Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 10, 1880, Page 4

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B—Mem- bers are hereby notitied tv attend a esular Commu- BieaBon of the Ludge atthe hall corner vf Randolph und Holaved-sii, on Wednerday evening, Oct, 13, at sw o'clock. for the purpose of acting apon aresolu~ tion tw empower our Hepresentatives to vote our elubty shures in the stock of the W.C, B.A. Dexroe work. Master Masons cordially Invited, AMES SMUTH, W. M. CHAS, 1. BRENAN, Secretary. CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, NO. 0 B. AL ‘Hall, 135-to 18 East Kinzie-st—Stated Convocation Monday evening, Uct. 1, at 7:8 o'clock, for the trans action of important business and Work on the Royal freh Desgee. Visiting companions are courteously invite order ‘ss KORENT MALOOM, M. E. H. P. JOHN 0. DICKERSV: TOLATy. GOLDEX RULE LODGH, NO, 725, ALF. & A. MA- SONS—Sj ‘Communtcation Tuesday evening, Oct 22 at 120 sharp, for work. Visitors always wel- me. By order bs 7 Order Of pHOMAS G. NEUMAN, W. 3 D. GOODMAN, Secretary. R.A. M.—Hall, onday evening, Pe iy order of MK PORSYTH, MMOL P, WAL J. BRYAR, Secretary. FAIRVIEW CHAPTER, NO, 10, BR. A. M.—Regn- iar Convoration Thurodgy oroning, Oct tinh, ate gieoek. Work on the Mark and Vast Destees, Visit- ypanions are alwn - i re I? TIFFANY, MLE. HP, MYRON HARRIS, Secretary, CLEVELAND LODGE, NO. 21t, A. F. & A. M- Special Communication on ‘Thursday evening, Oct. 14, Full attendance desired. Visitors fraternaliy invited. ‘L. TATHAM, W. M. 5. K. REED, Secretary. 1. O. ¥.—Members of 1. O. F. will meet at Lodge ‘Hall, 18 and 18% Twenty-second-st.. Sunday, Oct. 10, at 1o'clock, 10 uttend the funeral of te late, Brother tian Bivterlin, BOSSHARD, 0. ¥. FLW. SCHAEL, p. a. ASIDLAN LODGE, NO. Om, ALF. 2 A.M Regular Communication in thelr hati, corner West aiadison and sober su Paced events, coe jleresting we! TB) a! Visitors welcome. s GA. DOUGLASS, Becretary. ST, BERNARD COMMANDERY, NO. 3, K. T— Epeciat Conclave Wednesday evening, Oct. 13, ar 7g oclock, Work on the Templar Order. Visiting Sir Kautghts are courteously tn sed Bore, ie J.0. DICKERSON, Recorder. : APOLIO COMMANDERY, NO. 1 KE. T.—Thero will Pe. no Conclave: Tuesday evening, ‘Oct. 12, 159, -By Drderof the winent Commander Meee eminent Ol & TIEFANY, Recorder. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1880. Tue German steamer Asia was stranded atthe Island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, couth of Arabia, on the 28th ult. No lives wero lost. The steamer wes bound from Amoy. to New York by way of the Suez Canal. . ———— AT a meeting of the French Cabinet yester- day if was unanfmously resolved to take imme- diate and decisive measures against the un- authorized religious. congregations. The de- crees will probably be carried into effect this week. The plan of procedure which was agreed on has not yet been made public. : Tue Chilians have bombarded Chorillas and Ancon, two perfectly defenseless Peruvian. Beucoast villages. Tho Chilians have also de- stroyed several sugar plantations in the northof Peru. The mode of warfare carried on by the vietors is dimply barbarous, and their victims bave not been always Peruvinns. 7 Sweexer ‘and Gannon, the persons ar- rested for the killing of Lord Mountmorres, the rish landowner, were again before the Magis- trates yesterdny and were again .remanded at the request of the police, who bare not yet been able toobtain any evidence against them, but who expect to obtain itin the course of afew days. CorguitT’s majority for Governor of Georgia continues to increase. It is now placed at 60,000. Two-thirds of the Legislature favor the re@lection ‘of Senator Brown, so that that gentleman will in ali human probability be his own successor. Ben Hill opposed Colquitt, and thereby seriously endangered his chances of re- ciection two years hence. : Gen. Anson G. McCook and the Hon. Levi P. Morton were renominated for Congress yester- day by the Republicans, the former in the Eighth, the latter in the Eleventh District of New York. Mr. L, N. Hunt was nominated by the Republic- ans of the Ninth District. Thisis tho one now represented by Fernando Wood, and there is litue prospect that he ean be dislodged. —_—— Frexca & Wanp’s wooten mills at West Stoughton, Mass., with contents, were destroyed by fire lastevening. The loss is estimated at 200,000, and is believed tobe fally covered by insurance. Several of those engaged in the mills at the time of the conflagration were in- jured. About 300 operatives are thrown out of employment by the destruction of the mills. Secrerany Evants, Peter Cooper, Levi P. Morton, 8. F. Appleton, and other prominent New Yorkers, not including Samuel J. Tilden, bave united in javiting Cyrus W. Field toa din- ner previous to his departure for Europe. Mr. Fietd bas accepted on condition that the recep- tion shall ba ipformal and familiar in character. ‘The date of the reception has not yet been de- termined on, 3 Writs H. Banyo was in St. Louis yesterday. He interviewed many of the wealthy Democratic politicians, and returned to Indian- spolis last evening with the contributions of the §t, Louis Bourbons. He collected enough to buy several “mules” and many “ steel rails.” Ho refused to be interviewed. The Hoosier Democrats are evidently scared, and their only hopé now is in a large barrel. ‘TrLpEN has been heard from once again. * In reply to an invitation from Jobn G. Thomp- son to speak at the Democratiorally at Colum- bus Inst night, be sent a telegram regretting his Insbility to speak on account of the condition of bis voice. He greets his fellow Democrats by telegraph though, and, in greeting,. censures them. He says that were not the Democrats of Ohio apathetic in 1876 they conld have carriod the State, and thus have secured his own elec~ tion. Still harping on my daughter. ————— dvsrice CLIFFORD, of the United States Supreme Court, was taken yery seriously "ill Friday during his journey from-his home in Maine to the Capital, He now lies in avery precarious condition at the National Hotel, Washington. For a time he was deprived of the power of speech, and his most intimate friends would not be. permitted to see him. Judgo Clifford bas been an extreme Democrat: in politics. He is now 8 years of age, and could jaye retired ten years ago on a pension, but re- fused to do so because he did not wish to give ag Hepublican President a chance to aypoint his successor. He was a member of ‘the Electoral Commilssion in 1877," and acted as dn intense partisan throughout: .For. a long time after Presiqent Hayes’ inauguration he refused to recognize him as Pres{dent Tue Hon. Kirk Hawes, ot this ‘city, de- livered an eloquent speech to a large Republican gathering at Quincy yesterday. The Opcora- House of that city was packed with eager listen- ers, and all went away well satisfled at ‘thé in- telfectual treat with which they wero favored by the cloquent Chicagoan, A feature of tho |- meeting was tho large number. of German- Americans who attended. Srx German priests, members of the Fran- ciscan Order, have been expelled from France. It is thought that the English priests of the Or der of Passionists -wili also be expelled. ;Tho Church of the Pussionists is the favorit place of worship of English and American Catholics re- siding or sojourning in Paris, as it is the only. Catholic church in that city. where they can hear sermons in the English tongue. Korowo, Lxp., had an immense Republican Meeting. yesterday. About 40,000 people were presont, and were addressed by Postmaster-Gen- eral Maynard, the Hon, O. H. Brewster, Gen. 'Thuyer, and others. Postmaster Maynard ‘ex- pressed great confidence in the result of Tues- day's clection. His confidence, he said, was based on a thorough canvass of the State, and on the statements of the most relinble public men of Indiana, accommodation train came into collision on the New York & New England Railroad Friday night near Willimantic, Conn., causing a bad wreck and the deaths of the engineers and fire- men of both train’, and fatal injury to Con- ductor Aldrich, of the freighttrain. Tho Jatter was to blame for thé-agcident. The engineers. were Kenyon and Fipod, and the firemen Hurley and Forayth. + Mas, Canzio, Garibaldi’s son-in-law, and his companions have been amnestied by the Italian Government. This is probably in virtua of an agreement with Garibaldi. The old chicf_ and his followers are: doubtless considerably elated at their victory. It is probable that Gari- baldi, his son Stenotti, and his immediate friends willresume the seats in the Italian Chambers from which they withdrew fn disgust on Canzio’s: imprisonment, ~ = * Isprans have stopped the suryey of the Government lands on Skagit, River, B.C. They also threaten to kill the whaling-party in the vicinity. Friday two men named Evarts and Baker were attacked by the Indians. Two of the latter were killed. A messenger has been gent to Gen. Howard at Vancouver looking for protection. The latter bas réplied that the help will be forthcoming, but deplores the fact that it is necebsary. Se Tre fund started some four weeks ago for the establishment of an Art Museum at Cincin- nati now amounts to $211,00, Of this sum Mr. Chas. W, West gave $150,000, Messrs, Julius Dex- ter, Reuben Springer, David Senton, and Joseph Longworth rave $10,000 each; and Mr. S. B. Har- rison gave $3,000. The fund speaks volumes for the liberality, public spirit, and good taste of Cincinnati's millionaires. When shall wo,have an Art Museum in Chicaro? ——— SENATOR ConKLING spoke to an immense audience at the Tippecanoe battlefield, near. Lafayette, yesterday. A large portion of the audience could not get within earshot of the distinguished speaker. A large Republican torchlight -procession paraded the strects of Lafayette last night. Afterward a jollification meeting was held in the Public Square. Senator Conkling delivered a brief address, after which he left for hig home in New York. He has done gallant eervite to the Republican cause in Jn- dinna,—serviee which ought to be remembered “| and appreciated. - Mr Witrtax E. Forsres, Chief Secro- tary for Iroland, informed a deputation of Irish Jandlords who waited on him to ask for protec- tion that he did not think that the present ofr- cumstances of Ireland, called for a suspension of the Habeas Corpus act, but that in case it be~ came -absolutely necessary he would regret- fully recommend its suspension. A meeting of Parliapent at this time is evidently not to'tho taste of Mr, Gladstone’s Government, and even did Parliament assemble the Parnellites would give Mr. Forster and bis colleagues considerable trouble before they could reach a vote on the suspension of the act. Curtis SELLEns, 2 young man of 2% resid- ing near Quincy, in this State, fell desperately in love with Miss Baker, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Miss Baker didnot re- clprocate his affections, and on several oa casions- rejected bis suit. Last Thuraday he went to tho field whero Miss Baker was work- ing, and again pressed his claims. «The young Jady, annoyed by his attentions, fled towards ber home, whither Sellers followed her. On arriving ‘at the house he shot Mrs.. Baker through the heart, and-blew Miss Baker's brainsout, He then deliberately placed the revolver to his own head and sent a builet through his brain. JupcR Brarcurorn, of the United States Circuit Gourtof New York, granted an order yesterday directing Chief-Supervisor-of-Elec- tions Davenport to.show cause why he should not bediemissed'from office for haying deprived citizens of their naturalization papers. It is weil, perhaps, that the legality of Mr. Dayen- Port's action ghall be passed on, otherwiso there might be bloodshed in New York City during the coming canvass aad clection. There islittle doubt that the Coyrt will sustain Mr. Daven- Port. Fraudulent voting should be prevented at all hazards, and the United States Courts will stand by those who try to prevent it. Gneart excitement prevails in all the Colo- rado towns bordering on the Ute Keservation onaccount of the action of Mr. Berry, cf tho. Los Pinos Agency, in allowing a young man named Jackson to fall into the handsof the Indians, who afterwards butchered him. Berry had 400 United States troops at his disposal, and could easily have protected Jackson. The people of the vicinity charge Berry and some of the military officers with hav-~ ing actually given Jackson into the hands of the savages, and indignation runshigh. Ber- ry and his felloys wil! need the protection of the troops to save them from the wrath of the People. Suprrvisor Davexrort, of New York, is determined to do his utmost to prevont fraudu- Jent voting in that clty next November. He has instructed his- subordinates to seize fraudulent naturalization papers, and to prevent the holders of them’ from registering. The persons who hold the fraudulent papers are dangerous and’ reckless -fellows, and, act- ing on the adyice of the Tammany leaders, it is probable that they will resist the seizure of the documents, and that’ some strife, willensue, Btr-Davenport wil! have the sup- port of thé United States Government, and the thugs will be brought to time. In the mean- time the action of the Tammany feaders fn ad- vising resistance of the law should be brought to the attention of the United States Courts, ———_— : Davip Surrey, of Pahcora, Guthrie County, Ia., imagined that Dr. J. W. Reynolds of that place was, entirely too intimate with ‘Bra. Shipley. On returning home from his store Thursday evening Shiplcy discovered his wife in close and earnest conversation with Reynolds, as both stood by the yard guteway., Shipley went into his bouse, took down his six-shooter, and would probably have blazed away at Rey- nolds, but that gentleman, deeming it better to live that he might fight at.some future time, fled. Friday they met, and began to shoot at each other on sight, with the result of shatter. ing Reynolds’ arm. Both were arrested and taken before the Guthrie County Grand Jury. Ars. Shipley has sought the Sawbones’ protec- tion, s ——e ‘THE importance of thé Obio and Indiana elections in their bearing on the National can- Vass can hardly be overestimated.. Tug Tarn- une, appreciating this fact, has been at pains to Jay before its readers the tatest and most relia- bie intelligence as to the state of affairs in these States, In another column we print the opin- fous of the loading journalists of Indiana a3 to the outcome of Tuesday's election. It will be seen that they are pretty generally in accord in saying that Judge Sester will be elected by a majority of at least 5, * The reasons for this prediction are set forth by them at some length, The Mepublicans are. thoroughly organized, every precaution -has been: taken to prevent fraudulent voting, the farmers and business menof the State are well pleased with the present condition of affairs, and will not THE CHICAGO “TRIBUNE SCNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1880—SIXTEEN. PAGES take’ the risk of chanje,. The manu- facturers. and mechanics do “not like the Democratic tariff plank... and will not trust the Bourbon party with tariff: legisla- tion. From Ohio, Goy, Foster sends word that the Republican State ticket will be elected by 20,000 majority. This view fe confirmod ‘by our correspondents in various parts. of the State. The Republicans of the October States are en- ergetic, vigilant, and confident. They have good candidates, a good cause, and victory’ is assured to them next Tuesday. ’ é —_—_—_ 1 Joun §, Miter & Co.'s distillery sheds at Sterling in this State were destroyed by fire yes- terday afternoon. -The tire broke out in the corner. of a shed, and was speedily communi- eated tothe haystacks, and thereafter bafied ail efforts to subdue it. “There were about 1,400, head of cattle In the. sheds, of which. number about 1,200 perishedtor were fatally’ injured. ‘The cattle were owned by Mr. David Waixel of this city. The loss on them is. placed at $40,000, while the insurance {9 about $25,000. About 650 tons of hay, worth $2,500, were destroyed. ‘Tho sheds were worth about $8,000, and the insurance on thom:about $6,000. - When the sheds caught fire the scene was rendered ferrible by the moaning of the poor beasts and their trantio ‘efforts to break away. A Tnipone representative discovered yes- terday that a gang of repeaters were. passed down into Indiana from this city over the Lake Shore Road yesterday. The thugs are under the lead-of a notorious Italian ballot-box stutrer named Calloga. The passes on which they went were fyrnished by ‘persons very close tg members of the Cook County Democratic Oentral Committee. ‘At was ascertained that they were to getoff at Elkhart, and it behooves the Republicans of that district to keep a sharp look-out for them. Five of thom are Italians, and the others, about. seven, are what are known bere as roustabouts, ‘They aro‘as ill-favore@ qnd‘ yiffatious a crowd as‘ever attempted to ‘stuff a} ballot-box, but would adorn Elkhart lump-posts}' *° ~ ‘THE SCHOOL BOARD AND LIBRARY. The action of a majority of the Board of Edueation concerning the disposition of the building and lot now used as a theatre at the corner of Dearborn and Monroe strects is most extraordinary. In the first place, the Board of Education Tana the Public Library Boarst represent the same constituency. : The schools and ‘the Library are both supported by taxation; the'same people pay for the PUBLIC tude of the two or three lawyers in the Board of Education thata technical question of prop- erty shall. override all original understand- ings, considerations of honor, good faith, and public welfare is only pardonable on the theory—which too often possesses Boards ?’—that these gentlemen have come to believe that they, and not the public, are suppérting and maintaining the public schools, a We need not repeat the history of this case, It is notorious and famillar. In 1872-73 there Wasa general movementon the partof the peo- ple of this city to obtain the site and ruins of the old Post-Office and Custom-House Build- ing asasite for the Public Library. It was thought that the United States might be dis- posed to cede that land, no tonger of value to the General Government, to the City of Chi- eago for a‘library in exchange for ‘old Bridewell lot on the river, which was then of no use to the city, but might be to the United States as a site for a bonded warehouse. A memorial setting forth these facts was signed by all the‘members of the Board of Education, Library Board, Common Council, “and by the Mayor; Controller, and Corporation Counsel, asking the Govern- ment to give the old Post-Office property for the purposes -of a public library. The me- mortal was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury, who, in January, 1878, sent it to Congress with a letter advocating the ex- change... In March, 1873, the subject having been previously fully canvassed among the members of both Houses, Mr. Farwell intro- duced a bill into the House of. Representa- tives authorizing the exchange; this bill was not opposed, and, five minutes later, passed the House. On motion of Gen, Logan, the House bill was taken up in the Senate, had no opposi- tion, and passed unanimously. There were no speeches; there was no debate on the merits or objects of the bill, these having been presented by the memorial. Mr. Far- well has told the School Board that he fully explained the purpose of the exchange to the members of the House in his talks with them about it, and Gen. Logan did the same among the Senators. Every member under- stood the object the city had in desiring to make the exchange of lots. , The old Bridewell lot which was to bé ceded tothe United States was technically the property of the “School Fund,” ana was so stated; but the act of Congress made no exchange with the School Board. It directed an exchange with the City of Chicago, The bill did not require the property to be.used for a public library, nor for the public schools, nor for any other specific purpose; the lot was to be ceded to the “ City of Chi- cago” after a valuation: and an adjustment of any difference between the valuations,— the object of the cession, however, being understood both in and out of Congress to be for the benetit of the Public Library of Chi- cago. Afterall the proceedings there was a deed forwarded to the city by the Secretary of the Treasury. In this the Board of Education found some error and informality, and the papers were sent back. What this trouble was, perhaps the then officers of the Board of Education can explain, At all events, the deed finally executed by the United States conveyed the property for the ‘benefit of the “School Fund,”~a direction in no way wat- ranted or required by the act of Congress authorizing an exchange of propertics be- tween the United States and the City of Chicago, —~ ‘Then, and ever since, the Board of Educa- | tion has “squatted like a toad” upon this property. The members of the Board: have acted as if they were under some high moral obligation to take advantage of the techni- cality, and to chisel the Library Board out of the use of the ground and building by leasing it for variety shows and other purposes to the highdst bidder. 1t is notorious that no man in Chicago eyer asked this exchange of property for the benefit of 2 theatre, bank, or of the - School Fund”; the property was, ot plo use to the School system except aS something that could be hired out as a source of .revenue, and the people of Chicago never asked Con- gress to exchange the Bridewell for the Cus- tom-House lot for any such purpose; and if they had Congress would not have listened fora moment to such a'mercenary scheme, and the technical lawyers of the School Board well know it. The appeal was made to Congress on the exclusive ground that the site, no longer valuable to the United States for ‘the Post-Office or Custom-House, was especially suitable for a city library. It was 60 urged by all the Illinois delegation who took any ‘interest in the matter, and they had made so clear-a case.in their personal representations that when Mr. Farwell in- troduced the bill it was passed instantly, and bya unanimous vote. : ; The onty interest the School Fund had then, or has now, is an equity eqrut. to the rental value of the Bridewelf lot given in exchange.- Any demand made upon the Library. Board in excess of that will be an extortion wholly unjustifiable:- —- 5 It may be safd that, in point of fact, as both the schools and the Library are main-\| tained by taxation, it is a matter of no con- cern whether the income from this property maintenance of both; and the extreme solici-’ -| Without education or property, can bi be devoted to the one purpose or not. Un-.| fortunately, this is not prastically true. The Jaw, limits the tax for library purpgses to one-fifth of aml; while there is practically no limit.to the.levy of taxes for school main- tenance, buildings, and Jands. The Council can add any sum to the levy for school pur- poses that may be needed, but-it cannot add a penny to the fifth-of-a-mill Jevy-for library purposes, dnd that-yields but 9 small sum. ° Outside of-theBoard-of Education there can be but few rational men who will not concede that asa matter of right the prop- erty at the corner of Monrob and Dearborn” streets belongs to the Public Library! Inas- much,“however, as ‘the title is technically vested in the * School Fund” (although Con- gress intended, to yest it in the City of Chi- cago) and under the control of the Board of Education, it may: demand a rent; but the’ only rental which that Board can justly ask of the Library Fund is a sum not exceeding the probable annual rental of the old Bride- well lot. - 2, baa, ‘There is something always tearfully im- posing in .the. majesty of a municipal “Board,” and in pojnt of majestic conse- quence'the Board ‘of Education is equal to any occasion that may present itself... But even in this case that Board is not om- nipotent. If a’ majority. of that Board shall request -it, the City Council by a two-thirds vote may order the sale of tho property to the Library Board, fixing the price to be paid therefor; The Public Library Board is authorized by law to purchase any property needed for ‘its uses. The City Council may also deduct from the school ap- propriations a sum equal to any rental it may obtain from this property, and which may be paid by the Library for other quarters. a GRANT ON HANCOCK. A United States Senator passing out of the White House in 1873, after an interview with the President, said, half reflectively and half. to his companion: “I like Gen. Grant be- cause he isa truthful man; he never lies.” If Grant has weak points, disposition to prevaricate is certainly not one of them. But if he is free from malice he is alsb inexorable in the line of fact; he hews to the line, let the chips fly where they may. What Grant says of Hancock is, then, just what he thinks of him,—his honest estimate of. his character; and‘ the statements he makes eas of fact touching Order No. 40 and Hancock’s ex- execution of ft are facts. Nobody will dis- | * ‘pute these two propositions. Demacrats must accept them whether ‘they will or no, and make the most of them. It follows that Grant’s estimate of the character of Han- cock and the new facts he divulges about Hancock’s career become ‘at once’ a factor in the pending contest. This estimate of the character of Hancock possesses an especial value because of Grant’s intimate official rélations with him at the time of the happening of the one important event in his life... ba ORF a c What does Grant say of Iancock?. He calls attention, asa preliminary, to the fact that, up to the- time of his (Hancock’s) ap- pointment as Military Governor of the Dis- trictof Louisiana and Texas, he had not been regarded as afi oflicer of great military geniusor distinguishing ability by anybody in.authority. He says: He was a very fair corps commander, but was never thought of for any great place. When the Army of the Potomac was hunting for a commander it took almost everybedy, and evon came over into the West for officers, but no one ever even suggested Hancock for the piace. This is important, though not new, because it shows conclusively that Hancock was not nominated to the Presidency on account of his military-services in the field. Grant then says: wot p After ho received “that voto in 180 he ‘tind the ‘bee in bis bonnet,” and shaped everything to gain Demucratic and Southern favor. Ho hus watched, and planned, and waited, till'at jnst be bas recelved the Democratic nomina- tion. To the question: “Do. you think he fs in sympathy with the South ?? Gen. Grant re- sponds: “He is crazy to be President. He is ambitious, vain,'and weak. They will easily control him.” y Now it should be borne in mind that from 1864 to 1868 the relations of Grant to Han- cock were very close,—those of the General of the Army to a subordinate of high rank ata time when military operations in aid of thecivil authorities were considerable. It ‘was at the beginning of this period that Han: cock received the one vote in the Democratic Convention which, Grant at once observed, turned his head and.put the Presidential “*bee in his bonnet.” No wonder Grant de- ‘clares that Hancock is ‘vain and weak,” since a ‘single vote for the Presidential nomination Was sufficient to so rouse and stimulate his ambition. .But what evidence is there that his ambition was roused? Grant says: “He shaped every- thing to gain Democratic and Southern favor.” Did he? Grant says,he did, and Grant ougtt to know, for every official act of his life was performed directly under his eye. But we are not left to the mere word of Grant, although that would be sufficient. Gen. Grant shows tbat Hancock, in the Mili- tary Governorship of Louisiana, “shaped everything to gain Democratic and Southern favor,” sought to aid Johnson in nullifying acts of Congress which he (Hancock) was appointed to execute, and that when he was defeated in this purpose he begged to be re- lieved. The interview between Grant and Hancock on the subject of Order No. 40, now for the first time giyen to the country, speaks Volumes. It sustains all that has been charged touching Hancock’s subserviency to the South, and fortifies beyond question the Justness of Grant’s opinion that in the event of Hancock’s election “they [the South] would easily control him.” Here is the in- terview: I said: “General, you and I are soldiers,— army Officers. We have life positions; we serve under successive Administrations without re- gard to party. It is our duty toenforce the laws of Congress. We are not responelble for the wisdom of the laws; Cangress bears’ respon- sibility, Woe simply enforce them.” fi eugene Well, i'm opposed to nigger dom- ination.’ © Isnid: “ General, {t {s not a question of ‘nig- ger domination.’ Four millions of ex slay ot ly dom- sworn duty." . He said: “ Well, I'm opposed to nigger domi- ei that my only chance to influence him was by the remnant ‘of authority left in my hands.” He was determined to please the Demo- eratic party and the South, ‘There is no longer about the head of Hah- cock a halo teflected from soldierly duty per- formed without regard to personal conse- quences. Says.Grant, the superior officer, to Hancock, the subordinate: “It is our duty, to enforce the laws of Congress,” and he offers incontrovertible argument in support of his position, What does‘Hancock say? Does. he meet argument with argument? No. But, parroting the cry of the Retiels, he says, doggedly; “Weil, I’m opposed to nigger domination.” - Gen. Grant ‘follows his appeal with more arguments, and adds: “It is not aquestion of ‘nigger domination’; it Is‘a question of doing-our swom duty.” And what does Hancock stillreply? Only this, and nothing more: ** Well, I’m opposed to nieger domination.” (This was his slang term for according the colored peo- ple their freedom and civil rights.) . It is not necessary to require: proof that’ this dialoz occurred. Everybody knows it occurred. (1) Because Gen. Grant says it oc- curred, and he is a man of truth. (2) Hancock does not dény it. (8) Because Gen. Hancock’s whole career since shows on his part a slavish subserviency to the South, pentant Rel would as‘President interpose his veto to save, ‘the Treasury of the Nation from spoliation at the hands‘of the ravenous, greedy South! There he stands, the'creature of the South. ‘The South made him what he is. ‘The Sopth: has paved the way to the utmost of its ability for his election by‘bulldozing and fraud, and he grasps eagerly for the price of his sub- serviency. IRISHMEN VOTING FOR A “CHANGE” OF desiring ‘‘achange” are the Irish. out their support Hancock and English would: be left in a ridiculous minority, not only in Chicago, but in Llinois and in eyery Northern State...” ae ‘ * The Irish are: depended: on by the Demo- cratic lenders to give an almost solid support to their ticket. i laboring men. ‘upon the consequences to: themselves of & great negro-exodus from the South:to the North? Has it ever occurred. to them that if a mass of colored famiifes came to Chicago— being driven out of the South by Confederate + persecution and infolerance—these colored people would necessarily become competitors: against them for the labor of the city ? tirely consistent witli the trucklthg, cow: ardly attitude maintained, by him in-the in- torview with Grant, which is now:a fact.of the deepest historic’ significance. It is sig- nificant heeause it shows that the Rebels had only to breathe uport the “vain, weak? man Hancock to make him forget his oath and his duty to his-superior officer. How'idle to hope that this doughface, this man who de- fied his superior officer, and openly violated a law of Congress to gain favor with unre- belg,—how idle to hope that he, THE NEGROES 10 THE NORTH. . The most numerous element in Chicago With-| i ’ ‘The bulk of the Irish in’ this county are Have they ever reflected Let us put this matter plainly. The lrish “ wantachange,” hoping, no doubt, to secure some Federal bttices thereby; but will that compensate them for the mischief. they may do themselves? Do they want to * change” half the black population from the South to the North? Are they not aware that the biacks are intensely dissatisfied.-with the treatment they receive at the hands of the Southern Democrats, who cheat and oppress them in the most metciless manner ? Do they, not know that every colored family in the South is feeling the: same longing to come- North that the Irish feel to come to Amer- ica, and for the same cause—oppression ? ‘The blacks in the South are landless. The Democrats own all'the land, and are opposed to “niggers” getting any. renters and Inborers, paying exorbitant rent for the use of land, and work forsmall pay,— the usual rate of wages being $18 to $15 per’ month, and board themselves.. by poll-taxes, and forced to work about two weeks on the roads each year. nied fair justice, and are shamefully dis- criminated azainstin the Courts; not allowed to sit on juries where men of their own race aré on trial. They are severely punished by fine and imprisonment for petty offenses, and made to work out those fines.on. the public ‘highways under direction of armed officers, ‘They are bulidozed and terrorized, and cheat- ed-out of their.votes,—their tickets not being counted. publicans established after the War for the children of the blacks have nearly all Been broken up and closed.:_In many cases the school-houses have been burried by the Dem- ocrats, who are opposed to what they call “nigger education.” blacks do not get ae white- man’s chance” for life, and they-.are profoundly discontent- ed and discouraged. Some thirty or ‘forty thousand of them, determined not to endure thesd. abiises aiid’ “Oppréssidis’ any longer, left the South last year-and -went chiefly to Kansans, and afew to Indiana-and Lllinois. Hundreds of thousands of others are almost determined to go, but are waiting and watch- ing for the result of the elections, if the Confederates come into power and take pos- session of the Government the blacks will conclude that it is useless to wait longer, and that the tine fora “change” hascome. As we have said before, there is “not a black man or woman on the remotest plantation in the South but understands, feels, and is con- The blacks. are from’ sunrise to -sunset, They are harassed They are de- The .free schools which. the. Re- In’ short, the poor vinced that the election of Hancock and En- glish and the return of the Democratic Confederate party to power will mean the practical ‘reinslavement of. the col- ored race;. that’ it wild mean the -ex- tinction of even their present nominal political rights, and with ‘these will perish also their civil rights: and all dreams of be- coming owners of property and controlling their labor.” The exodus Northward will far exceed the immigration of the\poverty- stricken Irish escaping to this country from the heel of English rack-renting landlords, After the Irish vote has turned the Gov- ernment over to the Southern oligarchy, and the colored people seek a change, they will crowd into the cities and towns of the North from Maine to Colorado. ‘Tens of thousands of these oppressed ‘pedple will ‘naturally pour ints Chicago in a steady, ever-increas- ing stream, seeking subsistence by doing all kinds of hard work at low wages. They will pretty much monopolize the work of loading and unloading stone, lumber, and coal .ves- sels; they will become grain-trimmers. They know how to handle horses and mules, and weak, him.” ersecuted people of both :sexcs, ant their. Sarason Iocation at: the North as laborers. competing for bread. When’ foreign work- men, therefore, vote’for Hancock with a view of punishing the negroes, or in approval of Hancock’s opposition to ‘nigger domina- tion,” let them remember that for every ne- | gro who because of Democratic oppression at the South shall seek refuge at the North, there will be one foreign workman reduced to competition ‘at low wages. Unless their blind, ignorant prejudices are too deeply, rooted, they will see that it isto the direct interest of all foreign workmen that the ne- groes be persuaded to remain at the South, and net forced, as they will be by Southern political domination, to come North toa land of equal rights, and where they can “get a white man’s chance.” . - _———— ee Hancock disputes one of Grant’s state ments, Grant said: ‘He was a very fair .corps commander, but was never thought of for any great place. When the Army of the Potomac was hunting for a commander it took almost everybody, and even came over into the West. for officers, but no one\ever even suggested Hancock for the place.”, Haneoek says: ‘After the failure of the campaign, I was detained in Washington ona placing mein command of the Army of the Potomac, but I did not want it, and- would not accoptit.” It is a littlesingular that this secret should have slumbered in the breast of Stanton so many yeats and_ finally gone down into the grave with “him. It is still more singular that Han- cock guarded the secret so faithfully; strange, very strange indeed, that he should lave kept the world in ignorance of the tend- ered honor, .as' showing, ‘at least, the high esteem in which he was held by the great War Secretary. It is just a little singular that’ President Lincoln never knew that Stanton @ietained” Hancock in Washing- ton a month “ with a view of placing him in command of the Army of the Potomac.” It is evident. he didn’t, however, since none ot his biographers mention, the subject.’ It is singular -that it took Stanton:a month to make up his mind “to offer Hancotk the perilous ‘command. . He was not wont to spend. a month making up his mind. Gen. Hancock’s language on. the subject is pe- culiar, to say the least. He does not say that Secretary Stanton offered him the command of the Army of the Potomac. He says Stan- ton detained him’a month, “ with a view of placing himin command,” etc. Grantsays: “Hancock was never thought of. for. any. great. place.” Is Grant mistaken? Did Stanton think® Hancock for the command of the Army of the Potomac? Did he tell Hancock that he thought. of him for the great place ? -Did he turn the matter over in his mind a full month without hinting it toa person except the.subfect éf his reverie, and finally conclude’ not to do it, not to give the command to Hancock? This is the only plausible theory on the subject. It relieves Grant from the imputation of misrepresenta- tion which flows from Hancock’s counter statement,, and falls just a little short of con- victing Hancock of falsehood. It makes of Hancock’s statement an ingenious evasion; that’s all. -There.is another ‘singular thing about this business, The purpose of Grant's. statement on this point was simply to show that Hancock was not regarded as “a military genius at the'time glluded to: The statement does notaffect Hancock’s character or present standmg before the people a whit. “But Hancock shows his sensitiveness on the subject of whether or not heis a great man by addressing himself to this question first. Grant says:'“ Hancock was never thought of for any great place.” Hancotk rushes into print at onée, saying, “I was thought-of fora great place.” He reveals asecret which Stanton appears never to have mentioned to a soul on earth, and which he took care should not be preserved in any of his papers. And for what? To gratify a feéling of weak vanity to show that somebody “ thought” of offering him “‘a great place”! In attempt- ing to refute the least important statement of the entire interview of Grant, Hancock hasynwittingly pleaded guilty to the truth of, the most important—namely: ‘He is crazy to be President. He is ambitious, vain, and They [the South] will easily control ae + ASTRONOMICAL. —_ Chicago (TRrsuNE office), north iatitude 41 deg. 52m. 578.; west longitude 42m. 18. from Wash- ington, and 5h. 50m. 30s. from Greenwich. ‘The subjoined table shows the time of setting of the moon's lower limb, and,thbe official time for lighting the first street-lamp in each cir- cuit in this city, during the coming week, unless ordere the ff sodneron account of bad weather. Also lowing times for extinguishing the first ‘The moon will be in her first quarter at 6:45 ‘p. m. to-day; in perigee nt 4-8. m. Tuesday; and full at 10:36 p. m. next Sunday. She will be with Jupiter next Sunday morning, and with Saturn oday.tater, nearly at the date of his opposition tothe sun. Sho will, however, pass 7% degrees to the northward of the planet. ' The sun’s upper limb will rise on Monday at. consequently will be,employed as teamsters | 9:08 a. m., south at Ih. 46m. 95.18. a.m., and det and hostlers. ‘They will find employment at the Stock-Yards-and packmg-houses by the at 5: p.m. ‘The gun's upper limb rises Friday next at 6:13 thousand; they will do the work of butcher-.| 4-m., souths at 11h. 45m. 99,93. 2, m., and ‘sets at ing and: the labor of the packing-houses; they | 5* will become the coal-heavers, and laborers in all building operations; in short, they 18 p. m. : ‘The aidereal time Thursday mean noon will ‘be Iah. 3im. 35.453. Mercury will south Thursday at0:52 p.m.; and will put into Chicago alone 100,000 of their | set ats:55 p.m. He is east from the sua; but race,seeking the kinds of labor now per- formed by as many white men, and to the ex- clusion of the latter. In Hke manner they | !0 will pour into all the other cities and towns el in the North. . They: will find ‘their way by unfavorably situated for observation, as his greater southern declination” makes him vory’ yw down at sunset. Ho will attain his greatest’ longation Nov. 4. ral Venus will south Thursday at 1:21 p. m., and set at 6:20 p.m. To-morrow evening she will be tens of thousands into New York, Phila- | a iittio to the south of Alpha Librae. Venus is delphia, Boston, Buffalo; and all the cities slowly coming out-as an eventing atar; readily along all the lines of the railroads in all the | seen in the country immediately after sunset, Northern States. The men will seek rough labor, and the women will seek employment at domestic science, as cooks, waiting- women; and .laundresses; they will. put. themselves in direct competition with all- branches of Irish labor,—male and female. One especial branch of Jabor they have already encroached upon, and that is conl- mining. Even the limited exodus of Jast. year has furnished: several. thousands of re but too low to be easily seen through the murky atmosphere of a big city. Seg Tal Mars will south Thursday precisely at mean noon; but will notbein conjunction with the sun. tiltén days afterwards, when he will be about 1% degrees south of the luminary. Uranus will south Thursday at 9:20.a. m. Hence he rises before the sun, but is yet too near him to be an object of interest. if Neptune will south Thu! at Ilha. “m. (is right ascension at that date will be 2 hours 4 minutes, ‘and declination 14 degrees 9 able-bodied negro laborers who -have‘al-| minutes north: He is now far enough from. ready found permanént..employment in the sun to permit his satellite to be seen through .| the coal mines of the North, and, in | a powerful telescope,and a series of measures. cage of Hancock’selection and the certain rush of negroes to the North which will fol- low, the whole mining industry will pass of {ts position fs about being commenced at the Dearborn Observatory by Prof. Hough, the: Director. | Jupiter will rise. Thursday at 5:00 p. m., south from the white to the negro population. - |. at 11:16 p. m., and set at 5:83 a.m. Friday. He Few of these negroes who will come to the | ig North will ever return. ‘They will come to stay, and stay they will until they: and their descendants $hali be immovably rooted. in tbe soil as the chief laboring population -of | the North, as they now are of tlié South. It will be readily.scen, therefore, that it is to the especial interest of white labor at the North that the negro population shall be in-| duced to stay where it is,—at the South. It isto pes raertee of white labor at the North that the Southern rulers shall be- compelled « to so treat their negro laborers that the latter can continue .to | wi and reside in the South. - south at 12:03 p. now an evening star, his opposition to the sun. having ocenrred last Thursday. He ts still very nearly as bright as then, being yet very near his Jong-talked-of perihelion, andis a prominent object till Inte in the week,.when his brightness MM suffer by: comparison with themoon. His equatorial diameter now subtends an angle of 47% seconds to an observeron the earth. His four moons shine, out brightly, and his magnifi- cent system of belts [s now at its best for tele- scopic study. Observations of his spot, con- tinued for more than a. year, give the period of hig sidereal rotation as almost precisely 2 hours 55 minutes 35 seconds. * Satura will ‘Thursday at 5:33 p.m., and The election of Hancock, and the conse- | 101 be for'a couple of days before and after quent removal of all restraints upon. the op- posing interests of the “Solid South,” will be a signal for an exodus by millions of these that date, on account of his being then near the fullmoon. His greatest apparent diameter is now 1835 seconds of arc; and the ratio of the | to keeping out bogus votes. We have 20 month by Secretary Stanton, with a view of° greatest diameter of his vety nearly as 4 to 1. AS REPORTED in the @& Thomas Hughes said sta dinaer gett iy Friday night inthis city that he wy.) 2a the people of Tennessee perfectly win fone copt the Consequences of the lato cri Pw: ever the tnost pronounced Souther. questioned as to whether thoy way Oe with the present condition of af iPr tie edged that they would not have ach; they could.” Itis surprising tharg set ™Rlt of Mr, Hughes’ penetration ang vuleie caution should have trusted so implteit ae? very limited knowledge of the Southsny tH He knows them only asa guest m; ‘Kio host of a day or two, He recelyed fromm all the consideration whlch belonged xomeee3 gentleman, a visitor, a foreigner, and ang Proposed to grant, not to” ask mts of the people of Tennessee. The tr people had nothing to apprenes es him; they could not be otherwise than try bly inclined toward him. But, as special reason why they should be one they had no reasonable inducement to rbd him their secret political opinionsand in 2 especially if tho latter included any it designs. To do the Southern Hughes’ full -justice, however, Bi Tae aee that the former do not now desire to beset rated from the Union. What then? ig this, question seriously before the American peop Who has lately maintained the Afirmative of; Proposition? ‘The truth is, that the Soumes whites have no conceivable motive tos) the Union while they. can, by staying’: control and dispose of its yaar Tes, Mr. Hughes should have directed is tnqafiey to this point: he should have asked mooe the practical operation of the Consthtategy amendments, If he had found that ‘they te, nullified throughout the South, that thenig' vote was suppressed by force’ and fraud, 2 that these facts were openly Proolaiayed be might haye understood the full meaning g th Southern friends’ statement that they “aig; wish a change.” They have no reason to & a change while they continue to count out iy negro vote and to represent the negro popniy. tign in Congress. With a grip on-beth Housesag Congress, and the Presidency in “prospett iy would be ‘aWery extraordinary Southermer ys should advocate secession. It would be alas as if a Liberal constituency in Bngiand, tye Liberal party being in power, should propose thy dismemberment of the British Emply M.- Gambetta give in bis ‘allegiance. ty the white ‘flag. But Mr. Hughes will te cover, if he has’ time to’ l6ok-’ try the subject fully, that the South has gai control of the Government by the mostg Yageous ‘of all cnmes in a tree. county frauds on the ballot-box and the defilementet the sources of popular sovereignty. The fara are acknowledged: and sought to be justified by Southern “gentlemen generally ‘in prinw § conversation. Gnglish travelers nave repestid them often in books of travels; and wed not doubt that Mr. Hughes himself, if hecame to put the questions, can collect sufficient a} § dence on this point in the South ‘in‘s dingy & week to satisfy the most incredulous of ts countrymen, : B, 4 A crmcuaR setting forth the pretminat claim of Perry H. Smith, Jr.,to the confidens and good-will of the voters of the. Third (i gressional District is reprinted in’ another a §& umn of this issue. Nobody who ts at all ‘tani: jar with Mr. Smith’s style will for a momest doubt that he is the author of this very reméii= able composition. His candor and customsy fearlesness in diecussing bis own merits ard spicuously displayed in it; and it illustrates tie very generosity of nature for possessing” whic heis justly praised. The circular answers exactly to the description which’‘it gives of Smith that the question of authorship 15 at Oy removed. Ho is said to'be “genial, jovial, ax § tirely free from that ‘most offens patronizing alr toward inferiors,” . $0. ‘The style is, as. he is sald tobe, “abort very appearance of trickery or double-dél ing, yet discreet and reserved in exprestiy judgment.” “From this authentic x Jearn that Mr. Perry H. Smith, Jr., the battle of giants”; that he isF2\imb with certain advantages, such as weal tats ‘that “he essays tograpple wit & of diplomacy and the stora ja ithat “to thdge who" hava! pleasure of his acquaintance there is no vlat: mercenary significance in his triumph”}. ttt “ho has developed a trae, genuine msibow. such as to be phenomenal”; that he is so and bulwark ‘gainst sense”; that he is ot 4 supremacy all over this broad fand”; ty family renowned for wealth’ “and”, beggar will receive at his hands as constderii® “benefactor, THE Trrsuxe objects to sogmat @ -fuldiiid, and it turns out for them as it did He is nearing his opposi--| tion to the sun. He will reach that point Mon- day.of next week; but he is brighter now than treatment as ‘the curicel darlings of society""t & that he “combines within himself qustitlesé head and heart which are seldom round in cbt young,” and more to. the same effect. If thee is no.-exdggeration in the -inventory. of Me ‘Smith’s virtues, society would lose by hign movalto Washington its brightest i¢ andthe poor of the city their most ge and so unnecessary a sacrifice. Chicago cal better spare a better man. The election of Mt Farwell will not eclipse the gayety of the coum ty; and: on this ground, if on no other,/th® choice of Mr. Smith as the candidate to remait at home would be fitting and desirable. 4 : Tue Democrats .are printing Gen. Haw cock’s telegram to Grant in the cases of them § moval-of several Aldermen and Street Commi sioner Baker, and treating them as if they werd, the papers covering the matter of the levee boné § business. By this manfpulation they make Gem Grant's statement appearas based on adefectit® memory. -But Gen. Grant is right,and thoi who are thuscontradicting him are altogetheri® f the wrong. The Cincinnat! Gazette’. explains that-the levee bond matter. took. place befors, Hancock..was sent there. The correspondencs which the Democrats are giving out trom Ham; cock pertains to the-very last, event of -his sd; ministration, months after the other affair, an3, relates exclusively to the removal of several Aldermen ‘and a Street Commissioner. Gem Grant revoked these orders, and it was upon te" action in this case that Hancock asked to be fe Ieved because his self-respect would not allow him to stay. The removal of the Aldermen was for contempt of his headquarters; aud the story; 4s a curious one. +: © vo 3 ‘The Board of Aldermen were about to a to fill a vacancy, in 1 clvit office. . Hancock calleé attention to the fact that be had the authority; to control the election. ‘One of the members of. the Board took ‘the ground that Hancock, by his Order No. 40; had’ really directed: the cif authorities to perform all theirfunctions. Four, other’ Republican. members united with ‘the speaker in this view, and the fifth voted to pre. coed: to an election of the civil officers.» Dw « vote was not carried. Hancock was, howevéts ‘very much incensed at this literal interpretada of bis “ Order No. 40,” and immediately remoy these Aldermen for the grave offense 0! tempt of his headquarters. : Gen. Grant seemed to think this childish. was at the same time made an occasion by Ge’. Hancock for removing those five strong Repay. licans from the Board. The revocation. ordered by Grant,. and Hancock in disgua asked forremoval. | prot Tete : = é ‘Te Democratic leaders in Indians Son. ; tinue to boast’and baw! that they are goin carry the State by 10,000 to 15,000 majority; they bave worked their party up to this a everywhere and set them to betting thelr money, on it. Suppose these great expectations are DY the Republicans in Bfaine, or worse, what sth, a fix are they in? Last year the Pnsionlsh, carried Maine by 1,000 majority, and this taltit is about-a tie. But the Republicans they wera! going ‘to sweep the State by oe majority at least. They slipped up on tee calculations, and the result was a.wet Distt on the party everywhere. After all thetr bragging of 15,000 majority in Indiana, how 4, they feel if their majority is cut down to 3 or3,000? And. what will be the condita their nerves if thé Republicans carry the Stal#t — 0 “Se. THe compliment which Tae Tamu £ ‘unintentionally pafd two Western Democrats ae! saying that they intended voting for Gari and Arthur was, it appears, misplact there fs no reason why it should be reput or why anybody should hasten to correct Ih: do thia.would be to deprive the gentlemen” question of the benefit which they will othe! derive from the error. Tue Indians campaign, so far as Mas" : meetings and public discussions are concern closed last night. To-day bottr sides rest. ™ morrow will be devored to the final pre! in getting out the vote, and, by the Republicsr