Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1880, Page 3

THE- CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1880-SIXTEEN PAGES. . yourselves cannot define? If there mnie dperenson given fora changein theaffairs this ment and why it should pass from < control of the Republican party to the Dem-- the Soe party, I would like some man ‘70 GIVE ME THAT REASON, rely cays he is a Democrat, and Fegipit "here is about it, and he desiresa that re wat the offices may be transferred contber setof men, and that fs all. : Sow, miy cOUDLIYIED, 1 have no particular eo ow -dons to mauke against any.of their candi accasutor. Hancock was a brave soldier. I datos. Citnce no criticism to make on bis mili- pale but to-day he is the representative arg Teor yeratic parts, and he is, if clected siden, ) resent their Jpaecinies and theories, and is no better than any other their theories Many Democrat elected Presi- Demon ig be made only the tool of dent emocratic . Gen. Garfield’ is representative o! the Republican party. He sherepresornd as our candidate, representing sePorinciplcs of the party. He docs represent thoroughly. He isa representative man, tem and faithful man, and a statesman. a 5002 oh cannot be said so far as the candi- Tost meche Democracy is concerned. Then asta OF select from these men it is not voting. bs jarly for men. but itis voting Tora set of laced, a which those. men are Pane arpes of carrying them out {f the: im be elected. ‘The principles upon whi sual MGarficld | Will be elected, and ‘ich be Will administer’ this ‘upd ment. are tbe principles on which this ‘Nation rest, the principle underly- country 204 ution af the United States, which soy, country a Nation above the States.one jus whole, without power In one State 4 ‘of the United States to sever itself with- orpantentof the wbolo. He represents the our apies and ideas that have gone forward Prior ake this Natio what it is uuder Republic and ie. Those principles will be carried out if bits ‘On the other hend the principles be is eleca are those that have brought upon Frat all the dire calamity and trouble tneore ave bad, distress throughout the land, mourning. weeping, and wailing from end of this land to the other. Have you any oneend Mat, if the theory of the Democratic farty should again be carried out in tls coun ‘sou will bring about the same state of {ings that bas becn brought about by the ad- foeasy and carrring out of those principles fureintorer If there isany evidence of it I have "peen able to find it. Ido not understand there is. iit Weclusion, let me say, when you are doing wel] do not make a change. Your money is good, dollar for dollar. You desire no better fate of thitgs than you bave. Look at your country! It stad’ as the beacon-light to the downtrodden of alt nations. Recognizing that all its glors bas been accomplished by tho fe- publican part: if you want to perpetuate its Pharacter, and brilliancy, and progress, retain it fn the bands of the party that has given it the ition it now occupies among the nations of Be earth. [Applause.] JAMES M°CARTNEY, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR ATIORNEY-GEN- ERAL. James McCartney, candidate for Attorney- General, next made a brief speech. The hour bed grown late, snd he said that he would not say muck. Hethen gave a brief biographicai skotch of Gen. Hancock, who had been drawing asalery fromthe Government of the United States sloce he was 13 yeurs of age, and who was now put forward as the lnboring man’s candi- date. He compared the record of Gen. Garfield, ‘Sebo bad worked his way up from a poor boy- hood, and had supported a widowed mother. ‘Three cheers were then given for Gen. Gar eld, when the Chairman introduced CHARLES B. SWIGART, the ‘one-armed voteran, candidate for State ‘Auditor. He said that-the veterans of Illinois unde their position thoruughly, ana would stand this year as they stood in 186land 1563. ‘The meeting then closed by the Chair stating that ~The program for this evening is now ex- bausted.’ After the meeting had closed an irate Com- wounist got up on the street, and, frothing at the mouth, Segan a lively harangue. Just as he got to where “the rich can have overs rtd and the poor can have nothing,” the electric lights were put out, and the Communist and his few listeners went away disgusted. LETTERS OF REGRET. FRED HASSAUREK. Crecrxnatt, O., July 15—James R. B. Van- eeave, Chicago—DEAR SiR: I am very sorry that the condition of my health does not per mit me tosccept your friendly invitaion. Yours very truly, Fr SSAUBER. CHARLES FOSTER. Cotcmsus, 0., July 2L—James R. B. Vancleave —Deak Srn: I sincerely regret that my enguge- ments are of such a nature that Iam obliged to deny myealt, the pleasure of being sith you next aturday evening. { wish yous grand success, (CuARLES FosTER. CARL SCHURZ. rd Wasnrnetor, July 17.—James R. B. Vancleare, Ej. Secrelary: My Dean Sm: I have received your kind note of the 10th inst., and an sorry to mye will not it_me to Bieithiveu on he oncasion oF the. rauiication peeting. as I must leave Chicago July 21, for the West. Very truly youre, Scuurz. - JOWN SHERMAN, New Youx, July 19.—Dear Sr: To-day, up- on my return to New York, I find your telegram of the Lith, inviting me to attend the grand rat- fication meeting at Chicago on the 2th, Itwould give me great pleasure to share in this opening at Chicago of the campaign, but my a ents will notallow me todoso, I must selurnto Washington, after quite a long ab- tence, and cannot leave ayain forseveral weeks. Your telegram would have becn auswered wore promptly if I had received it sooner. Very Pespeetially yours, Joan SHERMAN, . 4 GEORGE F. EDMUNDS. ~ Bosurscros, Vt, July 19.—Dean Sr: Ihave reeivedyour kind note of invitation to the grand Republican ratificauon meetmg to be ‘helio Chicago on the 2ith. Were it possible, I should be very glad to attend. The common in- ‘Yerest-and the common destiny of the peo- Ble of ‘every part of our great Republic (which ‘our ‘adversaries still forget as much 4sthey did when the majority of their party un- Sertook to destroy the common Government of ‘the people) Justify the solicitude that the patri otic people of Vermont feel in. the political ac- Hon of other States, and which I trust is Focip- Tocal. Ido not doubt that your meeting will be Picksant and valuable. Our cause is so just, and...our candidates so unexceptionable, and, so, really representative of tne great’princlples of our party, that the wore agitation and discussion we have the bet- ‘tz. -Push the meetings and debates into every. cornet’ of thé State, demund a comparison of the principles and acts of the two parties dur- ing tho last. twenty. years, and the intelligent ificent Commonwealth will iscalled Democratic Darty.. Tam, in haste, and with all wishes, ae Geo. F. Epwoxps. - Be seltzer te &. G. HORR. EAst GuGrxaw, July 19.—Jas. R. B. Vancleave, SerdiryDean'Sim: It is impossible for mo 2 Accept your kind invitation, as fam already ‘will be allowed if the Southern section of the Democracy are permitted to have their way. e have good candidates anda good cause. I am gratitied to know that Chicago, a3 usual, proposes to force the fighting, and we look to you in the future, asin the past, for complete organization, activity, and a not unimportant place in the victory which I am confident awaits us in November next. Yours very truly, MABSHALL JEWELL. 2B. ¥. BUTTERWORTH. _ Crear, July 16.—Jomes R. B. Vancleave— DEAR Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July 10 asking me to. be Present at a ratification meeting to be held in your city Saturday evening, 2tth inst. Tregret exccodingly that engagements already made, and which I am not at liberty to disre- rear, ‘will prevent me from accepting your in- vitation. Nobody can be more thoroughly devoted to the cause than I am, and no one, I trust, is more willing to devote himself to the work of secur- ing a Republican triumph next fall. _1f it please you I will be very willing to. bear my witness in Chicago ut some future duy during the canvass. ¥ expect to leave for Washington to-morrow night, tw be absent a week or ten days, after which timo I willbe at your service for one or two speeches. Wisbing you great success, 1 am yours, BesJaMin BurrerwoatTs. JAMES F. WILSON. FAIRIEcD, Ia., July 15.—James R. B. Van- deave, Esg., Chicago, 1U.—My Dear Sir: Your favor of the 10th inst., communicating the re- quest of the Executive Committee of the “ Gar- field and Arthur Club" to me “to be present and address a grand ratification meeting to be held in the City of Chicago on Saturday, July ‘%4, under the auspices of said Club and the Union Veteran Club,’ is received. I regret to say in reply that other engagements will pre- vent me from complying with said request. ican but hope that the proposed meeting may be one of marked and unquestionable success. ‘The action of the National Republican Conven- tion is worthy of all commendation, and should command a most hearty nititication by all earnest Republicans. That action, both as regurds the ticket nominated and the declara- tion of principles and policies promulgated, is in harmony with the conduct and written history of the party. This is the fact of signiticance und value. In the absence of this fact candiuates and platforms are nothing. The contest upon which the,,two great. - political parties of this country h: entered is not one of candidates and platforms. It goes deeper than this. It goes down to the foundations of the two organizations, and works up through all the strata upon which their present preten- sions rest. By this process it works out the problem of the degree of trust that the country may sufely repose in the respective parties. No conyention can determine the character of the party it represents. The Convention is junior tothe character, No ticket can makea party c@Forent from what it bas made itself. No plat- 1erm can assure us of safety in trusting a party whoze whole bistory is bad. Tho Republican party throughout its entire history hus been consistent in profession and ac- tion, and bas been true to every ‘fereat, interest of this Repubitc, It was for freedom and against slavery. It. was tor ontionality and against the superiority of the States. [t wus for loyalty and aguinst treason. It was for the Union and against secession. It was for free- dom of speech and press and against the abridg- ment of either. It was for the public credit and against repudiation in every form. It was for the resumption of snecie-purmonts, and against adeprecinted currency. it was for the utmost. freedom of political discussion and against ull things tending to suppress it. It was tora free ballot and aguinst all intimidation or-violence interposed against it. It was tor a fair and honest count of free ballots and against all fraud which would tamper with the citizens’ suffrage. It was in favor of giving every man an equal chance in the efforts of lite and against every discrimination placed in his way. These are Some of the churacteristics of the Kepublic- an party, and its history discloses no antaro- nism to them in all the long gourse of its action. Venen such a party nominates candidates and proclaims a platform in harmony with its past, it but adds an additional guarantee that its future will deserve the commendation of mankind. This the Republican party has done. 1ts history, its character. its candidates, and its platform are in perfect accord. This is its claim upon the contidence of the people. By this sign jt will continue to conquer. in the history of the Democratic party may be found the antipodes of ail and singular the fore- gving charucteristics of the Republican party, with one possitle exception,—the personal views may be in hurmony with the past iniquitics of the party, But, however this may be, it is a matterof no moment. It neither makes the Democratic party better nor worse. The party is what it is: and itis with it, and not its cundi- dates, the people have to deal. And what good thing did it ever do? What platform pledge did it ever redeem, except the one by which it was harnessed to the cur of slavery? Its past is The edatKalamazoo, this State, for the same you have given me great pleasure to ‘sIknow you will haveagrand time. Ha the nomination I have svokeu in New York te on0e, in Vermont three times, and twice at ‘and Ict me assure you that everywhere I iblicans united and full of hope and i learnef no defection anywhere. I jt Gen. Garfield will poll an smmense ‘ jaceborn tate len of pine convictions, many of *whom. ast have not voted at ail, will all give Suly their votes, but their’ apie: active ‘This in the a te will be many Yotesin each State. Then the fact locruts assume on the start that in because they have a “Solid tend strongly to give usa “Solid People are not yet ready to give into the hands of men who tried so it up, and srl. how on ‘all occa we are not a Nation in any tru Sverre ese of nationality. Gen, Garkela 13 recognized as a broad, philosophical, Statesman; Gen. Hancock as a good with no civil’ experience, and no mental yn. to Sri duties, Garfield is his su- every ion of life, save. perhaps 23 and bas behind him the loyal, intelli- and inking men of r the Ration. As the rogresses ese things will ‘PArcertain success, Yours.most truly, : i E.G. Horr, aul Hi i é ge 4 HATE het i i 8 i i | — + "MARSHALL JEWELL. pt Kou, July 22.—James R. B. Van Cleave, Je-Deas Em: Your polite invitation tobe Peder tt the grand ratification meeting to be san penay evening, July 24, under the joint guess of the’ Central Garfield and Arthur toabaies ook isathand. I much regret my :to be present. . The work of the cam- eee ay eee ate reeall HE zoccupies. my entire attention bere, We eeiving ‘reports from all ‘parts of the wmost favorable to our cattse, which ih- This country is notyet ready to be ‘controlled by a Solid South |help from Northern Democrats as able tosecure. The Republican Rot have faliy done its work until all ‘Of all its citizens are respected in all ta of no doubt. The lawful votes are’ not counted at the they should and. the Mt, are elther unwilling. or tthe frauds. Shouid the Dem- tinto power I fear ‘such x raid ity as will be appalling in lowed its way. The presentation for wounds received in the rt] i Bee i ‘ service by a person who swears he ‘sd service of the United States at ‘belienes j presgated to the Pension advance guard Whicd will amount to millions, and which H i é bateful almost beyond comprehension. It fa- vored oppression. it destroyed the public credit. It plunged the country int» a most costly and bieoay civil war. A majority of itsmemberseither fought against the Nation in that War or guve their svinpathies to those who did. It now hon- ors and promotes to stations of bighest trust the men who led and constituted the armies of trea- son in that War, and its tendency now is <o give them absolute direcuon of our public affairs. It hus had control of both branches of Congress during the last two sessions. What single thin; has it done to promote the public welfare? What pledge in its platform of 1876 has it ever at- tempted to redeem? What is its record for those two sessions other than aa exemplifica- tion of cowardice and incapacity? By action or non-action it has negatived every good thing it ever put into a platform. Can such a party suc- cessfully hide behind a candidate of good re- ute? If the Democratic candidate for the residency be ell that the Northern press ef the party claim for him, then he is an em- pbatic rebuke to the disloyalty and in- competency of the party which ‘nominated him. Be he this or more, he ‘is not big enough to hide the character of his party, nor to disguise the purposes of his supporters. ‘The people will look over his shoulders and seo who and what are behind him. From whut they discover there will they determine the line of duty to be pursued. In civil life he bas no rec- ord, but his party has one of great and surpass- ing enormity. The latter is the political cau- tionary signal hung out by history to warn the American people,—to warn them against again trusting the Democratic party with the control of the affuirs of this Republic. ic people will give heed tothis warning, and this will assure the election of Garfield and Arthur. Yours truly, James F, WILSON. THE BOYS IN BLUE. DISPATCH FROM THE OLD COMMANDER. Special Dispatch to The Chicayo Tribune, New Yonk, July 24.—-The organization of the “Boys tn Blue” is to be once more placed inact- ive operation. Gen. Grant has spoken in un- mistakabile terms of the importance of promot- ing the interests of the country by reasserting the principles for which the “Buys in Biue” contended in the field,and his directions as Commander-in-Chief of the organization are to be carried out in this State by Gen. Charles K. Graham. Gen. Grant sent the. following dis- Patch: . ites ‘ 3 “ Mantrou, Colo., July 2lL—OCol. Drake DeKay, Adjutant-General of the “ Boyxin Blue”: Publish order telegraphed: In my opinion the best in- terests of the.whole, country, North and South, demand the success of the ticket headed by Gar- field and Arthur. “U.S. GRANT.” In accordance with this, orders were issued to- day for a reorganization of the “ Boysin Blue” throughout the State, and the following address has been sent out: : AS 10 THE UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: It was your tortune to: oppose insurrection and to save your country in the pains of rebel- lion. War summoved you to.the ranks. Its end saw you return to the vocations of peace; but. your work was: not done. The en- emy “you hud conquered, ou the field withstood == you = at the Hs; and in three successive Presidential elections was your work in the War crowned with the affirma- tive suffrage of the Nation. A, fourth election approaches, and efforts are preparing to seize from you ‘by’ deceit what other means huve failed to reach.. Your. adversary is the same,— the Democratic party. Its docrines are the sume: State-rights. and the justification. of secession and rebellion, hatredtothe War, - HOSTILITY TO UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, oO} ‘ition to their claims upon their country forme relief of themselves, their widows, and orphans. You did not_trust the .Democratio party during the War. Which of its ‘acts since the surrender at Appomattox renders it worthy of your trust nuw? Its. desperate fortunes compelled the nomination of a General of the Union army for the Presidency,— - : A NEW FIGURE-HEAD, : but the same old hulk. .A thousand Generals of the Union army. received to its embrace could not palliate nor annul the terrors and bloodshed which the Democratic - party: has - util . and it again sets in the field a Solid South against the patriotic volunteers of- the peace-loving North. The struggle -_ is again upon us. It is our country that cails. Let the name of.no soldier or sailor be wanting upon. the muster who marched or fought for the Union. In the historic words of our great com- mander, “ Pusb things, comrades {n arms.” 5 jen. ‘oodford, an¢ 6000 ee ; GEORGIA. . \_ BEN HILL ALARMED FOR THE DEMOCRACY. ~__* Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New.Yors, July %4—A ‘Times special from Atiants, Ga., says: “Senator. Hill bas recently written to some friends, who urged him to take part in the present excited State canvass, a let- ter, in which .he declares ‘that. the Democratic party of the State isin great danger. He Bays it is too much for men and ton little for prin- ciples, and ‘affirms ‘In very. strong language that unless there is a speedy and thorough reform the State organization is destined, to dissolution. ‘Mr. Hill nas quarreled with the present Admin- istrauon of State affairs almost since it bean. His gloomy prophecies may be a littte too dark, but they suggest THE DANGERS IN THE WAY of the Georgla Democracy, and have recelved very general attention: The outlook is not as pleasant for the organized Democracy as it might be. The Independents control four dis- tricts in the State now, and will make a hard fight to capture the Atlanta district next fall. Mr. Stephens is in full sympathy with them, and in the last election: openly defied the organiza- tion in his own district, The people are tired of such rule as the Democracy has given them for ‘the past ten years. There is a constant demand for a new party. and there is little roal devotion tothe Democracy anywhere in the State. Mr. Hill is justly alarmed. * «ee HIS PARTY IS BADLY SHATTERED. If it were not for the National contest it might split to pieces this year. In almost every pre- cinct voters stay away from thc polls at every election, because they are disgusted with the party machinery. There is enough material for a downright revoltto make Georglaa ques- tionable State. Georgia is in a state of political chaos. The old assointions are fast dissolving, and the National election pf the present year will be the fast in which the “white people of the State will vote ulinust solidly together, and it is very doubtful if they do it then as they did four years ago. Mr. Hill is a very fallible political rophet, but his predictions concerning the Gourgis Democracy will probably come to_pass.’ = NEW YORK. THE NEWS FROM MAINE. Bpectal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune, New York, July &.—A letter from the Hon. William P.Frye, received at National head- quarters to-day, said, in allusion to the Maine canvass: “ We are going to have a hot fight, and have practically commenced. Shall win.” The number of visitors was larger than usual. sAN AMUSING: MISTAKE was made to-day by two Democrats.—s Mr. Bevans, of New Jersey, and Mr. Daniels, of Texas. Supposing they were in the Democratlo hexdquarters, they’ began talking in the Repub- Mean State Committce rooms about the chances of carrying New Jersey. The clerks did not know .they were of the other party, and let them go on. “They say you are rather slow here, and that the other folks are pushing the campaign,” said Mr. Bevans. He was assured that that was false. Then the ‘Texas man wanted to bet New York would give Hancock fifty thousand majority. When asked to explain his confidence, and name the Repub- licuns who had declared they should vote for Hancock, he suspected something was wrong. “Isn't this the Democratic Committee?” “ No, this is the Republican.” He and his companion left suddenty. Very encouraging advices were received from the various parts of this State. ; READY FOR THE FRAY. New York, July 24—The rooms of the Re- ublican State Committee are now open at the fifth Avenue Hotel, and callers from the ranks of Republican workers have begun to pay their visits. It was not the intention of the Commit- tee to open its rooms until August, but the pres- sure of correspondeace from various pees of the State make it advisable to begin work some- what earlier. The Secretary of the Committee tutes that already more than 300 Garfield and Arthur campaign clubs bave been formed in the State. The. Clubs are ready for the fight, and anxivus for itto begin. They are culling tor documents, and the Committee will begin ina day ortwo the work of distributing the cam- paign muterial. Reports from several of the Assembly districts in this city indicate that there will be a largely-increased Ropublicda vote this fall. r INDIANA. GOUDY VS. ENGLISH. Dispatch to St. Lowis Glabe-Democrat. ‘Wasnrxaton, D. July 23.—A gentleman who arrived here to-day from Indiana says that ‘W.C. Goudy, of Illinois, whose prominence in Democratic politics in that State has given his counsel some weight, has been in consulta- tion with English, the Democratic nominee, urg- ing a conciliatory policy toward the Greenback- ersof Indiana, who are. disposed to drop the Democrats. It appears that English is decided- ly hostile to De La Matyr, and insisted on the nomination of a straightforward Democrat in that district. Goudy is represented as indlg- nant at English’s obstinacy. insisting that the most important object is for the Democrats to win. Goudy informed English that, if the Demo- cratic party did not win this time, he would aban- don it, urge a dissolution of the present organl- zation, und favor an entire rearrangement of Jeadership and party tactics. Goudy, aftermeet- ing English, went to New York, where he report- ed his interview with English tn the members of the National Committee; and from that source, it is learned, an effort is being made to restore harmony between the Democraté and Grecn- buckers of Indiana, which, it is admitted, is the only hope the Democrats have of carrying the State: ‘Thoy huve lost lurgely from the more in- teliigent classes of the party, and their lines are weakening every day. ie Republicans who have hitherto affilinted with’ the Greenbackers are reported in letters received here 23 uniting with thetr old party friends on feneral, issues. A letter received by Judge Scofield, Register of the Treasury, snys: “ Were the election held to- day, Indiuna would give at least 5,000 Republican majority, and the Republicans are sanguine of epee public sentiment up to this point at jeas' THAT BOGUS OPINION. THE “WORLD'S” PREDICAMENT. Bpecial Dispatch to The'Chicago Tribune, Wasnixcton, D.C., July 4.—The New York Yorld to-day prints a statement from their reg- ular correspondent who furnished , the bogus opinion of Justice Swayne. Their correspondent: quotes a long article on the subject from For- ney’s Progress of July 17, and cluims that he sent an extract from it, sapposing it to be correct. ‘The fact is, the World dispatch, as‘it was print- ed, does not follow the print of the Progress, but omits a clause of a sentence in the'alleged opinion of Justice Swayne that, had it been re- tained, would at once have stamped it as bogus. The World editorially still pretends to believe that the matter was before the Supreme Cuurt, in spite of Justice Swayne’s assertion to the contrary, and in its article on the subject strengthens the belief that the whole thing was deliberately manufuctured ‘for campaign effect. HANCOCK. THAT LONG-DELAYED LETTER. New Yon, July %4.—Gen. Huucock has fin- ished his letter of ncceptance, and will probably delay its issue until that of Afr. English is ready. He returned to Governor's Island this afternoon from the visit he had made with his son on Thursday to the country-scat of ex-Gov. Tiiden, near Youkers, in compliance with an in- vitatiou from that gentleman. A few of Tilden’s friends, chictly ladies. were present at the din- per, but no politicians are reported as attend-- ‘THE CANDIDATES. An Exceedingly Quiet Field. It has’ been a very quiet week for the nu- merous'local statesmen who are anxious to serve their constituents in the various offices that are to be filled this fall: -Many of them have: followed the'familiar example set by Vice-President Wheeler, «and gone afish- Ing. Others are rusticating at the summer watering-places, or making a tour of Europe. The stay-at-homes, finding it impossible to figure up any satisfactory combinations, owing to the absence of their fellow patriots, have practically confined their efforts to lecturing before -ward clubs, and making themselves familiar with their constituents, There is no boom for anybody. Every one’ sings but’ one ‘song—“It’s too early to.-talk of campaigning; the people have been surfeited and dont want to bored with politics fora month to come.” *. oe In all probability. this is well., It will'give the organizers ‘time to work up the wards; perfect the clubs, :and make a thorough can- vass of the precincts..., Some new candidates have been mentioned within’ a few days. County.Commissioner Wood is favorably mentioned for Congress from the Third-District.. The Commissioner is an old-line.Republican, and has made an admirable public servant in every position to which he has ‘been elected. Charles B. Far- well bas been urged frequently to allow his: name .to .be used as a candidate. This he ‘has studiously declined. “He contents himself with stating that if the Republicans need his services: and give him- the nomination ‘he will come. to. the front. Mr. Washburne’s position is identical. . He has gone to Europe torecuperate his shat- tered health, but hopes to recover in time to return for an active participation in the cam- aig. é z Frank Drake, the popular ‘Assessor of the South Town, has announced. his willingness to receive the nomination for Sheriff. He has made an_ honest, -industrious Assessor, and in the office, of Sheriff would doubtless pur- sue the'same course of probity and energy. '. E. Stacy, for eighteen years ‘Deputy Sherif, has joined. the company of tha who desire to be Coroner of the county. a Stacy’s experience in the Sheriff's office is urged as areason for his candidacy, it fre- quently falling to the lot of the Coroner to serve papers where.the Sheriff cannot legally 0 50. vary : WETMORE-ANGLESEY. Leading Facts Bearing upon the Latest Paris Sensation. Lord Anglesey’s Professions of Love for the Beautiful Woman. A Correspondence Teeming with the Tenderest Expres- : sions. ; Effect of His Lordship's Sudden Depart- ure tupon the Too-Confiding Victim. Despair and Remorse the Prelnde to a Self-Sought Oblivion. Cable Special to The Tribune. Pants, July 24.—The Wetmore-Anglesey affair continues to engross public attention, and, although it is the general theme of con- yersation here, it is curious to say that with asingle exception, that of the Voltaire this morning, all mention of it. has been kept out of the newspapers. All sorts of rumors are current in connection with this fact, I prefer to set-it down to the prudent reserve the French ' press is always known to practice on such delicate occasfons. Having been introduced to Lady Pelham Clinton, I have profited by myslight acquaint- ance to obtain some information regarding the melancholy affair. Her Ladyship re- ceived me courteously, and expressed her willingness to tell me all she knew of the circumstances. She herself seemed over- come with grief, and her eyes filled with tears when she began to speak about her deceased ‘friend. i “May Lask if you are in possession of Lord Anglesey’s letters to Mrs, Wetmore ?” “ No,” she replied, “‘ they are in the hands of her lawyer, Mr. Gardiner, of the Champs Elysées, .They are all couched in terms which convey the idea his Lordship had THE MOST PASSIONATE AFFECTION FOR MRS. WETMORE, and in no less than seven of them he declared he would marry her the moment she got the divorce from her husband. I have even in my possession a ring he gave ber in the first days of last month.” Her Ladyship here went and brought in a small basket containing, among other ef- fects of the deceased, a lady’s plain gold ring, bearing the following inscription on the inside: “To Annie, from Anglesey, June 1, 1850.”” fi Lady Clinton continued: “ Mrs. Wetmore came to Europe about three’ years ago with her son, a lad about 18 years of age. I think she met'Lord Anglesey for the first time in Spain. When she'left America she had no iden of permanently separating herself from her husband, of whom <P BHR ALWAYS.SPOKE WITH REMORSE} but Lord Anglesey turned her head by promising to marry her if she got a divorce. This took time, so much time that he got tired of his bargain, and deserted her as soon as she had broken loose from the only real tie which bound her to life and affection for her child. She was handsome, affectionate, and confiding, poor dear. She was so faithful to Lord Anglesey, and believed in him so entirely, You know he lived on the Avenue Kleibar, occupying sep- arate apartments athe same house. Three days before her death she said, speaking of her husband, ‘William was always kind to me, but we had nothing in common. We were not made to live happily together. He was too. religioys for me and was not satisfied unless'l went to chureh all day Sunday; but he was a good, kind man. Inever ought to have lefthim. My fate should be a warning to American women who come abroad without their legitimate protectors.’ But she rarely gave way to these remorseful feelings, for she LOVED ANGLESEY TO DISTRACTION. Tier last meeting with him -was Sunaay, June 2. He told her he had to go to Lon- don on business. She said, with a sort of instinctive feeling, ‘You will . be true tome, Henry, and come back as guickly as you. can’ He replied that he loved her as muchas ever, and parted with her with every demonstra- tion of -affection, although he knew he had written her a letter dated the 19th, the day before, in which :he bade her farewell forever, and gave her to understand all was at an end between them: This letter was handed to her the “next day by Mr. Stone, Lord Anglesey’s secretary; and it drove her almost to madness. It was then that 1 brought her to my house, for sho had-no friends here, and “in the letter to which Ihave just referred Lord Anglesey ve her to understand that’she must leave her apartments and write no more than one letter to him. To this she wrote a reply of.a most touching. character, in which she ap- pealed to his Lordship’s mianliog ‘Re- inember,’ she sald, ‘all ‘ve lost for you. Can you expect: that God will prosper you or yours: . when you are capable of such a dreadful wrong?” in another passage she.says: ‘Can it be possible that you have a conscience or feel- ing, or that you, 1 nobleman, are willing to turn me out penniless into the world, after all your promises, to say nothing of your pretended affection up to’ the week before your marriage ??”* 2 I was next shown a number of letters from Lord Angelsey, authenticated by his family coat-of-arms. They were'all couched in TUE MOST ENDEARING TERMS, commencing ‘**My -Lovely Anna,” “My Dearest,” and closing with extravagant as- surances of undying love, esteem, and. fidel- ity. Seven of these letters,’ Lady Clinton said, and as Mrs. Wetmore’s lawyer assured me, contain explicit and unequivocal prom- ises of marriage, and cover a period of nearly three years. Le moe When it was_announced the. Marquis had married Mrs. Woodhouse. Mrs. Wetinore’s lawyer, who knew all the circumstances, urged that a suit for breach .of- promise be instituted. A correspondence to that effect was commenced with the’ Marquis’ lawyers, who replied that their client : REPUDIATED THR ALLEGATION as to the promise, and that it would be use- less to.try and make @ cas@, as there was no Jaw punishing breach of promise in Franc and that an‘offense_comniitted there woul not ‘be tried ‘in ‘England. Unhappily this proved to be the case: . The deceased took.no interest at all in this, the idea of death engrossing her mind from the moment she heard of’ Lord Angle- sey’s marriage. : Every effurt made: to calm her was vain, and she paced up and down her Toom . . THE IMAGE OF DESPATR. This lasted until] Wednesday morning, when, on entering her apartment, Lady Clinton found her in the last agony, with eyes glar- ing, hands clenched, and face so distorted she was hardly recognizable. Theservants were immediately sent for medical aid, but it was 10.- o’clock , before .a, doctor could be found.” Every effort was then. made_to save the poor. sufferer, but in vain.’ She writhed in- dreadful torture until about 3, when she breathed her last. When.the Marquis heard of. the. melan- choly event he sent word through his lawyers that he would ‘contribute towards the expenses of. the funeral. The burial lot alone at St. Germains cost £50. ‘oa The deceased wasalady of refined, and pleasing manner. She was of medium high with dark-eyes and hair. “Her. features ha something of the Jewish cast... She was graceful..and ‘attractive, with especially retty hands and feet, and her figure was ‘aultiess. She was kind and amiable to.an extreme, and of. asweet and forbearing dis- position, her only fault'bei Lady Clinton said, that she loved not ,wisely but too well. The funeral services took place this morn- ing at the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Rue Bayard. Dr: regan officiated. ‘The attendance was very small, there being only about adozen persons, chiefly ladies, present, Among these were Lady Clinton and Messrs. May and Henry Bacon Hunter of New York. -- : A SMALL BLAZE. : . .The alarm from Box 276, at 4:25 yesterday afternoon, was caused bya fire in the four- Story brick building No. 253 and 255 street, owned and occupied by Pranks Bouse Jas, machinery and engine dealer. Cause, shavings catching fire from sparks in the en= gine-rodm. Daniaes. yritting: § as fhe fire was ed and easily exti i ae Peon uished before CRIMINAL -NEWS. A BAD CROWD. ~~ PrrrssorG, Pa., July 22.—Several hundred People congregated at the railroad depot at Greensburg to-day to receive Sheriff’ Borlin, Who came on the train with the attachés of Lloyd & Peters’ show. Great excitement prevailed upon the arrival of the train, and a rush was made for the rear end, where the Sheriff was unloading his cargo. He formed them inacompany of upward of sixty, in double file, and marched them to the Court House, where « private hearing was accord- ed them before ’Squire Morris, who, on de- fault of bail, committed them to’ jail for fur- ther hearing. Five hundred people had col- lected about the jail to get a glimpse of the arties. They are a motley: crowd, in all inds of costume, some barefooted, and among them many who are mere boys. The Sheriff petitioned the Court for two night watchmen to guard the jail, which petition ‘was granted. - The prisoners were arrested at Leesburg ight-on a charge of rape, preferred by the father of Salome Burkett. They were kept under guard at the fair grounds. Dur- ing the night several attempts were made to escape, but the guards were on the alert and took every man arrested to Greensburg, where, upon alighting from the train, they were met by an excited throng, who hissed. and jeered themen. It was feared at one time that trouble would occur, but, sensibly, the crowd permitted the prisoners to match to the jail. _ Had’ any of them resented the insults heaped upon them no doubt an attack would have been made and considerable blood would have been spilled, as many of the prisoners are desperate-looking fellows. Had. there been less of them Judge Lynch might have been called into requisition. The matter will be sifted to the bottom, as nearly everybody for miles around are deter- mined to punish the guilty ones at any cost. AN OLD VILLAIN. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ABBEVILLE, §. C., July 24—A horrible affair occurred here to-day, which had its origin in illicit love on the one hand and woman’s forbearance on the other. It seems that Abraham Martin has tor the past twelve years been living in open adultery with Estilla Greenwood. His wife, Mrs. Lucinda Martin, who has lived with him thirty-five years and borne him’ fourteen children, yes- terday remonstrated with him on the life of shame he was leading, and warned him he would have to either give her up or his para- mour. This morning, upon his announce- mént that he meant to live as he pleased, or words'to that effect, she packed up and inade preparations to leave the house, saying she would not live with him any longer. At this he went out In the yard, and tting an ax made a savage attack upon her, hacking her about the body and shoulders in such ahorrible manner that she, cannot live through the night. If caught he willbe dealt hardly with. ‘The murderer is nearly GO years old, 2 KILLED BY A TRAMP. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Kenosna, Wis., July 24—A murder was committed this afternoon ‘in the Town of Somers, four miles from here. A tramp as- saulted Mrs. Niederprim with a chair, kill- ing her almost instantly, Mrs. Niederprim was a woman 65 years old. The tram, made good his escape. TEXAS. Gatveston, July 24.—A News special says: William Carnes, a farmer living four miles east of Van Alstyne, was shot and in- stantly killed by W. R. Lance, his neigh- bor. ‘A Fort Worth dispatch-says: “Yesterday the ‘south-bound staze to Cleburne was stopped and its mail robbed near Flat Mound, 100 miles south of here. KALLOCH. San Francisco, July 24,—In the Superior Court this afternoon I. M. Kalloch was ar- raigned for the murder of Charles De Young. Accused is allowed until Thursday next to pleaa. A motion to set aside the indictment wil! be made, and argument upon the motion is set for a week from Saturday. Y ABOUT A GIRL. % Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Dupugue, Ia, July 24—At a dance at Decorah, Willard Van Pelt shot’ Louis Rastler. The trouble was over a girl. Rastler will die. ; GARFIELD. A Short Talk with a Former Pastor of . Gen. Garficld—He Thinks the General a Good Man, an Able Man, a True “Nan, and a Great Man, One of the Highest Type of Christian Gentle- "men. . . COincinnatt Commercial. Dropping in at the pleasant study of the Rey. Dr. Bartholomew, on the basement floor of the Covington (Ky.) Fifth Street Christian Church, a few days since, and having been informed that for several years he had served as pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, in Washington City, where Gen. Garfield is 4 worshiper, we ventured to make some inquiries of the Doctor as to the impressions he had formed of the Gen- eral. © “J was,” he cheerfully responded, “pastor of the Vermont. Avenue Christian Church from Dec. 1, 1869, to Dec, 1, 1873, a period of four years, and during that time Gen. Gar- field and family were members of my congre- gation. I became personally quite intimate with him. | He was constant in his religious duties, although his labors in Congress were onerous and exacting. He is a very superior and lovable character—no one in public life within my acquaintance is more so.”? “ How do you regard hin intellectually?” Well, he possesses a broad and compre- hensive mind, enlarged and ripened by edu- cation and experience, His capacity for men~ tal work is linmense, but his training is so. excellent, his habits so methodical, and his application so intense, combined with his ex- traordinary physique, henerforms, and with- out apparent fatigue, the labor-of a dozen men. When his services were required for any special occasion, as sometimes happened, they were always a6 command. His readi- ness and the fertility of his intellectual re- sources are really wonderful. Heis equal to any emergency, and seemingly without ef- pe remember that once a brother minister in a neighboring city, who had recently re- turned from a visit to the Holy Land, was announced for a lecture upon the East in our church, The business dragged a little, and to sive it impetus and éclat Gen. Garfield was asked. to be present and formally introduce the lecturer. He kindly consented, although yery much engrossed “with his legislative duties: He‘ presented the speaker in apout ten minutes’ remarks of his own, which were unexampled for their felicity and appropri- ateness. In his brief, terse, eloquent way, he epitomized all the lecturer was likely to say; yet it was as fresh and impromptu as his con- yersation might have: been had the topics Deen suddenly suggested In the social circle. He'1s an omnivorous reader of, books, and his memory retains everything of value that he reads. : a ears previous to this I had the op- poe ot winnessing’ ‘another instance of ig remarkable readiness in speaking. It was at aministerial assembly of our Church, held in Cincinnati, during the War. A resolution had been offered expressing sympathy with the objects of the War. It was strongly ‘op- posed by several brethren of Southern pro- Clivities. While the debate was progressing Gen. Garfield entered, wearing his uniform. He ‘was recogniz and loudly cheered. Scarcely was he made acquainted with the question under consideration when a pause in the discussion enabled a call to be made for him. _ He arose instantly, and for haif an hour held the audience spell-bound, carrying everything before him with the sweep of a whirlwind.’ His argument was unanswera- ble, and when he triumphantly resumed his seat he was overwhelmed with patriotic con- 8. Ferd the General’s pastor“at the time certain charges were made against him af- fecting his public conduct?” Yes; J often talked with him 2 n the ject of these char; ie sought.my a a and counsel, and at times was greatly distressed in mind. He indignantly denie any culpability in the, matter, but deplored, the false attitude in which he was placed. He is by nature almost morbidly sensitive as to anything which toughes his integrity or his honor, and, conscious of the rectitude of his imtentions, he felt-very sorely the gross imputations on his motives on the part of his: politienl enemies, and stil! more keenly the doubts these excited in the breasts of many of his political friends. Yet he was never shaken in the belief of his final complete vindication. I remember his one day hand- ing-me, in manuscript, his reply to the ani- mnadversions npon his conduct contained in Judge Poland’s report, with the request that ishould carefully look it over, and if, in my judgment, there were any passages marked with too great asperity, to note them, that they might be modified. He felt sure at the people would one day be cou- vinced of the wrong done him in the report, and he wished no sting in his defense to rankle in Judge Poland’s bosom, for whom he hada strong attachment. For myself I honestly :believe that -if there ever lived a itegrity or a Congressman it is Gen. Garfield.” hat precisely was his ministerial. rela- pus with your clureh 2? * Beins a pious young man, with an ex- tensive knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, and also unusually fine Speaking capabi jes, he was frequently. asked by his Christian brethren to address them in their religious meetinus. He called it ‘talking’ or ‘lectur- ing.” While a student at Williams College and a Professor at Hiram he.did.a good deal of this, as he was very popular. Yet he never entered the ministry proper. During my four years’ pastorate in Washington City he and hisentire family were faithful in their attendance at. church; but he never more than. once or twice participated in the service. He was usually ac- companied to church by friends outside of his family, and ‘often’ his party occupied two and three entire pews. They would doubtless have been pleased to hear him from the pulpit, but, as he remarked to me once, he deemed it unwise to gratify such a desire. It would subject him to invidious remark, and might affect his usetulness as a public man. And, besides, his duties during the week were so heavy that he wished to rest on the Sabbath. “Igo to church,’ he said, “not to teach, but to be taught,+to be fed, as it were. It is an infinit help to me.” “T speak -of the General with entire sin- cerity, and from full’knowledge of his char- acter. Ido not think it possible for me to be mistaken in him. Iam nota politician. :1 have neither the. taste nor the time for such occupation. But I feel privileged to say that, in ay opinion, Gen. Garfield is 2 good man, an able man, atrue man, and a great man; one of the highest types of Christian gentle- men. He will not disappoint his friends if he is chosen to the exalted office for which he bas been nominated.” Wow Garfield Received the Pressure Brought to Bear upon Him the Day Preceding His Nontination. Washington Dispatch to Vincinnatt Enquirer. To-night’s Star prints the following: Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who is in this city, tells some. interesting incidents anent the nomination of Gen. Garfield at Chicago. ‘The night before the nomination was made there was a good deal of pressure brought upon Gen. Garfield to induce him to consent td allow his friends to endeavor to force his nomination the succeeding day. Gen. Gar- field all along had repelled every motion of the kind. On the night preceding the nom- ination, at a Inte hour, Gen. Grosvenor vis- ited Gen. Garfield at his hotel, the Grand Pacific. Said the visitor: ‘General, your friends to-morrow will endeavor to make a combination which may result in your nomination.” “They must not do it,’ said Garfield, adding, “1 am here as the friend of Secretary Sherman hata my‘name ioonis up prominenlly before the Convention Iwill rise in my place and de- nounce any movenient looking to my nomi- nation.” “At the time,” says Gen. Gros- yenor, “Gen. Garfield and myself were _sit- ting on the steps at the Grand Pacific, Said I: ‘General, you. once told me you had an ambition to be President. Now, be frank, and adinit that you still haye such an ambi- tion.’ ‘I have,’ said Gen. Garfield, *but_ my time has not yet come. In ten years from now I should be ‘glad of the Presidential jomination, but not now.’” To this Gen, fragvenor said: ‘‘General, the shadow of the Presidency never rests over aman more, than onee, and it is now hovering near you.” “I cannot think of the nomination now,” was Gen. Garfield’s reply. « would rather -wait ten, years, and then have it come to me in the usual way.” ‘The usual way,” said Gen. Grosvenor. ‘Well, you see how the usual way works. I sup- pose by that you mean. that after. ten years elapse you will have claims to seek the ‘nomination, I repeat that the shadow of ; the. Presidency seldom hov- ers over a man but once. The usu way, that is, seeking the office, is a very risky one, and of which Senator Blaine is a strik- ing illustration. ‘I tell you if you do not re- pel the-effort your friends propose to make to secure your nomination you may be nom: inated to-morrow.” “But Iwill repel it,” said Garfield, with emphasis. I’ shall ‘re- sist any such effort, and openly denounce it on the floor, of- the Convention.”. “ When I left Gen. Garfield tt night,” said Gen. Grosvenor, “I was sorely dis- appointed, ‘for. 1 thought he had thrown away © an. opportunity which might never again oceur during his lifetime.” Gen, Grosvenor is" very hopeful. He says it is all bosh to talk of Blaine’s discontent; that Blaine has sent Gen. Garfield a long letter of congratulation, ‘which. he (Gen. Grosvenor) has read at Gartield’s farm at. Mentor...‘ It almost made me cry to . read the letter,” said. Gen. Grosvenor, “ knowing Blaine as I do, and his ambition to ‘secure the nomination. But the letter is manly, courageoug, and like Blaine all over, whole-souled. Hewill sup- port Garfield “heartily.” Gen. Grosvenor thinks the Republicans will secure twelve out of the twenty Congressional districts in Ohio, and havea fighting chance for two more, ‘Those_he considers certain are the First, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Twelfth, Fit teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth. He says that he is confident that Hurd will be beaten in the Toledo district, and hence he includes the Seventh District in his “ certain ” list. —<—<——————$_$— THE WEATHER. Orrice oF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuineron, D. C., July 25~1'a. m.—For Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and Lower Lake region, glear or partly cloudy weather, winds mostly southerly, stationary or lower temperature and barometer. . ‘For the Upper Lake region, clear or partly cloudy weather, southwest to northwest winds, nearly stationary temperature, star tionary or lower barometer. : ¥or the Upper Mississippi and. Lower Mis- souri Valleys, clear or partly cloudy weather, winds mostly: southwesterly, stationary or lower temperature and barometer. MOGAL OBSERYATIOTICAGO, July 24 Hime. | Bar| Ther.| Hu) Wind. Veljaen. | Weather 21Sm. ma. | 30.083} g:isa, m, 3 Peeerrs ni, GB. OBSRRVATIONR. CHICAGO, July A118 p.m, 20.25 SE. wentle... SE. he IS. rentle WY igh PErMARRRRABRAcEGiBBIERiERATISUNRATTS PE ‘ spadnnasereaese * ABIRABAASRASSAtssasAsAAsBdavasI Les: BUABIGUUTANES WASHINGTON. How Republican . Administration. Has Whittled Down the Public Debt. Decrease Since Aug. 31, 1865, to the Present Time, $837,- 104,823. _ Rules for the Government of Mar- shals in Rendering Their Accounts. Progress Made in the Collection of Union and Confederate War Records. THE PUBLIC DEBT. DECREASE SINCE 1865. Wasurneton, D. C., July 24.—A statement prepared at the Treasury Department shows that the total decrease in the annual interest charge on the public debt from Aug. 31, 1865, to July 1, 1877, was $57,817,054, and to July 1, 1880, $71,343,716. : ‘The public debt, less cash in the Treasury, on the Sist of August, 1865, was $2,756,431,571. Since that time the decrease has been as fol- OWS: iP Hor eleven, months ending June 30, Year ending June 06, 1867. June 30, 1868 hess June 30, 1874. June 30, 1875. June 30, 1876. Total di a From June 90, 1868, to March Was an increase o: Sidsiga0i” and from March 1, 1869, to July 1, 1 , there was a decrease of $58,628,031, mak! the actual ee ena ia Suey, ease from Ju! $52,400, 182. caus ay: ete From Jan. 1, 1878, to Jan. 1,1879, $14,718,839. From Jan. I, 1879, to Jan. 1, Nd From Jan. 1, 1880, to July i, 1880, $67,779,803,- making a total reduction of the debt from Aug. Sl, 1865, to July 1, 1880, of $897,104,823, THE MARSHALS. . CONTROLLERS CIRCULAR, Wasurxeton, July 24—First Controller Lawrence has issued the following circular to United States Marshals: . By the appropriation act of June 30, 1878, the expenses of transporting the, convicts from one judicial district to another“and the expenses of salaried officers of the Goyern- ment attending courts as witnesses on behalf of the United States were classed among the miscellancous expenses of the courts. This caused a change in the established mode of accounting for said expenses. In the appro- priation act of June 16,1880, providing for the’ expenses of courts during the current fiscal year, the items of miscellaneous expenses are got specified, seems to indicate on the part. of Congress an — inter- tion to leave the classification of items to the officers of the Executive Departmen and the accounting officers have conelud to resume the former method of adjustment. After June 30, 1880, Marshals will charge in their accounts for fees of witnesses expenses: of Government salaried officers who attend courts as witnesses on behalf of the United States, and will render with thetr accounts vouchers for payments made, stated in items and sworn to as the law requires. -The fees and expenses incurred after said date in the transportation of all prisoners. are to charged in ,the. accounts for the _fees. and ~ expenses . of Marshals. Marshals who are juired to remove convicts from. their own districts to prisons in other districts should obtain the approval of the Attorney-General to their bills of expenses before including them in their accounts. This office has been in- formed that in some instances guards have been used where there was no necessity for- them, and that in other instances a guard hire has been charged when guards were not in faet-employed. No construction of the law will justify such charges. Guard hire is not a gratuity, but is only chargeable when guards fre necessary, and when they are actually employed. WAR RECORDS. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. .,..:,+; ._ Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunée ”) Wasurncron, D. C., July 24.—It is expects, ed that eight volumes of the Union and Con- federate records of the War will be:sent’to press in a very short time. These; volumes will bé as complete as the conditions of-the records will.allow. It is found that many of the regimental books have. beer retained. by the officers last in’ command, and,'as & re- sult, many regiments with excellent records will not. appear as prominently..--as they should. The same is true of many, brigades and divisions. This can .be' rem- edied in a great degree even now, and edied. rec- for. many commands entirely . Piss if the officers who have retained these rec- ords would send .them by express:to the , Adjutant-Gemeral of the army.” ‘The War Departinent pays express charges on suc! packa; A large number of records :‘haye already been thus secured in answer to cir-. culars from the Department, and as & result the official history of many commands’ will be presented in fall. oS NOTES AND NEWS. THE TORACCO TAX.’ | Wasurncrox, D. C. July 24.—The Internal Revenue Department ‘has made the follew- ing decision: The special tax of $5 to-he paid by dealers in leaf tobacco authorized: by the act approved June 16, 1880, is to. be reckoned like all other special taxes in the manner provided in Sec. 3,237, United States Revised Statutes. If a dealer begins busi- ness after the commencement of the special tax year, the tax is to be reckoned pro- portionately from the ‘ist day of the month, in which the Hability commenced to the Ist day of May following. The dealer-to whom a special-tax stamp, has been issued under: the provisions of said act, even though it be only for:a single month, the last month of the special-tax year, will be authorized: purchase. or receive, and to sell or: consign. the fall amount of 25,000 pounds during that mon’ i THE REFUNDING CERTIFICATES. Of-the $40,000,000 of $10 refunding certifi- cates issued under the 5 I act of Con- press, which were convertible into 3 per cent nds of $50 and upwards, about $1,367,000 remain unconverted. A great many of: the certificates are now being received by the United States Treasurer in sutns of less than. $50 for’conversion into 4 per cent bonds. ‘Treasurer Gilfillan is of course obliged:to return them. The question has Yaised. inthe Treasury Department whether these certificates are convertible, principal and, accrued Interest, into bon It has‘ been decided that the principal is alone converti- ble. When these certificates are presen! in proper amounts they are converted on the basis of the principal. The accrued interest’ is, however, paid to the holders by check.. 7 INTEENAL REVENUE BeCRIPTS auf WAsurnatos, D. C., July 23,—The rec of internal revenue for the fiscal year end! with June 90 were footed up today, ‘and’ age 1 184.92, This is nearly'4, Boere thes the ‘Gorouissioner- estima a 5 }00,000 more than the S115 ¢18— mer oer eoled in the previous year... The in- crease is chiefly on distilled spirits and to-, bacco. ~- 1 maintains the lead, In the Re eorietet from the First: Ohio Anter, nal Revenue District. A week ago, Com missioner Raum, on account of -the -great gains made by Peoria, thought the latter city. would pay more revenue than Cincinnatl.. Such, however, does not prove to be the pets For the last fiscal year Cincinnati paid into the Treasury revenue collections axerogating $11,554 15; Peoria paid $10,331,576.7%5., Nest yeas Gey. Raum say Peoria will Jud incinnat is fasi oming, he great distilling centre, because of ‘free water and cheap corn. t en - GEN. GRANT. eS Boston, Mass., July %4.—Gen. U. 8.’ Grant has been elected President of the San Pedro’ nt oP & Cafion Delaqua Co pany hich ‘cwns 40,-” 000 acres of land in New oxico, Inelnding copper and gold mines. Eastern are interested in the enterprise. ’ oe