tho amount locked up or buried in tho military chests. Deducting these, tho ab. sorption of gold by Germany is pat down at £3V8,500,000, and the amount absorbed by olland and the SBenndinnvian States at $40,. 000,000, and by the United States at $100,- 000,000." The sum taken by (ho United 8tates, howover, for reaumption and othor purposes and held to dato may bo conaidered ot $260,000,000, giving as tho total absorp. tion of gold sinco the demonetization of sil- ver §640,000,000. This hns Loen by Btatos proviously using silver or paper, and incrons. ing tho demand for gold to that extent, Tho ostimnto of gold in coln and bars now hold by tho conntrics named, they constitut. ing tho gold.nsing nntions, is na follows : Qreat Ntitain and colonle $ 000,000,000 Germany...... 350,00, 000 United States, 250,900, 000 Franco..o ... v 000, 000, 000 Nolland, Belelum, Seandivavian State; 100, 000, 000 Grand tolal.... +»_ +§1,000,000,000 The amount of silver held as money by theso sme Sintos is thus sinted s 8 450,000,000 25,000,000 200,000,000 Toal..ou suverenyuse sessionssn8 576,000,000 France .. Unitea 8 Lolland, Belgi This plncos tho total metallic money avail- ablo at $2,475,000,000, Tho gold supply bas reached ite limit, tho nannual product™boing no longer more than sufficiont to meet tho curront con- sumption, Mo meot the sudden demand oronted by the domonotizalion of silver, thero hns boon drawn the surplus gold from all parts of the world where it hns boen in storo and not in use a3 money, and taken to gold-using countries. 'This inadequacy of tho supply has of course given it an in. crensed value wherever it is of neccasity as money. The domand for metallic money has not by any moans decreased, nor has its ne- cossity, and honco tho world must look herenfter, a8 it hos olways done, to silver to £l up tho measure anused by the doficioncy in the production of gold, 'Tho demonatization of silver coused n great incronso in the demand for gold, with- out leading to any incronso of production. Tho insufficiency or dearncss of gold shows the impolicy of the demonetization of silver, and exporienco further shows the certaln re- turn of silver to its proper proportion as part of tho motallic monoy of the cotntry. We rafer tho reader to the papor of 3fr. WrstoN, which is printed in full in this issus of T'ux Tninune, THE EADS JEITIES FAILURE. The Now Orleans Tines of tho 4th prints the fol- Jowing, dated *‘Port Eads, March U--noon': **The Britlsh stenmahip Mikado, outward bound, is aground tn the Jetties, above Crane Island, Sho liee in the channel, and is working down into shoal water, Her draft {s twenty-ono feot eloven inches alt and nineteen feet saven Inclies forward." The Dottom of the twenty-four-foot channel, for which tuo Governmont bas paid Capt. Eaps, has a violent, uncontrollable prejudice against vesuels drawing twenty-two feot,—Memphis Avalanche. It is timo to call o halt on the Eaps jotty job, for the renson that it is demonstrating itself to be s stupondous fraud. The ouly jottics that aro now noedod aro such as will protoct, not tho mouth of tho Mississippl River, but the pockets of tho taxpayors of the country from tho ralds of Capt. Eaps nnd his crowd of contractors and lobbyiats. The warning has boon sounded over and over again, in Congross and out of Congress, by papers at the North and at the South, by Government officials, and by old, experionced river pilols and engincers, that the jettics not only would be, but were already, a failuro, and still the loechos have gone ou drawing appropriations from the ‘Frensury, and, by the nid of poworful lobbiss, gotting logisla~ tion so chaoged ns to get still greator amounts than tho contracts call for. Capt. Cowpey, in his rocent letter in Taz Curosao Trrpune, showed the cxact state of tho original contract in the following stato- ment: **Tho contract; without any roference to the depth of water that wos on tho bar at that time, stiputated that whan a clinnacl twenty feet tndopth aud no less than 200 feot wide may bo sccured, £500, 000 shall be pald. Whena channel twonty- two feet deop by 200 fect wide, $500,000 shall ba pald. When a channel twonty-tour feet deop and not less than 250 feet wida shinll bo & od, 8500, - 000 shat! bo pald, Aftor sald dopth shail have Leen socured for twelve months, 8250, 000 shall ba paxl, Tho twenty-four fect by 250 feot wide channol has never beon accured, when the Govern- ment has already patd $2,000,000, or $:i0,000 more than the contract had the channcl o stipu- lated beon socured,* Sonator Davis, in his speech upon the River and IInrbor bill, substantiates Oapt, Cowpen: *'Now what has been the resalt? Tho law wasto e, 80 far 08 tho contract went, that when twenty- four feet of water was obtained thon there would e $7,000,000 dua. Consequently, reachlng about tiventy-two feet of water or a littlo rising, accord- ing to the lateat report, there would be £1,000, 000 dne, but §2,000,000 of it has been pald or 13 at tho disposal of Capt. Eans, ‘Therefore, the contractor has bad in bis control §1,000,000 more than the Governmentagreed to pay at any thine, oxcept upon the modification of the contract last year, For the Dast Lo years probably thore has buen no progress in the depth of the channel. Two years ago the channe! wasabout the snmo asit s to-day in dopth, and it {s not ns deep now as it was two nonths ago, T understund the fact ta bu that on the 1th of the month just passcd, February, the dopth was about {wenty-(wo feet, and (hat [ Sanuary Jast it wan nearly twenty<four feel, Conscquently, there has boen, fustead of an Increase In depth, just the re- verse, and therc [s not 48 much water now aa thero was formerly, " After bLaving secured £1,000,000 more tiau the contract futonded, Oapt. Eaps, with tho help of his lobby, succeeded in running in upon the River and Harbor bill an amendment to the original contraet by which he grabs $750,000 in one block, with- out any more work whatover being done. In nddition to this grab, the half-million blocks, contingent upon cortain dopths at tho jottios, aro also provided for; but, as Capt, Eaps Liss alroady succeeded in gotting far moro than the contracts call for, it iy not, likely that future paymouts will de. pond at all upon the depths of wator ho mny secura, but, on the other hand, with the lielp of his lobby, we may expoct that he will continuo to grab the taxpayers’ money without any referonce to the ceundition or progross of tho work. Even this might be tolerated if thers wero any hope that this gigantic experiment would bo crowned with sucoess, 8o far from this, it not only proves a failave, but looks very much like a bold, unblushing attempt, thus far successful, to defraud the peoplo, Tho roports of Copt.’ Browy, the Government Engineer, and Gen, Comsroox, show that out boyond the, crest of the bar, whero the Jjetties wore oxposed to tho action of the waves, thoy were washed awsy long ago and caunot be ruplacod, Tho samo roports show conclusively that the *‘tercdo,” u very de. strnctivo worm, has badly eaten tho lower tiers of tho outor onds, somotimes even to partiol disiutogration, The bar ontside i not affectod at all by the jottics, It is thore today as Jt was thore 200 years ago, when described by the Freach navigators, though at that time in was eight or ten milos further inland, and it alwaya will bo there ko long as the waters of the Missis. sippi and Gulf of Riexico continue to meot. Ttis eatimated that at tho least calculation 813 Lillion pouuds of dry earth pass out of tho Misslssippi yenrly,—sufciont, asa *“River Engincor” wrot¢ to Tz Trinunz thoe other day, to form a mountain & mile squars and 258 feot high ; n)ud. 50 long a4 the Gulf of| i Mexioo losts and the Misalssippi Rivor runs, this subagneous mountain will siand to mark the confluence of the two, Capt. Eavs, and his lobbics, aud his jotties to the contrary notwithstanding. Have tha jottles deopened the water in the ohnnnel? Tho cugineers eny that thera aro twenty-two feat of waterin theold channol, As farbackas 1720thore wore twonty-two foot. In 1810 tho bar pilots took vessels to sen drawing from oightoon to twonty feot. During tho War, tha steamship Missigslppy, thint was lost in the Port Hudson ight, camo fnovar thebar drawingtwonty.ono feal, and the Richmond and Hartford, drawing nbout the same, frequently crossed it. Mnj, Howerre' roport for 1877 says that during the year twonty vessele went to sea drawing from twonty to twonty-ono foot nnd two drawing over twenty-ono foot. Worao than this is tho faot that on the 13th of Janunary last thore woroe nonrly twenty-four foot of wnter, while on the 18th of the noxt monih there wero but twonty-lwo feat ot Eaps’ pnss, showing that instead of an incrongo thoro is not ns much water as formorly at tho old pnss. Thus tho Government has sunk £2,000,000 on this stupendous exporimental humbug without any result. With such facts ns thess confronting Qon- gress, theso npproprintions aro o criminal ‘waste of monoy, tantamount to robbery. If {t continues, if Eans is permitted to go on with his abortive scheme of attempting to wall in the Mississippl River with willow brush, instend of nllowing it to dischargo its surplug waters through tho bayous which Noture bas provided, aided by artificial canals, it is only a question of timo how soon ho will breake the Trensury with his jetties, ns ho hns baukrupted the St. Lonis Bridgo ‘Company and brolte tho Missouri Stato Bank with hia bridge. It is timo to choke off tho jobbers and contractors and stop the humbug, OFFIOIAL TENACITY AKD RAPACITY. "The inclination to hold on as long s pos. siblo nnd to grab as much es possiblo goems tobo an official instinct. Thero msy bo ex- coptions onough to prove the ruls, but we do not racall any of these exceptions in tho attachments to the Illinois Legislaturo, The refloction is suggestod by tho fact that only now, ot lenst two years aftor such nc- tion should have been takon, bhas tho Touso of Represeniatives passed a bill abolishing tho Board of State-Houso Com- missioners, and that tho passagoe of tho act by the Bouato is still n matter of doubt. T'he gontlomen who compose this Board, in spito of widesprend discontent tbroughout tho Stato at their officinl managomont, have clung to their places two yenrs boyond'the {ime when tho approprintion for the work in their charge was exhausted. They expended all the money on the Btate-Houso which was pormitted by tho Constitution without the authorization of a popular vote, thon loft it in an incompleto condition and asked tho poople to vote half a million more to finfsh it. 'Tho Logislature two yoars ago np- proved this unrcosounblo domand, but the people rofused to indorse it by an overwhelm- ing vote. ‘Thnt voto ought to bavo beon roproof snough for the Stato-House Cormis- sloners, and self-respoct aud obedience to tho popalar will should have prompted them to resign, Thoy were informed by the peoplo as plainly s possible that the pop. ular belief was that thoy bad weatod tho money spont on the State-Houso; that they bad, by unnccessary altorations and ex- travagance, oxcoeded the warrant of the Constitution; that thore was no confidonco in tholr management, and thet thoy ought to retiro, Bat the Qommissionors clung to tholr ploces just tho same, and would proba- bly continue o uling to thom till .death should overtake (hem, unless thoy wero ro- moved or the Boord abolished. If, finally, thero is sorious intention on the part of the Togislature to abolish this Board, it is probably bocause the conclusion has boon roached that the people will vote no more money to expond on tho State-House uatil thoy aro satisfiod that its disbursement will not ho confided to & sot of mun who aro ro- sponsiblo for tho previous wastefulnoss. 14 is nlnost impossible ¢4 persunde one |- officinl body to take any nct which will bring about the destruction of any other officinl body. Thero is o sirong bond of sympathy between all mon who draw money from tho publie treasury ; thoy aro firmly united in the desire to coutinue to draw money, how- ever much they may bo dividod-on abstract political questions, Any proposition to ap- proprinte public funds for the establishment of new institutions,—whother prisons, asy- lums, schooly, or official Doards,—or to at- tach pay to places which' had previously beon without pay, or to inoresse smolumenta and exponses in any way, nlways receivos tho most respectful nttontion ; but it is noxt to impossiblo to get tho legislative car for any dewand that o Board bo abolished or ex- penses curtniled. Thero havo boen somo striking instances of this logislative charac- toristio at this scsslon ag woll as the last. ‘Cho appeal of the poople of Cook County for the priviloge of electing an entirely now Doard of County Commlssioners every yoar hing boen steadily deniod, becauso the soheme would involve legislating n fow porsons out of oflice,—just as though there worosomo vosted right about officeholding which s superior 1o the will of the prople. But there is no difficulty in securing the introduction of a Lill' amonding the General Incorporation net #0 a8 to pay Aldermen a salary of $1,600 a year. We shouldu't bo surprised if this proposition omanated from the Chieago Council or some of its surroundings; though tho Counoil has suthority under the Gonoral Chartor to voto 1tsolf salnries, it has not the pluck to do so, and would probably welcoma nuy logislative dovice giving Aldormou sala. ries in any case. Fvon a pretensoe of economy is usaally but n covor for extravaganco in ofilcial life, This is tho condition of tha proposed introduction of o ges-naching into the State Capitol, Undor the protense of roducing an expondi- tura of less than $300 o month, cortain mem- bera favor the adoption of a cortaln pateut, and the erection of building and muaobinery which, in original investmont, and intorost, and exponscs, will involve an annual cost of twioce or thrice as much as the presont cur- ront oxpendilures for lighting tho State- Touse, Bo it fu proposed by cortain mem- bers, on the plea of oconomy, to ot off all appropriations for militia, and thus deprive the State of the protection of a volunteer armed police, 8o noceasary to tho presorva- tion of property and tho assurance of public poace, Thereis no political patronage in the Btate Guard organization, and so ib s desired to abolish jt ou thu pretense of sav ing $100,000 u yenr (which s the amount asked for), but at the samo tiwe it s pro- posed to creato answ sot of oilicials kuown na * ofilclal reporters,” who will impose a cost, first and last, of twica os auch ss could bo saved by abandoning the Blate Guard, I? auythiug, we think the pretonse of econamy ig more costly than tho avowed oxtravagauce ; 'and nearly all tho measures of n political nature show a chronio disposi. tlon to hang on to office as long s possible and to grab ns muoh aa possible. Twenty years ago thaproject of & shinunl from Georgian Bay to Toronto was widely dis- cussed, nnd attracted very general attoution, The dlstance fa only 100 miles, nnd of this only romo forty miles is to be close eanal navigation. Moro than half the route les in the valleys of the Notawasags, Holland, and Iumber Rivers and Lake Bimcoe. The'hard times of 1857-'00 put o damper on the discussion, and for several years the project pasaed ncarly out of sight of tho public. But from the report of the Sprcial Committee of the Ontarlo Parliament, pub- 1laled in Tue Tmnuna of Tuesday, it looks as It a vicorous movement may possibly bomade in the intercat of this entorprise. The great ‘barrier 10 ba overcome Is the deep cut botween the Holland Marshea und the ilumber River, which, §f the canal be fed from Lako Simcoc, requires a cutting through tho sand rldges of the enormons depth of 197 fect. Binco the In- cention of the enterprisa o lift-lock Lias beon fn- veuted fn Buglaud, which, ft 18 clattned, works admirably, and doos away with the necessity of the deep cut. This may bring the cost ot the canal down to much less than the former esti- mates, aud render the worl perhaps possivlo. ——e— A Paris correspondent has discovered striking potots of resemblance betwaen GaNnETTA and Braine, Bays the observer: GANBETTA'A strongeat wenpon {asald to be his tongue, achioving his groatest succceses by his pas- sfonate harangues in the Chamber of Deputies. A Juat (den of l{;c Frenchmat can bo bad by imagin- ing the American a litglo darker, his hair jot black, bis Agure atouter, and Lis cesture moro animated. ‘I'he two bave the same atature to an inch, the same pretended nreoccnpation 1n listening to debate, the #ame arrogant vigor of reaponse, ‘the same hectors 10k, both of the weak and atrong, the samo exces. sive self-coniidence, the sams pompous diadaln of paritamentary rule. Both men have come to the front through political upheaval; BLAXE through the Civil War; Gaxuerra through tho crimo and dowufall of the Emrim. The Intter denounced Louis Naroirox and hiis manifold ains in so_sudacious & manuer that tho Emperor was stupefled, and others, Iess bold, wore encnunvd 10 oxpreas thelr sincera opinions of the strangula. tion of frecdom, GAMBETTA bas been moro suc- cessfal than any ong of his countrymen in restrain. {ng tho passwns of the Parsian populace, and to his fervid vralt and yet steady hand may be ascribed the temperance which has enabled” the young Republic to pias unharmed through so many and so iniminent Pefl\!. UAXBETTA 18 declared to be more practical than BuAtNg,~—1o be in action sll that BLAINE I8 in managoment and dobate, | ——at— The St. Louls Bar Assoclation ia gotting itsell toto trouble. Its nctlon with reference to legal ndvertislug bas brought out some curious reve. lations ol rascality on the part of members of the Bar. ‘The Giabe-Democrat reiterates fts chirge that waoy tawyers have babitually pocketud the differenco between full advortfs- {ng rates and the reduced terma offered for legal notices, and other newspapers call attention to o remarkable lawyer's fee of 84,800 nmong the expenscs of collecting 814,000 of fees In the Clreuit Clerk’s offlco. 1t would scem that the 1ast question the Bar Assoclation of Bt. Louls ought to haye touched was that of exorbitant Iees, for any purpose whatever. It Is usually the practice to print legal advertisements in obscure newspapers whero they arc nover scon and whero they are dear at any price. If the practice is different {n St. Loufs, so much the better for litizants, Thero ia, in any case, no reason why the lawyers should plume them- gelves on thelr superlor {ndustry in the mattor of fectaking. ———e—— The Judielal elcction in Iilinols takes placo Juno 3. Five of the soven Judges of tho Su- premo Court will then bs clected, The First District, embraclug twenty-four counties in the extremnc southern part of theBtate, was former- 1y ropresented on the Bench by Judge Sionzx BrEesE, but s mow represented by Judge Davior J. Bagen, appolnted tewmporarily by Gov. Curnoy. It will olect o new Judso this year. The Sccond District, lucluding nlnetecn countles just north of the Firat District, will probnbly re-clect Judpe ScnoryiELp, The Third District, composed of sixtcon countfes in Cen- tral Illinols, Including Sangamon and McLean, has two candidates in tha field,—the Hon. Jonn M. Bcorr, ot Bloomington, who {5 a candidate for re-clectfon, and B, 8, EDWARDS, of Boring- fleld. Judeze WALEER, of the Fourth District, and Judge Cnalg, of the Fifth, hold over. The terms of Judge BIELDON, of the Bixth Diatrict, and Judge DickeY, of the Scventh, expire this year; it Is presumed both will be candidates for re-clection. i ——— Jerp Davis safd in his farewell speoch to the Unlted States Scuateelghteen years ngo the Slst. of January last, thut he would lave followed Missiasippt out of tho Unlon cven if he had be- loved that sho wasmnot acting with sufliclent provocation, “Bat I maybe permitted tosay,” ho contwued, “that I do think she has a justi- fluble cause, uod Iapprove of her act. 1 con- ferred with her peopls bofora the act was taken, counselod them then that if the state of things which they apprehonded should exist when the Couvontion wet they shduld take the sction which they have now adopted.” This was the plain language of treason in the United States Senate Chamber cighteon yoars ngo, It wasa dlsgzrace to the Govermnont that permitted it} and the people who sbould again put that traitor fu the same place to uso agaln, i he choss, the same language, would by uanworthy to use a freo ballok 3 =The Irene Macgillicuddy ? papors were writ- ten, tis well understood, by Mr, Lawnexce OuirnanT, sn Euglish author of some repute ut home, who bas visited {ricnds in Americn, and {s famillar with ali the phascs of Now York soclety, ‘They have just been claimed, howaver, by & youug and audaclous clergyman on Btuten Island, who has put forth another small volumno called “Lady Ituckleberry Eularges on Her Ilusbaud’s Follics; a Continuation of the Mac- gitlicuady Papers,” “This contiouation purports 1o be by the author of the frst serics of papors; but the internal ovideuce shows a different hand. The continuation is more vulgar and loss witty than the original, ——— e The name of WiLLust R, MANNIZRRE has ‘beon mentlonod In connection wjth the nomina- tlon for Alderman in the Elghtcenth Ward, Mr. MANNIESRK I8 & sultable man for the placo. The estate which he {n part, reprosents is among the heaviest taxpayers in the city, His reputa- tlon is abovo reproach, and he has just tho kina of letsure which ought to be employed moro often than itisfo the public sorvica, If the young men should sco fit to nominate and elect him he would ba every wayaworthy representa~ tive of the beat futerests of the ward, ————— Tho Chicazo Medical Journal and Examiner, 1o fmitation of s British publicstion, has estab~ lshed a coufesalonal, in which, it Is expected, practitfoners will rocurd their blunders for the reproof sud guidauce of the profession. The experlment fs nn Intorostiog one, Ita success will largely dcpend, of course, on the atrict con- ccalment of the names of contributors. It physiclans contribute with any freedom to the now department they will embarrass the oditors with the richness of their experionce {n blunders, ———— A littio nonsenso now and then Is spoken by the best of mon, Mr, FrormiNouay, of New York, ordinanly a sensible man, said in o New York address Suuduy; *The work of ths press Is external; thnt of the pulplt loternsl, Ono addreases the ear, the other the soul of the wortd."" This is slmple rot. [t sigolGes noth- {ng. Think of Tatmack addressing * tha soul ol theworld --with his talented legs! 1L BLAcKBURN {8 made Speaker the Bouthern Democrats will not haye the paltry excuse to offer that he is a subsidy man, His name does uot anywhere apposs on the llst of voters In favor of the Brazilian subsidy, and the Vicks- burg Ierald opposes him bocsuse he docs nob advocate Southern mprovements. He will bo elected, if at all, because ho 1s o Rebel aud & firc-cater, Mr. Coarrng WyLLys ELLIOTT'S lectares be- foro the Decoratiye Art Boclety fu this city promlse to bo useful and interestiug to a large class of peoplo. Tha first one, on * Household Ll.tund}u; in Groeca (u the Timo of PautcLss, was delivered Tuesdny aftern a remarkabls audienca both ‘;:‘rl‘ :;::l‘r::‘lh“ - numbers. Five more lectures aro to bu‘vl‘.:ll“ml ed on the following subjects: © 1jpueer . Lite and Att tn Gormany e giolod e Lot} “n Franco In the Thn, SR 3 0 of Joay Arcj “In the Time of Fraxcis Ly “I:"}::f giand fn the Time of Ricnaun 1) ‘Time of Queen ELizangri, "’;E\\-: 1.,:1“:“ Wia e delivored each weel, the gecond one. hi‘ e row, in the rooms of the Decoratlye Arg Snrl:mr' 1t 18 to bo hoped they will call out, the . ance which thefr merits descrve, e e Poor Mme. ANDEnrsoN s sy g nbout the track at the Exposition ;!ul!!:lnlifi"l:hx biind and half dead, "The exbibitlon fs (2 ot Ing and disgusting. It ousht to bo nlnmd‘ The pollce authorities probabiy refusq 1, f,pgm' fereon the ground thut they have no nm:tw do sa (nosmuch a8 & lcense has been taken o e But the Mayor can revoko the leongs, 1‘;,.' self-Inflicted tortures of this wretchud yyop > slould be regarded ns the acts of an in‘:m person, and provented fora reason n(mfl:r':fl that which would lend any humano nmmu.: desire thal n maniac gnshing hinselt wity kulfe should be taken tnto custody. . ——— The Misslssipp! Loglslature which tg ;n suuns;or t3 unucfi: will be chosen 4 can elect JErY DAvS, ff {t fecls apits of bis dleabilities. If it docs lum:s":?‘ scemns probable, the Domoceratie clmm-e.l for lh' Tresidency o 1830 will not bo worth o rug: Wa hopa tho Misslesippt Legislature ang 1y, 8o1d South van be depended on to do the }'(:. publican party it service. Let the fssue 1y squarely mads between treason and logalty, ang the Repubtican party will come out ahieag, | ——— 10 chooyy nexb fayy, Tho operators on the Board of Trade seen to Yo afraid that Fisuer & Co. may got Another telezram from KerNE, which Wil not by g fosgery. ——— PERSONALS. Mr. Rimball's attontion is horeby called ¢4, Archblshop Purcell. Ex-Sonator Patterson, of Bouth Caroling has sottlod in Arizona, ’ Mrs. Bayard Taylor, who arrived in Now “York recently, 1s vory il Poor Mr. Tildon! Ho has o little voioy left that ho cannot tell the truth. . A horso kicked Henry Borgh, This, wo bes lieve, is the hight of Ingratitnde. Mr. Tilden is vindicated, For ho himsel has sald it, and It's greatly to his credit, 5 We will back the Ohicago podestrion to drink 2,700 bottles of sine in 2,500 hours, Wolt Whilman and many of his resders are going South for tho benofit of his healtl. Benator Logan, we are assured, {s o fing violinist, o can even Addle grammaticatly. * It appears that Mauton Marble fs to estabe Msh & Western branch of the barrel in this city, Gen. Bherman 80 loves the South that hejg willing to let'it holp make his brother President, Benntor Conkling ia six feat throe, and ha would like to be soventy-Avo inches o President, ‘The portrait of Cotowayo in the Graphie convinces us that hie 1 full as blsck as Lo has been patnted. The King of the Zalus wishes by thistime that {ho infcrnal Engiish would carry the war ony of Africa, ‘Wo hove not yet lost our confidencsin O'Leary. Weo bellevs Locan still get away with several bottles, Mr, O'Leary had boon drinking so mach of Iate that the champlonshlp belt woulda't hsvs fitted him, snyway. The Now York T'rébune is rapidly improve ing under Whitelaw Reid's mansgement—of mate tors not connected with Kt No amount of legislation will apparently change the nature of the Uhinese. They still chargo the sams for washing. George Francis Train is writing editorials for a Now York groenback vapes, [is Junacy will not be detectod In such work, Tho Zulus are getting whipped, and wo wight say that tho shos Is on the othar foot, It Cotewayo didn't go barefooted. It appears, aftorall, that Ministor Chrise tlancy does not go to Porn for his Lealth, Ho ine tends to hava his wifo go thero too, #Pergonals” will bo absent fo-morrow. ‘‘Porsonala” and the Prince of Wales pro tho Duko of Connaoght's **nest men." Denny Koarnoy prodiots that this country will be rulned within six monthe. Mr, Kearney ‘must be bound over to keep the poace, . %Owing to the hard times," tho Dufialo Erpress tells us, **spring bonnets will be wora mostly tn tho millinery establishments.” ‘The call for an oxtra sossion to bogin nest Monday gave membera af Congross bat two weeks in which to properly sorve their country, A man out Went hanged himsolf the otler day because ho wanted to bo an angol, We ane afrald ho'll bo an angel with a sore throat. ‘The recont dofoats of tho Znlus aro clear- Iy tho rosnlt of the discouraging nowathat Princ Napoleop had allied himsalf with tho Englisti. A colored brother is tho Chnplain of tbo Alsbama House of Hopresentatives. They think down there that anybody 14 good eaough to do the praytng. Ola Bull roomed with Thackorsy, snd many of Thackeray’s {lluatrations would appear ta show that tbe lattor usod his roomemato’s fZue for hia caricatures, i TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, NEW OnLeaxs, March 12.=The jury in the Caddo elcctlon case were unable to agred; sl were discharged by Judge Woods. Auectal Dispatch (o Tha Trioune, Oxana, Neb., March 12.~Gen, Bheridan, Cols Forsythe, und Capt. Gregory arrived hero tbis moralog from Chicago, und were Jolued by Gen. Crook and Licut. Bourke. Tho wholo varty left togother for Comp HRobinson Lo fu~ vestigate Indian affairs, and to Jocate the n‘?w military post on Buake River, In Northern Ne« Draskia: etal Dipatch fo The Trivin. : Axx Anson, Mich., Marcl 12~ A Bea to-day gave Judgo Rarhsdell, counset for the Univorsity, & deed convéying the Bcnle-biw“ collection to the Untvorsity, conditioned, {W- ever, upon the erection of a fire-proof nm:‘LMIm buflding {o which to place It 1t Is hope 1&‘: Leglstature will male the nccessary appropr tioy for such butlding, Apectal Dispatok ¢o Tho Triduné, i Bourx Ecai, LIk, March 13.—Tho uw“:‘" S protty well thawed out uow, and it l‘\w ‘No though spring had really beguu fv nrmnszi pics plowlng or sowing hns yet been doney bul . farmera will commenco thia week it the w:ln mcnil.ncr]awnunuea. Tho fee hus jone od ¢ Fox River. o The Trimnr. A Winons S Hiaren 19, Souding opers- tions have bsgun sil sloog the lvcm:rul l;‘l"“n ¥ of the line of the Winons & B. Peter, (awrml with immigrants and their " ran:d dnlly.g rymw rush of westward-bound migrants is unprecedented. E£S FECHTER. Mfl‘fi%«m fo T o Pruapxeeais, Maren 13—Col M um'i cditor of the Tinies in referance to rumors o Charles Fechter, tho actor, has wlwh{fgj:lelm H libel-anit agalnst that jouroal, 83533 ll Ib{fll as yet no suit to withdraw, 88 D0 \n\% ‘?‘uuflp prescntud to the Graud Jury of Bucks oom % ‘'he District Attorney wxercised his r{l il withhbold the bill at te Fobrussy.torth au-" ™ case was fixed for trial ou the Sth of Ah,'d A consent of counsel, unless Lotico »’muulom given by cither ‘ulduwun days polug of i :’hu:po'::mw ontioue, Tho L‘mnmflluf: :«'l':‘: has given formal uotice 10 the couuse A el Qefendant that the prosecution will lnl‘l)m e the April term, und, as e right Dh hsaiutes monweslth ta continue for ono tertt b eber, the caso capuot_be _reached until Lt Mr. Fechtor does ot seen t0 ufir('mlnnl had e mutter o ho was Lefore the l;\;l e &4 0f parmnhy to come o the m.ns a trisk?