Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1881, Page 4

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Entered at the Post-nfice at Chicagn Ml, as Second Clase Matter, Fortho benent of our patrong who dostre to send vinglocoples of TH’ SHINUNE through tha math, wo sfvoerowith tho tranalent rate of postage: Dinneatte, Fightand ‘Twelve Pago Vapor, fixtoen Page (aperseses. it Hight and Twelve Pago Vapor. Eiktoon Paxe Paverees. TRIBUNE BRANUH OFFICES, J PHICAQO 'THINUNE has estabtished branch oftges for the receipt ok aubecriptions and ndvertise- monte aa follown: NEW YORK—Room 2 Tribune Buttding, FAppben, Manoger, GLASGOW, Keottand—Allan's American Nowa ency, Jl Ronfinid-st. “s American Hxchango, ¢ Btrand, te F.T, Mae Grand Opern-Houre. Clark street, opportt now Court-Honso, Engagoe mont uf Littla Corinne. “Tho Magia Siippar.” Af+ tornoun and ovoning, MoVicker's Thentre: Madison ‘stroot, between Btate and Dearborn, ‘Engagement of Miss Maud Granger, “wo Nights In Rome." Afternoon and ovanting. Waverly'a ‘Theatre. -Pesrtorn street, comor'of Monrow. Engagement of Rice's Combination, “T'ho Gattoy Sinvo.” Attor- novn und evening, Otymple Thentre. Clark nireet, between Lake und Hnndolph, Enange- ment of the Rentz-Eantloy Combination, Varloty entertainmieat. Afternaon and evening. : Academy of Music, Talsted atrect, near Madison, West Stde. “Calls fornia Through Death.” Aftornoon and evening. Central Muate Hot. Corner of Randolph and State streets. The Troupo ofTrulued Horsos, Afternuon and ovening. Exposttlon Mniiding. Lake front, opposite Adame stroct. Whale oxht- bition feom a.m, to 10 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1881, ‘Tue Mississipp! River route works both ways, ‘The Memphis papers inaist that the head of permanent navigation on the river 1s. at thot city, und Invite Mr, Gould ald othor rallroad enpitalists to direct thelr roads there. Acut-off from Kansas City to Memphis ts oply 450 1niles long, while the route vio St, Louis ‘to Belinont, where Jay Gould's ele- yators ara building, is G00 miles. And Mem- phils 1s 200 mites farther down than Belmont. Tur denf-mutes had o banquet in New York the last day of the old year in honor of Dr. Gailandet, their teacher, who has recent- ly returned froma five-nontha’ trip to Milan, where ha attended a eofivention of Instruct. ora. Two hundred persons sat ‘down to ta- ble. Conversation was carried on by means of the sign Iqnguage. ‘There were twelye : tongts, all drank Insilence, but not without responses. ‘hu banquot was a most gratify- ing token of the progress that lins been mato of late. years in this branch of education, A TLAW enacted at the Inst session of the “Loulsinna Legislature provides for n poll- tax of $1, Employers are made responsible _ for the tax of thelr employés. The proceeds ¢ Are, turned into the schoal fund, About * $36,000 will ba realized from this source in " the Clty of New Orleans alone, The tax will: be generally collectod this year, as the peuple show a commendable disposition to pay up, and tho schol fund will be benefited. But a poll-tax, or any other dircct tax, !s none the + Jess an onerous burden, which cautious Ieg- islators have been quite unwilling to Impose ; Upon the people or the Government, Tha samo qinount of money can bo easier raised in other ways, .Morien Siurron propliested'the total de- struction of this terrestrial sphere and oll : that {t Inhabit In the calendar yenr 1831. A’ kinder prophet has somewhnt modified tha * dreadful prediction, and agrees that the fat of extermination shall extend only to living ‘ things on. the globe, not to the substance of ; the earth Itself, 'This is to bo brought about in a porfectly natural way by the falling of a ; bigcomet Into the’ sun. If the calculations ; Of tho astronomer sre not all wrong, the impact of the comotary body on tha mass of the sun will produce a heat so In- tense that no belng, aulinal or vegetable, can , Survive it, Persons Interested In the ques- } ton may bo glad to know that a fow germs } and spores will likely pull through the fire, ,and Jim Bennett's Arctle expedition may bo _ able, by shedding thelr ulsters and getting on ‘the lee-sido of an teeberg, to Itve In spite of “the scorching binsts; but all else is doomed. —_—_ Tur attempt of certain hot-blooded siave- ‘owners In Brazil to cali Minister Hilliard to account for hig participation in-an Emancl- ‘ pation banquet ended, ust was supposed It Would, In fxnomintous failure, The Premier responded to an {ngutry on this subject in Parliament that Mr. Hillfard attended tho ; banquet in question an hisown responsibility “88 An individual, and could not be called to ‘necount for his action in that capacity. At {the samo tine It was announced that the Goy- jornment bad no desire or intention to hasten \ tha term of ¢manclpation, Many good judges beHleye, however, that complete emancipa- "; Hon cannot be delayed more than ten yeara, ‘though it would not naturally oceur until $1000. ‘The planters themeclvea have urged. ‘and secured the adoption of a law which im- poaca heavy taxes on sates of negrovs outalde (of the Provinces in which they live, the ob- 2 ject being to prevent tha massing of them in fany elngle focality, and the consequent Jow- (ering ot values. fa —$_—$——— } JAPAN ty lu muny respects a paradise for sehiildren. Diphtheria is very unusual and {Never epidemic there, and scarlet-fever Ig to- «tally unknown, ‘I'he climate, which Is often exhausting to adult immigrants, Js admira- «bly sulted to the Httle ones. ‘The mortality ‘ygnong the children of white realdents in Yo- ikohama Is almost nothing, .thougt in most tcommunities the children furnish the larger sehare of tha death-rate, Thore 3 -only ono yserfous drawback to the godd fortune of Im- ditgrants in regard £0 thelr children, There —Te scarcely-any provisions for elementary aduvation, “except for natives. ‘lhe Japan yall says in this connection: “It ts a fuct Aat almost any Japanese youth of the upper az middle clasa has Infinitly better opportu. xulies to acquire a sound education even fn “High ‘than. are within the reach of the rage child of European parentage, pro- Yded the latter remain in Japan.” Anetfort wMbe made to suatain at least one good shoo! for European and American children Hench of the treaty porta of tho Empire,’ te 1 When this ts done tho condition of tho white child tn that far-off country will be In overy Way most fortunate, THE judginent of tho Exchequer Diviston of tho English High Court of Justice on the right of the Edison Telephone Company to own and operate an exchange for the de- livery of messages by telephone in Great Britaln fills three and one-half columns of the London Times, Mr. Justice Stephen do- livered tho decision, ‘Che Court held that the wholo apparatus of the telophone, trans- mitter, wire, and recelver, taken together, form a telegraph within tha defnition of the act of 1863, which Is embodied by reference in the nctof 1869, The wire Isawire, ‘The transmitting and receiving tnstruments aro Apparatus connected therewith " for the pur. pose of conveying information by electric- ity,’? and this fs telegraptiie communication, 'Tho act of 183 conferred special powers upon telegraph companies to enable them to open streets, suspond wires, ete, The act of 1869 gaye the Govern. ment exclusive contro! of the means of telegraphic communication, But tor the monopoly established in 1969, the Edison ‘Telephone Company would be 18 anxious to bo included In the act of 1863 ns they now re to bu excluded from {t, If a telephone is not a telegraph, nothing ean prevent ratlroad or other companies from attachtuy telephones to their wires and. using them for the transaction of a general business to the destruction of the Government's exclusive privileges. ‘The Court therefore oritered an accounting and granted a perpetual injunction against tho opening of a teleptione exchange in Great Britain untess by Government an- thority, But It was distinctly stated that this prohibition did not includ either a telegraph or a telephone wire used exclusively for private business, which may even be loaned to othors provided no charge for Its use be made ‘ {rt is rumored to such an extent? that itis a matter of expectation, that there is to ben general war proclaimed Inthe form of hos tile legisiation against all the corporations which may bo disposed to purchase pence, For this purpose there will be introduced, it Js sald, at an enrly day in both Houses, 2 number of bls which will beat once nn- derstood as notices to furnish satisfactory reasons why there should: not be a visit to the Cuptain’s office. It will be remembered that 1 blackmail attempt of this kind was made at the Inst session, and tho files of both Houses will exhibit the number of cases in which this hostile legislation was threatened. ‘The Constitution of Iilinols contains some pretty stringent provisions on this subject, and nubiic opinion throughout the State will cordially approve and applaud the éxposure, indletment, ant conviction of every member of the Legisiature who may attempt to use iis office for purposes of biackmiuling, ‘Tho Jaw ling not licrotofore been enforced, but that it will hereafter be enforced rigorously {s evidenced by the universal desire that 1 shall be. ‘The onth of each member reads ns follows: 1do solemnty swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Con- stitution of tho State of Ilinols, and will falth- fully discharge the dutles of Senator or Reps. sentative according to the beat of my ability; and that J haye nut ‘knowingly ar tntentionally pald or contributed nnything or mado, any promise in .tho nature of 2 bribe to directly or ndirectly Influonce any yoto at the election at which 1 was chosen’ to fill tho suld olllce, and havo not accopted, nor will Laccept or recelve, directly or Indireatly, any money or any othor Yaluabio thing from any corporation, company, or person for any vote or Influence I may give or witbhold on any bill, resolution; or appropria- tlon, or any other official act. £4 Aconviction of an moniber of the Legisla- turo vjolating this-onth would be recelyed with universal popular congratulation. THE REFUNDING BILL, 1t seeins probable now that the Refunding Dill, as reported by the Ways and Means Committee in the House, will Invite more op- position in Its presont shape than was antlcl- pated, Some of this opposition, according to tho latest accounts, will come from those who were Incllned before tho holidays to support tho measuro as it now stands, Such change as there has been jn sentiment seems to bo due to a convictlon now that It will not bo possible to negotiate $70,000,000 and more of 3 per cent securities nt par. A few weeks ago all {actions were inclined to ngree that such a scheme would be feasible. Since then there las been some cliange in tho condition of the money market. The now activity of stuck speculators and entrepreneurs in ral ronds and other antorprises has created a livelior . demand for money. Loans in New York seem’ to bo activo nt rates) ranging between 5 and 6 per cent, The English 8 per cont consols have dropped below par, “A. computation of interest on tho 4 per cent American bonds at thelr present premium shows that they yleld to the halders qabout 83¢ per cent per anim, Altogethor there are more reasons for bo- Neving now that the authority to issue bonds at not more than} per cent will fall of Its purpose, and thus leave the 0 per cents ar dh per conts a continuing charge upon the Gov- ernment, Such result would put the Goy- ornment to a8 much ombarrassment as if no funding bill were passed, and even moro ex- pense, including the cost of proparing the now but unnyatlable securitles, 2 Perhaps the solution of tho situation may be found In a nenrer approach to tho recom- mendations of the Treasury Department than the present bill offers. 1t was regarded as objectionabla on several accounts to give the Secrotary any discretion in fixing the rate of Interest, but it will. bo leas objectionable to authorize lini to issuo the requisit number of bonds at not leas than 8}¢ or 8.05 per cent than to fix that amount og un arbitrary rato, It is prob- able in such caso that he will bo compelled: to begin the isauo at tho highest rate allowed, sny 334 per cent; but, If possessed of tho necessary discretion, ha may reduce tho rato on subsequent issues when the higher rate shall be found to command a promium upon the now bonds, It may also be provided that any premium accruing upon the bonds between the date of subscription and the pay- ments made by tho final purchaser shall go to the Gavornment and not to the syndicate or intddlomen, It is possible that Conxross may ngreo to make the Issuo of notes $400,- 000,000, Instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the present bill, in order to provide for tak- ing them up as rapialy ag the surplus reyenuo shall accumulate, or about In the samo proportions ag the present Sinking-Fund law requires, There was 9 strong dis- position In Congress before the holldays to make thls change, which fs also in tho ne‘ of the Secretary's suggestions, and is based upon the theory that the presont ab- tiormal plethora .af monoy will, Induce capitalista to invest ty whut would practl- cally ben call-loan who would hesitate-to tle up their money at so low a rate for a Jonge’ perlod, ae Jt fs unfortunate that these new complica- tlona In refunding have-come up, because difference of opinion and extended discus. sion thereon may cause the falluro of the DIN in the present Congress, oy at’ least greater delay than was anticipated. Never- theless thoy will not justify neglect to pass a -funding low, for the chief considerations in the case remain the same, A maturing loan bearlug & and 6 per cont Interest may be funded at @ much lower rate of Interest, ‘That- much ts conceded by sverybody, Hence it Ie the duty of Congress to nacertaln WEDNESDAY, JANUARY (5, 1881 LV tho lowest rate and most favorable terms at which such atoun can bo placer, and then agree to a nicasure that will conform to those conditions, A {allure todo this will make tha Democratic majority responsible for another serious blunder, THE GREEK MUDDLE. : The Greek question hag renched that con- dition of muddle into which the ‘Turk los succeaded In plunging every questlon thus for growing ontef his failure to obey the provisions of the Berlin ‘lrenty; only this question fs more muddled than any other, The seltlement of the Montenegrin ques: tion found Turkey absolutely refusing to cede tho territory demanded by Greece and substantially promised to her, ant Greecy urming her people to take tt by force should the Vowers fail to induce Turkey to give It up peseeably, For twolong years tho claims of Greeco hid been bandied about from commission to conference, —vvery time that they looked lilo coming ton settlement the cunning Turks avolding a finn disposition of them. After the close of the Montenegrin question, the Powers suggested that ‘Turkey and Grecee should leave the question at fssue to ar bitratton, which was in Itself hardly less ane noylug to the Greeks, slneo the territory had been promlsed more than two years before and its Mhuits fixed upon two acenstons, ‘The proposition far arbitration way accom- panied by two conditions whtelh were tanta: mount to failure almost at the very outset, since they satisfied the lurks that the Powers would! not use coercion, ‘he frst of these was the consent of both Greece and Turkey to, tha arbitration; and the second that no unnantinity of tho Powers should be needed, ‘but that the deeiston taken by a majority of four Powers should be binding upon the minority. ‘Turkey, of course, refused, nnd even assumed fron the manher in which the proposition was made that the Powers had no Intention of interferlug with ity Initiative In any matter connected with the execution of the treaty. ‘Lhe circular note which was issued by the Porte not only. made this ns- sumption, but sought to refute the iden tliat Greeco, by refraining from taking the fietd during the Turco-Russian war, had nequired any claim to an increase of territory,—clalin- ing not only that Greeea was not in acondition to make war, but that Turkey had to place suficient mon in ‘Thessaly and Epirus to have tnrneil tho fortunes of the war in her own favor, Moro than this, with that sublime arrogance which has dlways characterized ‘Lurkey, It elatmed that tho Powers, In consideration of the great sac- rifices made by the Porte, ought to induco Greece to moderate her pretensions, Mean- while, Greece refected the scheine in a per- emptory manner, and without any ifs or ands aboutit. At this juncture the Porte suggested that direct negotiations should be renewed, and proposed that a meeting of tho delegates of the Powers, Including Turkey and Greece, should be held at Constantinople to fix the Greek fronticr. Tho Greeks, however, warned by thelr pastoxperiences, replied that they would not givethelr consent unless they could have suma guarantes that tho nego- tations should not be inidefinitly prolonged, and that tho cession of territory when agreed to should bo exeented without delay. ‘Uhis, howeyer, threw a responsibility upon the Powers, which they wore not willing to assuine, for such a guarantee would presup- poso the employment of force in cnse ‘Turkey hesitated about carrying out the decision, As nono of the Powers were willing to com- mit themselves to coercive mensures, thoy have now fallen back upon thelr original proposition, and once more recommend Turkey to submit to arbitration, which sho can hardly do now without stiltitying her- self, and probably would not do under,any elrcumstances. Summlug. up the sttuation, after two yenrs of nexotintlon, pourparlers, conferences, ant conimissions, the Grecian question remains precisely where it was when. tho Berlin Vroaty was signed, with “this exception; that tho doe celved, agetayated, and lncensed Greeks have an omny in the fickl and aro determined to fight this spring for thelr tor- ritory if it ts not glven them by that tine, But should the Powors remain In thelr prea- ent attitude and decline to assist her by coercive measures, what hope has she of accomplishing her purpose with her litte hongful of men arrayed against such a for- midable enemy? Should Greece enter tha field agalust. Turkey, howover, gud tho Pow- ers atand {dly by without. helping her, it would ba the most monstrous Act of Injus- tlee that has characterized the Presont cent. ury. errs BYATE LEGIBLATION IN 1681 To-day the General Assembly of Illinois meets at Springficld. ‘The session ought to buashort one, So Httle necessary business ofa general character ling to bo transacted that the constitutlonal Nmitation to biennial sessions might without serious loss or incon- yenlence be now further reduced toa new Legisinture once In every four years, Tho logislation needed to put the new Constitu- tlon into successful operation has been now so tested by experience, and so judiclously amended to remeily dofects and oversights, that it may safely bo pormitted to rest for somo time, ef Tho gencral laws should not be disturbed unless for the purpose of supplying deficlen- cies and correcting orrora in cases 80 obvious and glaring ns to command general assent, Atlast, and after many years of trouble, trinl, cost, and serious experience, the Noye- nue law.of tho State has beon put Into such shapo, and its various provisions so amply construed by the Supromo Court, that tax- fighting has censed to bo elther eficactous or profitable, and the Inw/imay therefore bo Wisely Joft ns itis, The people of tho State now understand it, and ft Is executed with romarkable success, and though a reduction of something of the cost of collection might bo provided for, the zenoral features of thd jaw had better remain tindisturbed, ‘The State debt has been patd;-no further tax will bo needed for that purpase; but It «toes not follow that the Stato expenditures. for genera) purposes should be proportion- ately increased, or tho extraordinary roye- nues of tho Btate should be expanded for tho mere snke of expending them, A: Presidential, Congressional, State, and Legislative election has just closed, so thera is no particular occasion for any polltical inaneuyering at this acsslou. ‘Tho best pa- Htleat capital to be made at Springfold this year will bo an early adjourmment. Mfem- bers should inake tt-9 pout to wind up the sesston in time to nttond-tho.{nauguration at Washington, and give their atd ond counsel to the now Adiwninistration in reforming tho Civil Service. ‘There ore somo small mattors requiring legislative remedy, such as the regulation of trials bofore Justices of the Peace, and com rection of the abuses of the change of venue in criminal cases; these, however, are so notorious that tho remedial legislation will hardly meot auy opposition, There $3 one measure, howoyer, of mora Importance, and which {s worthy the timore- ‘aulred to investigate jt, . This Is the abolition ‘of tho power of Jaudloyds. to distrain and re- nove tha property of tenants before judgment for the amgunt due and without execution, The present law, which authorizes a landlord, orhisagent or attorney, to issue hls own ware rant, directed toany person named by him, tognuter the promises of a tenant and solze and carry off the property ha may Ana there, without previous oath or logal summons, and without legal Judgment or oxeention, or othor “due process of law, Is a relle of tho feudal days when tho landlord wns the lord of hly tenants, and tenants had no rights agalost him whieh the law was bound to re- spect. ‘This Middle-Ago process of distraint has been abolished or does not exist In most of the States of the Union, and should be abol- ished everywhere, It 1s not only unjust in itself, but the abuses underit areso infamous that the repeal shoutd inke place ns a’ pre- ventive, Sueft a Inw as now exists inthis State fs a repronch to clyliizntion and to every prinelple of common Justice, The Genernl Assembly will, of course, snake the biennial appropriations. 11s hardly necessary to establish any new State charlty this sent. County-seats or ellalbto towns desiring a normal. school, a hospital, or an nayhitm, or even a Stato's Prison, ean aford to walt until the next General Assembly. ‘Iho Legislature, however, may now make with satety the appropriation needed to finish the State-House; the people, two years henee, will probably vote the money,—thnt is, unless It is the purpose of the people of Springtictd {n the meantime to complete the work at thelr own expense, ‘yho most important whrk to be done thts winter will be tho reapportionment of Sona- torial and Congresstonal districts. ‘The cen- sus fs so far complete that the ratio of popu “lation to Senatorial districts will not vary fram 00,000, Exactly how many Congres- sional districts there will bo fs as yet un- eertaln, Under tho legisintive distribution this county will be entitled to ten Senators, of which two will belong to the towns out side the city, and tho other elght-to Chiengo, Under the presont law this elty Is alyided into eighteen wards, but the populationmogt some of these wards Is. so great that it Is Im- possible to make up Senatorial districts with any degrea of fair apportionment. ‘An in- crease In the number of wards and a re- division of the present ones Ig therefore n necessity,.and one that inust precede the establishment of Senatorial districts, Legls- Jation authorizing an Increase of thy number of wards in this city should bo had ns soon as possible, in order to render netion on the Senatorial apportionment nlso possible at an early date. : nd . THE PENSION FRAUDS, . We print in another column s Washington dispatch which gives succinct necount of the pension legisiation In Congress during the past two years, This legislation threat- ens to Involve the Government In an expend- iture uow esthinated at $275,000,000 In nddi- tfon to the former charge, but really beyond all accurate computation, ‘The bill which imposed this new and frightful burden upon the country was passed early In the spring of 1879, and provided.for the payment of huge bounties under the name of arrears of pen- sions to nil existing pensloners and all new applicants between tho earliest date of the cluim and tho date of application, ‘The aver- age arrearage ‘to each of the peusloners al- ready on the Iist has been fount to be over $500, und the ayerage amount pald as a bonus. to every new applicant after the passnge of the act ils over $1,100, . Tho highest estinnte placed by tho domagogs who engineered this, bounty bill upon the additional expenditure by reason of this Inw at tho timo Its passage wits urged Was $25,000,000. The sum of $21,000,000 Iins already been pald out for ar- rearnges within less than two years, and thero are now nearly 300,000 orlginal appll- cations, which, oven {f 30 percent be disal- lowed, will involyo a further outlay of nearly $250,000,000 more! But thejact of March, 1870, provided that new: applications must be filed bofore July 1, 1880, in order to give the appli- eant the benefit of the vounty, whieh, if ad- hered to, would at-/ienst place a possible Mmit to the hundreds of millions. Now, how- evor, there isa bill pending to repeal this Hinitation, and thus open up the way for both Mrrears and future pensions until the last widow and orphan of the tongest survivor of thalate War shall have passed from earth, If these new flood-gates bo opened, no man can fororoll what thqultimate cost of the pen- sions charge upon the Government will be; but It Is safe to say thot tho present National debt will bo almost insigniticantas compared thereto, » : ‘Under tho condition of things we have de- scribed it can hardly bo imagined that Con- gress will dare to add to its past demagogism by extending tha time Indefinitly for bounty ‘tarrenrs,” the ‘latter growing larger, with every year; but the demagogism of Congress is so Hmitless that overy abuse urged by pro- fesslongt claim agents founded upon a pre- tentlous love for. the soldier 13 possible? In the presont case, howaver, the deserving soldior fs swindled mora than any othor citizen, for two reasons—viz,: (1) ‘Tho man who suffered no injury from the War, whother by wotmd or disense, or even tho man who was never in the War at all, may by false swearing put himself In possession of as much Goyernmentbounty as tho soldier who enine out of the War a crippte or a con- Armed Invalld; and (3) the accuinulation of aburden upon the taxpayers computed by hundreds of wlllions and imposed Jargely by fraud mayatsoine future day lend to an abandonment of tho’ ponslon system, and, thus punish the deserving along with the undeserving penstonors, ‘Tho true friend of tho soldtor will henceforth «uso his influenco to limit the Iborality uf the Govornmunt to those who have genuine claims upon public kralltude, and to exclude the chents and elatm-agents who-hava been and are now fattoning upon money that ought to go to the inafined or diseased soldiers, But itis not enough that Congress shonld abstaln from extending the lmlt for applica. tlon wuder the so-called ‘Arréavs Dill, ~ Soma adequate monsure should be provided at once to protect the Governmont and the do- ‘serving soldiors from the wholesale frauds that muy yeb bo perpetrated among tha 800,000 applications now on le. Under the existing law, ponsions, Including the arrears, are granted on mero ex parte evidonce, ‘Lhe Government has no incans for subjecting the claims to Investigation or the cintinants to ecross-examination, Arrears amounting to $1,100 in every now caso are equivalent to offering a bonus for every new pensionor, and put a promlum on fraud and porury, When men who served In the War find that tholr companions haya received such a bounty and become entitled to an annual penglon, though the latter suffered no more than themselves from wound or disense, they ara tempted to put in aspplleations even ‘though they ore conscious that they. have no real-or honost claim upon Goy- ernment bounty, It is In this way that the penslon-rolig are growing by tho tons of thousands” and ‘serving -at the game time to demoralize the people by the virtuat subornatiqn of, porjury. ,, Tho Beare tary of tho Interior, Iu his ate report, do- seribod the situntion and asked for a remody, ‘Tho Coinjulasioner of Penstons, belloves that one-fourth or more of the new ctalms ho ts allowing ars utterly fraudulent, but pe flnds himgelf helpless under ‘the ‘loose provisions, of the existing Jaw, fy, Hubbell, who had charge of the Pension Appropriation bill in the House; frankly admitted all that has been, said relative to the frauds, “Novertheless, a defleleney of §17,000,000 In tha last Pension, bill, and a new bill for $50,000,000 for the noxt fiscal yoar, which In turn will prove to tobe wholly Insufictont, were allowed by the House without any effort to correct tho VAGIGS. abuses and glaring defects of the Inw, which ore go fingrant and outragcous, ‘This Ponston Appropriation bill wilt now cote up before the Senate for concurronce, Ttshould not be permitted to pass that body without an aniendment providing for’ the protection of the Penston Burean from. the Bross and shameless frauds now admittedly practlend upon it, and prohibiting any exten- slon of thing for applications under the Boun- ty-Arrears act tt will not be sutliclent to say that such logislation shoutd be lett for the Pensions Commilttes to originate, It will not ilo to polut te the Sixty-Surgeons bill now. pending a8 0 possibte solution of the trouble, Neither House of Congress Is so squeamish about legislating on an appropriation bill when any partisan or sectional purpose ts to beseryed thereby, ‘Ihe danger In this ensue is too Imminent to permit of any further trifling, No more appropristions at the rate of $50,000,000 or 81i0,000,000 a year, with grow- ing proportions, should be yotedl without tho proper restrictlons as to thelr distribution, ‘The United States District Courts, through’ tho ngency of Masters in Chancery, may pro- vido at once the necessary machinery for the examination of applicants. ‘Tho huge ox- venttiture of taxes contemplated by the Ar renrs act should not be made except through a Judictal process that shall assure Its proper distribution; and the Scnate’should put on tho brakes ut once, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, Tho New York Nation has published a number of very excellent contributions -on the vexed question of relieving the United States’ Supreme Court of ness which now ctumbers its docket, In the last number of the Nation fs a letter slgned “T. 1, which contains some most practical suggestions, Tin Trimunk explained sonte days ago the presont Judicial establishment of the United States: 1. ‘The Suprome Court of ulne Judges, 3 Nine Judiclat Circuits, with ono Circuit Judge in each, and a laree munber (now fifty-elght) of District Judges, ‘Tho Cireult Courts consist, when full, of one Justice of the Supreme Court, one’ Clr cult Judge, and the Judge of ‘the District Court in which {tis held, Any one of these Judges may hold the Cireuit Courts and It Is often held by tho District Judge alone. ‘This ig n most extraordinary aystem which estab ‘shes a court composed of the Judges ‘of three separate and distinct courts, eltier one of which can actns the Court. Tho Justice of tha Supreme Court may sometines sit as a Clrouit Court and hear appeals from the District Court, ant the District Judge may -to-morrow sit 15 tho Circuit Court and hear. enses.of which, as°a District Court, ha has no jurisdiction. i Comparing tha business of tha Supreme Court with that of the Court of Appenis of the State of Now York, the writer says: ‘This comparison indicates, too, unother rad- foul reform which the Federal Juidlelal system demands, and that is that the dugtices of the. Supremo Court shatl be relloved of all othor than appellate work. ‘They are two more in number than tho Judges of the Now York Court; thoy are not iess Suimnotent, for tholr proper fine ons; tho questions submittod for their netion iro Hot moro various arid dificult than those passed upon by tha other Court, yet they aro Unable to dispose of a smaller mumber af ap. pouls than the State Court decides, upon the whole, with ombnent honor to itaulf and eutlefuce, Hon to lthgants, io lust docket of tho Supreme Court - shows, -of cases brought Up dn 1878, S823 In 70, 26, Who Court of ‘Ppouls calendar slows, of cases brought ue in 1870, 386; "of remancte from former yours, 41; 1t received duritue the year: Yory nulneroig appeuld fromm orders ns soll us from Judiuonts nevses huving a preference, nl of ‘whieh were entitled to ently hearing! and tho Court haa adjourned before: tho “day fixed, haying heard overy cause upon Its calendar that was in rendiness, “It is vory cortain this. could, not have been dono if the thembers of that Court, had beon competed to spend purt of the year In holding clrauits in diforent parts, of the State; . from Essex to Chautauqua, nor, it may be added, if thoy hud been In the habit of devoting their Monday ecestone to tho reading out-of tholr own opinions {which the Bar could perfectly well got iu printing through the reporter}, Instead of hearing the argument of twe ‘or three moro CaUusos, + . Tho writer suggests, .na methods of nc- complishing ali she reform needed, that there should be legislation haying for Its purpose: (1) ‘To abolish il original jurisdtetion of the Cireust Courts; give tho district courts uni- versal Jurisdiction In the first instance of all cases now found tn the Federal Courts. In- crease the number of dlatricts, or of Judgus iu ench district, until they be adequate to the business to. be done. (3). Let: there be | a Clreulé Couré. in’ ench — cireuit of two or threo Judges, sitting In the — several’ districts; these Cir- ctilt Courts having revisory power only; but the right of appenl-to this Court should be given to every Mtigant, no matter what: thecharacter of the cnsomay be. (3) Relleve the Supreme Court of alt service except in that Court, allow tho right of review of tho Cireult Courts down to. tho Hmit of $2,500 and In all cases whore thaClreult Court Is not “unanimous. ~ (4) Pay the Judges as inueh os’ tho Bailiff of their courts get; it would be extravagant: to pay thom as much a8 the Clorks get. . With those changes, tho writer’ thinks, thora would be all the rellef needed, : ——— es : Tho Whent Crop of 1880 and 1879. Mr, Charles Worthington, Statistician of the Dopartimont of Agriculture, has completed his final Investigauons and compilations in roe. gurd to tho wheut cron of the United Statos for 1880, us compargd with that oF Aas as tollgwat 79, States and Territortes. Buahela, Bushels, MUNG. sree eens se 80,146 New Hampshire. Vermont ove sesese: Mussnchusotts.,, Abode Aaland Jonneticu Sow rork, Ponnaylyania .,.. Deluwaro, t seg 28,008,000 , ‘Total No. of bushels. 480,440,725 438,755) 118 Tho following compilation will show at 4 glance tho comparative yield In the sovoral gon eral divisions of the sountrys Subnebales Now Pngland Btatos,...3, 1167, Gos Middle Btutod.ss, In southern Bt ~,, Ahareass, Othor States TnOrensessiesses vce ‘The incroase in tha 4s 82,004,605 bushels, , Pe compared with ‘sy, Tho annual production of wheat in the Uulted States, tho exports of wheat, including flour, and tho remaining supply for domoatic uses, contparo for vo’ yoars, cach ending Juno 80, ae follows; 4 . ces Production, ., Exporta, . Romatnti 4 shel.” bushels, 16,760,080 ° 217,85. 5168 + BTO3,035 « - A BENNIE GG 430 cae i. Fata ‘Hievosts Tae gor tes Sabet If the domestic requirements shall be 275,000,- 000 bushels during the curront year, there will vema{n 203,000,000 buabels for export, or 25,000,000 more than in the pi ye reowdling year, . e , The jaformation abtalned upon which these | he surplus busl-, “unquain," exhibits aru estabtished, {9 secured In the sumo manner as fn provious yours, and whatovor nny be the possiblo variation from the ozavt or notuni yield, in any section, the comparisons aro presumably as tenrly acournte ne citn be made, ‘The vorreeted Information. in rognrd to acre: age of whont fur 1690 In the United States eliowa 16,097,040 acres, agalnst 32,835,000 In 1879, Tho gilet:l per acre for 16° is 12.3 bushels, against 13.7 fn 1870, 13,1401 1878, and 13.0 in 1877. Provious to 1877 tho general average for fifteen yours was i238, 4 ‘Tho figures givon hy tho Buren of Btatlation Judioating tho amount of whent remaining for domeatic consumption per capita for soverat crop nn compare ns follows: I87F-0, Aki huishols; 1877-8, 0.00; 1870-7, H.08; 1870, 2d; ISH-5, 4.59; ete,” In this reckoning wo tinder stand that tho flour exports are not tuken into considerationy—aud thug tho amount stated por enpita tneludea wheat consumed at bome for seeding, flour, ete, and nlso covering the mmount of flour exported. For the yonr ending Junv 00, 1660, the four exports wore equivalent to.27.052.85 bushols of whent; preceding yen oquivalont to 26,833,713 bushels. Tho Philadelphia Budget. ‘The following table shows the amount ap- proprinted by the Taxing Board of Philadelphia for oity and county purposes of all kinds for tho year 1880 aud the new your, 1831; Pollca,. Hi vet liar Clerks of Cou Recely pei, of Tax City Trensurer. Hoard revision. ....4 Park Commission Vort Warduns. Bublie bultdty ors $1,187,080 ‘This upproprintion of seven and 4 half million is for tht: county ns well as City of Vhitndelphia, and embraces all county expunses as well ng city, TOUALS, 14. +000 ceeseese se BT OD6TL “Wiratl Never? No, novor,” fins been dono into Latin, “whe Westminster play of 1880 was the * Andrin of Terence.” An orlginal opl- tog In Latin was written, it ts supposed, by somo distinguished pergon, aud nated by tho boys, «It recorded tha proveadings of au Eieation Com~ mission. This was tho plot: Parmphilua bas been unseated on petition by tha clustion Judyes, who bayo reported furthor that bribery ins ox- tensively “provulled in tho conatituoncy, Chremes, Simo, and Chorinus are accordingly sent down ns Election Commissioners, with’ Bos inna seoretary. They hold thoir Court, and oxamine first Pamphilus; thon Davus, bia agont; then threo persons reported by Davus ns baying recelved bribes,—namely, Crit, an ancidnt fro man of the olty; Mysis, a marricd woman; and Hiyrrhtn, a voter of the rougher type. , Byrrhta testifies that ho has “bardly ever” taken a. bribe. ‘The dinlog was: ‘ Byrrhia, Non protium accep). Simo. Tu nil? Dyrrh.-Nil ipse recordor, Char. Quid? nihil .omnlng, Byrsbia? Dyrrh. Puno nihil) Stmd. Quant! emptus? Byrrh, Parvo. Simo, Quanti ergo? Ibyrrty, Cotussibua, Ayrrhin’s habits in regard to the tlowing-bowl aro of the sunie intermalttent natura: Char, Tu nunquam Brecht poculs grata bible? Bytrh, Nunquam, « Simo. Quid? nunquam? Byrrh. Vix unquam, ‘Tho London Timea printed the epilog in full and remarked of itt. “The: people". b; amet whom tho Court was sup- er whi to bo crowded wore Weatminster boys, ko the crow of * for Majesty's Ship Vinn- fore.” waited with amusing anxtoty for tho “Nover. What? Nover? Well, hurdly ayer.” Su tired buye tho people of tho United States: becotna of Can once novel bit of dialog that tho ‘combined Interrogations, * Wout? aire now viuited by domestic ofrctes in that coun- try with tho Rennlty of ailnos iY tho passage, " Nunguam. gular iemuamy | Vi was received with ns muck laughter ind applaugo naif It had beon perfeatly orlgmal. Undow edly, tho author of tho opllog was happy in his choice of: na plot; and tho “inuko-up” of the various characters, tholr, action, and tho manner in which they delivered | tho toxt loft nothing to be doslred. Tr teated bs the ainusctneat watch tt afforded to the aud{- enoe, the epilog was a decided success, but last evening Tie morning Democratic organ of Chicago A wock or two ago stole: a table of tho populur, yoto printed orlyinally in Tite Turnune Noy, 28, The very morning that tho Domooratic organ exposed its stolon goods for salo Tie Tianunn guve a revived tavle. The orgau of Democracy hus ever alnee ropeatod the incomplote Hgures. from sovoral States which this paper publishod four weoks previously for what they wero worth -Now comes tho Moutgomory (Aln,) Advertiser and Mall of Deo, 30 and says: Ju order to got tho voto of Alabama mien wa ‘have carefully compared tho vote of exc! county with the roturns {n the ollice of the Buc- rotary of State, and again give tho correct voto below, Wo bono our oxchinges und others who aro tabutating the popular vote for reference will correot it from this tabla, 4 Tho footings of this of_ictal tablo compara with tho rovisod returns from Alnbama present- ed jn Tue Tiiwuse and tho fleures of tho Dlunderimy Democratic organ as follows: Candidate, “Tribune. ‘Tinea, Offtetat, 50 BOD ON IRS 55,704 221 4,551 4,013 Total... 162,000, 48,058 163,018 ‘Tho Inst tables of: tho Z¥mes relating to the popular yote uro full of stupid blunders such as thisone. The voto of Georgia ls just us much Ut on the other ado; and tho voto of Novada (a ridiculously Inaccurate, not baving a singlo ofielnt figure to aupport it, and boing at logst "] 6,000 out of tho way in tho aggregate, — Wurarer, who. recently gained renown by nscending to the summit of Chimborazo, 22,- 000 feet above the lovel of the occan, explodes, one old bollef about the caldnces of great altt-. tudes, Instend of freezing to death, or blooding from tho noso and ours, as alt other porsons ng- conding mountains have, ho found the tomperas ture at tho extrema suounit of Chimborazo 72 degrocs,andoxtramely comfortable and pleasant, Ho attributes this to the solature and air blowa ‘thither by the great southwestern trade-wind or southern “ Acrial Gulf Streai a Tuenu Js a ively war between whisky and prohibition now yolng on fn Louisiana. Tho Now Orleans Democrat says itis nbout an even fight at presont. Claiborno and Calcasion Parishos voted on tho question of prohibition nat weok, the voting boing by wards, Inthe frat pariah, four wards voted in favor of pro-- hibiting the salwof liquor, and four against its: whilo in one ward it was. a tie, and will have ta: be yoted on again, Whisky was more succosa. ful in Calcasiou, garrying wix.out of glght warda, * at 6 ‘ 7 a Tue Boston Datly Globe celebrated tho Now Yoar by Jasulng an edition’ dutod Thuras day, January Ist, 1981," In which are - published: all sorte of quder aud curious artictos on ovants which might bo supposed to happen a hundred: yearshenco, At reourds tho facts that rallronds aro golng out of atylo, worial navigation baying superacded thom toa large extent, and pub-- Ashes q long cable dispatch ooncorning the con~ dition of affairs in tho Irish Itupublic, a .! "PERSONALS, "Mr, ‘Tennyson has written a tragedy entl- ted “Tho Cup." Jo this case jt will bo'tho audi ence that gheerg and algo Inebriutes—botweo- thonct, °° | A Boston fashion journal says that’ “ gatli- |. ered walata aro vory much. in fayor with young ladtea,",_ 1a Chigayo thuy ure also tha rege with youngmow, os pees -Bporks and Weaver. got thirty pages in the Congresstonal Record the guy of tholy fight, Jn Chicago thirty days in the Bridewell would have been the yesujt, ee ee ‘A man'in Cleveland recently lost hls life whilo teating a tying-wachine of hia own invens Uon, Persons will take great risks In order to wot out of Cleveland. * soy “ . The Chinese. Miniter at Washington Is credited with an exopilent bon mot, Some one asked bim what bis countrymen would do where thoy would go if thoy wero driyog out of v 1 t tho United States? “Toxpect, sit," ho replind, "that thoy would go to Irvland, as that scoms to be tho only country in which tho Iria do not rl.” t Ono of tho saddest features of Gorge Hitot'a denth ts tho fact that {t enabled Kato Field to indulge in 9 two-oolumn reminiscence of tho deconsed nuthoress. i Alss Stony, tho indy who {sto became to. day the wifo of Governor-olect Mortor, of Indl. ana, fa described ns graceful and gentle, Having fn expressivo face and gray hate, » James W. Riley, who is a poat, ling written, and published in tho Indinnapols Journal soy. oral verses in which ho. snys good-by to tho old year, Unfortunately It is often tmposstblo to nuy goad-by to poets. We are on the brink ‘of a pantie, exclaims tho editor of the Charleston Courter, but he falty to stato whether his paper had standered a sow. dng society or falled to properly culogizo » pumpkin sont In by an old subsoriber, - > Col. Ingersoll sata, in his spuech beferg the National Towpath Club, that he wanted for President “a man who hna loved © woman and married hor,—who has ratecd family.” Sr, Whitelaw sofd: shoult stop ilirting and centro his affections sumewhere, i Mra, Mary Hardy, in her lecture te young wotnon, tells mothers to Lewaro,of the young man who drives a fast horse, You are wrong, Mary.. Tho young sun who will briny blg fam- ily to tho pour-huuso is tho ono whe buys it fast horse and birea a driver who “dumps him tho first race, Always get poul on the young man who drives his own trotter, -Llove the Summer, with Its glow, For thon, with Mary by my side, Lalit upon tho portico, And ask if eho will bo my brides And as she, blushing, answersyoa, + T pounce pon tho Httte miss, And In tho darkness steal away. A little truant maiden kizs, Olio Poetry. A French criminal made n strong bid for imprisonment no fortnight awa at Avignon. While undergolug an’ cxaminution at a polloe court he suddenly exulnimed that tho magia tracy was tho onomy of the Republic, and, sult+ jog the autlog -tu tho word, throw a large stone atthe’ Presidont’s head, which it fortunately missed, Tho folluw, howover, paid dearly for this Dit of amusement, being immediately con- demned to fvo years’ finprisonment. Prince Bismarck has his own way of mane aging tho press. Dr. Bugeh, who was recently uls Press Secretary, having stated that be bad nothing to do with the editing of tho Grenzhoten. ane ita late sensnvonal articles against the Jows and tho Saxon: Government, Dr, Bium, the fore mor editor of tho samo ‘journal, positivoly as serts that Drs Busch has bud the absolute con- trolof the political part of that periodical staco. the beginning of 1870; that Dr. Busvb hus nover written, or admitted, usingle article unless ho know It to be agreéablo to tho Chuncollor; and, that for these services he,hns recelved, and 18 in recetpt of, a fixed salary from tho funds at the porsonal diaposal of the Chancellor. ‘The English Ritualists are so well pleased whh tho unpopularity of the Iegnt disotptine to which tholr pricsts aro botug subjected that they are actually Joking about ft: Tho following ude yertisoment for “toudora for anew Jail for tho cleruy (8. one of thelr grim’ plensantries: “By ‘the’ advice of: Lord Penzance, the new Protestant: Popo, the Judiotal authorities aro Nbout to. issus. mn precept for'tendors for ground space, and nlso. for. architectural. plans, for the new Eccteslastical Prison for *Contuma- ofous Ulorks.’ Accommodation requirad’ for not foas than 500. Competitors should visit cclla at tho Lottard’s Towor, Lambeth Painco, and also attho Tewer.of London. “At tho latter pinco may be scon spectmens of tho rack ‘and other ancicnt iastrumonts of torture about to be ro- vived, with modern’ Smprovements, and for which a largo order hus been committed by the Government to an cmiment Birmiugham firm, Apoly at tho Architect's Olllcc, Whitoball, 8. W., for furthor information.” ¥ z ' A recont lottor from Marietta, O., relates the following anecdote of, tho Hon, William B. Woods during his Incumbency of tho Speukers sulp of tha Ohio Logistaturo in. 1868-0: “Ito made an oxcelont Speaker, whoso good sonsa and roady wit won for bim a.reputation rarely inttained by so young a ber of tho Legiaine ea 8 ¥ 80 young a member wiatn, ture, Many aro the ancedotes remombcred of him during bis legisintive career, ‘On one ocens, ston a rural membor came into the hall after a fow days’ leuvo of absence, with his No, 12: bro« fans covered with tho soil of hia native bilte,and. , taking hie sont, foll back tn bis chair likon tired, drover, placing his feot on his desk. : Noten tirely aatisticd with this consptonous attraction, ‘ho soon ralsod ove boot and placed tho boo! on tho too of the other, thus standing, as tt woro, two feetin bis boots, Tho Spoaker’s eyo was it= tructed in that direction at once, and ho called out, ‘Tho’ geritloman from —,’ whfch partially awnkenod tho rurallat, who peored ont from bo- hind his boots and informed the Spenker that he had not addrosted the Chair, to which Woods ro~ plied, *I thought you did; I saw you wore stand. ° ing up.’ Tho House oame down, and so did the boots," 2 In the Town, of West Aloxander, Pa., twelve miles from tho Ohio and two milea from, tho Woat Virginin tine, (ives 9 magistrate who te reputed to hava murricd 1,800 couples within, two years, and to have builta One house with his wedding fees. His popularity arises from. tha fact thut tho laws of Pennsylvania donot roquire a marriage Mcenge, while thoso'of the two. nolghboring States do, Ho wilt marry 4 couple without thelr leaving their “curringo, or be will altow thom to remain all nignt and take breakfast with him, charging judiciously for’ board- and lodging.’ Mis regular chatgo for marrying u couple is $3. Ho sometimes has from throo to five couples at a timo waiting to be made one, and all ing hurry from four (est those who purauo will oatoly up In timo to forbid tho banns. Somotimos an outraged fathor or tarribla blg brother uf tho ‘bride: arrives aftor. the coromony {6 over, and Pproceuils to vent his rage on the winds and make dire threnteniugs,.and even offer viclonoo. In an omorgency auch as this tho magistrates on, who’ is bis futhor’s constable, lays tho sc- rious chargo of disordorly conduct against them, At ono time's rotative in pursuit of a brido wae 80 violent that It bocamo impoasiblo for tho con stable toarroat him, when tho wholo town rage on masso and put the offendor.in jul, Tho place 4s popularly known as “Hardscrapble,? and whon Join Norria, a dotaotive of Springield, O., from whom .the Cluciunat! Gazette got the facta, inquired tho reason, ho was told by an jubabite ant it was“ becuuso it was auch ® hard scrabble for runaway ‘cou; to got thorg beforo the parents caught up, LR * PUBLIC OPINION, - Bayannah (Ga.) News (Dem.): Until thera Jsa-chango In -Rudicallsm {teolf It is not to ba expocted that thera can be ony change {n the Political sentiment of tho Boutheru peopla «| Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution: Naw England came along night before Jaat and squatted right downin the lapot the Sunny South. Wo haces had such § suow since a your or two hotore the date rot. . . Momphis (Tenn.) Avalanche (Dom.): Tha Avalanche {a unable to explain tho pocullar qualification which makes Southern citizenship different from Northern ‘citizenabtp, It morely obronicles the faot without attompting any oxs planation, e i ‘Indianapolla Journal (Rep.}: The. Im provemont of tho Missiasipp! River. is a great National work, worthy the Nation, and. for the Wonedt of al} scctions, It-sill probably cosy more than Jofforgou pald for all Loulatana whon that Torritory inoluded what is now several, reat Btatos, yous will pay, as the purohaso of oulsiann paid, « - ’ Cinelunat! Commercial (Rep.): We are favorably impressed by the suggestion that Sons ator Brugo, of Mississippi, should go into tho Cabinet: Bruce isa goutioman, and we donot think of a bettor mau for Secretary ‘of the Navy. Ao ts infinity to be preforred to the swarms of applicants in the shapoof Fourie rf a politicial ho bi wate oon Dader the olroummatances Besos’ volor is a rcoommendation, ~ Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette (Rep.)$ ‘The idea that Mr, Oliver's oandidacy’ 9 Cam- eron movement is. wholly erroneous. : Senator Camoron has yet to make the first. movement ia Mr. Oliver's favor, What he way do io the fute Yro is entirely. ‘guesswork; but seo far Dir. Oils vor's candidagy Is tho movewuut of the bual-. noss and manufacturing {utervsta of Wostera Peunsylvania. ‘The iron, glass, und river ine tercsts of the olty are remarkably unanimousia luis support. i Charleston News and Courter (Dom.)§ There is uothing to alarm tho Bouth avy wore ‘than the North ju the approaching installation, of yor another Hepublicun President, ‘The opy , sa sa Peer t is i '