Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1880, Page 4

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TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES. ‘ThE CHICAGO TRIBUNE has established brane offices for the receipt of subscriptions und advertise- ments as follows: ‘ORK—Room 23 Tribune Building. F.'T. Mo- ‘Manager. GLASGOW, Scotland—Allan's American News . 31 Henfield-st. ‘, Eng.—American Exchange, 49 Strand. AMUSEMENTS. Hooley*s Theatre. Randolph street, between Clark and LaSalle. En- gagement of the New York Criterion Comedy Com- pany. “A Tripple Courtship.” Afternoon and evening. Haverls’s Theatre. Dearborn street, corner of Monroe. Engagement of M. Grau’s French Opera Company. Afternoon, ¥ Mignon.” Evening, “La Camargo.” MeVicker’s Thentre. Madixon street, between Dearborn und State. En- fazement of Mr. and Mrs. McKee Rankin. “The Dunites.” Afternoon und evening. Wamlln’s Theatre. tark street, between Washington and Randolph. ‘Enzagement of Miss Annie Ward Tiffany. “The Child- Gteuler.” Afternoon and evening. SOCIETY MEETINGS. . NARD COMMANDERY. NO. 35_K. T.— clave this Saturday evening at 7 o‘clock phe Temprar Onter will be conferred. Visit- ing Sur Ki ts or L. order. tus Sr BOM Ao ML CAIUL, SED. Commander. J. 0. DICKERSON, Recorder. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 189. Tum Pope yesterday appointed the Rev. Mr. Junger Bishop of Washington Territory. DEAN STANLEY, the noted English clerzy- man, will preach to-morrow for the benefit of the Irish relief fund. Tne Japanese were probably somewhat seared on the 25th inst. An earthquake oc- curred at Yeddo on that day. STRANGE as it may seem, there has been another revolution in South America, An- tioguia is the place this time. THE Chicago saloonkeepers are consider- ing the advisability of establishing a weckly newspaper in the interest of their trade. Tue press gagis being applied in Italy. The New Gazette of Palermo has been sup- pressed for publishing an Irredenta article. ‘Tre steamer Para, bound from Boston to West, Mastlepool, struck off Cape Sable yes- terday and was wrecked. The crew escaped. Ir appears that Prince Hohenlohe was re- called from Paris to Berlin to take the Secre- taryship of State for Foreign Affairs. His recall has no international significance. Tre Secretary of the Navy has taken measures to- place the United States ship Constellation at the disposal of parties send- ing supplies to the starving Irish people. MILWAUKEE is being worked for Sherman by Col. Nichol. It isexpected that the Hard- Money Leaguers in the Cream City will assist Col. Nichol in establishing a Sherman Club there. A Maxtropa wave has already struck Dakota and Wyoming Territories, and an interruption of the mild weather which has prevailed in Chicago during the winter is predicted, Tir consideration of the Military-Scrip Refunding bill has been postponed until next December, notwithstanding the most strenu- ous exertions on the part of Senator Allison Prxcnpack, the well-known Louisiana colored politician, has been nominated by President Hayes for Naval Officer at New Orleans. The nomination will be likely to excite considerable opposition in the Senate. A Lecture by Emery A. Storrs is an- nounced for next Tuesday evening on the Interesting subject, “ Why on Earth Is It that the Irish Are Democra&?” It is a conun- drum well worth some trouble in the answer- ing. Mn. Suaw, the Parliamentary leader of the Irish Home-Rulers, protests rather mildly against the proposed House of Commons rules to prevent obstruction, and disclaims any intention of resorting te such objection- able tactics himself. DANTEL O'CONNELL, President of the Butchers’. Union, and four other’ officers of that body were before Justice Meech yester- day charged with misappropriating the funds of the Association. They were held over till the 5th of March in bonds of $500.each. Grey. Grant has hada most enthusiastic reception in Mexico. Among the guests at the dinner given in the General’s honor were ‘ident Diaz and several members of the ican Cabinet. The ex-President is re- ported as being much gratified at the cor- Uiality manifested by the Mexicans, SrnrKes have occurred atCohoesand Troy, N.Y. Atthe latter place two young. men, John and George Wynkoop, were assaulted by a mob of strikers for daring to work not- withstanding the mandates of the mob. John Wynkoop defended himself with a revolver, and several of the rioters were wounded. Tight of them, including ‘the ringleader, Jacob Dunn, have since been arrested. Tur Mayor has been pursuing some inves- tisations on the subject of sewageand water- supply, and is convinced that the only imme- diate solution of the question of draining the Chicago River and the carrying off of the city’s sewage now discharged into that un- wholesome stream Hes in the construction of pumping-works at Bridgeport to lift the river water over into the canal and send it down to the Mississippi River; though in iis opinion it will be essential to. secure from the Canal Commissioners a guarantee ayaiust auy interference with this plan if it should be adopted. On the subject. of the supply of drinking-water the Mayor has some positive convictions as to the necessity of doing something to improve the quality of the stuff that now comes through. our hydrants. He thinks it will be necessary to remove the erib-end of the lake tunnel two or three miles further out in order to make sure of. preventing the fouling of the water by offshore winds, ‘Vena Sassurrren, the celebrated Nihilist woman, who, in February, 1878, made such a desperate attempt on the life of Gen. Trepoff, the Préfect of St. Petersburg, and who has since'eluded the vigilance of the Russian de- tectives, has at length been captured at the residence of. a friend in. the Russian Capital. It is highly probable that her eventful career will soon be ended. . Gen. Melikoff will doubt- less give her a short shrift. Two HANGINGS took place yesterday. A negro bearing the euphonious name of John Henry Johnson was executed at Savannah, Ga.,. for the murder of Danie! McDermott; and James Howard, for the murder of his wife, of whom he became jealous, was hanged at Ozark, Franklin County, Ark. The negro acknowledged his guilt, but Howard denied all knowledge of-the crime for which he was convicted and executed. Tue case of Fitz John Porter will be taken up for debate in the Senate next Monday, and Senator Randolph, of New Jersey, will then deliver his greatest effort. . It is ex- pected that there will be. some spirited re- monstrances from the Republican side against restoring to rank ‘and voting a considera- ble fortune in the shape of back pay to a man who many people believe ought to have been shot for his refusal to codperate with Pope at the second battle of Bull Run. A Hostice and ageressive spirit, and a de- sire for increased armament, is not confined to the nations -of Continental Europe. Pri- vate advices state that China is strengthen- ing her army and manifesting an unfriendly spirit towards foreigners. The anti-Chinese bill passed at the last session of ‘Congress is said to have much to do with the unfriendly attitude, and the circumstance is being used by the present Chinese Administration as a pretext for renewing a policy of hostility to strangers. Avxestimate of Blaine’s strength in the Chicago Convention, given byan enthusiastic supporter in Washington of the Maine man, includes the full vote of Indiana, Wisconsin, Towa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota; part of Kentucky; all of the Pacific Coast States; part of the Ohio, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island delegations; and all of Maryland, New Jersey, Maine, and New Hampshire. It is predicted, moreover, that Blaine will get Ohio solid when Sherman shall have been- dropped, which will probably be very early in the balloting. ‘Tne Czar continues to act with vigor. Tis ukase defining the powers and nominating the members of the Commission of Supreme Control is the kind of document which might be expected from such a source. The Com- mission supersedes all previously existing civil and military tribunals, and confers ab- solute and despotic power on the head of the Commission, Gen. Melikoff. Parties sus- pected of N tié sentiments will have their cases speedily disposed of by the Commission, and many will probably be obliged to umder- take a journey to Siberia, while others will be more summarily dealt wi ‘Tue Secretary of the Treasury has writ- ten tothe Chairman of the, Committee on Appropriations-recommending an appropri- -ation of $100,000 to put the Chicago Custom- House and Post-Office Building in proper condition for occupancy on the 3d. of May next. The lease for the building now used as a Custom-House will expire at that time, and the Secretary does not deem it advisable that the lease should be renewed. It is to be hoped that the recommendation of Sec- retary Sherman will be concurred in, and that the Custom-House Building will be ready at the time mentioned. Tu “Countess” of Derwentwater, who has just died in London, was one of. the most eccentric characters of England. On the ground of her descent from the Earl of Derwentwater, who was concerned in the Ja- cobite conspiracy to prevent the accession of George L, she claimed to own: the immense estates which belonged to her family in the time of the Stuarts, and squatted several times on various portions thereof. Her acts Were regarded with great complacency by the present owners, and her foibles were treated with the utmost good nature by the people, who invariably bestowed upon her the title to which she laid claim. A FEW days ago an attempt was made through unanimous consent to secure the consideration and passage in’ the Senate of a bill admitting free of duty a large consign- ment of clothing forwarded from England as a donation to the needy negroes.who have emigrated to Kansas, and the only man mean enough to bar out the bill by an objection was Senator Pendleton, of Ohio. Yesterday the bill was called up again and passed, and this time there were no Democratic objectors. Very likely some perception of the disgust certain to be excited by persistence in oppos- ing such a humane proposition. had pene- trated the Bourbon comprehension. A DECIDEDLY interesting meeting of the Seventeenth Ward Republican Club was held last evening. Mr. Elliott Anthony took oc- easion, in connection with some remarks con- cerning the contemplated robbery in Con- gress of the people of Minnesota, to refer to Bill Springet, Democratic Chairman of the Elections Committee, as a man with “the un- derstanding of a pettifogger and the heart of a hangman.” Mr. Anthony served ‘with Springer in the Constitutional Convention of 1862, and evidently knows whereof he speaks. References at the meeting to the names of Blaine and Washburne as Presidential candi- dates produced applause which showed plainty a settled hostility to the third-term movement in the Seventeenth Ward Club. Mr. Dwrer Gray, the Dublin Mayor who recently received such a severe snub from the Duke of Marlborough, has just published avery elaborate piece of abuse of Mr. Par- nell in his paper, the Dublin Freeman’s Journal. Mr. Gray never did like Mr. Par- nell, and the cordial reception which the agi- tator has received in this country has not in- creased Mr. Gray’s good temper. The Chi- cago ovation seems to have been more than his Worship of Dublin could stand. The concern of Mr. Gray for the Hicrarchy of Ire- land is good; and his reprobation of Mr. Parnell’s “ maniacal misstatements ” cannot fail to be appreciated by the people of Chi- cago, who have been impressed with Mr, Parnell as a very cool-headeéd, well-bred gen- tleman. Mr. William Dillon’s letter, on an- other page, throws some light on the mo- tives which must have actuated the Freeman editor. ——— . ELsEWHERE in this issue is printed a num- ber of interviews with the prominent Demo-' cratic politicians in Wisconsin upon ‘the in- teresting subject of their first choice for a Presidential candidate. It appears that Mr. Tilden has fallen into great disfavor with leaders of the Democratic party in that Sie and that‘ Bf. Bayard fs the favorit at nine-tenths of the managing Bourbons in Badgerdom. Mr. Hendricks seems to be quite as dead as Mr. Tilden, and David Davis does not possess vitality enough as a candi- date to administer upon the political estate of either. The Convention for the appoint- ment of delegates has not -yet been called, but it looks now as if Mr. Bayard may safely calculate on twenty votes from Wisconsin in the next Democratic National Cofivention. That neither Mr. Bayard nor any other Democratic candidate for President can get asingle Electoral vote from that sturdy Re- publican State is a fact well understood by both parties. ‘Tue repressive measures adopted by the business men of San Francisco In the organ- ‘ization of a force for the preservation of order and peace in the city have had a most excellent effect. Already the workingmen, who fora time threatened to take the ad- ministration of affairs into their own hands, have ceased their threatening demonstra- tions in great part, evidently convinced that they cannot afford to bring on a ditect issue with the wealth and respecta- bility of the city; ‘and Mayor’ Kal- loch himself seems to have judged with -some correctness tho drift of events, for he has advised the workingmen to pursue & policy of moderation, and they show an in-" clination to follow his advice. At Sacra- mento Kearney has - been incontinently bounced from the lobby of the Legislature, where he has made himself especially odious by his assumption of. authority to dictate and-browbeat the members. Altogether, the situation in California has materially un- proved, ' . Tre Council passed the appropriations for the Fire and Health Departments last evening, and progressed with appropriations for the Police Department until the patrol- men were reached. The Aldermen having friends of great “infloonee,” wanted fifty men added to the force. This was vigor- ously opposed by economical members of the Council, and before the matter was sct- tled that body adjourned. An item of $7,000 was added to the Lill for the establish- ment of another Police Court on the West Side. The Mayor favored this appropriation. Jt will give him a chance to reward some of his strikers. The sum of $20,000 was voted, on the motion of Ald. Meier, for the maintenance of free bathing- houses. The salaries of Secretaries Doyle and Haerting were increased, whether for efliciency in the performance of their duties or for their services in behalf of the Demo- cratic party.was not stated. The Lawler crowd seem‘ to have the ascendency in the Council, and the Appropriation Ulil as re- ported by the Finance Coinmittee is likely to be greatly changed in the interest of extrava- gance and demagogy. THE “STRONG MAN” CRY. The ery for “a strong man” is often heard now in the ward-meetings. Candi- dates for office who think they may ride into power on a wave of popular passion which they have themselves created are fond of say- ing that the country needs and must have in this emergency ‘“‘a strong man,” How far this demand is based on a cool examination of reasons, and how far on hero-worship and proper admirstion for a grent figure in our history, it is perhaps impossible to say. But we may at least detect some errors in the common assumption that there is but one “strong” man in the country, and that .the safety of the Republic would be imperiled by the election of anybody ‘elsg to the Prési- dency. i There are different kinds of ‘strong men. Aman need not haye a military education to be strong. ‘The founders of the Republican party-were not strong in that sense. Many of them were preachers, and not a few Quakers avowing and practicing the rospel ‘of peace, Abraham Lincoln was a, strong man, yet his military experience was con- fined to a few weeks’ service in the Black- hawk War, in which scarcely a gun was fired. Joshua R. Giddings, Charles Sumner, Ben Wade, William Lloyd Garrison, Owen Lovejoy, anda host of others who suffered that the slave might ‘be free, were strong men. The lamented Zachariah Chandler, one of the strongest characters this country ever produced, had the education of a dry- goods clerk, not that of a military man. Nor is it true, again, that among the military men now living there is but one Who can be triusted,—but one who would lead the people against a band of usurpers,— but one who would be disposed to see that the Republicati party had its rights. Will- iam Tecumseh Sherman is a strong man. No doubt can be felt of his firmness, his decision of character, his integrity, his will- ingness, to see that justice is done though the heavens fall. Philip © IL. Sheridan is another strong man. No- body every. suspected him of.. leaning to the,side of the Rebel Brigadiers, except with dsabrein his hand. The Republican- ism of both of these distinguished Generals is unquestioned. While they would counte- nance no wrong, they would preserve the right. No Democratic President can be seated by force or fraud while they remain General and Lieutenant-General of the Army of the United. States. One blast upon their bugle-horns were worth a million men, Some men are strong for one purpose and some for the other. War is the natural field of action of one class and peace of another. The qualities which make a man preéminent in one field may partially disqualify him for usefulness in the other. According to the fitness of a man for a special kind of work 1s his strength or weakness for undertaking that-work. The strength of aman ina Re public like ours depends upon his strength with the people; and the latteragain depends upon the position to which he aspires, and the, circumstances in which the country is placed. A man may be strong in the affec- tions of the people as one who has conferred inestimable services on the Republic, and who has been. always modest, dauntless, true; and yet weak with the people as the | unwilling candidate of politicians for an office which he has already twice filled. To be strong as the spontaneous choice of the people is one thing; to be strong by the force of political. expedients is quite another thing. Tobeastrong man with an army at one’s back fs easy; to be strong by virtue of the united support of a joyful peojle is still easier. Without the peoplé no man is strong; with them, no man is weak. ‘There is not 2 Republican candidate for President now before the country who, with 5,000,000 voters at his back, and with the advice of Republican statesmen and the willing swords of Republican Generals ‘proffered in ‘his be- half, could fail to become President if he should be elected. The demand fora strong man too often implies belief in a weak people. ,Strong men have overthrown Republics before now. We do not believe that any strong man could or would impair in the least degree the integ- rity of our institutions; but we do say it will be asad day for Republican America if she isever coinpelled to confess that one man alone is strong for her, and that without him the perpetuity of her free institutions would be imperiled. The power of 5,000,000 of thinking men is of itself an enormous force; and at least that number could be depended ‘upon to rally to the -Republican standard if SATURDAY, FEBRUARY r it should be raised ina just cause. 1 comparatively a small question who might be the leader of that host. “It would be invincible neninst any force that the enemy mightsend.” |. : No strong man ‘elected by the people in November next ean legally enter upon the Presidential office until March 4, 1881. The person elected, whoever he may be, will have no more authority over the army of the United States until March 4, 1881, than the meanest civilian now possesses. The strong man the Republican party has to depend upon until that-time ig Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, President of the United States. As Mr. Hayes could‘do nothing toward’ putting himself in in 1877, so Gen. Grant himself, it he should be elected, could now do nothing toward putting himself in. ‘Thestrongestman the Republican party can have under these cir- cumstances is.the one who can command the most votes and obtain a majority so over- whelming that there can be no possibility of a contlict. ‘ ‘Tlie Republican party has claims upon all its strong men, and will have the services of all if any attempt at usurpation is made. There is not among them one so mean and selfish that he would withhold his support if he should not be the first choice of the peo- ple for the Presidency. If*MMr. Blaine, or Mr. Washburne, or Mr. Edmunds, or Mr. Gar- field, or Mr. Windom, or any other man is fairly elected President of the United States, and if his election is disputed, the people will seeat the head of the column determined to put him in Gens. Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, and a host of other distinguished leaders from civil, as well as from military, life. “If our enuse is strong, we shall be strong; and there is no power on earth that can prevent the Republican party from en- joying the: fruits-of a victory honestly won ‘whoever may. be the candidate for President, eee oe : REWARDING CONFEDERATE BRIGADIERS. The motion’ introduced in the House on Wednesday on the Democratic side to repeat the statute forbidding any person “who has served in any capacity in the military, naval, or civil service of the so-called Confederate States, or of either of the States in insurrec- tion during the late Rebellion,” from appoint- menttoany-position in the army of the United States, shows clearly enough the animus of the Democracy with reference to the mili- tary service of the country. The motion places the men who fought for their country and the men who foughtagainst it upon the same ground. It: makes no distinction be- tween the men who were true to their flag and the men who deserted it, It advances the men who sought to overthrow the Gov- ermnent and to destroy its armies to positions of importance and distinction, and thus re- wards disloyalty. The audacity of this mo- tion comes out in still clearer light when it is considered that the statute which it proposes to repeal does not; affect any young man in the South who-wishes to enter West Point. Its doors! open as. freely to them as if they. were trom the North. Tt does not affect any young man from the South who may be ih West Point at the pres- ent time, If there are any young men in that section with.patriotism enough left in them to wish to serve their country, nothing stands in their way. ;"The statute affects only those who were educated at West Point and who were sworn to‘support the flag of their eountry, and who ‘in the hour of danger basely deserted their. flag, struck hands with treason, and employed the advantages which the Government had given them against it. No nation on the, fice of the earth under similar circumstances would allow the res- toration. of such men toa place in its armies. In any other country such men would have been tried by court-inartial and punished for desertion. ~Tliey have proved their disloyalty once. In case of another war, what guaranty has the country that they will not be dis- Joyal again? In .the discussion upon the motion, Senator Thurman asked: “ Who are likely to bé needed in case we should go into war again? Inreply it may beasked: Who of all others but those who proved their loy- alty through the War, and who did not fail to respond when their country called for them? These men willlook on with indig- nation at the spectacle of the advancement of men who drew their swords against their country. “But, says Mr, Thurman, “I did suppose that the people of this country had aright to the services of every able-bodied “man in time of war,and that if we should get into war again we have the right to the services of men who were lately in the Con- federacy.” Yes; and the peopleof this coun- try supposed in 1861 that they had the right to the services of every able-bodied man, but they did not get them. On the other hand, the services of those in the South were em- ployed against the country and against the Government they ‘had sworn to support. Having been unfaithful once, having violated their oaths once, what assurance has the country that they: will not do it again? There is no question that this statute, which was placed tpon thé; hooks as one of the fut- ure safeguards against treason, will be ex- punged by the votes of Southern Democrats aided by their Northern allies, There is no question that they will seck to break down other safeguards, and that, if they continue in power, they will succeed until State sovereignty asserts its supremacy. There -was no statute. for the preservation of the Union during the War that was not opposed by - Democrats. There . is nota statute that has been passed since the War looking to the future safety of the Gov- ernment that has not been opposed by Demo- erats. The effectual manner in which Sena- tor Edmunds compelled them to show their hands with reference to this particular statute ‘will not pass unheeded by the loyal people of the country. THE REDUCTION IN RAILROAD RATES. ‘The most important action taken by the representatives of-the Enstern trunk lines and their denendencies, in their recent meet- ing in this city, was the reduction of the east- bound rates on grain by five éents per 100 pounds. ‘fhe reduction is not sufficient to cause a general movement of the vast accu- mulations-of grain at this and other Western points, but it is significant as foreshadowing further reductions in the near future which may afford an outlet for the grain to the Eastern and European mark ‘The propo- sition to put down rates met with very serious opposition from the Eastern railroads; but “it is the first step that costs,” and the pool, having abandoned the position that it is able to maintain any degree of extortion which it may choose to establish, will probably see its own interest in making rates that will attract enough business to offset the reduction. The difference of five cénts that was agreed upon does not bring the New York and Chicago prices near endugh together to start the grain in large quantities, and. the railroad managers, after a season of compar- ative idleness, must feel that their hope of profit now lies in moving as much of the ac- cumulated grain as possible before the open- ing of navigation, The increase in rates from last sumnier was made by adding five ducing rates will probably follow the same graduated plan. The railroad managers may make up their minds, however, that there will be no general movement of grainsuntil the rate shall be reduced to 25 cents per'1Q) pounds, and the opening of navigation will force it down to 20 cents per 100 pounds. k Several circumstances have operated to in- cents every few weeks, and the policy:of re- 28, 1880—TWELVE PAGES. ° duce the railroads to abandon in part the orbitant rate which has prevailed during the winter. The reduction is to some extenta concession to public opinion, which many of the Western rallrond men admit to have beeri fairly reflected by THE CuIcAco ‘Trmoxe’s articles on this subject. But consideration for public opinion alone: would not have influenced ihe “High Joints” to abate any of their dictato- rinl extortion. Self-interest turned the seale. The railroad corporations have dis- covered that their policy of greed has not been profitable. ‘Too many cars have been side-tracked and run empty. The owners of the grain refused to submit to the con- fiscation of their property, and an abundance of capital has been available to-carry the grain over till spring. With the prospect of an early openitig of navigation the railroads naturally desire now to carry off some of the grain, which will otherwise go East by water. The extension of the Grand Trunk Railroad to Chicago and the independent course taken by that Company have un- doubtedly hurried forward the inevitable reduction. It may be that the lopping-off of the five cents per 100 poundsis intended tobe a sgrf of notice to the Grand Trunk that it must expect war in case it shall continue its in- dependent policy. . But the Grand ‘Trunk is ina better condition for war than those who threaten ii, and It has nothing to gain by sacrificing its independence to the dictation of the pool. If the Grand Trunk should join the combination, and an attempt were to be made to maintain the rate of 35 cents, the result would be that the grain blockade would algo be maintained till the opening of navigation; ‘and the Grand Trunk would lose the business in common with the other lines. ‘ ‘The history of the railroad pool this winter has demonstrated that the owners of railroad stock should demand National regulation of the railroad business in common with tho general public.’ It may be that the Adams plan of “railroad federation,” or combina- tion for a uniform maintenance of rates and an equitable division of the traffic, is the true policy; but such combinitionsshould benpon terms that are fair to the public and af- ford the proper facilities formoving theprod- ucts of the country. ‘The arbitrary extortion of the past winter has placed an embargo on trade, and at the same time prevented the railroads from doing a large business at afair profit, While losses have thus been imposed upon all classes’ engaged in commerce, the mass of railroad stockholders have also suf- fered by the sacrifice of dividends that might have been earned for them. A war in rates may eventually sueceed the policy of com- bined extortion, and the stockholders will again.be the sufferers, whereas a uniform ‘policy of fair and reasonable charges would have been more profitable to all concerned. A GREAT RAILROAD PROJECT. It has long been known that the owners of |- the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé ‘Railroad are men of large capital and unbounded en- terprise, and that they have regarded their property as destined to become one of the most important parts of the railway system of this continent. It was thought, however, that their ambition was confined to an outlet to the Pacific Coast. But recent advices in- dicate that they will ultimately ‘have two routes to the Pacific Coast and another through Mexico to a port on the Gulf of Cal- ifornia, at which point they expect to com- mand the trade of Australia, New Zealand, and the South American States. . The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Rail- road now-extends to Las Vegas in New Mex- ico, and arrangements are said to have been completed for extending the road southwest, almost upon an air-line through the north- western part of Mexico, to Guymas on the Gulf of California. Special conéessions have been obtained from the Mexican Government, such as the free admission of iron without duty, which alone will save about $2,000 per mile in the cost of construc- tion. Itis believed that this toad will open upa vast and rich region of atinerals; inelud- ing gold, silver, and copper. mines, and a de- posit of anthracite coal almost as large as that of Pennsylvania, and fully equal to the latter in quality. The territory through which this Mexican road will run is said to be riclvenough to afford two crops of grain in the year, and to be favorable to the grow- ing of cotton, tobacco, and sugar-cane, The whole Pacific Coast and the Southwestern States and Territories will be opon markets to the new road, and Australia and New Zea- land will be brought several hundred miles nearer to the United States than they are by the presentiroute. In addition to the connection with the Pacific Coast by way of the Gulf of Califor- nia, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Rail- road will reach Southern California by way of the Southern California Road, which it will cross on its way to Mexico, ‘and by a direct line which it proposes to bulld to San Francisco under the valuable charter of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad along the thirty-sixth par- allel. The San Francisco Board of Trade has extended a hearty welcome to this new enterprise, and has substantially guaranteed all necessary right of way and terminal facilities. The wealth and character of the gentlemen -who are interested in these sev- eral projects zive an assurance that they will be pushed forward with dispatch, Their en- terprise acquires an additional importance and should command special sympathy from the public because the projectors are in no way tied up to the present railroad monopo- lists of New York ahd San Francisco. Bos- ton capital is at the -back of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad and the new projects which the corporation has in hand, and there is every reason to believe that this new transcontinental road, reaching out in three ditferent directions, will be operated independently of existing combinations, —————$—_—_—_ CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF FOR IRELAND. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, according to dispatches from Washington, has instructed its Chairman to report favora- bly to the House a resolution making an ap- propriation for the relief of the suffering people of Ireland. The amount originally contemplatec in the resolution was $100,000, and this, by an amendment of the Committee, has been raised to $300,000. Creditable as ‘this would be to the- sympathy and gener- osity of the American people, we trust that Congress will not bg impelled by the excite- ment of the moment to do an unwise thing. It is questionable in the first place whether there is anything in the Constitution that will warrant Congress'in making such an ap- propriation of public revenue, and it is cer- tain that it would establish a dangerous prec- edent, for if Congress puts its hands into the pockets of the taxpayers to. help people in one foreign nation, there is no reason why it should not assist all others: when they call for pecuniary ald. Again, the American people, of their own motion, are rising to the relief of the distressed in Ireland with an alacrity and unanimity that promise to bring all the help that is‘needed, inconjunction with what is being done in England. Until, therefore, it is shown that our people, acting in their individual capacity, are unable to help the Irish, it is neither wise nor prudent for ‘Congress to. set up a dan- werous precedent by voting the public money ‘to people in foreign’ land, the ‘subjects of another uation, however. laudable it may be. 1 We are not aware that any Government has made an’ appropriation.of this kind. Cer- tainly the English Government has not. ‘The Quéen; members of Parliament, and the peo- ple have contributed often from their private ieans, but the Government of Great Britain has never voted money for the relief of people of other nations. In every city, town, and Village of this country the citizens are com- ing forward generously and enthusiastically and subscribing Nberally for the help of the starving Irish, and they will undoubtedly do all that is necessary. If the Government wants’ to’ do something, it might lend one or more of ite vessels to take contributions of citizens to- Ireland. The sight of our war-vessels sailing into Irish harbors with the Stars and Stripes fly- ing and loaded down with bread and meat for the hungry would be as blessed a sightas Irish eyes would wish to see, and as direct 2 humiliation as could be administered to the greed of rapacious British landlords. If Congress is to make 2. donation of this kind, which in reality would be a donation to enable the Irish tenants to pay their rents to the British feudal landlords, would it not be better to donate it to them to help buy out the feudal claims of the absentees to the lands? Would it not be still better for Con- gress to pass a resolution, which, after recit- ing the grievances of the tenants and their desperate condition, would call upon the British Government to take steps to relieve Ireland from the feudal tenure which keeps her people in chronic poverty and makes it necessary for them to appeal to the American people for food to keep them alive, when they produce twice the food which is neces- sary for their comfortable support, but which is clutched by-absentee landlords in payment of excessive rent? .This would be striking at the reots of the trouble, and would be clearly within the jurisdiction of Congress. But in the matter of a direct donation from the Pub- lic Treasury Congress cannot be too careful or cautious, It should take no action with- out the most thorough consideration of the subjéct in all its bearings. Yesrerpay, the 7th of February, was the seventy-third anniversary of the birthday of the first of Amcricgn poets, Henry Wadsworth Long- fellow. Bostou—which claims him as her own— celelrated tho occasion by appropriate exercises in the public schools and elsewhere. But Long- fellow belongs to America, and Americans every- where will join heurtily in congratulations to the venerable bard. The poct's published words have ever breathed tenderness and purity. His faultless vorsification stands to-day uamutched, and his more finished poems are full of harmony. Nor is his strength failing. Old age has been kind to him. It has whitened his locks but left his intellect unclouded. His last works will rank with those written in his prime. His imagina- tion is still rich in imagery. The faculties which mark the created poct still survive in all their pristine vigor. We can still point with pride to Longfellow as a sample of that sturdy American manhood of waich ke has so often sung,—vigor- ous, earnest, active. Always dignificd in thought —often sublime. He is like the poet, - ‘Whose song gushed from his heart As showers from the clouds of summor, . ~~ Or wears from the eyelids start, We may well be proud of our laureate, and Join, without exception, in wishing him“ many happy returns of the day.” No one ever rend bis woras without feeling better, nobler, and purer. “Outre Mor,” ‘ Hyperion,” and “ Kay- anagh," in prose, “Evangeline,” ‘ Dante,” “The Golden Legend,” “Courtship of Miles Standish,” “ Hiawatha,” and many others gave him the first rank in poetry. Even critical, jealous Britain acknowledged his genius and his power, and Cambridge gave him his LL.D., while Oxford added her tribute with a D.C. L. Born at Portland, Me., in 1807, for over fifty years he has been a dweller under the classi¢ shades of Harvard. His tirst prose’ work was written in 1823, and his first volume of original poetry was published in 1839. In 1851 ho pub- lished “The Golden Legend"; in 1855, “ Hia- watha"; in 1858, “Courtship of Miles Standish "; and in 1867 his translation of “ Dante" appeared. We hope. it may be long before we are called upon to write an obituary notice. We join with Boston and the rest of the world in wishing him all manner of prospcrity. ‘Tne four Philadelphia and New York firms which have the monopoly of the manu- facture of quinino have united in an applica- tion toCongress to be heard in regurd to their business, their purpose being to secure the re- imposition ot the prohibitory duty for their benetit and profit, on that important medi- cine. In making their application they go over the old ground of reasons, and, as usual, claim that their business is suffering from the removal of the duty, and that they must have relief and protection or their business will be crushed out. ‘This is the old, old story of all monopolists, only it comes with more than ordinary audacity and impudence from these four firms, which have mude millions of.moncy out of the sufferers by malarial and other fevers inthisconntry. They haye ilterally grown wealthy by blood-money,and now that quinine is rapidly becoming a standard medicine and is applied to a still wider range of uses in the materia medica, thoy once thore clutch at the opportunity to wring still more money out of necessity and hold humanity at thelr mercy, because the article which they monopolize has grown to be a3 in- dispensable as bread, tea, or coffee. They are not content with fair profits, such as are derived from other manufactures, or with a busindss whichis more lucrative than almost any other manufacturing business in the country, but they would make iltegitimate profits, and once more get their victims into the vise and squeeze them to the last drop. Their memorial is only another of the many instances of tho brazen im- pudence of those who have reveled in years of wholesale pablic robbery, and should promptly be dismissed. If the people of this country need a chenp breakfast-table, they need cheap medicine still more, especially when that medicine has come into almost universal use, and Is the ouly available remedy in many classes of disease. ‘The people of this country will never consent to the restoration of that blood-tax, and the member of Congress who so fur defies the sen- timents of his constituents as to vote for it will be likely to hear from them in a manner that he will always remembe! ' Mr, Grorce ALFRED TowNsenp had an interview with President Hayes the other day. The President said he wus firm in his intention to go out of office, und added: 3 “My strength has been in that resolution. If Lhave accomplished some things I desired to do, it ‘hus been because I was firm with myself on that point.” “Yet you are fitter to be President now th: when you took this otlice. I'think the people feel that they are not suficiently acquainted with you, and regret that you Fz. term is tgo shore gemare eons .abe “Well,” said the President, “four faster going thau when you Were youtcen ane past three yours to me seem very long.” He ufter gq pause: “The: three years of my life.” rarerse Hengeet ‘The Presideut believed a term of six or seven years would be a good thing. “ ‘Tho best argument in favor of that - caing of the term is, that there Is no one Gone gress connected oni" with the Presidential term. He comes Into oftice arid there is n new Congress which barely gets acquainted with him. Its suc- I do not know any fact 1 e theory that he Is and Tay eemonLzeg many facts that indicate that he Is be ure many outspoken Grant and Bisine the Trensury Department. Mr. Shermanc’, this, but the men are not dismissed, noe reeS Intidence in his favorsolleited. Me dene tele First-Asalstant Sccretury of the Treaseey' 2? penses nine-tenths of the patronage of tet partment. The questions of appointme: em missnls, changes, ete.. are determined (oe Mr. Sherman our approving his recom; ¥ him, tions. Now, Mr. Hawley is not a Shermect- at all, and is doing nothing for him ‘ag 4° Ba? dentat Looe “Do you tl eo this State?” ‘Will havo any supporters fy “I think he ought to, and I State was the first in the Tinton pe eee favor of his resumption policy. at pees, cut Ia The Republican purty has not lost sng lestlon. so doing, and I believe that the State cunts OY for uny a except, perhaps, Mr. Wage Mr. Nichol must-be careful, or he will Washburne boom Started in Wisconsin te : knows what'he 1s about; and that were? please Mr. Sherman, oulin's Ir the editors of Tne Cnc. : and New York Times hud a partleleoreeeNe political sense, thoy would treat Secreta geet + man with some degree of fuirnesa Tf these tinue the course they ure pursuing th Oh find it difficult to unite the solid vorsof ag, Wil publican party on any man whose womiegg they may udvocate.—Daytun (.) Journ ston THE TRIBUNE has referred to Juhn She a“goldite.” Is that treating him Untalely? ‘Does he deny it? Tie Tanne has spoken of him aan opponent of silver remonetization. Ts tet unfairness? It has discussed’ his monstro, Proposition to demonetize: the greenbacks = well us silver, and leave no legal-tender mone in the country with which to pay debts, exce sf gold. Isit “unfair” to take issuo with him a this question? Tne Trreuxe has expressei he opinion that the people of the West are opposed to contracting the legal-tender money of the country to gold. Only 2 man as blind as a bat in the sunlight will deny it 1% nominate the author of such a scheme would be to recklesly throw away-every chance of success. Outside of Obio it is questionable it he will get a vote in the Convention from any Republican State. His rotten-borough dalegatey from Dixie can’t nominate him, and if they suc ceeded in foisting him on the Convention they could not give him an Electoral vote,—not one, If Bill Bickbam Is depending on the election of John Sherman to keep him in the Dayton Post. Office four years longer he ig fooling himself ig the most ridiculous munner. 5 Ir the News will post up a little it wil find that cinchona is a most excellent medicine for people inordinately adiicted to liquor; that the audiphone is a great ald to many persons af- fileted with bad hearing: that” Orvis’ smoke- burner is doing excellent service wherever tried; and that if the duty on sdda-asb, pulp, and pa- per were removed it would insure cheaper pa- per to the publishers and the publi’, and not in- jure the papermakers. 7 Dlue-giaas,” that was the New York Herald's discovery, and * THe Tribune has not committed ‘the mistake Since of giving credence to anything it asserts ‘unless corroborated by other testimony, THE three Chicago Congressmen were re ported a short time ugo to be ardent advocates of a third term; but thoir enthusiasm has cooled perceptibly of late: Col. Davis came here from Washington to gauge the tidal wave on the West Side, but found it so small that he discreetly re. fused to. respond to a call in the Pacific Hotel meeting. Mr. Barber bas found interesting reading in the statement of the German editors that it would be oxtremely difticult, if not im- possible, to carry the Third District at all on tho third-term issue; and Mr. Aldrich is waiting for further information in regard to the prevailing sentiment in his district. PERSONALS. ~* Mr. Vanderbilt sails for Europe in May. ‘Mr. Tilden should see that the hands of his friends are washed before placing himself there. Mr. Conkling appears to have brought down his woodchuck, but it is a remarkably small one. Thomas C. Platt has been elected President of the United Stutes Express Company, at a sal ary of $10,000.28 year. About the only trouble England can’t at- tribute to the importation of American beef ig tho distress in Ireland. Perhaps the Nihilists would come nearer effecting their purpose if they could oaly induce the Uzar to use a non-explosive lamp. The Hon. Andrew D. White, United States Minister to Berlin, celebrated George's birthday . by a reception at the rooms of the Legaticn. One of the most painful incidents of the Donnelley tragedy at Lucan, Ont, is the series of wood-cuts representing the murdered persons, which appeared in the Toronto Globe. Joe Cook’s Monday lectures are to be dis continued after three weeks, but it is under. stood that arrangements have been made to have the world gu on just the same as before. A somewhat heated discussion is going on in the St. Louis and Little Rock papers as to whether it should be called Arkansas or Arkan- saw. In the meantime the really cultured peo- ple of the country will stick to Rackensack. The 19-year-old young Iady who myster- ously disappeared from a St. Louis home, where she was living in ense and elegance. has been found working ns a senmstress, and has formed such an attachment for the Indy by whom she 18 engaged ‘that all efforts to induce her to return home have proved futile. 2 King Kalakaua I. stood godfather to the youngest son of William N, Armstrong, of New York, at the baby’s baptism. in Saybrook, Conn recently. Judge §. F,.Judd, of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, was the- King’s proxy. The youngster was named by the King “Kulanl,” which means “from the skies.” Bea Charles Kase, a young journalist of coo siderabie celebrity, Is dying at the home of bis father, in Warron County, New Jersey. He i known to newspaper-renders as “Karl.” Hegot up the sensation about. the wild animals fn Cen tral Park, New York, which attracted such wide- spread attention a few years ago. Thirty-four years ago a New Hampshire man was missing. He left a letter forbls family saying that they would never see him again. He was given up for dead. Last week he tarned up in New Hampshire,’ after a long residence in Mexico, gave money to what remained of bis family, disappeared again, and loft a note of farewell. All he wrote was “Farewell, farewell, i farewell,” and from this fact itis believed that he has turned advance-agent for Ole Bull. A Vassar girl sat On her best fellow’s hat . As they basked in the moonlight with classical chat; She put in her thumb And pulled out ker gum And made it all up with a thrilling yom yum. This is her dainty room Where youth and beauty found thelr perfect blooms ‘hia iy her cozy ebalt How oft her form hus nestled softly there! Here ts her gleaming glass, HA which her graceful ture used to pass; Here is her happy bed— ‘The pillow where she nightly rests her bead. She comes—her stop L know; Bless thee, sweet room! Alas, that I must go! =Bostun Transcript. ‘This {sher Sunday hair; '° | Of blonde bangs sje has six or seven pairs: - Here is her powder-puff; She always knows when she bas used enought ‘Thore are her favorit bose, : cessor is engaged in electing his successor. Ni if there was term enough to let a Congress Ooms between, it would be In personal barmiony, prob- ably, with the President, and they could perfect experieuce in the belle that ormasne ey x pel ce in the belief that one ts whether for four yeurs or more.” Sale paaeae After the Interview was over, Gen. G. H.Sher- idan, who called with Mr. Townsend, sald: “ [hoped the President would talk to the Presidential question. He has talk and to others upon it. He is for Shermun une disguisedly. He says that Sherman has de- served the office by hurd work, loyal. party ree ord, sound judyment, a reputable life, and the very hest class of public services. He'says that Sherman's work of resiinpnon was carried out with only such resources us u man of bis expe- rlenee could command, and with a eaurage toe sessed by few but Sherinun, Mr, Hayes would have the supporters of his policy believe that John Shermun is the best inan to leave it with.” enncatemaences ‘ou on to me Mn. ‘Trromas M. Nrcror, late Seeretar the Honest-Moncy League, is now cnpenlctig the Sherman boom in Milwaukee. In an inter- view with a reporter of tho Senting, he made some significant statements, ns, for instance, .the following: ‘ “Is there any truth in the charge that Mj Shermun is using i to Shermun is using the patronage of ‘his olfiee-to “1 don't beliey ebarge that he vo there Js. any truth in.t! is abusing ft, if that’s what ye With stripes the color of the blushing rose; _Here is her bunion-pad— ‘That one go young snould have corns is too bad. Near by, a well-worn chew of gum; se Our darling comes from Bosting, and she Bays “tu hum." ‘The vicissitudes of married life are too well known to need more thin a passing mentions but ft fs not ofton that the announcement of, the nuptiuls becomes the signal for a free fight. 83 was the case in Urichsville, O., last week. Por some time past Miss Jennie Horne and Bir. William Collier, of that village, have been Bove lesly in love with ench other, and the depth © the young Iady’s devotion may be Judged from the fact that last Thuryday evening she not only consented to marry the young man secretly, ‘but ‘allowed the ceremony to be performed while she wus barcheaded and wore a gingham aprod. 3 combination which most women would have deemed fighly unsuitable to an oceaston of $? much moment. Carefully concealing tho fact ot her marriage from her mother (who, like weg women with plossant daughters, was steadft opposed to anybody's enjoying themselves ina reasonable way), Miss Horne attended church th following Sunday evening in con:pany with tho old lady and a young brother. At the conelnslop of the services Mr: Collier nade up his mind