Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1879, Page 9

COUNTY BOARD. Presontation of tho Usnal Batch of Quarterly Reports, An Interminable Discnssion on the New Bonds and Sinking Fund, Odds and Ends of Miscellaneous Business. All the members of the County Board of Comm@stoners were present at the regular meeting yesterday alternoon, and’ Dresident Bonne occupied the chair. A number of communications were read, among therh the quarterly report of If. M, Peters, Warden of the Insane Asylum and Poor-Mouse. , The expenditures of the [nanne Asylum for the three months ending May 31 amounted to $15,- 497.71; averago number of inmates and em- ployes, 527, The quarterly cost per capita was $2040; the monthly, $9.80; and the dally, 82% conts, During that timo thero haye been made up 1,375 articles, Including dresses, shirts, overalls, atraight-Jjackets, and bedding stulls, For. the same perlod the number of peaplo discharged from the Poor-House was 421, and the deaths numbered 24. ‘he births footed 10, of which. there wero 10 malce and 9 fomaics, ‘The Inmates remaining tere compris: Men, BIL; boys, 40; women, 168; childran, 63; total, 600, For the quarter the expenditures were $10,572.54, and the quarterly cost per capita was $12.35, the monthly 81.14, und the dally 18 11-15 cents, Reforred to the Cominittce on Charities, The monthly report: for June of the County Treasuret was sent in, It showed that tho amount appropriated to the Geueral Fund of 187870 was $1,014,160; amount recoived In taxes, ete., and cradited to the General Fund, $499,- 910.82} amount of county orders, jurors’ certia- cates, witness fees, otc, paid $491,193.00; bal- anve on hand belonging to the General Fund of 4873-'70, July 1, $18,400.60; amount of county orders and jurors’ certillvates payable out of Gen- eral Fund of 1878-79, outetandiug July 1, $200,- 223.74; baimnce on hand of all funds tesa amount overdrawn on Interest Fund, now indebt- edness, $140,810.44; amount of Court-Housa ‘orders outetanding July 1, $4,502.65, The ro- port was referred to the Finance Committea. TUE FISCAL YRAR. Arcsolutton of Fitzgerald, laid over at tha meoting on the.230 ult., asking that cotnty om-. ployes send in their resizuationa during Aucust fostedd of Vecember, and that thelr yout beeln on the Ist of Septombor, was taken up and de- feated by a vote of 11 to 8. County-Treasurer McCrea seut in a communt- eation in regard .toa resolution possed by the Finance Committee July 1, awarding the pur- chaso of Cook County Sper cent bonds to the amotnt of $300,000 ata premiutn of 0-16 per cont to Charles IHenrotin, stating that the bonds had been delivercd, and acknowledging the re- alps of $301,057.50. A report was read from the Finance Commit- tee regarding the sale of these bonds, recom- mending that the communication of the County ‘Treasurer be placed upon the records of the Board, ‘This recommendation brought Mr. Fitzgerald to lis fect, Ie objected to the action of the Commitree, and gave himself away in a disserta- tion uy finance. Spoitord satd-the Committes had acted upon the bese advice avatlable, Fitzzerald sald that the $111,000 Sinking Fond sliould have been utilized by conyersion tuto bonds, and the County ‘reasurer should have been compolicd, to vive to the — actlon = of the — Bonrd, thought that the Committee had shown oterriblo luck of economy {in the sale of tha ponds; that $200,000 tav many had been sold; and that by the Committee's action the county was Just out $3,509 {1 Interest. Tiere wus o teal question, remarked Mr. Spofford, tn the matter of the power to invest the $111,000'in the purchase of the outstanding bonds, and the tpsedixitof the County-Attorncy ‘that there was no legal obfection to uhla was not tho ond of the law. He thought the Treasurer, BNOULD NOT BR BULLDOZED . |g into the inveetmont of the funds which his suc. vessor might demand ‘from him, The opinion of John M. Rountree,'beaides, was exactly con- trory to thut of the present County-Attorncy. Ju the opinion of Mr. Wheeler, ‘who made a long speech upon the subject, the fund could not be turned from its original purpose. «Commissioner Wood spoke in favor of adopt- ing the report. Tle sald that the Comniittee had alwave been anxious to haye this fund prop- orly tnvested, so thut the county should receive the benefits arising from it. ‘Tho Treasurer hind persistently atond out upon this matter, but there was no disposition on the part of any member of the Committee to delay action, ‘Shero is o complaint that wo have permitted a waste of {uterest. When we sought first to no- ‘otinte thinloan, there was a motion made in joard that the bonds be issued ot the rato of 7 per cent, The speaker thought Fitzgerald sub- mitted the motion. Fitzgerald—1 didn’t make any such motion. Wood—There was a motion to this offect any way. Abst provosition was unavaweradla ot that timo and was Gropocd, because, after con- sultation with moucyed men, we belleved that we could negollate it 6 percent. Accordingly, we introduced a resolution to that effect, which was passed. We got or bonds ready, and then Mr. Fitzgeratd did everytlilny he could to de- Teut the courac of the Committ The speaker pineceiled fo say that, if the gentlemen went mio the street, capitaiiats would tel) them money waa never caeior than nuw, und the TIME WAS MONK PAVORAULE for the disoosal of Iiceo bonds than it would be twoor three months hence. ‘The Committee learned this, nnd ih view of this fact Ue speaker uskad what a prident tan would have done un- der these circumstances, The idea that tho Committee had, without proper vonaideration, uegotfated theso Louds was 60 proposterous a8 to require no answer, Ho thought that the Board wag to be congratulated in issuing its bonds, not only at par, but ata premium, Tho fact that the Goverment was negotiating its ‘ponds at 4 percent, white the Committes had eold. the equate, bonds ut 5 percent had been bought ups but the Commissloners should remember that upon the Government bonds {ntorest was pald quarterly, while upon the county bonds in- crest was paid annually, ‘Chis made a groat difference with moneyed people, Commissioner Senne offered the following as ao amendinent to the reports Resolved, Vhat the Treauurer uso eaid $111,200, and that the Chairman af the Comuities op ft mance Haake rape tented Ue the Treavurer to take anch action hefors tho next Mourd moetine ay to carry nto elfect tho provisions of thie resulution, and it te hereby expreusly provided that the actlon con~ templated shall not bo construed ay a payment of tho new bonds, bot auch new honds so held by the County Treasurer wall ve held by him te provide Sof tbe paymont of tho new Indubtedncss aforo- aald, Fitzgorald thought thie resolution waa un- called for now, and sald the whole proceedings wore wrong, Mr, Wheeler sald he dido’t care a continental damn what this or that County-Attornoy sald. ©The law means one thine and tnt te all right anid he; the county had created & debt aud should pay it, As for tho mattor of meroly transforining the fund ond holding Donde o8 securities instead of money, that was a contraycution of the Jaw, aud didu’t meet the ablivation.'* This uonluteresting discussion was carried on forsoms flim, when finale eu ety Oo pte Y a vols of }O we abject bolng Whesler nud Fitzgerald, HOSPITAL SUPPLIES. This question having becn disposed of, the Committee on Hospital recommended the pay: ment of $1,077.29, aud submited a requialtlon for dry goods and groceries. For these goods Fiugerald wanted the Bourd to advertise for bids. He said this would be ta accordance with the pew law whieh demunded that all contracts in. exces of S500 should be airartigad for. re aul hat all large mouey ex- penditu hould be taken out of the banda of committees. flo {utimated that there was eu- tirely too much Jeft to the honeaty of his fellow- Cominissloncrs, and swore that befors long he would throw o calcium-light on the skull- duggery of vominitteemeou, a ‘Tedious discussion wos then indulged {a by nearly al} the members, when the report was adopted, several clatining that the requisitious didn't umount to $500, * Fitzgerald again called the attention of the Yoard to the law requiring that bids pa adyer- tied for tu the caso of every requisition exceed- tug $500, [t was resolyed that the law sboutd be comphed with, aud that the purchase of all quantities of goods of the yalue of $500 and over be tuken outof the bande of the committees and placed tu the lauds cf the Board, ‘The Cominittce on Charities reported suniey, Dilla to the amount of 81,838,50, Ordercd pald. Upon the recommendation of the Comuttier oo dail and dail Accounts, H, Inman was ap pointed wat: place at u noraut of thelr danger, slanted at Greenfield, WestOeld {uow Bridge. port), and at other points along shore, and it oe haan that Now Haven was the objective point. Instead of proposing a stirrender, they proposed to defend their town acainst a diselpliied army sustained bya naval force, There was not a fortification in the place, save only an insigolfi- cant work on the East Haven shore and a amall- er one on Oyster Point. warms on that quict July mornlys nud pre- pared to defend their homes with their Ilves— pervett to hervtsin as they were by the news of vislied. Higbts, and so decisive wus the resistance that the British flually soucht an ontrance to the town bya clreultous march of nlue miles, fol- Towing the Derby road, they wero galled by a scattering tre, but finally to the town about noon, yisfon landed at the auuth end under the inime- diate command of Gen, ‘Tryon, wid attacked the fortifications at Black Rock, while the veesels gave eMicient afd, As the fort lad only threo kuus and mneteen men it was apcedily cvacunt- ed, at Ditch Corners (near the present Brosdway), and the total British juse, according to the pa- pers of the day, was twenty-seven killed ane minateen wounded. somewhat less, Yale Collego hud its purt in tho detense, many of thu students joining a band under Capt, !iMthouse, Dr. Daggett, at thattinie President of the Colley the Anicglcan catse,, yu musket, Jolued his fellow-cltlzens. wounded und taken prisuner near Westbridge, hut was-releasod through the the pup arms, he is sald to have pluckily replied, “ rather belteve 1 shall if J get on opportunity.” shal Tlarmon, light gray ot the Becond Connecticul, the United States regulation uniform of the Fourth, and the nearly stinilar uulforme of the Fifth sussa- chuactts, Whoru marching was’ applatded ucain aud again. ‘The Governor's Foot Guards of Con- necticut caine next in the scarlet couts of their carly organization a century uco. follawed by the Horse Guurds in cray; red-capped Zouuves and other tuncitully-dressed troops. ‘The See. ond Division was allotted to the Fire Depart- Brent, nud this wus really au excellent display, Ailustrating in the front rank, by mn panics and antique bund-enzines, the tueflletons means of fre service a hundred Sears uzuy then eng! tho volunteer departinents wero finely unl: nan of the W. Wolbert. then adjourned until next Mon- unty Build The day, when st will meet to equalize the nscae- ment of tara, NEW HAVEN'S CENTENNIAL. Celebrating the Anniverenry of the Britlsh Invasion—Gala Day In the Clty of Elms— Grand Miltary and Clylo Parndonttlator- fenl Orntion hy the Rev, Seonard Bacon, Ity Tetearnph tn New York Heratd, New Haves, July 4.—Just 0 century ago to- morrow New Havon was in the posecssion of Drlualy soldlery. Jt was s place of only 4,000 people, but ono of the vrincipal poluts In the colory, and the patriotic spirit of ite people had marked it for British revenge. To-day tho cen- tennial anniversary of its invasion by the noto- rious Gow, Tryon was commemorated by ceres monies of a fitting character, and, as if in for- gettulncan of the event of 1779, the colors of Grent Britain were often found lutertwined with those of America in the decorations which every- where ornamented the atrects aud residences of the town, The event celobrated was one of no ordinary significance in the Revolutionary perted, The expedition agatost New Hayen was planned by Sir Henry Clintoo, the British Commaunder-in- Chief, whoso headquartera were In New York, and tho command was intrusted to Mal.-Gen, Tryon, an officer who, by his wanton destruc. tion of property in “Danbury two years before, had proved hia fitness for the work, whien. by the Jnatroctions of the British Ministry, wus to bedone ie Connectiout, On Friday, ihe Sd of July, 177, he received from Sir Henry Clinton ‘his final instroctious, aud on Saturday event followin set. suil fleet of forty-eight vessels, Unquentionably his intention was to arrive here on Sunday and colohrate the fourth anniversary of the Declara- ono of one of the flueat places in the New England Cotontes.- Mouday had been fixed for the flrat publie celebration In New Haven of the Daclara- froin the Hast River with a Iudependence by the destruction lon, the Fourth occurring on Sunday. On the morning of the bth the fleet, detained bv head- winds, arrived ia front of West Haven and came to anchor. ‘The troops on board vumbered 3,000, und at sunrise 1,500 were landed and began thelr mareh towarda Ni ow Haven. Meantime the inhabitants tad not heen fg- leot had been ‘There waa a baaty rallying for defense, But the militia sorang ‘on’s Wanton outrages in every place he had ‘The first stand was made ou Milford Along the entire route by overwhelming “numbers forced an entrance Another British di- The priveipal Mehting during the day wag The Ainerican loss was » Was a Warn) friend of parmine himself with a He was intercession of guide for the British, who was a former i, When asked if he would again take up The British, laving full possession of the town, began o work of promiscuous plunder, sparing nothing exceptin the property of a few Joyallsts. niture wag deatroyed, ant the poople robbed of their plata. watches, money, and all articles of value thut could readily be carried olf, On the following morning (‘fuesday) the British quietly called in thelr guards, and “the entire force re- No realdences Were burned, but fur- trented to the feet, Tho papers of the day in reporting this attribute it to the gathering of the American milltin- men from the —_adJjoluing == houses fn such numbers as tomake it danecrous for Tryon to remain longer. were suriously harassed, and their vesueld ree turned the fire in revenve and as protection for asinall force left to the bast to fire the wharves find vessels, morning Tryon’s fleet anchored off Fuirtield, aud burned that village, and the following day destroyed Norwalk. fn embarking the invaders Bo ended the invasion, ‘The next In celebrating the affair New Haven's cltizens haye duns nobly, The city te gay In every diree- vow with flags, and streainers, and tranaporen- cies, cession, Js A mass 0} tary armories, and all the puble bulldings, Many private dwellings wre elaborately decorat- ev, Vieing with those ornamonted at the publle expense. other of visitors into the city, and by 9 oelock the prinelpal streets were packed, Military and other organizations fotned the throng, Including the Fifth Massachusetts militia, with lent come pan Hartford; the Sursticld Rilles, from Water- bury; the Guilford Artiliery, Guard, of Bouth Norwails, and other compautes of the Fourth Recent, CN. G.; tire-encine companies, posts of the Grand Army of the Re- public, and tiscullancous societies from within wradiue of thirty miles or more stunce the visitors Were well ri rangemunts in this re: able. Atmong the special giteste of the city ane thorities were the AM bury, Middletown, Merlden, aud. other places, who were cntortatned at the Mayor's olllce, walle the visiving every facility by the focal proas committee. Chupel strect, along the route of the pro- colors, ant so are the mili- Early thls morning extra trains und ng of transportation poured thousands the Governor's Horse Gautda, from the Burnside very In- d, the ar- spect boing highly credit. rs of Nartfor Water. journalists were afforde ‘The parade wasa grand affair. 1t included not lees than five thousaud persons, was over two miles in Jenpth, aud was more than an hour iy paesing a given point, ‘The procession furm- edon Elin street, und at 11 o'clock started on & march of nearly {lye sniles, the cummund of ~ Chief Mar- First came tho military, the bucket cam- he eowth, of the work, with mod ies und powerful sleamers. ‘The mun of formed, oud thero was uw noticeable departure froin tie conventional red shirt and black punts, The civic section was made up of weimbers of the Grand Army of the Kopublic, one or two uniformed Hibernian socluties, and there Wer to bave been loducs of the Knlehts of Yythias und” of the Order of United Amoricun Mechanies vext in order, but they joft the line because placed alter the Irish companies, ‘The German societics fo the fourth section mado a handsome showin, The tray uniforms of the marksmen were followed by knights tu artuor, a decorated wagon with men costumed os Gen, Washington, Gen. Steuben, and other tistoricad characters, fifty boys unformed oy minute-men of 177, and other wurons represented, with thirteen young ladies, the Original States and @ striking sceue, Hungary und Liedertatel, ‘Tho invited guests, in carriages, were Sollowed by stveral companies of antiques and horribles, in- cludlug w tribe of Pequot ludisus, and a comical burlesque of thy Goddess of Liberty. ‘The pra- ceasion wound up With guiateur organizations, mounted or on fout, and a ten-minute line o! decorated wagons, ilustrating tie Industrial pursults of Now Haven, Upon the conclusion of the procession there was a geond dress-parade of the wilitta on the | Green, with afl the bands consolidated, This was one of the beat featurca of the dar. At 4 o'clock re wie @ lurce jut within the famous old Centra Courch, stands where the first public religious ¢u were held In the clty wbout 1050, Presidant Porter, of Yuly Céltege, presided, and many dla Hogulshed gentlemen occupled the, plattorm, The exer cies opened with prayer by the Rey. Dr. Harwood, and the sliving of ‘a patriotic hyn by the gasemblage to thu afr of “America,” ‘The Declaration of Independence was read by Prof, Cyrus Northrov, und Mr, Givorize C, Steb- bius sang ‘The Sword of Bunker Hl” with thrilling effect. Fullowinj thts wus the historieal oration by the Rey, Leonard Bacon, D. 1%, Ld. D. which occupled'ubout au hour. The spt er sketched ut considerable Tength the altuatiun of affairs just preceding und the events leading to the Inyastou of the clty by the British under exasperated feelings evarvwhere mianif among the coloulata ducto the dasiaraly charace ter of Tryon's work. ‘The events of the invasion itself were given exiiauatively, loge!her with many lnterenting inciduats of the affair collected from newspapers of the day or private records. This aftergoon the oiftcers uf the Second Con- neeticat entertningd thosg of" the Fifth Massa- ebusetta witn a bunquct nt East Haven. Thousands gathered on the Green soon after to hear the concert by the Fitth Maarachusetts Band, but a continuous ruin setting in broke up the assemblage aml compelled a poatpot ent of the muaie and also of the {lamination of the elty which had Ween planned for to-night. Tb 4s estitnnted that fully 20,000 visitors witnessed tho cerewuntes, THE UPPER RIVERS. Streams That Are to Be Improved This Year nud Chnracter of tho Projeote. Bt. Pant Ploneers Pree A reporter of tho Pioeer-J’ress yesterday called at the ofllce of Maj. Chorles J, Allen, the eMefent and acvomspiisfed engineer who fs in ebarge of the United States river and harbor {uprovements for the district of which St. Paul fa the headquarters, and the following Intereat~ ing facts wero courteously furnished fn noswer to inquiries: RED RIVER OP THE NORTH. The works are: A dredge hos been built for ee tipon this river, the machinery of which was huitt by Osgaod, of Troy, N. ¥., anil delivered at Moorhead. ‘the hull was constructed at Moorhend, and the machinery set up by the United States engineers. ‘The machiue works well in dredging out the mud Jumps in the chan- nel, . MINNESOTA RIVER. No approoriatlon was made. by the fast Gon- gress; Lence vo work to he dune this year. BT. CHOIX ItivER, An appropriation of 310,000 was made for this river, by act of Congress, approved June 18, 1878. With this money the worst obstruc- tlons to nevigation, natural nnd artificial, for many miles between Taylor's Falle und Still- water, haye Ocon remove! from the channot, ‘The partics arg working down from Taylor's Falts to the mouth of the riyor, so faras the money will admit of. ‘Ihe obstructions. such as old cribs, suags, bowlders, ete., onva remoyed, the main channels must be kept rood by closiny up sloughs und other secondary channels by means of low dams and protecting bends in the river, thutareapt to cave under the action of the current. ‘The Ins Congress appropriated $8,000 for this stream, but this fe not as yeb atvailablo for use. CHIPPEWA RIVER, WISCONSIN, Two appropriations have been made by Con- press for the improvement of this streain, the \arger portion of which bas been sxpended in improving the mouth of the river by means of jetties ot right angics to the direction of the current of the Mississippi Kiver, This hos proven a most valuable work to the steamboat and tumber interests, the works having deep. uned the channel te such anextent that no trouble . is experlonced in enteriuy it, Ad ap- pronriafion of 8,000 by last Congress not yot available, . : MISSISSIPPI RIVER AHOVE THE FALLS, Wing-dams_have been constructed at potnts between St, Cloud and the Falls of St, Anthony ardiferent times, and buwlders removed trom the ebanuel. No appropriations were mude for this purt of the stream by the last Congress, MIPROVING AND PROTECTING THE FALLS OF BT. ANTHONY. ‘This work was almost entirely finished by Col, Farquuar, Some few repairs were made lust year, und cribs, etc, remuyed frum the chanuch Above the falls, A Inrge sluice at tho Falls of St Anthony, to facilitate the passage of love aver the falls, is tobe constructed. The last, Congress ordered this work nnd appropriated $10,000 for ft. An understanding having been had with owners of water-power at the falls im conuection with the work plans lave been forwarded to Washlugton for the work which will be procecded with as goon as the necessary orders are received. RESENYOInS. Examinations and surveys of the sources of the Misstssipph, the St, Croix, the Chippewa and the Wiseonaly Rivers, to nseert:in the fenaiblli- ty of reservoirs to ald nsyigailon, will be pro- ceeded with The lust Congress made an ap- propriation for carrying on thesd examinations, uid surveylog parties arc now aut on these streams. MANHOHS AND CANALS ON LAKE SUPERIOR, Appropriations were made by the last Con- gress for surveying the Bay of Suvertur, aud for the improvement of the harbors of Duluth and Superior; also for Grand Maraty harbor on the north shore of Lake Superlor, bit thess appro- priations are wot, as yet, availuble, THE COBDEN CLUB. Speech by Mr, Hornco White, of Chicago, ‘The Cobden Club held its annual dinner at Creenwiet, Eng. duno 21. The Marquis of Ripon, In inviting the company to drink to the health of foreign ant colouial friends who were present on the occasion, eald: We wolcowe two distingulsed represeutatlves of the Great Republic upon the other side of the Atlante: Wo bave among 1s Mr, Samuel B. Ruggles, rep- resenting the Chainber of Cominerce, of New York; and Ldo not think I can give him a bet- tor wat of welcome than that it may be granted to nin, at the end of along and useful life de- vated! to statistical and economic ecicnee, to witness the triumph in bia ows country of sound economle principles, [Cheers.] His younger compaulon, Mr, Horace White, of Chicago, is of the smatl but earnest band of Armerlcan Freo-T'radera to whom in trath the future be- longs,” After afew words from Sir. Rngeles, Mr. Horace White sald; < Tam froquently asked why Free Trada makes go little headway iu the United States. ‘hd true answer E conceive to be this: that wo have nover been made to fel, a8 you were once made to fell, ihe rea! anguish of protectlyu legislt- tion. [Heur, hear] We have had no hunery millfona thundering at the doors of the Leis- ture like your famons Ant-Corn Law Leazue, [Cheers.] “Our country is too large, tuo thinly populated per square mile, too {ult of uationut regaurces, to feel sensibly and acutely the effects of bad tiscal Jegistution, und, £ had almost sald, of bad leguilation of any kind. Covering nearly: sixty degrees of lonyituda und twenty-five of latitude, aud embracing an endless variety of productions, tt does enjoy freedom of trade over a greater arca, perluns, than can be found elsewhere in the world. | Fortunately, the Con- stitution prohibits the States from tuvyiug du- tles upon products entering them from other States, But for this prohibition 4 make no doubt wo ahould have hud as many internal tariffs as Germany was afliletea with before the days of the Zollyerein, sud far more than England is alllcted with now at the hands of hor own colonies, Loar, hear.) Well, teal comes to thisthat the country fs very forge, very wonderfully endowed with natitral re- suurces, und actually docs enjoy freu trade over avery wide extent of country, Consequently, we have vever fclt Une grim necessity of Free ‘Trade with other nations. [Lauvuter.) Bustiot's shuule truth that two wal two muke tour in political economy aa in arithmetic fs about the Jast ting ngtlons ever learn in their progre: toward a high clvitization, und I think they si dom, if ever, learn it except by bitter expert ence, (think chat England herself Jearned tho leason of Freo Trade through the stomach rather than throuzh the head. [Cheers and Jauehter.J Sut sooner or later our punish- ment, too, will cone. Our manufacturing capu- bilities aro fur tu excess of our manu- facturing wants. They pave been so for cars. The result is tut our manu: factiirers are cating each other up, They are living off their own vitals and those of their nelehbore. (Laughter.) Lam credioly |, for instances, that in some of the fron trades, aud ecapectally in the stcel-ruil trade, a portion of the mttly and furnuces are kept idle by agrooment with the rest. ‘hut is to say, the milla and furnaces which wro runutas pay so many dullura per ton of thelr product to. those whieh wre uot runnin,—o very wasteful wuethod of employing surplus capital invested fu fron and steel iudustry. [flear, hear.) vourse the price at which stecl ruilé can be eald ubder these conditions must ‘pay, not only fur tho rails which are made, but uleo for uthers Whleh ara not made, Hence it was, probably, that oo important American nalway company a Jew weeks uo found {t advantageous to make #.vontract for suing 13,000 tong of ateel tails in Hneland, to be delivered. over the top of our exorbitant tariff. And hers L would remark that England ued be fn no haste to urge Us to abindon protective duties, So lowz ae we uro- feet copper, and pig iron, and chemicals, und dye stulls and the whole rave of raw inateriuls, wu leave you the undiaputed masters of tho world's comuerce. Ido pot guy that treut Hrituin would net reap advantages fram our ubandonment of protective duttes, but | do say That when we abandon protective duties Great Britain must meet her tirst enous competitor und finportant rlyal as w imauufacturing power, aud not before. Thuve not been an tlle spocta: tor since 1 have been in Rogland, Tue bound to atknomedes thut you oxvel us in thy extent and maguituds of your manufacturing and shipping, a8 inuch as We excel you in the extent and maguitude of our agriculture, Where wo anil! or a furnnegayon ha ind furnaces,—where we have as have a fleet; but we have everyt for the posaesston of elles and ih greater aeale than you have,—everything exceut the knowledge that Bastiat found xo dificult to popularize {n France, that two nnd two make four tor nations aa for tndividuale. Hard as it Is toinake people understand thie, we are mak- ing copia progress, wid [ abel be niuch sure prined If another seaston of Congreax paaaua witht out # Vigorous and sucveasfal attack upon some of the more flagrant and vicious parts of our tari aystom. [Cheers.) A word ng to the re- actonary movements tow witnessed on the Continent of Europe. The world has been auf- ferjne for some yeara from the effects of what may be called u career of financial and eummer- eal debauchery, Manufacturers im soine coun- tles are very nick, and farmer Jn other countrica are ulling. Bankers are tl, atid 54 ators are hard up. All the classes who have influence with Governments are out of sorts, One inan thinks a little tariff would do him good. anoth- er thinks that a litte silver would benellt hin, Agreat many people In America think wnt paoer taguey would get them out of the scrape, and some British farmurs nid Landlords, I aun told, think that a Hitue reelprocity—that fs, 4 Utuledtscournzement of foretzn cotn and cattle Would put things to rights. Now, as revards the neo-protectionists un the Continent, all f have to soy fs, let them try their remedy. [Sheors-! They bave no virgin territury te. fall buck on Ant to save them, by its native exuber- unce, from the consequences of their folly 1s we haa when we tried ft. ‘They will soon be sicker thau before. Germany {a pre- pacing to. strike a heuvy” blow ot ier inelolent aud growing commerce. Bh? cannot be prevented from doing this by any arguments the Cobden Club can address to her. She cao only learn, as other vations do, by bur own sullerings, uid when kbe has once learnt In thls way she will not suonforzes. As regards the British farmer and the British landterd, they must bear in mind thut whut ther are temporarily suffering from {s the progress of inventlon,—that which now and then throws manufacturing operssives ont of employment til they can turn thefr bunds fo something clee. Free trade in corn aud raw materiats Is the very Nife ond breath of England. Any new taxes sought to be fmoosed upon bread would, I am sure, be thrown off ina gust uf passion the mu- ment the pinch came. [Cheers.] Looking at the tergiversation of some countries and the blundera of others, and the general Inability to Ree that two aud two make four in political economny as tp arithmetic, can asevre you It ts wereat sasisfaction antl matter of rejofeing to mnyeelf and to many others in America that there is au organization tike thts somewhere in the world hotding up the Jamp of eternal troth, and pledged to the support of those great prin- ciples which have made the name of Cobden (lusteloas tn twa hedlspheres, aud earned fer him sdebt of gratitude throughout the world. [Loud elicers.] Sonic remarks were also made by Mr. Birch, of Chicago. a — BOWEN’S FOURTH. Speeches by Stanley Mutthows and Bishop Muven. Woonstock, Cono. July 4.—The annusl Fourtl-of-July celebration was given by Henry C. Bowen, editor ot the New York Fndependent, at Roseland Park. At 10:20 o'clock fn the morn- Ing the Hon, John T. Walt, of Norwich, made the welcoming address, introducing as Presi- dent and orator of the day Senator O. H. Plate, of Meriden, who spoke on “The Hercey of State Sovereignty.’ The programine of the day was carried out as follows: Goy. Andrews, of Conneeticut, made au address on “Rural Life"; a poem by R. H. Stoddard was read by Clarence W. Bowen, son of JI. C. Bowen; the Hon, G. B, Lortuy, of Maxeachusetts, spoke on the subject of ‘New Enghind"; the Hon. Staniey Matthews, of Ohio, on *Pollticat Progresa”; Bishop Haven on ‘fhe American Natno”’; Prof. G. B. Northrup, of New Haven, on “Figher Education”; ond A. 8, Hateh, of Fisk & Slate, New York, on “ National Fi- nonces.”? ‘fhe attendance was large. Mr, Matthews, after speaking of the obatruc- tons which the Natlon has found in the way of {ta growth, paid: * But now henceforth shall the path of our Progress bu uniuterrupted and {ts rate accul- crated! Orare there still other obstructions Mit stand in the way to block It? ‘These are the questlona that Juterest us to-day, Otur po- Utleal progress in the futitre, us fu the past, must. neeessaruy be slow, ‘Tis 8 apeciully trac in popular goverpments. Improvements Inscience, fn ort, In Hterature, may be established per ent- tum, often tinniediately, uyou the authority of asingle name, But political progress in repre- sentative covernments Involves the education of the hody of the constituency to the gceeptance of new idens and the adoption of new modes and habits of action. This sometimes, but rarely, mahip yer z to AL tn ona much takes placo suddenly; but oftener and better fs the slow progress, by which a little — lesven tleayens the entire lutnp. Dut, however radu must be the growth of palltival iteas und the development of our political Institutions, both State and Kea- coral, as both are necessary to the vonatitution of the Nation, there ts nothing in the nature of vovernment itself ta tle the boundary of thely uxtension, There are, of course, limits in the nature of the case to the puwere of government; bat they are Incupaile of definition, and they wove forward with the general advanve of soclety, su og to embrace, from time to tine, new fields of jurisdiction, never occupied be- fore, never before supposed to be susceptible uf occupation. So now the power of Congress is reaching out with quarantine fawa to regulate counnerce 60 as to prevent the ingroductlon of forelen contagion; aud sooner or. Jater the power to regulate commerce umong tle States must bo extended over the ereat instruments of Inter-State transportation, by rail as well as bout, In order to establish wilformity, atabllity, wid ogulty,. “When, forgetting the shame and humilla- tlon of the past, the people of the South shut) rive passion anil prejudice trom thelr usurped. places, nud allow returalng reasou to resume her sway and deliver them fram the josane de- Tusion that those who fought to maintnin the Government ugalust thelr rebellion did it not because they Joved thelr country, but froin latu to themt, that consummation, so devoutly to be wlahed, will bring wth it tac Anal settlement, go fur ag thogvat African deseantare converaud, of the race problem. The remnant of the Ju- dian tribes, which accept the alternative of learn- Ing and practicays the usts and tdustries of cy itized Ite, to avoid extermination, will aisap- pear as a distinct peoply by mingting with the Heneral nase, Even the Chinaman, coming vol- untarily to dwell and tabor In our borders, Will be unhindered, even though the affect ‘ot lis coming atould be to reduce thu cost of production, ‘Tho labor questlon—of the rightiul = reladon . and mutual rights and obligations of capital and Jabor—cannot be settled by political action; or, ut least, itis not ready for any such settioment yer i. how. ig course of industrial progress, the prime of competition whould be superseded, In whole or in part, nnd that of co-overation be fntroduced in its stead, the Jaw will All its Gilles tu sulting is provistons to recoguize and wnforce this new organization of Industry. Our poitieal progress certulnly will not te’ stayed: ¥ luck of space for the territorin! oxpansion of population, ‘There [6 certaivly within the linit of our present: boundaries Sample room and verge enough? for nativnal growth and develop ment almost beyond anything we can now con ceive. ‘The apprehensions of the frst genera. tlon of our publle men, ond evou the later wud graver fears lurgely entertaluod, that the exten- Aion of our empire to the Pacitlc coast. would break it by (ts awn welght, haye been met and Alspoitled. ‘The rallrond und telegraph have an- nihilated the dangers (n that direction aristiy from the elements of time and 0. But it inust be udmitted thut we have yet Locncounter whatever there ja to fear in the increased dousity of the pooulution that wo may certalaly expect, ultimatoly, to fll the yet uncultivated spaces of our vast domain. ‘The danger ta In the cities; bit as they will necesdarily bo few and Isolated, the perl is to the local interests, within the elrelo of their powers, rather than to those of tha Nation, [tis not, howevor, to bo disguised that the peril ts reeat, aud that how to diminish, and IC posrible remove, it is & patriotic study for the highest stitesmanehip, ‘She foztrament of progress, under tustitutions such ag ours, {8 buble opinion, entizitened by popular educa- tlon aud free discussion orzantzed Into paliticul parties, in the exercise of universal suffrage.” Bishop Gilbert Iiaven spoke in wulogistie terms of Gon, Grant og the great“ American doliverer.” He suid: “This reat military leader showed equal wisdow in the council with that he bad exhibited on the fluid. Some who are dub or pratseiul before his inthtary genius are vociferous agulust bis Adtinistratjon. Yet the future historian will columend the wisdom of the latece as of cocqual merit with the great. ness of the former, ilo was called to preserve uo tation which. ho nal sayed. ‘The martyr President bad left a drunken tmbecile ta power; obatloate, unressoulng, unreasonable, with ouly one guying quality—devution to the Unton. Under nls bewilderlay Adminiatration every one ward movement stagnated, Congress was kept Mnsy fortilying theelt uguinet the Executive, Onty the preseive at the Capital of the Natlon'’s deliverer kopt the publlefn peace, ‘The avlendor of that blyht of nationat soverelznty aid buman antl which was atratued fn the Ad- minwtrallon of Ulysses 8. Graut will be yet more {ustriouy 08 we wrigele ot tho busy of thy mouutain trom whose sumult We have do- a htehts, baxk naain tn tts euustine, even as tie tata, writhing, idiotle mouthings af the weak Latl poe seascd with the devils, from which peither him- self, tor hia father, nor even the disciy.bs and aasociates of the Lord could dellrer bith, con- trasted painfully to the threo npoatics with the qlorica of the Mount of Transfizurationd “The lant duty J snail taention as preparative to making the United States of Atmefica the Union of America t# the moro definife Chria- ttanization of the Constitution, ‘Thiaehuntry ts hot to spread over this continent exer, the will of God. ft fs only In wuld throukt Christ. that tt can prevail. Jt ts as a Chirfation Ke- public alone that ft ean civer the continent. Our atte Hernlulintary fathers were unanimously and {nteasely Chriftian, AB subjects of Christian Princes they were talthtul reigious per- f to Christian faze, As victims of secution they were fanatteal ndhercrjts to relige fous Ideas, “The everstrowing aseagits on the Bible in public schouls, oo the Chmatian San- bath, on everything distinctively Cariatian would grow weaker aud then cease, if this right- ful duty was dove, ltmuat be dune, or these enemies will get to the front. Papacy fs joining with inildellty, tat we mag he asst into sich a slough of hell as to compel us to call on that folquity to come and save uA The Inereasinge coutetupt for the Word of God aed the day of fiod, the Increasing desecration. of both, will inuluply and streugthen, until both disappear, unless We stop now the incoming foods by this erection of the Nation tote a confessed Christian Commonwealth." ——————_— AN ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN. One Who Thinks Conkilug the Prottlest Man In the World and Logan the Sweet- ent of Talkers, ’ New Yerk Wortd, July 4. ‘The cafe bt the Astor House wus not crowded last evening, for those who hud not yone out of town to celebrate the anniversary of the vation’s birthday had sought the cooler atr of up-town restautants {a which todine. The cafe was nut crowded, yet it was full, for seated at one of the modest tables was a Congresstnan fran Ilinols, the guest of one of his good-natured conatitu- ents. A reporterol the World, sitting at the only other occupted table fp the rogn, did not have to negtect lis chop to learn that the great uian, bls aceldental neigboor, Was uo Congrees- toau from [ilitioly, nor did he taye to vlay the bart of an eaverdropper to lear) what wie Con- Breasway thourtat vf toen und things in generwl, for the great nun was performlug for the beneilt of himself und his admiring constituent. thereby exciting the puorly-siuporersed Wonder of the idle waitere, who, not understanding the bearlius uf the subject upun which the grest man dilated, locked on ju bewildered aatonist- ment. - Said the great man so bis constituent, ip a voice fat with fried chicken: 4 Au, sir, it Woutd bave dune your soul good to have been with us the other wight; Conklin wos therc, and Conkling fs the preteicet man your eyes cyer rested on, And Logan was there. Logau fsa sweettalker, He talks like Veer running froma svigot, He sald to me, said be, ‘Geveral,’ guys be, ‘there ain't another man in Washington Piso much ateerd of as o talker as you,’ und theo suid be, ‘General, let's have arace,’ saya he. Sayahe, ‘General, are you ready? says he, and then, by Jingo, we be- uius, aud J talks him clear onten fils boots, But Conkling Is the prettiest. man you aver seen, and Logau is the sweetest talker,” ‘rhe great mau theo paused to break with his teeth the obstinate joint of a spring chicken, and the constituent found tine to ask if the great nun liad seen Bob in Washinton, “Wel, Dreckou Ldld, and I could vot help thlukiog what adurned foot le was to goofl on side {ssues ubuut Heaven and Hell instead of bulag in the Uulted States Senate, Now Oglesby iga big man, but he afu’t a patchen to Bob, But Conkling is the prettiest man you ever seen, and Lowan ta the sweetest talker." ‘By this thie thi frled chicken, which was nearly dieputchad when the reporter eutered, had foen tnianed, and after the great man had exclained several tlines with much evident pleasure, “General, ure you ready?” struw- berrica und eream were ordered uid the be- wildered walter brought u glass of feed tea ine stead of the frult. ‘Ihe great inan put his glusses on uml contemplated the tea, poured the cream into ft, aid drank the mixturoat onu swallow, 'Thedinner was fiofshed, and while diniring constituent was paying the bil Uw great man put lig bageage, consisting of Diack frocé coat und*n linen duster, over, bls arin und secured bls gold-headed cave. The two then walked out (to the great city, leaving the reporter tu meditate o the stalwart fact Char “Contlins fs ine prettiest mun you over seen and Logau is the sweetest talker.” EDISON’S ELECERIC LIGUT. Tho Invention Almost Comploeted—How the Inventor His Overcome Some of tho Chivt Dildeulties=—Lho Question of Plati- mun, New York Nerabt, duly 4, Gradually the work of Mr, Edison on his ays- tem of electric lightlug ie dgawing tou clore, ond all Judicatlous point, to the probability that before many weeks the loug expected inven: tion will be befure the public fu practical and successful operation, That so longa thue has elapsed since he began hfs undertaking ts not to be wondered at when ‘the manifuld dificulties unl obstacles common to ao successful syetem of electric Mbting are taken {uto consideration; for {tmust be remembered that the plan in- volves not one, or even a dozen Inventions, but scores of them, and mauy, toa, of the most puz- zing and complex character. Mr. Edison's undertaking was to perfect o aystem of illumination by electricity that would give butter and cheaper Tight — than that obtained now from gas, This involved necessurily multitudinous dctatls, every one of which had to be met in turn and conquered, As an Mlustration of sneh detaite fe the machine for generatluy the electricity. Mr, Edison fure- saw at the outset of bis labors that an improved generator was necessary to meet the Important question of cust, for, uo matter how beautiful ant effulgent might bo the electric Heht, uutess {t could bo placed betore tha puolie ut a cost Liat gus it might us well, 60 fur as pri iluintnation wits egneerned, never haya existed. Abthe tino Mr. Fatison bean his researches there weruipany generators, both in Europe and Ameriea, but while some gave good resuits nony were applicable as to the question of cust te lta proposcd svatem of clectrle Maehtinu, He, therefore, primarily started out to ine yent & generdtor that would come up to lis standard, That he suceceded fy now well known, ns for xeveral weeks past it has been daity subjected to the severest tears, wll of whith {thas inet in a manner eminently satis- fuctory, not oly to the fuventor, but ta the yurivus scientific men who have exinined it. The machinu converts horse-pawer Into elvetrlel- ty at the ulmost incredible ratio of 05 per vont, or, in other words, for every hundred units of energy wut ince it it glvea out ti per cent of electricity, making tha total lows from trigtion and all other causes only 5 per cent, Another flustration ag ty the sariutts necersl- tles of hid aystem of lighting by electricity ts the dynamometer or FAA Per for measuring the Horse-power, Strictly speaking, it forme no part, ‘of the pyate at itis tudlspensabla ws inde ing (ie cost of the iyghting, vet with the invent- or had, perbavs, greater diticulties than with any other etglo part of bis entire plan, Va to- vented at leust a dozun dynamometers before he obtaincd the right one, and when, at last, the trusone came to Hebe ihe wouder was that he bad not thought of it petore, for 9 more shingle device eo evarcely be coneciyed, Besides thvee, With the Varlous situplittcations, there liad. to bo met the system of rinnivyg the wires, the thermostat{e regulator, W ecore at Teast of which wero devised before he found the proper one, the method of propuring the metal for lucamtes- conce, to prevent tte fusing, and the many other attending parts, wl of which took thie. patlence, und determinatlon, not to speak of the llghuat inventive skill, ‘The tatestumd tluul part of the system is the standard lamp, ow which the great inventor ts how caneentrati th bly energy, uni tue ural ditllealtics of which tava beea successfully met, But da connection with the lamp there wrosy the stern tact that platlaum, the use of which by the inventor is Judispensable, ia ex- coud ugly scarce and costly, This was un elu- ment turdly tu the line or tnvention, but, notu- ing daunted, the scieutist attacked ft with the saline energy-thet be nad attucked and con- quered Oe other obstacles. ‘Fo vet platinum 6o cuvaply that (te cost would not finpatr the util- ity ut tba electric light was the problem to be solved. Vlathium, it might bere bo mentioned, fs one of the uublest as well as one of the scarcest of tnetals. ‘Yo it chemists have recourse fn their most delicate analyses, Ite hurduess and ine fusibilitvare proverbial. The hottest furiac cuunob melt it; even the yottale ure itself, whieb ean mott the diamond, ia unable tu cope with the ulmost Infualble plutinum when sub- ected to Ar, Edison's process. Native plativuin in the natural state fs never pure, bulug alloyed with several other metuta. Tt ts of a cra/lsh white colur, and oceurs only under the form of gvuing, Which are usually Matted and resemble fa shape the cold pepitas. “Thiele size ds uener~ ally tesa thou Hnseed, although in some cuses they equal hempaced aud occasionatly peas, ‘the place where platiuum {6 found fu the greatest abuudance fs tu the Ural Alountalus jn Russia, Jt ta aise found, vat is mute . q Jess quantities, in nome parts of braztl, but the world {8 dependent mainly upon Russia. It can be seven, therefore, tint ‘he question of platinuny was quite a serl- our ono with Mr, Edison, for, with the miost perfect system of electric lighting by bis plan, the whote would be a fatlure unless platinum could be obtained in suflicient quantities and At reasonable rates to meet Ute very great de- mand for the metal made necessary by a gen- eral uae of his electric lights Qae of Mr, Edison's characteristics is his abiding faith in America. Ho often remarks that Ag contains everything In the tworld. worth hayl Vhe flag of the Union, fie be- Hevea, oats’ over as many advantages of a. ture as tue combined flags of all’Europe, Feel- ing this, be determined to..diligently. search his own country wefore calling upon Russia or England for help. One af his Grat ateps after tuuklaye bliaselt weil acquainted with the metal: lurgteat resources of the United States was to send a circular letter broadcast to Postmasters anil miners in every part of the country where there was the least likelihood a acarch might reveal the precious metal in apprapriate quan titles. The followin fy a covy of the samot PROM THE LASONATORY OF T. A. KDNOK, MENLO PAUKS. Xe dae Ul A Dean Sin: Would you bexa kind arta f me if the metal platinga occurtin your Nelgubore hood? “Tels nietat, a6 a rile, $e Cound in scales aa- tucinted with free coll, generully In placera, If there In any in your vieinity, or If you can gain infurtuation frum expertenced intners as to locall- fen where Itean ve found and will forward such inforination to iny addeves, Twill consider it « special favor, ae F aball reqnire Jarge qtantities In my new rysten of cleciric Iwhting, An carly reply to thin circulgr will be greatly #p~ preciated. Very Nee Tuomas A. Entaox, Menlo Park, N, Some weeks have clapsed since the above first cent out and the results buve been gratify. Ing in the extreme. They slow that the inyent- or waa right. {n his faith, ‘The United States contalns platinum in over abundance. ‘The re- sources of the Ural Mountains begin to pute fy eonparison. Hundreds uf answers have beeu received, und satmmptes in Tare quantities slow- Ing the ore fu fts purest state, And what is more surprising, places where it was hardly suspected os doin turn out to bave {tin ample amounts, One miver writes, forivurding 9 eplendid specimen, that the washiugs from his told tnioe abound in ft, but gold being so much more desirable tie platinum has hitherto been neglected. Another tells of a vein which con- tutus the metal in targer quuntitles than gold, and a United States tnilitaury ofleer writes that he knows a placer whieh can be made to yield at at Inconsiderable cost ity to ecvent yiive vances, per das, Abother correspondent states that The metal ean be furhixhed frow bit mune in any quantity ut-a tittle over $1 per ottnce, und so on, In reaponse to mauy of theve Mr, Edison at onge “began negotiations, aud alse pent o1t agents to prospect und wake Oual arrangements for working and prozuring the ore. [tis there- tore probable that all the platinuis needed ean be obtaloed In our ows country, and, further, thut the precious metat for general purposes will be reduced in price, consequent upon ‘the new industry and research. Gere SARAH BERNIEARD'L. Sle Disappainta a Lurce Asnembingo at the Galety=Lelgniog Beauties tuvited to Moot Herm=A Mid itebuke to the Prince of Wales, Onrreepondence New York Tnbute, Lonpos, June 23.—There are no signs of abatement in the Bernhardt cothustusm, of which -I have written su much during the past fortnight, It is, 1 should say, rather on the in- crease. In deference to the demands of her ad- mirers, Mile. Bernhardt has abandoned ber pro- posed trip to Parls, Sho is cnxagcd tn one way or another for every duy of her stay. No pri- vate dramatic entertainment Is reckoned com- plete without ber, ‘The guests invited to a dra- tmuutic entertainment. nt a fashtonable beuse in Park eve last week thought themselvea f-ttsed because =the yro- tramme provided for them did not include this one particttlar star. Milo. Samary, aught fs Deieut enough to dispel almost any cloud, and M. Coquellu, the first of living vomedians in his kind, were there, bit. exact- lng Briton would not be appevsed. He will have Mile. Bernhardt or vothu She was to haye appeared at the CGalety on Saturday afternoon fo “J Etranges A little betore the hour her MMastrious Highness sent word tint she could not come. She wae “indisposed "—a statement of which It would be impossible to dispute thy Uteral truth. A few people were told the awinl news ud they entered the theatre, ‘The terest mijority took their seats it the — conil- dent expeetation of reeing the pleco ad- vertised. No more crowded or more fushionuble audience has Leen geen since the memorable first wight—-the = Ducness of — Ediobure und Princes Leopold atnong them. Twh o'clock came and wort, aud atill the curtain did not go up. At nm quarter-pist 2, M. Coquelis came forward to say hut dn the absence of Ailes, Rernhardt ft was imposetble to perform the play, A: little Juter, M. Delsunay snuvunced that“ ‘Turtuite ? would 00 given for tie henetlt of stich as chose to witness It, but that those who preferred might retain (her scats for the following Wednveday, shen 1 teengere would certalnly bo played, Now * ‘Tartufe 7 iy a ninsterpiece und has already been proved: popular here a3 well us in Purls, but <u keen were people to see Mile. Bernhardt, and Mile. Berpiiurat only, that four-Mitbs of the audience quitted the theatre at one. ‘The seene whicl followed fu the vestibule was one of rare von- fusion. Iteame near to being a riot. English Mile, Sarah Bernhardt. Somebody aald to het by way of complinient that all the Enelist pne pers wero all the timo talking of her, Ane awered the spolied child of the stage, 9 Oni, ja les nourris,.” To which one of her critlen te. torts that the panora mise have 9 eparu diet. ‘The tone has perhaps changed a little-since tho escapade of Satunmiay. Hestdes the censuvas I have noted above, Jetters of camplaint haya ap. peared, the writers of which demand to nnow whether the theatrical authorities will quaran- tev the public In future against the nervous at tacks which proved so calamitous last weex. I ain afraid {he authorities can do nothing of the kind. M. Pecrin und Mr. Hollingsuoad are tha greatest sufferers by such neeldente, but thoy Nave bot much mure power than ovier pedple over the decisions of Mile, Sarah Bern: bardt. Not to speak of the socal dis- traction to which sho Js subject, she recelves $400 per night for her representations in privatehouses, If all reporte ba true, sho Is shrewdly alive to pecuninry advantages, ne rhe las a right to be in virtue of her dowish blood, Alr-ady there {g talk of her quitting the Come- de Francaise next antumn, because she can make wore money by acting on herown account itt Paris, in the provinces, and in forelgn coun- trlea, America Included. | hone this fs not true, and { know of no foundation for it other than mero rumor. In the watter of private perform- ances she hina had ber own way, os ft wos pre- dicted ahe would, A solemn deeree of the ad« ministration bas been tacitly canceled in her fa- yor, and not only Mile, thardt, bat Mile. Samary and M. Coauelin are nightly reaping tha benefit of her wiilfulness, They all accept pri- vate engagements, nud all act at the same house on the same evening, which they ware expressly forbidden to do, on the ground that it would be a violation of the contract hetween the company and thelr English manager, G. W.B. ——=——___. GEN. GRANT. His Correspondence with Orfontal Dige nitarles, Following are letters that have been exchanged between Ge ‘ant and the Kiog of Stam, tho King of Hawail, und the Viceroy of Canton: LETTER PROM THE KING OF SIAM, Gnanp Pat. Baxaxon, Aorit 20, 1870.—Mr Dean Ges, Grant: T have reeelved vour kind telegrain on leaving Stum, and was very much pleased to hear that you were satlstiod with your receptlon, Your reezption was uot all I could have wish- ed, for {had vet suillcient notice to enable me to prepare much that I desired to prepare, but the good natura of your Excellency und Mra, Grant has made you excuse the deficiencies, Youu will now puss on to wealthfer cities and more powerful ontions, but 1 depend on your not forgetting Siam, und from time to time £ audicnces do ot ike being triited with. A great propertion of those present bad pabt very large prices indeed far their seste, 1 nave heard of $25 being given fora aingle stall) and 310) fora bos.—ull on Mile. Beruhardt's account. The disappolntinent was all the greater, because at this season of the year itis not always eaay to diapose of one’s afternoon af the caprice ot a poplar and petted actress, Minor vexatious fallawed. It was for sutue tlie tiucertain what voucners for admission on next Wednesday could be seenred. When that matter wasn ranwed, there remained the dittenlty of gett away. Tt ratued, and) carriages had not ber ordered tit; cabs were searee, and the pu nectot a lobe delay ina crammed entrance hiall improved nobody's temper. 1 aunt know what might have Mappened nad the throng then become aware of the fact that Milg, Bernbardt’s [ness was not geri- ons enough tu prevent hee from appearing in the evening as Quad Su! tn plernani,” or bad they suspected that ib wus some private attrace ton whlch Lad tmduced her to break ber enzuze- mont with the theatre, What the private attractlon. may bave been dues not much matter, But the extent to walel: thig artist tas alowed herself to be nysorsed by the claus of her admirers has already become a fople of critacisin in the public press, (na tone nob fur removed lrom anger, ilusled with the bitterness of irony. Numes ure published. Mile, Bernhardt, we are told, Was at such a house on the eventos previous, acting do Phedre™ and tn ‘Ler Passant?? shall not follow the oxamplo thus set, but oay contribute what Mie. Sumary, in her charming performance uf Antuinte fn M. Vailleron’s new comedy “TL Esincelle,” calls corroborating testimony, Cards of tuvitation are jn existence of tity kind: “Mr. and Mra, ————. At Lome Wednesday evening, dane 14 (or anv other date vou like). Yo inect: Mile, Sarah Bernhardt.” Quite us if you were asked to mecta Royal persomuse, Or What do you say toa seleet “tea-party to which halfa dozen of the relumug beautics aro invited tomeet Mile, Bernhardt, in order that) Mile, Bernhardt may not be able to complain that stie hud seen no pretty women In Englandt Tt is superfluous to mld that tw reigatus beauties went. ‘They are used to belng on exhibidon, and are supposed to hike ft, and whea English powerlu) amd brittany ave: +) hus mado up its mind to avcept Mite. Lernhardt, and to jgnoro the facts of her position in Pang, there ts vothipg more to be suf. Nor do! know thut Paris will be tuch more ns- tenfatied in this case thao in Unit of the famous tou fanous—American, who ix received no- where Jn Parte und almost everywhere tn Lon don, A throng of courtiers nesembles daily in Mile, Berndardt'a drawing-room, Chester Square, just as a throng of courticra has assent~ bied dally for years past in dhe sane hays studio iu her wonderful house in the Aventie de Villura, iv Varta, ‘The difference ds that the cerenoulea of adorrtion In Paris ure conducted exeluslvely by meu,—by uw yery alstinguished company of nen, certuloly,—whereas fu Louton Jadieg of Ligh position, wikt character without 0 stain, join iu the tributes pald to thly goddess of w world which ia nut tueire. A viupid version hua been published of su fn. terview between Milu. Boruhardt und she Prince Theatre. ‘The Prince hia homoye to went b the actress, and ib mddressiiy. off bis hat. tu the ‘theatre Francalae core tatuly would not hove lorgutten tt any more than in any other private sdloun, but the code of mangers at the Galety hus heretofore been fess exactly dettued. Mule, Beruburdt fs re- ported to have reminded bin of; this ontasion With tne remark: “ Monseignetr, on wote yas ba couronne, mals on ote gon ebapean’s; un ‘ob- servation which bas neither wit nor anything else to recommend it. What freally happened Was tit Mile. Keraturdt retuyned the Prince's vrvetiay with marked coldness, upon whled the Prince said, ** Madame, you don seein lo res tuumber mee? She replted: | + Monsylueur, £ ever saw yun beture with yale but ou.” Wiles ig much peuter Vian the othor, . py the very latest unecdote Tuave beard of shall write to you, and hope to recetre a fow words tn return, T shall certainly never forget the pleasure your visit has given me, aud shall biehly priza the friendstiips thus Iniuzurated .with your Ex- cellency and Mrs. Grant, Tseud my kind regards to Mr. Boste, wishing him long Ile, bealth, and happiness, and with The saine wish to yottrself and Mrs, Grant and your fainlly, I ant your faithful friend, CuuLALonkonn, King of Slam. ‘To Gen. Graut. GEN. GRANT'S AN@WER TO THE KING OF SIAM. Unirep STate3 Steamer Asuvgior, Nean Swanear, Muy 16, 18i%—7o his Majesty the King of m—Dran Sm: dust before teavine Hong Kong for Shanghai IT received your. yery welcome letter of the 290th of April, and avail tayself of the drat opportunity of replying, L cut assure you that nothiug more could havo been done by your Majesty and all those about. you to make the visit of myself and party pleas- ont and agreeable. Every one of ua will retatu the most pleasant recollections of our yisit ta Slam and of the cordial reception we received. from yourrell and all with whom we were thrown In contact. Tahall always be glad to hear from you and to hear of the prosperity and progre*s of the beautiful country over which you rule with sa much Justice and thouzht for the ruled, My party are all welland join’ ma in expres- aloof hivhest regards for “yourself aud Cab- Inet, and wishes for long fe, bealth, and hap- piness to allot you, and peace and prosperity toSfam. Your friend, U. 8. Gitant, LETTER PROM KING KALARAUA, Torani ilant. HoxoLuny, Hatwaltan Islands, Feb, 15, 18i!/—Dean Sin: The public nawss papers give me the inforination that you are at present on your passage to the East, and arein- tending to return to the Unlted States acroga the Pacis Geean. When € was tn the Unitod + "States during your Presidency you manttvsted-—— stich Interest fi the ‘prodpurity a my Kingdom that Lam proud to thint It will nut be upluter- esting Lo yuu to observe the protrces Wwe haya made aud the genesal state of the country, I- will notremniicd you that other trayelere have found the uatural features of the tslunds, aad tore especially thelr volcanic phenumens, Intervattius, wud Eentertate q Rope tat {you wovept Ue invitation which I new tender to you to visit us as 8 guest af myself and thls nation on your return to your native country, euch a viate witl. pe a plearant emembrauve to you, For myself. it will afford mea great’ gratifl- cation to receive nnd entertain you, and my peo- ple will be proud ta do. anrglilnir in their power to inake your visit agreeabl .Lam your friend, ‘To Gen, U.S. Grant, KAVAKAUA. GEN. GRANT'S ANSWER TO KING KALAKAUA, Uniten Srates Steamer Awive.ot, Near Suaxanat, May 10, 187—/is Majesty King Kaakaut—Dvan Sint On the. eve of my de- partare from Iluug Kong for Shangbal, China, diwas put tu possession of your very polite Ju- vitution of the isth of February for ine to visit your Kingdom, and to be the guestof our Majesty, | cun assure you that it would afford tu the ereatest pleastirs to accept your {nyita- von if Leould do so, love always felt the greatest desire to visit: the Mawaltan Islands, und cannot say positively yet that f may not ba able todos. But It willbe tmposslite tor me to give a postive answer untll 1 get to Japan and Jearn of the running of the vessels between Yokohama and Honolulu, and between the lat- ter place and Sun Francisco. shail visit Pekin before golug to Japon, and remain in the latter country uw month or six weeks. As soon ne [tia deterinined whether £ mn to have the pleasure of vislling your moat interesting country or not, I will Iiform you, hoping that Tinay be able tugo. Your friend, 0, 8, Grant. LETTER PROM TIT VICEROY OF CANTON, Yo fis Excellency the Late Presidents [t has been a high honor sud a source of the deepest satisfaction to myself, the high provincial au- thorities, and the geutry and people of Canton, that your Excellency, Whom we lave so Jong dered to see, has been so good as to come among Us, Upon learning from you of your carly do- parture, wiile I durud not interfere to delay you, | had hoped, in colina with ty nsso- clates, to present my dtnible respects at the moment of your toaving, I refrained from dolng ao In obedience te your commatt, ° have ventured to seud nu fow trifles to your honored wife, which I hope she will be so kind as tu accent, UC truat that you both will have a prosperous lourney throughont all your way, and tat you hott muy be granted many years and abundant gow! Snould [ever be honored by iy wove ercign with no mbinton abroad, 1 will bo my most dovoub prayer und curnest desivo that T tay nicet you again. Yreapectfully wish you the fotiness oF pas LAU Kun, GEN, QRANT'S ANSWER TO THE VICEROY OF O4N+ 70) Unnep States Straten Asuusziot, Nzan Suananat, China, Muy 10, 1870.—/is Lecellency the Viecruy of Awangtung and Kwanghai—Deae Binz Hefore leaving Hong Koug for mora ex- tended visits Mirough the Celestial Basle, I was placed iu possession of your very welcome fottor giving expression to the best wishes of your Excollency and of all the high ofleiaty in Canton tor myeelf and nine, Sluce then tt hos been my goud forte to -visit. Swatow aud: Amoy, both, © understand, under your Excel- feney’s Government, und huye recelved at vach the suing dietingutsbed reception aecorded at Canton, Myself and party will carry with us from Chinu” the most plensaut recollections of our visit to the country ovir which you peeatle and of the hospitallties racelyed at your batuts, Mes. Grant desires tu thank you especially for the beautiful speclnens of Chinese work which you presented to her, With the best wishes of tiysely und purty fur your health, long Ife, and prosperity, und in hoped thut woe way meet again, Lam your fricnd, U.S, Gaant. a What “Protection In Dolag for Canada, Auother result of the bigh-tariif policy of Canaus fs eot forth thas by the Torouta Globe: “Dandas, avee the Birmingkaw on Canal, has {ts workshops almost idle, ‘the great seraw factory is ay if {t,byd -uever existed, ‘dhe tres are ull blown out... Boilepmaking ts nearly ® thlug of thu past. ‘There are a tow mun still ob work fn the foandry, but we fcar that thls also will soon be deserted. ‘fhe cheap breukfoss, the fh and conscaus wages, in fart, all the crest promises of good things at bund seem to be ere moonshine, ‘The mechanies ary some of then guy West, some of them half starving, and many feclunz desperate. 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