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

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Randotph sireot, betsreen Clark nnd L Salte, En- gagoment of Willlo Edouin, *Dreams.” Afternoon und evening. McVicker's Theatre. Mndison street, Lotween State and Dearborn. Engngoment of Lotta. *Littie Nell ond the Mar- chioness.” Olympic Theatre. Clark atreot, betwoen Lako nnd Handolph, strel entertainment. A ftornoon and evenlog. Mine Acndemy of Muate, Tinlsted straet, near Madlson. Wast Sida. entortainmont, Afternoon and ovening. Varlety WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1881, S Mu. RAMSEY probably never wiil know how near he came to being appointed Senator from Minnesota to succeed Windom,—In the columnsof tho Springlield Republicen and tho Georgin newspapers that erlb politieal Jtems from it. 11e was not even o eandidate, and it was n foregono conclusion that lie ¢ounld not have the place, us the other Sen- aitor from Minnesota, MeMillan, and Ramsey wre both reskients of St. Paul, which could ot hinve twvo Senators. GeN. HaNcock is n poor speech-mnker, 110 wabbled badly in bis nddress to the Man- hattan Democraey In New York the other wight, 1t wasn’t quite nieeof him to remind his hosts in the tirst sentence of his acknowl- edgment that they had assembled there *‘to o me honor,” and he was almost comleal when he contluned: I am no doubt cnlled upon malnly Inconse- xluvnmm‘ the position [ heid in the recont cans didney for the Presldency. 1 vegard my con- neetlon with that subiject us practically closed. “Practleally closed” ! It 13 ng much closed ns the connection of Jullus Casar with the Roman Empire,! ‘T'ux: Baroness Burdett-Coutts, If her health allows, will visit Ameriea with her husband inafew weeks. Suchls the nnnouncement in o London newspaper. The Baroness: should come by all menns, After ghe hns visited Amerien she may deeido to live hu the New World, $hd will bewell recelved: first, becnuse shie fs a woman, and secondly, be- cause shie 13 & good woman, Sho hnsnot forfeited thorespeet of anybody whose good opinion Is worth having by marryng aceord-, ing tolier Inclinations. Sho wiil find that America 13 the Iand of the free as well as the liome of the brave; nnd that it 13 a common thing for women hiera to be both free enough und brave enough to marry ns they like. ‘I'tk rival banqueteers it Boston have car- tled matters to a rupture, Mr, Sehurz Is to- have his banguet, but Senators Dawes and IHonr nre also to have thelrs,—tho latter be- ng In the shapo of & publie meeting, nt which “reason™ and “soul” will De liberally dis- pensed, The Traveller, ranscript, wd £1d- nerttaer aro arrayed on the skie of the PPonen Senators, and the Journal, Herald, and Globe ounthoside of the ex-Secretary of the In- terlor. Thero are o good many clergymen and a few hare-bralns Iike Wendetl Phillips n the eall to Dawes wnd loar; but Sehurz hins the best of It soelally, all Ieacon street Delng on his side, When Longfellow, Park- man, llolmes, the Admnses, Otises, Endl- cotts, and n few other such get on one end of the tecter It Is bound te go down, spite of & tew United States Senntors from Ponealand ut th other oxi CivcnyATL and Ohlo pressuro caused the nomination of Stanloy Matthews to the Su- prome Bench. ‘There are too many grent men in Ohlo, and most of those who are not great secretly belleve that they are, Mat. thews had becomo n stumbling-block in the pathway of somu of the traly * great and goud,” Ho had uvowed futentlons on every big ofllco golng, So 1t was thought chenp to slgcl\'u him at the expense of 1llinols, indl- niin, und Wisconsin, 1t Is palnful to think what the consequences might be If Malthows should be still unprovided for when the next Souatorlal eleetion takes place in Ohlo, Foster would not like that, Papn ‘Faft would not like it either. 'I'ho ox-President at Fremont might also be disturbed in his mind, And, It there are any other unknown great and #ood men In Otlo, they might wish that Stanley Matthows wers not so. ‘' Presidont Garfield hus thought it best to pour ofl on the troubled waters by appointing Matthews to the Bupreme Lench, Iint wo wish the people of Ohlo to understand distinetly that it Is Hilnols' oll that hus southed thom, ‘i bill pending before the 1llinols Legls- * lature nuthorlzing the peoplo of three towns included within the Hmits of any city to con- solldnte such towns by the consent of the mnjorlty of tho voters of ench town will vrobably come to a vote within n few dnys, ‘Lhe practieal operations of thls bIIL will be well {llustrated Iy this elty, The City ot Chicugo Includes at present no less thun threo towns, for eachot which there 18 an- nually elected o township government, ine cluding a Collector of ‘Tuxes, an Assessor, o Supervisor, and # Clork, 1 1his Ll should bucome n law the people of these severnl towny wiil have the opportunity of declding whether they will ndhere 1o these separate and: distinet townshipgovermnents orconsolidate then: Into one town embrnelng the whole ity und having but one town government, ‘That §s 1l that the Wi} proposes, It consolidutes township system, but 1t gives to the people of vach township the ovportunity, If they see proper, to have but one town goveri- ment fnstena of three, amd to have but one system of nssessment instead of three, ns tiow, Uniformity and conslatency In nssess- ments can thus bo seeured IC the peoplo want it, 4 5 Arainst this bill ara arrayed all the gangs of ofliceseokers and prospective Collectors, Supervisors, amd Clerks, with thelr depend- ents and followoers, ‘They oppose (his bill, through "their Ilepresentatives, beeanse It reduees the number of oftices and the costs of government, and the plunder to be - vided annually, Itis for the Legisiature to decide whether the publio or these taxeaters are the Letier qualified to determine what Is needed, 4 oo e, Somu of the Eastern newspapors usually neeurnte In sueh matters—the New York ‘I'tmes nmong the number—are wrong on the subject of the existing Congressional vacan- cley, ’Rxerc are no vacuneles in the districts formerly represented by Senator Hnwley, of Conneeticnt, nml Senntor Mitehell, of Ponn- sylvanin, Senator Tlawley deelinet a re- ecliection and Senator Mitchell was not ro- nominated. ‘The only vacancles aro fn My, Frye's distrlet in Maine, Mr. Conger's dis- trlet in Michigan, and Fernando Wood's dis- trict In Now York City, Mr. L. P. Morton, Iately appointed Minlster to Frauce, hns not yet resigned, nnd probably witl not untit it iy known whether an extrasession 1s to be held ornot. 1 anoxtra sesston shiould be ealled after the 20th of Aprll Mr. Couxor's seat would then be filled by John T, Rleh; namt the vacancy in Maine and that in Now York City, one being In a Repnbllean and the other in & Demoeratie distriet, would have tho effcet of apair, There {8 1o doubt the Rtepublieans can organizo the House when- ever It s ealled together, having the nssur- aneg of the followlng votes, commonly classed as belonging to the Greenback parly: Hyatt Smith (of DBrooklyn), Brumm (of I'ennsylvanin), and Ford (of Mlssourl), making « total, without Frye, of 140, or two more than a majority over all, ‘I'nk adoption of the constitutional amend- ments in Tndiana is worth from 3,000 to 5,000 votes to the Republican party. ‘The Demo- erats ean carry any electlon which Is to be carried by Buproper means nine thmes out of ten. They have had the advantage at all the October clections In Indiana, because they have been more skiliful than thelr opponents in manipulating voters, importing repeaters, bribing the venal, and bLullying and conximg the weak and ignorant. The change of In- diann from an October to n November State will save a quarter of n millon dollars to the cnmpaign fund of each of the two great parties. About half of the expense of P'res- {dentlal campaigns in tho last twenty years hing been caused by the efforts of hoth par- ties to “carry Indinna,” The corruption and demoralization of voters cansed by theso efforts have been sickening. A considernble number of votors in the State hnve been edu- ented froni early manhiood to look upon the suifrage a8 an article of merchandise. Still others, who would not conde- scend to sell their .own votes or to buy thoso offered for sale, close their eyes upon aets of corruption golng on all around them, aud aven contribute money which they are morally convinced will be used for sueh pur- poses, The suffrage Inws have been so loose that everything wearlng n pair of trousers was looked upon as an Integral part of *‘the soverelgn people,” and the holding of the electlon In advance of those of othor States gave the repeaiers, ballot-box stuffers, and professionn] linnmers of the whote eotintry un opportunity to flock thither and still take eare of their own districls at home. All this will now be changed. Improved suffrage and registration Inws wil make frauds difil- cult, and easy of detection, “T'he holding of an election slmultancously with most other States will keep forelgn mercennries away. It will no longer be expedient to blockade the State agatnst outsiders or to picket the polls and patrol the borders. Nor will it be neeessary to lovy on the whole Union for a corruption fund for Indiana: Othello’s oc- cupation's gone, THE STRUGGLE AGAINET BOURBONISM. ‘That was an historle scene In the Senate when the Southers Bourbons, under the leadership of Den Iiill, of Georgla, sought to whip the Independent Malone, of Vir- ginin, Into tho ranks of tho Demo-Confed- crate party. It had nsignlficance far beyond the sensational display of a forensic tourna- ment, oreven the temporary advantage of organlzing the present Sennte. It seewms to have buen Lhe Inst desperato strugglo of thy Southern Bourbons to assert their strength by tho'old methods of coercion, mennee, and exclusion. Ben 1111l was the representative and spokesman for the stonc-wall kind of Bourbons who have been accustomed to brook no opposition to thelr mandates, and who have resorted varlously to so-called chivalry, to avowed intimidation and vio- lonce, and to poorly-concenled deception and fraud to compel submission from tho dis- atfected, and to overcomo the resistance even of majorities, Mntions stood for the new spirit at the South whleh I8 disposed to rebel agninst the over- benring domination of the Bourbon leaders and nssert tho right of Individunl oplnfon, It was o struggle of ginnts, The eloments back of the two menin the arena gives Natlonal Importance to the Issua of this struggle. 'The victory was with Mahone, The allinnce ho found In the Repuvlican party was In the direct line of Rupublican progross. The Rebelllon was conquered by tho sword. 'Uhe sentiment of Natlonnlism must be oncournged by supporting the men who lead revolts uguinst Bourboulsm, see- tlonalism,, inttmidation, ostrucism, and oll- garchy in Bouthern polities, il occupled tho vantage-ground In the opening of tha struggle. 1o proceeded upon o well-trodden and fomblinr path, e had enjoyed nbundant experlence in elovating party, section, and State above patrlotism and tha Nation, e had engaged often In ng- gresslve nssnults wpon those who darad to question the snpremuey of Dourbon dlctation, ant he was surrounded and backed by mon who had been accustomed to the trinmph of tho bultdozer. Upto the very last ho wus apparently unwilling to velleve that the Bourbou whip would fall when applied to a man representing u Southern constituency. Hence his coolness and confidence, But be- fore the struggle had ended, lien Il was exposed In u light which was disgraceful to him both politicalty and persounlly, While assaulting u new Senntor by indircetion and Instnuation for his nlleged treachery to his constituency, 1111 himsolf was in the attl- tude of o man who hud ,not only been o truitor to his country, but had dragged un unwilling constituency into trenson by nils- representing it, und botraying o trust which had been confided to him, ‘The only trenson which is odious to mon like 1t i3 n renun- clatlon of soctionallsm and a protest ugainst Bourbonism. A wan mny take up arms agulnst his Government, and even prove reereant Lo his friends and neighbors for that purpose, and stitl be as puro us au angel, ac- cording to the scliool of cthics to whieh 11HL belongs; but let him lead u revolt ngainst cluss-rule and feudnl methods o be- halt of free thought, individunl rights, osud Natlonal sentiment, and that man be- notblng, It pregeives W lutegrily of tho | cowes in bis eyes uspertidlous ay hell, Every THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1881—TEN PAGEBS. covert insnltand every guarded opithet which he directeit against Malione was tnrned back npon 10 with o keener edire ond redonbled force, Notr was Hill nble to withdraw from tho contest which he imposed upon Mahone without demonstrating that the latter wns the stancher Sonthron nceording 1o the chiv- alrle gouge, a3 he was tho rendier to resent personnlly any, affront put upon him aud to make good by trial of battle any fssue be- tween the two. Mahone oceupled n trying vosition In tho steugelo which Ben 1101 foreed. {1o wasnow to the Senate, 1le could not help feeling tho constratut which the atmosphere of the Sen- ato Chumber hmposes upon & young niember, o was prepared to follow his convictions, but nnturally inclined to postpone the con- test which the nssertlon of such convletions was pretty sure to bring on sooner or Inter, When ho could no longer with self-respect remaln silent winder the taunts and gonding of the (leorgia Senntor, his hot Irsh blood rushed to lhia head, amd to that extent placed him at o disadvantage with hls eootor , ndversary. But he made up in earnestness, franknesy, and a sense of right and personal eourage for his lack of skill In debate and practice in satire. 111 found him to be a fighter, and the strugglo left no doubt that there was one man In the Sennto from the South who had become an uncom- promising foe of Bourbon intimidation, All of 11{1l's eoplness, deliberation, and skill did not proteet hlm agninst making the breach between Mahone and the Bourbons permne nent aud fmpassable, Mahone is not a man without a followlng. 11is eleetton to the Senate was the resuit of o personal ecanvass agalust tho very class of wen for whom Hill spoke. 1His vindieation of his independenco willinerensé hisstrength at home and encourage the development of similar fndependenco In every comntunity in the South where free men are fretting under the dietation of Bourbon ** bosses” aml have become disgusted with bulldozing methods, Senator Ioar's appearanoce in the debale was like that of & Judgo dellvering the ver- dict of the country. It came nt & tine when a Judiclu! opinion was in order, Ills words were clean-cut and incisive, and hls venern- ble ook, the universal respeet he commands, his unimpenchuble character and precise manner must have: added to tho judiclal furee of his utterances. 'The few words he spoke fully justified the proffer of Repub- Hean fellowship and support to those men of the Sonth who seek eseape from the polltical thralldom of the Bourbons, and they cun hardly fall to be nceepted smong ti® Inde- pendent thinkers of the South as a promlise of unfalling enconrngement to all phases of fudependant polltlenl action which brenk away from the past and point to veritable unity under o conmon fing and with free lu- stitutions that shall bo open to ol nlike, "I'hls Is the ulterior alm of the movement to which Malone has glven fmpuise and direc- tlon by the attitude he has taken in the Sen- ate. 'The constltution of the Connmnlttees and the dlsposition of the patronage are small matters when contrasted with the spread and determination of n Southern revolt agaiust Southern Bourbonism. ————eem o ’ M'CLELLAN'S VIGOR IN THE WAR. The New York Tribune of the 4th Inst, contains a letter written by Clement C. Clay, Jr, Who was Identified with the Jelf Davls Administration, to Judah P, Benjamin, then tho Rebel Secretary of War, Fhe letter was written in 1864, and alluslon to it hos been mude In our dispatehes, but, ns 1t 13 1 doen- ment of the highest Importance among the hitherto unpublished records of the Southern Rebelllon, we print it infull elsewhere, The general substance of this letter Is a diseusslon of tho agitation for peree and partition of the Union which had been com- wmenced by tho Copperbeads and the Issues that wore involved in the Tresidential con- test of that year, led by Gen. McClellan on the Democratic slde, and an exposition of the plottings of Copperliends In the North and Ttebels in the South to favor hiy election, ‘he pith of the letter, however, Is -to be found In the sentiments nseribed to Gens MeClellan by tls Northern friends in thelr correspondence with tho Southern leaders. Mr. Clay, the writer, had porsonelly seon the leaders in the Chicago Copperhead Conven- tlon, and a fow of their declarations willafford sufticient ground for comment. be made with him [McClellan] on terms you will recept, At all events ho Is committed by the piatform to cease hostilitics and try negotintion.” Agnin: **If McClellan bo elected, the real Indebtedness of the Govorn- ment will bo exposed for his own sake and to damn the Republicans, ‘Ihe War must stop whon that Is known.” Andugain; * MeClel= fan will bo under the control of the true peaco men, Horatlo or T 11 Seymour I to be the Secretary of State, Vallandigham Secrotary of War. McClellan Is privately pledged to make pence, even at the expenso of soparn- tlon, If tho South cannot bLe Induced to re- construct any comnion government,” Gen, McCletlan, In nninterview with a rep- resentative of the Tribune, who called his nttontion to this letter, denles its statomonts so0 far as they concern hhmself, and atlirms, what will bo recelved with astonishment and Ineredulity by loyal men, that he never thougnt for a mowent of consenting to penco on any terms except o completo res- toration of the Unlon, and that it was his Intention to proscente the War with all the vigor powsihle! It might be a suMelent answer to this astonlshing declaration that noofticer Inthe Northern nrmy wns suncrs seded or susponded who conducted the War with ny vigor, and tho nioro vigorous the oftleer, the more finmly he retained hils plnce or the more rapidly he went up higher, Tt is all well cnough at this late day, when ovents are fading out of recolicetlon, to mako sueh, & preposterans elaim as this, but the ovents of the War are not In consonunco with It. Aftor tho battle of Bull Run, nn army of} n quarter of a million men was plueed I his hands, 11e drilled them throungh the swmmer, throngh the fall, and into the winter, but would not fight them. Ile was repeatedly urged by Presldent Lincoln to take the offensive, and as repeatedly fulled todoso, Whenat lust he got ready to move to the front fu tho spriug of 1603, tho Rtebels witndrew. ‘I'he Itebet army, which he Insist- ed numbered 200,000 men, atno thne ex- ceeded 60,000, andd ho know It ‘The terrible cannon: sround dMunassas which ho dreaded so much turned out to be stove- pipes and painted logs, Then he marched his hosts back to Washington, When urged to do somothing, aftor elght months of prep- aratlon he moved 150,000 inen down to For- tress Monroe, then slowly up tho York River to the Chicknhominy swamps, He luy forn month In the wost suplne and cownrdly manner at Yorktown cdnfronted by 10,000 Rebels under Magruder, who was defending a llne thirteoi miles long between the York and tho James. Instend of sweeplng this weak fine before him liko o cobweb, he set i magniticent srmy down In tho swamps to begln u regular siege, Sleavy guns were or- dered from Washington; scores of nilles of corduroy-rond wera built, aud the fields wers wkushed with trenches, ‘The spnde was used in digging ditehes and graves. At thelr letsura the Rebels murched” away unmo- lested. 1o followed them wp Into the | Chickahominy awamps, where his mon died by thousunds of disease. 1o struck no vig- orous blows at any thae, but dallfed and did nuthing. Mo perwlited Lee tu. outgenyral “T’eace may him at evory point, and whip the nnsupported right wing of his army, under Porter, at Galnes’ Mills, ‘Then fna eowardly panie ho fled down the Chickahominy to Harrison's Landing, on the James River, During tho seven days’ battles nmlretyonts he was never present ta direct any of the llghting, but led the retreat, and with his stalt was the first to reneh tho gunboats and take refugo on them. With 120000 splendldiy-equipped men he flodt beforo 75,000 rapgged Rebala under Lee, He exhibited no more “vigor” or courago than a sheep, 1n this four months® pusitlani- mous eampaign he proved that he was either a traitor to the Unlon cause or « blockhead aud ncownrd, \When ho was ordered by tho Vresldent to move his army from Harrison's Landing to Alexandrla, to unite with Pope's forces, ho in effect refused for weeks to obey orders, but wroto -n long Cop- perhend lettor (0 Lincoln, instructing the Prestdent In his potltienl duty, e dis- obeved oiders In not reinforeing Pope, and between himself and his Lieutenants, Fitz Jolm Porter and Franklin, e succeeded in nearly destroying Vope’'s armmy, By his timidity and slowness ho allowed the Rebels to caplure 12000 Unlon troops al ilarper's Ferry, Instead of following fu the rearof Lee's atmy or.passing between is divided columus when it invaded Maryland, aml thus destroying the whole or half of it with his overwhelming suverlority of force, he warched around In front of its advanco to hend it buck to Virginia, withoul hurting it more than could be avolded, After fighting the diawn battle of Antletam In e blunder- ing manner, and refusing to let his strong cavalry or heavy reserve corps five o shot, he refused to let his army purswe the Rebels when they retreated the secontl day nfter tho battle, e waited untit they withdrow ont of sight and hearing, and, after they had crossed unmolested the Totomae, he stopped on the northern skde of 1. No entreaties or commands from Lincoln availed to mnke hiw pursuo and fight the Itebels on the “sucred soil” of Virginin, When commanded to march on a day fixed, he. coolly telegraphed back that he wanted to know how soon he could be supplied with 4,000 tents, 'The nextlime that he was ordered tonove on the encmy ho wanted shoes and blankets, Ile always wanted something when ho was ordered to mnke n forward movement. Ife kept bawling for reinforce- wents; ho had a guarter of ‘w mitlion of men under hig lmmediate command, md Les but £0,000. Lincoln visited his camp and in- spected his muster-rolls, and-«found 101,000 men fit for duty ut home on leavel Aud when at Inst o was compelied to move for- ward he did so at the rate of from four to six willes o day, the Rebels gradually falltng back, When he came in sight of Lee he stopped short, Leo turned round and facgd him, hut was not nttacked, and there Me- Clellan would have stald probably until doomsday had he not been superseded. ilo was determined not to fight and not to hurt the Rebels. When Leo was in Maryland, he eauld have thrown his force on his rear, ent off his retrent, and anmihilated him, but in- stendd of (hat.he took vxuetly the cotirse, by golug round In front of the Rebels, that al- lowed Leo to return back into Vieginin at s lelsure laden with spolls and prisoners. Gen. Liee know hls man. il know that MeCleltan was no General; that e was a thnid, nerveless, brainless Copperhead, who wanted slavery saved at all hazards, and the Southern Demoeracy to emerge from the War unhurt. ITe had every reason to know, and so did Cluy and every other Rebel ofileinl, that McCletlan was playing into thelr hands,” 1113 henrt was noverin the War. 1le never Intendéd'to put down the Rebols by force. e hud but two_idens in his head, One was to save sluvery and theotlier to savo the Southern Democratic party. Ile would take no step that would tend to emanelpate a slave or that would In any way dis- organlze or disturb that party, 1is ambition waes to get into the Irestden- tial ehair, when he could hiave the opporin- nlty of putting theso two Idens Iuto practical operation, e nover intended to earry the War Into the heart of the South, and fight slavery or slaveholders, Ilis theory was to negotinte with Itebels fu anms or conx them back on their own terms, and restore the Unlon “ns it was” before the Rebellion ) and this was tha man who wrote to Abraham Lincoln, from his gunboat on the James, dictating to him how to conduct the politics of tho Warl ‘I'his was the man whoso infl- delity, weakness, disobedlence, and unsol- dicritke conductcost thls country at lenst 150,000 lives and a billlon of dollars, and pro- crastinated the War two years. The War s not so fur distant in the past that Gei. Me- Clellan ean stand up and claim ta have been nloval man, In favor of the “vigorous pros- ecutlon” of the War. —eee HILL ON TREASON AND TRAITORS. Len 1111 roso In his rage, In thh Senate on Monday, and denonnced Senator Mahoue, of Vieginia, as o *“traitor,” and therefore un-' worthy of recognition or ussociation by any Democrat In the United States, Webater defines the term *traltor” to mean *one who viotates his alleglanes nud betrays his country.” ‘There are, all told, ihlrty-six Dentoerats In the Sounto; of theso there Ara nbout twenty-cight who yiolnted thelralleglance and betrayed their country by taking up arms, or otherwise Iaboring to destroy the Government, “dismember the Unlow, and, crecting o hostile Government, cenrried on o war for four years. In order to enabloe Mr. Hill and his twenty-seven Demo- cratie assoclates to occupy tholr seats In the Senate, Cougress has been combvelled to pre- pare a special onth of oftico, they being un- ablo to take the ovdinnry outh which atlver- s0n8 who have not hoon traltors ean tuke, And yet Ben 1L rises in his place n the Awmerlean Senate nnd denounees o * traltor? | ag 8 ** wreteh so menn that ho should bo held In utter contompt by his countrymen, and oue with whom personal or ofticinl associa- tion muist bedisgracetnl.” Lookingat things a8 they nre, it must strike the majority of mankind that Ben HHs hatred of treason Is something *altogathier too lovely, tov utter; too sublling, and too perfeet.”” It hns been Jong timo sinco trenson and traltors have beon so roughly handled In the Sonate. Conslderation for the feelings of thosoaround them has silenced ftepublicun denuneintions of traitors, ‘T'he country hns been nt war, ‘and, ns might be expected, tho veterans have been rowarded with high places in the Sen- ate, Among theso voteransaro muny bearing on thelr persons the ovidences of wounds 1 battle; veterans with one leg or with one arm, or othorwiso crippled, muy bu seen ndorning theSenate Chamber with their pres- enco. The visitor, looking down from the satlery and not knowing the men before hiw, would naturaily assume that n grateful peo- ple had taken espeelal palns to honor Its heroes, and that tho Seonte was filled with the soldiers and statesnun who hind suceess- fully bafled treason, preserved the Unlon, ubolishud slavery, put down the traftors, and redstablished the Natlon. e would natu- rally nssumo that tho purty clumoring to have the contral of tho commlttces aud the oftices of the Senuto wers the men who bad glven the best years of tholr IHves In defense of thelr country, ‘This Impression would be strengthened greatly upon hearing Ben I furlons denuiicln- tion of traitors and trewson, and of the wen who had deserted thelr sworn obligutions, who had violated thelv allegiance and be- trnyed whelr geuntry by enteriug the seevice af thelr enemn How cloquont ho was! 10w Jeff Davis would have withored under the castigation of tho flory Ueorgian, and the othor slde must have felt the witherlug seorn with whieh, speaking for his ussoclates, ho denonticed a (raitor a3 n wan utlerly un- worthy of peraonal or officinl yecognitlon by gentlemen or by prrties, Jiow strange was that speceh in the light of all tho tacts] "This man LtiH, during the four years of the War, sorved nsn ** Senntor in tho Congress of traitors that held their sessfous at Riehmond, and devoted his timo and his abilities to promoto tho s¢hemes of those who ind *“violated thoir allegiance and betrayed thelr country.” 1lis denunelation of trenson and traltors on Monday last was 1ot of thoge who had borne arms agninst their country and had waged war for fts destruction. 1le was simply denouncing ns infamons beyond deseription those who hnd “violnted tholr alleginnee” to the Demo- eratle purtyl It is but proper to state that I nimself had opposed nud densuneed the Domacratle party all his 1tfo until he joined 1t nt Richmond when it raised the flag of treason and hauled down that of thocountry, From the Congress of traltors at Richmond he graduntod ns & Democrat, and s sueh was sent 1o the Congress of the United States, n confessed, avowed tralior to his country. Trichine amd ‘Frichinosis in France. The Parls Aendemy of Medieal Seienca hetd o mecting Fob, 14, 188), and, after n stormy debate, camo fo tho conclusion that the nse of hog-ments, epeaiully of tho Amorican produtota, 8 food for human belngs shionld be condemned. An edlict on tho pnrt of the French Qovernment prohibiting the lmportation of Americun hog- produets was tho conecquence. lut the ex- citement on this subject ereated by tho sudden appenrance of trichinosia In Crespy en Valola soon suvsided, amd on the =4 of February the sume Acndemy hold anotber sesston, during which throe papers were read by cminent French physlelans, whieh were dlmmetriently upposed to tho conclusions 8o hurrled- Iy and abruptly orrived ot Ly tha Aendemy on the 1I#th of February. Prof. Collin, member of the Aeademy, nuthor of tho first paper, spoke substantially as follows: (1) Does tho enlting of pork destroy tho trichimn contalned thorein? (2) I8 thore any process known by which trichine ean bo destroyed? Ilo unswored hoth questions In tho nflrntive, stating that by curcful snlthue and thorouwh eonking of the ment the trichinie wore destroyed, 1 his aplolon the uso of Aworican hog-products finported to Frunce wns harmless, beenusg tho exeellent saltlng and the loug transportation and genernl delay bufore thoy wore sold to con- sumers déstroyed the trichime, The second paper was read by Dr, Davaine, alson member of tho Academy, who suid thut Quring tho tnst twenty years he lnd made tri- chinosis n speelnlity, aud that during this tine not o aglo caso of tho disoase, caused by Amerieun meats, had como under his observa- tion. T'richinosis was so seldon I Franes that In the City af Parls more men wero klited by the fallng of « brick from tho top of n house thaw by thnt dreadiul disonge, e plainly nsserted that tho honith of France did not sutfer in tho lesst Dy tho fmportation of Amerlenn meats, and that tho Government had waedo n serious mistako by the hasty Issuance of ita ediot prohibiting tho Importation ot Awmerlean hog-products, beeause tho lower clnsses were doprived of n portion of thelr dully food, Tho third paper was written by Dr. Vallln, Seeretary of tho Hoard of Henlth of tha City of Parls, ana it domoustratos thut all crses of tricbinosls 8o far obaerved In Franoe wore cansed by Frenoh ou-products, and that the American articlo was ontiroly harmloss, During tho followlng debnte, Dr. Collin aakd that In the year 1830 tulrty-nine million kilo- wrams of American hog-tmeats were Imported Into Frante, und, as It was gonerally suppused that of 100 kilograms of tho Amaeriean hog-prod- uets elght kilograms eontalned trlohini, 1,120, 000 kllograms of trichinfx-holding hog-ments bnd been consnmed n Felinco, but he bod not observed u luglo caso of trichinosls which conld Lo nserlbed to tho use of Aworloun monts. Dr. Guierlnynlso n member of the Academy, snld that tho Government deserved severe cons demnation for crusing by its ediot of prohibition unnecessary fear and apprehenslon amony the people, With much emphnsis ho stated that the uso of imported Americun meats was nelther injurlous to the health northo life of the French people, s Union Medical, published nt Paris by Freuch physiclins and medlenl sclentists, enys edito- ully In Its {ssuo of Feb, 24: During tho short space of oight days it hns become elonr to tho Acudemy of Meidleal Sol- onces that tho trlehimw and trichinosis question hns nndergony n thorough chunge. 'Fhree of our most noted sefontiata on this subject—viz.: Tir. Collin, onr authority on ro many questions of mediolne; Dr. Daviiine, whosy ]Ildfi‘llnunt on this purtienlur subjoct stunds” nbove nll others; and Dr. Vallin, Socretary of the Board of Hounlth, who has mado trichl- nosis o speeinlty—have unitedly declared that salted hog muits, ns8 they are Impoited from Ameried, ire not Injurfous to the health of the conaumor, After llvmll{ yoears, trichinpsis hus mnde its uvwnmnuun uin for the (lrst time In CmKl?’ en Valols, sud it was caused by thu eat- ng of frosh pork slnughtored in Franee. Fur- thermory, Dr. Bonllinrd, who Is an eminont au- thority, bis stated that mmny of those who died while trichinoaly provalied it Crespy on Valols ddiod of typhus, Whnt foundation I8 thoro, then, for sueh it rlgld odlot ns tho ono prolibiting tho finportation of Amerlean hog-mantd? Why was the loard of Health not consulted beforo It was Jasued? Why g 1ot n cuntiisalon of ox- perts been appolnted to investigate tho roal stato of fucts¢ Why haa the Governmont por- mitted itself to bo dreiven futn s ram's-horen by n et of peooly who do undorstund anything nbout tho subjeet watter? 1t should bo stnted hero that another Fronch authority, the Frunce Medicale, niso donouncos tho incohsllerate and hasty notlon of tho French Uovernment, . e et— ‘Tt following eard uppears in tho Lamar Hanner, & paper printed at Parts, Tox.: To the Public: Teputution {s dear to overy i, espoolally 1o ono who bus unught but bis- guod name nid nlruufillx of musolo to rely upon for steeess In 1ife, 1 nay e excusod, | trist, althourh but n common Iaborer, for allnding this way 1o tho fuot thit cortain inallelons per- sons huvo tricd W (njuro mo by saylug that [ am i Yankeo,” and applying othor eplthots, with o view to prevent mo from wotting omploy- mont. Trito, § wus In the Fedorat araly during tho Into War, ut loast u part of tho tiino, after lmylng 600 Lo keop from standing s drafe. 1 by longed to tho Ono Hundred uud Forty-sevonth Peansylvanin Roghment. 1 nm Swodo by birth; 16 wia Ty misfortuno to be In the North at the thme of” the Wur, restding In l'unm{lmuln. henee my relatlon to the Wur, T havo lived in Texas nine yoars, mostly 1 the nelghborhood of Honnoett's, la Lamar County, and for the last four yours {n tho employ of the 'l & P Rallroad undor W, A, Curter und J, C, Whlilden, svotions mustors, to whutn 1 contidently rofer. 1 huve endeavored to deport myaell’ honeatly, flth- fully, and have contidonce in tho goold pooplo of Toxng that groundloss projudices will not debar my from employumont., Hespeotfully, e P 1\(’.’0. By, ‘The ahove card sponks so cloarly for itsolf that it hurdly noods commont, Horo is # man, n forclgner ut that, honeat, moral, and doport- ing hhuself ns u good cltizen, who 1a compolled to print a card in a nowspupor, bogying that he may bave ewployment, and that tho poo- ple of tho placo whoro bo lives may not bo projudiced ugainst bin, Why? leonuso ho served n short thmo {n the Unlon nriy duriug tho Way. How would it uppuar in Chiongo, or any othor Northorn elty, It an Irishinan, who had sorved In tho Confedorato army, were abllgzed to print & card fn tho pavers asking thut people should not Lo projudiced ngalnst him und dobar him on that nceount from ob- taiping employment? And yot this occurs in o Stute which hus begn lustily apponting for Northorn hclp and holding out inducements for forelgn Immigration to develop ita resources! Hofore It goes wny further In fuls dlrcotion, would It nut bo well to bavo tho work of ru- conatruction commonved ovor sgain In Toxas? e Tk slaying of the Cunr I the visible har- vest of the sced sown by Michnol akunin, who uay be called tho futhor of Nitilisw, who sald in tho course of aspecol made In 1868 at Gee uovas R Our flrst work inuat. bo tho destruction and aunlhllation of overything us It now oxlsts. You st teoustom yoursell 10 destroy overys thing, tho good with tho bud; for If but'ua atoim of thu old world remalug tho new will never bo creatod, In another spcech tho thoroughgoing Hake unin saids Deeda of political nation nad incendlar- 13t uro not thoe ollspring of un{ sentiment of pursonal butred or \um{enmw‘ Vo kuow tull woll that ouo Emperor killed wiil meroly bo sug- covded Ly anothor, who in bts turn will wgain nominats the Ublafs of Police. Buch deeds are ustifiod by tha nocesiity of rootlg out from Juen’s minds tho habill of Fospeot fort the powens iyt bey Thie more uttucks ure wude ou the Czar and hig oftlelals increano the mora will tho peos Plo got tn understanid tha absurdity of the vea- nration with whicl those personages have beon regurded for eenturies, T Now York Hevald tells this very goad story: Not very long agn n gentlentan apponred In \Vnnl)lnfl%" who demandesd an nlll[:',u on_the ‘xmmm that ho had twolve chiliren and neodeld hrend for thont, A man who had brought twolve chilitren luto the workl ought to have a provision putor tho publio Trousurys that wae nppurently his almnlo theory. The Heeretary of Siate, to whom tho ense wins mado known, remnrkei that ho thought thin *n flno nstancs of tho re-pros ditetlo add abmurdum™': hut the Joko fell tnt on thy eary of the poor fellow, who foulighly Im- agined that any dovernment sulary whatover :_s hlu cnough to koop tivelvo children’satomachs il Lithor tho Into or tho prosent Hocrotary of Binte might bo proud of that pun, et SexAtonr DAwes has seen every Adininis- tration sinee Duchnnun came In,and ho nover know ono to got wnder way with icss friction than this one. Thore 18 somo renson for that, Tlayes cimno in under ¢ clond; Grant hnd ene- miey to punish and friends to reward; Johnson beneflted by n Natlonnl sorrow: and Lincoln In- herited nelvll war, But Garfield tins persounlly beonon tho friondllest terms. with his prode- cessor, There nre no wholesnlo eviettons from offico; andd the only necesenry friction nrlsing from the changy is tho spolling of shoc-leathor Ly greedy oflicuseckers, e —— e Ay evenlig paper reports that ** Asd, Me- Cormiok fa not a candlduto for reletion In the Bighteenth Ward, Ho has beonn fajthful Al- derman, nid retives with a olean and ereditablo record, He wonld not run under any clreime atances, but, if ho wanted 1o, tho Demoeratie Htarrlers’ In his ward wonll not give him the nominatlon. Such men as McCormick have no bualness Lelng Democrats, nuy way." e —R—— Tt is tho sheerest folly for tho Demoeraty and Greenbiekers of tha Seventh Michigan Dls .trlet to tolk of eclecting n stieeessor to Mr. Cone ger. John T\ Rich, the ltepublienn candlinto, wilt be efected by n Inrge majority. The vote of the distriet at tho Inst clection was ns follows: Congor (Rep.), 17470; Biack (Dem.), 11,800; Wat- kins (Fiatist), 1,428; Conger's plurality, $3,604; majority, 220, e AN artiele on * Flre-Insuraneo” in the New York Times wag burnt I two by nn acei- dent of some kind In the mail-cnr. 'This beats the lttlo yallor dog for.n special providence. e e — o~ TALR nbout cruelty to the Poneas. Ilow tho Hiustrions Juvlor Sonator from Ponen did seatp Bon 1AL —————— StANLEY MATTHEWS must have been nominated to pleuse the yuller dog, for nobody ofse likos It. —m————— PERSONALS. “1t looks to ma ns (hough that Readjuster ought to be rondJuated.”—Ren Hill We deem it a duty to notity the public that ‘Wait Whitman has a poew In the April Harper's. 1 am agatn enjoylng the consplenous but gomewhat unpleasant position of belnk hung up 1o dry.""—Stanlcy Matthews. * Ex-Congressman Du La Matyr 18 making Greenbnek specehed In Malne, Some men wonldu't drop If 0 house foll orr them."-—-Sam Cury. N A Perrible Test” is the title of n reeent- Iy-produced drnma. It probably refers to the abltity of an nudience to sit through tho per- formanee, A Washington dispatch snys that * Senalor Mahono woars old-fashloned pants.” 'I'his will wenn from Me. Mabione the support of tho New York Tribune. Whiteluw enn stand almost nuy- thing except unfashionable pants. Now that the Gackwar of Baroda hns come prominoutly before the publle In tho forelgn digpatebes, the Abkoond of Swat will have to tuke n back sunt, We ara sorry for Swat, but It 1ooks ns though'hs would hnve to go. I'mi tiren of this loneliness, darling; Ho tired of thia dedolnte pain— sings John W. Huntley fn o pocm whleh camo in yosterday, We bellove you, Jobn, but you are 1ot hialf s tired as tho man fn here who bhas to tond your slush, It is related that o little givl, whose parents belone to tho oftielnl clrolo in Washington, wns watohiog tho Inauguration ceremonies, and when her motlier pointed out Gen, Garfield us thanew Prosldent, exclalmed fn dismuy: * What, lsw't Mrs. Huyes golng to be FPresldent any more?”" ‘I'he Boston papers still continue to appear with powerful editorials on the Poucn question, Tunsmuch s Mr, Schurz 18 now nn ex-Séorotary, and tha Poneus are elthor frozon to death or too busy prepuring for thespring sealping campaign to pny attentlon to minor matters, it would soem that tho true Journalist ought to give his mind a ‘vacation on that subject, Rocliofort must be pretty. A French paper suys thut “his face Is lyron's stripped of (lesh and with s museles aud nerves, which aro il allve and constantly In netlonr. Tho eyes ndmit of & compnrison to the empty orbits of n skull with etectrle lights behlnd thom.” Ina goneral way, tho gentleman must resemblo n corpso with n candle fuside of it. A vory sad Inclidont oceurred nt o concert on tho West Sldo Inst week. In ono of Ive- thoven's symphoules the music at one point dics awny vory suddenly, having proviously been re- markably loud, When this polnt was roached tho nudlenco was clectritted by hearing from u prowinent position i tho howse tho remark: #Muy L hold you u littlo whon we got homo, dar- ling?" Ono more young man Is now opposed o clugslen] music. Under the snow, the beautiful snow, Wrapping tho oavth liko un ormine mat, Bllent und rigid it lles bolow— I'ho rrozen form of my neigbbor's cat. Nover agnin from the mounlit fouce . Bhall its snd note cnll to * Marlar—0'"; For its soul hns fied to the unknown Hence, And 18 voice 18 hushed in tho beautiful snow, ~=3lre, Femane, ——— PUBLIC OPINION. Neow York World: Toor Dyng was sliot, Voltaire sald, to * encournge othor Britiah Ad- mienly,” 1usslan Czars and Mintsters aro slain “to disgourago othor Czars and Minlsters." Momphils Appcal: ‘The Colmnbus [ndex deelares that if something 18 not dono to put a stop 1o the war on Lunar and to harmonizo Demoeratio difforences in Mississippl, and to place the party Inn position In referonce to the codo of 1830 In which It _can be suocossfully des fonded bofore tho people from attacks which wiil surely be mude on it. Aleorn or somo athor mun of his steipe will be chosen Governor of the Btate next full Bloomington (IIL) Pantugraph (Rep.): Bonutor Davis soes alearly thut tho " errors” of the Democeratlo party for tho, past thirty yeara have boen the meuns of porpetuuting tho “powor' of ita antagoniat, His statoment la tho truth, and becauss {4 1s truo it stings tho Domooraoy und gonds It ulmost to madness, The world whit now uuderstund that David Davis 18 to-duy Juut what hie was dn 1877, when olactcd to his present position,—~an Independent with n decidad lennings to tho Domoducy. Peorln (1L} Transeript (Rop): David Tiavis dues not take tho view that n Benutor shauld vopresent the people of bis Btate,: An overwhelning majority of the poople of Tllinols ara in fuvor of Republlean doctrines, but Mr. Davis decllues to roprosont them or tholr sentls monts, My, Davis roprosents Mr., Davis, I ho coukd only urrauge to clect himself und pay his own snlury, tho mechunlsm of the Automutiv Semtor would bo complete—with all the doublo- baok sotions in perfect balance, A8 It 18 now, the Automutie Senator works only on une slde. Now York Evening Post: "The new Seere- tary of War I8 in somo, not all, respects bettor cquipped for high ofico than, on achieving ity was liia tllustrious fathor, Mr, Robert Lincolu has tho wdvantugo of what wo call a liberal edu- cation,—ho wos graduated from Harvand Unie yursity in 1584, when he was justof awe,—of huv- fug enjoyed from the diwn bt manhood favore uble soalul opportunities and siteltions, und ot havig possessed tho weans and tiww for travel, Ou tho other hand, it 18 1 guestion not casy to deelde how tar the roughuess and hardship of Abrabmn Linculn's early lite muy, with his peous Dur churaeter nnd _teusporament, have brough? out und uhudy robust tha spleadid qualltica that wore destined to bo ol wupreme servico to his country. Itudds greatly toour hupes of theson that in'both madesty und qulet di uun( ho ro- sumbles the tathor. Thesy uaturul ¢ umunlll thut nelthor education nor the lack of 1 could spoll or nevtrulize, ure truly not all thav {8 required to ko efthor o0d President or u goud Bocrctury of Warg ut they hetokon capuoities walon, now us thon, wo Liayo guod eause 10 hope Wy Hot Prove Inck- e, Mr. Hoburt Linculu hua ‘unotbior cudow- ment not fiwu to bis paront, and which has sametines besn o staro atud sometimes the most prociouy fwogluable possessivn, Mo boass @ (lrent, beoause of thy A Proy deur nf charactor and 1 fd nehlevemnenta, (rent,ns ldissolohly ey ot WILH Okt of o bioSL Ak st e 0L fthe Nistory of Troedom, T oyt Thdeod bt i e in priceioa,” [t L necesagrily At dedionto Tonpomibiitien. 1y ol e 10 oubt 18, 8 RUNERIEY OF the (aro ) hohor In 1t possessors and 1 thin rerpee ot are Sure the lmporiatt Dopatment o wpe Mr. Lincoln hns becono tho ohinf could o o3 tettor handd. - Tt a8 regrds furthor el ualitentions s those wo e b o i) \ire 10 eniernto, e only enn_ show iy, in Mr. ftobest Lincoln Awmerlean history flif"fi; a0 to record ono of thse notable eXeepio which are satd to prove n general rlo, s Atlanta (Gn.) Conatitution (Dem.)s 1y, Adwinlstration of Mr. Tlnyes wan u fullure, . farns the Kouth wis_ concorned,—n misorapy faiture, ineed, 80 far a8 the wholo country g concerned,—for tho reason that, with mnn! -prayesful promiseact reform, ho procecled 1y appoint to otfice tho worat cliss of Republicnn, ta bo found In this srction,—incn who were. g, only narrow-minded and Incking in intellience, but who, in many instances, were self-confesse kunves, and who boasted of thelr explults fy the Alreetion of personal and polltienl dishonesyy, Honthorn nowspapers, Hko tho Canstttulion, which endpavored ta eseape from tho Hmigg. tons of partisandhip have found It ditieuit 1 convineo our peaplo it thero s any sy thing is nn lionest [tepublicnn, oud the ropa guence was that whenever th honest intluentia) ottthern ma s hoon nppointed to iice hy lost afl of hls inflnence and a lareo part of hiy reputution, The new Adlnlstration cau curg all this by nppointing NoNest AN reputable ey 1o oftice [ the Bouth. 1t is not uecosney that iy should o outside o Its party to tind these mey; but, unless 1t does fhnd Republicaujsy, will nover bo made respectable n tho South. New York ‘Pribune: Senntor Davls g convinced himself that ho I8 the urhiter of Ameriean destinles, Tho States were bulance] L tho Inst cleotion. The voters were nimos, Uninnced numerieally. Hoth branches of Cop. gress are “almost balanced." The Senate 1y balunced, anid Mr. Davis s balanced,~almost, though ho foriot to say It ‘Tho Seutor Iy nosrly Balauced, cxcopt that. ns Lo gy on fllo middlo of tho beam, ho gives n_benevolent push to tho Demacratic silg of it {lls complaconay over his own por trait of himself s (he king-pin of our political Aysten reenlls tho story of (hat Kentueky who proved thut tho Amerleun R physleal contre’ of tho glob \ wid tho contto of tho Repubiic, s Cuunty_ was tho centre of Kentueky, and Cvellvillo the centro of Sty County, and therefore Yollvill® waa tho centra of tho univorse. *Why, gentlemen,” sail he, #xeo how nice tho sky Hita” down all arcund)’ The sty fits beautitully all around Senator Davig,and tho Amerlestt peoplo must he re. Jolead to lenow that he will permit the President ind'his Cabinot to bave “a gl hearlng and will graciously confer upon tho country “g respit from diseord,” and, *rest from section strife.” Army and Nioy Reglster, Washington, b, €.: *Tho Philadelphin Evening News, in a tele gram from thiy elty regarding the nominatlos by thio Prealdent of Lient, McCuuley, Thind Cay. niry, to be Assistunt Quurtermnster with the runk of Captoin, snys: “Uransferrdig from the ‘Third Avtiilery to the 'Fhird Cavulry In 1838, he was promoted to Flrst Licutonant May 6, 159, from which post Lie was promoted Into tho Quar- termnater's Department. Capt. MeCauley 18 tow wtntloned on the froytier, el witlihis regiment nt Fort Fred Steefe, WL Hle 18 an otticer of oxceptionn] ahility In tho direotion or explora. tion und sclentitic resoarch, 13 0 line frees hund ariist, sketehing for the New York Hius trated ])llgclfldurln tho Tast Indlan ennpaizm with tho Utes, and hus bren deduiied on several selentitle explorations, A year azo Prof, Clar enco King upplied for his detall (i tho Natlonal deoloyient Survey, which wis refused, Tis re- port on tho San_Jinn_ couutry of Colacdo has been much sought nfter, over 150 extra coples Defng printed by the Wae Depurtment here, i reparts_bave been printed by toth tho War and Iuterlor’ Departments, aid a3 speelal docu- snents by both Dnited States Senato and Houss of Itepresentatives. Mo has muny fricnds in and out of tho army, and all were rindy to cone tribute to his sueoess in obtulnteg o promotion 11110 unu of tho stril depnrtments, St. Paul Ploneer-Press (Rep): 'Tie Goy ernor, It appenrs, haa declied to nppoiut Gen, A W Edgerton, of Mantorville, to the seat (ntbe nited Btatos Sennto vacated by Mr. Windon, Gen, Edgerton will make n very respectalle United States Senntor, 1le hnw falr, though by no means brifliant or conmendluyg, nbilities, and isn wentloman of noble and wpright personal chnraeter. Hefs not an nggressive or militant politiclun, and kns not berotofore, wnder the ude verse conditfons presented by a resldenco hu the Flrat District, developed any great smount of effcetlve pulitleil strength, His appointment is ovidently tha precursor of ona of the Lottest and flercest politieal struggles which has ever ioun witnessed in this State, buving i view th sitecession to Bdgerton two years honee, This ntest willonterInto the question of the Gulier all, and wil b dls- turbing elomenit in the politles of the State for the next two years. ‘Flio eontest, In fact, has alroady beeun. inw disprteh froia Albert Les 10 tha Ploncer Prees the Irionds of Dunnell ule rondy anuounce bls cundidacy for tho lepul- tieun nomination for United States emtor B3, Tho friends of Gordon E, Cole will une yueationably enter with equal ardor Into the contest for bla nomination, and it 18 expeeted thut ns n prolimhnry movement thoy will ea- dleavor to seeare his nomination this fall for the Governorshlp, Tho rriends of Bducrton will of conran rally to his support, und wo shnil have ono of tho prettiest trinngular thzhts wpon our nands which hms ever heon withessed In this Htate. Wo say trinngular, beciause these threa candidntes wilt nnturilly eut the most consples ous tigure In tho contest, ~[3ut Losides thesc, 1t 15 probuble that time will develop half o dozen othors, Yale of Winonn County, Buker of Biue Barth, and the Lord only Knowa how niany more, Now,can any one foreenst the (esue of tho strugglo? 1t Ia tho more unlortunute be cuuse it might vasily bave been uvoldud. e eT— OBITUARY. WILLIAM 11, MORRISON, Speelat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, INDIANAVOLIS, Ind, March 15,—Willlam I Morrlron, vne of the most respected citizens of tho alty, dicd this cvenlug at 6 o'clock. Mr Morrison ut the timo of his denth wans I'reskient af tho First Nattonnl Bunk, hnving suceceded the Hon. Willinm H. English about three yeant sinco. 1o wns nenrly 70 years old. Tho caude of his denth was erysipeins, which extended to Wis thront and alr passages. Ho was born i8 Now York, und eatng to this ety early fu tife. INDIANAVOLIS, Ind., March 16,—Willam H. Morrison Presidont of tho First Nationul Baok, and long mannger of tho Indiana Nunking Com® puny, died this evenlne at bis residenco in thls city, Mr. Morrison has Leen for many yeurd® vers prominont taymun fn the Protestant Eplsy 1:npul|Cl|urull. reprosenting it In tho diveese au gonoral conventlon. 1o was Th yoara of ngo. COL, E. B. INANDER. Br. Louis, March 16,— Col. B, 1. Alexander, U.§. Av dicd bere yesterday.. He was born 1o Virginin and odueated nt West Potnt, He wusod tho retired list, C. PORREAON, Binagpowr, Conn,, Mureh, 15—Charles Fobres @on, tho uthiote,died hore yestorduy, He wul Guly 2 yours old, und gave prombie of long N PROW, J, T HUMPITREY, CiantstoN, 8. O, Mareh 15.—Prof. J. T Tlumpbirey, the Avfentist, died suddenly, yester duy of hoart-discnso ut Ureensboro, FRANCIS DODGE. WASHINGTON, D, 0., March 13.~Francls Imhg. the Collcctorof Customs ut Ucorgetown, is deads uged 52 years. e ——— < ELGIN BOARD OF TRADE, Hotclal Dispateh (o s Chicugo Triburit: Eruowx, M., March 18.~Tho Elgin Boand o Trudo to-dny beld it regular annund mectis und solected oflicers for the ensuing year. =0 Directors, who wora eleoted n week g, 1% und elocted tho Hon, 1), F, Marclay l‘ruphh’ll!; to sucocod Dr, Joscph ‘Pot; 0. W. Goulds 68, Elgtn, Vice-Frosident, In placo of It ' Redeis of Chicugas 1% P, McGliney, Heorotury; und % Chureh, Preasuror, tho twolatter bolui rediccter The Hon. D, I Darcluy *was for soversl )"‘x- Mayorot this oity, und 1s u prominent and ‘i" tenstve munufacturer of dalry fnplosients. ! s "oflt, whowt Lo suvceods, s an old und ¥1d ;" known dalryman, belug nn otticer In must of dniry nssaclutions of tho conntry, e it primo wover In thoorganization of the lt;:fi.fl In 1872 and was its first Prosident, baviug bog veblootod elght_succossive times, Mr UG who alecoods M. Hedoll s Viee-Vresident b oxtensive manutueturer, ownlug nmlvgl #iX ko creamuelvs and choodes fuetoelts to 107 Tue reguluy anles on the Honvd of ‘Tu ents duy woro 48,000 pounds cheese ut 816 1000 and 21,014 pounds buttor at il t0 'ii‘fl",“.,, Neurly ull boxes belug mado ut Ei—thu TLES prico. Tho day's transucLlons ugyresMOl i Kebdl, Tho murkot I8 untlve uud price Wwith & rising tendeney. ———— STEAMSHIP NEWS. QuEENSTOWN, Murch 15,—Arrived, tho Crown, from Pbiladephla, e New Youk, March 16.—Amlved, tho Tereh frow Humburk, and tho Abssstuiay, trom LIV 1. -, P Qurpnarows, Mareh 15.—Artived, tho Casplshe frow Boston, British