Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1881, Page 4

- @hye Tribome, TERMS 0 UBSCRIPTION. Y MAIL—IN ADVA. atly edition, nne venr i —1'0STAOE PREPATD. L ¢ PAT18 Of & Fear, poer mos Dnity and fundar, ono yen; ‘Fuenday, Thursday, pnd Sanini Bloniny, WednonTiy, and bridn v Eundny, 36-pago adition, pery: WEEKLY EDITION-—TOSTEAID, ‘I Twenty-ond Epecimen coples sent froe. tilvo ost-Utlica address in full, including County , mndStnte. Ttemittances may tio mada elthor by deaft, Axpross, . PopteUfice order, or In recistored letter, nt our rlsk, TO CITY SUDSCRIBERS, Naily.delivored, Ennfiny excepted, 23 conta perweek. e, 380 conta por weok, It i o ginof five 1 oen rner Madison and i i i Inteved al the Poat-Offce at Chicago, Iil., as Second- - Cliuss Matter. ’ Torthe banchit nf our patrons who deslro {o send #inelo coples of ‘TILE TRINENE thronch the mall, we sivehicrawith tho translent mte ot postage: Domest ¥ight and Twolvo Pago Pape: tixteen I'nge Lapor. g arefgy Fight and "I'wélye I'ngo Lupor. Bixtoen ke L'avo: mpr CrIFAGD TRIMNE hua established branoh offices for the recolpt vf subscriptions nnd advertiso nients na follows: = NEW YORK~Ttoom 2 Tribune Butiding. FADDEN, Manneer. GLA:GOW, Srotiand—Alian's American Nows Agpcnes, il Rentield-st. : LONDON, ling.—Awmerican Exchange, 49 Ftrand, LERNY F, GILLi6, Agent. . W ASHINGULION, D, ' atroot. F.T. Mc- AU Qrandg Opero. €lark street, opposit new Court-1 mont of Thos, W, Keone, Afternoon, Evening, * Richard 11" ure, Fngatos * Richetlew." Faveris's Theatre. T rehrborn strcet, cornor of Monroe, f Rice's Surprise Party, *Horrora” and evening. Engagomont. Afternoon i Mootey*s Pheatre. ! Tandolph strect, hetween Clark nnd Ia falle, Fn- 4 Razoment of Maggie Mitchell. Afternoon, “ Fan- \ chon Bvontng, *lotle” R McVieker's Thentre. + Madison treer, Lotween Etato nnd Dearborn, Enungcmeont of Luker nnd Farron. *The Bmlgrants." Afiernoon and exenlug. Otympte Theatre, rlark atreet. beiveen Lake nnd Rendolph, ¥i- gagement of Leavitt's English Opera Burlesque Com- | pany. “Orphous” Afternoon und eveniug. Acniemy of Musle JHalated stroet, nour Mudison, West Side. entertalument, Aftornoon nnd ovening, varloty SOCIETY MELLINGS. osehill, : LU Koerotary, HESPERIA L01] & A ML members ure hereby notifteidl to tentd nregulne Communication of the ]:U\Irll 10 bo hold Weidnesdiy evening, Feb, 1, n 7:30 o'cl , it tho Lindl, corner of !blum]l)llvlll‘l(fl;l él!fl!ll‘ :‘ll‘i‘ .\|‘(ll‘=:‘?| Musons niom= B ot Sister Ladies v riaity nvited, e “ SAMES S, w CHLAY. 1. BRENAN, fecrciary, g WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, I8, 0. 411, A, Wi suppose parllanientary law Is pro- gressive; otherwise there wns un extraor- dinary instance of its uncertainty In the City Council on Monday night. The Mayor 1 vetoed an ordinunee, and, the question pend- Ing belng whether it should padf notwith- ¢ standlng the objections of the Mayor, Lhe | Chalr (the Mayor) decided 1t was In order to amend the ordinance. The nmendment hav- i Ing been adopted by a majority vote, and the ©.. amended ordinance faillng on its pussagp .. to receiye the two-thirds necessary to over- *: come the veto, the Mayor deelared that it had + mot passed! We submit this jumble of ruling to the students of parlinmentary law, + Junar Winntas B, Woobs, the new Jus- tlce of the Supreme Court; has been often re- ferred to ny one whose views on tlie subject of the power of the Government to regulate Taflway transportation wers unknown. This can no longer be said, for ‘a deeision Intely rendered by him’ lan case coucerning tho Jegltimagy of the ncts of the Georgin Rallway Commission- removes all doubt on this seore, 'T'he decislon was announced lnst Wednesday at Atlantn, 1t sustained the nuthority of the State Government to fix fares and frelghts thirough n Commission, nfiirmed thopower of % tho Leuislature to delesate quasi-leglsiative Ffuncuons to a Commission, and nnnounced, asn scttled principle of lnw, that the States 173 have the right to control tho rullrond cafpo- Iatlons ta the extent of preventing unjust dis- crimination against thepeople. Further than this, the Judgoe held that “ it s the duty of 1he Leglsiature to poss Inws to regulnte frelght and ‘passenger tariTs on riNlronds, and require reasonablo and just rates.” The seope of tne declslon does not, of course, re- gard the powers of the Federal Government to regulate Inter-State comuteree; but it Is an cutirely rensonable inference, from the rad- feal nature of thly deelsion, that the Judge Is in sympathy with the Thurman act awd the legislutlon taken thereunder, > Tue Milwankee Republlcun and News hins “ reason to beliove thut thers s no foun- datlon for the report {n regard (o ex-Senator Howe and the new Cublugt,” "The report In question was, it will bo’ remembered, that + Gen, Garfield, persunded by Senntor-elect . Sawyer, had definjtly decided to offer Judge Howu the positionof Atlorney-General. The probabllities are agninst the truth of the re- port. While Gen, Gartlell 18 under great obligutions to the Wisconsin delegation ntthe Chicago Convention for his nemination, he 1s wider no obligation at all to Judge Howe, The latter was not n delegate to the Conven- tlon, and If he had been he would never have voted for Gen, Gnrfield, It may be said, fndeed, that the ex-Senator was the originut Third-Termer In Wisconsin, hav- Ing favored the electlon of Gen. Graut to nthird term in 1870, While his views on thls subject or his personal opposition to Gen, Gurfield would have been no reason for exeludlng him from the Cabluet, his erite {cisms of the candidate of the purty after the nowdnation had been made certalnly do cons stitute such n reason, Moreover, it should be observed that he wantonly nssailed Mr. Koyes and the wing of the party that sup- ported il In the late Senutorlal campaign, and his nomination would probably do more to create discord among Republicans and to W . _offend many of those who led the *preak ! for Garfietd than that of any other Repub- i lican in the State ‘Two nus have been proposed In the 1egisiature the objects of which can hardly be understood, One of theso I3 to compel tho Jecorders of Deeds in thiy State to ex- amine vvery Instrument left with them, and report to the persons Interested wiether the same I8 in proper form, legally executed, and sufliclent tor the purposyy, and also whether the deseriptions of property thereln, whether by metes und bounds, are correet in ull pur- ticulars, ‘This Is to makoe the Recorder a sort of Judiclul wuthority over all cnses of cheapand carcless conveyanclng, which 18 certalnly no part of bis duty, and In counties 1ike this, whepe there aresvveral hundred in- struments left dnyy for recurd, It would b hinpossiblo for him to perform. The other DIl Is to make tho tract Indices be longing to this county, and which cost n large sum of money, n public record, frectobe manipulated nnd tumbled by every person visiting the Recorder’s oftiee at plensure. "The cowity has just had a snd htd costly ex- pertenee in this matter of having the publie records open 1o the free handling of the pub- lle. Mutilation and forgery have been the results, All thess Indices are the public troperty, to which the public may have free neeess, and coples or abstracts of which they can always obtain from the ofiicers legally in‘ehavge of them. Dut beyond this the books ought not to be bundled out or bo given over to tho custody, even temporarily, of anybody. ‘The public records ought not to be exposed to any danger of mutilation or damage, and It they are to be copied or tran- seribed it should be done exclusively by the sworn oflicers to whom the custody of the books hag been given. How sANY million times before tho Ite- belllon was the North assured by the slave- holders that i tho blncks were emancipated they soon wounll dwiadle away, die out, and beeome extinet, ns they weve siere ehildren in Intelleet, and could hot take eare of thom- relves? We were told the same thing for the firat five years nfter the War, and until the census of 1870 disproved the assertion, But even after that It wns nsserted that the mor- tality atnong the blacks was frightful, and hat colored families had ceased to be Inrge. But now comes the census of 1880, showing ihat the per cent of Inerense duriug the past deende Is greater than it was ot any thne be- tween the nbolition of the Afriean slave trade In 1808 nawd tho nbolitlon of slavery during the: Rebettlon. What have the ex-slave masters to say to this facl? How dlo they nccount for tho rapld growth of nraew sure to die out I made free? T'he census bulleting that have been issued give us the number of blacks in nll of the old Sinve States exceptingTexns, We now have the materlnl for determining approximately the oxtenl and rate of Inerease of the colored pvopulution durlng the past ten years and for waking compnrisous with preceding yenrs, The Increase by States from 1870 to 1880 18 shown by the following statement: Statex, Alubrma,.. Arknnsng Delaware. Florida, tieovi Kentuck ‘ITha total nunber of blacks in these States wag 4,245,008 i 1870 nnd 5,043,604 in 1880, "I'nis shows during these ten years the enor- mous inerease ot 1,401,888, or more than &3 per cent. Adding Texas, and the colored population -of the South now exceeds six milifons, In the . North the blacks number half w milllon. The above fiftcen States in- prensed from 2,088,730 in 1840 to 3,369,034 In 18530, and 4,018,380 In 1860, This was at tho rateof 25 per vent during the former decade and 19 per cent durlog the latter, or an aver- e of 2¥per cent for the lnst twenty years of slavery. Comparing this with the 33 per cent of the past decade the rate of Increase 13 shown to be very much greater in freedom multpence than it was In slavery and peace. The white population in the States above named hng increaseid from 8,813,377 In 18i0 to 11,299,718 in 1899, or less than 28 per cent. During the past ten yenrs the col- ored populntion n the South hag Incrensed at o considerably greater rate than the white. Who will say after this that the blacks of the South need masters to keep the race from becoming extinet ? THE FUNDING DEBATE IN THE SENATE. “I'he Refunding DIl as amended by the Sen- ate Finauce Committee, was ealled up by Mr. Buyard yesterday, and the cntlre day was devoted to o running debate on Its general fentures, without disposing of any detalls. The discussion In the Senato was at least more decentand conrteous aud on the whote mneh abler than that which was beld in the Ilouse n few weeks ngo upon the snme sub- jeet. ‘I'he drift of sentiment, so far as It was manifested in the debate, scems ‘to Indi- cato the passage of the DIl substantially in the shape recommmended by the Fluance Conuitiee, and the leading members of that Committee Intimated more than once durlng thoe discussion that they had nssurances that the changes they had made will be necepted Ly the 1louse in case their bill passes the Sen- nte, Itis to Lo hoped that they have not buon decelved In this respeet, for the re- motdeted bill contains the elements necessary tonssure the success of the refunding scheme, A -brief restateinent of the amendments recomniended by the Senate Flnance Com- mittee will servo to present the leadine feat~ ures of the bill, Sec, 1 now provides for the fssue .of bonds not exceeding §100,000,000, in denominations of 850 and multiples there- of, bearlng 3} per cent- Interest, payable semi-annunlly and running from five to twenty yearsj also for T'reasury notes not excoeding $300,000,000, In denominations of $10 and multiples therco? not exceeding §1,000, to beara rate of Interestnot oxceeding 43¢ per cent, and running from one to ten years, ‘The changes In this ‘section “of the Iouse LIl are from 8 per cent to 334 on the bonds, and from 05-10 to 520 in thelr term of dnration; and In the notes from afixed ratoof 8 per cent to an elastle rate not to oxceed #!§ per, cent. In Bee. 2 authorizmg the exchange of ‘I'reasury noles for outstunding bonds, there has been no materlal chunge, Sce. 3, as amended by the Senate Committee, provides that the expenso of placing the bonds shall not be more than one-halt of 1 per cent, instecad of Hmit- Ing such expense to one-quarter of 1 per cent. In See, 4, nuthesizing the Seere- taryjof the "I'reasury to use $50,000,000 of hls coin' to redeem 5and 6 percent bonds, the Senate bill inserts tho word * temporarily,’ aud adds that sueh money *“shall from time to time be repatd and replaced out of the pro- ceeds of the sale of the bunds and Treasury notes authorized by this nct.” Sec. 6 of the House blll, which was deslgned to compel the National banks to subscribe to'the new bonds ns security for thelr cirenlating notes, has been stricken out altogether, Two new sectlons are ndded—namely; Sec. 5 provides that u redeeming tho honds and notes now authorized those Issued fivst shall run the longest term, and the lalter {ssues Vo redeemed first, thus giviug the carliest subscribers the advantage of the Jongest in- vestment, (Sec, 0 providesthat the bondsand ‘I'rensury notes now authofized shall bo re- celvablo as securlty for tho clreulating notes, and that only Interest-bearing securities of the United States sholl bo receivable for that purpose, ‘The latter part of this section was fuserted to correct o defect in the present luw, ‘Thoe only other changes aro for the purpose of Improving tho phraseology of the bill us it cume [rom the House, Aside from Mr. Bayard’s gratultous fiings ut tho stiver dollar aud the Legal-Tendor act, which dwere calculated rather to mpede than nassist tha passage of the Dill, his speech was n very clear and offective pre- sentment of the merits of tho Senato Come mittee’s ‘umendinents, It is not necessary now to crlticlso Alr, Wayard's remarks abous Alousp sitver and the legal-tendors, rs thelr sfatus In no wlse affeets the question of refunding b and 0 per cent bonds §nto bonds bearlng n lower rate of Interest, The success of the Inst refundite process demonstrated this, For the rest, Mr, Bayartl's speech consisted malnly fn the explanation of the mmendments that are suggested, 1118 Dest points were as follows: 'The high premutin on 4 per cents Is not a fair gauge for fixing the rate of fnterest on the new bonds, beenuse the former have hecomo exceptionally desirable owingto thelr long duration. The compulsory power pro- posed by the House to be exerclsed over the Natlonal banks would indicate a lack of confidence in the ability of the Govern- ment {o negotinte the proposed loan on its own werits, and to that extent it would fpnir the eredit of the Natlon. Men wny L drlven out of businegs, Mr. Dayard re- warked very truly, but they -will mannge thelr own affalrs a8 loug ns they remain in business. A bond of Jong duration, and n seenrity of shiort duratlon are more valuable than vne of intermediate duration,—n correct prineiple of finance which some of .tho as- tute statesmen in the Senate Chamber could not get throtigh thelr hemds, 'The sentiment of tho House of Nepresentatives, wml pre- sumably that of a majority of the Ameriean people, Is Iy favor of the varliest practiea- Ide extingnishment of tho debt, and it s mere llkely {hat tho Iouse would assent to nn fnerenss over the rate of fnterest it proposed than the abandonment of ashort optlon for the redemption of the bonds. The Senate propositlon extends the posslble duration of the londs to twenty years, which will make them more attractive 1o u certain elass of eapital, but retains the Government optlon to redeem at tho expirn- tion of five years, Anything less than Hlg per cent interest upon such terms whl en- danger the fullure of the proposed loan. “T'he negotintion of the Treasury notes nid per cent or even less Is still possible wnder theSenate proposition, which merely stipu- Intes that the rate shall not be wore than 844 per cent, whereas the arbitrary rate of 8 per cent fixed by the Ilouse might result in fallure. ‘I'he opposition to the Gommittee’s selieme in the Senate seemed to be based upon a mis- appretiension that arese from Ignorance or perversity, Mr, MePherson, of New Jersey, wnas obstinntely set upon the rate of 3 per cent, and insisted that such bonds can be negotinted at par, but at the conelusion of his speech 1t proved that the bond he favored run nbsolutely forty years, Of conrso nobody would «ispute the correctness of this statement, but he scemed to lgnore the' evident fact that the would in no event ngree to o forty-year bond, nor even toabond that should run abgolutely thirty years without giving the Govermment any earlier option of redemption. It Is doubted by many whether s long and arbitrary a texm would be deslr- able in any case, for, though the money In the hands of the people may be worth 5 or 6 per cent which could thus Le funded on long time for 3 per.cent, there Is 16 nssur- ance that the surplus revenue of the Gov- crnment would be curluiled By the redue- tion of taxes, but it might be squandered in manlfold ways, and not. used In the grad- ual retirement of the debt. Mr. Kernun made an earnest effort to convinee McPherson of the Impracticability of his position, but it is doubtful whether he succeeded. 1t was ap- parently fmpossible, too, for Mr, Plumb, of Knnsns, and one or two others, to understand that the Treasury notes provided for areln the nuture of acall loan, and that, for tho reason that thoy will alwaysbe avalinble for Instant conversion.Into curreney, thoy will be more attraetive to floating enpliat nwalt- ing other Investment than the bonds will be, and henee may reasonably be regarded s ne- gotiable ut & lower rato of Interest than tho bonds, & Some clean-cut, short speeches were mado by, Messrs, Bayard, Kernan, leck, Allison, and Eaton during the debate. Mr. Iaton suggested toward tho close the substitution of 3 Instead of 8% per cent Interest on tho bonds, 'This rate was computed on the basis of Intercst ylelded by tho present 4 per cents, nfter allowlng for the premlum and the ultl- mnte loss thereof when the bonds come to be redeemed. It Is possible that this suggestion may recelve serlous conslderation to-twy, though the Committee wns inclined to re- regard It as o dangerous experiment, If the debate does not chunge In churacter there is a prospeet that the bill will bo speedily dis- posed of in tho Senate, ns there seems to be no Inclination to make long speeches nor to open up the whole question of financo, Lrompt considerntion wilt certalnly Increase the chances of o final ngreement between the wwo Houses. THE MAYOR AND THE RIVER, Mayor Harrlson's long-promlised explann- tlon of why he refused for s whole year to have the pumplng-works established at tho canal has been glven to the publie, enveloped In tiresomeo verhosity, 1o confesses, by the extremo length of the paper, that he Is gullty of a deliberate purpose to defeat the wliole scheme, He neknowledges thut he belleved that the pump on the Norih Branch would purlfy the water of the South Branch, when any Infant of reasonablo Intelligence coula have told him that ke could notdraw ncur~ rent of water through the South Branch to tho Inke without drawing the water from tho cannl inte tho river, He admlts now that he was mistaken in that respeet, but to satlsfy hlmsell on that point ho refused for a year to muke any progress on the work nuthorlzed 4 YeRr ago, g In tho socond plnce ho argues thata ship canal, such as was,proposed fifty and Lwenty years ngo, Is, nfter nl), tho only permanent remedy, To coustruet that cannl as proposed will cost §:20,000,000 to $:25,000,000 and take ten years to complete i, and in tho mean- thne ho is disposed to wait and let the people of this city and State endure tho offuust of o fou), putrld bayou, 3 o has also discovered that tho Steck-Yard branch of tha river wanta cleaning, aud that -the prmps ought to e connected with that ‘branch, Everybody knows this ‘and lins nl- ways known I, and there is not a possible objection to It; on the contrary, it Is extremo- ly advisable. Ilis delay has put off this fm- provement, uid besldes Jins perpetuated the stench of the river an entlve year. Noabody objects to the State paying all the monoy the Legislature may deem propor tp appropriate,~which will not be one dollnr,— nor does any person object 1t the whole work does cost even $250,000, If that much bo re- quired for tho purpose, ‘The public demand that the work bo construeted and the pumps bd put In, cost what It mny, a8 a matter. of great sanitary necessity; but the Mayor, with $100,000 of public money ut his disposal, hns spent an entire year clpher- Ing out how, by means of a pump at Fuller- ton avonue, he could sick n stream of wator frow the Ilinols River at Peorln up through the canal, and thence into tho river wul out into the lake! 1le evidently thinks that if he could control the southwest wind he could do this now, and snve the $100,000, which he proposes durlng thecoming Mayoralty campalgn ta show to the pcoplo as an economie snving of his Ad- ministratlon. 1t was a wicked saviug that has entalled aunoyance and sickness upon tho people In Chicagd, and thence to Peorln, und tho cemeterles inoludo the vickims pre- maturely carried off by tho cconomy which subjeeted this community tostilingatenches, I'he publle want no mare three-column prommelamentos from the Mayor; they want rellef from the stinking, putrid river, and in Avpril next they will tako espeeal pains to hve a Mayor who will not set up his yanity and foollshness agalnst tho publle will and tho eity's interests, BIIERMAN AND THE BUGAR FRAUDS, The glst of the controversy between tho sugar Importers of New York City and See- retary Sterman way be fonnd elearly stated T parngeaph of the letter of the Secretary to the Cliamber of Commeres under date of Teb. 10 last, ay follows: ‘I'eo easee haa been tried it the Courts,—one in San’ Frovelseo and one in Budtimore—In whieh suclt frandulent artltlelnl colorntion w eatablished by the Court wad Ju 10 both eas he Courts ruled, o8 a matter of Tnw, that it 1s tho rheht und ity of the oitieers of the custot o took throtteh frandutent artifetd eotory and atereas the. duty fpony sy aecondng to fis trie culorsste(pped of wil disguise, This doctrine must cotnmend itaelf to tho commion Rense of every honeat man, o okl thitt an importer nay im- port sugar tho trita cotor of which {8 above No. #0 Ditteh standurd, nuitestly colored so as to reducs I apparently bolow N would be to hold ontfs premiup for dishonosty and feaud, The Depirtment, therefore, tnder the order of Sept. 2, 157, 1M undortnken (o look through frundulent coloring and wgscra tho duty upon Bugr ut Js true votor, - What the sugar lmporters objeet to s tho detection of the fraudulent act of coloting sugars by the Government ofticials, and the nssessment of sueh rate of duty thercon ns they would bear if not artificlnlly coloved, Ihe Iuporters suy Seeretary Sherman must not “look: through fraudulent artifleinl color,” but muat nssess duty aceording to the apparent color, whieh they know will admit tho artlete at s lower rate of duty thun con- towplated by the lawmakers. ‘Lhe dispute 13 purely on n technient polut. The tmporters donot deny that they cause thelr sugars to bo colored artificlally so as to make thom of alow-duty grade, according to the * Dutch standard,” Say the sugar lmporters: Tho ‘Iredsury regulntion saya *that any menns usod to degrado tho eolord of stwar dir- ing or after tho prucess of manufacture 1s Traud upon the revenue,” while tho official ree- orids of the Conrts suy the forelgn mwanttacturor hns o right to make sugar of what color ho pleases, But tho Seeretary In nuswer to this fine- spun speelal plea quotes tho statute, us fol- lows: % Tho Seeretary of tho Treasury shall, by regu-~ Intlon, preseribio and require that l!uml)lc! from puckiyges of sugur shall bo tuken by tho proper uflicers it such manner a8 to asceriain the triue qualily of suci sugar. H "'he sugnr hnporters think these samples should bo taken {u such munner as to ascer- tain the apparent quality of such sugar, But the Sceretary thinks that notonly the Courts, but the statute, warrants him in looking through* the fraudulent coloring matter introduced to deceive and trick the CGovernment, and finding, If he ean, the true quality of the article, Thisisall there isof the dispute. The siigar importers of New York City clabin that, throngh the careless word- ing of tho Inw, they may legally huport sugars artificially degraded by coloring matter, in- troduced during, not after, the process of manufncture, thus conforming thom in color to n low grade of the Dutch standard, They admit by Imptleation that if artifleially col- ored «fter the ordinnry process of manu- facturo Is completed they would be Hable to the ratc of duty attaching to their nominal color, but hold that by introdueing the trick of artificial coloring during the process of ananufacture the luw 1s suecesstully etaded, And It1son this oxceedingly fine technieal point that the sugar importers of the great City of New York have waxed Indlguant nguinst Mr. Sherman! Smugglers some- times mask thelr faces to eseape the vigi- Innce of Government officialy, but wo never heard of a smuggler appearing in publie or before n Court, exhibiting his mnsk, and cluiming exemption from punish- ment on the ground of tho eunuing construetion of his: disguise! This, how- over, I3 tho cnseof the New York sugar- Jmporters, 'Thiey nre fighting for n rebate of + utles sololy on the grounds weo have stated. They have sought for and found & construc- tien of lnw throungh which, by *doctoring” their sugars, they clalin release from pay- ment of a portion of the duty clearly Intend- edtobo Imposed upon them by tho law- makers, 'The Sccretary of tho Treasury plucesn Alfferent construction upon the stat- ute, and under It compels these virtuouns gen- ttemen to pay just what they would pay without question were it not for the fuct of the artificlal coloring injected Into the sugars during, but not after, the process of manu- facture. And they are Indignant. "They sny amititon dollars hnve been kept back from them! They denounce the Secretary in good sot terms ns no better than he should be. With o grent show of falrness, they sy 1f the Guvernment haa renson to helieve that frad haa boen attempted on the revenue, it (s the bounden duty of i18 oflicers toaot accarding- Iy, und to setzo tho norchandlso and institute proceedings for Its condemuntion, and {n pursu- [l thist conrie thoy will receivo tho BENrLy Bipe part of lmporters, ‘T'hoso importers kinow the law, Ob, yesl They know tow difticult It 1s to prove gullté Intent. 1Iondo they aay, seizo our goads, and punish ns to the extent of tho Inw! Sceretary Sherman knows that thoavay to collect tho rovenuo on sugars {5, not to undertake to conviet Importers of eriminal intent, but to look through the artifieial frawdulent coloring, and assess tho duzy on tho true quality of the article, INTERTION OF DB, DE WOLF T0 RE. 1t was stated In the last number of the Metical Tteview it Hoalth Commlssioner Do Wott In- tended o resign. On belog questioned upon tho subject, tho Hootor suld the statement was true. I is his futention to devoto ail his timo to his private proctice, whioh, he says, hus bheen very much negleeted sineo his connsction with the Health Depnrtment, He el)llll‘]vlnhm of boluy, subjected 1o unjust critioism, aud docs not wish to oveupy a position which 1s not profituble, and ll‘l lwhlln his scryices ave, ho Buys, unuppro~ clated. . In tho Interests of tho Ifealih Department of this city it I3 to bo hoped that Dr, Do Wolt wlll recousider his doterminntion to reslgn, It appears Lo us that the Doctor Is oversousl- tive, and takes too much to heart eriticisms of tho dally pross, that do not so much refer to him ns to the Ineficlency of subordinutes that ho did not appolnt, Tue Cmicaco Trisuse, for Instance, has dispatchied its reporters to varlous sections of the city, and they have found glaring violations of tho health ordinances, They have found shamefully defective drainage, nccumuln- tions of filth on premises, resldences and stores that ave breeders of disense, and lenps of garbage dumped Into the public streets ny filling to ferment'and breed disease next summer, ‘Theso roports Dr, De Wolt has un- wisely and needtesly regnrded ns criticlsms upon himself, whilo in reality thoy were erit- Ielsms upon tho loziness, ignorance, and In- ,efliclency of somo of his subordliites, For this Dr. De Wolf 1s not altogether responsi- ble, Many of thom are bummers who know nothing and care less about their duties and wore foreed tupon him by the Mayor at tha fn- stanee of Aldermien. Ilo catnot be expected to be In overy part of the clty or to know in evary cuso just what his subordinates are do- fng. e needs the cobperation of the press to know just what s golng on fn the bromd fleld which Lo hus 1o cover, and when thoy poiut 'out the delin- queneles of his men it s not so much a criticlsm upen him personnlly as a suggoes- tlon to him where he can‘muke linprovemonts. ‘I'hls 1s the way Inwhich Dr. Do Wolf should regard It nstead of growlIng seisitivo and throwlng up n position which ho is so well qualified to il Dr, Do Wol€ Is & mun of warked ability lu his place, and hns displayed . structton of property that have been felt else- mueh solentifie knowlédge In deallng with many public nulsanees, espeeially the * Stock- Yard stinks.” ‘I'ho thing for Dr. Do Wolf to du I3 to regurd tho press ns his most effective ally, notas his encuiy; to purge his force ns freely g le enn of the slothtul and ignorant; and to redevote himselt to the Imporfant work with atl his enedgy and well-known ability, and with the help of the press. which wiil point out such remlssiess on the part of his subordinates ag ho way not be cognlzant of, Bave boen waged by Lilierat Cal of Tirltish (nterosta, Eogl’sh polities av Atranie npomalies, and evon to Englishien aro bristiing with stimeular contradgitions, Tho Caly Ro tivo on tho seare of British proatige, and prow to making wara: Yot, T foel conyineed 1If thy LAboraln kad beei b powor when tho ashing cromed the Proth against Turkey, England wouli] bnve declired war againat Criménn war was tho reault of Jtussu's overs frustfitiness In tho paeific spleit of a Literal Government. » P Acconnixa to the Financinl Reform Alma- nnoof Great Britain for 1881, wa have the dute reluting to tho Hoyal family und tho Itoynl houschold, Thoro ara nearly n thowsaiud norsous, mnlo and female, attached to tho Royul hovse- hatd and pakt for rendering Batia ‘real, but tly Imaginary, sorvico to her Majesty. The Poct Laureato, A, Tennyson, recelves £109 yenr- Iv: the Exmminer of Plyd, £100. Thewo nre fivo “Tages of Honor,"” who reeeive £1:0 onch, and tho “ Master of tho Tennls Court,” tho Rt.-1lon, W, Itereaford, who recolves L1 yearly, The amount chargenblo to *unuitles, peu- slons, siperanniations, compensations™ in 1¥7 wis £18048,0, A curlous Iton muder this-head 183 *The Duka or Scltomberg was kiilod nt the battle of the Boyae In 169 by an ncoldental shot from hisown side,” Dating tho pension, which was origlnally £6,000, from, fay 1005, tho * helea must have recelved up to 1851, when It was transterred from gross rovenuo apd reduced oue-half, £630,000, and subsequedtly £45,000 wore, making n total of £68,000. Thero Is ulso n chargo on the pension list of £4,000to * Will- inm Pesin and helrs, ote., forever! ' The grant wasade fn 1700, and hae been held ninoty years, Refatlve to primary schools In Grent Tiritaln tho data nre: In 1670 20,109 gebdols wero in- spected, enpable of nccommodating 4,327,853 chitdren, The average number In attendance was 2,080,104, Tho number present ut inspection was 357047 Tue expenditurs from grants was £2,801,038, e —— 11t bill of Mr. Colling, of Cook, to nuthor- Iz0 tho conrolidution of thie threo towns in Chi- cngo by u vore of tho |\cnl)llu fulled to pass, It wasopposeml by Messre, it H. Whito qnd 0, 8. Cook, of Chleago, and voted ngnlnet by sovornl other Chieago nembers.—Legistativs proceedings, The troublo with the bill was, It was only I the Interost of the tuxpayers and not of the tax- caters, and that it reduced the number of tho Intter. It nbolishied uscless offices; true, it tended ta sceuro more unitorm and better nscesments in Chieago, und wonld put a stop to the bad practico of the Assessor in one division tryng to cut undor the Assessors I tho other divisitns in the valuation of property. 1tisvery strange that any of tho country members, whose constitue encles qro chented by this dishoncsat rivalry, voted to perpetunto the present triple-headed systern of assessment in Chleago. They voted 1lko o pureel of simpletons when they allowed themselves to be fooled Ly tho_specious sophls~ try of White and Cook, whose real ebject and de- sire wns to provent tho abolition of ukcless and mischiovous ollices: they were working for tho tax-dovourers nnd ngainst tho public interests, and tho membiers from the rural districts were Jjust wonk cnough to be caught by thely chall, Tho citlzons of Chicako who have studied’-tho subject only wunt one sct of usscssing tnn- chinery fn thig clty. — e ———— e A DESTRUCIIVE YEAR. 1t good old Mother Shipton, Instead of frightening timid people with the propheey that the world would come to an end In 1881, had nnnounced that It would be & very ex- traordinary year, amd that the natural cle- ments would bo In unusual commotion, in- volviug vast destynetion of propesty and en- talling great human suilorlng over whie areas, awit that an ern of ensunlties would set In, aceasioning sovero loss of humau life, and that violence, murder, and sulclde would run rampant, she would have hit much nearer the trath, Theto yeb retatn ten ponths and n half of the year, and I the Hestruction which lins been cnured during the past six weeks continnes in anything like the snme proportion for the rest of the year It witl be set down In nll futuretimo as the year of horror, The winter scems to have neeumu- Tated its ravazes since the 1stof Junuary, Florco blizzards have continwously swent down from the Ardtic reglon, vin Manltobn, pliligg up snow almost mountain-high and burying many viethns beneath [ts nva- lanches, while nunierous others have frozen to death, exposed to its pitfless blasts, Con- tinuous rains have Inundated thé Iacllic Const and have wnashed ont geveral mining towns. The lee gorges have bursbwith great violence in the thaw and flooded Washing- ton, oledo, Phlladeiphia, and other cities, involving demnges to property that amounts up Into the milllons. A large part of New Orleans hns been under water for doys, In- nocent littlo brooks and creeks in tho rural districts that . have burely lfe enough to run . in the summer have been transformed inte raging torrents and linve swept away mills, farm-houges, bridges, and fences and inundated quict country vil- lages, Railronds have been blocked up une il supplles of fouod and fuel have grown searce and prices have mounted upward with astonlshing velocity, "The oceun has been strewn with wrecks, Not satisfled with thelr damage fn thelr own reglon, the snow- Difzzards have crossed thefr naturat bound- arles and devastated unfamilinc re- glons, Killing the fruit, Disease has followed I tho truck of these extrnordinary natural manifestations, and opldemies of sear- let-fover, small-pox, diphthorin, and other disenses have spread with fearful fatality, ery element of destructiveness seems to havebeen let loose. In this country along the rallroads have killed'102 persons and se- verely maimed 120 others, By marine disns- ters 470 persons havo lost their lives, By ex- ploslons nnd other casualtics 205 persons have beean kllled In this country, ns reported by telegraph, which only tukes cognlzanco of larger casunlties. Not eontent with tho loss of life by natural and unavoidable cnuses, elghty wretehed persons in this coun- try have taken thelr own lives, and 118 others have been murdered in six weeks?’ thue, and these fizures only include theso whose names have been mentioned 1n the telegraphife news, whicl of course only inclides a part of the whole number, Everything thus far Indieates that it wilt be a year of destraction. In the midst of all this ravage, however,.Chicago hing been sin- eularly fortunate, Though we have had little sun awd many cold days, we have es- capedd the terrible floods, and'storms, and de- 'fite: Buffalo Express having composed a Cabluct of Presidents' sous, the Atbany Journat matehes It with oncof lovely women, ns fol- low: G Secretnry of tate=Gall Hamllton, of Malnc. Secrotury of tho Treasury—anna Dickinson, of Pennsyivanis. 3 Seoretiry of War~Susnn B. Anthony, of New ric. gecretary of the Navy—Mary Walker, of tho Distriot of Columbla, 5, Secretary of the Interlor—Iiclon Hupt Jack- gon, of Colorado. = - Attorney-Uenepal—Elizabeth Cady Sianton, of New Jersoy, - ¢ ‘ufig}musmr-(}uueml—)lnr}' Andoreon, of Ken- Gnit Hamilton would have damages for that Hatifax award fn o jify, Anun Dickineon might fund tho Natfonnl debt, If need be, out of her own pocket. Busan B. Anthony would strike terror Lo the hearts of the country's Invaders; Mary. Walkor stlit further phicbotomize tho navy; Holen Hunt give each Indian squaw an opera-clonk and spring bonnet; Elizabuth Cudy Stanton conx tho Supreme Court inton con- structlon’of the Constitution that would grant women and children tho right to vote. Hut what, O what, would Mary Anderson do with n wholo Post-Oftice at hercommand and 10,000,000 fmpnssloned correspondunts sendlng hor dally leftors? ———— A New illustrated paper, o distant fwita- tlon of Puck, has been started fu Loulsviile, Ky, 1t {8 ealled Strarws, and from the Mmey character of tho publiention it is approprintoly named, ‘I'his 18 & spocimon of Its poetienl liternture: . STRAWDERIIES, * ‘Three hundred and elx sitting in a row, Vated for the Duke at Chi-ca-go, . Fwo from Kentucky have tumbied tothe floor, And now thero romalu but S04, where, We have had very little real disconm- fort, Business hns gone on uninterrupted, and society has been merry and gay with balls,and fetes, and operas, The great workot bullding and beautifylng hins gone on almost without Interruption fron the weather, The poor have not suffered more than usual aud the disenses customary in winter have not been moro fatal, When the springtime comes Chlengo will Lo as bright as everand look back upon n happy winter, and in the ‘warm (lays of July and Angust she Wil still offer those unrivaled advantages which huvomade her so famous as the great centre of sumnfer resort, ‘The strangers who come here at that season by thousands for health and pleasure will find her just as attractive ng ever. The 704 nro Bherman's meat, - The duys aro nwnbered when they must go; Thoy aro Hguratively clutched by the pants of tha seat, All nlong the banks of tho O-hi-o,, \ Conkling I8 howling, the Duke Is awful rlum. Tle sees **tho Ol Guard " stricken nt s blow; Garfetd Is ebuckling, Hiyes keeps mum, While Bhermnn gots his work in on thoe O-ni-o, et ——— T New York Herald doesn’t think mich of rotten boro' Btates, nnd cites Nevada as an tn- stance, saying: % 1t would bu well to conslilor tho caso of Ne- vada, which, some yeurs ugo, heeanso of u real or supposed political necesslty, wus clovated to tho dignity of Btatchood. ler population, nl- though sho hns been seventeen years i State, is only 02,000, and Instead of fultilhng the briltlant careor prediotod for hor hor progress 18 g0 Alow that, ns compared with thie othior partions of tho Nation, s I8 becoming less and less ontitled to tho position alie holda in the Unjom. 'The grout mistuko mnde in fier caso was that we ndmitted a minine camp and pot u State. Now tho enmp has broken up, and we havenState with scarcely nsingle attributo of n Stato oxcept ity oftiulnl muchinery In Congress, Surely tho experiment should not be repeate Tug duplication of the names of post- ofiices has become o serlous evil, and the De- parttuent has been often asked to nterfero and prevent it. Some such action s now Im- peratively required. A striking Ilustration of the extent to which the practice hns been earrled is nafforded in the enseof Allanta. 'The orfginal city Is, of course, tho Cupltal of Georgla, 'T'he name was conferred on It no longer ago than 1845 by J. Bdgar Thomson, the well-known President of the Pennsylva- nin Rallrond Compnany,. Thirty-five yenrs have passed, and theroare now oleven At~ lantns in the United States, ns follows: * Atlanta, Colutbin County, Arkansas. . Atlunta, San Joagquin Cointy, California, . Atlantay Fulton County, Gronrin, 4. Atlunta, Alturas County, Tdal b, Atlanta, Logan Connty, IHinols, G, Atlanta, Winn County, Loulsiann, 7. Atlunta, Chickasuw County, Mississippl, 8, Atlnutn, Mncon County, Missourl, &, Atinata, Suline County, Nebraska, 10. Atlnnte, Plekawny Cottnty, Obio. 11, Atluutu, Cass County, Toxas, . The Atinnta (Ga.) Constitution despair- lugly says: 1f tho cnl{lfu!lml fncrenses ng rapldly fn the futuro us [t hny in tho past, by the timo the next National Ceutvimint unniveranry ruH‘ around tho Atinntaa will bo 100 strong in the oltlulal reg- fster, 8uch n contingoney Is to bo deplored. At preséut tho Atlanta iy 1llinols 18 the only one of our fmitators thar f§ o conslderable town, A fow years oo the Geargln und Iliinols Atlnntas cach” contalned 4 man cantrolling extensive busiuess interests whose namo was Lowis Bcho- field. Thele correspondonco beeame hopelesly *mixed " until thuy estublished ) system of ox- chango that guve to cach the jetiers thut the Poat-Ollice nuthorities could not nssort un ac- count of tho wunt of full and correct directions. 1t 1s to Lo hoped, howaver, that before *another Nutional Centennial rolls around” the Post-Oflice Department will have prohib- ited the senseless multiplicatlon of post- oflices having the snme name. A slnple rog- ulation wauld stop the practlee, ‘i Democrats are expressing somo fenrs that the Itepublicans may clect’ nuan to (1 tho sent in Congress mindo vacant by tho Qeath of Fernando Wood, but of* this we do not sce much probuullity, Llllf full tho voto in that distriot was ug follow! = Wood, Tammany Demogcrat Hurdy, anti-1rmmuny Dy llum.henubllunu..‘. Tho Hemacratio voto, it wi seen, thun twice that of tho Republican vote, ——— Tne Cloveland Leader has n dreadtully poaropinion of the morality of Chicago nows. papors, 1t nasorts that tholr chlef occupation ls stealing nows, and when thore ls nono to be hiad inthis way th al from one nnotlior, ————————— PERSONALS. Senator David Davis Is vielting friends in Ohlo, If John Sherman's fences got down ngain, ho will know tho roason. Enterprising farmers aro now beginning to plant Mr, Lo Duc's roport for 1880, As umuich for young trees it is snld to have no superior, 1n o geperal descent on grnbling-dons n Waghington oarly Iast Thursday morning, two Benators and six Heprusontatives werv capt- ured. i A whisky Insurance company is one of the intost jnventtons, Tho stockbolders buve our sympathy If the concern endeavors to do busl- ness in Kentucky. 'T'ho foreign dispatches state that the Land League 18 golog to invest $350,000 of {ts surplus funds In this country, It 18 vory kind of tho Irlsh to lot Americans borraw back at high intercst and on undoubted sccurity some of tho woney they guve away Jast year. I'rof. Proctor snysthat with a good tele-, seopo one may seo 4 bundred million suns, onch the contre of 4 univorse. Nover milnd tho tole- scopo, Prof. A pint of New Jorsvy whisky will answer Just as woll, und will also enable you tu cateh oceastonal gllwpdos of four or flve moous and an occaslonal comet, . ‘Fhe Cincinnati papers are telling the fol- lowlng story: **A littlo girl of this city hada spiue discase, 30 that hor heud hung on ane slda A nrront comes from the other sldo of the wator that Gambetta und Bismarck aro getting to be botter friends than fs commoenly supposod, and that 1his friendly understanding has certain posaibilities behind it, Buys a Londen corre- spoundeut ot tho Now York L'meas ‘The other day I talked with a Franch politis clan ot somo iote about tho Intluenco uf Bne gland n European !muum It 8 mlways n culamity,” ho suva, *more or less, when En- fluud 18 too ueh aceupled with her own uffaird, lur sobor counsels put aslde, the welght of her moncy und her ships withdrawn, old ambltions aro rovived, and new ooterprises of uationsh- ties uro begun, Whothor tho reault by good or bud in tho end, tho end 18 generally tod up to by wir'* o surprised me u littlo by suyln, that Unmbetta and Hismarck understand egel rother more completely thun any one |8 nware of; and that 1t e wivat probable when France rogains hor old frontier 1t will be rathor by g uuq side by sldo with Germany than against her, In this councation, of coursy, thare crop up ancient scorvs to sottlo with Austria, u custotnd unlon to bo farced on Helglum, and u senboard obtalned for Gurmuny by the annexuglon of Hollund, This 8 aw old story from u new poiut of view, and tho oppor- tunity may como whea Englund 18 enguged with hor own uffulrs, flghting lusein fn the Kust, stumplug out wn Inding mutiny, reconqueriug Afghiunistau, or sottling dows Lo @ rigld polley of peaco ut uny price. It |3 singulur that all kinds of sinlster vumors of forelgn wars danger- ous to English- peace uro tho butursl accoms puanfuient of new Libural Adioinlstrations, und tho 1uore 8o that whyn looking over the records of Englund's groat wars tho majorlty of them starving trawp, aud he rubbed tho child's neck whila hio mutternd some Incuhierent words, Tho child was cured, Tho trawp disapposrod.” Bomuthlug slwilur to this occurred rocently in Chivage. A Mitly Loy had the dipbtherin. Ris mothor gave suie bread and coffcato & tramp. Just then tho boy's fathor camo along and bal-+ anced tho tramp ou the tou of his boot. Tho boy got well. The trawp bas spinal discuso. “ Bret Harte,” a recent visitor in England 1clls tho Now York oorrespondent of the Phils- dolphia Press, “13 pow the most pronounced cooknoy ju the whole of Bogland, I don't b~ atives haveo the eredit of Bolng oversenat- | a. The, Hlor wmother gave somo bread and coffee toa, s Tt the Teaiy plics s Ean Franeisco neull, Why, oo, e fuld e, whth un mmenso amoun 1 -1 ly alioul 1L oo, that e dlies o - ghe T thmesn week with the nobility, dechired Ut * R0ty thowaand pun.’ I8, e boen swvscriul o star s o f hit ovee there, 11in Consulate 1y s e for evss i, 00l HefSenvenly ovorlin e | althonzgh IS Dotk oF ety 14 at Ulnagy o 0% AL her window shie I sttty 1At Ie bisy bteht copot, Bho i sitthg, knittinge, kniy Tiver at o subtio not, © calley ting, Weaving tt In nughter, blnahos, Al detfefons nuds i ks, 'Tonnes 18 Rolt n8 hotes of Ihrum’vs And a tiowsand nmneless wilos. | Tuke eare, my bewltehlue nofehor, ake eare that you do got got, At tho eud of all your Inbwr, Tangled fn your subitle net, ~=Whitetrie Reid, The dalntiest plece of sweetness that | g 1s standing now bebind that fllrluln‘: )]1}:" Withdrny tho curtain Sortls trom ity plac And Fou mny reo the aweet It « neth ;flm Tho sunniest hend that ever enught nmglf.w Of sunshine on It; the most flower. |ike then Thnt over mado you dfonm a tlnte's sy OF orehards, when the applesblossoms by, Totlte, plyunnt, and ah! asad eoquer, Bhe makes you plend for kizses thnes Auud at tho st dentes you, and wiil fro o And purte her mouth, and bridle, i yor seolil. . &ho I8 my queen and T her slave—and yot This gume coquet 18 only two years i, —{rresponsii'e Youny Mother, A few days ogo L promised to tell y sometliing mora nhont reporters. You have Ica?napv‘ alreimly what cusy tms they hnve: butoften m.,.: Who Iiwe tho beat chanca I ti1s wirlt o not sen to avprocinta tie fact, nid romettiner n roportor oy this way nnd thinks s satury susht to he raied. o I epenks 1o the editor whout it Fditars aeo e Mborat mon. - Many of thew do not Uiink ang morgp wdollnr than soma mon do of thelr lives, but e Kknow that {€ tho repnrters wore ptd tou much (hey wonldsuvo thulr moncy nnd buy the paper, and they the editors wanld bo 156 the Chinese,-thoy woysy hinva to go. o I self-protaction they nre obitzed o keep i snlares of tho FCROTtLrs at £ or 430) 3 yuar, 'Thoy hito 1o do this. but aell-yreservatioy {§ tho Mt law of cdltors us well o of Naturo, Muny cditors presorve themaelrey o well that the | reportcrs nover buy them out. Tt editors nte kinid-tiousted, Mr. Dan, of thio Now York Sun, ouce henrd that i horse whies hud bewn very fust, but which eversbods thoushy DlRYed 0Bk s KOIR 10 bo301d nt auction by his mas ter, o fio sent srotnd and bought the puar horse Sor #1000, Tha next enmnter o pat him in o biz race, “Just for fun,” vveryhody snld. 'Fhore were a gresy minny noted harsea bn this race, nd men et s rums of monoy on them, Mr. buni's harsa anly bringe L 8 n £ pools, ut o won tho meo and all the money that was bot. Thisis calied “inralying POl-bix! 8o you 500 that (ho fateles nro kind 1o thinsa who do wond,_Some wund torles are told wbot roporters, Onco s Foun:t nian who hud grsdunteday Harvand Cotlose, wund was n spiendid scholar in baee gl and rowlig, cxmo 1o lirsu Western clty and hired out to ho & reporter. THO next day tho efitor rent him to nn inquest. 1La eamo tack to the offies st night with egowdt manuscript to maka baok, The editor guvo this 10 wn oxperlonced reportor and sald: SChL Lt Stufk dowi o i stek Ul Aftor n whilo by went over to swhore the oxperienced geporier wag sittlg und sald: “Jose did thit now dack manca WIN the INqUAsKT” “Ohy" snld the esperionced re VOFIGF, o gut uyorsthing—exeept the verdiet” Ang thien the other reporters that SR Sraund Tnughed henrtily, but tho editor unly let drop n few worda of tropical warmth, and discharied the new re« porter,—wlio was very mmch sumprisad to, seo thut tho paper continued to come out rege ulnrly nfter ho b loft it 1o Rts fate. New repurtors always toll eversbody that thoy are * Journulista,” bt tho ol onca cil thom deck-hands, New reportars nlwaya think thoy know overstblng, and In somo ofiicos 1t 1y custamnry to nut adish of Pt on & new reportor's desk, Thts Inu delicato vy oftolling him thit fio 18 too fresh. Reporters novet 11%0 10 hurt ansbody's foclings. Oneo on editor in Cinclnnati hirod n FopoFor in Chicin Lo dosome work for hls paper. After awhila tho reporter forros to sondnnything sbouy an important matter, which wmndo the editar very nney, S0 b aent a dispatehto tha roportar suyln: * You nro dixchinrged. Why did yougot fofs on that murder? Answor” When th roportor rend this he Inughod-to hinwelf and ead: “Twonder it thit ol nlum thinks ha can get the best of niop" “Bo-ho wroto the lenast Knd of an nnswer, oxplalatag ali nbout the matter, and cloacd by ssyieg no wnaglnd ho lind been discharged, becauso ho diss Nkod to bo eunnected with w paper tiat ollowod liself to et seooped. 1t taok L0 wonia tu say this, and, iy 1t was nint by tofessaph, tho Cinelanath editor bada protty bl bl to ing. Nutit taught bl novertoak for_explanationn by tele£eaph axntn.and that Chicar sopurterg woru protty llablo to keop up with tho pros comon.—Frows * Tules Jor the Littie Foiks," by Hursh Halateuil, ——m— .PUBLIC OPINION. Chlengo Allfancc: “To catch the mane ners Hving u8 thoy rise.”” The TVines 18 carryiog ita petty splte agalnst Dr. Thowas 1o ridicus tous Jengthy, It lasaid that Dr. Lorinier, inblg sermon on *Liborallsm® Int Sunday evenind, spoke n gaod word for Dr, Thomus, Tho Tima vrinted on Mondoy mornfug whut purported to Lo n full report of sufd germon, but tho seo- tence roforring to tho pastor of tho People’s Chnreh was carofully eliminated, Tha Tima' 4 venders havo u right to the sermons ot br, Lot mer Just ns thoy ara dollvered, ns theyemn printed Trom the manuseripts, and will be llkely 1o resent having the spice tuken out of sermond and the Lest specches left out of lllure}lo_rlsul guthorings at which Dr. Thomas or Prot, Swlsg bnppens to bo preseat, Just to gratify the spleen of un trresponsibio old mnn. New York Ztmes (Rep.): In the worko! rovising tho T'nx Inws of this Stuto It would cor talnly bo well If sume arrapgement could bs made for exempting from taxation tho sbipping ‘property owned by eltizens of New York. Nob the least of the many advantages that anEn wlishshipowner hns in competimyg for tho ocead enrrytuy trade of the world 18 tho circumstanc that tho tax which he pays I8 not upon the valio of the shipping property owned by him, but wpou tho not_fncomo derived from it futse courso of enoh year, Itls olvious that whero UNE INNA PRYS 1l ThX, Bay, of ¢ per cent upen ; vyalue of uship, and anothera tux of uflm!.‘! percentago upon the anminl E\rnmn carned tY e, tho Iatter le in a much better ;mdlllm}; carey on buglness than the former, pmlcul-}l A when ono takes nto necount that years fré quuntly fnterveno I whichs no profit s made. Ditindalphin Tmes: Mr, Hayes drinkd ‘whisky, Lrandy, wine, and beer, hut never in 08 presonco of his wite, excopt when diniog 0 o docs not conflne himselr to n single ‘m but puta awny about g much us other mon. i froquently oxcuses himself by snying: “l"""“ knww really that T ought to tako this, but 1 gus! it won't hurt mo"; or, * I'm not mlngf;{ woll to-days T think Iwill tako litle” £e08 tiomon and ladies who aro uccustomod (o800 M, 1ayes {n soofety Iniigh ut tho Lo of b0 inis opposed o tho soclat glass. ore v 4] thoories here ‘about his fal mmlulurul!m e to stato dinner-partics, One is that Mrs, bg“ 13 opposud 10 1t; the othaor s tut ho cruntt b tospond tho money, OF course, wines 855, #rentest oxpenso of w big dinner, and ey fl;!“ ol kuows that Mr. [fuyes ts a greater I"\\'nlll waotey than any Presidont ever jo the Yrom House. This Inordinata lovo has kept b contributing to enmpulgn funds or pssistiog atarving your of Washngton. Atlunta (Go.) Constitution (l)em.):l'fg: position tho Constitution hus takon on ':\‘.rll questions fuvolved I tho results of the Lé that tho South has nothing to npulwll:,fl vl nothing to dufend, ana nothiug to e L:tm* about, Tho politicians nolther umh‘nulfl apprealato tho common sonso of tha r""”"u“l'“ " tho result is thal the rhotorlo of PO ol abuged, Upon tho slightest pretest m%r‘, 0 want aflice, ar who are holding ""M'{mnl of want to mako a purade, will got up 1o (e tho publio und attitudiniae profty 10 gt tho fushion of tho lrcus-mun. ‘Thoroitd By crishof brags borns, u loud eluttur "mw drums, 'n_tremendons cracking of WEEC e many carfous nntles und geuullexions o tact tw edll tho uttentlon of the poplt 10, that n prowinent und usccomplishod redack rider Is ubout to L up his toot iy nn}'nm, atentul ntindnnts oty siilua greisy VO under him, Twico u bundred thies 0 god South been sived $n spevelics ol 100, iwico tun tbousynd times in tho B¢ aud the procesd still goes on. 8t Louls Glnbc-Democrat (RL’I;-)‘ Now Orleans Dewmucrit romarks mfn ol croa v membors of tho Committee on wum:no i voted pgalust tho guuranty clausy ‘t)f\w Sod e Bhip Rullrond bill flye wero u"""’l,n[ P! Democrat viows tholr nctlon a8 PEL Ty usual cflirso of Norttiern Democrts G ures which tend to promoto Smuui{flm # Whonover an appropriution la usked B0, pord rove n Bouthern pivee o burbor 1 T lis Dutnocrats are rendy to defeate cariably A while the Northorn Rupublicans Iu: From 189 it un offcotive and eheerful supPort, |y, alrs st 0f fucts tho interenco s diswi T oty g themeelves with the hurmuu' b A tho Bouthurt peoplo haye stoud mnuu’ thielr own prosperity, ‘Tho Vickell alao belloves that thio South Wens A, und ship with tho wenns purty it tho NOFES: oy saf 1L 18 about thno that ftoeused 13 SOIEIL oreth buty, and begln Lo look out furitz g fe e Bopatul san of n better eondith fulrs fu the Soutl that s press 16 Ve peed acknowledge tho lstukes Which Oroarms wiade, and-to freoly discyss 1o ing thowts |