Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1881, Page 4

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Fne gagenient of the Stophens Dramatio and Varioty Com- blnatlon, *Bwitt and Bure.” Acndemy of Musle, Balsted siroet, noar Madison, Waost Slda, : Varloty entertainmont. e a1 SOCIETY MEETINGS, ASTILATL 1ODAT, NO. N, A. 1. & A. M.—Bpacial meating this eveping, in shielr nll, 76 Monroe-st., for “lll)\lf‘flfll(‘";;:lnlu‘\ Iilnnv‘l;.;:'l‘}ll!fl requested 10 bo pres- 0 Lrtorilty INVIEEE 11, CHANE, Bocretary. TUESDAY, MARCIL 22, 18§f. e A canrLEenAst from London says: 1t{s reported that the Government will make A/ cotypulsory purchiase of 1LOX.000 scrus of the best ) reclnimablo portlon of the monnt- ain and -bog waste “lunds in “Ireland, 'This will be reclalmed ut un expense of $7,6ul,- 000, aud sfterwards npportoned nmong tens ants o thirty-nere farins, The project meets with ganoral upproval. Measures for practically earryini out the plun will ho tukan up atas eurly i day #8 possible, Tha propueltion i one of the feutures of Gludatone's Lund bill, and will Bo opposed bfthe Conservatiyes. This scheme, If fully earried out, would re- sult in converting about $3,000 rackrented 1rish families into freeholders in n few ,finrs, nnd change that many discontonted, disloynl, half-starved, wretehed families into content- ed, loyal, and prosperous cltizons, As n ueasure of rellef it is only n fractlon of what Ireland needs, but It Is good ns far as It goes. PR R L Tuene is one argumont ggalnst the con- firmation of Stanley Matthews ns Supremo Judge which I8 beginning to renssert lself in Washington. Thero Is Inminent dangor that the constitutionality of the Thurman Inw, © which has been once afinmed by the Su- - preme Court, will bo tested aguin by the Central Pacific Rallrond. ‘T'his Inw compels the, Pactilc Rallronds to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds udvanced by the Government for thelr use. ‘Ihp Cen- tral Pacific has beon evading tha lInw 1n spito of the Supreme Courtdeclslon, 1f Matthows shall go on the HBupremo Hench the Ratirond Compnny will vertalnly reopen Iiti- gution wilh the sssurance that ho will be fayorable to thelr Interest. Ilis attitude on the question when he was In the United States Senatp and the backing ho now has In his persistent effort to rench the Supreme Bench constituto the assurance. With Mat~ thaws there will be threa Supreme Judges opposed to the constitutionality of the law and only three known to boe In favor of It, Thp upinfon of Judgo Woods s uncertain, and tho othier two Judges are incapacitated, ‘To confirm Matthews, under these cirenm- stariees, 18 to rlsk the failure of a just law and faver the eseape of the Pacific Rallrond Companies from an obligation to the Govern- ment of more than §100,000,000, Inclnding principal and interest. Can the United States Senate afford to take the respouslibllity of such o risk ? Iy the story told by u correspondent of the Sai Franclsco Chronlele bo true, tho cujture ofthe vine will recelve un impetus never be- fore dreamed possible, ‘This is the state- ments L0s ANOXLES, March 0.—A greut discovery has been mude on tho Mojave Desort, which seuius destined to revolutionize vinleuiture in South- ernQulifornin. It has boun found that grape- cuttiugs Inseried jn tho nu);ku of tho cuutuscs on thy desert grow und thrive us vigorously us In cultivated land, ‘This faot s of groat lin- portanco (o tho penple, 1y mly usu ot chisel n muh ean plaut a targo vinoyurd n 4 duy, and the Vino s0 plunted will alimb the enctus and grow luxuriougly without cultivation or frrigution. ‘Thig Iy, bt sands of the desert will ufford ufine laca for dryiog ralaing, In uddition to grapes, t s been proved thut melons, cucumbers, ot towatoes will grow from cuctus stock, 8o thut tho desert muy soun bluom us the rese, Over altSouthern Californin, Arizona, New Mexieo, Western ‘T'exng, und Southern Colo- rado tho cactus grows. 1t §s almwst the only green thing seen on half w willlon squure milgs of the southwestern portions of this Republie. ‘I'his whole vast reglon is o rain- less, dry, hot desert. " The nir 13 pure, insect 1te Is scarce, and there Is no malarla in the atmosphers, bocnuse there Is no deoaying vegetation to produce it. As the traveler passgs through the Mojave Dejert, on the Southern Califodin Rallway, hivsees tens of thousands of glant eactuses, They grow Lwenty to thirty'fect high, witha (lick stem or trunk, und profecting limbs ap the top, But all enctuses do ot thuy grow, The structure of many of the specles, of which thore are sowe sixty, iy singular and grotesque, and thoir appearance v intoreste ing by reason of tha roughness ot the stalks and the beauty of the flowers. ‘They are found enletly In tho hot, stony, aud sandy places of semi-tropleal Amorlea. Thoy abound by Moxleo, ns well uy it the territory we acquired from that country, Their stome -ure fllled with an wbundunt julce, which, belng Inclosed within a fough and Impermeable skin, coables them to sup- wort vital uction without Inconven- fenco in o parched soll. ‘The roots, ke those, of the bickory tree, strlko down dewp into the parched earth, and thereby fhnd enopgh wolsture to support Nfe, In Texas tha cattle-berders, whon tho grass s parchod up by drgught, ¢ut, dpwn the tow bunchy aud ereeplng cactuses (which sbuitnd ey where) with broud succulont thows vvera fite ).u buru ot the sl ur thorns with which the skin is eovered, and to soften and render tonder tho, tough, leathery rind. When thus treated they nre fed to the starving cnttle, which cat the cooked eactus grecdily, and they nre found 10 he very nutritions for tock. ‘The enctus on which the grapa cultings ean he gratted are the speeles which rrow erect in a single stem Hko a troe, and not the sprawling, or bunchy cabbage-shapod ones, with vroad, thick leaves, tha kind that are ronsted and fed to eattle by the Toxas ranch- mei. 1f the reported vine-grafting discovery Is true, it Is no exnggeration to say that it will revolutionize the deserts of *Southern Californla and all the parched Southwest, where tho eactus In troo-forn abounds, We await more Information on this lnterosting subject, e—— SATURDAY Inst o steamar started from St Louls for New Orleans with n tow of barges earrying 20,545 bushels of ebrn, nul of whent 874 bushels, Freight on wheat eight and a Iinlf cents, and on corn oight cents, On the nextday, Bunday, Tho tow-bont 'Jay Qould and barger left horo with 241,000 bushels of bulk corn and H0,000 bushe els of bulk wheat, equal to 8,000 tups, fur Now Orleins, to bo_trunshipped thore for Eurove, ‘Tho tow-bont Future Clty nlso (eft for tie samo purt with four brries of bulk grain, but tho number of bushels cunnot be given. Another dispateh gives thesa additional particulars of the shipments of grain down the river: ‘The withdrawals of graln from clavators dur- Ing tho pust week for ehipient to New Orlenns by river, thenco to Kuropean ports. imount to 103558 bushels wheat, 7704 bushel 4iL503 bushels unts; total, 63,830 the opening of navigadon, Feb, 1t has been shipped from this olt. on foreign account |, 0 bushels of corn, 745,078 busbels of whent 7 Lushels af oats, nnd 22,428 bushels of rye,—an ageregute of 2,112« 7 hushels of grain, weighing 52,104 tons, "This has been taken down the river In tivelve tows, an averago of about 175,000 bitahols to a tow. Whille these heavy and steadily-Ineroasing shipments of grain to New Orleans are going on at cight eents n bushel from St. Lows, we nry regaled by reports from New York that Fluk has got hia trunk-line pool consoli- ddated, finmly patched up, In which the con- spirators bind themsclves not to carry a bustiel of grain from tho Mississippl River to tho Atlantie ports for less than four tihues the water rate to New Orleaus. Either they blindly tgnore the, new competition or they do not desire tho graln frelgnt of the Missis- sippl States excipt at rates that witl ba no longer pald by the shippers. Let us nsk Fink how much grain he expects to get on hls** paol” lines ab 45 or 48 cents pur 100 pounds from the Misslssippl River States In competition with tho river-barges which carry grain to New Orleans ab 13 cents per 100 pounds? As he considers his salary so- cure In any event, perhnps ho doesn’t care. Tho less glven tho trunk lines to carry tho less bother Fink will have in adjusting his per cents and dividing the plunder, s cors, and ushols, Sinvo Ir tho Republican Conventlon to-day shall come toa happy coneluslon 1n the nomina- tion of a candidate for Mnyor, 08 now seems probable, it will still have very serfous dutiss to perforin, The City Trensurer i3 a respon- sible offlcer. Hao has Jarge sums of wmoney in his keeping, and ling the sola disposition of tho balances on hand. Tho candldate must be & man who can get sntisfactory bondsuen In n large amount, and his persofinl char- neter must bo above reproach. Candl- dates tor Clty Treasurer liavo been defeated before now when the remainder of the ticket on which they ran was eclected. A notable Instunce oceurred when Clinton Briggs was clected, thougn the enndldate opposed to hius was supposed to hinve unusunl elements of strength. ‘The City-Attorney also has lm- portant duties to discnprgo. No mero fledgling fnwyer is fit for the plnce. ‘I'he salary Is 85,000, which Is, If not large, sufiielent, und 1t ought to securs n first- class man,—one who has fad large experi- ence In the Courts, and Is fit to defend tho cluy In the sults which areconstantly brought ngainstit, Thacity Is the blgeest’ corpora- tlon in this nelghborhood, and it ought to have ng good an attornoy as any otber corpo- ration. “I'he Convention should pay particu- larattention to theso offices, and nominate for them men who will add strength to the ticket. THE OITY OONVENTION TO-DAY, ‘The Republican City Convention wil meet at Farwell Hall this morning ot 10 o'clock. ‘Ihio delegates were chosen at the prhnaries yesterday. So far nas thelr preforunces are known, they nre divided ns follows ninoug the several candidates for Mayor: For John M. Clark... . For Josso fl’j‘mlllll‘fl For Jumes T, Rtnwii For Eugeno Cary. ‘There aro 213 dejegates in o full conven- tion, and 107 votes dro required to make a nowmination. Some of the votes credited to Mr, Clark ore rogarded ns a triflo uncertain, It 1a sald also that, In fmitation of tho despornto tactics adopted In the lute Presi- dentinl ennvass, the delegation from tha Third Ward will b6 contested. 1t will be seon that while Mr, Clurk hus o declded plurality, and probubly & mujority, ho has not o sufliciont number of pledged votes to nominate him by o clear majority oy tho first Lallot, Dut it Is presumed that enough of the uncertaln votes will o ta hilm to In- sure his nomination. 1la would boin all re- speets n sultable candidate, Whether Mr. Clark, or Mr, Spalding, or any other person shall be chosen by the Con- ventlon, the regult will be in no sense 8 per- sonal triumph, Neither should the fallure of any candidale to obtain the neml- natlon be consldered a personal loss or humliatlon. Tho great majority of the voters who went to tho primarles yes- terday wera not thore to advanco the private Interests of any men. They voted for dele- gates who, i thelr judgmont, wontd truly represont the Republlean party, and nomls nute candldates op its behalf that would de- volop the most strongth In the election and glvy tho city the best govermment, 1t 15 ex- tromoly shortslghted aud foollsh to Jook upon aconventionof thissort Inpuy other light than w consultation of Republicans to secura it possible an honest, econotnioal, and ctlicient administrution of city affairs, aud In so dolug to prowats tho welfaro of ths Lepubllean party, ‘The Conventlon to-dny has a grave duty to dischnrge. It hus to say whether tho Re- publicans of tuls elty shall bo represented by their best men; whether its nopinegs— not oply tho candldato for Mayor, but all the others—shall be of n charac- ter to usplre the confidence of the business community, and to attract the floating vote, aml whethor they wi)l, I electod, discharge thelr dutles ina way to satisfy the people who voted for thewm, It ls ensy to do all thess things, and 1t Is parhapy susfer to do gquite tho contrary, T'he Con- vention way nominate men who wiil be wenker eandidates on election-day than they seom to bo uow. Buch things have been donoe before. Thuy may satisfy all theclatus of locality, obtain a momentary triumvhover tival candidates and thelr friends, sud—fall to b elected, . ‘The dpproval of any candldate by the busl. nessqnen s a fuctor of. the greatest lwmpor- tunes In the eleotlon, [t eneries with It not only the Fotes of tinss who nominally repre- sent thess Inteyests, butthosa of thelr frionds, ussociutes, and employés,who voto with them beeatse alhhave the sune intarests, ‘The fn- fluenee which they properly exert can turn the seale i glmost oy eleetion. Hteanmake 110 al the diiferenc between o full votu uud o Itght vote; between early cloding and Iate closing én eleetion-day; betweon Hberal and seant cqutributions to the campalgn funds. We have never known an instance in which tho business community was thoroughly aroused In any loenl election of Iate years wlien they have not carrled tho day; we have known several when they wero not deeply Interested, and the Rewublican party was disnstronsly defented, It will ba a fatal mistake for the Conven- tion to-day to underrate tho strenath of Cartor Harrison, Hocan defoat any wenk candldate the Republican party can nomi- nate. Ilo ean bo defeated by any strong candidate. Butthe Republiedn eandidatowlll need to be o first-rato man, No socond-rato man whl do, No ‘one upoti whont the whole party enunot unite; ne ono who Inoks capacity for tho place; no one who is littie known, or who I8 In any way objectionable, can lope to do it. Such an one, if any thero bobefore the Conventlon, will save himselt and his party mortifieation by getting out of the way now, befora it {s too late, THE EXTRA BESSION AND REFUNDING. It will be conceded that the oniy legitl- mate reason for calling an oxtra sesslon of Congress, which is now said tg be deter- mined upon, Is the destrabllity that o Re- funding bilk shall be enacted to provido for the 5 per cent and 6 per cent bonds that be- come subject to call May L and July 1, ro- spectively, ‘I'iz TrinuNe has already con- slilered tho bad political nspeets of the pro- posed exira gession, and there are stronger indications that it will Lo politically hartful than that 1t will be politicully beneficial, 1t may nlso bo demonstrated, we think, that refunding mny be postponed till next fall with less loss to the Government than to fneur the cost of an oxtra sesslon with a donbtful result na to refunding, The 6 per cent bonds which becoma re- deemablo July 1 are as follows: Loan of July and Avgust, 1801 Loun of July, 1863 (1881s).. .. B7.787,00 TOtbiianiennenasons vrnns ssenss SURETLIG0 It is belloved that tho Becrgtary of the ‘Trensury will have amplo resotirces to take up nll these outstanding ¢ per cent bonds. I'he surplus revenue for tho next fiscal year, s estimated by Secretary Shermnn before o went out of office, and fully verlfied by tho "I'rensury ofticinls since Seoretary Windom eame Into oftjee, 1s something moro than §00,000,000, ‘The Scerotary has further the authority to sell $104,000,000 of 4 por cent ‘bonds under existing laws, Thure Is no rea- sonnble doubt of this, Secretary Sherman, in diseussing the refunding question in his last aunual report, and in contemplation of the tailuro of Congress to agres upun any bill to that end, sald: Undor oxlisting law, thero ara stl)l avalinble for this purposo 4 per ecu‘l; bonds authprized by the uets of July 13, 1850, and Jam, 20, 1871, to the amount of $10,432:20, ' Thoso could now be sold At s Inrge premiun, and, (1 the abuence of leglsla- tion, (L iwould be theduty of Lie Secretary, when an) lionda hecome redeemable, to sell tha 3 jer cania a)| apply the progeeda to the vedemptinn of awch bopdas, 1t is understond that the ‘I'rensury Depart- wment, s now organized, I8 ndvised on afl stdes, and Is under tho conviatlon, that it has the authorlty thus clalmed, If thero were any question of this tho same result might bo brought about by using 100 mitlions of the surplus in the Treasury for the redemption of the maturing bonds, and mnking the nmnount good by the sale of 100 millfons of 4 per cents; about tho right to sell 4 porconts for this purposa thore can be no question. “I'he 4 per cents can ho sold now at, say, 12, The fund, then, for the redomption of & por cents would be as follows: J$15,780.600 SIS FOVOUO. . oereves esS 0000000 A S T Iaag 7] TOAL . svveeraenrennre yoneere s o§200,600,000 In this way the avaMable resources of the Government are umplo fo retiro the d per cents, and thero wouid be only the S$469,- 051,000 of & per cents to be rafunded noxt fall, Meanwhilp the saving of luterest wonld be as follows: AT Ty ] Netsaving,..... s sonncene® 8,050,000 In all the discussions of the Fanding bill In Congress it was estipated that tho total saving of interest in any practigable refund- ing measure would be §12,000,000a yoar, Intho nbsence of n refunding measuroe §8,000,000 o year mny be saved, thus reduclng the extra charge upon the Govermmpent by reason of tho outstanding high-interest bondsto §4,000,~ 000; & purt of the latter can ho saved by the prowpt passage of o refunding bill at.tho rogular fall sesslon for the conversion of the & por cents, ‘The only question that should now bs con- sldered by the Administration s whether the possible saving of $4,000,000 duripg tho noxt year will warrant the cost and danger of an extrp session of Congress this spring. The notunl expenseof a Congressional sesslon {s not the only item that showld be counted on the other side, Congress will be so closely diyided, and the Democrats so stubbornly united on the possage of n coerctye bill, that it 1s & matter of doubt whethey;a fair and practicable funding schome cun be secured at an extra sesslon, following ao closely as It would upop tho bitter contestoypr the spme subjeot In the last Congress. If tho extra sesslon should lead to tho same agitatlon as that produced by the discussipy of the sub- Ject nt the Inte sesslon of Congress, it would cost the country several tlinesas much as could ultimntely be saved In jnterest upon the above showlnz, Moreover, it i3 not Hkely that the new Congress would adjourn with- out maturing some of - the mauny jobs that awalt legisiativo sanction, and in this way the saving of Interest might be iargely over- balaneed by ralds on tho Publie T'reasury. Viewed from the refunding project alone, the arguments are nll agalust tho calling of an oxtrn sossjon at this thno, » —— THE QUESTION OF VIADUGTS IN UHICAQO. ‘I'he power of the Clty of Chleago to lovy taxes for municipul purposes is limited to 3 per cent on the gross valuntion of property for taxpblo purposes, ‘The totyl smoynt of rovenue that can be collocted upder the pres- ent valuation and limitation is &9 ginall that tho strictest gconomy In' vxpepditures s necessary i order to avold a deficiency, Just st thia thne there comes a dewmand for approprintions for varfous viaducts over streets where pll travel is interdicted excovt upon the penalty of loss of Jife or Jimb from passjng rallway trolns, The city has been most Jiveral In Jts deglings with the rgiroads, and it hns afforded the rallways the privilege of Inylng down thelr tragks and moving thewr tralns Into the very heart of the city. In this respeet it has been more lboral than any other city In thiscountryor in Europs, 'These roads are permitted to eross gll tho publle trools at all hours of the day and uight, pro- pelled by ateam, andat any rate of speod they thlnk proper. ‘They cannut complaln of any waut of liberality on the purt of the elty, "The movemant of tralns apriving and departing, pussauger and froight, and of empty cars, is almost coutinuous, so that ns n wntier of gufety to thy public and conveplence to the rallroad companios vinducts or roadways over the strovt-crossings haye had to ho con- structed pt varlous polnts, ‘The pecessity for more of theso viaducts has bocome vl dent, and urgent ppplications fur thelr conr stryction propending buforethe Gity Councll, To coustruct thess viaduots, which are necd- ed at this thing, woyld exhaust nearly the entire pevenuo of the ¢lty under the 3 per cent liwmtution, Iu the course of u very brief time It will a9 DAY, MARCH ==y 1881—1TWELVE PAGES. bo mnecessary to eonstruct n vinduct over Kinzie street at ovory streot in the West - vision running nerthi and anothoer viaduet over Sixteenth strect at every streot In the West Diviston runniug south; othor viaduets n theWestand South Divistousare nawor will bo soon demanded. This conditlon of affalrs, present and future, produces the neeessity for Inquiring nat only as to who shall pay the coat of constructing theso viaduets, but also the cost of rupalring, maintaining, and renewing them, 1t Is pretty clearly established that nll the allronds entering the city sinco 1873 have done g0 under the obligation tmposed by tho ¢lty ordinanos of that year, to ereet sueh vin- ducts nt streot-crossings when thereunto re- quired by the City Councll. Long prior to that dato nll rallronds crossing stroets on cithor side of the river wera compelled, as & conditlon to thewr crossing the streety, to bulld all viaduets and tho npproaches to tho snmo over all bridged streots. In the city chartor of n datu ns far back na 1863, and prior thereto, It was provided nmong the powers of the City Council: To regylatn androbibit the useof locomotiva ongines within the city, and_to requive raflrond cenra to ho propelled by othor power than that of atonm: to direor and contral the location of railroud trackss and to requiro ralirowd com- panies (o construct at thelr wwn erpense auch Fiidyes, tunueds, vy ollier convenlences at pubilic ruilrod crossings s the Common Counctl may deem neccasaryy, That 1s the plenary power granted to the city by the State Leglslature, and that grant ot power Is still in furee. Under that law the city has puthority to compel the railrond companios to bulld brldges ovor their tracks and any other convenlences for thesafety and convenience of the publle at nll streot crossings, and those bridgoes or vinducts must bo constructed by the rallway companles ut tholr own expense. The City Couyell Is at this time consider- ing the propriety of appropriating the money necessary to construct n number of these viaducts, when In fact there is no money avallable for that purpose now In the ‘I'rens- ury, nor Is thore any likelthaod of thera being sufliclent funds for that purpoese for years to eome, The quustion whether the viaducts nre needed 14 no longer an open one; that is coneeded on all hands, But tho question ns to who shall bear the cost of construction, while equally clene 83 to the legal respousi- Dllity, I met by the refusal of the raifwny companies to comply with that obilgntion. The railway companies refuse evento keep In repalr and maintain thoso viaducts which have already boen constructed, donying that the obligatlon to construet n romd carrles with it any obligation to kecp that rondway in repair and 1n snfe condivon. Another question, of no trifling Impor- tance to the city, Is now presented by a re- cent declsion of tha Bupreme Court of this State. Under past arrangements, tho city bears the cost, when a visduet has been bullt, of ralsing the bulldings on the adjoin- ing land to the new grado fixed by the vin- duct and its appropches. A nan namod Rignoy hns sued the nity for damnges result- ing to hls Iand beeause of this change of grade, and the Supreme Court, overruling both the Appellate and Clrcult Courts, hns declded that he Is entitled to such damages. As the construetion of a viaduct and its ap- pronches Involves & change of grude uffect- ing a great many lots in varlous direc- tlons in the mnelghborhond of the Im- provement, the ‘Councll cannot, if this declsfon shall stand, even order the conssruction of @ viaduct ywithout first obtalning o rolenso from the owners of all the property in that locallty In tho loast affected by the chonge of grade, or nssuming payment of all tho dnmages to which, under this deetsion, the property-owners may be- come entitled, As it Js not Jikely that the property-ownuers will grant any suchrelenses, tho possibillty I3 that in many cnses tho re- snltant dwmages will equnl the cost of the viaducts, Under such elreumstances, the Counchl had bettorfict cautlously in orderlng new yladucts; but jt should direct that m- medinte steps should be taken by the law officers of the clty to test the labllity of the milway companles crossing the streets of the city not only to copatruct at thelr own cost viaducts whorover thoy may be required, but ajse to maintaly thom aftor constyutlon. When that questionshall bo determined dofis nitly it will ba In order to go on with the cou- struction of theso(Smprovements, or iake other stopswhich will regulate tho use of street-crossings by railways so that the public may have somarights upon the publio high- ways, er—— Colored Population pf the Unitod States. ‘Tho followlng tabls shows the cplored -yopulntion of each of the States and Taorrltorlos in 170 and In 1880, tho increaso in ten yours, and the porcontage of inaronss: Bl BodpptEEhEl Tho States having the jargoat colosed popuiss tion ranked s follows fu 1850, 1870, and 1560 " 1850, | 18701860, 1 1 2 H E 1 Uy 4 4 4 b 13 8| # 4 [l [} [] al b 3 ¥ 8 3 .9 0 10 100 W) Y nl w13 Bouou b1 Y 12 W oul ou In the lust decado Alsbuma bas fallun bohind Misstssippl and Bouth Caroling In colored popu- laton, Texns has gano abead of Kentyeky, sud Arknnsus of Marylsnd, Tho Nortbern Btates rank as follows In point of colored popus Iatunt (1) Penusylvania, () Oblo, (3) New, York, (§) Tinots, () Kunsas. ' Tho Boughern exodus to the Inst-nuied Btata must buye beon grestly oxaggersted, s it has waiyod but 26,000 fu tou romarkablo fact that whilo tho fncreasd Of the colured populution In th lust ten youry baa beon 85 per cont, that of the white pupulas tion bas boon unly 29 por cont. The Americyn Hog In Austriu, 'The great and kood Baron Haywerle, who steppod futo Andrussy’s shoes, scomi also to bave been atiapked by *bogophubin," But wo shoply pat be surprised et this. Il tho awoet- sognted couptior 10 whom tho boudolr and the violet and cwur-de-roso smelling-bottles are nocessities of Iifo, has besu stirred up ousof i3 dolce far nients by thae Awerlean hog. Trichl- w by tho milllards; bog-cbolern ju the West and Northweat af Amerien; American slaugh- tering-houses, whore tho carcnsacs of diseasod hogauro packed and sent nll over the world, with nll thelr bl oders, have disturbed his droams. Hut Germany and France huvo shown him how to treat the Amerlean hog nnd to koep it out of tho country. Ilo snid to Germany and France: * Jeh aeisgrieashet anir dia Tife, v et Bunde der Dritte, and asited his adiet, prohibiting the Importation of Amurlean iog meats, alilo bucon, lard, and sausnge. 1€ Mr. Huyinorlo atoitld bo eatied upon tosdny to givo n sound and solid ronson for his hog ediet, be wgnld, afteralittle rotlcotion, bo forced to adimit that tie hna been Aghting wind- milta, Auatrli, but particularly the City of Viennn, ix suppiled with the choicest and fattest of live pork by Hungary, but chiolly by Bervio, Thousands upon thousands of hoygs are drivon from all pacts of Eervia, Hosnln, and Northe woat Dulgarla into the City of Nelerade. Thoro thoy aro placed on bonrd the stonmors nnit enrrled up the Danubw to Vienna and inter- modinta points, Thousands upon thousands are nlso dreiven throwtsh the Hungarion pralvies (pustas) towards nab and otbbr places, whore thoy arc sold to buichers ond consumers. Amerlean hog ments cannot compoto with the chonp hog products of Borvin, oto., brought to markat atso low cost of transportation, while the former havo to Lo shippod trom Chicago to New York; frum New York to Hminburg, and thenen, per steamer, up tho Iiver EBite Into Ilohemia, ve by the Bazony 1laillway to Vienna, But Amerlean tard cun ocesslonnlly compelo withthe Servian, Bosnfan and lungarian prod- ueta and ol eat eauaa belll. On tho 2th of Fobruary lnst the Burgomaster of Pesth deelnred that the municlpal authori- ties regurded It to bo thoir duty to call the at- tentlon of the Minlster of Commerceo to tho fnot that the presenee of trichime in Amerleun bug- weats und lard (1) had beon demonstrated, and that importation of these productsinto the mon- archy shonld bo interdictod us speedily na possi- ble, "Here 18 the nlgier on tho fenco. Whila that Burgomuster probubly has tieysr seen o pound of Ameriean hog moat in Pesth, he may huve seen some Amerlean lard there. Tho fenr of American competition In Igrd may, thore- fare,bo nt tho hottom of Buron Maymerle's wdiot; §f it (8 not that, then it can only bo A Je- slro on his part to givo tho hasty and Incon- slderato motfon of Qermany und Franoo an Austrlun indorsoment. But to stato that Amerienn or any otbor lard can contain triehl- muafter it bas boen rondered under a terrifia heat Is worthy of thut Austrian functionary at Testh, Homightas woll sny that he jumped futo a Chicagoe vendering vat, brim full with | seething lard, and atlll kopt all bis flesh on his Lonies und was {n oxcollent heplth, Only nn fdiot of the first wator can maintain that trichinw can be found In lard coming from Amerlen or any other country. And what onu Amerlea do nguinat such stupldity? The lextalionls would soci to Lo an excolleut remedy. I the exton- slvo Importation of barrel-staves from Trieste, also tue importation of Hungarinn and Austrinn wines, nlso of Vienna nickuncks, was Inter- dicted, Mr. Haymerlo would svon play on differ- ontstrings. Only u short timo ngo tha French Benate adopted n new tarlit whioh totally forblds the hinportution of tulfun cattle into Frunce. The mnttor was tigcussed in tho itallan Councll, and Minlster Culroll declured that he uid not bollevo in the exccution of that provision in the French tarl@ on the part of that overnment. 1f1t was to be oxcouted, he would know how {o protect tho beat intorests of the country in the proper wannor. It should Lo etoted hers that Fruuce recolves {mmense amoupts of raw sllk from Italy, and §t an export duty was levied upon that article, France would suffer feartully, The French Governmentgeems to understund tho situation, and the Paris Cabinet hus now declared that the remonstranges of the Itallan Government huvo beun favorybly congldered,—l. ¢., that the prohibition of tho im- port of Inallan eattlo Is {mpracticable. 1f Mr. Bialne wopld put his loot down us Prihly na Minlster Calroll did on tho part of [taty, the Amerlenn hog would bo less disturbed In France und Austrla, e e———— ‘Ises world 18 used to listemng oconsion nlly to Victor Hugo's high-flying orntory. DBut tho following with which ke asfonished tho Munlcipal Council of Parls whioh camo to con- gratulate thp old gentieman pn bis 80th birth- any, caps tho plimux of all his former etforts, My, Hugo enld: 1 groot Purls. T great tho immonso oity, 1 do not greet iLalmply ju- my namo, beeauso [am nothing, but In"the pame of all that lives, Judyos, thinks, loves, and bopes on this muns dape sphpre. Citioa ase Iplucu for meray und l)lucuu for divine Jubor, Hymnn Jubor f2 divine lwbor, Lubor remnina human us lang ya it stundy isoluted, but ns soon us lubor beoowes collected inono greuat place, A8 Boon 03 the oblect of Iabor {8 greater thun tho Juborer himself, ubor becomes diving, Lubor in the feldsig uman, the lubor in citles is divine. From time 1o time history plnces its mark upon a city, His- to thug marked threa oitivs durlig 4,000 ; these threo cities ean ¢lnim ull tho work or clvilization, Whout Athons wus for anclent Greoce, ltomo for theauciont Romun impire, 18 Paris to-duy for Burope, for Amieriea, for tho olvilizad world, Whoever adidresso Limaclf to Parls, hufnldmslou the wholg world, uri et arif ! flut 1) ‘the hupiblo wad madest passer-by, who ull}n)a only shyre of tho rights und privilegus of thom gll, In the name of tho oltivs; of ail tho oities; of tho oitics of Burope and Americs and the whole civilizod world from Athens to New York, und from_London Lo Mos- cow,—und In thofr nome, O Rorlin,—worshin gml: l‘uvu and hull with nifootion tha holy City of wrls, In tho Innguago of a Celtic writer. ** this bangs Banngher, and they do sny that Banoghor bangs tho dlvill" e —— g London Pall Mall Gazette of Batur- day Js strongly of opinlon that way will break out hetweon (roogo und Tyrkoy, Itstatos the cuso us follows: ‘Tho nows from tho Baxt js ominous of war. Cruoto {8 the maximum wh}ch tho Tyrka offer to cede. Tho cosalon of Crofe ahd Thossaly is the minimun which the Powers wilf nccept, Unlond means cun be found to bring the ‘mininum nenror the maximum tho Greoks will cross tha fronticr, and a war wil begin, whinh inay not clozn until 1t has eproud fur boyopd the limita of the Ottomnn Fmplre. It the Pawers, oven at the cluventh hour, \{nuld noy with dectsjon, war wotlld not begln, If wae begiu, it will be bovause purmlission for it bus been given by ono or nore Powers to whoso refusal, however digs gulsed, 1o partieipate in tho collective uction of tho apncert, the war will ba due, In tho fuga of tho grave possibilities of 5 gunuml war rosuite ni from guy serlous disturbuugy of the poacy n the Eust, wo nced wot, ovep pow, absalutoly despair of the adoption of "llfi‘mu! menauras which alune ean provent war Letween Greoco and Turkey, Tho Powora can scoure pedco by necopting the Porte's olfor of Croty, and onfors ofng, If noed bo. by th dispaton of Jrovotuds to Pincus, its accopianco by Gracae; or thoy can dofine tholr uwn houndary ine, nad, by Imser- utive pounsels st Constanthjople, enfurced, i¢ nood bo, Ly fho digpatel of frateiads to {ho Hosphorus, sccurp its cpssion by tho Sultan, Thero 18 no third way of preventing war. Tha rosponulbjlity for the fnliurg to mdopt one or thoothur of thowo methods will nat lio ut tho door of England. Whito any opportunity ro- mnlus of combined ond soligetive antion for tho urclor\'ntlm‘ of pence, Lurd &runyllle and My, oschep will pot intopiplt thalr exortions to sooury its udoption. WinLe In Russla, Germnny, ete. the erowued houds nro tromhling In fear ot nitro« Rlycerine hand-grenades, the faitllegs lovers and roués in tho French Hopublio are trombling in thetr boots In feur of attacka upon thelr pore suns with‘bottjes fuil of su)phuric acld thrown by tho deserted viopims of thairjusy, Blnou tho beginniog of tho yvar uo Jess than vightopn at- funks of thissort have boen made (v Francs by women upon tholr saducers sud decelvers, Tho latest victim is Capt, Villiors, of tha Fronch army, who wis buptizod with a quart bottlo full of the lquid while sitting In the thoatre at Niee in Joompany of twy |udlos, Miss Laurg Hoywau sod the Countess Palgeo. Tho latter, known under the _sobriquur *The Black Countess,” {4 the pulgning bolle of the elty. Bath lodles wora attived fu low-neck dresses, and unfortunately the groater portion ot tha torribly destroying sold waa ppilled aver tholr busts, whilo Count Yiiliere saved bis eyas slght by buldiug both urine beforp hi face. lu their aguny both ludics soreamed for water, which croated the bellef among the donscly- paoked orowd ot visitors that the theutre was on iro. A torrible panio wus tha consequonce, but ordor was yaop yestored, When the poor vietiny 0f tho Count's faltlesposy was urpoatod sho 0X« clutioed, *Aly child 1§ puyonged!” T ————rs 1y consequence of the terrible accldent whioh hupponod at Munloh, Bavaria, during o’ masquernde bull n few wooks nyo, wheroby niny young studenta and artisie wero literully burned to death, thejr costumoy having cuught tire, tha well-known chamiet, Dr. Zlurck, of Muyplch, writes the fullgwina: Publlo interost spoms 1o domand that man- agory of theutreg pud masquerado balls shoul b compelled to 800 101t Wiat 0l costuwmes use duriug perfopmances, which are ade of vory ||xlt«|:inmnhlndm»t|,:5= -.'uueb ‘k. ynm‘a. nol:unfl wei 1d Wudding-1ow, Qukun, eic. Aoyl Beat i, “ihrtod S Witk CSbeh" Sittanoss ue whl provest thelr tou ewsy guie A8 _a chonp and simple article, Rnd of cnsy ACCOss to evory ong, which will neenmplfsh tho purpose, and which at tho #nmao time will not injurc the colors or good looks of tho toxtlios, I can secommend o sofi- o of twa and w half ounces of anlphate of wummonia in ono quart of water, The uso of stireh with this solution docs nat Impair the oflis ency of the Iatter, Unrmenta thus ateeped and anttruted eannot ba ignited elther by s burning clgar or a inRtoh, Tho costumes of these yonhg men conalated chitofly of tow, ilud this inthum- mable materinl first boun Ilel.‘llml in n solution ‘of mulphnta of minmonis, nine hopoful lives would huvo beon savod. e t——— OSE of the most recent and singular manl- fostattons of unlquo scolal cnorgy Is found fn tho Tortution at Parisof a Post-Mortom Examl- untion Socloty, whose membors pledge thomne selves to utilizo thoir boilos nfter death * for tha profit of tho sctontific fdan " by teaving them to the anthropotogical Inboratory for cxnininas tlon, disscotion, or whatover othor purposes may #eum Nt Tho rositts of tho pust-mortom will bo drawn up nt tho lowest prigo for tho family of tho decensed. Kvery membor I8 expooiod to pay five francs nnnually, i return for which hls autopay whl be pecformed freo of clinrga, provided bie dies In Paris, Tho prima object of tho Boclety 18 to Jucroase tho valuo of post- inortemn oxuminations by offoring subjects whoso chumtotor afid porsonality aro knawn to tho operator. It Is supposed that this knowludgy will be especially sorvicenble in reapeot to pur- sons who dle of brin dizeare, e ———— 2 T8 is what Yennor, the Canadian weather prophut, predicted rogardiog the lute storm: St. Patrick's Day will nrrlve during the cold anap in Ontario pud Quobee and the P'nrlhl-'rn Btates, whilo rain, snow, and sloct will provail southward os far us Washington, and snow and rain will fall {n the Canudinn m[xrlflmu prov- inces, With tho beginning of tue third wook of this month general snowfalts froin tho lower provinees westward to Chicago are likely to prevai), ‘Thoy will bo sucoceded by mild and apringlike weather, with indications of min and Anow, whilo heavy Faln-storma will probably sot in In tho lower provinces of the Uniterl States, Durlng tho lust week hanvy raing will provall througnout Canada, with o vrobiabie snowrall in the dircetion af St. Logla and unstorly gales in tho Uuir of Bt. Lnwreice. P e——— Tuz men employod at Krupp’s manufac- tory aro working night and day In supplylng orders for lurge guns from abroad. Roumanin has ordored 100; Greeeo, 005 Bwedon, 50: Holland, 120, and Italy, 400. In tho presenco of fucts Jlko these it 1s a littlo diffleult to parecive from which directiontho millennlim Isnpproach- ne. It looks vory much as If tho bipst of wur's great organ would shako tho skies forn con- siderable thme to come, unloss, Indeod, tho pinnots ure really engaged n the menan dosigns against tho unlverse with which somo pouple diseredit thon, ——————— PERSONALS. . Senntor Mahono scems to be a biger man thnn old Hill. O +3% “1 sco that ox-President Grapt’s friends havo raised §20,000 for him, My nddress ls Fro« wont, 0."—R. I, Hayes, ; Rich men's naughters shonld not forget that the season for them to ryn away with tho coachman 18 rapldly approachity, “People say I nm f confirned officeseeker. T wish Lwas, but tho Senute doesn’t ¢eem to con- Orm worth a cont.”—Stanley Matthews, * Luln Rafferty "—Yes, sotifiz Is the most beautiful sauson of the year, Buse-ball pluyers bogin smashing tholr fingers k tho spring. We haye received o poom entitled “I A with thio Old Folks Yet.”” 1f the authar i in tho habit of reading his productions at homo the old folks have our slngero sympathy, A Detrolt paper says that * Our baseball club will hegin practicing in about two weeks." ‘Tho other ctubs wiit begin practicing on the Do- trolt tewm as soon ns tho senson opons, “(one Away” is the title of n-recently- published poem by Tennyson. Thix 18 cheerlug. 1t tho othor hards will unly follow Alf, tho win- tor will not sovin so cheerless, ufter all. A correspondent wants to know if sharks will attuck a hwman boing. By golug ovar to the Board of Teade somo day and taking a hand in tho whont-deal tho gentloman can find out for nimseif, i The number of immigrantsarriving at New York during the month of Fevruary was smaller than hns been known for years. This oxplanas ton of the recont fulling off in the Hepald's od- {torial polumns is pepfectly sutlsfactory, # I would soomor be right.than Prestdent,” was tho noble sentimeut of one of tho greatest mon thls coyntry ever produded, “1 would sooner be loft than Czar, In fact, almost any Job wold bo profurable to Aleck’s just now,"'— 8. 4. Tildan, 0, tho snow, tha boautifiil snow, ‘Why on enrth don't it over go? Bluaby, Mushy, { Btopplog the cars, Making brisk trado for tho downr-fown burs Causiug young wives all alono to remals, Leautitul snow, can't you turn nto rafn? The late Lord Willlam Lexnnox' Is sald to haye been the lost puryiyor of those who wit- nosxed tho oxciting scono ab the Duchess of Riphmond's batl at HBrusgals, Lord Willigm's fothor, than Duko of Klohmond, wag eskod by Wellingtan far a tnap, and took him intoan outer roam to show him ope, There the grent Captatn, after staidy ng It somo moments, mudo p suddon mark with his thumb-nall, snying, * L shall fght bim there!" The mapwith tho muark has, of course, beon reverently presorved. —————— PUBLIC OPINION. Now York Herajd (Ind.): The pien of the South ypan whom we rely for reconstruction in p large squee arn those who bave boen In the. army. The Bourbous come from o class who only kuow the War through tho passions of his- tory ana fradition. Mon who, like Bonator Ma- hone, have -followed tho fing of Lee from tho beginuing to the end, knowlng what war Is, who have folt tho steal of tholr oppoucnts, nre tho men {p rebulld and deyolop the Bouth, Gath In Clnelnunti Enqutlrer: McMahon was telling mo n_queor story about the cole- brated Benator Mahone, SfeMabon s n Now York politictan of tho Tummany conticction, Who was Chlef of Btaflf to John Sengwick, o 8AYS that pLout a your aftor tho War bn went down to Richtmond, when it wae stil} under somi-military govornment, to disluter his brothor's budy ut Conl Hurbor, and send it for burmi to New York, llo succoedud §n un ambulapce, sad, loaying It beturo a snlvon, found it hud disnppearod when he cume out, Ho wus told that thuro was a military-munlofpal ordjnanoa 1o take hp @ orat and, wugon found before n bursroom; ‘Iu I tiluu dudgeon he wout to suo the Provest-Marsbul, who threw n’anrmnnmuud lilj, and turned out 10 be an old BIxth Corps unn, * What dld you meun by tuklng my buse and nmbulapcu said Mo Mahop, shakiug tho othor off, ** Why, Gad bless ) wnl.finu.na nlphmrln the wimbulanve sald ft bolonged to Geo. Mahono, and wa' thuught hat it was that infornal Reliel who fouutit ue down hero aud ut Petorsburg qnd Portsinouthiy 80 we Juat sent the whole rly, on hla aocount, up to the bull-pen,*” Now Orleans Demoorat (Bourbon): ‘there seems to be no doubt that tho Domocrats have lust control of the United Btutes Benate. This result has been brought about by ong of the moat oxtraordinary and amuzing acts of party troachory on the purt of a publio man that has ovurbaon witucssed fu this or kny otkor couns try. Little * Blily Manonc,” 84 he is famlliarly callod, as wanting in maruls aa ho Is deticient In physical atatury, deal (a tho ploudings of hopar &pd degd to oyory pontimant of decopey end sejf-respocly makes A shamorul compact with “ha enemics of his Btuto aid people, sncrltices {8 priticiplos, ana strikes & dendly blow at tho ol A ity Bift fuden Witk hooty, fnto tho ranks of the 1ludicats, 1t 6 o bumill ating spuctacle, and myst causa ovury mun who loves hogor, uvory mun whq adnireg true mans bood, overy man wWho luves grund old \’Inrll“u (thu mother of hervos and o atesmun, and tho vary fuuntalu of virtue) to biush far tho indl- vidiul that adverse cirpumatances wnd the erucl frony of fate permita to parade bimselt before tho world as a meuator from Virginla. Richmond (Va.) dispateh to New York Her ald: The leadjusters—ull ot them that have been soon—~are ploused with Mahone's débus In tho Bonutw, Thoy sy ha was slactod Lo hulp ro~ Rdjustuient and to dumaye fundeeism, and, as far as heard from, they rejolce that ho bus the pluck and ability to do whut they futrusted to him, Tohuye taken tho seat of Withers, they say, as 4 sort 0f Withors 11. woull bave been Enlns aver to rlw Bourbau Funders, aund would Uve Plln’ culy Inta the unnun af the mrips sack Hupublican Fuoders, and would huve been baso trouchery o the lHoadjustors. nvnt Houd) reaid of Mahone to-days ary prouder thun ovor of our xrout leader, and copaider tat b covered blmsall with glory a tbe Bunelm in iy rm:mlllwr with Hill, the dirty work af Bourbonivm buing gesigned to that \lm- Htical erncker, who In Georgla, bs well ax jn tho Benuto, 1s lovkod upon u u loud-mouthed dew- \ tho worst doscription, The nitnck," he wis menn, brae, and falsg, Tnotia opinlon ot all purtlas. 19, "ty Slpa0: crmo utf viatar fu tho Gnut, Matiane has lono has IVOR new enroest of his. great oy terday tool 1 utep that wii loud nim TS {30 tothe highe ;-;UmeHun nmong iliustrious citizons of Am’{-r. Des Moines (In,) State Register (Repy: A Democratle pnper. to show Ita fgnorance, puyos *Benator Mabill, tho new Sanstor, Is an ardy ry mun of ordinary recard, {imited (’ducllllna. and, shrowd oaly s a professionnl pollifely, That fellow could hardiy havo bit wider of [ mark. TForJudgo MeDIl fs n man n(lupurl?:l; and finished cduention, end bosldes betng nn ne. compiishod English acholar, 18 n mastor of seva ural uther.lRngungos,~reading and wrjting the Pronch liko n uative tolt. fle [ also ns familig in tha daloncod ns ho i 1n iitorature and histor, x And ho nliraya was n aloso studont 1n govers! meint aind genor cconomy: - Tnstond o ocel: professional politician bo s nothing of . g5 and hnrdly hin onoukh r KGO, le.an politics go, 1o hold vvon with the b i Ny nmount of fellows who never expect (n'{." it the United Stalrs Senate, or in the Statg Seqe W10 CIUGF, “Cillh TN 1 Ton nahip eauois begls thin bw cin, and celipse hin 1n . conty. doean't like thut surt of thing, and don't lie 1S wark well enousth to attend to'1t 1 o did, 1.0 stead hin strenytis 18 1l shoor strangtly, ang ra huan yreat resorve of it which vever bng b"a enfled oug yot. Ho will make n soclul Rengyo Infts ':xc:: fosc, us o’ hng n!uenumrm tamily, nlined mun's chineuna of life ut its best, '+ 1o o0 Intelliveai New York Times (Rep.): A ear-load of petroloumn s earried from Pitteburg 1o Bacra. mento for $310.25, but has to poy §733.59 1€ toge nt Duttlo Mountatn, in Nevada, the excess Lei, the local rate back from Sacramento, \\';-mm..i coal is enrrled through Rteno to San Fr o anch 20 miles furthier on, for $0 0 ton, 1€ o1t o Rteno $14 18 charged, Instances aro given of tho crushing of Industrios which showed tholr hieads to mengco tho Interests of tho railroad come pany, Limostone s used In the reduction of nres. Thore was formorly At extortionats chinrgo for Lringing It from Callfornly, A dos postt was found o fuw miles from Virginia City, but no suoner wus a bogluniug mado In the working of it thun tho rilroud rates went dowg Ao that tho Californla article undersold that of Nevadn, and the new enterpriso wis_rulned Tho muchine-shons of Guld Hill and Virginia City eould casily supply imuchiners to Eustern Nuovada and Utab, if thoy conid obfnin transpar. tutlon ag ropsonaeblo rites, but tho raflmad charyges $200 4 enr-toad wiore from Heno to Utay than froi Ban Franelseo to tho kutito point, and the Novida business is provontod from develop. m[‘. Bo it I3 that the Central Pacific rules thp Industries of o soverclgn State witha tul of fron., 1t charges what it will for lueal freights, muud it §6 sbinpwis that tho patesfrom Sucramento nro barely low eupugh to provent eompetition Ly puck mules and nx tewns, and [t makes out- ritgoous disoriminations, eitlior Tor the purpogo ot fostering nmm#n bualugss or inaking up by tribute lald upop Novadn for ll‘fl daliciencies in its receipts on businuss subjeet to competition, Vieksbnrg Herald (Ind.): Any man who enn assert that Mr. Muhone wan elected ns a Domocrat to tho United Stutes Sennte can suy wore than ho ean prove. He was certainly etected n8 an Indepondent,—that is, ho way cleoted tren to act with either party. Asa mate wotting | tar of bistury, during tho cunvues he did natcal himaeif & Demoerat. Tha party In Viegioly whieh be opposed called Rself the Democratle party, and denouncisd Mahono ns n rondjusting Rupubllean. Thonowspapers opposed to him constuntly resertod that ho was o Republican, and there cun bo no doudtwhatever that ho owes hia election to Republiein support Leforo ¢ poopiownd it thi Vinglula Lmiatare 1t & eyond dispute that Mr. Huntor und other ond Demtocrits wers turned out by 3r. Mahune's purty to muke room fur Repube licans, aud, in gome Instanees, for eolored Hos rnhllcnns. The cuntest botweon tho Democrati party'of Virginld and Mr, Mabono's purty bag raruly been equitled in this conntry for earnoste neas and bitteeness. We aresure the Dimocents and Republicinbs have navor surpassed |t in thg respect anywhore. It W fresh in tho m-urlu‘o ininds that distingulshed men of the rigne fame Ity wero ready to tnko onch tho mhur‘n 1ile on account of party hostitity, It is foll It cliim that Me, Muhone ‘was olected na-a Democrat, oud that he awes nlleglunen Yo the Damucratle lum)'. Tustead of the Democratle naviy sending 1im to tho Sepute, 1L gld everything it could to lln‘vunt his ullw. 1£ Aleorn shunld go befory ho peoplo of Misslagippl this yansr on tha sam {ssyo Miyhono made,—nuinelya free olectlon ant n fpir vount, and any othor Ineal Isiuas that might Le mada,—and sccure his election to tho Honute ns Mr, Lamnr's successor, Stnutor Hill would have Just s inuch right to clajm hin nss Dumoerat sd be hia to olnin Muhoue, New York Journai of Comiperee {Dem.)s Much has been pald about tho prayision of the Inte Funding blll deglgued tp provent the Nas tlonul bunkg from playing fast aud looso with tho curreney, Tho luw et stands pormits any institution baviug o cireulution socured by the deposit of bonds to pluce in tho Treasury a sum io lexal-tonders equivalent to its on issucs, and thus withdraw Its bonds, leaving the Goyerns moent to plek up the gutstandivyg Liunk-biils and to eancol them as they come Into 1ts’pussession. Tho objeot of this peanodating provision wi to enablon bank to closg Jte Lusinoes without the loug, tedious dolay incldent to the recalling OF 1ta awn notes from thelr wideepraad distrls butlon throughout tho euunu{'. Thore would be no ubjestion to continuing this »{Ivllefle 10 nsplvent. bunks ar those which dosired retire altogethor from tustuess; but withou 8oine turthur wafeguurd 1t opened tho dvor fur u rendy mothod of manipulatiug sho market for tho were purposss ot apeoitintion. The wunagors of & aymber of tunks, by coliperas tion, cuuld draw QuE of the tmurket wuy day myny wiilions pf currpney and deposit this sum fntho Public Treasury ihy ckehunge for thoiy bonds, thus creating i stringeqcy fugt might ine volvo thousauds ot lnnocent persons In serious 1oas, if not nbsolute ruin, * When the objuct of tho stringoncy bad been aecomplished the bonds ¢unld bie roturnod and the old relntlons renowed withoyt cost to thy aperatprs, ‘Tho design of 1ho propospd chianga was totuko uway this poier from the buuks und wilow g:em ta pay only fnto tho Treysnry tholr owp billa In rodemption af tholr deposit” of bonds, All changes In the volume of the circulusion would thusbe gradusl and the spasmodlp rulds be provented. Thi nepd of such & wiso ravision of the law is vividly Hlluatratod In the sfcot produced by tho course of tho bunks durlug the lnst two weuke, whea ten or Hifteen millions uf Qurrency wero wud- duply withdruwn from pircnlation in threp of four dnys, 'fhoso who favorgd the fundiny maasuro wore willing ta aliow the old provigiol toapply 1o banke closiug thpir busine Lut oro wisuly disposed fo restrain thoso banking nstitutions captiniing thulrun?nrutu existence Irrlm oxerelsing such unhmited ppwor ovire 1he yolumg of the curroncy. Now York Herald: Itis one of thn bast ovidences of a hoalthful political condition that tho now Administyation {8 not tropbled about that dreary boro, & “Bouthern poliey,” Presi dont Garield 18 not asked whpt his Bouthorn potley 18 galng to be; tho countyy I8 got curluuy #hiout a Southiorn polioy; oven the oager polly ticlans who o long ericd out for this, that, of tho other Bouthern polley, have uo further anxloty ubout i, In fact, there fn no Southern pulicy any lungor. The country has got so far along, thunk Heaven aod the common sonsa of tha Awmeripan people, that tho new Adminlstras 1100 (4 oalledon to have only vna polloy for the wholo ocountry, Nothing ls galned to the country or tq eithor party by a difforent course, @s the ‘ pxporlments made bY Mr. Hoves nbundanly prove, . Nr, Hoyet Imnz(llud that be could galn something—we scarcely know what, and_ be, probubly, scgrcely kriow what—by turning bonest angd capuble Re< publioans ont of offiea i the Bolithoern Stat and patting Democrats in theirplages, Hut thi palioy guined nothing uither for wlmeelf, or bt party, ur tha publiv gervico, Mr. lluyes ulsd ntor kept tn ollicu 1o the Bouthern Htatas & Urgo llum[:qrvf men without either churacter or flineas, but this part of his Bouthern policy wa# not experimental, It wusstwply nls way o [flwurdm:. WL Tbe public expenss, palitical serys o of m base aud degrading kind; bo g.mn- debits in this way 10 thy politivut gawblers who had oiped bim Into tha White House, knd whoss demands and threuts of vxposure bo hud not {08 courugu to testst. Presidont Gardold Bas nu such obllgutions, Tho now Admine isteation has comoe In with s clean bill uf “huaith, to spouk, [L bLue no dis- roputiblp’ debls fo pay, “The more rudical & Southern Hepublican bis besn "i" smory cerial ho will bu of tavor at the White House, provi ulso that ho bay boen boneat and rospootable— whenovor this iz ustablished tho Bouthery Wiok of the Hopublicau purfy, which purllllfd updur, the mismanagumont of Ar. Tluyos, witl revive, d will becatue at boeo a formidablo foree; o fix;nunon 10 thin pollay, which will haye the support of bly papty every waere, Presidout Gure tield wiil bo able tv'du whint wo Loliova lies very nuyr hila hoart,—brosk up the "Bclid Buutd aud destroy seationalsin In our yolitics, Tua uth §8 ripe for ¢ return to @ normal conditon of par(los, Ly almost ull the Brates the bumos oruts uro divided into lactions uluurlflpffl"" eiob other, but buho{lu Leld under tho Lemen crutio buniner by the faol that fu slmott avery tate Mr. Hayea' political ~appoluby Luonts wore & mixturo of Demograta, who of courgo, remainod with therr ety o d dlsrep> ytablo' Republicans whose holulng of fmportakt and inlluentinl places vaund Tespoctauly aitis zons from tne Rupublican organizatos. [0 fuct, it it bud been the prime vbject ol llf- Huyos to weakon bis party, aud by dopriviog i entiroly of Southorn support Lo ouse its defuity be could not bave tukini @ wore efdective coune wmaum uegesyon o Prosident Gustipld, 85 on the were rumar aud genentl belict that be will pursue lilu u?:poqu af the Haycs poliov, W seo u revival of ftupublican urguuizations 1o many Bouthery Stutuag sad {F 18 oto of the mo’t {ispurtant dutios of tho Prosident, pat merely tw s purty m\: to Luu eountry, a #iye prupes direciion 10 this meveaent by giving i o utuble feadors in tho Foduiul odivers By 18 uppolut, .