Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1879, Page 16

+ hended the danger of to ‘ GUNNISON. The Unknown Land yond the Snowy Range. Stories Concerning the Fabulous Min- eral Wealth of Elk Mountains, Be- What Ventnresome Explorers Have Scen---Fer- tility of the Gaunison Valley, » A’ New Silver District. From Our Own Correspondent. Leapvinte, Col., March 2.~The Snowy Range, under which the carbonate dfstrict nestles, rolls north and south In endless billows, ashich acem atthe farthest extremittes to dle ont in the faint-biue horizov. These mountains Dqund the known and the unknown, On thle aide cities aro apringing*up, and railroads aro. creeping their way through gorge and csmon to ald in the work of ctvillzation, In the valless bere may be seen ranches where the moro hardy products of the soll sro cultivated, while tho Hills around are tunoeled and burruughed into for mineral. But whatis there in tho Great Beyond? It is, comparatively speaking, an un- explored country. ° Government survey parties have, from time to time, penetrated the passcs, and mado reports upon the geologival structure of the rocks and character of the soll, Twenty years ngo Fremont, with his adventurous band of explorers, after crossing from the west the great region of the Colorado and Grand Rivers, entered agorgeof the Snowy Range for the purpose of ‘making a short-cut to the States, Looking from the middle of Chestnut street, Leadville, one can seo-the very point whore TAR PREMONT EXPEDITION cameout, Theestcof Engle Pass isin plain sight. But fow are the people who have ever retraced the trall bezun twenty years ago, Tlie land beyond the mountains bas reniained as wild and strange as Nature first'maae tt. But Gunnison County—for such fs the officlal nome of all the vast district between ‘this part of the Sicrra- Nevada Range and the eastera boundary of Utah—will not romain a mystery much longer, Tho crowds’ that are flocking {nto Leadville will overflow from the carbonate camp nud spread in all directions ns soon as the weather will permit of -vrospecting, Already rumors are abroad of the marvelous richness of the land beyond the range, and before the sum- mer {s.over it will be thoroughly explored and Inhabited. Nearly in the centre of Gunutson County rise a cluster of peaks known a8 ‘TNE BLK MOUNTAINS. During ast summer pattics of prospectors crossed over tu this polutand -met with such success that they, with .fow exceptions, have remained there ever-ainco. Among thuse who have returned {s Mr. Howard Stith, s gentic- man whohas had long experience fo mining. and smelting, and who is now engaged In ercct- ing reduction works in Luadville, 1t was early in the last summer when he, witha party of prospectors, started for Gunnison. Thoy crossed. the range by the way of Cattonwoou Pass, nlne- ty miles south of Leadville, and close to the toll-road trom Canon City tothis place, tis probable that the route to Guontson hereafter will be by the wayof Marshall Pass, which opens out at Bayles’, about half way between hore and Canon City. ‘The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Company has atready surveyed for a toll- road through Marshall Pars, and work will be commenced pean it as avon os the anow melts out of the valleys. A townsite has already been Inid out neur Bayles’, under the name of Cleora, nnd tt 1s expected to become an im- portant.point as soon asthe railroad to Lead- ville is completed. I¢ will undoubtedly beeome the depot uf supplies for the whole of Western Colorado. Leaving Cleora, the toll or stage rona will fol- tow the windings of Marshall Pass through the mountains, and will strike the Gunnison River sta distance of forty niles from the starting point. ‘The Gunofson rises on the western alae of the Bierra Nevada aud flows southwest abont fifty miles, whou ft tales a northwesterly course and omptics fate the Grand, which in turn runs into the Colorado, and_ the waters are thence carrled down into the Gulf of Callfornin, ‘THY VALLEY OF THE GUNNISON $s described by nll who have visited it asa paradise compared with the Leadvillo plateau, fhe altitude -{¢ not eu great by several thon- aan’ seet, and the soil fa'us rich as that of any of ta, Milinols prairies. In summer and winter wid grass grows tu abundance nnd in rank luxuriauce. Mr, Smith tells of riging through vast meadows of this herbage which camo up 4o his norse’s breust. ‘Timber te uleo plentiful, the pines obtain thres times the siza of those growing tu this nelghborkuod, The yal- Tey fs known to contain extensive onl banks, uni that, too, of a auperior quality, Owlng to thelr ipaccessibiiity, no attempt haa ns yet been made toderelop tem, but there fs little doubt. but that during the comfug summer companies will be formed for the purpose of mnining this coal, all of which will tind o ready market:in Leadville, As the case atunde; ong of the chief difficulties in the way of stnelting hers ts the Inek of coal and coke. Tho lotter, tndeed, hag to be hauled all the way from Trinidad, which greatly adds to the expeuge of operating: reduction works in Lendyille, ‘The minera who passed the last summer on the Guontson found carbonates in various locati- Uca, Doth alung that stream and Willow Creck, They hod no means of arriving at the value of the ore, but, as ft looked well, they kept un proa- becting and mining until Jate In the season, when two of thelr number conchided to come out, jeaving the others to zuard the mines dut- ing the winter. They accordingly packed (U0 pounds of ore in sacks and brougit it to Lead- ville for an assay, ‘Ehat small quantity of ore was sola to one of thu smelters here for $613, showing an assay of over 2,000 ounces to the ton. The village or settlement of Gunnison Mes ‘on the river of the same name, fifty-seven miles from Cleoru, nearly dua west.. It consists at present only of a post-ofllce, a stora, aud bLlack~ smith shop. Tweuty-llye miles north of Gun- nison the traveler comes toa spur ofthe Elk Mountains named Crested Butte. In and about Created Butte there risv three little rivers, named respectively Slate, Washinton, and ‘Tay- Jor, all of Whica uulte and flow Into the Gunnl- son, fn the head wotors of tlicse atreama con- siderable prospecting was dong last summer by the party of which Mr. Smith was member. Ho says that considerable bodies uf ora are to be food fo that neighborhuod, Unilke the sliver, deposits of Leadville, they arc there found in v THUB FISSURE VEINS, with outcroppings plata in view on tho sido of the mountalas. ‘Tho silver {s founda in con- junction with gulena and copper, and occaslon- ally with carbountea" cryatallized und baving 0 color of light gray. ‘Ie ailver varles tu rich- nese, a8 it doce inall other districts, ranning from 100 to 1,500 ounces per ton, although thy average is higher than is generally found fn this camp. In most uf the clalins already prosper 7 ed gold hus been found, yarying from one- fourth of an ounce to twenty-five Guuces, Mr. Binith bos arranged to’ erect a smeltor ab’ the foot of Created Butte iu clogs proximity to all The mines, and expects to have {t iu operation by the middie of the coming summer, Al this season of the vear there js no way of Rettig into the Gunulsun country otter than ou snow-shoes, oud ft takes a bold mau to make the ventu ‘he snow Iles deep on thy moun- taing, aud slides are of frequent occurence, ren> dering even “snuw-shoo traveling exceedingly dangerous. A few weeks ago a wiper named Wilks attempted to vroas the range by way of Tennesseo Pays on snow-ahoes, Whev bout half way over he suddenly percelved that the whole mouutatn-sido was -Ckgatually beyinning to move, Hu'had never ¢, Dotors Keen a snow-slide, but at once compres the situation, und re- membered the navice of ofd miners to be surg, und not loose footing. He braced bis museles av hard as bo could, amd stood still, ‘fhe great masa of suow kept moving und piling over Iteclf in waves. Je rau down upon bin, agatnat hin, and sround him until he wus neck-deep, The Dreasure pon hint from oll sltes was territic. Je svemed ag if he were clasped iu a visu that was continually tigbtening. Jv could scarcely breathe, Wher, at laut, the novol journey was ended, und ue had succeeded in extricating him- self, be found thut he had been carried nearly 1,000 feet from the trail, After enduring great oordships he arrlyed aot a miner's cabin, whero he was care for proinptly, but he bas uot yet recovered from the effects of hia expertence with @ Rocky Mountain suow-allde, Reports from the Sau duau country imdicato that there will be kus! Ov PROSPECTONS drom there across the State into the Gunnison Val- dey as soun ug spring fairly opens, T surmise that uw large part of the surpltis population of Lead- Yillo will leo arift tutther, ‘Tuo parties thera “ey Sa LaKe citys THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: ‘SATURDAY, MARCH 22. {879—SIXTEEN . PAGES. The Gunnison Mining Region. now are amply provistoned for the winter, and what now developments they may have mado since Novensber are, of course, as yet unknown, and communication is entirely cutoff. The ell- mate in the Gunnison Valley is described as Much milder than here on the mountaln-tops, The warm rains coming over from Utah tall abundantly, the clouds being squeezed when they strike the lofty Sterra Nevada range, aud deprived of their: molature, Vegetation ts lux- urlant. everywhere in the valley, and wheat, corn, and, potatoes can be raised coslly, The basin of the Gunnison js in reallty a vuat pork, being 100 miles Jong from cast to west, anu nearly as much in width. dn the centre of this basin flows the river, while. frafnall the sides por down the waters of the Uncompagre, Lake fork, Cebolia, Cochetope, Slate, and Tayior Rivera, besides numberless other creeks, abounding in speckled trout, while the adjacent woods are - alive with deer, elk, bear, and other game. The Elk Mountains on the north are suid to be of onor- mous hight, striking ruggedness, snd most unique and. élagular appearance, A recent. writer says of them: “They differ from an: other mountains on the globe because of their peculfar colors aud strange forms, In the yory frontrank. of the amozing array of peaks {a Tcocatli Mountaln, s-vast pyramid in bulk and ‘form, ahowing the strange features of succcasiva terraces, rising one above another, with clit faces anil level benches. ‘The form fs ike the ancicut sacrificial altars of the Aztecs, called by them ‘tevcalli,’ hence the name. Teocalll ts ap- proached by a lovely open, grassy galley with a pretty little creck, deoply fringed with trees, running through it, and dividing ut the foot of the mountain, a branch pouring down from each of tts aides, Viewed in the bright sunlight, the wilderness of pyramidat cones glow fn red, yellow, brown, and deep maroon, und on the northern and eastern slopes aro the largest Known flelda Of perpetual snow in all the Rocky Mountains.” GEW. \ NORTH CAROLINA. How the Democratic Party Promised Every- | thing, und Did Worse Than Nothing, Dispatch to New York Tumes. Raxeztan, N.C., March 18—The Legislature of this State passed into Democratic control in August, 1870. The State Government, oxcept the Supremo Court, went into Democratic hands on Jan. 1, 1877, on the popular clunor and demand for ‘ Retrenchment and Refora,” and under the banner of Tilden and Vance. Comparing the figures of expense for the fiscal year ending @upt. 80, 1870, this boing the last year of Republican control, under Goy. Brog- den, and the two fiscal years ending at the samo thne for 1877 and 1878, under Gov. Vanee, ‘It will bu found that the advocates of retrench- ment and reform haye ignominiously ‘fafl- ed to reduce expenses, and have neclectel and rofused to reform abuecs which they asserted wero in existence in 1870. Fromises of economy ani tho rectifying of abuses fn the gornpalgn, of 1876 were as plentiful frown Goy. Vance and lijs supporters us leaves in autumn, ‘The two reasons given why they had not retrenched and reformed after the Legtsia- tura passed Into thelr hands in 1870 were be- cause the State Government was in the hands of the Radicals, and that the Canby Constitution, adopted under reconstruction ‘{n 1868, was a positive hindrance to retrenchinent and reform, Both these objections wero removed at the same time—on Jan. 1, 1877, Goy. Vance, in his apeech aeceptinit the non{nation for Governor in 1876, congratalated bis hearers that the State Government was about to be adininistered over again, according to the principles of the Ten Commuundments,—that ts, after ho was elected Governor. This was a negative assertion that the State Government had not been so ad- ministered under Republican officers, Claim- Ing all the wealth, iuglligeuce, and virtue in the State, it was expected that the Demo- cratic party would run the Government at Icsa cost than when ruu by the Radicals, aud that {t would reform the maby abuses which bad crept in with the carpot-bagger. [t was never thought, tmuch less supestod, thutit was possible that the Democratic party might not be able to pru- yent a lesa bill of expenses for running the State Government than that Iseurred by Gay, Brog- den for the year 1870. It was admitted at the outact that the fallure to decrease oxpenses bo- low the amount expended by Gay. Brogden for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1878, would be to give the die to the oft-repeated declaration that the Democratic party more capable of ad- miniaterlng the affaira of the State than the Re- publicans, To fucreaso expenses boyond the amount incurred by the Kepublicans would bo -undgubted evidence that the Democratic party was totally incapable of exercisin clal_pow- er, and would make the watchwordg, “retronch- mont and reform," @ mockery, ‘The Andltor's reports for the fiscal veara of 1874, 1877, und 1878 show a total In 1870, under Qoy. Brogden, of $103,000.65. In 1877, under Gov, Vauce, the first ycar of Democratic rute, the expenses were $116,220.01; in 1878, under Uhe autne control, they were $104,835.74, "Iu ad- dition to the statement of expenses it must be borne in mind thut Uiere was a deficleney in the Troasury on the 7th of Jauuary, 1879, of more than $80,000, On Oct, 1, 1878, the bewloutny of tho fiscal year of 1877, und three months belors Vuuco came in as Goveruor, there was o balance in the ‘Treasury to the erodit of the puble fund of $183,250.51. On Oct. 1, 1877, thero was a bal- auce of $111,080.45 on Oct, 1, 1878, the ond of the to fiscal years under Gov. Vance, the bal- ance was $100,193.09, And yet, on the 7th of January Inst, the Statu Treasurer reported that there was a deficiency of moro than €50,000, which had been met and patd out of taxes col-. lector for the Hacal year of 1879, ‘There cau be no doubs from theso facts that thero was nether retrenchiaent wor reform uu- der Gov, Vanco; uni there tg proof that the ordinary expenses of the State Government wore increased, und that the whole oxpenses of the Atate lave Incroased 40 as to cause the lurge de- ficiency herein set forth, ‘The change was jo the Men—not in the expenses of the Government for the better, Democratle oficers for the past two years have Leon pafd tne same salaries as the Radical officers were pald; expenses for the satne period have been increased in almoat every dopartineut of the Governient, and the people Were taxed as high os when under Radical rule _4u 1876, So much for Democratic retrenchment. uud reform in North Carolina, ‘The record shows that Qoy, Brogden Mved within bls ius come, and that Goy, Vance increased oxpens und now hasa debt of more than $80,000, to Meut during thts year, ———— Flucktug tho Poor. Prof. Swing, in the course of an Advance, remarks that while no mi Leon invented for pleking a zoose of shearing a shecp, the arrangements for plucking wu poor Man aro tolerably complete, Within the last tivelve montlis, ft ta suteto say, thut the sim- blicity of thu poor peuple that Have Hyed amony the Calvinists at Glasgow, and amoug the Cath: olica of Cinclonatt, aud ainong the enligbteued py ans of Chicago, bas cogt them, at least, $25,000,000. This te 6 farce sum to have been taken from fathers and mothers and children Who uccded overy cent of ft along with lawful futerest, ‘ie Professor dows uot val with the question of guilt between banker und Bishop, He ouly contends thats. reat change must bo wrought in tle muoey bab ticle {a the hing has yet v, ” its of poor people, They must filng neide thelr slmoileity and credulity, and quit trusting their savings to a man ora Iittiorlny of men, To hand over money ton Bishop or a savings bank fa atmply achildish thing, ‘The rich can afford to take such risks, but the poor cannot. There are only two secure Investments for the poor man,—the land and the Government, ‘Thera arc a thousand risks which a man of much surplus money may take, but fora hard-working Irishman or German there are but two,—land and a Gove ernment bond,—and of these two the land is the better. Had the Catholics of Cincinnat! made Archbishop Purcell thetr spiritual father, and made the lands or bonds thelr fluancfal friend, that city would have to-day happy priest and happy people, The Professor thinks that 8t. Peter may have been areck of Gospel truth, but he waa Dot a bavk-vault, MICHIGAN. Tho Charter Etectlonn. A carefalscrutinyof the charter clections held recently docs not justify any bonsting by the bastard coalition. They united fu Atbion,and were beaten for President and Treasurer by the Re- Dublicans. Thta village is ususlly Democratic, In Allegan they were beaten 27 votes for Presi- dent by Honry F, Thomas, ex-State Senator and Representative, although they elected tho re- mainder of thelr ticket. Allegan is usually Democratic. At Marcellus the firat village clec- tion resulted in tho cholce of a full Republican teket against the coalition numtness, who were both popular and able, This was a Greenback stropghuld Jast year, At Trenton, another Greenback stronghold, they wera but partially successful, by ono or tio votes, At Midland, the coalltlon ticket succeeded by a majority reduced over 100 from — that obtaincd = last = year by ‘the Green- backera alone, At Manchester there were five tickets, and the Greenbackers won; but last. fall they had 70 plurality, At Sturgis a Repub- Ucan and Temperance ticket was clected over the coalition nominees. At St. Louis, Gratiot County, a People's ticket was successful by 80 majority over the Greenbackers. who had 85™ma- jority last year. At Burlington a Hequbllcat ‘resident Was elected by a larga mafotity over the Greenback candidate, Abt Mount Pleasant a majority of the officers clected are Repub- Heana, At Howard City the Republican and Temperanco party wero succcasful over the Greenbackers, AtFenton there was a curious ateuggle. C. H. Thomas, a hard-money Dem- ocrat, was elected President unanimously. ‘The Republicans and Democrats united on all the other candidates, nnd elected them by about 55 majority against the Grecnbackers and pro- fessed Temperance men. Buchanay (the home of Leyi Sparks, who has been Greenback ennd{- date for Governor and Auditor-General) sende forth a most aigniticant sign, Last yenr the Greenbackers had 140 majority, but this year, in fusion with the Democrats, their ticket 1s beaten 47 yotes by the Repuplicaus. » SAVING TILE COLORS. - How Two British OMcors at Isonduln Dod In Carrylag Them trom tho Hattiollold, London Telegraph. ‘The regimental colors of the Twenty-fourth are eayed, though stained with honest blood; there {a silence agnin.on the battlefield of Is-, anduta; the noble little garrison ot Rorke's Drift bas beenrclieved; but the names of cer- taln braye Englishmen are already familiar to the lps that repeat the story of the camp that waa defended, and the tale of the colors that were won. When the strugglo was al- most at an end, and the strength of the men well-nigh spent, when Pul.. .o and Durnford, at Inst beaten back and hopelessly sur- rounded, Were attacked {n rear and front, when the ammunition was exhausted and the deadly Assegais wero crusily stabbing among the ranks of the Twenty-fourth, wo scem to reallze the dramatic picture that cul- minated In that ghastly struegte, When all was well-nigh over, and {t was requisite to do or die,?? we seem to seu Lieut. Smith Dorrien, sift of foot, and trusting to the prowces tut had won him University renown at many an athleticcontest, dashing headlong and desperate, through the cruel ranks of the cnomy, deter- mined to seek assistance or perish In the at tempt, Close at hand fs Capt. Stewart Sinith, who has given up all for lost, whose life isnot. worth an instaut'’s ourchase, but who will not. die before he bad spiked the gun he can no longer defond, and who docs not recefye his mortal wound before he has spolled the means of dealing death to hls comrades, No soldier ever {oll more gloriously. But he has missed the Victoria Cross; aud now comes the time when the colors must be snved. It fs all but over. Tho battle js Jost; but the Tiwenty- fourth Reglincut must be truc to its flag. At Uc imess-room table, and round the fire in the barrick-rouin, they have told with pride the story of the old colora of the coros, which for ten years past have hung a trophy in St. Mary's Church, Warwick. Every private aoldier and young Lieutenant in the regiment hus read about the battle of ChilManwallab in 1849, and has been Ored with onthustasm at that record of the reginjoutul flay which was carried off the fleld by fouf oflivers in succession, all of whom died defending ft, unt! at Jast the stout flay-stafl was shot away und the colors wero loft deserted onthe ground from which the regl- ment were compelled to retreat. Then came tne tura of Private Richard Perry, a “ Warwick man," who, when he heard what bad bappened, rn back in the facu of the advancing: Bikchs! and found poor young Pennyculck In the agony of death, From bis faithful grasp he took the colors, and then, returning trlumphant with hie prize,—recolving a bullet through his hat, @ second on his puuch, anda third riddting his Naversack,~—bo was hailed with acheer by bls anxlous and expectant comrades, - With thla brave precedent as an example, it was not likely that tle colors of the Twenty- fourth would drop without a strugate on the savage fluld of Teanduls. ‘The sacred charge was intrusted to Licuts. Melville and Cognit), and no Kuights of old more faithfully did their duty, At the last moment, when the disaster was complete, horses were got out, and these herole gentlemen started off with the treas- ured fisg, Cutting their way with desperate energy, the colors folded around young Mel- ville's heart, they pierced the Zulu ranks, The fost wus not accomplished without serious cf. forte, und uu ofiicor, who hud managed to cs- cape, reports that he saw Coghill slaablig right and Tete, fu spite of a severe woud. But the iricnds stuck to the saddte nud reached the camp ut Hork's Dritt to find it surrounded by the 4,000 Zulus who wers held at bay uy Licuts. Bromtead and Chard inside the encatupinent. dt would have been madness once inure tucharge the eneiny, but ulthough again attacked and fa- tally wounded, away they raced, and galued thu Bulfalo River, ‘Chey bad strength enough to swim thelr horses across; but, once aufe on En- glia Ground, aud 800 yards, from the streaw, the brave fellows foll down to dle. Coghill wounded to death, dropped from his saddie, ant his comrady dismounted to assist bln to close i aren ie Inaiteat: nora aria aie: Roruia eed would Lave been accomplished; but the tyraut dewth would not ‘Lave to,’ Melville struggled to remount, but te fell back by the falthtul side of hia brother officer, and thera they found him, with the colors skit] wrapped around his heart, crimson with his life blood. Who will not regret .that no posthumous honor ke the Victoria Cross can glid the memory of thigo noblo fidelity? THE NEW CANADIAN TARIFF. How It Affeota Amorican and English Mane ufasturen. Taranto Globe (Free Trader). Taking first the articles of which we deriva the malin part of our {mportations from the United Btatos we find they arc as follows, The figures show the value of the articles exported from each country, the present tariifas far as the new specific duties canbe converted {nto thelr equivalent ad vatorem duties, and the amount of the {increase which thi now tariff! imposes; New | In From | From jtariyf | create U8 | Rritain,) pere. | perce i$ BAG, 0241g 12, 089) 8, 2 ha 0 68,750) 7,420) 20,584} 4,830 d 80,57] 13;208] Fs man'fac'res| 188,420) 55,024) 25 Brass manu-| factures..., 00,288) 22,501 30} 12g Copper manu: inctures.... 15,881) 8, 580) 30) 1914 Plated waro,.). 281,413] 62, 185] 30) 12K Spikesy nalts, | Cleves sieve] 154,202} 17,029) 50) 321% Jrou castings, 303,108} 90,340) 20) 2% AMisccllancous| ronware..,| 1,080,207} 201,578} 20) 25 Leatner mat- % afactnres ,.| 207,960) 20,364! a5) W6 Composition metal man- ufactures ..| 310,525] 9, 889] 20) % ‘Mowing - na. chines....., 43,000) None. 25} % Machinery, variow 260,024} 25,858) 20) 2% Sein fi no] 19% chin 5 71,140) ‘ a Turpentine . 07,3 20) 8% YVarnien Sy 1i¢ Watch . 2ol 4% It will be acen at a glance thatin none of the articles which we take priucipally from the United States is there any great increase of duty except In the items ‘ furniture,” clocks,” and “nafls "5 and in all of them the amount of the importation {8 perfectly Insignificant. The Americans could afford to tose the entire trade in these tens, and if they were not told of it would not know it. In calculating the above we baye purposely written the new duty on gluo as bolng 20 per cont, Lf, aa some state, glus has been put on the free flat, 1¢ makes the diserimination against British goods all the worse. ‘There: aro other cases in which discriminations are made in favor of the Americana which cannot bo brought out in the table. For Instance, in the item of “eisas,” the tariff on stalued glase, of whieh wa import ton times o3 much from Britain sa we do from the Btates, fs Increased to 80 per cont; whilo that on glassware gen- erally, of which the States send us $0 worth to overy one from Britain, is only raleed 33¢ per cent, Agalo, in the item bollor tubes,” chiefly brought from the United States, there ts a de- crease in tho duty of 73¢ per cont: and against. this there fs no réductfon of duty {fo any article which we take from Britain. We have thus established the fact that there Is not only no discrimiuation againat the United States, but, on the contrary, thut there is abso- lutely very little discrimination In favor of that country. 5 j We zi now take upthe cascof British goods, which Mr. Tilley gays ho nas been dealing with tenderly, Herd arc the figures relating to those articles which we draw maloly from the Mother Country: ave Fro Britain. 402 04 451,487 Galvantzod 4 Nail and spike Iron.) Tron wire Pig lead. Sheet lead’. Hatlroad bata. Atallrona bat Bice! tate and ‘The Increase ip the dutics on British coods is ‘at once seen to be enormously greater than that on the American goods, And whereas, in case of the American gooda, the heavily taxed ones aro those of which very few are fiported, in the enao of the British goods the incrensed tax- ation falls directly on those which are the maton urllcles of commerca between Britain and Can- ada. ‘The iuercaso 1s Ligh enough ta many cases, to amount to absolute exclusion. a ON READING '' THE LADY OF THE AROOS- TOOK," ‘eal rods Tho low-grown arbute, which In common speech Is called tho Mayllowor, sprung ‘neath woods of pine, Near tho curling sea and shelfy beach, We Jove, nat for {ts rough and etunted vine, Dut for its life's fulfillinent, tale und eweet— ‘Tha pure, frall-eceming Mower, that bravely blows Ere the last anow-drift drips away, complote With Winter's frosty hue and Summer's rose, Bubtly evoking from the rigid soit A apicy breath for itu eell-tintod wreath, ‘That tolls New-Kngland muids where the dear spall, ‘hatched by the withered toaves, lurks bright be+ neath, ‘Thore waua ship, for which the flower was named, Which brought to that new shore a hardy band When tho dark plac grovow, mpruading wider, el alm Far othur tenants ‘mid the unshorn land, We love the mom'ry of (hat rugged crew, Not for themselves vo much as for the bloom ‘That from tho churllvh atock and soit thers grow Into Urlgne bolng through atrict ycars of gloom, ‘Riis tw thy glory, Jand of many wiroains Which, melting’ trom’ thy rocks, run brown and coo}, Sheltered by pines that part for yellow gloams Of sun, yet soften his too forvid rule: ‘That, ike the impid currents from the rock, Winding untrammelod to she Inevitable sea, Bo tho young daughtora of thy rauged stock Wend “through tho world unguarded, safe, and free, . Savo that tho pooplo sholter with wise caro ‘Their gentte Puritan by customs bred, In days more sangulue of the right, that abare A ainplo pridy with early (nnocunce wed, Holding the utrongevt sbleld of maldenhood Tg the puro conscience native to her stute, Which mocts the world so confident of good ‘That ils sink at her preaence and abate, ‘This is tha mors) cleverly Sleplayad, Graced with good words, in that engaging tale Of one falr-faced, unwatched New-England maid with Strange nien, safe beneath the eal] * ny days Whoratu, with natural wit, Rorlucted ov the aca the shores are shown, And many lands and scenes ara interkalt, Tugenlowely contrasted with our own, Our nation anal} not easily forget ‘Tho volce that talked ao pleasing in her ear, But gratefully confess the kindly debt, Aud listen, glad whono’or it bids her tear, AMavion, Wi Cuanza Nome Gnggony, a Loulslann's Seven Constitutions, wvtio Orleans Times, Loulstana has probably had more Constitus tonal Conventions than any State fo the Union, averaging ane to every ten years. Her first Constitution was framed by a conyeation which tet at ‘Tremoulet’s coffee-house, where. the Fon talba Bultding now stunds, opposite the south- vast corner of Jackson Square, in 1811, It udupted the Constitution upon which the Staty Was adinitted tuto the Union, Jan, 23, 1813, ‘The second Coaventiva mut at Jackson, in the Pariah of East Feliclaua, Aug, 5, 1844, and fine ed ite labors fo Now Orleone, submitting, y 16, 1845, a now Constitution, The third Conventtou met at Baton Rouge, ubmitted the third Constitution July ul, ‘Lue fourth Conyention met at Baton Rouge Jan, 23, 1801, but adjourved to New Ortean: where, on Jan. 2U, it adopted the ordioauce of soceston, and, after amending the State Con- stitution in conformity therewith, adjournod arch 7, ‘Phe A{th Convention met at the City-Hall, New Orleaus, under. milttary auspices, ju 1804, and promulgated auew Coustitution the same OOF. * = ot , ‘The sixth Conyention easembled at Mecban- fea? {nstitute, and on tho 11th of March, 1808, Prone the present Constitution of the ate. ‘fhe seventh Convention will meet In New Or- leaus, in the same State-House, April 21, 1870, to frame a new Conetitution, —————— " CURRENT OPINION. A Pertinent Conundrums Buffatn Express (Rep. ), ‘Tho Atlanta Constitution intimates tnt Abram Howitt would like to be President. Very well. If that fs thecase, why dooan't Mr, Howitt julia the Republican party Hs once? About tho Size of It. Detroit Post (Ren.), The people aeem tosharcin Senator Chand- ler'’s belief that when a proposition {a made, nut toleave Mefferson Davis undisturbed, but to actually placa his name on tle pension rolls of the Nation, the timo has come for some plain- ness of speech, The Democratic Bull. Washington epublican (tap. The Rebel Democrats in Congress will at- tempt to coerce thuExccutive, In 1800-61 they inslsted that the Executivo, had no right or power to coorce rebels into obedience to lawful authority, You sco {t makes some difference whose ox {s belng gored. Shall the Erle Canal Bo Freo? Unea Heratd Rep.) The one grent question yet to be decided In reference to our canals ts, Shall they bo free? ‘The answer to this question {s to be found not altogether tn the projudices or convictions’ of the peopld at targe, hut in the conditions of trade, Rather than let the grass grow in the Erie, we think that the people would consent to try the experiment of a frou canal. Democratic Consistency. Philadelphia Press (Rev.), ‘Thero {6 something very amusing in the spec- tacle of Democratic Congressmen weeplug over the sorrows of the Baltimore election officers, convicted through the agency of the" {famous teat-oath—wihfle the counsel of these uohappy rascalo are praying Judge Bond to discharge them, becanso the test-vath was not adiminis- tered to the Grand Jurora wno presented them for lodictment. That “Glorious Triumph? : New York Tribune (Ren). But this fo not the frst time that the Con- federates havo boasted of the conquest of the Capitol betora taking it, They may remember previous occasions on which they crossed the Potomac; we have uo doubt that they also re- member tho circumstances under which the} went back again. Before thelr “glorious tri- Ginplt ja complete” they will bays to reckon with the samo party whitch met them at Antie- tam and Gettysburg. You Can't Suppress Him. . Aaempnts (Yenn,) avalanche (Unt). The Loutayille Vews reminds Titden and Bay- ard that oder Esstern leadership the Demo- erotic party ‘thas been carried to dianster in avery ungaxement with the enemy, and the time {a at hand when thoy shoala cheerfully acquiesce ina change of commanders.” But the ews’ Jogic will. bo lost on the Eastern leaders—cape- claily Tilden, who ie ho dovsn’t forget it, fi tends to bo’ the Democratic nominee for Pres! deut next year, You can’t suppreas Sammy. B. Te Tm Ue G.—1880, Vicksburg (3fies.) Commeretat (Dem.). Mr. Tilden, having weakly ylelded bis election tothe Chict Macistracy, lost thereby all claim to tho support of the Southern Democracy in any future-contest, and his nomination In 1880 would be little Ics than madness. We believe that-thero are thousands uf Democrats in the South who could not be restratned from ad for Geu, Grant should be be the opposing eandl- date, as it now scome likely ho will be, iu prefer- once to Mr. Tilden, A Word for Bayard. Mobite (Ala.) Regtster (aem.). We admire Bayard not only for his hlgh per- sonal character, but. for his dovottou and the signal ability with which he hag atood for ten years In the United States’ Senate in defense of Bouthern Mberty and rights under the Constitn- tion, ‘The South belleves, that Mr, Bayard Is available, Hc bus .shown \nimeclf strong on every eau question, nnd peculiarly fortunate in his record on the financial question. He is wrhups stronger to-day in New York than Mr, (iden; und attor all Now York must decide the battle. AIL the Year Round, Indianarolls Journat (Rer.). A Democratic member of Congress ie reported as saying that * The time is near at hand whon the growing demands of the country will require Congress to bu fo session the year round.” This Hts about the idea that the amall-sized deima- gogue and professtonal polltician entortalus as to the demunds of the country.” ‘Take busl- ess men and ull who are interested in having o cessation of political agitation, and ninety-nine outofa hundred will say the country would bo better off If Congress sat ouly hail as often and half as long as at presont; but your jumplng- fuck of a demagogue thinks ft ought‘to sit the ye, round. When ft comes to pe may the ord have mercy on the country - Emigration from Missourl. St, Leute Globe Democrat (Hen). ‘The following fs about the style in whick tho people aro “tinailgrating? to Missourl at pres- ent, Wecopy from the Heloua (Montana) Jer- ald of Mareh’'7: Acolony of a dozon or more fomilles from the northeastern part of Missourt are arrauging to Im- injerate to Montann this epring. A location is eald to bave beon selected on Lower Smith itiver, near tho Falls of tho Aftssourl. The colony ts sald to be In {alr circumetances, and will come prepared to uatablish permanent hones, Not only ara people from the Enst rofusing to sottle in Miesourl, but the rule of the chaw- ‘bacou Democracy now established at Jofferson tg driving thousands of native Missourians to other States. Tammany Getting Excited, New York Erening Exvrass (Dem,). Opinions have givon way to events. The war onthe Democratic officers of this city, and on the Jaws und customs under which they have acted and our people have Ilved, has actually begun, The people's Clerk, vlected st tho polls, has bequ ejected oy vielenco by a creature who holds au uncertified appointment from Mayor Cooper, ‘This is revolution, What will come of these unprecedented and unaccountae ble proceedings no one can foretell, But they show the dastardly desizus of the unprincipled adventurers and temagogues who have got a fuothold In the Mayoralty, und beain to exor- eleo thelr power in subverting the established order of thinge, violatluy the laws, und tramp (ny the rights und usages of the people under thelr fect. ‘The end is not yot. The worst pre- dictions wo mada before the cloction last fall are being fuliited. A Yoloe of Warning. St, Louly Rewublican (Dem), Above all thiuge let Congresasunderstana that the country doos not want a deadlock on the re- peal of the political legislation, Both branches of Congress will bo suiliclently under Domo- cratic control to mako it an casy thing to pass three separate and Independent bills, repualing the laws which authorize tho jurors’ test oath, soldiors at the polls, and Election Suporvisors. Do this and pass the two Appropriation bills without any political riders, so there will be no semblance of an attempt to Intimidate and. cverca the Exccutive branch of the Government, It would bs 9 wlatake to lot auch a false issue as that come up; and, if the course suggested is folluwed, a veto of any one of the threc polit- Ical bills would bring the quostions they involve sharply oud promtuentiy forward in tho very dest shape for the Democracy, ‘They van ask no bettcr platform to zo to the people, and they will bo greatly strengthened if this issue fs uot covercd PP, with extrancous questions about the policy of luterrupting the whole progress of the Hoverninental muchino iu order to force the sig. uture of the President to these measures of repeal, We dou't waut that lasue, Tho Bureau of Nincompoops, ‘Naw York Sun (Dem,), Whether Mr, Tiiden will dorivo avy benoft from the election of Mr, Randall aepeuds. Mr, ‘Tilden, surrounded by a Hurcau of Niucompoops, can uever become President of ‘tha United Btates. IfMr. Tildcn ts identificd—as.in the common speech of-the people ho allows himecit to be—with such an illogical, iegal, and out- yageous crusade as Edward Cooper is muking against that patriot soldier, Gen. Smith, wo think Mfr. Tilden will be greatly towered in pub- ie estimation, We regard Mr. Tilden as @ atatosinen of great ability. We are not averse to supporting bia for re-election to the Prest- dency, At tho sams thine we are just a9 free to subvert wuy other caudidate. Wo are equally opposed to the man power, whether {t bo named John Kelly or Samuel J. ‘Tilden. Wo think that the last ‘vestiges of tho Bureau of Nincompoops, whother ft bo the Literary Bureau, which avems. to bo about defunct, or the Muntelpal Bureau, headed by Edward Coupor, should be abolished! before Mr, Tilden van hove to come very near to ihe great heart of the groat American people. ‘Thus we ace that whose triumph the re-election of Mr, Randall ts, may bo regarded og an un- solved conundruin. arbitrary \ one- A Domoeratic How! for tho Abolition of the Army, Neto York fun (Dem). Tho only military force that can be constitu- Uonally employed to execute the Inws of the Union and suppress insurrection {6 the militia, Aud thore fs no limitation of two years, or any other time, to the appropriations of monoy which Congress may make in the exerclao of its power to provide for organtalng, arming, and Ulsctplining the militia, It was contemplated thot the militia would be a permanent force, The milltia_fs the standing army of the Con- stitution. The occasion for calling it into the field comprehended ovory possible use of an army In the Republic; “to glye effect to the laws, to suppress polteteat rabellion = and ristoua Ineurrection, to repel invasion of our territory, or other form of: war on our citizens and our authority. What need Is there of any other force? Any other army than this {s con- tradictory to the principtes on which the Fed- eral league was formed, und opposed to the spirit of the nation, That Is democratic. Our Government is siinply the expression of the veoplo's will frequently declared. A standing urmiy is aconetaut menace to this; or It is a useless ond Kenseless {imitation of the machinery of force in use fy the arbitrary or dynastic Guy- erninents of the Old World. “Therefore, abolish the regular bebe f aud catablish the army of the Constitution, witch ty the militia! Sponking Out at Laat, Cleveland Ieratd (Rep.), If the murder of Col. Alston within the walls Of tho Georgia State-Houso sliould have the ef- fect of creating o public sentiinent against the Southern custom of carrying concealed weapons, he will not bave died fu vain. That such a ro- suit is not Improbable, begins to be apparent, The Atlanta Constitution, the leading paper of the Btate and one of the best in the South, took Strong ground in that direction immediately alter the murder, and fs unremitting In its cf forts to awaken the Southern people to the per- niclousness of the practice, and to the great in- Jury {t is doing the matetlal interests of their section, Other prominent papers are alding in the work. The Savannah ecorder says that, “When public sentiment shall declaro thats ‘mon who fn a quarrel shoots down another, being armed ot the time, shall bo considered ag avlng armed himself to provoke or give an insult, o murderer, and tricd os such, and hung 98 such, there will then be a healthy roactfon a8 to the carryifg-of arma and the taking of Ife"? It adds that, there area class of men who think that they are above the jaw, und there are jurics who ore Dinsed by a man’s social position and will not be thoroughly iinpartial, there wo may expect what moy be called, *murders in high tHfe? ‘Ty Augusta Uhroniele saya the men of the Soutl must “put away from themsclyes and their State this burning, shameful disgrace. Let them put ‘up ther pistols and use thelr {influence to reak down the custom of carrying concealed weapons,—a habit that has atrewa the land with the graves of husbands, fathers, sons, und brothers, and which stands like 2 domon of pro- hibition agatnst the Introduction of eapltal and enterprise. What. sensible man wunts to come himself or bring his family Into auy euch community? TheAtlanta Conat.tution,tn the latest nuonber tliat bas come to hund, saya, “The car- trying of deadly weapons amoug us amounts pract{catly to a custom;” that “Public senti- Ment among us encourayes lawlessness of this sort, not by Its symputiy, but by remaining qui- egcent in the face of the fact thit the violutign of the Invw {a conspicuous nud continuous; ad- inits that the paper {tself has been derolict in its duty in not facing and fighting these things long ago, but announces that hereafter it willdo what it can to bring about a reform, go that the people of all classes and condltiona shall be made to understand that the Jaw fs ample to af- ford them both justice sud protection, aud they, are made to feel, through the irresistible in- fluence of an agurcesive public sentiment, tint the hablt of carrying concealed deadly weapons fs vot only lawless but coeurdiy Until this ts done the Constitution says * It ts idleto invite fim tulgration, and id.c to oxpeet cither social or tuaterlal progress.” ‘There ts hope for the South Ju this cuntession and desire for reformation, pate Ee A BULGARIAN TRAGEDY. A Theatrical Entortatnmont in Innumorabl Acts. ‘ Acorrespondent of the London Times writes from Tirnoya as follows: ‘The'sccond afternoon of my arrival in Tirnova I recelyed 9 formal inyltation tu ateend the tlieatro that evening to witness a Bulgarian lragedy, written by Cloment, the present Arch- bishop of Tirnoya, aud performed by a company of amateurs belonging to the town for the beng- Nt of the local schools, The invitation began with the sentence, “ifs Excellency, Genoral Correspondent G——-," Of course I could not resist such a flattering document, and ot half- past 7 o deputation arrived at the hotel with Janterns and umbrellas (as it was snowing etlght- ly) to conduct me to a front scat within a yard Of the footlights. As this is the only Bulgarian stoce tragedy that I ever heard of (there havo been many of them In real life) 1 will give an outline of the plot. ‘The principal clar- geters are the Czarof Bulgariy, in the olden days when thia was au indepesdent Kingdom; his daughter Marl, Princess of Bulgaria; Pictro, brother of the Czar; Yanko, o high officer o! the Guard; and a scheming Greek, with ble daughter, Theodorkl, ‘There is also a great number of other charactera, who fll more or Jese important rolea jn the piece, ‘Ihe Grevk concelyes the idea of murdering the Czar, ban- ishing his brother Pietro, and placlug Yanko on the throne, who, in turn, ig to make him Prime Minister, and his daughter Czorina of Bulgarta. Youko {e first corrupted in his allecianco by the wily Greek, und then o suflicloot number of ‘his officers ore gained over to the cause, Pietro fa implleated ino cousplracy againat the Czar by means of a shom document, to whieh the Greek has forge his slgnaturo; lie fe then donounced to the King by ono of the conspirators, Plutro Is sent for by the Czar, whe reproaches him for his supposed treason, and shows hin his awn sluno- ture to the traitorous dycument. Pietro, like all dunocent persona on the stage, refusea tu reply to his accusers, but stands on his dienity and reproaches Iiis Royal brother for cntertain- Ing the charges against bin. His Royal brother then proceeds to exile him, and, alter taklug Tenvo of his brother. in a passionate exordium, Pivtro Misuopears bebind the secues, where ha sings o Bulgarian adicu,song,—a wild, welrd inelody, which makes one extremely uncomfort- able to hear, even on the stage of a theatre, ‘The acts arc extremoly numerous and vory short. As the curtuln {oll each time one of iny montors remarked tu me iy an encourazinis manner, “ily o maintuuaut un petit eutr’acte." ‘Tho orchestra was ot the pack of the hall, and d{scoursed native are which’ mado the entractes seam =much longer thay thoy otherwiae would have done. At Inst, iu the twenty-acventh act, the Czar ts killed in single combut with Yanko, tn the royal bedroom, aud in the next act the Greck appears fn tho uniform of Prine Minister, und Yanko is Czar of Hulgarlc. Other acts follow in quick succession, but Lleftat the close of the thirty. aixth, aud learned the next moraiug that tn the ‘twee ema’ hours" Pietro, the bantsued brother, came buck, turned out the usurper Yanko, ant was crowned the lawful King of Bulgaria, ‘The ploy is woll written, full of action, aud 1 was astonished tosce an amateur troupe in this mountain town, where very few of the iohavit- ants have ever scen a real theatre, act so well. "She performance would have done credit to aina- tours in the largest capitals of Europe. The parts wore well committed tu memory, and the cenery, although roughly pafuted by local work- men, served to illustrate the points of the play ‘Tho part of the Czar was sustained with force and dignity; the Grcek played the character ex- tromely well; bis daughter would make a bit as aaoubrette op aby stage after u little protcs- sional sealing Yanko, Pietro, und alt the sub- ordinates fuliiled thelr duties to a commenda- ble manner. ‘The Princess was o very tall, lanky uirl, whose type of beauty did not by any mesns convey the Impression to one's eyes of ‘inked sweetness long drawn out." ‘Lie ball would hold about 400 personsand was crammed full of spectators, who appeared to apprectate aud enjoy the performance. ‘They were orderly in their: demeanor, and, although the olfactory Orgung of the stranger migut detect avideuces of the necessity of bydroputhie treatment, stilt the timo LT apent thers was very iptoresting for ‘the study of this nowly-reborn nationality, juat emerging {nto modern political Ife, “the cos- tumea were all good, aud of bisturical cut aud construction. a +7 Hobbies, . . It is estimated that there are fa Philadetphia Dot less than 2,009 collections of old colus. und autographs. ‘Jw hobby 13 contlocd entirely to tho maly sex, Bneaker Rundall bas u fondness * Wherever | for apecimons of our golden currency, and fa tho vroud posanssor of a collectlon comprising Soceimon ofevery gold coin which lias been coined fn this country. Simort Gratz, ex-Presi. dont of the Board of Education, tins the reputn tion of poaseasing the jneneat collection of auto. ranks in existence in thiscountry, William ¥, ‘aux, a conaln of the eae eed of that nime, has an immenso collection of old paper nloney and colns,—nmong the latter belng a fine 1804 cont, which has an oxtraordinary value. Por. haps the Iargest coltection In Ametiea fa tn the Dosscsaton of a Tenth-Ward drugelet. Ite ae. cumutations, the labor of over thirty yeara, are valued at 876,000, Among them ts a’ completa collection of copper, allver, aul gold tssuca uf the United States, together With a nearly cums ploto aot of the old Culonial coins, EDISON'S NEW SuIT, The Hight to One of iis First Inventions . to Mo Tried. Roston Herat, Thomas A. Edison, of Mento Park, N, J., and George Harrington have entered o sult in equity agalnat the Western Union Telegraph Company for an Injunction aud account in the matter of hia quadruplex telegraph instrument. It fs q similar sult to the ono that bas beon before the courts for ao long, Inasmuch os ft deala with the samo matter, but the form is attered 60 as to avold the technical diflcultics which the Inet one encountered. The petition charwes the Com- pany with falsoly claiming and pretending that iv holds a valid contract for the purchase by it of the inventlon, eigned on Aug. 10, 1874, ‘The early history of the invention, which was tho firat im- portant one by Exdisou, ts given. In sig he, having several oyeuttons for dupler telegraphs, and one for a quadruples telegraph, desired to navo an opportunity of teating them upon extended circults. He ap. pied to Willan Orton, then Presidont of the jompaoy; for leave to test his inventions on sumo of thelr Nnes between midnight and 7 o'clock a.m, This was granted, and the trial made on upward of 100 nights, reaulting fn tho perfection of the invention, which now enables four messages to be sont over. a sinele wire at the sume time fr. o different or the same dines ton, The contract, which Edtson now claims js inoperative and invalid, wos mado soon after with George B.-Prescott, the chiof electrician of the Company, for acertatn tnterest in the fie vention on the payment by the Company of ut the expenses connected with obtaining the patent, together with other remuneration to Edison, — ‘The tntter had previously disposed of two-thirds interest in the original fuvention to Harrington, and they haye been excluded from participation in the advantageous discovery, ‘The former suit has been disiniseed by the plaintiffs’ attorucy so far aa it related to other parties than the present defendants, FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS, Democrats Opposed to All Restraints on : Corrupt Voting, Neo York Tribune, ‘The extra session of Congress has onemisston, It was forced upon the Prealdent and the coune try by the Democrate, and they buflded wiser than they know.’? They control both Houses, Upon thom rests the whole responsibility ‘of the Governmont, excepting that sharo which the Constitution has vested in the Exccutiye, And the mission of this otherwise unnecessary assemblage of Congress is to show the country that the Democratic party docs not dare to face a fair and hocost vote of: the people; that it 8 determined to open the doors to fraud, ao that the next Presidential etection may be decided by repeating, vy stuMlng bal- lot-boxes, by use of fraudulent certifcates of eitizenstip, ang by false returns; and that {¢ {g ready to break up the Government, atop tts operations, and doprive the country.of its ben eflts, unicss permitted to control it by fraud. In 1868 much more than 15,000 fraudulent votes wore caat in this clywlone. ‘The facts haya been catablished by Cougressiount tnvcstl- gation, and the report of the Committee on that subject, with the evidence then taken, will form on admirable document for the Repubticsn party to reprint and circulate, {f the Democratic party, does not back down from the purpose it pas avowed, Fraudulent naturalization paners, many thousands in number, were iseued to Dumocrate; gangs of repeaters hired and dt rected by Democrats went from poll to voll; und oven then ‘the honest Republican yates of other conntics bad not beer overcome, A secret clrenlur, bearing the name of Mn ‘Tiden, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, find been sont ont to trusted Dain ocrats in every part of the State. By that cir cular teau men were directed to telegraph the majorities {o every district, us svon aa the polls closed, to Mr. ‘weed, the Bots of the Tammany Hing in this city. The counting and return of yotes In heavy Democratic wards was held -vack until thesy returns from the country had warned Mr. Tweed what wero the honest tepublican majorities to be vvercome. Then returus of Democratte majorithea were manufactured to order, larga enough to deleat the will of the majority of the people of thia State. ‘The work was done fn the most bungling manner, and the frauds were palpable. But the immediate ent wags reached. The people wera robbed of theit rights, and Tammany captured the Stace, After this famous deed had been thoroushly exposed Congress passed the Election law, which it is now proposed ta repeal. ‘The object of that law was to protect the peopte, not of this State, but of the whole United States, from de- bauchment, capture, and virtual overthrow of their self-coyernment, by means of stiuilar frauds in the larger cities. ‘The law docs not as sutno to exercise apy restraint whatever over elections for State or focal offices, If the people of any State are content to be robbed by the political knaves of its chief city, or cannot help themeelyes, this law docs not undertake to give them any retlef, Jt docs not meddle nt all with the right of each State to hold its own olectiors fo itsown way, But it provides thatall elee tions of Vrealilential Electors and members of Congress, and at such clections only, olliclas of the United States shall ba present to superviso the casting and counting of the voteg, and shall have certain Imitea powers tu reveut fraud, In consequence of this law, tho Democratic party Jn this city has never been able to repeat tlie fraude of “1668, Under that Inw, repeaters haye been stopped or punished by imprisonment ja Cincinnati, iu Baltfmere, and-In other cltios, It 19 0 perfectly uotoriuus fact thut this law alone preventa the stes ling uf the Electoral votes of Now York by frauds in thia city, of New Jersoy by frauds in Jersey City, ot Connecticut by frauds in New Mayen or fart ford, of Obfo by frauds tn Cincinuatt and other cities, and of California by frauds 1n San Frau: elsco, Enough Electoral votes to turn the scale in almost any contested Preaidentfal clectlot van oe stolen by the Democratic party, If ft can get ridof-tho United States law which was enacted after the people of Now York tad beed robbed by ‘T'weedlsm in 1803. itis no new thlug for the Democratic party to seck success by fraud. Every attempt to accury 8 tore fair und honest expression of the popular wilt has alwaya teen resisted by that party os fa restraing eton the Nperty of the citizen.” ‘The registration of voters was thus resisted by Democrats cyerywhere, and do nounced with unmeusurced bitterness, and the ‘epeal of such laws was attempted by that party in every State where they racoyered power nitet Republicans had provided fora registry. ‘There is not one other feature tn which the two great partis are as sharply d sided, by all their past history, as thoy aro ih <capect to the purity of elections, Republicans havo exposed aud pun fahed = fraud = by Ropublicans, and ey acted Inwa to provent repetition of fraud. Democratea, for half a contury, have ¢t cused or defended tho poroctrators o fraud in their Interest, and stubboraly resisted every effort to restrain or punish them, Its very’ fitting that the party watch tried tu xt the Presidency in 1870 by bribing canvassers und Electors should now propose to atop the aay ernment altogether unless: permitted to teat +tho Preatdency, And it ta necultarly fleting, ! Mr, Tliden ts to be the candidate of iat partys the very man whoao most lutimate fricuds tr! to buy votes for him in 1870,—that the prom nent {say in the campatga snould bu whether Democrats shall bv sustatned ju destroying ue Government uptcss pormitted to swindie hones voters, und to varry elections by fraud. W wt Mr, ‘Thden as o candidate, und the repeal o! laws against fraud as a platform, the Demo crutte party will, for the first tame, appear fu Its true colors, —_ Mad Fol Tf.a pleturo of mad folly can bo Imagined thst should surpass what was seey i Red Ruck, Py on Saturday alfernvou, Wo haye yet to ing it. The spectacle of a drunken wan stazeer! ng about the streets of 8 populdug town with aie quarts of vitro-giycerine stung tna bug on bl Uack gocs as far cortaloly to realize the acne . possibility in such a pleture as anything we recall, Soverol observers saw thia mall, it a were lucky cnough to live to tall the a man hiniwelt was jess’ fortunate, Fitter! minutes after ha wos sven,” says the ulspatel: + Lhe town was shaken uni the {nbabltants be) ribly frightened by a moat terrlic explosion. ‘The poor creatury had fallen down, and the cole Uston thus effucted between hig appalling PAT avo ond the pavement uo foubt produced ve i fatal result. Frouments of bls body were fou scattered in all directions, but we hear ul oue clay, boing Ipjurcd,