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L8ida, Varlety — ¥ ", SOCIETY MEETINGS. Bk SOSTAN LORSR N A 850 b o st Toartant bisineses 1618 . . Very I Biped that all 1ne bfataron il ba presanty <y FEaE ASHLAR ' LODGE, KO, A.F. & A, M.—Bpecial i S B Maet PR T g Aprld 13 for work., 0 {0 StAR k. Sacrotary. TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1881 To-DAY s the twentieth anniversary of the attack upon Fort Sumter. Twenty rapid years have rolled round since the firat shot was fired by the ‘seceding South that pre- Juded thelong and bitter four years’ wnr. Sinco those days o new generation has come upon the fleld to whown those events nre only ‘historlcal, and yet it scems but a little time ugo that the whole North felt that first blow and rose to defend the Government. The contrast bétween the fearful uncertainties of that time, the mustering 'of the thousands under ¢he old flag, the great public meetings, the enthiusiasm ‘with-which the young men sprang to nrms, tha.reports of battles, the great patriotic uprising ot men nnd women, and the peace and order’ of to-day, the pros- . perity of the country, the fraternizing of the . twosectivns, spenks eloquently for the re- . cuperative power and the firm baslsof our ‘. system of government. ' e , 1N anotlier part of thia fssuo will be found o suflicient abstract of Congressuian Dog- . gett’s remarkable’ speech, printed In the Congressional Record, but not delivered, concerning the extortions practiced upon the people of Nevada by the Central Paclilo “ Raliroad Compony. Mr. Doggett shows by documentary evidence that It is the habit of the Railrond Company in question to charge for west-bound freight delivered In Nevadn asif It had beeu carrled through to San Frauclsco, and brought back ut “way rates, Under the oparation of this ruto the rates to the enstern citles of the Btate are more than to the western; or, In other words, the Com- pany charges more for the shorter than for the longer houl. Mr. Doggett supplements hls- statement of tho onerous . éxactions ot the Rallroad Company with Interest- ing particulars of the manner in which It was bullt, sserting that the present proprie- tors of tho road obtalned excluslve coutrol of Itut an originnl Investmont of $13,500, though it is estimnted to be worth over 8200,- 000,000, The speech will be found very In- teresting reading. 51 Tue Leglslature of Illinols Is disposed to verify the suggestion that the Dovil hasal- whays somothing for Idle tads to do, The Genernl Assembly hos now been In session nearly four months, and more than three- fourths of that time has heen spent in ldle- ness. 'The Intest scheme is to emburk/ the State in'a new and grand system of Internnl {mprovements by undertaking to mnke all the creeks, bnyous, trout streamns, and riva- lets in the State navigable for steambonts, In 1837, In’ tho days of the old Internnl-im- provement scheme, all the watercourses of the State'were declared by the statute to be “navigable rivers,” In order to have them share 1n the plunder of that day, (It Is now understood or suggested that thero Is prepar- 4. ing n comblinution by which- the State ls to *npproprinte all the money asked for by all therenl aud so.called chayities, and In re- turn the friends of those jobs are to turn in thelr votes to **begin” -the Improvement of . the twenty or thirty *navigable’ rivers" of Tilinols, A small approprlation for each—. sty $10,000 to $100,000—wlll do for a begin- nine to start the work, and then the thing Is 1o go on yenr fter year, One thing seems to * have been overlookod, 1t indeed it lins been, and that 1s the further ‘fmitation of the old sehome by establishing & State lank, with a branch In each of the 103 counties, and clothed with the nuthority to lssue notes, Such abank would make money clienp and . plent, and its expendituro i making ull the rivulets In the State navigable rlyers would malke thnes easy and confortable, . It hgs usually been nssumed that bills were futroduced Into Stute Leglaiatures to pass; but thire I now said to be'pending In the-Iiuois Legislature o bill for passes. Rumor voints to the bill which proposcs n 2§ per cent tax on the gross yocelpts of the rullronds, In lieu of atux on enpital stock which is not eollueted, us designed to pro- cure for membera an unlmited supply of free transportations not only to and from thelr howmes, but throughuut the whole couns ry,, for themselves, their partners, thelp fomilles, and thelr riends. Quewember— head of o comuittes—who jius been especlatly fortunate In securl favors of this kind which extend from the Pacitic tothe Atlautle const seems to have pxglied the envy of hls colleagues, who noy desire to @Il their THE CHICAGO TRIBU pocketbooks with ralirond pasges bofore they quit Springficld, Porhaps this ambitlon ace counts for the nnreasonable prolonuation of the sesslon, ‘The bHI in guestlon is ncom- mendable one, 1t 18 expeoted to add n mitl fon ttollars, more or less, to the Stite reve- mies from corporations, and {o relieve thy people at farge to that extent, 1t Isn fair D11, heeause there 13 no Justice In taxing the Mlinols Central: 7 por cent on gross receints, and allowing tho other railroad corporations to eseapt by avading an incollectable tax on eapltnl stoek, ‘Tho LI Bcuins, too, (o be pro- gressing towards it pussngé. Yet there ure doubting people’ who suspect there will bu some hitch befora It can become o Inw. Somo member may sutldenly discover constitution- nl objections, and securo the reference of tho bill to n commlttee, whero it will never bo heard of ngaln. Insuchanoventit will bo ipretty snfo to conclude that the rallrond- phsses have boen - fortheoming, and that niost of the members have mado thelr arrange- monts for summer tours for their familles _nnd friends. PossinLy thebest défense of tho Ropublican position i continuing the deadlock in the Senate on the motion to proceed to the elec: tlon of offiecrs was made by Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, in his speech of Aprild. Gon. Hawley I8 » conservative Iteptiblican and fair-minded man, 1l unifornly ovposed fil-, {bustering whils o’ membier of tho llouse, and has an advantage in this respect over many members of the Senate who are notw justly nccused of Inconsistency in‘nssalllng the Demoernts for what thoy formerly did them- selves, Senator uwley seems to be sincere- Iy of the opinfon tlint the fight over Mahone may lead the way fora divislon in-the vanks of the Solid South, ‘He accused the Dem- ocrats of that scetion justly with Intolerance and bigotry, and elted the politieal con- demnation of Martin Van Buren and Stephen A, Douglas for opposlug Southorn viows as Instances of thio spirit in question. ITe was whling to welcome and shake hiduds with anybody who would help to break up that condition af ‘affairs in the -South— Mahone or anybody else. As to the debt question, sald Gen. - Tinwley. oplgrammnti- eally, *'The Senatur from Virglnin svems to " desire netunlly to pay. o large portlon of It white the others are witling to owe the whola and pay none.”” But superior as Gen. 1iaw- ley's speech I8 to ‘most of those that have been delivered on this side of the question, it does not fully meet all the points at Issue. A complete and gatisfactory’ defense of the poliey of- blocking the wheels of business and postponing netion on hundreds of im- portant nominations for the snke of continu- ing asquabble over the Sennte offices cannot in the uature of tho case be made, ' Constitution of Ohio, adopted thirly: years ago, prohibits the licensing of saloons or the retailing of any spirituons liquor for beverage purposes, Many kiuds of coercive teetotal Inws have been pnssed to prohibit Hauor-drinking, but thus tar all in vain, The public appetito has refused to be denied Its accustomed stimulant. The st dovice 1s modeled on the Michigan plan of n heavy tax on the seller, "1t '1s ot called o license, but is more in the nature of a fine, to be ex- neted once n year. It 1s claimed that this is the only device that lins yet been discovered that diminishes drinking, reduces crlme and disorder, and renders tho'saloon busiuness or- derly and qulet. ‘Ilie effect of a high tax s to suppress n muititude of small dives and doggerles and to concentrate the business into fewer and more msnollflhle hands; at the same tlma the State derives o large rev- ‘enue from the bigh tax, . - Acting on this experience of Michigan, the so-cnlled Pond biltIsbeing vlgorousty pusiied in the Ohlo Legislature. This bill, 1f it be- comes a Inw, will impose a‘fine or tax of §250 upon all liquor-selling, Tha effect will be to stop the snle of spirituous drink in corner grocgries and small saloons, and, in the apinion of thowholesale men, will materinlly lessen the amount consumed. . Ilence the wholesale liquor-dealers held o wmeeting n Cluclnnati lnst week to concert measures to defeat tha bill, . A Cinclunatl dispatch snys: At thio meoting & committeo was apbointed to visit Columbus and kill the measure. It was recugnized that money would Lo uceded, and tho Committeo was given tounderstand that itcould Buve all that is needod, Tho mutter 1§ the more significant from tho faat that tho compulsory teetotal people in all parts of the Btate havoset their horrts on the pyasnge of tho biil, and have spent much timo ‘and strougth in working up public sentiment u ita favor. - Y ———— THE PRESIDENI'S POWER OF REMOVAL . OF OFFIQEHS. ‘The Supreme Court of the United States gave s judgment ut this term.which anthor- itntively determines the power of the Presi- dent to remove au oflicer in thoarmy or navy of tho United States without provions trial Dy courtanartial. ‘Thofacts in this caso lead- ing uy to the declsion ara somewhat peculiar and Intevesting. Charles W. Blake was o Post-Chaplain In the army and was stationed at Cawp MeDowell In Arizonn. On the 24th of December, 1808, he addressedn noto to the Sccretary of War complaining of un- just treatment for several ° years, and usked for nn Investigation,” Lut: If no such investigation could be had then he tendered his resignation us a Chap- lain of tho army, Intending to lay the facts “hofore the Church and the country.” 'Chls letter wus forwardod: through all- the branches ‘of-the sorvice until it renched the Presldent, who nccepted tha resignation, to tuke effect Mavels 17, 1809, On the 27th of Aprll, 1800, Blake having recolved offciat notice of the nceoptance of his resiguation, wrota to the Sceretary of War pleading ill- heulth and denylng any knowledge of huving aver resigned, mul asking o revocation of the uceoptatice of his so-calld rgsignation, Sub- sequent fnvestigution leaves no doubt that Binke was in Mureh lnsang and remained 5o for soveral yenrs aftor, Tni thgnmeantiine, P'rosident Grant in July, 1870, appointed several Post Chaplpins In the army, inoludiug* “Alvxander Glimore, of New Jersey," vice Blake, resigned.” This somination was confirmed by the Bonate July 13, 1670, Gilmore ling sluco beon In the service, Dlake's lnsanity continued untll 1874, In September, li‘r&,{l’mldeut Iayes made tho follywing order; ! ¢ EXECUTIVD MANSION,' Bopt, 98, 1878.—It ap- peariug from the ovidunce, und from the reports of the Surgeon-General of tho Army und Lue Superintendent of tha Governmont Hospital for the Insang, that Chuplain Bluke wus isane ut the time bo tendered bl rosignation, It is held thut suld reslgmition was and is volil, and the nos coptaneo thereof is ot nslde, Chapluin Blake will bo orderuid to duty, und pald from the dute of thu reslgnution O Post-Chaplaln Proston Noubi,—t0 wits 3ay 1, 1878, —-by which veslguntion n vuenney was umllrd which tius not beon tilled, ‘Fho clulin of Chupluln Biuke for puy from the dute of is resignution to Mugy 14, lsTh. llurlw which his suceessor ‘el the oftied, dischurye i18 dutlea, and roveived pay is wot deolded, but 18 lofu gor tiio doclsion of tha court, Whure It 13 une dorstood t bunow pend in, . 1. by TlAvRs, I'his order was carried out, and Bluke re- sumed his dutles ns Chaplnin, 1o thereupon entered sult befors tho Court of Clalms for hils sulary from April 23, 1800, to the 4th of May, 167, ‘Fhe elaluy wgs placd - upon the ground that before, ut the date of, and subse- quent to, the letter addressed fo the Seoretary, Jof \Var, which was sreatedd 83 his resiguuy tlon, he was Ingae jn o sense that rendered Nl lrresponsible for Lis acts, ‘and, conses quently, that hls supposed resignution wus noperative and aid not have the eifgct to va- catw his office, K "The clalin was dismissed, und” Blake took an uppeal to the Suprewmu Court of the United States. The Supremo Court states the law on the subject. 1t holds that prior to 1803 the Prestlent hmd unauestioned power to dlsmiss an oftleer of tho nrmy and navy, with or without tho ndvice and consont of the Senate. InJuly, 1863, Congress omphasizod this authority by providing: Thy Dresidont of the United States ba, aud boreby is, nuthorized and requested to ulsmisy and discharga from tho military sepvice, eithor i the nriny, navy, tnariio corps, or volunteer foree, nny ollicer” for nny onuso which, In his *mlumum. elther ronders aucl oflicer unsultablo oty or whose dism:ission. would ‘proniote, tho publlo service. In Mareh, 1865, by an nel. of that dale, oftl- cors dismissed by the Uresident were nuthor- fzedd to apply, for o trial, and it wos provided that, ih case the Court did not conviet and did not senteheo to death, or dismissal, the Tresident’s summary disinissal should by vold,” Thus tha’ law stood until. July 17, 1500, when Congress repenled the foreégolng enactments, and provided: **And no oflleer in the military or naval servico shall, In time of pence, be disinlssed from tho service ex- cept upon nnd In pursuance of tho sentence of o court-martinl to that effect, or in com- mutation thereof.” ~This wasthe law when Gilmora was ap- polnted by the President and eoutirmed by the Senate, vice Blake, In 1873, The Supreme Court In this declsion thus construes tho purpose and effeat of this leglslation:’ 4 Qur conclusion {s that thero wns no DUl by tha fifth section of tho net of July 13, 1440, to withdraw from tho Pregidont tho powor, 10ith the advice and condent of the: Senate, to supers sedoan oflicer In the wilitury or naval serviey by tho nppolntnient uf sotne one In his pluoe, 1f tho power of tho President and Senutd, in this regard, ooild 'be ‘constitutionully subjected to restrlctions by statute (w4 to whieh wo oxpress noopinion), it is sutlicient, for tho present enso, to sy that Congress did not jutend by that soction to Imposo thom. It is, In Aubstanve and offcot, notbing moro thaun tloli:lnmunn. that the power thoretofore oxcralsed by the Presis dent, without the coneurrenco of tho Sonato, of swmmnrily dienfadny oficers of the wrmy and navy, whonover [n bis judgment tho interest of the “servica reguired It to be doue, shall not ex- iat, or be exercised, inlime_of peace, oxeupt In |muu|mcu of the sentence of 1l court-martial or n commutatlbn thoreof, ‘rhere was, 0§ wo think, o Intention to uen;. or rosirict, the }mwnrnl‘um President, with the enneurrence of lhe Senate, 1o displace thom by tho appointment of othors in their pinces. ' ' ‘Pho Court further declaro s n partof thelr Judgment: : S5 1t results that the appolntment of Glimore, with the ndvice and consunt of tho Sonate, to the oltice held by Dlake, aperated, in law, to_ supers sede e Iatter, who, thoreby, In virtueof tho uew nppointment, ceased to'be an otlicer in tho army from and nfter, nt lenst, tha date nt which that appolntinent took cifect,—and this, without reforenco to Blnke's mental onpucity to wniers stund waat was o resignntion, g “wns, consn- quontly, not entitled to_puy 08 Post-Chuplain ufter ul{i 1870, fram which dato bis successor took runk. Havlog censed 1o be an villcer In the army, ho coutd not nguitt become n Past-Chip- liin, except ipon a new appaintmnent, by and with tno ndvice and consent uf the Bonate, |Mimack e, Unitted States, 97 U, S., 437.] 4 + This declslon leaves Blake In o worse posl- 16n than e was before he brought suit, 1t decides that, Irrespective of s resignatlon, ho ceased to be an- officer of the nrmy after the appointient of his successor, and that, having ceased o b an oflicer, he could not agnin become Post-Chaplaln without o re- appointment by aud with the advice aud con- sent of the Senate, 'This declsfon; thorefore, excludes hiin from the place he now holids. 1t will be seen that tho Court distinetly wfiirms the power of the Presldent to re- move. any .officer, military or olvll,:whoso tenure Is not fixed by the' Constitution, by nppointing another person with the consent of the Senate, On tha other branch of the question, as to whathior his power to remove such oflicers atone, and without the consent of the Senate, cnn be lmited or abridged by acts of Congress, not belng presented by this case, no opinion fs expressed, though the Court suggests that until within ¢ ‘comparn tively recont parfod such power has always been conceded to exist. THE SENTENOE OF THE CZAR'S ASSASINS, The Nihillstle consplrators who plotted the denth of Alesander 1L, and ot lust compassed it, have had their- trial, and. s might have’ been expected, have been sentenced to death, —not only the man Roussakoff, who threw the fatal bowbs, but the men who madethe bombs, the parties who housed and slieltered the conspirators, and all who were concerned fn the plot elther dircctly or Indirectly; among them the young girl Sophie - Perolov- sky, who asked that no favor be shown lier on account of sex, and who DbIds falr tobe known In history with much the same repu- tatlon as that enjoyed by the famous Parlsian Communist Loulise Mlchel, though the latter hns a8 yet only sullfored expatrintlon for her’ politicnl erimes, The result of tho trial was aforegons conclusion, The prisoners took thelr lives In their hands when they conspired agalnst the Czar, They kuew that if.they waere eaptured certaln death awnited them, and with this consclousness ‘they ne- copted ‘the lots that fell to them from the umn and pointed to them as the ones who must commit the deed, with the “most compfeto satisfaction., This belng the case, of cowrse they had no ofense to make and needed no counsel "hey went Into the conspirney content- and prepared also to go to thelr death 1€ they only killed the Czar, It may bo that they cherlslied the Iden 1€ thioy killed the Czar it would Intimidate the son, and Influence him to make the concesslons which have been demanded by the Nilillists, but If such were the cnse thoy ‘evidently reckoned wrong, alnee Alexander IIL, whatever reforing he may be contemplating, evidently: hasno ju. tentlon of temporizing with Niblllsm or of muoking any concession” through fear, or promising snything to conspirntors with their bloody weapons n thelr hands.. Exist- enco under such n secrct surveillance as always surrounded his father is horrlble enough to drive one mad. . It §s sald that the' Intter at ono time worg a'chnin breastplate under hls tunle, butnot bolng able to undure 1ts welght he caused his tunfes to ba padded with cotton wool, which was hardened by prepurations so that 1t was - dagger and pistol proof, At ono timo an. attempt wis mada to'poison him by sendiog him o petltion covered with some noxious powidor, and after that he refused to recelve any doe wments of any kind. - Next, ho guve ‘up smoking, for fear that his cigars might be treated In o slmilnr nauner, Ie would drink no wine from bottles that wern not un- corked In his presence, 1lis cook propared his food ynder the survelllanco of two police guards, and everything that ho ate or drank was first tasted In his presonco by two oflls clals, 'I'hls uncomfortable wode of life, this constant suspiclon of every one sng _vverys thing about him, this nlmost momentary ap- prohenslon of denth, must nlso confront the present Czar, and wmust be Jucrensed by the dentheseptonce that has just boen passed upon the conspiratora; and yoi to ol to it, to moke any concessions undor such n press. urey or to relax In the Jeast the vighlant un- warthing and punishment of theso political offendors, wonld hnply n weaknesa and thld- ity that an nbsolute yuler cannot afford to shiow, + 11 may have reforins fu contemplu- tion, but it is doubtful whether he cap or will put them into operation untii he has first squelched Nihlllsm ov mnde Jt & sup- pliant, ' = Tix v i In the list of vietims who are to go to the gibbot thero is one, Sophle Perolovaky, whose fate, atroclous as her crime was, will cull out somo sympathy. She Is g young girl;not yot 21, of good educatlon, -nobly family, and: un- sputted pergonal chipracter, Sha wus the lender, not only In the ovent that regulted n the Czar’s death, but the mine explosion that caused Bo wmuch destruction and kiiled so many of the Czor's atteudants In the Wintor. Palace, aud ju the previous mine explosion thatwas Intended 1o wreck the Luperial traln near Moscow, and only falled be- cmso it was fired under tho wrong traln, She was a girl of undeunted cottrage, a8 was shown by her conduet in ench of these threo attemwts upon the life of the Czar, aud n person of more than ordinary abllity, nswas shown by the skill and conl- ness with which ‘slie_planned and directed enen of these pttempts. As tho Czar had In- Jurednoone . n lier family, and asshe had 1o specinl grievanco agalnst bl or any of Tils dfficluls, 1t sielng apparent that ale “was Infatunted with the ldea of liberty to the verga of fanatielsm, nnd - regarded hersolf, 1iko Jonn of Are and Charlotte Corday, ns the ngency selectad by Divine Providence to rid the suffering people of Russla' from the yoke of o tyrant, It might Lo roplied that this woulll be folly, ns one despot might sue- ceed the other; but the fanatie does not stop to question,. nor *has ho foresight. 1n his Bind fury ho only sces the tyrant, aud lwrls Wimself upon hiw, careless of his own fate, und, If ho looks Into the future at oll, only reflects that if nnother despot secka to continuo the® yoke, nnother. fanatie may be found to vislt vengeanco upon him, It was nn_ntrocious deed that’ Sophie Pero- tovsky planned, ‘aud, though she rushed upon her’ fato with open eves, It ia difieult to ropress a fecling of regret over her sad end., Fanatics of her kind are not tobe sym- pathized with, but is there not something radically.wrong Inthe system of o country where'such fannticlsm I8 possibla ? e o RIVER OOMPETX‘X;DN IN GRAIN BHIP- Two reductions,each amounting tofivecents on'100 pounds, have recently beon ordered by the maungenient of the east-bound ralle rond pool, and the ‘rate on graln has thus Deati:lowered to 25 cents por hundred before the opening of navigation, But this does not tell tho wholo story. Notwithstanding this unusual publie reduction, 1t is undorstood tliat'the rallronds nre cutting rates and that secret contracts hava been made for shipping wheat from Chicazo to New York ut rates a5 Jow 18 10 cents per hundred,or littlomore than 11 cents per bushel, Thereason of this Isvery clear,” ‘Thie Mlsslgsippl as an outlet for. the graln of tha West, Northwest, and Southwest during the close of luke navization is cons stantly enlnrging Iis: territory. The vast quantity of graln that can be teken to New Orlenns by barges at o. cost of glx to elght cents will Include the do- main which the trunlk lues of ratlronds have leretoforo ' regarded as -exclusively thelr own so long ns the Inkes are closed. ‘I'he. New Orleans newspapers include the grain districts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, [iliuols, and Indiana, g well ns Missourl, Iansas, and Nebraska, In the territory which barge transportation can reach. The grain shipments from New Orleans went up from 5,500,000 bushels- In the senson 1878-'70 to 14,675,000 In the senson 1870-'80; and since the 18th of . Februnry the burges took from St. Louls alone 4,000,000 to that ecity, which found ocean steamships aud immediate ship- ment awaiting it~ The posalbilities of this Mississippl trade have foreed themselves ‘upon the rallrond mnuagers, and when the ool stubbornly held out ngainst this compe- titlon tho individunl ronds began to cut un- .der to save themselves, Now that the pool hns ofticlutly recognized tho new competl- tion, the .ronds cuntlnuo to cut fu the effort to.get an ndvantage over: ono another, The, outlook promises a rallroad war during the spring and summer - season; for, if the ronds are-cutting” rates now, the pool will scarcely be able to control thewm when loke transpotation shall Increnso the competition, : But's rallrond war for nsenson, however advantageous it muy be to Westorn shippers, will still bo less tmpoitant than the prospect that Mississippl transportation to the seaboard will 'henceforth bo o lasting competition for the graln trade while lake navigation is closed, nnd that thero will beas arule only 2 couple of months in tho year when any ralirond pool ean be master of the situation, During. tunt - briet perlod the farmers and shippors of the West can afford to store Lhelr graln and produce. DON'T G0 WEST, 1t §a thna to reverse the adviee which Hor- ace Greeley made famous by tha phrase * Go West, young wan,” and which the nowspaper e left behind him continues to urgo.upon people of discontented disposition. Thead- vice 1 no longer sound unless limited and mouified. The heterogencous and alinless flaod of emigration to the West, simply be- causo it ls western in directlon, and Includiug people who are dolng well enongh where thoy are, has entajled much individual suf- ferlng. Experlence lins proved that agricult~ ural pursuits eannot bo profitably or even safely undertaken anywhere west of tho %0th degreaof longltude Inany of the vast territory south of Dakotn. The drought and the grass- hoppers are the plugues of that reglon, Xven frrigntlon, expeusive as 1t 18 under all cir- cumistances, hns been found impracticablo for want of watur outside the inmediato vat- loya of the Platte and Arkansas Rlvers, Nonoe of tho other streams drain from the snows of the Rocky Mountalns, but run dry Just when thelr wators are ueuded for irriga- tion, ‘I'housnnds of families that moved be- yond tho lineof 09 are striving to secure lomes further onst, and flud them more cost- iy now than when' they abandoned- them. The Stato of 11inols loat It its ngricultural population 50,000 familles during the lnst decadp, when it should have gulned as many, ‘There are but 8,000,000 people iu this State, fncluding ol the cities and towns, which will support twice that ‘population comfortably and without the least crowding. A The records of Cnstle Garden show that Immigration to this country has ngaln grown to u acalo which is formidable, It Is true that too lnrge a proportion of a certain class of the . lnmlgrants—espcelally the Ivish agrle enltugl Inborors—seek the citles and remain there, It I also truo that anothgr class of the immigrants—ho Scandinavians and North Germans—are woll suited to endure the eli- mate and exposuresof ploneer life in the Northwestern "Pervitories, and that the ex- tonslon of . the Norghorn Pacific Rallroad opens up to them agrieultural opportunities which their sturdy constitutions and indus- trioits hnbits mny make more than self-sus- talnlng, But it Is to'these clavses that the attractions of wigratlon to the ¥ur West should bo confined, * F'ho psople wha ao lo- cated anywhera In the States of Ohio, Indi- ang, Michigan, 1linols, Wisconsin, - lowa, Minnesots, and the cast half of Kansas and Nebraskn upon teyms that ara not absolutely obpressive will do botter to remain than to risk ills-they know not of in vemote terrl- tory of uncertajn ylold, . . . - Faring poople should strain every effort: tokeep within thoglrglo of ampleand assured rainfall- and ‘ tho _belt of transportation. "Ihoso who have ‘mjoretland than they can work ‘to’ ndvantaga’ ghould sell _to thelr neighbors and tlie new-comers, They can nso, tho . proceods of') such sales advanine goously In clenring themsolves of debt and in tje-dralning and othprwise improving the land - thut remains. in such manner a8 to matte It more produg}ive than before, ‘The ngricultural States are wtill o long .way re- moved from the danger of overproduction, It 18 thwe to beglnto AlMnp ustead of fusther spreading out, ‘The same amount of work will count for moro within the range of the markets and with the -asslatance of o good climate, rich soll, aud rullaplo yuinfall thanit TUESDAY, APRIL 12 , 1881—ITWELVE PAGES. will [n a wew country which lacks these qualities, oven though the Jand in the Inttor enso be freo nml practically boundless. 1tls no louger right to tell overy young man to &0 West slmply because he s young, and strong, and hopeful, whon tho chances nre that lio may make better uso of his youth, and strongth, and ambition without risking tho chil) and disappointment of frantier life on arld plains ot bad tands of the mountalns, —— Ir Isonly falrto Mayor larrison to pre- sumo that hils note to the Superintendent of Tolice directing him’ to eirforeo strictly tho ordinances prohibiting minors, thieves, and prostitutes from frequenting saloons was dictated In good falth, Still, the order Is re- aminrkable in two ways, It Is, in tho first place, an-ndmission that tho chargos of the Republican press during tha eampalgn wero well foundeds and, secondly, itls a confes- slon that there ns Leen culpable negligence or omisslon of duty in somepart of the pollce admiulstration, we do. not protend to say where, - The Mayor Indlrectly nsserts, on in- formation and bellof, that the ordinances are violated In tho manner compluined of. In 80 doing, hie substantiates the most serious charges mads during the campaign, and ne- cuses somebody, eltlier himsolf or his subor dinates, of fatlure to perform an officlalduty. Trom the manner in which the orderls ex- ecnted 1t will be possible for tho people to Iudgo how much earnestness and purposo thore lsinit, We do Mayor Ilarrison the cradit of belleving that ho lins no personnl aftection for lnw-breakersna sueh, and would rather suceced In a politidal way without thom than with thom, It has only been his misfortune, if such’ it cnn be regarded from the polltician’s point of view, thathe has proferred to succeed with them rather than not to succeed at all, - fie 1s now tuekily in o position where ho can nfford to dispense with thelr support. “1Lis majorlty of 8,000 represents slightly more than the combined vote of all the wamblers, thioves confidence-men, and hnugers-om of places of bad repite In the clty. It 1t did .not he could count on the support of nll tho 28,000 who voted for Clark In n crusnde agninst those pests to sociefy, Mr. Iurrison has now obtained suceess; It rematns for him to achiove, or rather to secure, n reputation, It will be o serlous undertaking, and may lose Wim, £ ho shail be o candldnte for oftice arain, 2,000 or 8,000 disreputable votes 1n the First, Sccond, and Ninth Wards, and porhaps s many mora illegal votes in all parts of the clty. Dut it.will galn for- hin from the classes who believe in lnw and order two votes for every ono It costs hint, * T Rev. Mr, Feldhahin is Chaplain of the House of Correction noar’ Ploctzensoo, A short time ngo be rcad a paper hefore n largo ni- dlenca In Berlin showing by statistical reports the enormous fucrcase In erlmesince 1871 In the Btate of Prussin. Whilo durlug the yoar 1871 08,000 persuns were fucarcerated to nwalt oxninls nation aad trlal, this number bas inoroused from year to yewr until it reached ju the year 1878 tho nstounding numbor of 132476, Tho numbor of crimes agnlust public morality bes Inoreased from 1871 ta 1878 by 148 nor cont, 'Tho Rev, Feld- bahn does not regard tha warorsudden acoumus lation of woalth, nor the crnsh of 187, or pre- vaillng misory In industrial 11fe a8 tho causos for this tromendous Increnso, but chietly the wuntof propor education, “Evory Rerollnian knows,” ho sald, **wbnt the consequences are when tho children of the laboring cinsses, autsldoof school hours, are left to thomsolves during tho rest of the duy.” Ie pointedly condemned too varly matrlages among the lower clasaes, hecause thoy contrluuted chielly to tho Increaseof orimo. When poor young married nien lose thelr oms ployment for somo . caugo or other, thoy tao often rvesort to strony drink, in order to drown their sorrow, until they finully commit erime to _provide for tholr familicsat home. Tharpenker, described thointernnl arrangements of tho prison neyr Plootzénsee, and demonstrtod the faot that nedrly all of the prisoners incarcerated therein arg bettor troated, rocelvesd better food, ale., than thoy ever had, or pussibly ever would hinvo, athome, Hut, If puutshent {8 to bo consldered a8 an atonement for o orlme, and shull huve u snlutary. effoct upon tho criminal olassoes, tho mode and manner pravalling In Ploctaonseo to let the prisonors pass their time In company, whould be nbandoned and golitary confinement resorted totnsteud., He advocated tho Inttor modoof {mprisonment, and snid that afteritain. trodudtion the genoral sssertlon that Peniten- tiaries wero tho graduating high sghools for criminals would saon becomo an obsolote phrase. e —ea— VIENNA seems for years to have beenn sort of trysting-place for all the Nihllists of EBurope. Nioing n balf-way station: between the enst and the weat, the Austrinn Capltal {3 excel- lently adupted for a_short rengdezvous, Only of inte tho police of that eity have discovered that soyeral conventions ot Nilulists havo Leen held thare, and thita sollcolony of Nihilists llve and Joy themaelves under thelr very nosos, Dur- ing the weok oftor tho ussusinntion of the Rus- slan Czar thoy hiold a banquet In honor ana cel- ebration of tho Bt, Potorshurg catastrophe, Tt tsanid to hove been a wild argy, during which frantio rovolry, wild speeches, and tousts glor- fying tho happy nccomplishment of tho murder of tho Czar were the order of the evoning; all of whioh was hugely enjoyed by the males and fo- malos presont, The pollce board of this hanguot only when all the participauts had digappeared ngntn to thelr dark and unkpown haunta, A few dnys Iater placards were found carly in the morning fastoned on tho doors of the hotol of thie Rusatun Bmbassy threatoning tho Ambas- andorand all the members of tho Legatidn in guneral, and all the crowned ‘heads of Evropo o particular, with assusination, The police wrue doveloptg moru getivity in reforctice to thoso matters now than ‘over. baforo; but, Sudging. by tho tona of the Vienn press, It must bo tuken for gianted that tho proposition of the Agenco Ruase tora gencrat cobiporation of tho Powora aguinst oll rovolutionnry clopicnts is not lookod upon with uny favor by the Germun subjoats of Prancts Joseph, whono lifo scoins to bo ns safo among them as in tho basom of his owa fam!ly, —— Tug drregulnritivs of ropresentation hitho Connceticut Legislatura aro strikingly shown in tables printed Intha Now Haven Palladium.. Tho constitutionnl amondment rexulating tho mat- tor waa adopted In 18%, and in the following yenr an apportionmont was made whioh dis., tributed the ropresentation about equally among tho soversl counties of tho Etato, But' in tho Iast fifty - years thure hns been n groat shifting of tho pupulation, The maunufacturlug cities and towans have grown onormously, while the rural distriots tave hnd comparatively a slower growth, and In some easoahuvelost absnlutely. Eachofthethreo Benators from Hartford now réprosents 41,702 of population, and oach af tho' forty-four Rooro- seatutivos #8190 of population; whilo the Bens ators and Ropresentutives trom New laven Caunty sepresont reapcctivoly 83,175 and 4,743 peoplos On tho otner haud, the two Seoaturs fram Talland reprosent each only 12,056 pouplo, aud tho twonty-two Reprosontatives cuch aply 1,09, Tho wisfortunc s that the counties which nro inadequatoely rouresontod hold more than the bnlance of power, and It bas horotofore been linpossiblo to get a mujority of thn Loglae’ luture in fuvor-of redistributing tho reprosenta- ton on an equitablo busls, - e —t A nATE Duteh paper, the Patrlat, pub- Matied gt tho Capo, {8 Jubllant over tha faot that’ five steamiors have beon constructod to forma direct .communiontion batween the Capo wud Humbupg and othor pogts of tho European Cone, tinont, Tye Putriot 18 of tho opiulon thut tbe Trapsvaal Boors Commorejul Company i nt tho ‘Lbottom of this moyemeut, and uppeuls to all thd ' » Afrikandors" to stand {ogothor, and to bind thomsolvos in writing not to huy any more En- Rilsh guodd or manufacturos. That papercons eluues {ts article with the following wordat As long -us .tho English 088 & wonopol, llu&mmfuu what ghoy llwm“nml Roll us v?:uy( sulla them best, Germuny und Belgium have wiready dono huavy damige to more thsh ono Lranoh o] El{uluh industry in Afrien, oblolly in fron goods,” Wo shiould buy of such dealors only wha do not deal with Fogland. Should these dealors dooelve s, thon wo will ‘doustruct our owu comwerclul warine and lmpaert wll goods ourssives, s 5 7'ho war for Amorican Indepoudoncy begau ina similar munuer.—i. e, with the refusal of the colonlets to purchase_certale English goods und wates. The war agaiust the Transvaul Boery, —————“m whioh fa ostensiuly nt an end, scoms to find ita continuation In a war ngalnst English industrics s inanutacturos, e —— Bssrauck’s proposition for the organiua- tion of an nccident fusurance company for laburingmon s clalined by tho Boclnlist Itebel, member of the ltelohstag, ns a victory for his party! Horegards it a8 n partial concesslorn, and ~ declares himeolt in favor of com- pelling certain classes of Inborors to foin tho nssoolation, Conscrvatives and TRenc- tionilsts aro- making n wront. holss, and neensp Bismarck of - pulling with tho So- clalists on tho same string. - Buch charges nro witheut foundation, HKvery scnsiblo stites- man of tho proscut duy must pay dug attche tion to tho Just domands tumdlo by the pro- wraossive spirit of tho age, Dismarckis simply building a bridge from the past and present to tho futurc; and In thia mensure, whicti 18 of n- caloulnblo benetit to the famiiles of kiiled or Ine Jured workingmen, he cannot “enslly go far enough. ‘Tiut, considerhfy tho position ha oc- cuples, bo dare not go further than he has done. In tho cud, howaver, the Chancollor can no more sccuro the thrones of Europo agalnst tha fate which Incvitably awnaits thom in tha fut- ura, by any llboral onaotments, thun tho liberal- ity of Louls X V1, could atem thio rovolutionary tido In Franco, But Bismarck'a aitempis, to conJure tho storm should bo recognized. e ———— SprAKING of aamall compulsory teototal bl that has justbeen enucted by the Legisiature of Oblo, the Uincinnatl Enguirer snysin regard to its operations Tho Stubbas bilt, which hns pnssed both Touscs of the Leglisiaturo, probibita the sule of spiritu- ous liquors un Sunday, but does not touoh malt tiquors, and henco the Gormnns aro not atfected, It probibits various kinds of ‘shows on Sunday, but mnkes ho alluslon to brass-bund, roed-hand, or vrchestral concorts, It would scom that tho torimsof the law wotld not doprive Mr.8tubbsand othor membors of the Logisiaturo of the enjoys ment of tho usnal Bunduy afternonn nndevunlnlz entertainmonts at the hill-top resvrts when it muy ploase them to visit Cluainuati un the soventh dny, ete, Tho Columbus, wass stigmntizo It as the * Wigeins-MesStubba" Jaw, for tho roasan: that Mr. Btubbs, tho stepfathor of tho bill, went to Cinclnnat! ta investigato tho wickedness of tho Parla of Amorica for hiwsclf, and is al- leged to havo visitod soma curloug inces undor tho sclf-solected sobriquet of Wiggins, The mifthor of thie law 18 u Mr, MeDougall, of Cineln- mu. Ionce tho name, * Wigging-McStubbs " 3 Tho bill 18 considered protty rough on the Irish and Amerlean Sundey whisky drinkers; but tho Teutonic poputation whose mild lagor apd wine are not- interfercd with laugh and clink thele glnszes ovor the Wiggins-deStubbs law. — P'ux foree of [the petitions which are raln- Iug down on Washington for tho retention of Mr, Merritt as Collcotor of the Port of Nuw York is somewhnt broken by the reficotion that an equanlly strong demonstration was mado on bo- bulf of *Boss" Himumons whon It wns proposed to remove i from the post of Collestor of Boston, 1t Iy true that Mr. Merritt hag been n good offiver and not an intermeddlor In politios, but no petitlons wero needed to ecstablish his reputation In this vospest, If. tho Prealdent should appenr to yield to theso represenintions, it would be sald and believed overywhero that fi0 had In reality beon subdued by Mr., Conkling. The machine won themaelyes would forwot all about tho petitions tho momeut tho result was aseurad, and 1t 18 uven possiblo that Mr, Merritt, aut ot jatitude for thelr services, would throw in his fortunes with theles, If. It I8 truc, ns, stated, that Merritt hlinsol? requested ian npe polntment abroud, thero onn Lo no wrang or burdsbip to bim In gratifying his wishos n thls respect, The potitlons are In every case so piainly made to ordes that thoy should not be permitted to cut oy figure in the scttiement of tho question, 1 —— Ixa cominunieation to the Boston Traveller John Conners enys that: Presidont Lincoln ne- cepted tha reslznntion of Scorotary Chnsy rathor than sebmit to hisdlotation In tho matter of tho appomtment of tho Assistant Treasurer at New York, A committooof fho Sonnto waited on M. Lincoln and urged bim to roconsider. fHe roplied . that he would rathor resign blmsolf and mnko My, Hamlln Presidont thun permit hhmsclf to be bullled by constunt threats of roalgnation from his Cablnet olicers. Tho mat- ter wns arterwards patched up, but neither Mr, Chase nor any othor member ' of the Cabloot. aguin attempted to terrify Me, Lincolu witli the ‘thrcat'of resignntion. The inoldent {8 quoted, of gourse, with spuolul reforonce to the situn- tion In which Prealdont Gariletd finds blnself. 1Ir ho should withdraw tho: nomination of Ttab- ortson at tha instanoe of Conkling, or anybody olso, he would no longer bie his, own master.. 1t Is not a question whother ho neted wisely in re- moving Merritt. 1o would certainly commlt n torriblo Llunder it he rotraced his steps under compulsion, ° e —— Bosrox isiturions that Iarvard should ask for Pullips Brouks, aud n man who suggosts that Boston mught take Mr, Brooks' brother (which ano?) ja ourtly luformed by the Tranacript that Harvard can bave tho brathor, This {8 evl- dently a good family to invest In, né Bpringfield hus already discovered, Ou tho other hand, #an outalde frlend ot the” collego™ writes to the Trangeript: * While I an willing to nceord ta the itav. Phillips Drooks all that belongs to bim As o ferveut ministor of tho Gospel, @ populur preacher,. an carnest trinitarlon and Eplsco- pullun, 1 cannot sympnthizo with thdt spirlt, and 1 mny say that cligue, that bus for somo yonrs pust doalred to convert flarvard Collego luto an American Uxford,and to that ond mako 1t us far 8 posible un Eplscopalinn fostitudon.” - & e ‘Tiiy aro haying trouble in Clnclnnatl in thobullding trades, Wagos and prices huve been ndvaaced to tho polat whoro poopls rofuso to gu on withy tho contemylatpd improvements, and bullding, n8 a consoquonoe, 18 belug stoppoed, Says tho Cinclnnut! Commerelals ! ¢ Thoro snould bo a court of arbitration abla to nntuurfluesumls of waues, urisfur botween om- ployers und employed [n' tho bullding teadesd, L'.\'uryhml{ losus by disturbance wt tho opemng. of tho bullding sunson. 1E thoro caunnot buun unmicable sottlomont withinn few diuys, many of uav'kmvnwl now buitdings will bontundoned, waork scarco all sumimor, aud the fwprovemont of tho elty lmpoded, ————— Tire: Washington Post wickedly says that “What Mr, Robert Lincoln has forgotten about the surronder ut Appolouttox is nuito Interost- fog.” Truo. Mr.Lincoln hus forgotten toros mance or llo sbout that interesjing occaslon. —————O——— o PERSONALS, oy of the Czar: *Woll,: I'm Tast remark Dblawed.” L " Tonnyson: has goue to London to spend threo munths, £ E . * Eyory eloud has n silyer'lining. Scere- tary Blalgo has tho juflamumatory rheumeatism,' —Itoscoe Cunkling, . Mr, Bjornstjerne Bj0rmson and his' name havo buon much delayed in thelr travels through the Wost by oft-recurring enow-storms. ’ DBaron do Fried!and and the Baroness, who wore arrested In Parls In Decomber lnst chavged with forging bllls to tho amount of 108,000 frunca - In the nune uf the late Princoss do In Moscowa, wrandmothor of tho Ilaroncss, huve bicen ace quitted, ) : ' Tho now Czar lends o very simplo Jife, Ile rvisos oarly and takes o loug walk, then break- frasts with his. family, after which ho goos down collar and covers himsolf tip fu tho ooal-bin for tho balanco of the day to keop out of tho way of tho Niniliste, g Waonatico by the Washington dispatohes that *ularing omlsslons have been dlscovered In tho ndvertisomonts for Indian suppliea, . - 1tils 1o bo hoped that tho wretoh who left out the ino-tuoth combas and papercolinrs willbe gpeod- Ay punlsned, - e Carlyla snld (hat Washington was *“a woadenshcud And & land-joubor”t We wish Goorgo was alive now.: It would bo- just: too awect for anythiuy tu gee bim wtorm uround and ulluda to Carlylo ns u soml-gducated hersoehiof nnd other things, € iy A Washington dispatch snys that “ Senator ¥alr has gouo 10 8ty Louls ou important busle uess,” We hope tho rumor that 3v, Fair thinks of buying tho town may.not bo unfounded, ' In tho bands of sumo onterprising won, St, Louls yuuld probably do well, o ; The “kissing games,” ju the country, someiimes bring about ‘steaugo’ reaults, Bea, Thomas Armour, of Bobuylkill County, Pennayi- vanla, §a Insune from belng a mere looker-on ay ono of theso gumes, Four yours uxo sho attond- . ud u pionie lu company with hor buiband, who took part ln a%kiysiug game,” My, Arnour watched tho players forsome tiume with ploasant interest, uutil sho saw bor husband kies unother woman. From that moment she showed alyus of Insunity, aud hes grown worse constantly. Sho bas eo latcuse hatred fur ber husbaud, aud overy othor wotnin, whom abo thinks wil tnjyr, hor.—New York Triouns. A Chlcago womun gt tended nplenle and saw her hustinnd kissanoty, or wonin Ehe at once Bt hin over the legy with tho cover of an leg-crenm frcozer, gy now porfectly sane. Tho Dea Molnes (In) Heglater aays thy Mra. Jonnlo fiyland 1a socking a :divorco forg second thme from: hor husband, Mark Hylang, of thut city. She was divorced from him lug September, but wns nimost mmedintely reman ried, Al now nsks . tho nssistanco of tho gy again to”releaso hor from matrimonlal bontg, allexing that dofordant has aver slnoo tregted tier with untearnblo orucity, A Ind not quite 16 yenrs old was dismlsseq from ano of tho schuols in the City of Borlin g othior tduy becuuse ho. had boen too futimayy with a girl of his own age. A bouncing Ity Loy was ono vonsoquencoe of tho fntlmaoy; nnothor consequence was dotrlinent to thy tlscipline of thio schuol, from the fact thy whenover the Juvenile paront made his appean aneo in hiscluss, the schulars would receive hig with the shout, * Gulen-tag, Herr Papal Wiegy es fhirem suenchen 3 (Good-morning, Mr. Papyy How I3 your littlo boy?) This wns more thay the dircotor of tho achool could endure, agg hognotifled the lad's fathor, who took thy precoclous yoiingster homo, gaye’ him n soupi trounclng, girdod his foins With ‘0 whito nproy and sot him at work fn his restaurant. Thig ¢ mllnn-_up the Prusslan army with a vengeance, CHAPTERT, ’ . ‘Mirlnm Melntyre stood Idly boside 4 JSauteus! n the parlor of her fathor's atately rey donca on Bieacon 1M, Boston. Bhe was a tall, fey Rirl, with tho pate, ruso-tinted complazion that oy sacA 10 ofton In women uf gentla birth and pron lineage, und a litho, willowy figure, overy.featursqr which was pat off to porfoction by the simplo mora: R wrappar of soft gray cloth cut en Erincesse, withy Pompadour watst nnd a double row of plesting dony tho front, the bottom of tho skirt being rellovedbyy narrow {rimming of red, whilo at hor snowy thryy nostled a blush ruso,~sho atood aut & beautiful piey turo against tho dark background of the ruom iy which tho shadows of approachlng night were rapidy darkentng. Ona conld soa by the calm, Joyfutsaly that now and thon filttod across her face—ench fy belng o complote et in disalf—thut hpr thoughy woro of a pleasant nature, In throo shoft weoks sty would bo & happy bride, wedded tonmhn in whoy lova her wholo l\fo was centorod, \Whila thus aunun In rosy moditation somo vue kngeked atily oo, * Coma In," aald Miriam, A boy entered the roum and handed hora paper, fhufllnukud at it closely. It was published in Clers und, : *Who conld hava sant It2” she sald to horself. T oy had kong out. Openlng the pnges of tho papor hoer cyes were at. tracted by an artfclo hoaded * Matrimonial” Shy road, ot firat onrolealy, und thon with_ever-increastne Intercat, lier oyas: ixed upon the print with awiy look. At longth shosnve n shriok of hogror andfell scnsclons on the fauteutl, - . What sho had boon roading was an account of thy marringo of her botzothed. e had basely betrayed or, "I'ho Rirl's shrlok brought her mothor Lo the room, and tho anconselous form was Lurno away to bed, “Tho noxs morning hoe hale bad turnod whito ' f iy CIAPTEIL 11, 5 Batrico Maléno stuad In tho partor of ok fathers houso In Chlcago, Hor complexion and dress wers all right, samo as the uthor kirl's. A boy camofn o handod har o papor, 8ha looked around for a fauteull, but tha ohambermald was thumping the dust outof I n tho buck yard, Boatrlee declded not to falot. The panor contnined an account of tho marruge of the tuan to whom sho was betrothod. Bho gazed at thy peint with & wild_look, and saylog softly to hersilt, *“1 was afruiil that sucker would get/away.” begua eatinican apple, The nolsy Lrouglis her brotwer 4 thie room, Sho handod him the paphr. 3 'rha noxt morning After tho faittloss lover came back from Clovoland, his oyes turnod black snd blo and biu 020 was sprend all over his fuce. 146 had sen hor brather.—Ohfcago Folk Lors, Pt PUBLIC QPINION. Now York Tribune: The Republicansan ovidontly a littlo rusty on how to manage o mas Jority In Congresa, . 3 St, Louls Globe-Democrat! Treating lsa purely Amerlean habit, and is carried to such sg ‘gxcess that It bus lost all soclal algnificance. An invitation to drink carries with it no evidenceot porsonal gutoom. > New Orleaus Times (Dem.): Blaine I generous and warm-heartod, I{e has sald some bitter things about tho South 'in tho beat of de; unte, bt bo'has nover “Lesitated to ‘make the’ oD eerre 3 Vi orios” hasde Comiiig n 3 or ) cold, wuhh,‘anr.ynnu mnllgnu:.t‘. = Rock Island (TU) Unlon (Rep.): Whily Chicago hugs its chains and permits Cartor Hary rison to pluma hiw ridiculous * cagle' for ane other tlight, §t. Lpuls pits richt down oo het Demooratlo Mayor und elcots o Itepublionn bys Inrge majority, St. Lauls, [t will be percelved, 15 suporior to Chicago I other things “emlde L sizo of hor femlinitic foot, ¥ i) Philadelphia Times: Not the least amus ing phose of the recent Lawson-Lalouchers contest fn England fs tho sudden ‘partiulity dis covered by, Smalley, of tho Tribune, for La- bouchere. Until now, thut Incifable tlunkey never alluded to Labouchere's journnl, save ig ccholng the suob roviling of the parvenu Ene glish, Of asudden ho fiuds tho oditor of Trulh o brilllant man and his Journal an influencs, o milvely and unconsvinusly explains the mys tery In an trresistiblo Linpulse to mugnlfy hislo- tinnoy with Gladatone, whom hie a o beand racently sponk of Labouchero as hils frioud and ono of tho most brilliant men in the roaln. Fond du Lae Commonwealth (Reg.): Car- tor Hurrison [s “one of the Loya'* of Chicogo, It wo aro to Judgo by his specoh to the rabble oo Tueaduy evening, Wo doubt very much it bié opponent in thocontest would have lowarad hiime self by tho uso of such oxpletives ns character {zod the spocoh of tho Mayor-olect. 'Wa can fs #gIno plucos whore & spocch of that Kind would have olicited tho approbation of tho gung that usually frequent such places, Far u Mayorof a great olty to beeomo o hilarious ns to foneel all sensc of the prorogutives ol a gentloman i tho exprossion of ?ruul Joy aver hig success= E‘E l:;lumy price—Is at loust a vetlection upot + Bloomtrigton (I11.) Leader (Rep.): Tholte publicans of Olncinnati nominnto'n snloon nat bummer candidate for Mayor and wot defeatet by n respeotatlo Domoorat, Tho Domocrats of Chicugo naninato o candidatoof tho samestrip) and olgot him by n big mdority ovor a law-and: order lepublican in & clty that gave Garfeld 5,000 1najority. Losson: The Domocratio pany can swallow n bummer candiduto whole and get cnough itopublicans 1o go with them very ofted to clegt him, while 6 nomineo of tho sime [k weta ojpoted from tho Republican stomich with sujliclont foreo 10 dofuilt bim abuut ovory time. Suill we ure wlud we doi't belong to thoe hummer ]vnrly just-tha snme, and wo advisg tho liepul- lomiin to take warning from the Cluclnnat o1 verience, 2 Tho Pcorlan (Rep,): Chieago demonstrt: od last fall that she had o good 5,000 Tepublicss majoritys and what wero they atiout? gome ol thom novor will tell, and others waro About homo Instead of at $ho holls, Publle morals wd tho good name df the great motropolls, togetber with maintaining n solld Ropublican tront, werd not suftiolont incentive to go out and defest Curtor Harrlson, Tho ‘situation fa ns clesrs! moonshine, now that the atrifo i aver. I)emi cratsstuck to thair candidate, aud vuted el na Denioorata doj all tho mnore lo\l.mcnuw ot b very faota which should haveburiod thelr caste dnto aut of sieht. There wora thuuaands of lle‘, publicans whallke to ¥ run with the boys,' &% atiil othor thousands who did not care, and (b reault 14 the hoodium, olement {8 rognopt anothier torm, i Parkersburg (W, Va.) Jowrnal (April 1} Deacon Himith's plan of obtalning a * model 1 Torm" tbrouxh tho Nomocratlo party fo Cincls uat wng 0ot B0 entiro success, us the whole e publican tiekaet, with the exception of I}M:d' Jucob gud 0no momber of the Muulcipal 58 Board, was eleoted. My, Jacob mudu an alcm lont Mayor, und, considaring the oxtent uf b0 combipation forted to dofeat bim, hid Prosess voty {8 mrpr{ulnwl{ lurge, The llu)'w-el'l"‘ i Willlam Moans, vill fnd" it impossiblo t0 i satisfaction to'the promisoyouy crowd whoE candivdato bo was, and wo prediot that long 2% foro tho ond of bla term tho NHupublicand ;W were deceived (uto hig support wiit Lo Reary sick of thelr attompting 10 ruform & wrout ¢ Dy votiug the Democrutle tloket Sonator Joa Hawloy's Hartford Courtikt ‘Tha Robertson cava I8 ulew fncreastse in i o 1t s whispered about the Seaato that Beak . Coukling's plans for dofeating Robortson hlw 1 all falled, and that ho finds bimsulf Fllhu, suficlent support In the Beuale to waxko' 8 ¥ - cessful ontest with the Presidont. The stied) now In progress fn New York to try to vcfl"fl e Rubertson to withdraw (s bolieved o bo B een plunned by the Conklwe side, ulter (el iy thut thele plaug of dircet wttuck 19 oG, fngtun bed fatled, us 0 posstblo moeuny, 4{ M1 cumblishing whut they could not achivye fl‘ i othor way, - Tne Prusldeut's attisude 10310 Ly mattor §6 thik: He rogrots that such o cmnfl‘ 1 bnsuriscu ls nnomt:?!, but ho does not luul iy tuko u step baokward.! Lu fuct, ho will toly Hot selttdtuw adobortaon, but,'if v, Colkid adopts the couras of opén Lostility, the 0 deut ill esvurh Rlmaolt pecoedlngi iy 1d By er] J W Presidol u Ifoud o, Tals tn 1o attitudo of M. b us describod by iy friends. 5 £