Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1879, Page 4

The Tuibune, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. NY MANL—IN ADVANOR—~TOSTAGE PNRPAID, Patly Editian, one year, PATLs of 0 .00 sunday Edi o) g Hheet.., . 200 E-wn’:u Rditton, alxteen pages, s.uu WREKLY EDITION, POSTPATD. Qna copy, pery cluh aymnr o3 .1] é O X #pecimen coples sent free. (o Iost-Ofiico address In full, fncluding Stato and County, Itemitiances may bo made elther by draft, cxprose, Tost-0fico arder, or In reglstered lctter, at our risk, THUMS TO OITY RURACRINRRS. Dafly, delivered, Sunday oxeepted, 35 ce Laly, delivered, Sunday included, Address THE TINUN N 0 Corner Mad{son snd Dearborn-sta,, Chicazo, Il Onlers for tho deltvery of Tix TinuNk at Evanston, Englowood, and 1yds Park left fn the counting-roomn ‘wiil recolye prompt nttentlon. Ny Il OFFICES, ‘T Critoaan TRINUNR has established branch oMces for the ropeipt of subscriptions and advertirements as lowiy TR W TORK—toom 20 Tyfbune Batlilng, F. 7. So- Fapnux, Manager, PARIS, Franco—No, 18 o ds 1a Grango-Datellere, . Manzen, Agent. LONDON, Eng.—American Fxchango, 440 Btrand, sixsny F. G1ita0, Agent. SAN FIRANCISCO, Cal.—Palaco Iotel. WABHINGTON D, C.—1310 F strect. ————————— AMUSEMENTS, . | MoVicker's Theatro, Madiron street, between Desrborn and Blate, Ro- gagesment of Strakosch's Italfan Opera.} Honefit of Miss Kellogg Haverly's Thentre, Nearborn atreet, corner of Monros, Engazement of Johu McCullough. ** Virkintus” and **A Regular Fix.* Hooley?s Thontre,.. Tiandoiph rtreet beiween Clark and LaSslle. Ene mogoment of Lotta. **La Clgale.” Hamlin's Thoatro, Clark strect, opposite tho Conrt-louse, Engagament of W. T, Melville. '* The Plrates of tho Chcsapeake," ‘Varfety Olfo. AMeCormick Iiall, North Clark street, cornor Kinate, eramic Viows,—Ansfont London. Dissolving Iane Academy of Music. Haleted atreet, between Madison and Monroe, lety entertainment. SOGIETY MEETINGS, Voo OWIENTAL LODGE, No. 3, A. F, and A, M.—all, 123 Lasallo-at, ~ Ktatcd comprimication fiits (Fridny) , for bueinesa and work. Vis- Hy order ot the Master, E. N, TUCKER, Foeretary. MAROH 21, 1870, FRIDAY, Dryms Kuaney has beon beautifully thrashed by a man upon whoso head lie bnd emptied his abusive wrath, It is Kzanxer's hiobit to infuse life into his haranguos on the subject of tho mnew California Constitution Ly the vicious porsonal nbuss of some prominent citizon {n tha locality where he mny hoppen to be spoaking, Ifo tried this plan at a meoting n day or two ago, and whon ho had finished talking got unmerei- fully mouled by tho object of his vitupora- tion. — Financinl circles in Chicago have been but slightly disturbed in consequonce of tho partinl susponsion of the New Orloans banks, the impression among our monoyed men boing that tho disturbanco {8 cortain o bo short-lived, and that currency amplo to moot tho necossitics of tho situation will resch Now Orloans in time to enablo the bunks to - poay in full. Targe nmounts wero yostorday shipped from New York, and itis expeoted that the offort to avert a panio in Nuw Or. leans will bo succassful, e — The now Caundian tarill hns provoked n slorm of opposition and censwurs in En- gland, nnd fa cortainto becoma the subjoct of o spirited controvorsy touching tho power of * the Provincial Government to impose tarif daties ot war with the customs system of tho Homo Govornmont. By the Times the now farif is prononnced ns unwigo as it can be, nnd tho erippling of overy branch of Oanndinu indus. try is predicted. In Parlinmont Joux Butonr last ovening - submidted n question whethor Oanada ahall not bo taken to account for hnving assumed tho right of indopendent action, and there seoms to bo no disposition on the part of tho Minutry to approve of tho Coloninl measure. ‘Fhere aro brenkers abend for tho authors and do- fonders of the obnoxions tarifl, Tho proposition to remodol the Jury system in civil cases, throngh n constitu. tonal amendment to bo submitted to voto of tho peopls, was quite claborately dis- cugaod in the IMouso yesterday, Tho chnngo contomplated in the amondmont would admit of tho roturn of valld verdict Ly throo-fourths of o Jjury, instead of tho entiro body, ns is now required, nnd of a reduction to sovon of the nwmber of jurors in civil casos tried beforo Justicos of tho Penco. Tho rosolution falled to recelve the uecossnry two-thirds vote, sixty-ono of thopoople's reprosantativos boing unwilling to submit to tho Mtelligenco of their constituonta the question whetaor sucly a reform in clvil practico ean be with snfety introduced into tho judicinl system of M- noig, while seventy-ono thought the peoplo could bo trusted to declda the mattor, Thore Ia n strong lobby st Springfield rep- rosenting certain. intorcsts ocoupying tho anxious eoats by reason of various hostile billa now ponding. Tha prosonco of n lobby with monoy impllos tho existenco of o ring 1o recolve tho lobby's monoy, and in roturn . to protoct tho threatoned interesty, or it mny be to desist from nggrossive nction, Judging from ho large number of bills in. troduced to “rogulate” tho bLmai. ness of corporations, the sesslon Promiscs to bo o profitable one to tho regu- lators, who aro usually found to bo a fow practiced ringsters who know the value of o threat s n menns of extorting money, but who aro too sharp to deal direetly with tho portien throntened. It begins to bo apparent . that sohomos of logialative binckmail aro un- usually plentiful in the prosont Goneral As. sembly, and that it is an uncommonly good Yoar for bribes, Mayor Heatu has fssued an address to the peoplo of Chicago, remiuding thom of the fnct thatin Ootober, 1871, the contribution of Hungary to the relief of the homaless and Lungry sufforors of this oity nwounted to 1312,000, a good portion of which was doubt- less® furnished by tho inlabitants of Bzogedin, the second commorcinl city of the Kingdom. The terribla distress into which theso pogple have boen plunged in cousequence of tho recont floods calls for @ reciprocation by Obieago of their abundaut charity, and it §s proper that tho attention of our people should bo dirccted to tha matter in un oficial imannor. The Donk . Vereln, a Iungorian sociely in this city, . bea assumod tho lnbor of recolving and lowwarding such contrivbutions ay way ba THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MARCI 21 offered, and Chiengo ahould give o good nc- connt of herself in thia 1lungarian relief movaement. Thera is little dnugor that more will bo given than is needed to provide for the 80,800 people reduced to destitution b; the flood, £ Tho Indinna Logislature has passed tho Bill for the gorrymnnder of the Sato accord- ing to the Democratla plan of sccuring atl but threo of tho Congressionnl districts. By n combinntion of Domoorats and Natlounla 1t 1n expeetod thint ovory distriot in tha State but ono enan bo made sure, and tha appar- tionment has ovidontly beon made with o viow to such n conlition. It is the principnl business nowadays of Legislatures controllad by Democratic majoritien to so rondjust the Congressional districts ag to make sure of nn overwholining Democratia supromaocy in tho Cougress {o ba elected in 1880, Archbishop Puncett's oxplanation of the causes of his financinl difonltios printed to- day {asadly insuffiefent. It may be, ns ho says, that the paying of compound interest ruined lim; but ho wont into that business of his own nceord. If he had pnid simplo interest when it was duo the dopositors might have reinvested it and earned componnd interest for themselves, Whila he kept their money ho was bound to pay for it what it could enrn elsowhore, The trouble unquestion- ably nroso from the faot that tho rate of intorost wans too high nnd the businesa not prudontly mannged. The Archbishop un- dertook to pay intotest, but did not earn any through the fuvestmont of the money in- trusted to his oare. Ho spont it, by his own confession, on ccclosinstical mattors, build. ing churches, educating boys for pricsts, running clerieal schools, supporting monns- teries and nunneries and tho like ; nud on this basis of operntions bankruptey wasa mora question of time. Thero “nro soveral contested enses in the prosout Congress, sud the nction faken in the Bispee case, 08 well as the ruling de- siro to seeure n good, round Dumoeratic mn- jority for partisan purposes, indicates that the Domocrats will ba admitted right along without regard fo tho merits, My, liecorx's seat from tho Twonty-ifth Now York Dis- trict is to be contested by Winting, his Dem. ocratic oppouont, though the former was olected by 3,600 majority, A Demoerat uamed McCane is contestivg AMr, Osru's sont from tbe Ninth Indiana District for ‘no belter renson than becousn Mr. Onitis a Republican and his majority was small, The howling Domocrat Dyxowvs, in the Fifteonth District of this State, will endenvor to havo Forsrrug unseated, bovsuse Fon- svTiE, thougl elected ns a National, was for- werly a Republican ; tha fuet that Fonsytur votod with the Republicans in the Disnce- Huwn easo will probably bo another reason for ousting "bim. An sttempt will be made to wnsent LouiNg from tho Sixth Massachu- #otts District. Aocsumi of Louisiang, Hax- Lz of Maryland, aud Kirenes of North Carolinn, will bo retainucd, of course, though Republicans nre contesting their soats, Iu ono word, it is the purpose of the Democrats of tho presont Congress to uuseat ns many Ropublicun membors A may Lo necossary to givo the Democratio party a good, relinblo majority on all party mensurcy, Whon thia shall hava boon aceomiplished, thoe bulldozing of tho President will begir, * THE DEWMOORATIO MAJORIIY IN CON- ORESS, Mr. RANDALL was olectod Spenkor by fust ono mnjority, To socuro thiv result it was necessary Lo send out for tha Iume, and halt, and blind, aud rotarded Danocratic membors from all sides. One mau from tho Pacifie const rpanned the continent i the stylo of Puck, who proposed to “Put o girdlo round about the cnrth fa forty minuted, " Special trains, bolted monls, nud sloopless nights wero ondured under this prossura of. partisnn zeal o securo & Domocratio mujority for the foorganization of the Ilouso. A par- nlyzed membor was kept in roserve to mect the drondful emorgency of o possible defent, O'Rurzey, thio Brooklyn Aldermnu and Con. gressman, waa forcod, much ngninst his de- sives, to surrondor the superlor houors and emolumonts of Aldermauie lifo for the mero triflo of 3,000 n year and tha empty privi- lego of o sent in Congresy, in order to fill up the quotn nocessavy to elect a Domocratic Speaker. Every Democrat wns conxed or bullied fnto n encrifico of perional or see. tiounl projudices, sud, after all had been whipped into lino, tlioro was bare majority of ene for Raxvary and Demo-Confed orgaus ization, After this cxperionce, {ho Domo-Confed mnuagers concluded that thelr margin of votes in the ITouso was altogather too smnll to pro- teot their party rule from necidents, ‘The nbsonce of a siuglo membor at any time might it tho wost important partisan monsuro in juopardy. Ivon Domooratic Congressmon got sick sometimen; they hava been known to get drunk; sowmotimos, but not ofien, they dio; tho privilego of their position pro- tects tham from nrrest, but, novertholoss, thoro is n constanl danger of ouo or two mombers dropping ont, and this ordinacy oc- enrrence might oceasion oxtraovdinary dis- trosd whoro power is hield by so frail n tennro 1% ono, two, or oven threo mnjority. Henew the vory business at which the House Domo- crats sot thomselves was to enlarga thoir mn. Jority, 'Thoro was only ons way to do this, viz.: By turning ont Rtepublicons who Iind boun eleeted and senting Demoorats who had ot boon electod. No timo was lost in gaing ut this work, and Mr, Disnue, of Flovida, was tho flest victim, "Tho admission of HuLy In place of Rispre is a flagrant outrage, aud in deflance of all lnw and -right, In the last Congress, when the Domocrats bad wmojority in the Houna large onough to rely upon, thoy did ot daro to oust Mv, Bissek from his sent, ond subjoot themselves to publie criticism, till tho vory closing days; thon thoy ad- mitted Lis oppouent, Finvey, as 6 moans for giving the latter as well s the formor the salary attached to tho plnco, But, in tho presont Qongress, the Domoorats need the voto of Braner's Domocratio contestant, and #0 admit him nl once without more ado, 1Tvws bag 1o fawful uor rightful olaim upon tho sont, 101 protondoed cleotion by thirtesn wnjority was secured by barofaoed frauds i two countios in hus district, ‘Iheso frauds have been proved up boyond any doubt, and sowo of tho persous who perputrated thomn are now uuder Indictmont. The Floridn Bupromo Court (Donooratic) Lad passed upon the caso, und cauceled tho certificato of election which had boen {ssued to Ivsr, Thia canceled certificate was 1vir's siuglo claim to admission, but it waos onough for tho Domo-Oonfods who wanted to inerouso their wnojority. It was In vain that Mesurs, Gavrigtn, Fuvg, Mwcook, end others expounded tho true status of tho, case. It was in vain that Bervoun, of Colorado, rominded the Democrats that he bud been oxcluded by than from tho last IHouse, tbough Lo held o Governor’s certifivato of elostion which had nover boen eanceled or disputed, F'ho Confederatos oavod not for Lwz, preeedont, justioo, or consistoney ; thoy Ivit tho nocessity of inereasing thoir party ma- Jority, and for that purpose, and without other justification, tuny voted in nn indioted Lallot-hox stuffor, Herr, who was not cleot- od, and vnteqront Iisnex, who was elected. ‘I'his nction, néytho very opening of Con- gross, is pignificant of the policy which the Demo-Confeds propoes Lo follow, Their policy is to bo not morely parlisan but, bulldozing. Thero s to bo a sorvile submission to all tho eaucua mandates. There s no indieation that n single Domocrat, clected and classificid o8 aneh, will rosist any part of the bulldozing programme, Dumocrats in the Illinols dele- gntion, liko B Brnrvoen, Heanks, Monut. o, TownsneND, und oven SixareTon, will be ns sorvila ag tho most rabid Bourbon from Misstesippi or Alabama, Thoy.all voled for Tuwt's admission, The vote on tho Tlorids caso shows, howaver, that the Democrats liave been counting without their liost whonevor thoy have reckoned npon tho Groenbavk vote inhelping thomeasry out their dishonest party schemnes, As the Greenbackers atartod out indepondently in the Spenkership atrugglo, so thoy seem inolined to act indo- pondontly in other mattors, Only ono of thom (Lapp of Maine) voted with the Demo- crats, Groonbackors of Domocratic anfe- codents like Wnianr of Pennsylvania, nud SrevessoN of Tilinols, voted agaiust the Dam- -ocrats in thia partisnu mattor, and, of course, Groenbnokers of Ropublican antocodents, Iiko Forsvrue, of Illinols, sud De 1A Maryn of Indinna, opposed the partisan out- rage. This Groenback voto warrants tho ex- poctation that the Greenbackors will act to- getlior indopendently nnd fairly in all ques- tions outsidv of their special hobby; but thoy will seatcaly bo n factor in logislation, for, in a fow days, the Demacrats will linve unsecatod enongh Republicans to ronder thair own majority sinplo aud relinbla, —— THE IKISH COLONIZATION CONVENTION, ‘Thero was n Convention held iu this city during the early partof the week to consider tho subject of moving, or indueing, portions of the Irish population of the Inrge citics o move to tho fmming districts of tho Western Stotes. Thero have boen numerous efforts of this kind made in pust yenrs, and, to the extont that thoy have boen snccessful, they liave proved a’ blessing to thoss who hava boou gided. The course adopted by the mnss of {ho Trish immigrauts to this country in settling in tho cities has been widoly difforent from that adopted by the Gormans, Seandinavians, nnd Hollanders, Thero aro thousands of Irish scottorod nll over tha Westorn States who aro {hriviug and successful farmers, but thero are far fower of them in proportion to their aggrogato number than there ore of oth- or nntionalitios, This is due somowhat to the fact that tho others have migrated in groups of families,—flvo, ten, twonty, and perhinps ng many as forty, families togother. In theso Iatter cages the immigrants had taken tho preenntion ta. bo thoroughly in- formed beforo leavinghome. Acting througlh some iuteligent ngont, thoy had solected n lyeation, and had picked out the land, nr- ranged the prico and terms, and know beforo leaving hiome tho routo by which they wero to travel, the cost of trausportation, ond the timo whon they would arrive, By moving in bodies they conld oconomizo their menns, and gouerally they brought with them money and mtbstouco to enablo them to entoron their uow lifo comparatively freo of dobt, This Las nover beon possible among the Insh. Trish families to n vory grent extont wigrato singly, Somotimes o mun and his wife and ono or Lwo young children como nt tho samo timo ; but genersally the husband or 8 grown son or dauglitor comos first, nnd out of his or hor enrningsnuother is brought out, until in time tlo whole family s united. This "hos tended to kaop the Irish in the citics and towns, where rendy employment and wages woro to bo bnd, Tho Irish im. migrants a4 o class aro poor, have but smafl accumulations, and, indeod, tho race can hardly elaim that thritt, cconomy, or saving is a nntional irait, The man whoto solo menns is the pssage ticket purchnsed for him by a friend or roln. tive must noeds upon his arrival gebwork at oneo and in the city where ho las landed, In all the great works of intornal im- provemonts—tho construction of buildings, roilronds, and cnnnls—tho nriies of lnborers who have wronght theso nchievemonts hevo boon recruitod mainly from tho Irish imnigrants who lave landed in tho ges. portd, and under the necessity of gotting Inbor that thoy might live have followed the lines of theso {mprovemonts, ‘I'heea peopls havo not beon nble, if dlsposed, to push for- ward on their arrival to the farm landa s and, onco loeated and planted in the citios nnd large towns, there thoy have taken root nnd romnined. 'Tho construction of the Ninols & Michigan Caual fu this Stato rosulted fu brig. ing ither mony thousands of Irish lnborors, of whom, in time, a considerable number set- tled ou land, aud thoy and their descendants nre now prosperous luud-ownorsin this Stato, In lile mauner many Irish found {heir way into dndinun aud Ohio; the aponing of the lend-mines earriod others into Towa; nud the Tumbur-foreats of Michignn and Wisconsin offering -cmploymont to Iaborers have planted mmny Irish on the lands of those Statos, Ity bo sald that all theso have done well, and, with their descondants, aro a4 intelligent, o8 respectablo, nud ns pros- Perous a4 any other portions of tho popula- tion, It, however, remaing an undoubted fact that tho vast bulk, of the Irlsh immigrants hinvo remained in tho cities, whera thoir vory bust qualities of heart, their genorosity, hospl. tality, spondthrift habits, and love of good cheor have exposed them to temptations and oxcesses which thoy of alt others could leust vosist, Thoe man who drinks to oxoesy unturally becomes lnzy; aud to nlnzy man tho keoping of n snloon offors n sort of olysium, Itisa sheltor, o homo, furnishes food and liquor, mukes the proprietor u petty oraclo to his dranken customors, draws to bis acquaintance the demugogues and thoe corrupt i loeal politios, 1uds him daily away from oll honest, manly lbor, and reduces tim not ouly to degrddution. himsolt but to bo nn Instrument for tho dogradation of others, In the polluted nud poisonons utmosphore of tho drinking. Louscs famities grow up, honest labor findy no cucourngoment thore, vico in all its formg i3 sproall ont, oud the large oitics bo. coue mawmoth colleges of arime. | Wo need not repout tho story of the demoralizing of. fects of Jurgo eitios upon this olass, Orlwmoe, wherover brod, sonds fts followers to the cities, aud thero poverty swolls the ranky aud learus the most fatal of all lossons— that Iabor and thritt aro fit only for fools, whilo idloness and liquor, fine clothes and display, aro tho ends of lifo, to bo had by those who will ronch after and tokoe thum without labor, "Tho objeot of ‘this recont Convention Is to draw nwny from the cilies and their corrup- tions and crimen the Irish who awnrm in them, and removy them to the broad, furtile plningof tho Wost, Tn the Sinto of Minnesata, through tho enter; riso of Bishop Inravn, the grontor part of tho land fu threo countivs h bean suourad, and {s now peopled and euhtl- vatod by Irigh familios, deawn thither from the big cities, 'his land is rold to tho sot- tora nt eost on easy terms, In moderata tracts, in distriots whoro the school-onso and the chureh procode oven the popuintion, Lhese sottloments embraco now reveral thonsand Zamilios ; milla and othor industries have fol- lowod tho popnintion, and seyeral towns have beon eatablished, and tho sale of Hquor Ung been porsaptorily excluded from the wholo region, Whnt has beeu done in Mine nesotn nny bo ns successfuily dono in Knnns, Nobraskn, Dakota, and evon in Arknnens, Iuto nll theso States thore is o contitmous tido of migration from tho Eastern Htatos; but of all tho populatiovs to whom migea- tion is the most essontinl in all rospects, moral and materinl, thero is nono to whom it offors kuch immodinte aud prosporous results 03 to the Irish laborers who nave struggling for n baro existonce in tho largo oltios. Thera is abuudagas of fertilo Innds to bo Nnd on lenso with the privilego of purchinso or at pur- chaso onlong timo ; plenty of Iabor at wages, or to bo paid for in land, for those who have no preseut menns; kind aud noighborly people to nid, to direet, nud to enconrage. ‘Lhtero is au opportunity for o frce homo for Iabor, & permaneut home nud independ- ence, comfort and abuudanco for fami. los, henithful labor and pure air in ex- changa for tho stifling ntmosplore of shantios in filthy etreets and alloys or the poisons of crowded tonemonts, 'I'here is peaco and plenty, nchools for the chil- dren, churches for tho family, nbundaut aud wholesoma food, and n total absence of tho tamptations, vices, erimes, and villninioy that abound in the big citien. No man with n family of boys and girls ean conscientiously rejeot the offor of such n home in which to bring up his children, when presented in ox. changs for the surroundings of such a fami- ly iu a largo city, ‘Ihis Convoution lins undertnkon to estab- lish o Board, composed of well-known and rospousiblo laymen rosident in the Westorn Statos nnd Territorios, whoso proccedings axo to Lo under the direotion of the various prelates of the Chureh, and this Bonrd {s to invito, encourage, and stimnlato the migra- tion of Irish families from the largo cities to the lands of the West, To thoso willing to come, tho means of renching, of nequiring, and of possosalng thero Innds will boextended, Tha offer ia to help nuy family that is willing to lift itsclf from its fatal surronndings and help itsolf in nnow home, Itianot nschome to promoto pauporism. It is an offor to givo willing labor an opportunity to labor for its own interestsand prospority ; toplaca within tho hands of thoso willing to work the means of working for their own benefit. Such n sehemo’is worthy of oll commondation, It is ontitled to every support nnd encournge- ment, It18nmornl, religions, ednontional, and indwstrinl enterpriso. It is to transfer from idlonons, intemperance, and ovil nsso- cintions n class of men eapublo of tho soyerost aud enduring labor to new fields where, by their own industry ‘ond with henlthful sur- roundings, they ean becomo prosperous in this workl's goods, nud bo enrncat, indopond- cut, intolligent, and npright eitizens of the. Unlon; and where they nud their familios will bo free of thoe fatai. wenknesscs which aro filling tho prisons and erowding tho ywalks of crimo, . b It is to bo regrotted that this movement fs not supported at the East as woll as the Wast. 'Lhere is®nuch wealth among tho Tigh merchants und monufaoturars of tho Enstern Stutes, wha ave wituesses of the deplorsble clfects of crowding theso immigrants in the Inrgo citles, when they might bo planted in the great West. Evory cousideration of hu- mauity aud worality, and tho welfare of the deseondants of theso poople, suggesls that liberal moans bo supplied and enrnest efforts mado to transfer theso uncmployed Inborers ondt their families to the brond elds where poverty is unknown, and honest lnbor is cor- tain of bountiful rowarda, HANG OUT THE %A‘l;fnfi-flnmfl FOR BT 0U18, The afilicted peopla of 8t Louis—tho ministers and lawyors, dootors and bankoers, the merchinuts and clerky, the Directory man, nud all * their sistors, and their consiug, and their aunts "—have jumped with eagor alacrity at the proposttion introditecd b fow dnys ogo in the Legislatury to nnnex St, Louis, with its Leidge, its mortgnges, its mules, its consns, nud its ot weather, to tha Btato of Tllinofs, 'Tho miserablo Logisla- turo of thnt misorabla Btate has wade life n burden for them, and lns so geound them down nuder tho weight of iniquitous legisla- tion that thoy enunot stand it any longer. Ever sinco the mlo of the State passed into tho hands of tho Bourbon bulldozers, n blight hns fallen upon tho politics, tho morals, the logislation, tho bLusiucss, and the Aocioty of St. Louls, Ifer peoplo have boeu loaded wilh taxes nnd plastered with mort. goges. Rings of all sorts have plundored them ; business Los fallen off ; bauks have col- lnpsod ; eduoation has drooped ; religion hos suffered ; tho opera’ husn't paid cxpenses. ‘Lho only thing that hns kopt moving is tho Mississippi River, The enly amusemont lefe is for the peopla to cross to tha othor end of tho bridge and view tho great and happy Stato of Tilinols, ns Mosks viowed the Promised Lo, and covet its bonuty, and contentiont,.and prosperity, The Lordor Rublans are killing and devouring 8t, Lonis —tho gooso that has been Inying their goldon ugge—ns rupidly as possible, When left to themsolves tho inhabitants of 8t, Louls nra A deoent wort of pouplo, ‘Fhey are smnrt, nctive, and entorprising,—~nt lonst they would bo if thoy had half a chance, Thelr precont wrotohed condition fu not thelr foult, It ia thoe killing blight of Dour- Lonism that has nipped them, and thoy wiil novor recover from it so long ns they aro at tho mercy of the lazy, shiftless, worthless, ald fogy Bowbous of that Gon-foruken Btato, It is only a question of time how soou the really notive and smart peoplo of Bt, Louis will quit it and move over into inots and leave tho old town to go to uced, if somo way of gueape from this Bourbon Porseention i not discovorod, The proposition mado -in the Legialatura Rpons up an avonnw of oscupo that iy fousible oud vowy, and ‘corininly will prove efuctual, Illinots i willing to take 8t Louis if St Louis is renlly willing to comy, and will not put ou uws after sho geta in, 1llinols iy a8 warm-hoortud o8 she is big, Bhe has plonty of room, and will give 8t, Touls tho bost thero fu in the lardor, Chivago s not joal. ous of hor wistor at the Diy Bridge, but sympathizes with her wrotched uud down. troddon condition, With tho great Oity of Obicago nt ous ond of the Btats and the great ity of §1, Louis at tho other, Tiki. nols would soon domiuate tho business of the 1879—-TWELVE PAGES) outh, ax sho now deos of the North nd West, nud her two maguificent eltion, with theirgrent railroad nystumsand water-conses, and their eapncious gravnries and ware. houses, would feed nnd clotho the wholo country, Wa then should havo not only the finest summor-rosort in the Union, but an clognnt winter-resort niso, Ouce In Lho Siate of Tilinols, St. Lonis would fool the plous influences of those great moral and religious currents which have their sourco livre, aud which havo doue 8o much not only to make Chicagzo famons for its church and mjssionn. 1y work, bnt have, throngh the nagencies of her ovangoliuts, Moony, Warrrer, s, and Cory, sprend tho glad tidings all over the world. ko would bo incenlated with the push nud pluck that charnctorize Chieaga merchnnts, 'The two oities wonld move along on porallel lines, rapidly developing all the clemonts of motropolitan grantness ond prosperity, “Ench would help tho othor, and botweon them both the intorests of tho farming population would bo groatly on- Linneed, and the olons at Springflold, with two cities watching them, would attoud moro strictly to their legitimato dutics than thoy do now. LotSt. Louls theroforo como in out of tho cold nnd the wet, and warm her- solf and partako of the Republiean hospi- tality of Iifinols. Blho has nothing in com. won with the wretchod Rebel Stato whera slio now is, Dop INoERSoLL was right when Tio paid 8t. Louis was “a dismond pinon n dirty shirt,” Cann Souuvnz was right whon bo chnreoterized Missouri ns tho ** Itobber Btate.” Lot Lor pin horsclf to a clean shirt and soe howmuch healthier shio will be, Lot her got out of the clutehios of tho robbors and come whera she will no longor be ex- posed to the dopredations of tho Iourbon bulldozers. So long ns she retnains whera uho i things will grow worse sud worso, Bourbon rule always blights overy State, county, city, town, or villaga whero it ox- ists, It kills religion ‘and oducstion, It upsots Inw. It corrupts tho ballot-box. 1t contaminntes morals. It parnlyzes busi- ness by oncouraging Inzinoss. It roby tax- pnyers throngh corrupt rings, It fmpoedes ull progress, It is the enemy of good gov- ernmont. Wo had a samplo of its cffects Chicago during tho Corviy tax-ecting regime, whon Ohiengo was nt the merocy of bummers, sealnwngs, lonfors, nnd thioves. Sho suffored moro.durivg that era of in- fomous corruption and scoundrelism than ulie has giffered during all tho rest of her corporate oxistence, 8St. Louis caunot froe horsBif as Ohieago did, for slie hns the whole Btato pressing down upon her, Hor only Liopo of escape is to coma over to ltinois, and * Barkis is willin’." T — A IIODEL MESSAGE. Tt is not ofton that an impartial critio ean givo nn unqualificd approval to a Presidoentinl messoge, Usually a valid objection lies to the longth, if not the substnnce, of suoh o document. But President Iavrs cortainly #ont a model mossago to Congress nnnounc- ing tho purpose of tho oxirn gossion. A proof of tho correctness of this judgment mny be found in the single fault that hLis messngo cun bo reproduced ontivo ns tho quickest way of roealling its purport, Ilero itis: WasuiNaron, March 19, 1870, —Fallow- Cllizens of the Seuute and House of Representatives: Tho futlurs of the last Congress to mako tho requleito appropriations for legislutive and Jndicial pnrposos for the oxuensos of the weveral executive depart- monts of the Government, and far the suppoct of the army, has made It necessary tocall a sesslon of the Forty-slxth Congress, Tha catimates of tho appropriations needed, which wero wont to Con- ggress by the Secretary of the "I'reasury at tha apen- Ing of tho lastsesslun, aro renewed, und nro hergs with transmitted to both the Sennte and Houso of Hopresentatives, ltugrettiug the oxistenco of tho emorzency which requires a speclal acesion of Con- gressnta time witen 1t 1s the goneral judzment of the conatry that tho vublle welfare wiil behest pra- moled by pormanoncy in our logisintlon, und by peace ansd rest, 1 commond these few noccwsary measures tu your conslderate attention. Ruruenrony Y. Haves, This briof messngo states clemly tho wholo business of Congioss for the prosent sos- sion, and it s n businoss which Congress conld dispose of in n few duys, becauso the Vills in quostion have boon thoroughly dis. cussed and practieally *sgroed upon, A patriotic Congress would not lingor upon these measures, nfter ihiey had beon mntured, with any partisan purpose, A budy of mon dovoted to the best politieal, motal, nud business intorests of the country would agreo upon thom at the enrliest possi. Llo moment ; they wonld tlion reeoivo the signaturo of tho President and becomo Inwa ; the necessary oxpenses of nll tho branchos of Government would thus bo provided for, and thero would be nothing for Congross to do but to reparate and abandon further po. litienl ngitation till next fall. Such nction would save the country millions of dol- lars in nctual exponse, nnd that sin. glo iton would jufluonce n patriotie Congress nt o time when the exponditures luld out threnton to exeoed tho rovenuo that hns been provided. But there is another and higher renson why a patriotic Congross wonll follow the courso outiined by tho Tresident. It would cojuclde with him that * public welfaro will be promoted by por- manonoy in onr logislntion, aud by penco and reut.” ‘Tho Prosident Is vight in appreliend- ing this to bo the sontiment of the country, Tt iy tho bulicf of tho gronf mnjority of peo- plo of all parties who do not take au active, personal part i politics a0 businoss, Thoro s no living {ssue which requives jmmedinte discuission ; thero 3s no mensuro, political, financlal, or commercinl, which is urgenlly ncoded, or ovon asked, by the peoplo, oxoept that the Government shall Lo suppliod with the moaus for subsistonco during the coming yonr. ———————— Politieally spenking, Mr, Danier O'Retr. ney, M. O, (which, iu his cnso, menns mem- Ler of the Couueil ns well as momber of Congress), may bo snid to sullor nn embarras da richesses, v, O'Rewrrey lives In Brooklyn, 1Mo wns on Alderman; he is o Congrossmum, Ho ran for Congress whilo a membor of the Common Council, and wns unfortunato anough to be electod, ITo was not sntisticd, a3 an O'Rercrey ought to have Leon,with the honoruble and lIucralive busluess of repro- sonting o wardy his vaulting ambition be. trayod him into the desire to represunta wholo district. Bat somo usrrow-minded Iaw.makers in Now York Stato, it scoms, hnd providud that o freo Amoriosn oitizon cannot hold more thau one offico at a time, and this was the sowres of O'Rrstiey's woes, On thu ono hawd ho could uot atford to give up the proftable place of Alderman, with no snlary attuchied, for the mers pittanco of 6,000 & yeor o8 Congressman, I'he opon- {ng of an alley might ot auy time yield n whelo year's Congrossiona! salary, aud the political patronsgo of u fArst-oluss, intluentinl Alderinan is vastly superior tathut of o merv mewmber of Congross. On the oth. or band, O'RerLiey was ncedod in Washing- ton to cke out an uncertaln Democerativ mas jority., Rawparucried for bim, 'Tho Dem- ooratic party implored, Jnnty O'Boies, the 4 Boss,” commanded, Bo O'Renizy went dn to Washington and hiit himaalf in o commit. toe-voum, to by wicd aa veynls I it wan found that his vot was neconsary to mnke up n Demooratio mnjorily, Yo waa to saeriflco his briliiant and unboundoed opporlunitics ag Aldorman, and do his party sorvico as Con- grossman ; if not, ho was Lo Le pormitted {o return to tho omolmnonta of his Councll seat far the presout, and forego the emply honors of n sont in Congrosa till the regular sossion, Unfortunntely for O'Remamy, Ranpann needed his voto,—mmust have it,—and so O'IetLiey was ruthloasly cub off from the rich rowards of an unsalariod loonl position, and saerificed on tho altar of party Ly bolng condomned to content himself with o sont In tho Natiounl Congress nnd n paliry 5,000 o yonr, — A BAD BILL, The Springflold roporta uf legislative pro- coedings state that ** Munnar's bill, giving dis. chinrged policemon aud firomon n right of ap- ponl o Cirenit Courta before thay can be got rid of, has beon reporled favorably, and ad- vanced to first and second rondings.” Tho titlo of tho schemo shonld bo: *A bill to {fasten suaks, bents, and worthless mon on Polico and Firo Dopnrtments,” 'This city had o soro experionco with this vory pro. posed law for n number of years. 'Tho necessnry oporation of such a Inw s to grad. unlly fill up tho Dopartmont with inefficiont, inferior, and intomporato mon, Unsuitable mon will get on tho Fire or Police force, ns thera {8 no way of foretelling how compotont A new man may provo to be; and, once on tho pay-roll, it is protty dificult to got him off, notwithstanding Lo may turn out to be poor material for n firoman or policoman, if it can only bo dono at the tail-ond of a law- suit in tho Cireuit Court, The offect of such a provision is fnovitably to lowor the standard of- discipline, morals, and officlency of thoso Important forcos, Its tendenoy is to mako tho mon feel indepond. ont of their officers, and causo thom to think thoy oan drink whisky aud shirk duty with- out forfeiling or even serlously ondaugering their positions. ‘That wns exuctly the cffect of the Iaw when formerly in'foreo in this city. Doth the Police and Firo Departmen.s gradually filled up with inforior mon—n gront mnny of thom drunkerds. Somo were deficiont in courage, netivity,or strongth ; some insolent; many sympnthized with gomblers nnd the criminal classos, DBut uuless they wero opon and habitual drunkardy, or de- teoted confedoratos of thievos and burglars, or utterly worthless lonfors, it was excoodingly difticult to sceuvo their dismissal if they ro- sisted and litignted their dischargo, It was only necessary to feo shystor Inwyers to pot- tifog thoir cases to render the effort to purgo Lho forco doubtful or even possible, A fow failures to dischoarge. discourages tho offlcors, who prefor tolerating worthless mon to fight- ing them in tho courts, Whon a failure to dischargo oceurs, the parly winning tho snit becomes insulforably insolent, and Ly his oxamplo and bohavior demoralizes other men on the forco. 'The bad men have no trouble to,ralso monoy to foo lnwyery to fight thoir dismissl'in tho courts, o tho gumblors, pawnbrokors, junk-doalers, danco-saloons, prostitutes, and thieves, furnishrit in abun- dnneo for the defonse of all policemen who protect thom or give them innnunity, ‘This Munnax bill strikes n blow at the dis- ciplino nud eftiofoncy of the paid Fire De- partmont of this city and of overy polico forco in the State that will fall under its operations. Good, capable mon are in little dnugor of belng discharged; bad and incom- petent men ennuot bo dismissed too quickly for the publio good. Mr. Munnav is engnged in injurious, evil businoss in pushing this mischievous bill. Dotk he aud his bummer bill shonld ba st down on nnd hoavily squelchod, ¥ T — Tho nir is fall of rumors to tho genoral offect thnt tho Prosidont is alroady * wonkon- ing,” and proparing to compromise with tho Dumoernis in the matter of the political amendmonts, or possibly to yicld all that they aslk. One statement is that he hny agreod to a modification of tho Suporvisor's law in such n way that Deputy-Marshals shall no longer ba authorized to mnake arests at tho' polls for frauds or violenco, Avother report roprosonts - the Trosi. dout, Becrotary Evants, and Attornoy- Gouernl Drvens na bhaving gono back to old Whig priuciples, and coms to the con- clusion that the veto power cannot ba exer. cised excopt in cases whero Congress hns ovorreachied its constitutiounl powers, 'The nauthority for this last viow of the situation is the Washington correspondont of tho Qinteinuati Commercial, who is gonerally well informed. It gains crodit, porhapy, from tho remurkublo sotion of the Prosidont in roconsidering at tho lnst momont his pro- pogad voto of thorotton River and Harbor hill, at tho instanco of Beerotary Evants, Bul it 1s contradictod on tho other hand by the vato of tho Biiver bill, which eame in tho fnce of more than a two-thirds vote of Congross and had 1o constitntional questions back of it. Old Whigs s - they wore, the President nnd Hecrotarics Evanrs and Devens fonnd no diffieulty in votoing that Lill, and this would soc to be an unfortunato timo for them to nourlsh new seruplas in regard to tho cousti- futionul prerogatives of the Excoutive, Tho Tresidont 14, undor our Conslitution, charged with tho dnty of veloing mensures opposed to the public wolfure, and he hns just de- olared ina proclamation that *“ tho public welfare will bo best promoted by permanoncy in our leglslation und by ponco und rost,” s duty is plai; Among the twenty or moro books which brought over 200 at the sale of the BuiNeey llbrury were throo obtalted by Chicago pur- chinsera, ‘T'heso three are deserlbed as followst No. 700 —Mamusse Wunnutupanatamwe Upe Biblum' dod..No_quoshkinnumok nabpe. . John Littor, - Nahohtoew ontchetos Critengonuis, 49 Cambpidqe, Samuel Green, 1085, 1680, ‘Tho scc- ond edition of Euwor's Dible, thu cony onco owned by UtiNnat, Rawson, Hought vy Mr, Leeres, of Chlengo, for 3000, No. BYMMES (Tuoxas) Hisvontcan Me. HOINK O TIE BATTLE OF PIiaWACKET, —Lavawell Lamonted, | Or. " A | Bermon | Occasion’d by the Full for (llnlllrn\'n]t‘nm. Joln Lavewsll' | And Beveral of hld 1 Vallant Compuny, | In tho ats | Herole Action | ot Plegwacket, | Pronouuc'd at Brudrord, ”"fi 1, 1725 § By Thonius Symmes, V. AL | .o LA An 1listoric Preface, oF Momolrs of 1o Batio ut cruthed ro lecant moroeco and paneled. insids bord Jordy) UNCOT. 8%, Loston, 2. M. Gerriahy 1726, Bought by Mr, Leiren, of Cul- cayg, 245 for 118, i FU=CIAMPLAIN, Lev | Voyagesjdo In Novyolta Pravice | Oecidontalo, dicte § Capada | faity par 1o St do 'Champlaln | Naluciongcotw, stc, o+« Engembly viio Carte gongratlo do In desorie Tlon’ audit pays, etc., mup **Valcto Tun 1632 par Ju wivur do Chumplain, " tico sheels {lnlaml in one, ot Krench multied Catf oite“nof rutted, 45 Laris, ches Clavda Collsdy 1632, "Fino copy of 1o bost “Goltion, ~ Douyle by the Chicugo bublie Librury for 5280, Plygwacket, bu ——— Behiolars in Journalism are hardly mors of & suceess than scholars In polities, Ilomacs GuueLey's vigorous donunclation of that kind or * hurned eattlo * will bo remembered, Now comes on Jucldent to glve v force and applica- tlon. ‘There s o paper published In New Haven called the Yu's News, It prints carfeaturos. A fate number coutalved skutclics. of Mans, lignuus, Baccnus, HeuouLys, ete,, uo namcs but tho clarsle titics bolnyg used. The’ re- eemblance of theso sketebee to cortain well- known undergraluntes was, howoever, Illm(lu\m_ Iy nutleenblo (o attriet attention. Oue g g, wag taken by Rowent §, Ronsay, of u('; Iatand, 11k, a membee of the Senlor L‘lnuq: the Skudl und Nones Soclety, b lnve rofepe, s to bimaclt. Homet tn e street thy g the paper, with whom ho had Dreviously h" aome dificulty, and dewanded (o namg gy author of the sketeh. The editor took nfi reaponsibility for 1t on himsell, Ronwyy umx'} the editor, ‘Il Iatter stewek back, A mug‘ nnd-tumble fight fotlowed, and both wer, ndly hrutsed or mashed, There's o worthy epigoy of colloge-journaifsm, : ne ——— TheJournat on Wedtosday contalned the g, Towing enrlous report of n bill: 2 Senator Hoxvey B to ameud s, Practice act was d. It provents defer s netlun wpon n coniract, eftior o A UL N ¥ 8 ruct, ee Hlquldnted eyt By substituting the word * permite for thy word ** prevents,™ the truo charneter of the biy passed will be understood, ‘Il bl g §y Dassed waa printed In foll lo THs Tiwuws of Wednes. day, aud {6 not only pormits offsets of even kind, but authorizes tho Court, fn ey 1{ ahiall appear that the offaots exceed the Pz Ndang X hkiang ressiil o Wy vy UMI'a clalm, to give judgment for the defe, for the oxcess. 1t Is a most excellent il by on just and souud principles, and Alould b come 8 law. ——— One thing more Interesting than the story of Cougressman WinTeaxan's thieitityg Journey {rum Oregon to Washington by special traln § thesequel to it. The Congressman wag ek hasto to get to Washington and vote for Bpeat. er that he didn’t have thme towelgh he cliancey of the rival eandidates, aud b voted for the wrong man. It ko is treated by Ban Raxoary, Wwith no more magnanimity than was accordy] Monuisox, Sunsot Cox, und 8avien i the lnst Congress, Mr. WiniTEAKER Wil Probably have a small place in the commlttees, Itng Dardly worth while, most polittelans wilj think, to travel ot the rate of forty miles an oy from ocenn to ocean, and muke the hest Almg on record, only to commit hari-kari at nsy, NAsT hins a strone eartoon in the new numbee of Harper's Weekly. 1t represcuts a poor uey, olmost dead with age and hunger, leanlng ngalust e closed dvors of the Freedmany Baulk and waiting for his dividend, The niothey put up about the door are: ** Closed, lg "8l fwinding up? to date, Marel, 50 ““They will keep on *winding up? till tie Tagt drop of Llood s gono und every bone plekel dry.? “The firat savings of {he cmancipaied slave embezzlied here by men that *tried todg some grood,” ““The Bank Dircctors are wi hounorable ment” # Convleted Glaspow Bak Directors, please tale notice how we do thing In u free country.” 441000 A D., the lust pcr deposltor walting for the finnl *wind-up,! " g, low s the inscyiption, ** Walting—A debt thy Republican party ought to pay.” PRt i ‘The Democratic majorivy in the Unlted States Sennte has treated poor vid Gen. SHiELs with as little conslleration as Cantnn Ianusox shiowed him In the House, when an ex-Confed. erate was elected Doorkeeper. Three of the four ehief offlcas In the gift of the Sennte have been fllled with ex-Confederates, and the fourth hag buen given to a neptiew of a notorlous Northern Copperhead. This s bad fulfillment of the promises that were maide to Gen. BILELDS yhey ho went on to Washington. ——— Seunntors WarLsoe, Voonrumes, and Heck managed BLACKBURN'S campnign for thie Speaks ership with excessive enthusiasm, nnd the New Yori Sun docs vot hesltato to futlmate tiat they had aceess to *“the peculiar Institution re cently removed from the clonk-room to the bases ment, the key of which {s kept by Deputy-ter- geaut-at-Arms Cumiser.” The peeullne lnstite tlon referred to is tiie bor-room of the United Beuate. 5 ——— Boma parsons and things fn 8t. Louls Ilinols doesnot wont to unnex and will not laye Among them ‘aro the St. Louts Globe-emocral und the Whisky Ring (& 2luribus Unum), L. U. Reavis, Capt. BAps, the Die Bridge debt, the State Fair, und the Dircetory man. Many things may be forgiven to the penitent and broken soirits of the once proud 8t. Loufslans, ut, th suppart of theso things nover will b forgiven sty oAl Ll Judglng from the allotment of offices o Bouthern ex-Contederates by the new Senate, BAM TILDEN, I ho was vlected President, would mako threg-quarters of his appointments from the South. Perhaps there 18 some eccrct under- standing to thut effect, At least, the Southliss been morg euthusfastie thau any other section of the country for LiLveN, ——— Mr, Turey’s unexpected move In the Demo- cratfe Interest should bove warning to Repub- liean yoters who feol fucllued to desert thelr porty In local elections, The experlence i this cqase shows that no Democeat, however high his character or fafr bis protentions, can be trusted to represent a Republican ward fn the Comnut Council. —— Canten TTAnRISON, in a publishod ‘Interslem distinetly declines to commit himself ono way or the other on the temperaues question. This nosition will offond extremists on both slis. If Caurun HannisoN has any views on thls ine portant subjeet, ho sliould be man enougl to ayow them, —— PERSONALS, \ Ol Mr. Cameron must provo an nlibi, Mrw. Kato Knno is n Milwankes lnwyer, and we supposo she ralses It in th courts, Doun Pintt has recoverad tho wso of his vyea sufliciontly to look out fur MeGareshan, Boston hns n ¢ Hat-Finishors! Assosintion.” Tt they can’t beat Ubleago Bourd-of-Trade bogs Aulehing bata, Leadville {8 two miles higher than {ho Jevel of the sea, and vvorythlug thore is provor: tlonately high. How fu this? A recent Presidentinl mes- Ao ta the Confedurate Congreau was not signed by Prestdent Davis! 3 A vorrespondent asks, * What {3 O'Tearys beat record for slx dayst" We ure not sure, bub wu bellove it fv 520 votties, Sara Bornhardt thinks of visiting this country, Sho Is excoedingly omotioual, aud Las 03U 000 10 do hor fghting, ‘Woston, who 18 a good donl humiliated by O'Lonty's thorough fatture, has chnllonged Rowell in ordur to rogaiu his laurels, 8t Pawrick thought ho had removed all tha snnkes from Iroland, but [t s cloar o forgot 1o louk futo uevoral pairs of Loots, . Tho motto of Uongress is, Plensuro finit and business aftorward, Having clected a Chalte man, tho steals will now begin, It would soom as if Dret Ifarto goes lo Crofold oo often to properly sl tho position of Unitod States Lecturer to London. , ’ A 8t. Louly clorgyman snya the (hoatrewill teach no man how to die. ave Modjeska's coler Lratod stago destus been all Ju valu? Mr, Bluokburn's elovation to tho Bpeaker- abip would certaluly have boen a very m-"“‘: acknowledgmont on the part of the Dowocracy o ‘tha morlty of its favurite whivky, It i belleved that navigation will open carller than usual the year, Tho announcement woulu ho mora Interestiug it tho closg of navigs* Qon luterfured with thie schooners of beer ; In justico to the horso the uxplnnnflon d’ made that it was not Henry Bergh thut was kicke! ‘ but mioroly his couslu, 1t would be a degrade horse judeod that coutd kick Honry Berib. i A sncoring Bt, Louis puper soys n““‘ O'Loary must heve walkod a zood deal 1 Le -::0 sold Blbles In Chicsgo. Mu' muat, indecds e muat have walked mony weary milys before fouid & Olicayo fumily destituto of a Bible. il “Tho Quuon,” says au oxchiaugo, ** ¥ nccept not 0s much 88 a glass of wator from & v:’;' won pot of uoblo ofrth.' Tuls fv true. but w‘ e nobility sko la vry gracloqs, e ahiall never (00 got ler kindly *“Tanak you, uuble ‘l}llfl}fl 4 whon we have passed thy ginse to or Hoyal L neus,