Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1880, Page 4

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Scanlan. “ Minnte Palmor’s Boarding-Ychool." Wershey Musle-Hall, Madison strect, betwoon Htato und Dearborn, Plano 1+ tecltdl by Henry G, Manchott, of Moston, SOCIETY MEETINGS. ORIENTAL LODGE NO, WA. F&A. Mm Stated Communication this ‘Friday “ovaning nt. 7:90 {, Pielock for business, Mombers and visitors cordially » invited wattend, iy order of in Maxtor, EN. TUCKER, Secrotary. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1880, OUR ANNUAL REVIEW. = An extra edition bas been printed of tho splendid First of January issuo of Tus Trapuxe. Every ono should make it a point to send copies 7, tothelr frionds in tho East and in Europe, to 4 show thom what brave and entorprising Chicago * thas been doing the past year. When the work of 5, the year 1879 comes to bo all “ lumped up," as in * fue Tarpune's tables, it makes a big boom; and s+ Where is tho other American city, oxcopt Now * York, that can match it? If thore aro any such, let thom speak now or forever aftor hold thelr pened, he ‘Tre Governor-olect of New York State, ' Alonzo B, Cornell, was yesterday inaugu- rated at Albany without an unusual cere- + mony or display. -: ‘Tam steamship Scythia, which arrived in = New York from Liverpool yesterday, brought Messrs. Parnell and Dillon, the authorized sepresentatives of the Irish Land League. _ GEN, Grant arrived in Charleston yester- ». ay, and was very handsomely received and 4: elcomed by the people of South Carolina’s Capital, A big procession, in which colored military companies were allowed to parade conspicuously without being shot down by , thochivalry for obstructing the streets, was * Wfeature of the demonstration. ‘Tre Hayden murder trial at New Haven is nearing an end, and the hearing of test!- mony will bo finished this week, whon the triat will have lasted about two months and ahalf. ‘There was no vacation yesterday on eccount of Now-Yéar’s calls, the trial pro- ceeding the same ns though thore was no “holiday of the kind known, 1 AMRETING of sympathizers with the dia-* iy treased people of Irctand was held at Spring- Geld, It, yesterday, and resolutions were adopted expressive of a lively Interest In the + reform agitation. Letters were read from © Gov. Culloi, Senators Davis and Logan, and othors, and steps were taken toward the so- Uelting of fuyds in ald of tho labors of the Land League Wirn aday that would have been catted “fino” tn Now Orleans, so mild and bright Was ft, 1880 was started In Chicago under most delightful auspices, It was a day to teinpt mankind out of the house and to grat- ity woinankind with tho consequent rush of i callers, and within the general observation a the gratifying fact was evident thut the cus- “: tom of offering wines and Hquors atthe Now- ! Yeur’s Day refreshment table has In great FE: Measure been discontinued, and is to a fulr way to dio out altogether, ee ree ‘Time Suprome Court of Maine has been x Convened by Chief-Justice Appleton to sit In Bangor this morning ut o'clock to recelye and consider the questions submitted by Gov, iy. Gareolon, It is expected that the Court will be ready to deliver au opine lon by townorrow, us the Justices aro perfectly fumiliar with the points at issue, and it will not be surprising If the sup- pressive tactics of the Governor should full to prevent such a full dollverance relative to the count-out as will condemn the conspira- tors in the eyes of all law-respecting citizens of whatever political faith, il ‘THERE ara no new developments or ;‘ phases of importance to note in the Maine situation. Hvldently it is not intended by tthe Fuslonlst conspirators that Gureelon’s pretense of submitting questions of law and procedure to the Supreme Court shalt in 4. any manner interfere with the execution 4 of thelr purpose to selze the Legisla- # ‘ture and get the full benefit of thor c counting-out atrocity, ‘The ruling of the y. Supreme Court will not be aflowed to ob- struct thelr program in the slightest degree, + as thoy maintain tat the acts to be reviewed ure accomplished beyond recall, aud no ad- verse ruling of the Court could change the result, It is becoming moro and more mani- Sest that the Demo-Greenback coulition mean to brazen it out and make no concessions, and that they have arranged for the vi presence of an armed force to assist inde- foating any attempt by thé defrauded Repre- sontatives and thelr constituents to obtaln their rights, What course the Republicans {utend taldng fs not go clear, but it 1s safe to assume that men like Senator Blaine and ox- Gov, Morrill are not Incking either in plans or the determination and means tocarry them out. Tho fraud In Maine may succeed, but ft will not bo until all resources have been exhausted that can bo davised to prevent the consumination of the foul wrong. Leaner naS A RATHER serfous caso of a woman scorn- ed oceurred iu Washington yesterday, Miss Lucy W. Horton, a young woman who has claims pending in court In tho form of a brench-of-promise suit, attempted to kill Jolin I, Morgan, son of Senator Morgan, of Alabama, and succeeded in shooting him through the shoulder, She professed to have been cruelly persecuted in addition to velng jilted by the man who promised to marry her, and fully intended to take his life. Curlously enough, Mary larris, the ‘Trensury clerk who shot Burroughs In Wash- ington soveral years ago, yesterday escaped from the Insane nsylum where she hag been confined sines her acquittal on the plea of insanity. She had been permitted to leave the asylum and go to a matinee, and im- proved the opportunity to disappear, —— Tim State of Colorado had a grand boom during the year 1870, which was by far the most prosperous in her history. Population and business have inereased heavily, new farms and manufacturing enterprises have been opened up, new railroad Ines extended, and the State has fairly swarmed with activity. The productions of the mines Aggregated over $19,000,000, which was nearly . $10,000,000 fn excess of the production of 1878, Lenittvillo took the lead In silver and lead, producing anid treat- Ing 110,483 tons worth $10,501,100,—a record never before equaled in any mining-camp of itsage. At the present rate of development, and with an excellent prospect Uiat the Indian question will be permanently settled by the expulsion of the Utes, the youngest State in the Union promises soon to be among the riche: ny Tite last Treasury statement shows that there fs still outstanding fractional currency to the amount of nearly sixteen millions ($15,074,308) of dollars, It may be assumed that not one mliion of all this sun is In exe istence, For three years the Governmentiias been redeeming and ennceling it. ‘Thebanks have gathered it up continuously in all stages of ruggedness and defacement nnd sent it in for redemption,—obtalning greenbacks for It. It Is rarely now that one sees a “fractional note,"—they have nearly all disappeared. The sixteen millions still outstanding have worn out or been otherwise destroyed; thoy will never be presented for redemption, and might as well be marked off the ‘Treasury books, ‘Shey tiguro as 1 part of the National debt, but should be subtracted therefrom, as few of them will over turn up for redemp- tion. A Dill should be passed declaring fifteen amillions of tho frnetionals lost or worn out by use, and beyond recognition, and direeting the debt statement to bo re- duced a corresponding amount. ‘Tho ten millions of greenbacks hell idle in the Treas- ury aga redemption fund for these lost and destroyed * fractionals” should be ordered by Congress to be invested in the purchase and cancellation of 6 per cent bonds, thereby stopping $600,000 of nunual interest on the National debt. A sum of $674,808 might bo held to redeem any fractionals that may horo- after turn up, and there will never be more thin that sum will take careof, The National debt may just as well ns not be marked down by fifteen millions of dollars. Tho present monthly statements exhibit that much too high. THE ABOLITION OF LEGAL-TENDER MONEY. We print this morning a letter from Mr, Horace Rublee, of Wisconsin, in which he sustains the proposition to demonetizo the greenbacks, and also controverts tha state- ment of Tus Trius that the presence of a volume of legal-tender paper money in En- gland, and an {immense volume of legal-tend- er sliver money in France, furnish such a protection to the gold supply us prevents any panic in elthor of thosv countries resulting from o want of Jegal-tender or debt-paying currency, Mr, Rubles vainly secks to polnt out any substantial difference between the legul-tend- er bank-note of England and the legal-tend- tr greenback of tho United States, Let us ace. ‘Tho greonbacks ant the notes of the Bank of England ure both made legal-tender by law. hoy are both, by lay, made equiv alent with gold in payment of debts, pub- Ne and private. 'Thoy are both, by law, re- deamable in coin on demand. ‘Their fune- tons and legut status ure the sume, But it Issuggested by Mr, Rubiee that, when a bank- note iv presented ut the Bank of England and Is redeemed in guld, that’ particular note Isatonce canceled and never tysued ngutn, while when the greenbuck Is redeemed at the ‘Trensury tho sume note Is again Issued, and in this difference Mr, Rubleo finds some oxtruordinary disthietion, whieh warrants Kin In declaring the note of the Bunk of England to be a “mero gold certificate,” while the greenbuck fs something else, ‘Thts view of tha case he supports by eltiig tha well-known fact that for every note issued by the bank beyond w certain sum it must have an equal amountof gold, and that thero is no slmilur condition attending the greenback notes, Hence thoy ure obnoxious vermin, and should be exterminated as proposed by Hayes, Sherman, and Bayard, A more accurate statement of facts will exhibit the weakness and error of this posl- lon, ‘ho average outstanding circulation of tho Bunk of England “ts about £30,000,000, or, computing a pound to be equal to $5 of our Money, the outstanding sum of bank-notes ts about §160,000,000, for a population of about two-thirds of ours, ‘The bank ts authorized to issue notes to the amount of £15,000,000, or $75,000,000, upon the seeurity of that much 8 per cent British consols deposited with It ‘The notes of the Bank of ¥ngland are, therefore, secured and protectod by a deposit of uutionaly percent bonds of $75,000,000, and gold averaging — $75,000,- 00. ‘The gold on deposit, therefore, is generally cqual to about, one-half, or 50 cents on the dollar, of the bank-notes out- standing, Tho bunk therefore fssues, or has in circulation, 83 Lu paper for each $1 ju gold. in its vaults, ‘The Amorican greenbacks, amounting to about $310,000,000, are protected by about $150,000,000 of gold and 835,000,000 of stand- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNT: . FRIDAY,” JANUARY 2, 1880. ard allver,—being 8 larger proportion of coin, compared with tho amount of notes, than {a held by the Bank of England for tho re- demption of its notes. But tho greenback Is further protected by the whole credit and responsibility of the United States Govern- ment, Should there be any sudden demand for coin go ns to exhaust or weaken the sup ply in the Trensury, the Secretary fg author- {zed and required by taw to {sso and sell all the 5,434, and 4 per cent bonds of the United States necessary to enable him to malutain a coin redemption of tho legal- tender. greenbacks. Nothing, then, but an utter failure of the National credit, can arrest tho continued specie-payment or re- demption of the legal-tender greenback. ‘These lmportant facts, well known to Mr. Rubleeand every intelligentaman, he managed to forget or Ignore, nnd unless he did forget them It was anything but honest to ignore them. In regnrd to thé notes of the Bank of En- gland, when one-half of them have been sent in and redeemed tts gold supply becomes exhausted, and the Government is then ealled Upon to Interpose Its authority, directing the bank to suspend specle-payments, leaving tho other half of the whole issue of the Bank of England notes outstanding and irredeemable, but stitt legat-tentler for debts, If the redemption of the note in coin on demand be in fact to make that note a “ gold certifiente,” a3 Mr, R. curiously aflirms, then the greenbacks are vastly more entitled to the quality of gold certificate than fg the Bank of England note, which fs protected by a coin deposit equaling only 50 per cent of the outstanding paper, and which, when that deposit is exhnuusted, becomes leredecnnble, beenuse of the instantancous suspension of speele-payments, The greenback fs, on the contrary, to be redeemed to the Inst cent bn colt. ‘The Bank of England notes are re- deenied only to the amount of gold on hand, which Is rarely more and frequently much fess than one-half the amount of the out- standing paper, If the notes of the Bank of England wero’ not legal-tender, then gold would be the ex- elusive debt-paying money, and, as the bank- notes nro redeemable on demand In gold, there woul! be a constant demand for the coin with which to pay debts, and this fti- portant potnt Mr, R. also conveniently over- looks. ‘The notes being legal-tender for all debts, and legal-tender in which all other banks enn redeem their notes and debts, the paper fy used Instead of the gold, and there 1s $150,000,000 of legal-tender bank-notes In cir- eulatlon, when, If the notes wera not legul- tender, there would be but $75,000,000 of gold to perform the same oflice. If the notes were not legni-tender, and there belug two dollars of paper In circulatlon to the one dollar of gold to redeem it, the demand for gold not only for export, but also for domestic pay- ments of debt, would leave the bank with nearly empty colfers, partlewarly whenever the market was seareo or any flurry in it, ‘Tho cancellation of ench bank-note when redeemed $s so sorlously mugnified by Mr. Rublee that tt would seem he considers It a mnatter of consequence. The bank-note an- swerlng all the purposes of col, all the sparo gold in England, whether in coin or bull- Jon, finds its way to tho vaults of the bank, ‘The gol 1s never drawn out oxcept for ex- port. It is drawn out by surrendering an equal amount of notes. But, wiille these notes are redeemed at one counter, there Isa stream of new notes paylng out at the next counter in exchange for gold purchased or deposited. ‘Tho cancellation of the note Is a mere matter of bookkceping,—an old precan- tion which, like many other old things, has survived the reasons for Its orginal adop- tion. Wo thint it perfectly clear that, If there were no legal-tender paper money in En- gland, und gold wero the exclusive debt-pay- ing currency, the Bank of England would bo in a state of chronle suspension, and the gold coin, instead of seeking deposit §n banks as now, would be hoarded for debt-paying pur- poses by every man having debts to pay. Mr. Rublee will find that our explanation of how France protects her supply of geld was, that it was duplicated by n yast amount of legul-tender silver, ‘This silver circulates (though its bullion yalue ts less than gold) all over Europe, and is a legal-tender in varlous other Statesof Europe, ‘Che amount of legal-tendersilversncirculation in Franceis now $360,000,000,—excceding the total amount of our greenbacks.. The presence.of this amount of legal-tender silver is an absolute prevention of any rise in gold for currency purposes, Forevery home purpose, and every purpose except export, the silver answers equally with gold,—just as our greenback does in this country. And, for that matter, French legul-tender silver passes current anywhere in Europe almost at par with gold, —tho discount not being 3¢ per cent, beenuse It can be returned to France and exchanged for gold. Abolish this fund of legal-tender silver, and imake gold the sole stand ard oud the sole agent In the pay- ment of debts, and the gold now in the Bank of France would bequickly withdrawn, as every man would seek to protect himself with. the only currency’ in whieh he could puy his debts, So long as the people of Franco have — §300,000,000 of fegal-tender inoney—whether silver or paper—in addition to gold, there can be no junle or run for gold fn that country growing outof asearcity of debt-paying money, Ordinarily metallic money is not employed. in large trunsactions whenever the paper elrenlution fs redeemable in coln on demand, In such case the paper represents an equiva lont sum of coin, The silver in France, and the tegul-tender bank-note in England, serve a3 means of debt-paying, and therefore render the employment of gold money un- hedessary for that purpose, ‘The United States have but a Imlted sup- ply of gold, liable to be drawn away any year by s change In the balance of trade; we have with strango shortsightedness rofused to sup- ply the country with an adequate stock of allver. ‘Lhe insane propositlon now Is, to abolish the leynl-tender churacter of the greenback, stop colning silver, and reduce the debt-paying money of the country to the sinall and precarious stock of gol, (Both of these astonishingly unwise and dangerous propositions Mr, 1, advocates.) ‘This propo- sition ix, in practice, to reduce tho value of all forms of property from 20 to 80 per cent, create another panic, and to Increase the burden of ull debts in an equal proportion, It Is to make mouvy dear and scurce, and re- duce labor and property to the mlutmum, Englandand France have both protected tholr people aguinst the possibility of any such calamity, and the United States of America, now safely and sceurely provided with legal- —- tendor Natlonal paper, will naver commit the folly to which Mr. Sherman and Mr, Rubleo invite them, THE TRIBUNE'S NEW DRESS. Tim Cincano Thmunk made its News Year's calls yesterday in a now and hand: some outtit, which is to bo its every-alay elothes from now on Ul another new dress shall be required, Of conrse it would have been unbecoming yesterday to attract any special attention to tho new dress, but today Tae 'Trmune may properly congratulate Hself and {ts patrons upon its Improved appenrance, We think that the new system of types will meet with appreciation from the public and chatlenge adimiration from tho newspaper fraternity, It has been selected with the double object of clearness and economy of space. ‘The Intter quality will enable Tire ‘Tniwuns to print all the news and give the public the same elaborate assortment of reading-matter as before without resorting so frequently to supplements, while the former will render the enjoyment of the reading- matter keener than ever. The agate type, used in the advertising columns, though oc. cupying no more space than its predeecssor, hos » face which fs ns clear as the old non- parell, which was used for the dispatches and focal articles on crowded days, ‘The body of the paper will now be set in nonparell when supplements are not necessary, and this type will be found as distinet and as casy to rend as the minion of the old dress was, while much more matter can now .be got into tho same space. ‘Tho _ brevier, the largest type usually employed by daily newspapers, has been discarded altogether, and yet we venture tho ussertion that the edi- torlat page of ‘Tums 'Trmune to-day will be more attractive in appearance than ever be- fore, Tr Tripuse has always been ro markable, by comparison with its cantem- poraries, for the excellence of Its paper and the clearness of {ts type, and these character- Istics wit! be more conspleuous from now on than ever before, The devoted and careful newspaper readers, a largo proportion of whom necessarily extend thelr reading into the evening by gas or lamp light, will appre- ciate this distinctive adyantage, and every- body who realizes the importance of presery- ing the eyesight will take Tim Tirnunr by preference, which presents moro news in w clearer and more condensed shape than any of the big newspapers of the country, _—— THE INDIAN POLICY. There has been a very general disposition to critielse harshly the policy adopted by Sceretury Schurz for the treatment of the Utes, ‘The horrors of the Meeker massacre and the Thornburgh disnster were naturally followed by a popular clamor for vengeance. ‘There are several clreumstances, however, which justify the course taken by the Inte- rior Department; and, viewed from the pres- ent conditions, that course may now be 1p- proved as the wisest that could have been chosen, In the first pince, it is now apparent to the public, as it was to Gen. Sherman from the outset, that a military campaign agninst the Utes during the severities of winter would be ineffective at the best, and possibly result in new disasters. The experfence of Capt, Clifford, who recently started from Fort Rawlins with supplies for the troops now in camp near the Whito River Agency, has demonstrated the corfectness of this opinion, During six days’ mareh tho train advanced but twenty-two miles; the roads are filled with snow and frozen go hard that tho Wagons exnnot cut through; efghtcen of the men who started aro partially frozen; oven tho mules are giving out; the train has been forced to halt, and Capt. Cilfford has returned. to Fort Rawlins for medical suppltes and sleds with which to procced. This slugle elreumstance shows how futile {t would have been to wage war on tho Utes at this season, or to attempt to secure the Indians who were engaged In the White Itiver massacre, Meanwhile there was a baro posfibility that Apeaceful and satisfactory solutjon of the Ute troubles could be reached by a voluntary delivery for trial and punishment of the In- dans who incited and exceuted the massacre and the outrages on the women, which now seem to be admitted. At one tine there was a falr prospect that Gen, Hatch would sue- cced, with the wd of Ouray, tho friendly Chief, in bringing this about. Now that this hope Is abandened, Gen, Nintch ns acted properly In refusing to receiyo tho surrender of merely two or threo Indinns, who may not even have been among the guilty ones, and noth- ing las been lost, because the delay was {neyi- table in any case. Without any intention to deceive tho Indians, the effect of the nego- tations, which It was in thelr power to bring to nsntisfactory termination, has been to turn their attention from warlike preparations and new outrages, and the result will bo that, at the first opening of spring, tho army will have an easier task In tho corraling of these wild beasts, the apprehension and punishment of the murderers, and the removal of the tribes ton sminiler reservation, where they can bé kept under botter control, ‘The negotiations that havo already taken place will deprive the sentimentalists of every reasonable excuse for resistlhg any longer the stunmary removal of the Utes. It has been abundantly demonstrated that these treacherous tribes are no longer entitled to confidence or sympathy, ‘The Utes lave refused to surrender for punishment the hostite Chiefs who massacre white men and ravish white women, and they resorted to thelr usual treachery In order to secure delay In making this fact known, ‘They have thus forfelted ull their rights under thelr treaty, and thore is now no reason why they should not be removed upon a new reserva: thon further away from elyilizntion, nor why the 12,000,000 acres of valuable land they now monopolize should not be reclaimed for agri- culture and peacefut arts, If the sentiment lists continue to deny the right of the United States to proceed in this way, they will practically take the position that Iidiuns should not be punished for murder and rape, however heinous these crimes are when committed by white men,—a position so ra- puguant and jndefensible that thoy wilt seareely assyine It, On the whole, therefore, the executive policy in regard to the Utes, If followed up at the right tlie by vigorous action, bas been wise and will justify the one proper course to pursue with regard to the Colorado Indians,—viz,; to remove then, 8m Francis Mincks, of Montreal, rushed headlong into the New York Herald, the other day, ta deny there was elther anybody in Canada who desired the Domlulon to be an independent nation, or annexation to tho Great Republic, for the purpose of enjoy- Ing the benefts and advantages of Its com- Aneree and markets, Said Tncka: “Twill venture to assert that not a single member of tho Canadian Parliament would dare to riiso tho question of annexation at the next feasion. Tho fecling is go strong that such A member would be politienlly ruined. ‘Tho Gen- erat Government ia iutenscly loyal, and to broach 4 proposition while tholr relations to the mothor- country are so happy would bo looked upon as rank tretson, The member of the Dominton Parilament who first lends his seat to the slide of annexation will alimply make himaelf a butt for ridicule and contempt. Interviewer—* te not Canadian legistation Im ited too much, and should not ber laws be molded to suit her population?” Hineka— Ldo not think so. Cannda is avso- lutcly free to alter her present Iaws or mako new ones ff necessary, Bho porscases nll the Ubertics of un Republic, without inany of Its dise advantages, Heaides, sho has tho support of the entire British realm, Thero has been much tate about sending a representation to the English: Parliament. Thore fs reully no need for such a representation. Canna governs herself, and none of the gener) laws regulating forelgn commerce hive been complained of, If thore were any necessity for Canadian members of tho English Parliament, the feeling In favor of send> ing represontatlyes would be stronger and more wilesprenad thin It Is," ‘There fs onv member of the Canadian Par- Nament who docs not take the rosy, con- tented viow of the. British penstoner, Str Franels Hincks,—the Hon, Donald MraeMnst- ers, Whose statement to the New York Lcratd interviewer is published In another column of Tux Tumuns, To shows that there is a great deal of sentiment in Canada In favor of Independence of the colonial vassatinge to a European country, and he gives good ren- sons for the opinions he entertains, which are well worth perusal. ‘The recent announcement that tho Czar of Russia has decided to relinquish the control of home aftalrs to tho Cznrowitch and retain only the management of foreign relations in lis own hands, if it be true,—and thore are many circumstances that go to confirm the announcement,—is the first concession made by the Government to the people. It Is the only way in which the Czar can make tho concession. Ifhe retained his power and granted the reforms, it would be a conces- sion, not to popular demands, but to his own fears. It would be asurrender to tho Nihil- Ist conspirators that would leave hhn open to the charge of cowardice, Ile himself is not responslble for popular abuses. ‘They have come down through generations of misrute, and, so long as he believes himself divinely commlsstoned as an autocrat, he ennnot sub- stitute constitutional government for person- al government, nor change his policy, which Isa legacy to him from hlscorrupt and perseeu- ting predecessors, Itls the traditionary policy of the Russian throne, and ho cannot change it without abandoning nll the conditions by which he holds that throne, The moment that he resigns the management of domestic affairs, however, he clears himself of all re- sponsiblilitics, and, once left free to control foreign relations alone, it would not be iin- possible for him to divert the attention of the people from fnslde affairs by forelgn compli- cations. A forelgn war is often a very valu- able temporary remedy for internal discord. ‘Lhe Czarowitch is not-hampered by any precedents nor bound by any policy. Ie is not divinely commissioned, nor can he be an autocrat until he is clothed with the full power of the throne. Even then {tls doubt- ful whether he would be. The Czarowltech has traveled much and gained many new ideas from the clvilization of Western Europe. Tis studics and hls associations have Iberalized him, and It is known that he fs not averse to & constitutional form of goverment, His temperament, his ambitions, and his views all differ from those of the Czar. Le will be at Hberty to adopt a polley more in conso- nance with the spirit of Western civilization. Under his rege Orientalism will largely disappear, and. the Government will unques- tlonably meet the people at least half-way in auswering thelr domnnds, ‘Two great issues Iu at the bottom of the -disaifection which now exists in Russia, and which has given birth to Nthtlism with all its attendant violence and terrorism, ‘The first of thesu is the rebellion against despotism, and the demand for popular representation In the Government, In dealing with It this far the Government has resorted to forco and the most rigorous punish ment. It has executed hundreds and it has swept thousands Into the military prisons and tho mines of Siberin, where thelr tmprisomnent has been a living death. If tho Czarowitch comes into power, tho Gov- ernment will undoubtedly concede a constl- tutional syste to the people, and give them a voice In the management of internal af- fairs, and do this without a violent change of polley, as he has no traditlonary policy to hamper him, Tho second issue is agrarian In character, and yery closely resembles the Irish troubles, though in this ease it fs Ire- land many tines magnified, ‘The agricultural population {g laboring under Snfinitly worse evils than the Irlyh. ‘Tho serfs, although emancipated, are still substantially slaves, and are crushed to the very earth with thelr burdens, ‘hey demand Innd of the no- bics- and Jand-owners, and the right to cultivaté It and to enjoy tho fruits of thelr Inbor, How far this will be conceded there are no grounds for estimat- Ing, but in the matter of representative gov- ernment there is Mttle doubt that the acees+ ston of the Czarowltch will, bo characterized by some measures to grant tho reform, It will Involve a radical change In the political mechanism, and may be attended with great diMeultics, but any intelligent effort to grant It wil appease the people, Whether tho Czarowlteh can carry ft out to success re- mualns to be scen, ‘Tuk Muing lmbrogiio revives some {uterest in the cotebrated Bushford-arstow contest for tho Governorshlp of Wiavonsin in 14, The cases being both political and legal, and Involy- iny the right of tho mijority to rule when its preference hus beon clearly oxpressed at tho ballot-box, there ure many polnts of similarity ‘botweon thom, except that in Wisconsin the con ‘twat related sulaly to the right to tho Executive oles, whereas Ia Muiue the attumpted fruud strikes ut tho root of both the Excuutlve and Logistative function. In the Wisconsin case, Hurstow held tho certificate of cloction from the Hoturning Bound, which consisted of tho Becro- tury of State (David W. Junes), tho Statu Troaa- uror (E. H, Jansen), and the Attornoy-Generul (Goorge L. Smith), ull Democrats, The frat count left Goy. Burstow a few hundred short of un clection, but on the srriyal of ocrtutn * sup- |, Plomontal rotucna” from Hridge Crock, and own Twenty-five, and other backwoods pre- clnats, tha case waa reopencd and Barstow counted in and dovlared cleoted. These supplemontul returns were manufactured for tho occusion, and wore manifestly fraudulent, ulthough the counting of such returns scumod to have the color of Justification by the then ex- isting statute, Whon Burstow’s title to the alfice was disputed bu, ko Guarcelon, refused to sub- mitthe case ta the Suprumo Court, and, like Gurccion, planted himself upon the valluity of tho cortiticato of olection gruuted In duc form by the Returning Roan? crontod by lw. When ho was proceeded akalnst by quo tarranto,—tho present Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Hon. B. G. Ryan, being of counsot for Bashford (although Ryan had supported Barstow on the stump)—Burstow (1) denied the jurisdiction of tho Court and Its right to Inquire {nto the valid. ity of the titleof n gosordinate branch of tho Stato Government; hut, that being overruled, he @) denied thotr right, 23 Garcelon docs, to go behind the returns, Matt Carpenter put Inan appearance for Dirstow, ashe did for Tien twenty yoars later fora simitar purpose, and with a alinilar result. Zhe Supreme Court thon causisted of the late Chivf-Juatice Whiten, a Judge and not a polittelans the Inte A, D. Smith, Free-8ollor; and tho late Bam- uol Crawford, violent Bourbon Democrat. The Court unautmously agreed that tt had Jurisdiction In the ense and that it had mi thority to review the work of the Iteturning Hoard and see that thoy hud not dishonestly and corruptly given tho vertificute of election to the wrong man, and, if so, to aust the ttaurper and install the person having the grentert numbor of votes, Tho trial thon proceeded, nnd tho ox- citement rit as high among both partles in Wis- consin na it docs to-day in Mane. Baratow was looked upon as a usurper, and bis Returning Board was as severely censured an Garcelon’s rasenlly Council ta in Maine, Uke Garcolon, threatened to usa the troops under his command (ho boing thon the Governor and tho contest belug over his re-election to tho office), and made preparations to use thom if necessary, a8 Gareclon ts now doing. But con acienco makes cowards of us oll. Narstow and his Returning Bonrd know fult well that thoir corrupt ‘nets would not stand tho Hght of fa Judicial investigation, and he resigned before tho triul was concluded, leaving Llout.-Goy. Arthur McArthur to act as the Governor until tho decision of tho Supreme Court was published, which declared Coles Bashford to be the legally- elected Governor of Wisconsin. Nearly all of tho prominent nctora in that oxefting druna bave passed away, Including all tho Judges of tho Supreme Court who henrd the case, the members of the Returning Board, and both of the contestants for the glittering prize of the Governorship. As to the two able and brillant. advocates thut npperred In the ense, one fs the Chief Justice of tho State, and the othor fis a member of tho United States Sonate. —_——$—_ GAs companies are generally monopolies of the most sulilsh kind, and never let go their grip upon the thront of tho public until they ure compelled tudo so. The atteution given re- cently to tho olectric Mght and the experi- ments of Mr. Edison -naturally lead to tho discussion of tho price of gag und the future vulte of gas stocks, The consumers of #08 In all the chief elties have been justly come plaining fora long time of the high prices of this necessary article in household economy, and will be ready to take advantage of any sub- stitute that will subgerve thelr purpose. The City of Wheeling hus solved the problem of chenp light, 0 fur as the people of that city are concerned, by purchasing the gas works and running them for the benefit of the éorporution, ‘Tho elty hag een in possession about flve years, and has reduced the price of yas froin & per 1,000 feot to $1.20, with 10 per cent off for prompt payment, Sinco tho elty has purchnacd tho works tho profits buye been suilicient to pay the purchase money, and $40,000 have been ex- pended for improvements. Mr. Halstead, of the Cinolnnatl Commercial, who is agitating the question of cheap yas in that olty, says that the City Hospital at Cinclnnatt manufactures elghteen-cundle yas atan ayernge cost of 37% ecnts per 1,000 cuble feat, aud that very suc: ecasful experiments have been mado in the institution looking to tho utilization of the gas for culinary purposes, Tho House of Cor- rection in Philadelphin manufactures tha 7,000,- 000 cuble feot of gas burned in the building at a cost of 70 cents n thousand after paying $4 per ton fur coal, Gas is furntahed In Vitts- burg by two companies at $1 per 1,000. Tho profits of many of those gas companics ure cnormous, and yet tho stockholders ure not huppy. Toe Philadelphia Press, which {s edited by Mr. Edward McPherson, who was Chairman of tho Cincinnatt Convention of 1876, say "ho Clnclnnnt! Gazette publishes a thomoraudum to show that It wis t0 avold dungor from fro thot Le was dutorntined not to Tilt the hall in wien tha Ttopnbe Heun National Convention met tn ivi Probably tho pfeeive teuth about this matter will nover be knows, Cinainnuth conducted itsulf dixgracerully on the aecn= wiun referred ta. ‘There wus nota redeuning feature connected With the treutinent of the Canvention. ‘She newepapers vied with ench other In vituperntion, of candidates who wore distgrequble thelr editors, ‘The focal committees packed tho yullaries of ty inti ench duy, Every species of Intuence, wis used to gyeruwe tho Convention and control itn dellverutions, "The nction respecting the lighting of the hail was of & ploce with the runt, 1t muy, of coursy, by true thas Tour of tire wis the controliltug motive tn the wnt Hug lb wns reported te Ue Prositont of 1 tlon tho next day nfter the event thut th whoso rep holt a nbme sos ft rusult, wid claimed crodit fur the shrewdness with which he had played hiaiaumo, ‘Tho names of porsons. wre not how rudumbered, bit the cluar impression was pile Abthe time that a Uirty trick hud buon played, and for wmenn niutive. Commenting on the nbove, the St. Louis Globe reiarks: ‘Tho "names of }orsona” are vory woll romombored by ug, if they urs forgotton by Mr. MluPherson, Tene con Itehard Smit, of the Gazette, und Mr, bu. G Walt, Pe Adams Express Cunipany, ware the KUIlLy partiun ‘Tho motivo was thé defent of Haine, It Is now fu order for Deueon Smith to rise and oxplain who “put out the light." Col. Bob Ingersoll’s speech had fixed the Convention for Dhiine. Tho extinguishment of tho light gave the delegntes tlie to sleep over the question and effiuce the effect of the Linpassionod eulo- isin of Ulaino, and tho sober second thought that it was more judicious to nominaty Hayes and postpone Bnine to 1880 or 1881 preyulled tn tho Convention, . _—-—— Janenty of conscience ts said’ to be tok erated in Austrian under the act of 1807, which kuurantecs full religious liberty to everybody i tho realm. Novertheless there bus been much intolerance, and oven perscention. ‘the Em- peror of Austrin recently promised the deputa- ton sent by the Evangelical Alllance that be would Investigate tho casos of persecution, and sev that tho huy was enforced hereafter, It is, therefore, probablo that some lmpeoyemont will be seon before tong. Only ashort thie ago Bix or clght Baptists mot for priyer ina private house in the suburbs of Vienna, but were dis- persed by tho police, Inthosame city, onanother evening, titteen persons ussombled for prayer, und were dispersed, and the men ordered to ap. peur in potice court, Many other inatunees of intolerance on the part of the pullco ure men- tioned, although tho Austrian Cabinet recently deelded that “house worship” was to be por- mitted, Yatoorsr must boa pleagarit place to dwell in, Says un exchange: “ Persons who wish to visit tho * coldest town in tho world? are referred to Yukvotsk, chlof town of tho province of that name fa Enstorn Siberia, on tho left bank of tho River Lena, and abont 5,000 miles from Bt Petersburg. Cho ground remaina coutinuals jy frozen to tho depth of 300 feat, except In intdgummer, when tt thaws three fect at tho surface, During ton days in August tho thor- mometer omiurks = =85) degroca, but from November to February sit ranges from 43 to U8 degrees lwlow zero, und tho river is solld icv for nine months out of tho twelve. ‘The plaice has 8 population of about 6,000, chiet- ly ocoupled in candic-works, It fa also tho principal market of Eustern Siboria for tratile with tho hunting tribes of tho Burlata, The State Departinent shoukl opon commercial rg- Sntions with Yakootek, with a viow of socuring aupplics of {eo when the annually threatened fulluro of tho Auerican ico-crop recurs, ‘Tue experiment of Hghting ocean steamors with olectrio light bas besa tried successfully on tho Inman steamer City of Herlin ona recent yoyayo, Four lamps wero pluced In tho grand buloon and two in the steoruge. Tho pisseugers Paasod warm cncomfuns on the result, declaring that the offuct of tho four burners was to turo night intodny, aud render lustrous with Nght (superior oven to that of duy) one of tho test Hoating parlors in tho world, ‘The immense ga- Joon, forty-five feet square (an aren of nearly 2,500 square fect) has bluzed with light, so that rouding, writing, and oven sewing, have been Posalbiv in overy part of the room, and this, too, under circumstances of caso and comfort horo- toforo unuttulnable through any procoas of il- Iumination on shipboard, Tho Eqlson system will be an improvement on this, and 1 doutinod ‘to como Into gencral use on steamers, by reason. of Ita cheupuoas and siinpicity, ——— Even since Mr, Watterson talked about touding 100,000 stalwart Democrats up Pennwyle Vania avenue to goat Mr, ‘Silden In the White House, be hus boon disturbed in bis duy-dreams with visions of other conspiracios on the purtaf tho Republicans, The Man on Jlorscbuck (meqy- ing Grant) hus boen’s great rawhoad and bloody | ones to his fevered imagination, and be now be- moans the Garerlon foollshnoss: in Maine, be cause {twill give the Republicans excuse for a ashuilar movement to seize the Presidenvy. [Tn his issue of 'tucniay ho anys the stalwart Re. publicans want Grant, because if ho {a lected to tho Prosideney “ho will tnko It," which Mr. Watterson interpreta og meaning that thoy will selzo tho Presidency next time by 0 coup d'etat; that the “ Northora heart will bo fred, Congress denounced ns a parcel of Confodcrate Rriyn- dlers, the North mado solid ngalnst the Soltd Bouth, the peopte of the North stirred up to the potut of restating nnd setting aside tho count of tho Electoral vote by Congress on tho ground that Congross Is elmply a Hebel affair, and uot to be Intrusted with the Government, All that fa wanted isa pretext. Ialf-n-dozen conspirators koe Camcron und Logan, led by Hayes in tho Whito House, and the two Shermans at the hend of tha army and the Treasury, all acting wider the orders of Gon. Grant, are cnough to uchlove this last desperate scheme to retiin possession of power at overy hazard and inspite of the voto caat nt the polls.” ‘This is almost as horrible ng Senator Curpenter’s recount interview In which he outlined the worn-out conspiracy of the Demvernts to soM the Government in 1881, Tho purtisnn pleturos that tho pollticinus draw of ench other ure not flattering to the subjects of them, j Lovr in Asta fs sometines sadly rewarded, as this brief reoltal shows: Vira Veechn wana great dignitary in Blam; but ho Ina Mot wen fates it ropertaare correct he. hae been bohended officially for having married a pretty. dirl, ‘ho Ineta—If feta thoy hoor this romantig tale tro brlully howe: ‘the Writint Consul-Gunerst 1a Siang was untls recently Thamas G. Knox,.who bad resided tthe Capital muny soars (atin oielat capacity. io fintlye wonian, und his two dunuhtors woro in Kiulund, Une of thom. represented 14 returnad to Bim, and boing ad- cu Vecehn snilly vluped with and murrlod Mut Knox wor so inconsed that be cuit r ‘the Hinmioae Government, using the strong> tat torma In regard Voechn's conduct, whieh he cutied an utfrowt not onty to iimisalf, but to! the Units ish Government. iG Hinnione ntuithorition took tp Ho snatter in enfnust. Whe unfortunate, youn hus. faund Was arrested ut’ the keavent churwes, utd Leda, tino was condunined to denth, ‘Thin unexpected to- sult horritiod not only tho bride, but the father-lne luv, who over anticipated such’ an ending. He did Aul hg contd to provont the scnitenes front boing Oxe+ cuted, but in vuln, SAvs Hurper’s Weekly: “ Now York libra Ties aro sharing In the new prosperity. Mr. John Jacob Astor hrs given to the Astor Library the vacant lot adjoining the present buildings upon the north, and an additional bullding ts svon to be erected. It will bo about 100x60 feet, will correspond in architecture and interior fittings to the present buildings, and will provide for the yradual onlargement of the Library for a number of years, ‘The Trustecs of Clinton Hnll Assoclution have taken advantage of presont low prices of real cstate to buy for future uses ‘of tho Mercantile Library four lots on tho south= east corner of Hroadway and ‘Thirty-soventh, street, The price pnld was $180,000, and erection of w building to cost about $200,000 tg eontem- plated for sumo future tline—not immediately,” ‘Tur arrivals at the port of New York dure , ing tho twelve months ending Nov, 90, 1879, ag compared with the corresponding period of 1878, were as follows: ip, 1878, Citlzons of tho Unitad States rotdrned. dred SMT Bojournors, ey 1788 10,721 Tho “sojournens” are forelgnera who have visited ¢his country for observation rather than Jocation. Estimating tho expenditure of cach of the Americans who returned at tho mod= erate sum of $1,000, tho total will foot up about thirty-two milllons of dollars, Half of this was probably expended tn Paris, ehletly fur dress and Juwelryt As business ros vives, this xurt of expenditure Increasus. Lx cach hog-buteher ask himself the sim me question whether, if he was birlug men, he would allow thom to not his business to sult them while he was required to furnish wages and bo responsible for losses, Not wmun of thom woulkldo it, They would show the door nilghty quick to any [mpudent foltow who would. muke such a preposterous demand, And yet this ig just the thing they are trying to Impress on thelr employers, How {sit possible thoy can. hope for aceeptance of thelr irrational terms? What they themselves would not submit to, thelr employers cannot. Let thom do unto others us thoy would be done by. ‘Tim Dallas (‘Tex.) Heraid says that some Tnilana capltallsts, who ure the udyanee agents of a colony, wre louking about in that county and “are well pleased.” Here Is unothor chance for Senator Voorhces to Investignte thls Mousier exodus, ux he acems to bo’ disturbed about the settlement of a few colored men In his own States Anybody but an ignorant, race-desplsing, negroes hating Bourbon would say that the North Caros nw colored peuplo hud us good a right to locate in Bhelbyville, Ind, a5 the Hoosters have to sct~ tle In ‘Vexns, If by so doing thoy can botter tholx condition. ‘ ‘Tite State Reglater says that the Democracy can carry this Stute casy enough fn 1880 "If an Nnofan fs nominnted for President.” It hug been repeatedly asserted that Gov. Putmor still retuins an interest in the Register, and the above nonsensiunl ussertiofi Sooke Itko it, No person running on the -Demo-Confederata ticket cu camo within 20,000 votes of carrying this Stato this year, It is ng reasonubly for the Democrats to talk of currying Vermont or Iowa, Tho only way to carry itls by the Gareclon method, and tho Democrats have uot even that obunce im AMlinols. Tr cannot in be said thatthe Gareelon business mects with the approbation of the best Dentocratle papers in the country. The Buifalo Courier, New York World, Loutsvitte Courtere Journ, St, Louls Diquiteh, and Quincy Herald all denounce tt. The smull-fry Demo-Confeder- ate papers, however, that seo an exact parallel between tho Loufsiann iid Mung contests, agree with Sam ‘Tiden that Gareelon and bis oo-ordl= nate villains aro occupying bigh conatitutlonal around, Tue people of Oshkosh are to be regaled with a frst-clngs scaudal in the shape of a trial, by authority of tho Methodist Chureh, of tha Roy. Mr. Carhurt, tho Preslding Elder, and the Rey. Mr. Haddock, of Sillwaukes, Mr, [nuddock profers the charges uguinst Brother Carhart, and Carhart saya he will make Haddock slot before he gets through with hin. The publle gener ously dishelove the stories of both clergymen, until proof ia furnished, A MILDER or more pleasant day for New- Year's culls than yesterday cannot be remem bored by the oldest culler in tho clty. The sun was shining most of the day, und the thermom- ¢ler ranged from 36 to 45 ubaye, It was a very remarkable day for midwinter, Usually tho firstof Junuury is cold, blustoring, and dis agreeable weuthor. Tho ausplees for a happy New Yeur are certainly as favorable us could ba dealred, Tue Albany sirgus (Dem.) says there should be no delay ubout ousting Kellogg from his sent In the Senate. No indeed; and tt is sin- ular that there fs s0 much delay In the House over contested seats, Whenover 1 Domocrat appears itn Washington as contestant for tho sent hiald by a itepublican, it 1s prima-facte ovie dence that tho Hepublicun was elected by somo crookudness, and ought to go Kiting, Tue Communtatle folly and Impudonce of O'Conner and hia dupes 1s costing tho 7,000 pigs stickers who have quit work $10,000 por day, or about $100,000 per week, ‘This is puying pretty dourly for thelr attempted dictation. ‘This may bo fun for O'Conner, who drawe his Ite 6100 a month out of the Union's treasury, but tt 1s stars yution to the dupes who pay It and lose tholy wuges beelded, ‘Tue Maine Pillsbury who ts eredited with being Gurcelon's chict adviser in tho Democratia deviltry has a brothoy In Wisconsin who Is a respected Mothodist cloryymun and of course a Republican, Tho parson {a not hid brothors keeper, butho might mako bimgclf useful by converting the Muino seamp from tho orror of hie ways, | Ou1s Southern brothers, from Atianta to the aca, ara niore pleused to seu Gon, Grunt now than they were to waloono Shorman [ty 1864. Old Tecumavh says thot bs recoption at various places along the route was quite as warm as that ucvorded to the Gentrat, and thorefore concludes that ho ig “ns big a ran as old Grant," eee Froxt the force af hablt most everybody will to-day date tholalettors 187), aud somo will weito Doo, 3, 1870, 8 fow days they will bet gin fo realize that it B really Junuary and 1600, ‘Tig Republicgn ftute Convention of Penne sylvauia, It is now aythoritatively stated, will be bold somo thue if Vobruary, and whilo it Ip cs mee