Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1880, Page 4

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Bt—An- nual Convacation this Felting evening. at Tab wiclock, for tha wlochan of Meera and parnent of dius. vsttltisz company ally invited. By or OMTPARA IY WIHUIEY, Becrolurys FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, i880. Dae Ruuor 14 a disreputable femalejn Washington, and what sho says fsn’t of niuch Aecount. But nowspavers there do make note of the fuct that sho aysigus the Lion, L. P. Morton, of New York, to succeed Mr. Thompson, in the Navy Department, tho understanding bolng tint he is Gon, Gar- fleld’s choles for “tho position, and will be continued under the new Administration, from voting hy needtess challenging intenl- ed onty for purposes of delay. Tn some pre- elnets the fuspeators refused to open the polls, In others the voters were Intlmidated, and in nearly all the returns wero talsitled. ‘The ingenniy of the Bourbon electlan ofl- cers of Alabama in defeating the will of the people Is traly marvotous, Tne Mississipp! Levee Connnisston aro. wondrous kind, It}y reported from Wash- fngton that they have practiced setf-dental to -the extraordinary extent of being willing to necept the small sim of eighteen jumdred thonsand dollars of public taxes as a first instalment to begin the work of building levees for the planters, ‘Their first Intention was to fnsert thelr paws In the Pablle Treas ury and grab six inilituns. Fearlng that so large a It of loot might eatisa unpleasant feelings on the part of the public and ovcaston {nvidious talk, theseehaps with rare abnega- tion have relned themselves in, and now only propose to filch the trifle of a million and three-quarters, and thus explolt. the Treasury by ensy grabs until tho people be- come acenstomet to the process of plunder, Randall Gibson, of New Orleans, is tha modest, retiring gentleman at the head of thts syndicate of-pirates, ‘Lhe country may as well understand that If Congress begins thts schema of Misstsslppt levee-bitilding tho expenditare of one hundred iillions will Not measure the job, An expenditure of $250,000 In openlng nn outlet from the Mississippi River into Lake Borgne, 0 few miles below New Orleans, will do more to prevent overtlows than fifty inili- fons spenton building embankments to dant un and hold in the river Hoods, The two schemes dlifer like those of building adam and, entting thron dam, The Mississippi at the near: est approach to Lake Dorgne is some elzht- een or twenty feeb higher than the ocean water In that so-cnlled lake, but whieh fs an inlet or bay, und the distance fs but a few miles, All thatds required is the throwlnyg up ofa couple of low embankments from the riyer to the bay to prevent tho water from sprending over the adjacent planta. tions, and the chopping down of the trees between the two retaluing levees, Yhen’ cut tha Mississlppi leveo at that point, and fet the river water dow through down into “Lake” Dotgne. Ina short time the opening may be half a mite wide and the volume of water rushing to the sea. ‘This outlet will drain tho river flood so materially all the way up to Vieksburg, and above It, as to do away with ali the pretended necessity for Randall Gibson's dishonest schemo to plunder the National Treasury for the benefit of pilfering jobbers aml speen- Jators, Why don’t the River and Harbor Commlt- tee make an appropriation of a quarter of iniHion to test the success of so simple and cheap a plan of controlling high-water floods in the Mississippl, before pernitting the tn- finitiy more costly scheme of building levees for 1,000 miles to bo fastencd on tho Trens- ury?° WIN some Western member of Con- gress rise and explain why? THE FUTURE SOUTHERN POLICY. It seems to be universally accepted In the political circles of the National Capital that the Southern polley of the next Adrlnistra- tion will bo very different from tat which has been pursued under thy, existing Ad- intulstration, At all ovpx«s, the Republicans entettnin yo dopbt.avon tho'subject. It is expected that the tone adopted by the South- ern statesmen in the discussion of the Burn- side Educational bill in the Senate, no- tably fstrated In ihe speeches of Brown of Gorgla, Pugh of Alubama, and Garlapd . of Arkansas, 1s designed .to Mn. Vest, tho junfor Senator from Mis- ‘sourl, was right when he sald in the Senate Wednesday that John Brown “deserved his fate.” Tis fate hus been glorious, . Hehass place In history among the herves who died for liberty, Ils namo is the symbol of ao) that was noble, unselfish, and in tho struggle ‘for emancipation, was his “fate to have sung and’ colebrated army that tho sun cyer shone upon. Of hin only has it been deelnred by the American; people that, though dend, “is soul ig yareh- Ing on.” It still anhnates tho Admoriean people, and fixes thom in the resolve t6 seo thnt the slaves they set frep shall pd) jprotectil and enjoy all the elvil rights possessed by tho proudest of their old oppressors. 88 Mr, Vest was right when hesatd thatJohn Brown “desorved his fate.” Whethor-he was right, or decent, or manly when ho stlemitized tho hero of Harpor's Ferry as “av old seoun- drel,” 1s another question. A majority of tlie American people ‘do not think him-so grent a scoundrel og éither of the Senators from Missouri, both of whom were traitors to their country and sought to destroy it, lt was not so /scoundrolly of John Brown to -raise/ his feeble band of emanelpationista at Harper's Forry as it was for Mr, Veat fo serve In,the Contederate louse for two yours andin the Confederate Senate for one‘year, or as it was for Mr. Cockrell to Join the Confederate army and lift his hand agninst tho life of the Natlon, Can theso Missourl Senators never censo sympathizing with the border-rufllans? John Brown in his day gave these gentry much tronble, but none of them ever called old Osawatomia “a ,scoundrel” to his face, Mr. Vest would not now be so brave but for the fact that Jolin Brown Ig dead. But his soul is still ‘tmarchingon.” Don't forget that, Mr. Ves! A. A. Manson, Repubtican eandidate for Congress in the Third Alabama District, has sent a formiy notice of contest to Willian U, Ontes, Denfocrat, returned as elected. Mab- Bun sasorts fiat In elght counties of the dis- trict, votes/east for him were frauduently counted fof Oates; Uiat other votes for lim were unlawfully thrown out, and that voters ‘werd provented by threats from going to the polls or depositing their ballots when there, Af his statements aro sustained, the reported Vote of tho district will undergo the changes shown below: t OVFICIAL VOTE, Oates, |Matun, 1,07) CONNKOTED VOTE Oates, | Mabson, Loy 10%) 1.04) ike 100) 22 ay) oa] 17) OTs ls Faye) Lite sa u bx ‘iO ww 28h 1318) Gonova 4a) $ uo) Votal.....[- 1oeli] 6,630 B20) 10d In this way a mnjority of 4,078 for Ontos ts transformed futon majority of 1,885 for Mab- son, A shintlar notice has been served by the Jon, James Gillette, Republican, on Thomas I, Hleandon, Democrat, returned ns clected from the First Alabama Distriet, ‘The con- testant declares. that many voters who In- fended ‘to vast thelr ballots for him were decelyed and induced to vote for hls op ponent; that the election officers of tive coun: tes elther. refused to appolat Republican In- . {BPectors, or appoluted such as were ignoraut + aud incompetent; that the registrars in Mo- . tblle did not open places of registration until three days before such places were reungred to bu closed, and then failed to stay at these places during ‘proper hours, so that 120 ‘electors, who were otherwise qualified to vote, and who would have voted fur Gillette, could not get registered; that voted cast for him were transferred to He. Bud that wany Republicwus were preven fempér’ ‘tho wind to tho shorn tamb. It 4s hinted, too, thot’ the National Monnnitteo, during tho Into Presidential campaign, were intriguing with Mahone, of ‘Virginia, and to some extent understoad to commit the incoming Administration to 0 bestowal of some of Its favor upon those on- gaged for jocal purposes in antugoniziug the regular Bourbon party In that State. There are also rumors that several of the Southern members In both Houses of Congress will avail thenselyes of every opportunity to mako an oral display of 8 sudden and pre- tentlousty-profound admiration for the Na- tlonal Government, and pecullar trustfulness In tho purposes of tho now Adwinistration, It may bo contidently expected, however, that Gen. Garfeld’s policy toward the South will rest primarily upon the theory that he was olected by the Republicans, and that 1t is more necessary for the success of the party ant the effective continuation of Its mission that the Government shall be represented by Republicans in tho South than it fs that the patronago of tho North should be confined to mon whose Republicanism fs unques- tloned, About tho only practical appliance of a distinetive Southern policy In the early part of the new Administration will be in the dis- tribution of the ofllces, Now that the Demo- crats tn Congress hive consented to goto work, It Js probable that the necessary busi ness of tha Goyermtost, fuetnding the pas- sage of all essential apprppriation bills and the Refunding act at least, will bo transacted at tho present session, ‘The two-w Tes cess Agreed upon in the Mouse yesterday, which will bo ratified by the Senate, if not axtended by that body, muy operate tu pre vent the consideration of thany dostrabte public measures, but ft need not de- feat tho legislation that Is” absolute. ly necessary, in that ease: there will be no extra session; Neither party svems to be willing to assume the responsl- bility for an extra session, and the polltichine on both sides nro impressed with tho belief that the contry will be more grateful foran cight-months? respit from the agitation tne chdental ta a Congressional session than for any legislation thet may be popularly de manded, But oven If there were ne extrn session it would-not be posstbly In the eloge alvision of the two Jouses to secure any ad= ditional lexistation for enforcing the constl- tutional amendments or promoting the pure ity of tho ballot-box In tho South, Heneo the new President will be confined, as far as his Southern polfey goes, to sneh manifesta. tion thereof as can bo mado by his appolut- ments, * x ‘The great inajority of the Republicans now unite fn regarding President Muyes' Southern polley asan unsuccessful experiment, Bob Jagersoll Wustrates it by a story of in En- glish Lord who went out to shopt ata target, and was accompanied by hits pameokeeper, ‘The aristocratic marksman fired away and did not come withing rod of the mark, My and his gumekeepor advanced to examine the target, and my Lord remarked thathehad anissed it," L wouldn't have the temerity to say you Id’ nilssed It, your Lontship,” replied thy gamekeeper; “but, bome soul, I don't think you hit it’? The most churitas bleot tho Vresident's erittes contend that the chief usefulness of Une polley adopted by President ayes ts to warn hls successor not to bewisled by honeyed words or. fulsome promises that come from o section which seems ta have no regard for’ polltical hon- esty, Tho proctically universal agreement of tho Hepublicans upon this subject leaves Httle room to doubt that President Garfield and lis advisers will put none but Republlo- BUS ON EL There fs good reason to believe that any. departure whlel shail place the Government otivers du the Suuths cacluslvely in the hands THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DE CEMBER 17, 1880—TEN PAGES. of reputable Republicans will, from the 4th of Mareh ond during the next four yenrs, serve to reéstablish the Republican party ju certain sections where ft has been smuted out of existence by the manifold expedients of Intimidatton, diserlmfuntion, ballot-hox frauds, and connting-out, ‘The Southron ts anatural-born oftee-secker, When he shall have become thoroughly convinced that it is the polley of the Government to confine the selections of its oficers to those who are friendly toitin spirit. and practice, moro of the native Sontherners will be fn favor of sineshlug the political ‘solidity of the South than have been discovered during tho past few years, Loeal divislons will then Tent to divisions on National issues, the purity of the ballot-box will be an avalluble turning polut for the more far-seelng politielans, and the vote of the negro will soon begin to ho equal in importance with the vote of the white man, and bo protected accordingly, There will be organization among Republic- ans where there has been nothing pnt disorganization, elaos, and dismay dure ing the past fow years, ‘There will then be native advocates of the civil rights, the polltleal privileges, and the eduea- tional aspirations of the bineks. If this shall prove to be the result of the change of policy that has been indleated, as would ap penr to be natural, the blacks themselves will be much better prepared to exerelso the duties of citizenship with discretion than they were when the ballot was first con- ferred upon them, Such an administrative pulley ean be and ought to be backed up by a movement In Congress to adopt a more sum wary process for the rejection of embers whoctain seats by virtue of notorious frauds, and tho chief regret at the praspeetive delay of eight months In the convening of the new Congress is that the spirit now actively in favor of such n course may be allowed to cool off and subside, to such an extent at lenstas shall tolernte the old system of prolonged In- veatigation and dilatory action, ——— Congress authorized the first of the war currency in Febrasry, 1802, and the first is- suo of legal-tender notes was handled back- ward and forward by tho ‘Treasury until April, 1860, after whieh date all notes of this first Issuc, as they were recelyed in the Treasury, were withdrawn and canceled, and other notes of the “Issue of 1860" were given ont in thelr place, hese were agaln super seded by the tasue of 1874, by another isspe in 1875, and by an isstte of 1878 and of 1880,—the two last mentioned being still continued, On the tgt of July, 1869, all the legnt-tender notes outstanding were of the first issue,’ and amounted to $56,000,000; a year Inter the amount outstanding of thatissue was reduced to $280,000,000, In 18T8 dhe amount of that first issue still outstanding was $27,859,000, - On the Ist of July, 1880, the total amount of ‘that Issue still outstanding, end whieh had never passed through tho Treasury since July, 1869, was $15,993,801, the sedemptions durlug the preceding four years haying been about $12,500,000, No notes dated prior to 1800 have Iwen pald out of the ‘Prousury sinee dint date, so that this $15,000,000 repre- sents nil of that issue which has been lost, destroyed, or remains hoarded away of the backs In cireulation from 1882 and prior . ‘The whole amount of these notes Issued was $1439,821,000, and the nmount yet uissing Is only about 24 per cent of tho whole Issue. It is curfous to note the de- nominations of tho notes which are atlll out- standing, and which for cleyen years have never passed through the hands of any of the branches or ofticers of the Treasury, ‘The anissing notes aro thus classlfled: Outetanatug. SOT aaeneeoa Bite. & 71.00 Five-hundred One-thousands TOU. oes ssesceessssseeses ree sens 1e S10 408,001.00 Deduct unknown destroyed jn Chie cugo fire., 185,000.00 816,0555,801.00 It will these miss- Ing notes are of the denominations of fives, tons, and twentles, though overa millon of dollars {n notes of five hundred and ono thousand dollnrs are still outstanding. Dur- {ng the year preceding July 1, 1880, there had been presented atthe Treasury; Ones, $18,000; twos, $26,000; fives, $268,000; tens, $415,000: twenties, $418,000; fifties, $56,000; one him- dreds, $97,000; five hundreds, $112,000; and of one thousands, $143,000, or in all $1,410,- 500, ‘Ihe larger notes ura probably hoarded away, while tho losses, whatever thoy nay be, and whieh aro evidently much less than is generally supposed, have been among the five und ten dollar notes, ‘The fractions given inthe figures ropresent us outstanding the lost portions of the notes, not uilowed for when the othor parts of the billa aro ro- deemed, THE NEW PACIFIC RAILROAD, ‘Tho Southern Pacitic and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railways are only seven- ty-two milles apart. ‘They will meet by Feb, 1, Passengers are now transferred by stage. When the rematilig section is finished, both wassengers and fretghts will be taken be tiveon San Franelseo and all Eastern poluts ou through rates, This connection will re- fensu the Central and Southern Paeiiles, which are virtually owned by the samo Com- pany, from the domnation of the Gould syn- dicate, ‘Lhe Unton Pacific has commanded tho situntion up to this the, but it mugt scon subiult to active competition, ‘ho Santa Fé Jond was built by Moston capitalists, It is pild for, and Goald lings been unable to get hold of it by any of the stock-jobbing opera: Uons In which he ty so proficient, The opentng of the now route will take plave under elreumstances widely different from those which attended (he complution of the Central and Union Paelfle Roads, ‘That event was calebruted us a Natlonal victory, Vows were composed about It, and various gold and silver spikes were driven with great pomp and ceremony. Every considerable elty had a parade and a banquet to com: miemornte the new order of things, Chiengo wis prrticulirly consplenous in the refole- lngs, and drank more champagne and turned out more wagons in its procession than any other elty. How differently will the new Ino bo ush- ered Inte existence! We doubt if much preejous metal will be wasted in spiking tt together, No grocery-wagons nor ndyertis- ing carts Wil slunify the local Joy oyer the wuspiclous event. ‘There will bo no outburst of public cnthusinsm, no pictures In tho MMustrated newepapers, and fow deadhead excursions of eminent citizens. But us quietly aa spring passes into summer tho Junetion will be made, tratns will mees and go through, and the first visible effect will be a reduction of rates aud a great Increase uf busluess with the Vacitle Const and the Urient, ‘There ave two rensons why the completion of the new road will not much excite publis fevllng. Tho first is that tho people have beeume accustomed to the idea of a Pacitic connection, It ls not thought tobe a world's wonder, In these days of marvelous rullroad construction, to span the continent, Six days to San Frunciscy isan old story. ‘Tho other reason is that the first road disappointed publle expectations by reason of the gross and rapacious overcharges exucted from the public. Lt has abbreviated time und diss tance, but It has not re A enstof freleht antl fara as was expected from a rond boitt: by Govermnent —eredii, On the contrary, it has been made an ingenious {nstrument of public robbery. Fares and freights have heen maintained at exorbitant rates. Immense dividends have been de- clared on 1 fictitious capital; and tho ane nouncement of an Intended fnerease of the «vidends on water stock to 7 per cont §s simultaneous with anadvance of the first serip, supposed to represent the eapital stock of the rond, far above pir, Moreover, to pay these undeserved earnings the, Govern- ment stands in to lose principal and interest of debt of $63,000,000, contracted on behall of a gigantic organized swindle, ‘The new rond bas not cost the Government a dollar In money or eredtt. It was Wilt wholly with tho cash of Its projectors, Not only Is this true, but It has probably been the means af preventing an enormous subsidy, orlginally put at $50,000 a mile for 1,400 miles, to the ‘Toxus Paeitic Company. ‘The Southern Pactile will not be obliged to pay enrnings on watered stock, Lt will have nn fmmense ade yantage over Its contpotitor from the start, Though one end of it will be owned by tho Central Puelfie, % will stil be compelled to rednee rates in order to draw trafle sufficient to pay the interest on its cost. Certainly tho outlook for the future of commerce belween tho West atid the East Is brighter noiy than it has been before for many years, The new route, while it makes through connections for the present, Is only a tem- porary arrangement. It Sncrenses the nuin- ber of Paeific roads to two. But in a few years, at most, there willbe four such ines, Tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa F6 ig biild- ing an Independent road from Its present polnt of futictlon at Florida Passto Giaynias, on the Gulf of California. It will alsa con- neet at Albtquergue with the new Atlantic & Paeltie, whieh will run an independent nv ta San Francisco. ‘The Southern Pactlic has nearly reached EL Paso, and from that point will build cither to San Antonio or.to Fort Worth, obtalning the Texas Pacific Jand grant for that purpose. ‘Uhus, there willbe three distinet roads from Albuquerque to the Paciile, or, counting theconneetions of the Aichlson Company as one line, there will be two separate ronds. The present Pacific Aallroad and the Northern Pacitle will fur- nish two more, ‘These fourronds ought to furnish abundant facliities for trace between the Livo vceans for a gencratton to come. “OARPET-BAGGERS” AND STATE-RIGHTS. Tho President has appointed Judge W. B, Woods, of Alabama, tu tho place on the Supreme Court Bench mado yaeant by the resignation of Judge Strong, Before the War Judge Woods was a practicing Inwyer in Ohio, of ‘recognized ability and high personal character, He served In the War, and at Its closv took up his residence’ in Alabama, Ho was subsequently appointed Judgo of the United States District Court, and at a later date, after tho Circuit Courts wero established, ho was made Judge of the Alabama Clreult. His sorvlee as Judge has been universally acceptable; his ability, his. fearning, his industry, and Ils general fit- nessfor the judicial office haye been con- eedtd; thore has never been a word of ob- Section made as to his qualifications, Now, however, it has been discovered that ho isa “earpet-bagger,” that ts, that ho Iya native of 8 Northern Stato; and lls appotnt- mont is objected to because he ts not a natlye-born citizen of tho South, It is time that thts class of objection should be stlenced. It is-enough on the score of resldenco that Judge Woods Js a citizen of the United States. Uo has resided In that distriet fifteen years, and it would be inter- esting to have It pointed out how Jong a citizen of the United States remoying from a Northern to © Southorn State. must re- side in tho Iatter before noe ceases to bo a “‘carpet-bagger ”” and beconies entitled to be recognized In his new homo to equal privi Azges ng ncltizen, The ofiles to whieh he has been appointed fs thut of a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, an office whose duties are not Hmlted by State lines and whoso constituency is as broad ay the whole Nation, ‘hero fs no faw or custom whieh preseribes tho previous residence of the persons to be appointed to that Court; any cltl- zen of tho United States properly quali- fied {8 eligible without any reference to hig residence, past or present. Why then should Judge Woods be opposed because, while he is now a resident of Alabama, ho has only resided there fifteen yearn? It Is time that this class of objection should notonly be silenced but should be rebuked, It Is only made by sectionst-minded persons resilunt at the South, Persons born and Talsedt nt tho South who move Into Northern States never have anything to say .nbout “carpat-baggers,” nor iy that suggestion ever made asa reason why thoy should not be appointed or elected to office in Northern States, In many of tho Western States, including Ilinvis, there are fully as many persons holding judiclal offices who have nilgrited hither from tha Southern States as there aro men of Northern birth, So with all the other oftices in the Western and North- western Stites; the porsons elected to them avo largely taken from those who haye coma hither from the Southern States, Atleast two of the persons elected Tresitent of the United States, Hurrlson and Lincoln, wore “varpet-baggers” from the South, ono to Ohio and tho other to Ilinols. It was enough for the people of the United States that they were citizens, having a Nationality broader than tho Hnilted nes of the States In which thoy were born. ‘ ‘The sectional character of this objection is shown by the fuct that it iy not made by the people of one ux-slaveholding State agalnst fmmigrants from another ox-slaye- holding State, Parsons moving ito Alabama from Virginia, or {nto Arkansas from Mls- sissippl or Kentucky, are never called carpet-baggers; but eltizons af Ohio moylng into Georgla, or from Minois into Louisiana, or from Pennsylvania Into South Carolina, are instantly stignintized as “ carpet-bageers” seoking tocteprive the people among whom they have taken up their residence of thelr inheritance and their livelihood! It would Appear from this thut, after all, tho reproach of carpet-bagism applies only ta those who fre not pro-slayvery, who are not hulrs of the Lost Cause seeking tho recovery of thelr patrimony, and who are not hostile to the mmnlntenaice of the fullest enjoyment of the largest clyil aud political freedom by all tho free people of all the States, cts timo that this Wugitimate offspring of tho pestlferous ductrine of State-soverclynty should be properly branded. Jt is aretie of tho old and exploded theory that the Stata Governments are the repositories of all soy- erelgnty, aud that the Government of the United States of Amerlea Ja 0 ferelgn Goy- ernment, existing by the consent and tolera: ton of the local Stute Governments, ‘fhe theory that tho Nation shall hayg no oficers in any Stute who are not natives of such State or who have not migrated thither from some ox slave State, or who shall not be acceptable politically to the people of such State, Is one that should be allowed to perish und sink out of sight with the tnstitu- tlon in whoso uitorest It owas Ine vented. After a ecuntury of Natlonal existenco It 1a full thao that the Nationality of tho Awerlean people should be reeognized and respected In every part of the Unton, and that a man who Is acltizen is a eltlzen with all tho privileges of ellizenshiji,;whorever he may resides amt that the Natlonnl Govern- tment shall not tolerate State Hes nor tho Minita of birthpiaco as causing any dis- auatification or tniltness for National offices or duties when such disquallfientions aro Muknown to the Constitution and are tneon- alstent with tha Nationality of American eltizenalip, nd THE FLOOD OF PENSIONS, The work of the House of Representatives yesterday was contined to the passage of the Pension Appropriation bill, It sets aside the good, ronud sum of $50,000,000 for the pay- ment of penstons during tho noxt fiscal year, and was accompanied by the intimation that $17,000,000 niditional wiil be asked to make good tho deficuney in the appropriation fot the current year, This ts na showing which in ong sense docs Infinit eredit to the mage nantinity of the American Government, aud in another stgnalizes tho vast resources of tho country; but it would startle any other taxnaying people of the world into vory pante of apprehension, The chief {tem of tnterest In the dis- cussion of the bill in the Committee of tho Whole was tho frank admisston made by. Mr. Hubbell, who was in chargo of the bill, of thocnormous expenditures Involved by the Arrears bill, It was somewhat unusual for tha representative of, a committco report- ing back n bill to dwell ipon tho magnitudo of the proposed expenditures, and this attl- tude gave old Copperheads like Sparks tho rare opportunity of posing as special advo- cates and defenders of the Union soldiers whom they were in the habitof denouncing as “Lincol’s hirelings” during the War, Nev: ertheless, Mr, Hubbell’s statements wero timely, and it Is surprising that his comments and tie bill were allowed to pass without de- vising somo remedy which would have at least kept down tho frauds that are practiced upon the Pension Commissioner, and which that officer himselfbelioves it to be powerless tonvert under tho present law. ‘The point was mide by certain Congressmen in extenta- tion of the apparent tndilference shown to Mr. Mubbell’s revelations that the prop- er menns to correct defects In tha law should bo presented by tho Penstons Committee, But this ts not sufllelent ox- euse for delaying action that mony now never bo taken. It fs the habitet Con- gress to aftlx to approprintion bills any riders, however foreign to tho subject mat- ter, that. suits partisan purposes. Certainly there would beno impropriety in incorpor- ating Into DI any provision ealeutnted to reduce expenditures by defeating fraud. In tho faca ef Mr. Hubbell’s statements, which wore not challenged, the Penston bill should not have been passed without such amond- ment ns should confine the ample benelits of the Arrears tict at least to’ those onlitled to them, Tho Arrears bill originally provided §25,- 000,000 for the extra expenditures which would be incurred by its provisions. Already tho sum of $11,000,000 has been paid out asa direct result of that measure, aud the annual pension charge has jumped up from $36,000,- 00U to $50,000,000, ‘There nro nuw nearly ,752,000 claimants to be satisfied. 1t has been the experience of the Pension Bureau that 80 per cont of the claims are disallowed, Conceding a similar reduction in tha wholo Tine of claimants, and the paymont of $1,100.05 arrears to ench of the remalniter, the sum of $217,500,000 will be required. ‘This sum, added to the $34,000,000 alrendy paid, will wake 9 total of about $252,000,000 to repre- sont tha first paymont of arrenrages, besides tha permanent annual charge, ‘This new army of pensioners will bo upon tha Gov- ernment nt the rte of over $100 cach peraunum, All this has been provided for, and ts not likely to be changed unless the Govorument shall be confronted with bank- ruptcy; but certatnly so vast nn expenditure demands the utmost enutlon and the arrest safeguards In its disbursement, ‘The Scere- tary of the Intorlor-and the Commisstoner of Pensions have frequently asked for a pro- vision of law that shall require public and quast-Judiciat examination of claimants, tn- stend. of the ex-parte afldavits upon which the new penslons are granted. Mr. Hub- bell’s remarks pointedly directed the at- tention of Congress to this. necessity at tho most opportune moment, because it was at a time when the money to meet the next year's sharo of disbursements was voted; and yet no effort was mide to provide Aguinst tho frauds In the future of which the frauds of the past have givon warning. ‘Lhe omission cnn only .be explained upon the demagogical inclination of every member of Congress, which prompts him to. avold giving any opportunity for charging lilm with un- tagonlzlng the fnterests of the soldier, : In this ense the anxlety to escape the appenr- anco of stich an attitude Jed Congress to work an Injury to the Government in the In- terest of swindlers who are not entitled to tho benefits of which thoy rob tho deserving solilior, PROVISION FOR OUR EX-PRESIDENTS, ‘The recommendations of President Hayes In his recent message with reference to Gen, Grant, the talk and agitation In Washington, and the appeals which have been recently nutde tu the public to collect a retiring fund for tho benefit of our ox-Presidents, 0 por. tion of which has already been subscribed, show that there is a strong popular feuling Upon this subject, and that there fs o dlspost- tion upon the part of tho people; after having called a prominent citizen away from his pri- vato pursuits and invested him with the grave responsibilities of tho chicftalnship of tho great Republic, bestles placing hihi In 9 post- tlon where it is morally certain that he can save Hitle or nothing from his salary It ho maintains the style .of his aflico according to tradition and precedont, that lio should not bo relegated to private life again without making some provision for him. An appenl of this kind has recently appeared in Boston, supplementary to that which has alrentdy been Issued In Now York, and signed by twenty-five prominent eltizens, {t being undorstoud that a fund of $250,000 will bo su- cured tf New England ratses §50,000, with the doniition that If Congress at any tla ap- propriates a suflicient fund for the same pure oso tha private subscription will not bo used, ‘ho form of this subscription {3 sub- stantially stated In tho following extract from tho appeals It being undorstood that the condition of thelr subscription ts that a suiticiont fund shall bo obtained prior to Jun. ‘1, 18a! which, in vome Dinutlon with ainular funds obtnined elsewhere, abull ylve to the first fucumbent of the [rual- Rental oftice, In tho order of bls retirement, a satlsfactory provision until ho retnters the pubs fico service In sumo saluriud ottice, or dics, elthor of whieh oventa shalt terminate hls utereats in. tho fund; algo, that when the net income of the fund ahutl exceed $100, the excess shnil bu usod for the benelit of tho next Jucumbent, or Ineumbonty, In succcaston, with the Hume Huta. Hon; or, if there be no such Incumbont, shall be either added to the prineipal: or patd over to the oxieting Incumbent wt the aiserotion of the trustees of the fund, having tn view the object. of keoplig tho petsicipal gexnl; and also that tho Comunitios shall minke provision in tho trast for the ternination of tho trust and digtmbuuon of the fund, in whole or in part, whonever tho pure ee of it is met by Icgislition sutisfactory to ho trustecs, Whilu this mode of private subseription should nppeat with great force to the patriot- le genorusity of our people, itwould be more consistent and at the same tine more digni- fied that the Nation, through Ita Congress, should imake tho appropriation, since tho services of tho President a3 an Exceutive ofMicer and a& Commandor-in-Chivt of the Army and Navy are National, It is the Nation, not private fudividuols la Ge Qri enge, for fnstanee, which should be prateful; and no ax-lresident could accent finanelal help without the footing that "hae was Indebicd to indlvidials and not to the countty. ‘This feeling would bo emphasized in Gen. Grant's enso, sine, Int addition te hls servlecs as Président atid to tho honor he conferred upon the American name in his famous journoy, he led the armivs of the country to victory and saved the Government and the Union of the States Intact. ‘That our Presidents have tiot been ablo to save anything outof thelr income, and that they have been frequently harassed by pecuns lary distress after thelr retirement, Is well known, and it has been so even in the carly dnys of our polltical hfatory. Monroo was left to the help of his son-in-law, and Jack+ son shortly after Ils retirement wrote to 9 friend: 1 returned home with Just 200 In money, hay- ing expended all my salary und thost of tho pros ceeds of my cotton erops found everything out of repay, corn und everything clso for the wag of my farm to buy, havbig but ono tract of land lea my homestend, whieh I hava sold, and bh haseunbled me to begin the year (1853) e of debt. Relying on our industry anc economy to yield usa support, trusting to kind Providence for goo sensons and 0 prosperous crop, Ils Impecuniosity troubled him to the end of lils life, and in the midst of his distress ha wns constantly under obligation to extend hospltality to the crowds of people whi vis- ited the Hermitage. But financial considera- Uons are not the only ones. ‘There are moral considerations of equal force. If Supreme Judges and army ofilcers are to be retired upon salarles that relive them from any fur- thor anxiety and place them beyond the pos- sibility of want in their old age, why should the Executive, who outranks them, be turned out without any provision? Is it just, or even equitable, for instance, that Con, Grant, who served his country with suck distifiction and) who saved {t In’ the time of {ts extremity, should be turned out without money and with- out business, spending his thie trying to find something to do, while offtcers whom he may have commanded are Hying at their ens upon the retired Iist? -Is it Just or even equitable that the people should call aman from his retirement, install lim tun position where they do not expect him to gave any- thing, and then turn bin out agaln with his knowledge that thoy do not expect him to do anything, unless he haga farm to which ho can retire? If the etiquet of tradition does not favor his going Inte a law ofiice, or n bank, ora store again, or running for local office, then certainly somo proviston should be made for him, Thora Is not a Government in the world, mong elvilized nations at least, which does not provide for its public servants, and in Engtand and France that provision takes the form of splendid Nberality, oven muntticence, ‘The annuities granted to the Royal family in England‘nand tho favors that’ were heaped upon the Duke of Wellington, whose services wore ginal! as compared with those of Gen. Grant, are a fair examplo of the princely manner in which European Powers reward thoso who have been of service to thom, and some who are of no service at all. ‘That private citizens should undortake the collection of s fund tho income of which is to be, devoted to the sup- port of our ox-Presitents, 1s creditable to their public spirit and patriotic generosity, but lt would be more grateful and graceful, ° and more in accordance with tho ftness of things and with the National character of tho sorvices of tho benoficiarles, to have this fund established by Congress and thus rep- resent the entire people; and there is no mensure which the present or the next Con- gress could pass that would bo more heartily indorsed by the Amerlenn people. No mem- ber could oppose it without running the rit of being stigmatized as unpatriotic and wi- Amerlean. It should be passed unanimous- ly, as it wil be confirmed unanimously, for tho present condition of things is one of tho most incongruous features ‘of onr political systom, and even verges upon hardship and injustice, Apuinat Wonney, of the United States navy, hus come off victorious in a libel suit. In 18%, Mr. Maurice, the plaintiff, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages at tho Naval Acudoiny In Annapolis, forwarded his realgun- Uon, Commodore Wordun was Superintendent. of the Academy. Ho mide an Indarsement on the resignation, tothe effect that it was tonl- cred In consequonoe of charges of a very graye chiracter, and he advised tho immediate ace ceptance of it, Maurice heard of thisin 3878, and sued the Admiral for $20,000 damages tn tho Stato Court, Tho defenso was that the Indorse- ment was a privilegod communication. Tho lower Court nphold this view. ‘Tho CourLot Ap- peals roversod its verdict and remanded tho caso, Tho defondant took a removal to tho Uulted States Court, whleh gave a verdict inhis favor, In passing on the prayers offered by counsel, Judve Morris said, ay regards tho question of the Sidorsement on the resiguution being privileged, that it was divided Inte two parts, whether it was absolutely privileged or qualifiedly so, Without expressing an opinion on the question of ubeolute privilege, he held (under a declston of Judge Drummond in 3 [sIs- acl) that, ne this case was moved into tha United Stutos Court after that question had been passcd upon in tho State Court, tho partics wero bound by that decision. ‘That loft the communication or indorsomont as pirttally privilegad. In that agpect tho plaintif hud to prove that the defend. Ant acted without probable cause, and that iis notion wna due to malice, Giving alt wolght to everything testified In behalf of the plaintit, ho had offered no ovidence to sustuln this burden of proof. Thore wag no faot for tho Jury to pass on, and, as he would have to set thoir verdict nade (f forthe plaintiff, he would direct tho Jury to tind for the defendant, ——— Tim Clueinnatl Gazette 1s publishing 1 sories of interviews with “working” Hopublice ang in tho various cotntics on the question of the Senntorship, with tho viow of promating tha faplrauonsof Scerotary Kheriman to reaumie his old placo m tho Senate, Whe mumbor of inter Ylows reach 000, OF. theso, 131 express a prefor- enes for Juhu Sherinan, niuoty-nine for Gov, Foster, thirty-six for Stanley Matthows, twon- ty-five for Judge West, and cight for Taft, The Plun of testing the party sentiment {is to take somo Of tho londing Itepubiicans from encl county, Fifty counties have been heard from, ‘The argument generally advanced in favor of. Goy, Poster §g that, by bis superior managemant: and hard work, he saved the State and Legisia- ture tothe Republicans, and made it possible to elect a Republican Sonnter, The friends of Sherman want him returned beeauso of his acknowledged superiority over his oppunonts ag a statceman, and because of his great serviccs to tho Republicun party In tho Nation in lis successful manayomont of tho finances at a critical timo, The intorviows dia close 4 very general feellug in favor of tho ra- tention of Shorman (1 bis presout pluco, in whieh caay hia supporters would divide pbout equally among Fostor, Matthows, and Taft,or West, Tho confidence of tho rural Republicans in tho ablli- ty of Ohto mon to run tho Nation fa shawn by tho following remark of 9 well-known editor in Lancaster; “Sy program would bo to put Shor- inan in the Bonute, Taft on the Supreme Bench, Matthows In tho Treasury Departmont, and to reserve Foster for Pendioton’s veut, und if thoro {@ another place on the Supreme Beueh for an Ohlo man, West would Mtl it admirably,” $a Sous account was given the other day ofp London criminal who had been fifteen times In prison aud waa hanged ut lust for murder, A. mute to him may be fond In the person of John Prico, who fa just comlag out of thy Maryland Vonitentincy, buviug served o term of fifteen years, Ho ta an excellent convict, gmooth, peaceable, and amiable whou bo ig gobur, but a tmost desperate rulllan whon bo Is drunk, The saying in Balthnore ty, Look out for Jobn Prico when he hua his hota on,” Not to men= Uon dastardly ussaulte,for which he worved Jail bontelces Of a year or yo, bis murders have kept hin in tuo Venttontiury for about thirty years, Whon he frst entered he hud just pusacd piggoip year, and was a tall and handsome fellow. Ho fg now an old mau, bout with uyo, and bis bale silvered with gray, modest though In moa health, yonrs to live, Hs frat wurder of ona David Danan. ne eater of Old Kowa, wlio hoy St open with a knife ta ght upon tne int rond, nearly fitty yorrs nga, Donaldson bn 1, we lung before, married iw handsmno wipes Bee become a central tlgure tithe history coe crimes, and, though n trad and good womar ih adovated wife, has tind her nnme often me Honed in thie eume Wreath ny that ot hee band's murderer. Nut only ald doin meets her husband, but, twenty years Inter, tn ra Xi dered ber own brothor, George Cutmptely, . bins Price's fathor, a wealthy man, bene eet ored of tho pratty fridow and married hee meanwhile was sentenced to prison fornitec: yenrs, On hia release he attacked his Hs mother and nearly killed her. Sho Whiter by a nefghbor who brought a Fhotgun aes with him. Only three years fntervened ie tweon hls retenso and tho committal or tha crime which gent tim hack to the Penttenth Ma where he has rematned to this day. Tis mi tho murder of De Witt Clinton dames, Tnetter known as “CHnt" James, a menor “ot ite porting fraternity. ‘This murder was commits ted on Stay’ 9, 180, “Price and Jumnos hind ng, rel nt tho matinéo tn the old Arueriean ‘Then dames being employed as a poticemun at the (heatre, The quarrel. was renewed nt wth, rand to end it Price shot Jumes Iwlee, Hid in tho bend and once tn the hip. | holieve that Price fred In self-dtelense, Jury whieh tried tho cnso, in November follows ing, found him guilty of murder in thy second degree, and Judgo Bond, who now site ‘on the Neneh in the Valted States Court.sentenced hin, to tho Penttontury for another fitteon years Prico as well na other members of his family bing professed conyeraton to tho Christin retiglon Ho wns ono of Mr. Moody's converts when the lutter held services in tho Marytand Penttens tinry, Prico's father was a gambler by pro. fession, and made na fortune in the business, but reformed in.hlg old nyo. ; at “Tr we had in a Paristin Journal,” say: tho New York Tinie, “rend ind wman af fae fly had invited a young woman, bla mlatrces to walk with him tn the eventny, and after coming back from the walk bad, while tatking with ber, suddenly drawn a revolver and shot her, then run home, kiseed his wife and ehildrcn as ‘they lay asleep in bed, and finally shot hineelt, sro should bayo eakd, ‘How thoroughly Freneht Nothing so sentimentally and nclodrainatically tragic could havo happened anywhere out of France.’ It falta ont, howover, that all this oc curred at Lawronco, Moss. and that tho lover and tho mistress, Judging from thelr nanies— Knnpton Wardinan ond Avis Pintham—are of uudiliuted American stock, Thoy were very ore inary eort of folk, too, so far ay appears; ho being, until lately, an overacer of the Washing= ton Mills, whilo sho was o waltross at a hoards ing-hougso. As mny be supposed, love, or its usual concomitant, Jealousy, way tha cause of the crime, Wo are in tho habit of regarding tho French as diferent from other peopte; but they: aire yory much ko ourselves and {ko other nas dons, They aro fond of treating things sunti+ mentally, and uf presonting Ife ina mclodras matle light. But nt heart the whole human fam ily [8 one; and tho passtuns play substantlilly tho snmo pare fn all tho Capitals aud Kingdoms of the world," and retir Ing, hua ovidentiy only ae ones Muny Wat tha —— Tire Meridian (Miss) Afereury finds an In+ dorser of Ita doctrines of an exeluslyely white yee government. Tho lotter cloves as foltows: MAMINE, IIL, Nov, 20, 1860.—Tet us haya fait! in tho guntus nud destiny of our Waite oct rule. We shall yot see ordor suceuud Ulls chaos of bitter acctlonal cmpirielsm und dexenorate Parltna misrule. We have a unity of White Ruco interest on this continent above all party tes or movoved values, We should have no use for a purty that will degrade our white stock to negro equality. The white MANavith us must dominate bis own stock of men, women, and childven, and all other races, [nhls. white’ race elvilizntion, Phe rice tine must he moresternly, soverely druwn thaneyer. ‘Ihe purity. Integrity, and endurance of onr Bi and institutions ine pertously forbid our elyil ballot te all but white iN. Negro voting 19 an offensively diseased exerescence on the body politic, tv te endured no fonger than tha knife of the skilital surgeon enn sutcly remove st. Universal Suttrage” Isa fuleo dogma, unworthy of well Ualanced minds, Wo cannot rest on mongrel rule. Tt gives noens during, Inherent power of Hie.” V4 Vital, Call myself a White Democrat. Was born in Zanes wales io roar Oh Pittsbu, a a gaa of ols since Yours, for tho exclusive rule of White MEN In our country, PI Sawyer. ‘Tne expression, * Don’t crowd tho mourns ors,” originated with one of tho Mier prisoners In Moxteo, Tho captured Texans overpowered thoir guard at Rancho Salado and cacaped, but wero afterward recaptured, and compclted to draw lota. A number of beans were placed in 4 hut, overy tenth bean being a black one, The man who drew a black Loan was ta bo executed Noxt morning, Ono of tho unfortuuates who had already drawn a black bean was Sostled, acchlontally, by a fellow-cuptive whowas crowds ing up tu try bla luck, The Jostied party, whose Tato was already sorted, Inughingly remurkeds “Go slow; don’t crowd tho monrucrs, boys.” << GEN. DI Cesnona, tho “discoverer of tho Osprieto antiquities, bus heen made a Come mander of the Crown of Italy by Klay Hums bert. Gon. Cesnula has been further informed that hla name has been registered tn the roll of Jtaliun Commanders, Hu this continues to be recoxnized 48 an Italian nobleman and a subject of Italy, while am renlity he has heen a nnturals izod American citlxen for moro than ¢ixtecd yenrs, ae Fasiioxan.y Intelligence from the Now York Sun: Tho engagement that has been £0 Jong talked of between Frank Potter and Mist Koy, of Bultimorg, fa announced at lust. Mea Key is 0 daughter of tho lata Barton Key, ho wha shot fu the atreots of Wastington hy fier. Blekles, about twenty years ago, Mr, Potter 18 one of the younger sons of the late Hiebup Pote ter, of Ponnaylyanta, a Wennen Given, formerly of the ows State Register and tha Towa Clty Rejniblican, will take charge of the Peorin (IL) Lranserdpt of editar dan, 1, dir. Enoch Emery, tho present editor of tho lattur paper, retiring, Tt 1s undere stood that Mr, Emery and the proprictor of the Transcript could not agree ubout salary. oceans Tur completo census of Neynia {3 stated to show a population of 68,400, an increase of £0,000 In ton years, The Stato has probably wade no gulus In tho lust four or five years, ‘Tim population of Georgia, officially ro- Ported, ts 1,643,018, an increase of 858,00, or Por cont, alnce 1870, Emensox ‘niso hns that Inst Inflrmity of noble minds—a commonplace book. PERSONALS, “Taco that Mr, Kolly-says to trust no man that parta his hair in tho middle, I would refer Mr, Kelly ta the ald adage, *A ebort hair ueodd no partlig.! "— Whitelaw etd, Thirteen deérrickd ‘were recently shipped from Chicago to Bt. Louts, and it fs ovident that tho girls aro gelng to bung up tholr stocklugy next Christmas tho snino ag uauat. — A Now York papor has proved that tho word “dunin’ Js nota wicked onth, and men who have beon usiug it for ycars overy timo thoy shaved can mourn over wasted time, “How ta this forn $3tom? John Kelly! down on men who part their balr, Mr. Kelly will be ublo to face death Dravoly, because in Heaven there willbe no parting. Bend tho money LF froight."—S, J. Widen, Ps We nwalt with confidence tho arrival of tho Hoston pupers containing a cultured Joke to tho effeot that tho Prealdent’s Intest appoint mont Hazen't mot with much favor, In pure tea-party bumor Boston takes tha doughnut. A Sun Franelsco gentionian named atitty phy, now In Europe, haa been made 0 Marq! by the Pope. ‘It ia unierstoad that upon his re turn ho will bo tonderud a recoption by ¢ Duko of O'Rourke and the Count Callaghua. “What do we need?” asks an Ohio edltor in tho Inst Issue of his paper. ‘bls 1s Sou.taeys You need woud, and flour, and bacon, seh mention luxuries ike overconts and Panes Onto Journalisin fs porfoetly understood lu cago, s sit It ta bolloyed that Santa Claus will not ae Chieago thig year. Tha rat place ho true x ea year wusa West Kido residence in whleb Mi 3: girle wore striped stockings, the result be koe make tho old gentleman think bo bad ayatn,” ‘A poem entitied “In tho Gloaming” has been recelved with a request that if not nies returned, It will be uscd. ‘The geutl