Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1881, Page 4

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I URENAS, Socrotury, WEDNESDAY, MARCIL 9, 1881, Tue eight doys’ armistice which the Boers have gronted the British will enable the Int- ter to push forwarnd their reintorcements from the doust, get up their artillery and sup- plies, and be ready to take a vigorous Initia- tive on the 15th of Mareh, The Boers have also agreed to let tho British passeight days’ provisions throagh their lnes to the half- starved English, gurrlsous. At this distance it looks ag if the Britlsher hay overreached the Duteluna Dr. JounsToNE, tho American representa- tive nt tho ‘Interntional Cannl Conference, sends the Amerlean Geographleal Soclely o surprising stutement voncernlng the means used by De Lesseps to rnise funds for his canal scheme. The wildest misrepresentas tlons seent to have been lndulged In, It 18 2ven nsserted that De Lesseps eaused the re- port to be spread abroad thet President Ilayes had svoken favorably of the Panama Canal In hils nunual message. Another cor- respondent sends word that the subseriptions were obtnined from the poorest elass of the Freneh poople, aud 20,000 women are said to be tuelunded among the subscribers. 1 these rapresentations are true, a day of reckoning Is surely In store for M. de Lesseps, if he will be considorate enough to live until itls ready for hlm, Wirtiax P Frye, who has been unani- mously nominated to suceeed Mr. Blalnens Senator from Maine, I8 50 years of e, hav- lugz beou born onty o year lnter thun the new Secretary of State, bpt he looks wmueh Younger, and the correspondents have been feenstomed to speak of him as *‘one of Blalne’s boys.”” M. F'rye Is o wman of great abfifty and force of charneter, thoroughly independent and rather stitt-backed In his Individual opinfon, but u strong party man, Ile fs one of the best'puntfe speakers In the country, having an _electrie manner, o sono- Tous volee, and w hatful of brains, Inthe Lower House ha was noted as & purlintuenta- rlan, and served on the Committeo which prepared the new rules with Mr, Garflela, Mr. Randall, Alexander Stephens, and Jo Blackburn. Ifo wns also o member of tho Conunittee ot Ways and Menus with Gar- fleld. Mr, Fryels onoof tho most positive nequisitions the Sounte has had for o foug time. Mr. Blalue's dislike of Conkllng wilt descend to him as u legaey, and ho will wear it next his henrt, THERE was no doubt that the Indlaua con- stitutional amendmonts roceived a mnjority of all the votes cast on the duy of election last springg, ‘They were required to receive only n mujority of the votes cast on thut ques- tlon, ns the election was specinl, and the voting for town und village ofticers which took place on tho samo day afforded no grounds for comparfson, The village votes wero not tabulated or nggrogated by any State authority; und i€ the condition of the adoption of the amendments was that they should recelve o mafority of-nl) the yotes cast in varlous loeal snd independent elece tions, there was nu way in which their ratii- catlou could bo compnssed. To assume this wus to take for granted the Ineapacity of the Leglslature to submit the queation propurly on thut day, and to argue u lack of power In the peoplo to ehange thelr or- ganie law then and theve, "The deelston of the Court was, thorefore, an attempt to Bupvross popular sutlrige, and w studlous and dellbers ute allront to the intelligence of the people, 1t should be resented as such, und the vote for the amonduients Monday shoutd be large enough to measure the general condemuns tloic GL tha untighteous partisan Judges, . RO A Mr. Wispos, the new Seeretary of the asury, clused his carcer In the Senate with & remurkable speech In fuvor of Mr, Eads' ‘Pehunntopes ship-rallway scheme, Thuse who have not seen Mr. Windom’s uekument eni have Hitle idea of ftsingenufty and force. Ilo contended that the only quess tlon wag whethier the yuliway was practics- Lle, and adduced usurprising array of testis ony frou the most emlucut civil cogineers 11 Europe s’ Awerlea to show that it was, Many of thusd who wrot ta this eilect safy that Buchuna)l\vny Lud long been o dream LY of thelr own. Two naval engineors of the United States were inclided in the number, aml ong of them declared that in his Judg- ment tho speed with whieh n stenmer conlt bs taken neross | the Isthmus would depend solely upon the number of eagfues that should be employed. Mr, Windom Is naturally n littla partial to Capt. Eads, having been Chatrman of the Com- meree Committes when the jetty experiment was decidell npon, The argment was de- fective only n this: that it assumed the duty of the United Stutes tobulldsueh a road onte side uf Ity own domintons, or, in other words, to gunranteo bonds fssued to bulld i, The correctness of this proposition does not so certalnly appear. If the ship-rallway Is ns practieable ng Capt. Eads belleves it to be, there should bo no difieulty in raising the toney {o bulld {t by privato subscription, Ttz nomination of Wayne MacVeagh Is referred to by the Claelunatt Convmnerclel as “audacions.,” So in one sense 1t fs; Mr, MueVengh represents an element in the Re- publican party which, in the opinlon of tha Bosses and the onglieersof the machine, it Iy high trenson to recognizo i any way, Yot it Is unguestionably an element without which Mr. Garfield coald have been neither nominated nor elected, It includes all those voters upon whom the bonds of party obliga- tion rest lghtly, 'Tho factthat the Independ- ent Republieans do not figure largely In the primaries or the conventions Is no indieation of their strength, "They are not assiduous in thelr attendnnee upon those places be- cauge they do not wish to be bound by tho resnlt, But If the same lest should be fmposcd upvn all who vote the Republican tieket at tho polls s the Bosses attempt to require of the Independ- ents (that Is, n declaration of falth inthe doetrine of Boss infallibility) there would hiave been something less than 4,000,000 Re- publiean votes wolled at the last eleetion, Tndeed, the contest would have been rather between Weaver nud Garfiold for the minor- Ity vote than between Gardeld and Haneock for the mnjority. Mr. MacVeagh's nominn- tion Is & goud one, not only becenuse he ls in all respects quallfiet for the office, but be- ciuuse he betongs to w class of citizens who have contributed more perhnps thau any other to make the conselence ot the Repub- llenn party what it s, ¥ e e s Wz cannot bulieve 1t to ba possible, for rensons niready stated, that President Gor- field will renewthe nomination of Mr. Stan- ley Mittthews to bea Supremo Court Judge. If there wero any consplewous merit In Mr. Matthews, i he were n lawyer of National reputation, or 1 his (itness for the olllca were known to all mon, there might be some excuso for the excessive urgency on his behalf, But none of these things are true of him. ‘There are dozen betler Inwyers in the Ilinols Clr- enit nzalnst whom nanu of the objections ex- Isting In his case can be raised, while they have the additional virtue of residing In the ouly Northern elreuit which s not now rep- resented on the Banch, To promote Stanley Mptthews, who s nefthec trusted nor re- spected, over tho heads of all the lawyers In this clrenit would b an indignity to them which we cannot think Is contemplated by Presfdent Garfleld. To do this would be to give the Ohlo Clreuit one-third of all the Judges, while the 1iiinols Clreuit remained wholly untepresented. It 13 uot n simple “ shriek of loeality ”” to say that this great elreult, which transncts] tar more business than any other except that of New York, ought to have & member of the Court; tor President llayes recognized and enforeed thie principle of district representation when hie appolnted Judgo Harlan, and agaln when he appolnted Judge Woods, 11 only begnn to hark back on his settled poliey when there appeared to bo no consplenous Ohlo man in the 11tinols Cirenit whom he conld appoint, e a—————. Tue: forelgn papers which have come to hand contatn the * true Inwardness*” of the recent resignation of Count Eulenberg, the German Minister of the Interior, which the telographle dispatchies announeimg the event fulled to glve. 1tappears that the Doputles had sentup a bill to the Upper Honse vest- tng the supervision of communal self-nd- ministration I the Distriet Connell instend of 1u the Landrath, as the Gavermment hud originglly proposed, and Count Enlenberg deelared himself on behinlf of the Minlstry In favor of the change, After the bill was offered n subordinate of Prince Blsmarek yose and read a docwment prepared by his waster, which was regurded by the Houso as udissvowal of Count Eulenberg, The lat- ter fmmedlntely resigned, Count Biswarck was nlarmed ot tho restenation, went before the Honse and explalned that the dacu- ment was not intended for the Ilouse at all, but for tho private Instrue- tlon of the Minlstry, and that bls suborainate hinid made n gross evvor fy rending it Hent- tempted to conellinte Eulenberg, but at Inst accounts without avall, and, worse than this, tho bill was approved in the Upper Houss, and the tables wero turned ngalnst Blsmarck, who, In s speech, pleaded the baby act, and clatmed that * No one was more conyineed than his Majesty the King that he had not only no more faithful, but also no moro de- voted servant than hilmself (the Chancellor), not only in his eapacity us nState ofiielnl, but also In that of his being & Prussian vassal of the Llectorate of Brandenburg and mein- ber of & fumlly who lad loyally served the ruling dynnsty as loug ns it had been in tho country.” e e e o, THE NEW CONGRESS, While the now President and his Cablnet officers are busily engaged In arranging the masifold preliminaries of & new Adminis- teatlon, and whito the ofileeseekers continue to throng the White House, the Departments, and Seunte Chumber, there ure only two subjects of politicat huport that are dis- cusstd In Washington. Ono relates to the organization of the Senate, and the other to the prospects of an extra’ sesslon of Con- Bress, ‘Mie Democrats have continued eaucusing as to the filling up of the Senate Commit tees, and thero Is an Indleation that they huve abandoned the purpose, If it was ever serlously entertained, of postponing the or- wunlzing il the complement of Republicun Senators shall be present, Sueli a course would be nt onco so honeat and so politic that it may well bo doubted whethor & Denio+ cratic caueus will adopt it In the menn timo the Republicans i the Benato hove de- termined not to ussent to any organization that inny be made under the present condl- tlons. ‘This declslon means n good deal. In the first pluce, it i3 doubtful whether the Deutvorats can carry out thelr projoct I the Republleans refuse to vote, With- out the votes of Judge Davis and Muhoue the Demoerats will not have a ma- Jority of tho entive Benate, and the question will be' ralsed whether a wnjority of those present I8 competent to orgunize, "Ihere muy not be much In this, but it will be an clement for discussfon, which fs not limited in the Senate by any previous question, Dls- cueston und dilutory motfons might easily keep apen the questlon of orgunization till the Republiean vacancies eun be filled, which need not be Jater than one week fxow to-day, if the Democrats prevall nevertheless, the Stepubticans will regard tho proceeding as o sutlicient warrant for n reorganization when successurs o Senators Carpenter, Blalue, Window, and Kirkwood shull have qualified; and then, with the vote of Senator Mahone, they will be able to rip up the transactlon, ‘Tho talkk af an extra sesslon that has been rifo durlng the past few days seems to be ene tirely without foundatlon, It is certain that tho U'resident and his chief nilvigers aro op- posed o an oxtra sesslon, though the subject has not yet been canvassed at a weeting of the Cabinet. The fallnre of the Funding bilt wonld atono bo a sufficient provucation for convemug Congress al an early duy, but the Trensury Devartment I8 advised on all sldes and 13 Inclined 1o tho belief that it will be able to take up and eancel the §200,000,000 of 6 per conts that shall be subject to call after May 1. Notwithstand- ing doubts that have been recently expressed, 1t 13 belleved thera Is ample anthority of law for tho snlu of the $104,000,000 of 4 per cents that remain under the ofd Funding net, and theso ean unguestlonably be disposed of at n high premiun, - An amendment was nlso attachied to the Sundry Civil bil), at tho fustance of Senntor Bayard, which authorlzes tho Secretary of the Treas- ury to use all the surplus revenue of the Covermment as he mny deem proper fo go Into the market and buy bonds, It is estimated that 800,000, 000 of the 0 pereents enn be taken up in this wiy before tho nextregularsession. If theso esthnntes be correct, the resources of the Treasury will be fu cxcess of tho require- ments for the redemption of the outstanding 6 per conts, and the saving In Interest will, under such procedure, probably equal tho saving that would be made umder o now Funding law embracing both 6 and & per cents, after allowing for thedelay that would ocent In seeuring its passage and the cost of an extra sesston, ‘There avo’ other consfderations that welgh ngainst on extrn sesslon. 1t i3 feit that o re- nsgembling of Congress this spring would lead to financial disturbanee through pro- louged discussion and uncertatn results. The new Congress will be very close In any event, ‘There nre and will be within the next fow dnys several vacancles on the Repub- llean sldu; at any rate In tho seats held by Messrs, Conger, Frye, and Morton, Mr. Kns- son ling not yet returned from Vienna, Spe- cinl elections may not fill the vacancles for severnl weeks, The Republienns are ns- sured of their ablilty to organize the Hounso with a full membership on thefr side. They hinve o innjority of ono over Democrats and Greenbackers combined, and may econnt on Hyatt Smith's vote, the Independent sue- cessor of Chittendon, from the first, and wiil nlso receive several ot the Green- back votes If thore be such a struzgle ny to cudanger the election of a Demoerat. But it will be Imprudent to hazard the organlzation of the Ilouse pending the Republican vacan- cles, 1f the Senate should be organized by tho Democrats now, and an adjournment forced without completing the confirmatlon of the Executive nominations or the ratificn- tion of the Chinege treaties, that event might suggrest a reason for an extrn session of Cou- gress which does not now exist, though the Senate alone could be again called together; but such n course witl bo opposed by the Democrats of the flouse, who desireto retaln thelr Congressional patronage as loug as they ean, The chances are against an extra sessfou of Congress, ns the sentiment of the country certalnly Is. T THE OFFICESEEKERS' RAID ON GARFIELD, It {s related that the bewltching Circe whon she had restored the followers of Ulysaes to huaman shape, in aspirit of mlschilef threw o handful of acornsamong them. There- upon, the veraclous chironicler averd, they fell down simultaneously on thelr hands and kuees und began grubblug with thelr noses for their nceustomed food. Something like tho same spectacle hns been presented in Washington the lust few days by the droves of hungry officeseekers who have captured the Capital and besfeged the Bxecutive Man ston, Such “o mod rush for the hog-trough* has not been known before for twenty years; and, taking the growth of the country into the account, 1t is probable that even Lincoln was not subjected to so severe n prossuro us that which Garfleld I3 now eallod npon to resist. There have been 10,000 applicatlons for officg put ou file; and by netunl count thers were 600 ofticeseekors nt tho White Ifouso in per- son yesterdny, lylng nwait for the President and driviug him out of nll the public rooms of the Bxecutive Mansion. ‘I'ho ehief characteristio of the professio nal ofliceseeker I8 engrossing selfishness, Not one of tho 1,000 persons who eneamped in the Whito llouse yestorday stopped for u moment to reflect, or would care if he dld, that i€ his hopes were realized he would In all probabillty turn o better man ndrift. Many a poor clerk who lins been struggling to Jift the mortgage on his house, or perhaps ancedy widow, or a soldier’s orphan, would be obliged to Jook for some other employ- ment If half tho sturdy beggars who Infested the White House were gratitied in their de- sires, ‘The oficeseckers have forgotten that tho Republieah party Is still in power. Tho persons thoy are seeking to displace are Republicans; and If auy class has suifored and bled for the good of the purty tha pres- ent incumbunts of the oflices have dong so, On what grounds of equity or common senso should they be turned adrift to make room for n hungrler set? They have served long and well, have experlence and capacelty, and thelr Integrity hus been tested by years of service, It would be foolish as well as cruel to give thelr places to others without good cause assigned, ‘The mistuke those oficeseckers have mado In undortaking thelr guerrilla rald on Wash- Inicton 1y fn assuming that the new President I in sympathy with the machine order of volitics, They hinnging that he is dominnated by the Bosses; that he has transferred the nppoluting power to the Congressmen, and has reduced himsolf to the condition of tholr recording clerls, to sign commissions far the fellows they mny appoint, and that ho will repnreel out the oftices down to the smallest Gnugerships to the *workers” and the men of “intlooence’ who have ymcked the can- cused with a constant oye to tho maln chance, ‘Uhero never was a greater mistako than this estimnto of the President's charnes ter. 1IIonever hins been an oficeseekor, No- body over nccused him of being nn adept in worklng the Deparuments, Ile wng tha most unsklliful wan In getting patrons age for hilwselt or his constituents in Con~ Rress from Ohlo, 'That whole cluss of dutlea alloged to be remnotely conneetad with states- manship was distastéful to him, 1fe did not shine In it and never omulated nor envied the accomplishmwents of others, Ilow can it Lo supposed, thon, that hie will submit patient. )y to the scandulous raldsof petty politicions, mnde outof the regular course, directly upon himselz? s Inavgural nddress shows that Do Lelleves In permanency In the minor of- lices, and his chivlce of a Cabinot Indicates that cficlency, purity, and economy will be tho first requirements in all the Executivo . Departments durlng his Adunfuistration. ‘I'e persons who have gone to Washington oftice-hunting could pot donwiser thing than to go home. Thelr presence at the Capital on such nn errand is a confession that thoy hwve failed fn business or in life, or that they have a low ldea of the dignity of labor, In the present prosperous tlmes, whaen every man who needs work can get It, there I3 no excuse for a deliberate attempt to sponge u living out of the Government, There may be s tew Inexperienced persons awong thuss who do uot kuow the wretched. ness of an ofliceholder's 1fe,—his humlliat- "ing dependdence on the caprice or favor of othors, the uneertain tenure of hle employ- ment, and the eramphyg and paralyzing nat- ura of the ronting work ho 13 required to 1o, which destroya all imdividuality and ame bitfon. T'hose who do not wnderstand these things need only refleet what would bo their contlition four vears henco It thoy shoutd sueccced In getting the places of some of the unhappy clerks who are now dnily awaliting possible summons to thelrofiielnl oxeention, But the greal majority of the political ruerrillas now swanming in Washington nre erring less through fgnorance than through design. 'They know what they have to ox- veet, yot would joyfully agree to it, being fully conselous that thelr own merits will keep a decont distance below thelr possible rewards, ‘They aro wand bummers and vinyed-out hacks whom bushitess has long been n stranger to, and whase sole occupa- tlon hns been ofticeliolding Iu town, city, or country from time lmmeworlal. 3t will be 1o hardshlp for these checky milventurers to Lo sent back to their homes by the President 10 better off than they were when thoy first renchel Washington, It would b a usoful warnbig to all oficeseekers in future to dis- altow i bulk the clalms of those who have lad the fmpudence to Invade the White Houso and annoy and harass the President in tho flrst week of liis torin of oftice, THE BTAR-ROUTE ABUBES, Something in the. nature of n seandal was develoved in: Washington yesterdny, which revives the Star-Routo abuses. The charge fs made by one Ilinds that Mr. Drady, the Second-Assistant ostinaster-General, who Ins the superviston of this branch of the Post-Oftice Departient, was guilty In o spe- clfie Instance of recelvhig a bribe, or n share of n so-ealled “commisslon,” whieh wns pald to n broker for Incrensing the compen- satton for a certain special routy, and for ex- cliding hona-idebldilersat a lowerrate. The pattienlars of this alleged transaction will be found anong the Washington dispatehes, 1t is proper to say that the man who brings the charge has been elngsed among the dis- appolnted contractors, and was formerly suspeeted of corrupt practices In conneetion with the same service, and that the proof is not clear as to the particular ease which he now produces. At tho samo time his afil- davit and letter supply new evideneos in n general way of the abuses which have long been suspeeted In this branch of ‘the Postal Serviee, sud suggest the wis- dom of an entire reorganization of the Department. It fs snid that thls cense was brought to the attentlon of the late Attorney-General, who did not see it to prosceute it, and that it only falled of inves- tigation at the hands of the lato Congress because 1t could not be brought befora that body in time to complete the necessary ex- amination. It should be thy busls of a thor- ough serutiny wnder the new Postwster- Ueneral. The appolutinent of M. James as the head of the Post-Office Department has been accepted throughout the coun- iry as an assurance of an efliefent nd skilliful ay well as honest manage- ment of the nPostal Serviee in all its Lranches. Thern is reason to belleve that this Department was the weakest auring the Ilnyes Administration, Judge Koy scens to have left the munngement of the Depnrt- ment to subordinates, of whom Tyner and Brady wero the, chiefs, nnd Mr, Maynard has not had the opporpunity to Institute any re- forins, no mattgr how eapnble he may have been. But Mr, James s an expert and o specinilst. ‘he personal management of the New York Post-Oftice, . with shich . he has been trusted auring many years, and the inthmate, relations whith . he has had with ment, havo . given him the uxporlence to procead intelligently ns well as honestly In the overhanling of the service which Is belleved to bo necessury, If ho has been in any doubt as to the advisubility of making chintiges, the ease'tn hand will sorve to show him his duty, whatever its real merlts may be, for ft is nt, ’rlmy rate n confirmation of publle Impressions of Irregularities ond abuses which have been sufficlentty Indi- eated ln pust revelutions te demand vigorous overhauling, No one who has glventho slightest observation to the Star- Route system cau doubt that large nmounts of money have been and nre belng squan- dered In that braneh of the service, and It should be the first business of Postmnster- General Jamesto Investigate the charge of abuses, and to givn the country an assurance of protection ngainst shmilar susplelons ‘in the future. ENGLAND'S NEW COLONIAL PDLIOY. The declsion of the English Government to grant an armistice to the Boers, pending its further arrangement of torms of pence to Le offered them, ts at varlance with Its prac- tices hithorto while at war with its rebellious colonists, and indicates, as clenrly a3 nny- thing enn, u dotermination to back out of Jingolsw. It 15 ovidently boginning to dawn upon the minds of the Minlstry that the Bene- onsfield poliey of unlimited heterogeneous annexation is a dangerous une, and that En- gland’s present possesstons are large enough, The declsion to retlve from Atghuanistan, after & war which has caused o eavy loss of life and cost a hundred millions of dollars, to suspend the bullding of their raflrond to Candahary and to retire bohind thoelr ¢ seien- tific frontier” i another lustanceof thiy yolley. Thereis no question of the wisdom of this step bn Asln, 1t will enable tho Brit- fshto hustand their resources and to con- centrate their forces In Indin, and, better than all else, It will tend to conelliate tho Afghansand mnke friends lnstead of foes of thom, In the event of an approach to the frontler by Russia In any way that men- uces India the Afizhana o ro likely to bucoma thoir atlies, and to dispute the passuge of the Russluns neross thelr territory, wherens it the English should retnin their occupatlony of Afghnnistan they must Inevitably make enemies of the Inhabitants, ‘I'lie new poliey In Afrlean Transvaal afe falrs, following so closely upon the Afghan retrograde polley, shows that tho Govern- ment feels it to by safer to rotire In o mens- ure, and to pateh up n peace with them that will give thom n gjunsi-iudepondence, and perhaps bring them under s Britlsh protoct. orate, rather than to crowd themn to tho wall and subjugate thom In the face ot that Euro- pean sympathy which Is 80 freoly expresaed, Phis declslon Is not to be understood ny ox. prossing the convietion thatthey have not the right on thelr skl When the Yrunsvanl Republic wos annexed In 1877 its annies had been beaten by nolghboring tribes, its Governwent was in a state of anarchy, und it was finuncially bankrupt. The Euglish Uoy- ermmont, by the subjugution of the Zulus and Bococeenl’s tribes, hus relleved them from danger from that source. ‘The Britlsh Treus- ury paldthe interest which the Doers owed on money borrowed in 1lolland, and which they could not pay, and there I8 no question that they have violated the stipulation mude at the Sand River Conventlon thut slavery should not be altowed awmoug them, ' In the interview with Mr. Forbes, whleh was printed in our last tssue, this gentleman was inclined to bellttls the slavory issue, but the ovidence secms to bo frrefutable that thers has been a system of enforced servitude In the Trunsvaal. In the recent debate In Parllnment, Lord Brabourne mado this us- sertion, nud it was cousunted to,by Lord the Government Depart-. Klmberly, the Sceretary of State for the Colonles. Lord Brabourne quoted numerous authoritios L Justiticatlon of his sintement. Inone of Dr, Livingstonu's letters ho writos: No portion of tho eountry belonged to tho Toers, but llm{ made (requent attempta (o re the Chicl 8echielo to provent the Boglish ussing him (o tboir wiy noreth, and he- ciuse he refused to comply with this poliey a commnnd wassentagainat him by Me, Pretorius, whieh an tho th of Eoptomber fnat attacked sl dostroyed Tistown, ki Tud jIxty of hiK poople, and carrlen off upwards of 200 women and ehll- dren, OF these many of the former will cacupe, bt tha Intter are veduced to hoprlesa slavery. Thoy wre sold and hought aa slaves, and 1 hnve myself seen and conversnd with sich takon from othier tribes and 1ving s slaves, The English Blue-Bouk says: 'The whole world may know It for it s truo, and invostigntion will only bring out tho bors rible datalls, thut through the wholo cotirae of this Itepublics oxistenee it hnd seteld In contens vention of the Sand River Treaty, and sluvery hu curred, not only hero and thore I isolatedl but as an unbraken practlce hns heen one of tho pecullur Institutions of the ummlr{' mixed np with all its goelal and politiont 1ira. Tt s been at tho root of most of 1ts wars: it hag been carcied on regulnrly even In tho times of peace. In 1868 tho Legislnture of Natal passed the following resolutlon: That ever stilee the anndxation af the flmn‘w River Soverciunty (sinco nbandonad) in J8IK, the emigrant farners who seiticd ovor tho Vanl River and formed o governmiont of their ow, under tho stylo of the South Afriea Ropublie, havoenrried on & syslem of slavery uwider the gulso of child-npprenticoship,—siteh oblldren nding the resuit of rahla earrled on ngalnst native tribos, whnss men are slnughtered, but witosa children wind pm,mny nro sefzod, tho one belng enslaved and sold ng “approntices,” tho othar being nppropriated. Inthesnme yenr, the Duke of Bucking- Iinmi wroteto Pretorius, the President of the Transvaal, warned him that *If the Boars continued to vialnto tha anti-slaveryarticle {ireat Britaln wonld holt horself diseharged from her obligations utler the convention,” and ns Intens 1870 laws were passed by the Doors establishing o stato of quasl-slavery, which was in direct confllet with thelr pre- vlous stipulations, Such evidence ns thls roes to show that England was warranted In annexation, and that there was ne very de- clded hostllity to the annexation is showu by the fact that it was nccomplished without any show of foree. This, howevor, s not the point urged at vresent. Thoe Fuglish Government Is not engaged so much In justifylng Hs war ngainst tho Doors, as it Is in finding ways and means to rid itselt in some prudent way of the responsibility of the “I'runsyaal colony, upon the general principls which we have stated—namely: that she hes extended and stretenied out hor possesslous too far to be safe. Ilie Romans atone time in thelr history renched tha same wise deciston, ‘I'ioy found that If they continued thetr policy of nunexa- tion they would soon extend their possessions to the Uilima Thule, and eould not hold them except at ruinous expense. So they fixed thelr bounduries, and decided that they would not go north of the Dunube or ¢ast of the Ithing, und they maintained those bound- aries for centuries. England is In exnotly the same position, and ovents seem to Indl- ente that sho is golng to ndopt the same polley. Mr. Glndstone realizes that the Gov- ernment has too many irons in the fire, and that it Is madness to scatter the power of Ingland in distant parts of Asin and Afrien, whlle the Irish troubles, the Buropean polit- fcal questlons, and - the final distribution of ‘Parkey, nnd perhaps a general European war consequent thereupon, call for the husbanding of resources and tho concon- tratlon of power at home. Tho Colonial polley hitherto has been as fatal aa It would bo for n man to nttempt to bulld a pyramid with the npex at the bnse. It is only n ques- ton of thue how soon the structure wonld topple over, aud it I8 only n questlon of time how soun tho same disaster will overtnke England If she continues spreading out to all parts of the world on so narrow o base, HOG, "The "controversy on tho report of Mr. Crump, the British Consut at Philadelphia, concerning tho number of hogs that died in 1llinols in 187, is entirely sensational. Much indignation has been expressed beeause that oflleer mado such o report,, when tho official fucts sustaln the figures, with a qualiflca- tion with which that gentlemian was unac- quainted, % ‘L'he total number of hogs reported by the Assussors In May, 1870, in Illinols wns 8,709, 051; marketed, 2643278 hogs, of & totnl gross welght of 702,102,812 pounds, During the year, uccording to the dfficlal .statement, there died in 1lllnols, from hog- cholera and other enuses,—thatis, dled on tho farin,~670,73 hogs and plgs, hoving o grogs welght of 49,820,601 pounds, The total num- ber of fut hogs sold and of the hogs and plzs\ which died wag 8,220,016,~—oxceeding the' number rs nssessed in May by nearly half a witlion. The number of hogs ussessed for \ May, 1850, 1s 8,133,657, ‘I'he average welght of tho liogs and plgs that died In 1870 was ouly seventy-threo pouuls, showing that the bulk of them died when small, and that the mortality did not extend very heavily futo tho family of fat hogs, It will bo secn, therofore, that, fn- cluding tho plgs that dled In fnfancy, In tho Iitter, and before renching one-fourth of thelr ordinary growth, the number wassinall, compared with the 6,500,000 of logs on hand and bred durlog 1870, 1t Is no more than the ordinary averago loss by denth among swine whenbred In such numbers as thoy aroin Tllinols, But the more fmportant cousldoration is that these hogs and plgs diod on tho furm, and formed no purt of the vork herds that entor tho packing-houses, or make up the pork known to commerce. No hog that ls “disenged ean make the journey to Chieago by rafl and live; no hog that 3 sick or dis- ensed can muko that Journey and deeelve the merchants who buy healthy nnimnts for packing, A sick hog, n disabled hog, I8 de- teeted fn an fnstant and separated from the herd, Is sold to tho mnnufacturers of grense, and fs nover permitted, even if 1t were phys- feally abfe, to enter the packing-house, -In this city, whore some 0,000,000 of live hogs are bought and slaughtered anuuolly, the pacleers buy by the droves, ranging ns high as several hundred anlmals 1 lot; they pay for all they Luy at the prico of sonund, healthy hogs, and aro not llkely to bo decelved Into payhug full price por pound for even ono hog whose market valuo 1s one-fourth of “that prico per pound for the grease-pot. . Ho tharoughly bred Is the liog of this day that it Is Impossiblo for a sick ono to escupa detection, It1s more delicate than its ou. cestors, mid any physiéal fufirmity bocomes 0 uvident that It eannot bo pahumed off unon any ons at all scquuintod with tho anlmals ngsound or fn good condition. 1n this ro- spect wo copy from tho Southern Planter and Farmer a_paper by Mr, ¥, J. Ewery, of Iown, which hus u direct bearlng on thig subfect, The acticlo i headed, “'The Hog Tmproved to Death,” and 13 ay follows: Tho bog ot tho fuormor day was at onao ugly and bardy, The bog of to-duy I8 huiddomo, helpless, and finbectle. Among the once hardy howy, about § per cont might dio of acvldunt and dideysv, Among tho prosent ruce of fmproved (1) hogy, 50 per cont mortulity Is noarer than 5, A leuraed Btate Comumission hud beon around, aud tho sunitnry of thele gluboruto report [, * Pros veution 1 better than cure.” Quacks und specit~ fiudu‘lmuud. but bogs gre obstluate, und porsist it ‘Tho hog problem has boon, andls, * from given umount of food to mako the greatest amount of fut, wud i the shortest thine” [n ursuiug this idea, peoplo have * goie the wholo i, aud comivg cvouts seewm likoly to cumpel # limit to this ouo ldea, and wako us look a little 1o tirst privciples. A blacksmith's arm (s bis best devolopment. A lotter-carrier's log, o Frofessor's bralu, an Als dermnu's stomuch, are soverully thelrs, Hy pure ity of reason, tho developumieut of tho hog 16 uy tho Aldermnn—all townrd stomnaok and fat, it tho comparison 18 Invompleto aniess wo fatten the Alderman when'ho §8 16, and mako # family iy of him thon, Thoe Alderman would *play out,” ns docs the hog and his progeny, and bo of o Aceoint. The foriner hog had more muscly and lexs fat than the present hog,—had mora vnnmz‘-hm\ fowor discnses, but bl fatnl objectlon, tho feed he nto was of maore valuo than Lils fleah., "Tho present hog fattens, hut 18 acldom honlthy. Eenreoly nuy oxyigon colors his blomd red, as for- llu-l'li'. hut the slugglsh bluck blood, propolled by ahienrt smaller” than @ should be, onnbles film to llve along, with great eare, until ho Is rondy for mavket. 1118 lunga nro sodolicate that oo > doggeing* klils him. 118 livar jadiscolored And spotted, Mo has kldney wortna. I8 hones are sort nnd eastly hroken,” T4 Ininstinen nre full of wind, Il has catoareh, trichimg, cholora, cte. Tho Improved (7) hog I8 fast degencrating —~and what next? Wo commond this perhaps somewhat ex- aggerated statement of tho ease to those en- gaged mud Interested In hog-ralsing, not only in Ilinots, but also in the other corn-grow- ng and hog-raising States of the Northwest. [ JEWRIT SPEAKS FOR THE BRBAILWAY EINGS, I'he Ratlwny Age of this city, a paper de- voted to rallway interests, recently ad- Aressed n serles of questions to the four great rallway mngnates of the country,—Vander- bilt, Gould, Jewelt, and Roborts,—intended to elicit o defense of the monopolies, Prosi- dent Jewett, of the Erle Road, ins made re- vy, and, ns the others aresilent, it1sn renson- nble presumption thut Jir, Jewott spenks for tho other thres ag woll ns for hlmsc’l‘. A, Jewett's letter Is long, somowhat Inbored, but,on the whole, Ingenlous, It consists chiefly of evaslons, but horo and there is to be.found n glenm of frankness, and wherever Mr. Jewett Is frank he s wrong, 1le denies emphatienlly, for instance, thut the Congress has any right whatover to logisinte on the subject of raflways. By this denfal he vir tunlly ostabllshes the supremacy of the com- bined railway monopotics ovor the Natlonnl Government; for It has been demonstrated that no one Stato Is strong enough to con- Jtend ngainst the nggressions of great railwny compnnles banded togethor, as thoy always are, for mutunl proteetion. e tries to met around the plain provision of the Constitu- tlon authorlzing Cougress to regnlate com- merce between the States, by saying that he * belloves this provision wns Intended to anthoriza Congress to legislate only upon questions of differenco arlsing between States, and to prevent nny one State from cmbarrassing, by legisiation, comnmerce bo- tween citlzens of different States, or the gly- Ing of eltizens of one Stale advantages over thoso of another In nny commercinl transac- tions.” The provision of the Constitution embraces all this, undoubtedly, and more. Itis not Ihmited to this nlone; 1t includes Inter-State common-carriers, which aro rail- ronds, and Mr. Jowott will find that the drift of all tho recent decisions Js in that direc- tion, as far as the question.has como befors tho Courts. Abler and lessinterested lnw- yors than Mr. Jewett take direet fssue with him as to tho power of Congress under that provision to regulate commerce between tho Stntes, and they scout the nnrrow construe- tion ho places upon the Awmerlean people ncting through the Nationnl Leglstature. Mr. Jewett's arguinent agalnst the right of National reguintion 1s hardly worth consid~ ering, 1le mnkes the threadbare asscrtion that If Congress muy regulato State railways it may regulnte tho business of private Indl- viduals, “buying, selling, produclng, or manu- facturing,” ete. 1le entirely ignores tho por- tentous fact that rallwaysarecommon earrlers by law, andthat in the building of every rail- way the right of cminent domain hns been nvoked, and that if the Nation cannot re strain or regulate tho oxerciso.of that right ng agninst the State, tho Stato may become su- premo, For If tho Stute may muako n grant witi which tho Nation underno ciretimstances can Interferc, 1t may, by collusion with its ereature, the corporatlon, practienlly pro- hibit ull commeorelal intorcourse by the usual channets of trade, not only between its citt- zens and the citizens of ndjoining States, but between the cltizens of othor States, across its tetritory. 1t is idle to sny that it would bo fatal to the prosperity of the raltway company to ndopt such an arbltrary course. It s n question of right, not of expediency, 'The people of the Nation and of tho States are not to bere- duced to the misernble condition of depend- ence upon the whimof a corporation which owes its existeneo to their voluntary net, Mr. Jowett says graciously that ho is not opposed to all legislatlon,—that is to say, ho admits tho right of the State to leglsiate, and proceeds to specify severnl unimportant sul- jeets'upon which It may act. But he isem- phatleally *opposed to any legislation [even Dby the State] which ipterferes with the de- talls of thelr management,”’—meaning the right to charge what they plense, to diserlm- inato as much ns thoy choose, and to do whatever thoy have a mind {o. T'hisis cor- porate independence with n vengennce. It Will be observed that Mr. Jewelt strongly rédsembles the man who was in favor of tho Maine Liguor law, but opposed to its on- forcement. ‘The renson of his opposition is also queor: “Begause I belleve such Interferenco would bo detrimental to both the publlc[?] and gho railwnys, without producing any curru;',nmunng goodl,” Itis much to bo desired that the timo shall speedily come when raltway Presidents will Lo content to speak for themselves and loave the publictospenl foritsalf, After traveling all around the subject without glving utter- ance to anything but menningless twaddle, Mr. “Jowelt luy$ down this proposition: “The State, however, has 1o right by legls- lation to Hinpair the valuo of the franchise of the railways or of thelr property, unless thore Is puch a public negessity .as. would Justify compensntion therefor.” 'This s equlvalent to saylng: ** Let us alone, or buy us, watored stock and nll,” Observe this proposition of the President of the Erio IRuad: *Now, it the Leglslature can rightfolly, thereafter, reduce theso charges by any regulation itmay scem propor to adopt, it an reduco them to such an ex- tent s to Injpaly, if not render wholly value- less, the sgeurities 8o owned by the Indi- vidual citlzgdn.” Very well; if the Legisin- ture may ngt make such vegulation as it may seem propey to adoph perhaps Mr, Jewutt will tell thg public what 18 to prevent the rallway company fronr charging such a prico for the transportation of wheat, for instanes, frgm the pluce of production to the place of market as to “render it wholly valueless,” This s tho gist of the subject, If the States and tite Nation may not regulnto the rallway companles, tha rallway companies may reguliite tho States aid the Natlon and make paupes of the eltizens, 3lr, Jowotd’s talk about tho community of Interest between the rallway compantes and the public s mere sophistry, ** The prosper- 1y of the od1o depending on the prosperity of the other,” inbout which the raflway magnato discoyrses |80 eloguently, 18 hardly In gomd tuste, 1t presumes that A rallway corporn- ton crentedd Ly the people §s tho equal of the people, nnd’ that It may treat with them on cqual ternrs, ‘This Is the Dartmouth College cage reduged to practlce, But the Dart- mouth Collego caso 15 dend! Rallway com- poules mpst bear this In mind. Tho doetrine of that ¢ase, estublished by the foreo of n colosghl Intoliect at a thne when cor- porate power In this country was I |ty infancy, becmme o bujwark of ureed, and Supreme Court, Iu the Granger casey, practieally overruled und roversed it Tho raliways refuso to ndmit thls legal rant Hence, Mr. Jowalt’s ubsutd position (i tha railways nro the eaunl of the peaplo, ang thomore ibsurd nssumption that the rudlwayy may be trusted to take ehargo of the mmr'. vats and rights of the people. Mr. Jowott professes to bo opposed to the cansolidation of paratlel aud competing liyes whieh Is golng on every day, aml he dopeyy kuow anything about *“pooling, wyp, have so litlle experience In thiy Counlry with pooling arrangements that it fy very diflicult to tell what thor eifect wonld says Lhe Trestdent of Trie, He Imlluv‘u * they nre not destruetive of competitjoy,» From the lips of any other than n rallway President this temark would bo funny, g *pooling ” 18 not “destructive of eomyelle tlon,” what 1s 1t? What Is the objeet of pooling but (o hold up charges aml to pre vent competition? Mr. Jewett concludes with tho assumiption that & great dent of g prevalent hostllity to ruflway compnnjes proceeds from “ighoranece,’’~q fit RERUTS tion on the part of & man who tuslsts that the rightof the people to regulate raflways in. volves tho right to rain them, but faily to abserve that the dentalof the right of regyla. tlon by the people Involves the claim of the right of tho rallways to confisente all g vroperty offered for transportation, My, Jewelt reminids us of u distingulshed rjj. way attorney whe, when driven into g eor- ner by this course of rensoning, exclalined iy hent: - © If you object to rallwny rates yoy are not bound to pay them; earry your produce and gooc . Tug Demoeratle bunners and thelr allfes, tha gamblors, the doggory d1ves, and the house. of-il-fame kocpers, are ealenlnting on belng able to retlect Carter Harrlfon Mayor taiy spring. Tholr hopes aro based on ‘tho folly of tho ndvocates of cocrclvo teetotaiism. Tlieso people voied for Marrison two years ngo to beat Wright, beeauso ho deolined to aid and aber thelr coorelvo prohibitory crusade. The rum. blossom bumtnera and tho skin-gamo gamblers aro rubbing thoir hands In gleeful antielpation of tho same tacties on tho part of the cacrelyy probibitionists being ropeated at the noxt elec. ton, e — Tur arrival of the Clénese steamship Mee Foo at Bun Francisco has created n sensa. tion In commerelal clrcles in that city, The AMorning Call thinks tho Chinese line will prove o foo to American maritlme Interests, pnd adds thiat it scoms nlmost like retributive justice that the Company which haas derived Inrge profits by floodibg Californla with chenp Chineso lator should siow bo engnged fn o Iifo and destn struggle for cxistence with o Chlncse come petitor, — ‘Tue Domocratic donkey, says tho New York Tribune, orected its oars in Washingtoa last weok, and tho rosult was pininly visible (o tho tawn-elections held in Now York State, The Repubticanemade remarkatle gaing, completely roveraing the voto of lnst year in sowme countles, and largoiy reductog old-timo Democratio ma- Joritios in othior localities. ————— Tie Itollan Parllament Is atmost unanle mous fn favor of tho restoration of speele paye ments. A bill abolishing the forced paper cur- rency passed tho Chambor of Deputies Feb. 23 by 268 votes against 7. Italy will afford A cons shicrabla outlot for tho surplus eilver ia En« glund which deprosses tho bullion. ———e—— Acconpixe tothoofticinl census justtaken, tho City of Vieuns has 1,100,155 lahabitauts; Herlin, 1,122,385, Dotn citles have grown very rapidly durlng tho last fittcon years, having noarly doubled thelr populations, ———— A coNVENTION of Superintondents and othor oflicars of water-works will bo heldat tho Washington University in 8t. Louis Tues« day, March 29, e ————— A Nuw Youw paper thinks that Tilden's farowell addross is nlittlo lute In gutting luto print, . ——— PERSONALS, Over €00 race-liorses are In training in Kontucky, which lsa sufficlent refutation of the slanderous assertion n a Cincinnatl paper that tho commerclal prosperits of that State was on tho wnno. * Do you want somo poems on the snow nsks o mallgnant creature in Michigan. Wedo not, Wo want thom undor the snow. Huntup the bLiggest drift In your ncighborhood at vnce and begin digging. The State militin of Massachusetts are to bave n purado Mnrch 13, Tho dry-goods mer chunts had uot declded, at Inst accounts, whether to closo tholr stores on that day or cndeavor to run things with tho cash boys, 5 “Xlope the new Secrotary of Stato will find out whethor this 18 to be a swewt cider or ltoman punch Admimstration, I shall cable Prosident Garfleld'a polloy to the Quoen ns 5000 as it 1s known."—S(r Edward Thornton. Kato Flold has ndded to her entertainment o “Bilent Sung,"” which is an exhibition in pane tomimo of the vifarts of & youuy lady 1o singln n crowded drawing-room. This stylo of singlog 18 ono that vomnmends ftsolf warmly to overy 079 -that hus ovor heard tho average younsz lmly siog. The column in each Saturday’s issue of the Now York Zrigune devoted to knltting has ab Inst nccomplished ita purpose, Mr. ltefd'sbe trothal to Misas Mills, of Californin, havingleen announced. When It comes to writing pawerful editorlula on how to turn around the corner of& stacking-heol without awearing, Whitelaw taked tho cuke, ‘Te editor of the San Franelsco Argonaut has sent to thisoflice a copy of Lia paper cone tiimng an opon lotter, writton by bimselt,to the Senntors of the Unlted States, which s heavlly marked in biuo poncil, It Lie had stuilaly decorated all tho articles fn the swino paper stolon from Tux Tumpuse and printed &f original matter, the sheet would preseat n beaus tifully cerufean apnearanco, * Why do women o often wander atmles: Iy in tho murky solitudos of tho dead st bragding over tho days thas ara. forover gone asks a young lady of Mucoupin County ins communication entitled Lifo's Alma." They don't; at loust not In Cileago, On the contrarhy they wander around the dry-goods stores of 1he Predent, priolng things ‘they havo no fdeaof buylug. Chicago womon mre not dreany “; poctical, but whon it comos to getting 8¢ buatlo for §1.80, thoy keep right up with tho pro- cesafon, ‘T'ho dome oreoted by Sir 1enry Jessemer for the reooption of his now and powerful ldt &copo 18 now nearly finfshed. Tho telescopo l' solf hua wrrlved from the makers, and lsno rendy tobe sot up. It has been cnnsxruclcdn;: n plan dovised by Sir Ienry Hegsemer, wfl!”’lfi. 18 belioved will pormit of tolescopes belnd m: . on & much larger and moro powerful scalot ';‘ oven tho prosent ote, whioh 18 tho largest it - world, The predont Instrument 1S capable k helng directod to any part of tho heavens b “option of the obscrver. Tho upper portion o tho dome (8 mado of glnss, with windows lllt"“ I ovory direetion, and within thoro W 7} pluced mirrory of sliyored gluss, which 18 ¥ of tho now Invention, silvarod glasa LUK RS in place of metul. The room and dome wit e windows will revolvo and koep pdco numm‘;lm mlly with every motion of tho tolescont, l“m nt uppor end of the Instrument will reach o UE of ubout forty-(ive feot, Prestdent Garflold’s Netlg yellow dog 1305 parently destined to have o placein "‘;m. ‘The Cincinnatl Cominerelal rolates thut L e yearogo thls smu)l dog followed tno (h-“[m‘ homo In Washiugton and as rowarded “""um bit of meat beatowed by the Ohloan's K\‘"" baud. Soveral tmes this happaned undl B yullow dog nlmost lived at mot.lurnuml s Bofore the news of the Chicako woin ",x)'“" roachiod Washington tho duy st up 8 {dum arking, “Somothiug bus bappened.” S8 of tho Indics fu 1o Louse, “and bero lsu“w wruph messonger,” Tho incasnge guve "‘"m, i of tho nomination, Thotionerul, whon b ‘Onos this story, sald bo would (uke the dox 10 (] but tho animal disappeared and could 50 fuund bofore hils depurture, Tho l)cm'l‘sl_wl be saw blm again uutil tast Thuesday, ¥ i caught sight of bim In tho sireets, and F'cm “1iob the doz tiow up to him and SO bappy. Aggiu he disappeared, but uit l““:w tlon-iay be bloomed futo sfubt ugatn. 010K his old friond's carrluga all tho way I Capltol to tho White House,