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

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TRIBUNE B IR CHIPAGO TRINUNE has ostablishpd branch oMcos for thie racolpt of subscriptions and advort{so- mcnts as follows: NEW VORK—Itoom 20 Tribune Bullding, B.T. Mc- FADDES, Managor. (11,ABGOW, Scatland—Allan's Amorican News Agency, 51 ltopfleld-at. “LONDON, Khg.—American Kxchango, 49 Strand. HESRY F G " \WABLINGTON. D. t. 1319 F atroot, . Grand Opera-Tonse. C1ark streot, oppasi now Court-Louso, *Hooms for Rent” Hoojey’s Theatre. Sl PRl #ireak. Lotwupn furk’ ungd fa falle. nfl&«!&&m. The stoolo Mackarb Cotmgany: “Won Bt Luat. s foYicker's Thentr ¥ Madison -l'r‘v?:;.v \i(}{fi nn’flpit: Pn‘nd Dearborn. Engagement of the Madison-Square Theatre Com- pany. *Hazef Kirko" “Qixmuje ‘Thentre, finrk rirent. iween Lake snd’itandntph, Ene gagomont of Misa Fanny Loulso Hockingham. “Ma- 2oppa.” Loke Front, Foot of Maglson stredt. Holls Lrothers' Circus and Meangerie. . §0OIR ASHLAR LODGE, NO. BN, V. & A, Communication at thalr bl o ues May it BN RPN o s tuaipes tordiatly Invited. | C. 11 CRANE, puoreiary. B3O NDAY, MAY 16, 188L R S R Farp wenther, shifting winds, and o sjight rise'in temperature for this rexlon to-da; e ___J ASD now the brewory cipployés of Ghieg- go are ogitating for au Incrense of Woges. They complain that the hours are too lop and the pay too syall, and demangd gqu iy crense of $10 per month ull roupd, besldes a fecrenso of worljng time, Axiova the large number of crop roports given in our dispatchies thls: morning tho inajority are oxtrepely favorable. At vark oys pohits in Illinofs the showing Is that prospects have bepn wonderfnily linproved during the past two weeks of fine weather, and the outlook for wheat and corn 1s fu the maln grotitying, == Tue bill to exemut Amerlenn shipping lpvg- B In ocean coppnerep from taxntlpn hl New York State for the perlod of fifteen years has possed the Senatennd been opdered toathird reading In the Agsewbly, and will unguestionably become o lnw, There might be o question about Its congtifytloyniity In . other States, but there seems lo ba nene in Now h‘nrk. It1s expected that it will pro- mote a rovival of the shipping Intorest. d PR Pr.aTr's appeals to Robertson efther to re- signitho Oollectorship after contjrmptlan, ar e]se to withdraw heforehand, and thus # save- tho party In New Yark, wera met by absp- lnte retpsal. Platt hegged for delay of eau- eus getlon 50 thut i cauly goto Alpany and offect nzyn sucli compromlse, and tlils was Dbis speeeds, Judgo Rpbprtson not enly lins nodoubt of his confirmntion, but teels eer- tain that every day of postponemedt will ip- prease his majority when the final vote is taken. A WEEK or 5o ago Dorsey wns damanding an investigatipn and a ceritcate of good character, "'Ihe next hegrd of hlin ho was aued 1n Colorado for fujlure fo pay up one of his star-route ngents. Then the case aml Dorsey flickered ont suddeply togethar, 1t they feft w stench behind, Tgaple spy there yvas o # settlement 5 that vapers were glven up and the plaintir seothed. If so, the vapers Dogsey got ot last were addly differ- ent from thoge ho was askiyg for g while 8RO, An, CoxKLING hing been holding the coun- try in suspense for wepks, making groat speeches, sutting his friends op to the Presl- dent aud Charley Fostor,—and allto keep n man he doesn’s like out of an ofilep ho does Hke. This businoss is far more important to r. Conkling’s mind than the Chincse treat- s, or any question of currency or taxatlon, 1ndeed, wo do not recall any 1ssuo of states- manshlp thot has exercised Mr. Conkling’s mind so mueh as this perty syunbble about * pn oftics, I has not been so much aroused sincg Morrjtt was confirmed, Yet his friends call hima * statesmon,” emv———— Tug New York Herald permits ita corro spondents very grossly to charge the Presi- dont of the Unlted States with having made , B corrupt burgain with Roscos Conkling. Buppose the charge to be trye, Does It help Mr. Conkling? ‘There must be wore than one party to o bargain, corrupt or otherwise, Jt Gen, Garfield wos ono porty, lloscoe Conkllng was the other, 1f one offured the bribe of offices, the ather took it, We should say that the man who had to be briked to do his duty was the gullticr of the two. Dut the pecysatlon s false. ‘The suthorof jtis an lrresponsible, agpnymous, and menda- glous Bohemian who dues not write over his own siguatyre. It may bo Gorham, whose signature yould not impart reputation to the charge, YWhoever he moy be, hie I8 n dls- race to the,New York Herald and n ealum- nlator of Jts favorit,—toscoe Conkilog, By direction of Secretary Binlue, the Chlef of the Bureau of Biatistics of the State De- ‘parimept has made a thorongh Inyestigation congerning the Amoriean pork scare gotten up to frighten foreign consumers and benefit forelgn producors und denlers, and the con- clusions reached are given at length plses where iu this lssue, ‘The agent visited Chi- cago snd Cluglupati, and obtajued his ine- formatlon from wuthoritative and refiable gources, and the Stute, Department will gt ouen dlstribnto the ruport amopg the Untted States Consyls ju Eyropa for thorough distribution In localities affupted by the pork scare. ‘I'le report sets forth that the Awerlcan hog ls tho best-bred and the bust-fed ‘of his species unywhere; thas the reports of hog-disesso nro grosy exagrera- tions, the death percentuge here belng po Jarger thanin Europe; that hogs dylug of disenee eapnpt passibly be ytiljzed as pork or lard; that the pepcentage of hogs affected by trjohinm is, hy repsoy of fhe superjer breed and feed, less Ihm”lg any Enropoan country; that the smgll percentago of deaths from) trighininsiy (lwplqchlr,_flgv and none in Cincinnatl during ten years) prova the free- dom of Amurlnnn pork fram trichino; gnd many pther foets cajeulated to remove for- eign prejudioo pgainast A g prod- ucts. S———— Tus religlous matter tq be found In our columus this morning includes seripons by Prof. Swing on *Religions Conquests”; by Bishop Cheney, ot the Reformed Eplscopal Church, on “Oyr Qwn Thnes"; ap aceppnt of the fourteenth annual Compencement of the Chicngo Theological Seminary, with an Interosping sermon by the Rav, Fyanklin Johnson, of (id Cambridge Cliureh, Boston; nmlqlollu; from Montgomery Blgir toking excovlons fo the pdoption of the title, * I erato Conneil of the Prpvjnce of llinols, and holding that thera s no warrant in tho canons uf the Protestant Eplscopal Chisreh for the usa of tho word Province. 8eyATon Mauonk hns gicceadey] in affopt- fng tha remgyal pf o number of Virginia Postmasters, among them one or two Re- pubticaug, and the Boprbiops ‘are rplslng n great optory phous 1t Mehope's ground of action is that the Postmasiers Inqtestlon, aud wmanuy others whosg enses pre yet to receive attontion, hinvpused thelr oflices to the Ipjury of the Republican and anti-Bourbon party in Virglg, apd for the honefit of the Reurhop element, by withholding Repub- lican documonts sent through the malls, and by doferring until tao laia 1o ba af any use appolptments fopwarded to Deputy Marshinls a week botory glectiqn: Tho bigst ‘broot that Mpliong §# Fight sy that the remoyals have been made for apud eausy s the fact that jt ho 0 aro mak- Tup Ciicaco Tumuye daes thg mogt of tha aglyertising for thia community, and it is willing that sham newspaper cancerns should do the bulk of the bragglag, Tho growth of Tng Tirguye’s advertising patronage dur- Ing the Iast year has been marvelous, It printed yesterdpy 70 columins of advertige- ments,” ‘Pho corrosponding lsspy of o year aga iad but 49 columns, The Inerenss In one year s been, consequently, 3t columns, No Juyrual gn this coutliont cpp shew an equal growth In tha same thme, i The mortgaged newspapor concern on Yells treat prefends thate Is priptine ad- vertjsepents, But lbisnot, Itis really fjl- Ing its stomach with the ‘eage wing, “"And It {4 not growjng fat on thet diet. Inelusing Dogus sdyertisements, ** speclals” ab 4 cents o line, and yeprly contracts, the Inflated snoghmen of @ newspaper fraud could shqw but fifty calu qt advertisements yester- day, Tig uNE pripied geventy col- uning, or Lwenty columus more, of bana fide pald-for advertlsements. Ju money:value, i Tiuspxe's adyertisements roprasented six thnes as much epsh s the Times', ‘The Wellg street cditor seems fo fmagine that the peoplo of Chicugo do not know how to count, Dut they dp. ey ieee—— THE DUIY OF A SENATOR, The controversy which Mr. Conklipg has ralsed over tho appothtment of Judgy Rub- ertsgp s Cajteetor ut tha Tort of New York is pajenlatpd tp obseyre the propgr estipato of a Uniteq Statos epntor's dity, Menin il positions tad 1t easy fo perauado them- selves that it ls 1 to do what they dusire to do when tiey one give themselvgs ub lo fullnclotia vensoning 0 which tho wish Is fathar tp the thaught. Menge the far-fetehed constpuctign whieh hus been pyt ypou the lan- puage of the (;nus;lultlou and the precedents pf appuintments to spatgip the thegry of Bepatorjal courfesy. Sepator Voorhees, n a recent statement to'n Washington nows- paper, fing done 4 serylea 1o thopublic, ayd probably to his fellgw-Senators, by ppking a clear and cundid gtptempent of the duty pfa Sengtor Iy o situation sjuiflar fo that which now provally'in Washigetop. Mg ylews of the case ave so upt and timely that they can seareely fall to hanvess every Intelllrent and impartinl regder 88 porrect, gnd we yepro- duge them below Just ag he i reported: This I8 not a personul matter with me at ail. nmon good ferms with "Ny, Conkling m&u with overy meniber bf the Adijinistratiof: SO fur js m{wum eonsldsrytio) )l_’ g coneerned 1 wonld '{h dly oblige thewm wil, Tar 18 18 fiways mare ugreenble to mo 1o du pleusent thug unplensint thisigs. But 1 uimot pluce te dischurge of 1y duties gs 4 Bohafor on such graigpds, 1 am oo ealled p|l‘ 10 fuky gnln tn gupirrels bptween the leudurs of thio Hepubliepn parey, The Proshdent ling’ Inu‘ Hkfi: J'u"fi’qflc{mbl T((lml ut‘gnmuruo :fi::f: ) o ot '““‘-5’. x?mnlrnp‘nu'n the el mz." 1 in'dohjg s0 fucdons arlsé I bis mzu&mrl)'. that 1§ net uly ninie” lmn’lmw?urz»ll rof Republican difters R A S g A §'5'-im'a." 1f 'he g ‘[iu‘ Jofersuning Fepujre- ments, on whit yroulis cun 1 yare jo relot hfme If he fe capublo end honest, h11 recory Is goud with me. Thut 6 the’ uld-fusblondd test, and it |3 tho true one. Wo hear much about Houulorinl courtesy fh connietion with uppuing- nepts nx!'L"""flrl|!'§fluuy~ ‘That byl Wll'l'uw(y fy'prapoy Lounils, " T 1vy 1o Ly us conrlonus ba uny nxmr{Eunnlun sl ue fud g wy duty wili peruilt Jmuyamlyu niy uguou|uies, but, Hko pny otbe) Wnounnulllu-l,'uoxrlru. s he - voktd out of pluce. The’ New York Cpstpme Housy lnxm;uop«q I[) 13 mugur Tnutiona a ugugr 1o Liupurtipgity of o ORTIPI G )11 the Collevtor of Cudlngis ut Nuw York s mijch a Nuttonul oficin} us 1 mowaber uf tho Cabiniet, A greut comuporcing rprl, Foijecting rovenue from Buven-tedths perupa of all e commerce of the Amnrlmua pogple, cannut by regarled ve o mur appenduga W tho lueel politice of o eingle G, Fhestitouponier By et en ng’ uu‘-f’gr‘nulppurllw dim.,m_hf ‘Iku"xlm uj‘:- g lml ptipent of 0 Postmagjer, “Thp 1o yg )hlq. ndjupa. Byg other greot \Vustlu Bt uro a8 much fnturcased (n the nduinistrotion of the Iuylllmuw Lusinuss of the Now tk Cuas 1o «Housy ne tho pegple of New York thew. selves. Whilo'I regret that thio sopolntwunt of Judge Hoby lntnum:rmblr.- l‘:mu Hunr- 1ons from 0rk, yot, boiloving bim . ouph- bl e o R duty 1o yoic for bis sonfirmution, i 1t iy not engy to undepstand hoy auy Sep- ator can consclentlously take any athor view of the matter than the pne eo clearly ex- pressed |o the above paragraph. leanusg bo kent well in mipd that gt no perlod of the Conkling controversy has there bepy the slightest animadversion on the chgsuptor or capacity of Judge Roburison. Jt 18 pdimnitted on il aldes that hip is g man of large experj- ence, rare abllity, and tegted iutegrity, Itis rarely that 8o eapable apun has been eajlgd to i1} the piace of Collectay, for the.reasop that the pfileo higs buen tou commanty awards ed on accoun} of parilagn pr persenal favor- Itism withont due regori) to fitness, Indepd, one of the avowed reasops for Senator Cank- Jing'y oppusitiop |5 that Judge Roherison s aman ol top wyeh abllity, ‘since he 1s not boynd up ju Cankling's Interest, and willnat run the ofiice of Collector py 8 tender fp Copkling's smblijon, 3 Lonk}ing’s vnly hope for defeajing J3obert- ' son’p nominntiop gt any time sipce the deud- Jock was abandyned has been In securjug tho cobperation of the Demoecrgtly Senntoms. Bug |t s probpbly that the sapie ylowa st Seuntor Voorhiees Jyps expressed will govern most of his Democratlo colleagues, It Sen- ators who are iy the oppos|fion or the mipor- Ity donot yleld to pinin conslerations of right and duty when there ly 4 factional dif- forency iy the majority payty, theu thore {s no condition when men moy bs trpbled to do thelr duty In publie Jife: Tn view of the fact that the fitness of Judge Robepjson's ap- volutment Is adwmitted gn pvery side, the vote of p Democrstis Sepator sgelnes lis copfirmation will be tho resyls of soms I~ proper Intluence. Every Democratio vote opulush Bobertsoy will po dye plther | hosbroushit 1 TIIE - CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MAY 16, 1881—TEN PAGHS: to o gesjra to promgte dlssenslon snong tha Ropublicans, whereby tha Admiinis- tration ‘will be ewmbarrassed, or to seck tha. establishing of tho rtule fhat po appolntinents shall bo* made withoyt tho previons advice and consent of tho Sen- ators fram tho State whero the appolitees Jive, oy to personal friendship for Sepator Conkilng. None of these motives §s proper. The general applientivn of any one of them fo Exgeutiva npuojutpents would bo snb- versiyp of the Constitutlop and luag fo stjll more dangerous abuses In the Uivil Service thau any which the spulls system lins recog- nized and established heretofore., 4 Every Senator, whether Democratic or Re- publicnn, must tako n serlous view of this matter.” These gentiemen have all spb- saribed to sglemn patha tq dp their duty md oboy the Constitption, ‘They all know that lha{nlng@, us wall ag the |iteral constructlon, of tho Congtitution eonfers upop the Presi- dent the right ‘{! nopingte the ofilcers of the Government. "They nll upderstond that the Senatarlal suparyision was deslgned to pro- teet the copntry Trop pny error, lutentional or pecldontal, which the Presidept might makp @ tho oxerclso of this duty, Thoy are alf swara that the abjections to the con- firption of Judge Roberfson arb of a per- sonl or factlong) nature, apd do not rup to 1ils Dtness,” 1 oflice of Callcefor {8 in no sense a loenl or State ofiee, I‘eucg should not bo syb- Jeetgd ta the dleintion of 4 local palitielan or eligug. Conseanantly every Senator who be- eyes Juyjlge Rabertsan to pe henest and capable mpst favor hls confirpation g8 a matter of duty, just as Scuator Voorhees puts tho cage, 5 \‘Vh:i@ wp haye wrltten has nob the purpege of Influepcling Senators to vate for Robprt- son 1 the intdrest of fho Adminlstration, for 1t I3 probable that the case will be acted uppn to-morrow, and almost cerfnin that Robert- son will Lo contirmed. But Itis well that o capdid and gomprehepsive view of the matter should be taken by the peaplo in - " opder that they may kuqw Senntors who en- tertain the Natlonal idea of Exccutive gi- nyintyienty, and those who hald to thy per- gonnl and State-soyergignty dogtritig of Gov- Ol'llllll)n': uglrolmgc. THE LEADING AMERIOAN JOURNAL. Tui CiigAgo ''ninusg acknowledges no rivpiry In busluegs oylyidp of New York. And It lg only a questlon of time when that rivalry shall cease. Tue Tusuyxe will be tha mpst suceessfyl pewspaper on this coptl- nent lu o pecunfary way as surely s Chieago will outstrip all ‘pther clties. As n news-' gathetor Tigk Trigpye s already tho lend- {ng Amorican’ newspaper, }I yses the tele- graph puore freely and morg wisely, other }qufg:gl; 14 hag u larger aud bette of eqrregpondents than any olhc" ts nows fabatter edited nnd mwore judiclously dis- played than that of any of Its” eontemprira- tles. It dous yot thrpw the burglep of golge- tlon, arrangement, and distributjgn upon its readers; but gives them «ll the sows In con- densed apd eonvenlept form. The wrowih of Tur Tmsuse's business hins been unexgmpled fu the history of Amer- fean Journalism, “The evidence of thiy fact 1s contabed in tho record of 1ts pooks during the spring season Just dfawing to n elnse. In tho |ast tourmonths and o hait it has printed regular]y the Iargust Sunduy marnini editions ever kpowy InChieago, Itsadyertigije patray- pgy has begn far groater thnn gy enjoyed byfore In Its own éxperlence, and of course mora thyy that pf all its’logal contepporarips combined; and at”'the samo tima 148 slze lips Deen dncreadnd that ifs renders have enjoyed o Inrgey npount and varlety of reading than evor before.. . ; The fullowing tabulated statement shows the nyniber of nages hy cach Syudgy morofig Isgue sinze the first of tha year, the columus nnd number of wilvertisoments in each, and the nuinber of pavers prjited aid sold from Jan. 1 to Alay 14, bnclysive: Tl AT | = §§ 21:83 “ FT[i g3 ite] 1864 GOIT S ) o e [ {‘Zfl a2 R Rk | @R 07| By} o2 }l 187 M) fi,\‘ KT TN L) 03| Foos| 60,085 5| i e el 2 {0 | e Wa defy any newspaper Wpsk pf.New York tn presept o giatement that will mateh the ong given nbove In any partieular. The thing gaiiof be dope. Thore 13 np compari- sop potweon Tug Tisuse pyd ity sp-caljed rivals, ey are vivald only Iy thejr own gg- fhnatlon. To find o real riva) to T Toin- uNe it will be necessury to travel 1,000 milgs pway, ond in aj) respects oxaunt 1§ advortls- fugr pateannge, Whicli J9 wandprtyl for tho wlizp of the clty which supports It, T'rrg Trige uxe hes no rival In tha world;—1t s tho best powapuper printed. E—— WU, CONRLING'S DENIALS. Boype person hns bueh Tupnlghips the New Yoyk Herald with professedly frive gigie- moents of the Sennto enucus proceed ingy, ghd Indplging in abusive and scaudalous come ments nuap what hna beep hdustrloustly Teprepepted a8 ay effort to humbiate Mr., Conkjing. Aftern week's indulgence in thls’ kind of abubv of the Tresident, the pulliss- thon beewme 8o disgraceful that M, Conkling hos mude pyhtip notice that Jig 15 ot to he held responsibla foy the articles ju the Herald, and thut o had to had in thelr prepuration, Ordinprily a deulal of this kind from a Sen- MAr wupld be ccepted by the country and by tha press ag alj-snfljejunt, but n Mr, Conk- Nps's cago ft Js pub su nccurlw} by hosu wio ruu\v him t““‘ wha heye had experlence as o the credit to bo givon fo his stptemopts, A noted ‘instunce of this kind, which js p mottor of record, f8 ‘roprogueed at this thue. At the fime the Treaty ot Washlugton was ‘pending, s copy of it was published 1y soma of the papers. A few doys pfterwarls & reselution. wps of- fered In spcrel sesplon of the Benate by Mr. Carpepter directing nn Inquiry as to how this publication was madg, ‘Pwa correspanid- ents, refuaing ta toll Liow or whers they gpt # copy af the trpaty, this Committee was un- Hoavering tp pxtract confessiong from them hy thyeaty of punighing thgm. Yhesy pro- coedings gxclted the ridiculs of the country, and Mr. Conkiing, the supposed author ot o regolutlon, was gharply eritjcised by the Eeu. Pending a regolujion to dlscharge 0 correspondents, Conkling, havipg pre- pared g epeclsl tollet fop tin aceasiun,gify morning rose yp |n open sesslon and ‘boldly sl emphatically declared that ghe Ingyiry hag pot been suggested or orjginated by hiny Hero g his own doulal g8 recorded in the Congresslonul Globe:! 1 thorof 14, tunity rp.m,."&‘i..‘,‘?.‘, Ry honncetion whi. 188 DeROtk i) uln‘\muunl uid wishing $o. lukotf vm‘lfi pausivilizy ! nvuy Burt Of Wy pur cli pation 1%, Th (avestigation Was nof Sugiosto, oF riginal by e, Lr_ LY tho BenulorTrotd Wik cousin, It ofiginated jo v:ucun\-a-uulun,md, thogufure, under thy ruled of the Bentfy, § ym at lboety 1 say mly thal 100 buir reaty and lhn&% e af ap Investlgebion wope notieo of the Benuto by the "They must all recognlzo that tho | .clnss thut humbly nslis for o weekly hoit- Sonator l(mu Wisconstn nor by me. Indeed, 1 hentd for tha first timo In thd Senute that an alle Icucy of tho treaty il been mndo pib- fle.Tha statement was niade that @ tew in Gldeintutl and u newspuper fn New York b pubilished jt. This was the duy atier the publi- cutlon, and was my Bret Information on the sub- Jeet. 1 tind seen nelthar £, aind il not s oithor untll the Committeo hod beon rused to investigate, voe had | ever heard w susvlcion of tie hand of mnm\:: by which the docitment found ta way to fhd public. As every Spnator wresent know tho facts, this was a pretty bold statement oyen for o mgn like Mr, Copkling to muke, Lut the orighinl proceedings huving taken plnco In executivo sessiop, and ns no one could con- tradiet him without violating the scerecy of tho Senate, Mr, Conkling fult safe. But tho exposura camo all unexpectedly, Some fif- teen minutes after Conkling had mado this 'u_mp!m@l'c duntal, tnd while ho was tempo- rarlly absent, Senntor Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, who had not heprd Conkling's spopel), I mgking some remarks on the matter pepding bofove the hody startled the Sonate and the gullerles by th followlng atnfement: ;i M, l:rql-laept. wo havo had an fnvestiation. Tho 'l uub%lo‘ Benntor rmr Now Yorl Conklin lg _gnr\qu thia resoltitipn, 1t"wus in- rudipd” ho” honorablo Seniator front Wis- nafn, Mr, Corponger, 3 ’ e Citrpenter—I'enll tho gentieman to order. Hobas no right to discloso” what took placd’in exvuutive aussion. ) - Ar. Wilsun—1beg pardon for that. r. Conkling was Informed of what Wil- son had spid, anyd hurried back to thy Sepgte, whep the follgwing took pince: Mr. Conkliug—Mr, !’rfi:ldom. within tho last fiftepn nyiputes | was abseat Trgin the Chamber not tb exceed five miputes, I think so long, and durlng that nbsegce, ns [ informed, tho Son- ator from’ Mussachusoits nourdst mo (Mr. Wil- son) mude o stutement which 1 nak himn to repeut 0 m BRuCY, ! lt.y\emaf’n—gly Atatement. W?l this vrecksely: thint the résolution nsking for the appointment of & cominlttco was prapared by the Benhtor frony Now York, and presented by tho Benitor froit Wisconaln, nus intended to nnr thpt we gave It o unanimous vote, and vorg nll respons sible for It. 010 ua well as anather., That is what 1 Intended (0 sy, but § wis rnul{ndcd that I wus rahonitip Uppt Dxecdtiva mittors, which lnd not como inlo niy mind, for tho reason thilt this proceudime hiad “bean {u pubjie 8o much that it seemed to o lkm wholo utter was h“‘mrf 18 1tS ambttor'lo o titlked abonty and I'did not think T wily violuthug the role. £ 5 Caught pnd convicted of his delibeyate misstatement, M. Conkling.had no course Jettbut to brazen it out. 1l therefora ex- pigineg) that, ag the discussion was golng on, I;u hpd redyeed to writhng the form of a reso- ition to cover the Inquiry and hrd fianded 1t fo gpother, but that dig net Justity nny per- son [n attributing to him the instigation of the Inqulry. T'he whole proceeding was o decp humilia- tion to thy Sepator from Now York, Ile had made a bold denlal of a notorinus fact, and did 8o relylng upon the seerecy of the Sennte to proteet hhm. Mr. Wilson's accidental rev- elation of the truth and Conkling's lame ex- teniyatlon pf the orlgiual misstatement was shuckingly humtliating, The result of ait this las heey that the newspnucys and Wash- ington correspundents do not accept stute- menta or denjals juade by Mr. Conkilng as couclusive as to thelr acenracy, ‘WEEELY IIALF-HOLIDAYS. ‘I'his Is theseason In which tho denizens of glties sigh for haitnplidays. Whon the huwthorp ond tralllng arbutus dofy the nqflPerg plgst; when tho twif veclpthes itself In groen when tho purple lao flow and thelr'de|feate aroma perfume all tho i when all the budsbeginto swell, and the ruses tg glve hipts of thelr eaming fn June,— Itis then thot o fecllng of unrest possesses the universal urban workl, Continuous manual Iabor heeomes drudgory; contlnu- ous mental offort beeomey irksome. ‘The prafessiopal myn thinks of the copylpg long va- catlon, when tho courts ot the chnrehes shall Do closed, and’ the pryetice ofmedicg left to the tongdur mercies qq’ quacks, and students, nnd drugglsts, aid dudtdes’ ppprentices, The votarles of fushlonrand the possessors of wenrlth dream of tho seishorg, the spripgs, qud tho mowntaine. ‘The propriotors of the grent mercantile houses mnp oul the ap- pronehing season, divide the thne Inta paris, ppnmurlmu the lnrger part, aud "the junlors gugdividg and approprlate the bplaee. Npr are the confidentinl mnnngers and clorks and trusted emiptoyts forgotien. Ench In hig turn fs glven o porlod df eomplote guspepsian of jubor,~a season of rest, But al) thiosp clisses comprizs only o sinall frac- tlon of the aggregato of urban populntions. Tho gropt nass of ity poople—ma, wonun, and children—havo no part nor lot In this systam of sunyner hojldays, ‘Plioy have neither the means nor the time for long va- catlorig, The waif 13 just rougyd the earner, yn fow steps from the cottage, the tenement, or the hoyel ot the poar, whp cop-" atityte tho mnssua of overy city community; and It tho father shoyld Ipgdulige Ipnjong vacation this walf of waut would spar) apd sunp his teoth In the faged of holpless little ehildren. DBut thu pagr gufier from the -universal feellng of uprest, a louging for the Lrpgh uir, the grepn’ tugf, and tho smlilng, aweat-geental llu.\\'ors of tho country. And theso ppaple whiy earn thely broad In tho syvent of tholr facos, thoso people who bear the hest” and’ bupden " of the dpy, theso people who ~ have scarcely o hope of exemption from toll, even during ‘the perlod of old age,—it s this follday, Wiep thp' suinmer appyonches thoy assembly tagethor—ryupresentatives fronr vaployy hg)!lsg:u ongaged fy p partjeplar brapeh of trade or fndustrs—angd. polition their employers, ‘Fhoy only ask for n porfod of threo months weekly balt-holidays, In sowo cuses tho yotition 18 granted, In others rofused. Byt why not ask for fifty-two half- hollilays netend of a dozen? In England— Jondop ond othey large citjes—the weekly hult-holiday system extonds through the whalo yepy, At 1 o'clack p. . an Saturday I Londop business In the great establjsh- lnts cgases; and gHl the grent warld of London workpeople seok rest, amusoment, ovspert, ‘Cho system. hins beep In vperntiop there a quarter of o century, The raljway companley huve pravided for this weekly half-hollday both In thelr passenger aud thelr gouds tepnrtmgnin; thelr frefght-honses Rfo Aoon swopt clean of goqds, and thejr passenger-tralngare ready to take the milllon 0t plengure-ieckers to the waterside or tho FInves QF the country, Whevovor in this country the half-holiday systom has been adopted lts wisdom hins beey amply justified, Pl Boprd of ‘Trade iy this city, comprising o nebprphin ot about 2,000, adopted the BYALOI $WVE YEAraago; ad & pronositlon tare- turn to the pld syateip of six fpll duys’ labor In » wepk Would not secype the anpporg of o baker's dozen, Manufuctyrine mprehants of tijla city wio have ndonted the weakly half- holldny system during the summicr months do not fall bphind theiv competitors who stlil agherg to theold systom of unintersunted dradgery. ‘They find that their ewployés enguged n * plecg work"? earn snore money in fve days and @ half thay they formerly earned in six! This b o very signiiicant ¢, 1t shuwys that the prospect of the hul- 4ay'a yeat at hope, o twi) n the country, or devotlap to spugdy, stimylates the brain and perveq the hand, 4 this ense therais no logs $ proguction, na lggs ta anybody. and a suye guip of n haltlay’s rest from manual labor, Inguiry among werehants and manufactur- ors develops the fpet that therp are among them certmy njodel establishments,—estabs Ushments where o feellne of mytual confl dence hag been Mmlngd. 1n these estabiish- wments the humblest employé feels at lberty tg copsult hils eyployer as to the disposition of hissmalt syvings, ar abouy any guestion touchlug Lls peryougl welfare and ghat of his | family. And lu these establishments It 18 observed’ that “strikes” rarely oceur, and that with thom employés remain perma- nently, On aanperficial view tho managers of these wodel ostablishnients may ba res garded a8 acting from n humanitarian stand- polut. But thisis not necessarily the ense, 1f strikes are avertad * bad blood* i3 avolded, and n cortaln dofinit saving 1s made Uoth by the employer and the employés. 1t theadviee of tho employer enables the employé to mnke a moro Judiclons Investment of his savings a benefit Is canforred which ean hardly fuil to make the benefielary moro faithful in the performnnce of his serviee, And if the o~ ployé galus the respect of his cmployer ho will surely beeone moro wogthy of the re- spect of bis fmily, and the whole houschold ovlil be the better for it. It may bo sald that personal relations resuliing i mutuatity of ‘eonfidenco between employer and eiployé can only subsist In small establishments, While this mny he fruc, It s not trus that a system which would aecomplish tho sawa end Is tmpossible oven n the largest estab- tismonts, In every largo ostablishment thorq Is n slpgld directing mind. That mind may make {is influcnca felt through overy dapartment of the vast business from the first-lloutenant (IO\V‘I to the lowest grado of Inborers, And If this manager has the skill to secrire tho respect, conflilence, and affec- tlon of the ywholo force under his command e s sure to reap tho maximum of profit from the industry he controls. 1n this view of tho ease kind words nra better than coarso cpithets,—that Is to say, they pay better. 1€ 1t has bpen demonatrated, s we be- lteve 1¢ has, In an estabilshment of threo orfour hunyred employés, that lifty “plece " workmen aye 8p stimulated by the weekly half-holldgy that the workmen earn more pay in five days and o half than they for- merly carned in six dgys, it follows that the weekly half-hollday might bo granted in tho Inrgest establishiments, and granted with ad- vantpge to employera as well ns to employés, ‘Tho bopt and shoo denlers of this clty have Intely ndopted the weekly hulf-hollduy sys- tom “for tho summor monthd: Why should not the merchants In all other branches of wholesnlo trade follow this lead ? And if the system can be adopted fof the sunimer with- out detriment to the interests ot trade, it can be udqud g well for tho entire year.,” Spo- radicensesof halt-hollday will beof Httle use. Au epidemie of frequent short Intervalg of restis requfred. If o branch of trade cqn sueylve these periods of rest all branches can do the samo. 1t all London can take a weekly half-hollday, and wo know it ean, for thp systom has preyalled thero twenty-five yenrs, all Chicago can dg the same. “THIEVES AND OHILDREN" Prof. Swing saysi “Tho’ naton which pays willions a your for earrybys Jnaginary mail-bags along Imaglnary *highways by nieang of tmaginary stoambonts and shindow horses and shindow wagons Is us yut o nation of winglyd children. and thieves,—of which charity hoyes the children are in tho major- 1ty This iy n_umpl]lu pletury of thq shume which has fal upon the Natlon through- tho “star-route? fufgmy, Prof. Swing calls the persuns connected with this glgantle switle *“*thieves,? and, with equal foree, refers to the peonle who have been robbed ay “ehildren” Itmny be a littlo humiliating to the mnsses of the great Amorican peoplo to be told bluntly that they are *““ehildren,”. helpless: In ‘the hands of thleves! Each “ehlld" is a sovereign, n pyrt of the Gove ernment which has been robhed. ¥ach child hos contributed his sharo, in taxes, of the sum of which the Government has been wundered. Each ehild Is wroud of tho faet that he .1z part ‘of the law-making, Inw-executing posyer of tho land. But if tho chijdren retlect, It thoy take a retrospective view of the past, thoy will provably be pain- fully lmpressed with o gense of duty neg- Teepad 1y ho matter of exceutlng Inws agaipst public plunderers, They will find that the “thioves havo generully been moro than o mateh for thent, They will lind that very few of tho public plunderors are in the Peni- tentinry, while many of them are at large enjoying the frults of thejr plundey, und that these Intter, In nymerous Instances, hold their-tieuds very bigh In the commumity. Prof. Swing's caustic remarg about *ehll- dren? cuts ke s knife, 1t shows with what lofty and just contempt o philusopher re- gards the political sltuation. The’ wag who divhled the conmunily into three classes— tho rlghteoys, the wicked, and the Buocher fapfly—way 1ot mory severe upon the Buccher fmpily than Prof. Swing Is uppp the childrop, 1l diyides the commupity into two clagses,—thieyes and ehildren,—and “Jiopes the chlidren nre in tho mujority,” No doybt the chifdrep are fu the majority, | but they arsronly children, whilo the thioves are full-grown men, And in this country the thieyes' deflant retort, * hat aye you golng to do abupt it 2?7 hps passed Into a prov- erb. No soopor fs the thiof sent to juil than the syipnthy of the children begins to find oxpression, ‘They ptend for hin before the Grand Jury, Whey *hang? the trial jury for hjs benefit. "Thoy straly overy nerve to keow the “upforfuyate " opt of the Penijen- tiary, sud it by acefdent the doors of that fustitution close on him pardon potitlons begln to clréunlato, and the ehil- dren, the Judge, the proseeuting-attorney, the Jurymen (Jury-children would be u botter title), the jaller, the turnkoy, the ballifs, angd the pther children op the street,—all these sign, und weep while they sign, Jys- teo s yhmost epfively lpsb slght of eveh In tna courts of ordinnry crimingl administra- tlon, With such lvose practices prevalling 10 regayd fo the lowur grdes of eximinals, It is quite natural thpt jistico shonid uttgrly fll with the upper clrclo of thieves, who yob under the foruiaaf law, who havg seeqm- plices in the Departments and 1n Congress, who averflow with patriotisin, who tremble for the country If Ythe party® should fall; who sit at thg party council-{able, and ha- mangne the muiltitnde ~from the party “stupp,” Ilow can ordinary ehildren deal with fhis cluss ot publie plup- derorg ? Thay stand, o swe of sugh mighty men; they have ueither the mpral cotruge nor the wusclo to sojze them by the nape of the neck and cast them Intp prispn. The elder childyen—QGrant .and Beeehor— Maat at meat” with the ohiet of thestar-rautp contructars, and pronounced eulogles Wpoan hig magnificeny uchlevemonts, T'rof, Swing wmust have had these two dlstlygulsbed “ehlldren® In mind when ho divided the conuunity ipte twa clysscs—**thloves nnl children,” **You have carrled the country, Mr, Dorsey;" sald Gen, Graht, st that funous dinngr, * You hava changed tha nspect of the whola coptinent for -the noxt, tep or fifteon yenrs, Mnr Dorsey," exe oinlmed -Mvy * Boecher, ' 1le would hava beep ploser to ' tho i tiuth I§ g had safd: * You have seanied -the Grogt Awmerls can Desprt all over with, sjar postakroutes, and had your contracts'over theuws *oxpo- dited? gor the last ten or fifteen years, Alr, Dorsey.”t- How Dorsey must hiave laughed In his slpove us ho Hsteped to thesg oulogies, and thought: "'I am sure af Cllut Wheeler in the -postal coutract oflire now,” e Kuow th Wi PR, B"w\n%gmg‘,lw{lmf ous ot last, that grant and Boechoy wore mere childrep, whila g was & fill-grawn wop, Well, what are thy: children golng to do about 17 Agp they golng ‘tg fremble in the presence of the. glar-routa cantsaets arg and thelr copurpeners in oflle? Are thay. wolug- to weon, over thew and sympnthizo with them? Or to demand their progecytion and punish- mont? Vostmnster-Genprgl James ia moving on the enemy's works, but Mr, Conkling Is sald to have altuded to him as ** that man James "] To be sure tho anecring allusjon 1s supposed to have had reforonce to n doubt of his fidelity in tho mattor of the Nobertson confirmation. But Gorbam, Brady’s editpr, I8 n8 bitter agajnst the J'resident for hls ns- sault upon the star-route rogues as for his returning the blows of Mr, Conkling; and the blitterness of Conkling’q organ hers townrd the President is exnctly parvalleled by its tenderneds for Brady, Mr, Conkling hins not been reported ns exprossing any satisfaction inn view of the prosecition of the Investiga- tlon of tho star-route frauds. Is ha opposed toit? Wil he lssue orders to Mr. Jnmes to goslow? And wilt James obey? These bo questions in which tho ehlldren ought to take tdeep Interest. It s pot lmprobable that Mr. Conkling may object to n relontless prosecution of tho star-route contractors; for 1t is matter of history that ho never lifted his finger nor ralsed his valee In favor of the proseculion of the eustoms ring of defraud- ors of tho rovenuo i the City of Now York, 1f he ever performed one nct or sald ong word loakipg fo tha purliication of tho New York Custom-liouse from frauds known notorl- ously to exist thero the public Is Ignorant of the fact. If he over manifested the lenst in- terest In Invgstizations of that oftice, tha pub- lie Is not informed of it. Wo subwit, therc- fore, that the public lins no right tq expeet that Mr. Cankling will glve pither to the Presldentorto Mr, James gn fotnof support In tholy prosecution of the star-route swindlers An Ejectrie Rxpositlon. Tha nlucteenth century may fittingly be tormed tho contury of stenm and etectricity. The progress made In the construction of steam machinery was splondidly itlustratod at tho During the coming fall nn oxhivition will tako place at Parls, whero nll tho nations of the earth will be represented by thelr luventions in tho fleld of cleetrieity. Tho groat hall of the fndustrial Palace ut Parls Philadelpbin Exbibition. wili bo fillod with thoso wonders of the world, In tho contra of tho hall thare 18 to bo found n smnll Inke, on which a dlminutive steamer will lay n submarine cable accordiog to tho Kolus systom. 1n the rooms undor tho hall tho visitors cun witness tho manufacturo of ulj sorts of tule egraph wire and all eloctrio apparatus known; also the manufacture of isolutors, telegraph posts,and all other paraphernglln ineldent to telegraphy, Ovor tho bul! a lighthouso 1s to bo constructod and operated nocording to tho Ser- d Telexraphers will be at wurk at all tho different ingtrymonts, and during tho evening the wholo oxpatitjon bullding will bo Huminated with electric lighta, All tho dif- furent systems of “cloatrio hglhts will bo tested. A dynanmo-electrie englne of 1,600 horse-power will serve as genorator. In anothor pavillon tho fira and polloo tolograph will bo exhibited, nlso tho electrio signuls and brakes used by rafl- . ronda; furtbermure, all tho oleotrie apparntus veglstering tho specd of rallrond trains and tho nmount of stoim used in propeling thom. In tho uppor halls of tho palace tho telephones will Lo on exhibition, several of which are to bo lo- onted in sepurato roots and brought In connec- tion with the Grand Opera-Houso and the Tho- atre Frangals, so that music, soug, and declamas In anotber room the telephone aystem of Horz will be ox- hibited to the public, where thoy can talk por telephone to tholr friends in Lyons, Orlonus, rin system. tion may be heard by toe visitors. ete, In n gerles of olght rooms, arranged ace cording to Puris houschold fushion, ovorything wiil be done with the nid of cleotricity. Thaoy will be flluminates) by oleetrlolty, tho cooking will be done over electrio lamps, and olectrigity will beat iron plates, to keep menls warm os long us desired. Any of the Inmps can bo ignited by simply pressing a littlo button. The neals from tho itchon below aro sent up by o dumb-waltor muved by cleetrieity, and. the friends, physiclins, scrvants, ole, nre sum- money by tho oleetrlo tolephones, In tho parlor aro clocks, cleetrie candolnbras, figures, jand oihor plnythings moved by electricity. In'tho billlard-room the game {8 marked by an clectric Indloator. In tho musio-room a plano is pluyed by olectricity, and electrio hair- brushes nre to bo found 1n the slooping apart- munts, Tho door-bell s rung by the pld of an electric machine, ang if an unwblcomo visitor pulls tho boll-knob a secund timo ho Is sdmon- ished by an ocleotric shock, tho strength ‘of whigh can be controlied, to desist from furthor nttomptd ot disturoanco., In othor rooms will be oxhibited many eleetrle playthings, too nu- merous to mentlon, such as dolls mareching about by clectrlelty, waric lantorns, ote. On tho 15t of August the exhibition will bo opened, and visitors onn take n rido onan electrin ele- vated rallroad on the Blomaons system (which has just been succgssfully Introduced to tho Terlin publle) from furly to tho pulaco of oxhl- bidon. The First Compmissloner of tho Exhibl- tion i8 Mr. Bergor, nsslsted by Commissionors udi, Carrot, Hobrard, Cockery, Yarrost, Herg, Bapst, and von Relnach. ————— : Tnr Gorman Governmant has, proposed to $ho Rofchstag o now law tho provialony of which aro futended to suppress tho soysters in tho Bmplro.. 1o ordpr to demonstrate the noces- sity of such a law a statistioal statemont was gout In with tho blll, which shawoed the number of shyatord pragtiolng in the Btato of Prussin alone. According to this statement the Diatriut of Kinigsborg I8 blosaed with 350 of this species . of legal expounders; that of Gumblopen with 218; of Dynalg, with 1373 Mardenwerder, 8i6; Poson, 570; Bromborg, 267¢ Stattin, 120; Kdshin, 107; Btpalsund, 68; Breslau, " $0; Licgnitz, 208; Oppeln, 480; Potedam, 102 Frank- furt on the Oder, 201; Magdoburg, 182; Erfurt, 70; bllinster, 84; Minden, 80; Arnsborg, 100; Coblenz, 156; Diissoldorf, 833; Cologne, 80; Trlor (I'reves), 180; Anrben (Alx 1a Chapollo), 0); Slgmaringon, Wisbadon, 1%; Cassol, 1043 Schleswly, 25; Hanover, 07: Hildesholm, 08; Lilnobury, #4: 8tado, 188; Osnubriick, 34; Aure fch, 80: und Iu tha Polloq Distviat of Borlin there are 000. Tho District of Poson can honst of the mnat shyptors, boving one for avory 1,811 inhabitauts; next cames Stade, with ono of tho Inw-twistors for cvery 1,058 Inbnbltants; than cumes Hromborg, with oue of them for oyery 2,118 inhabitants; making o total of 6,601 sbystora for thy State pf Prussin, * e e——— Tug dl Cesnola colloction of Oyprinto an- tiguitiea was obtalnod tor the Now York Motra- politan Muscum of Art at yreat expenss, Somo timo ago, Mr, Goston T Feuardont, who bng buoon pluced in contidential relutions to the man- sguipeny of tho Musenm, nesortod that wany of/ithe so-called. ‘*statucs™ wero conglomorates, made up of sevoral dilfer- ot ., parts. and fragmepts of fururea which bad gt “been wholly recovared, He ylloged, fucthor, that some uf the statuury bad baen ro- touched and fmproved after it had passcd into the posscsslon of tho Myseum. Ggn. dl Cosnalp vigureusly denied theso pbrges. At bis yo- quest un fnvestigation was ordered, and bo was “whitpwashod.” But 3fr. Feuardent i notto be so eaally put down, Hg has roturned to the clarge, Bamo of his statomonts arg extromely ciroumstantial, and thoy aro supportod in such away by photographs that they mtlesat have tha prosumption of truth In thelr favor. Duth the Nation and the New York Tipics coneur fu tho upiniun that thoy wre sorious and ontitied to respuctful considuration, and' the 2'mes no puts quotation marks aropud<batitio af *Qen/ diCesninla, gpd inthinutos o Lollof that be ks fmpgsed upon tha T'rustees. Another agd wore suurching fuvestigation la tha loust result that ogu be uxpectod ta follaw gue now ruvelations. e eep———— “A copg of words spechlly ndypted to the Qrfinlmliglon; qf sstfonamlcal intelllgouce . by ooun cable’ hus been complled Ly Measrs. Chandler and Ritotlo, of Boston, aua they bave aprauged with tho obsorvatory at Dun Echt, Bcotland, for transmigsioy of mossaged alther way, By the use of this eoda thq dispovery of g ocawut can Lo spnounced iu seven words; and by the uso of sixteon wordy, the plemonta wify's firgs compt qg 1831, with an o;;he\necll Qf jtamo- o, wero telegrapbed to this country Moy ¢ The comet will be In porinelion next Saturday; sl boforo the sun. e . Tug Prusslan military deputation which visitpd 8¢, Poloraburg t congrutulute Case Alyxe sudoy, II1. on bls accession ta \ha throne wus dismissod by bim, scoording to ‘the Hertfner Tageblutt, with tiip followlng wordes * Goutlemen, how bappy you are ta onjoy life without care and cunstunuly-threstoning daus weré uf lusiug the precloys l(-uu. Lt mo tell You what buvvoued ‘(o wo lately, While betos ‘sappers, who uro digging 8 dressod 1 had oocnsjon to pyt 4, pantaloons poekoet, nnd Ana | Bothu ot 10} o’ and founa ,',E“"‘L" ot oF the Revolntlonirs Eru, 0ty W LWORLY~RLX BEs Ty Compn! my fathor, Furthormom, by il T rat comfartably b tny iy froin A doy's Cxetng nboy bt minalng depututions, when tant rushod {nto tbe’ room, candle, leuving o in- ntte) at his singutar conduer, 7] tion, e suid Iinhud just ol thag 3 contatiied ut. tho Lottom iy tbecings and fvestigntion proved g poo eangy fornaty o Cow RIS morg worgy £OTEC) vl 10 BENE QUOHLUN Cxplogjond 'L D190 G ull contideneo ayen i tiose iy iTe by Emmlluw e Bue, gentlomon, g el s 2, WILD 1 DILLOE Binlloy 18 1y (e cIol iy "Tho Derthnrr Tayelilatt wonia gy lish this staloment os coming froy oY tho Itusslan Czar 1€ {t hnd pyp b:,,m“ Upsot from a reliiblo svurce, " ectiteg GAMBKTTA Iately dellver, lm‘un(:r free aducition whieh sonsation fu Germany, Tye tances show tho lending urmuufi?:ct':,[" ke n red thrond, through the wipe el Gampotty clogad hia speech with thy o Yo somewhat saroastic poralf ollonizg e nl})‘;ml; tho senr 10 tho y lenrne 0 furpot 0 tion of tho wnrld.‘\{"hhm' fl:nrfluv':mr et cover Fronch 1erHIOry il oves il b but sluca the great 1 bu bul sineo thio gont, national Wifoiis « on " More X with schodls’ wo' wfil covel m":ts:gl;ml( nm-n:, sputh, engt, and west, Lot 11y J lightenment and sclencol ht, prbrad end anld GOtho In bis dving moui} "o Politicul erowl uid flth In the fatiro o § 207 know of 1o athor. Whit e dusire o Er tiounl republie 18 tho trutiull, yndiypaut 0 veloptnout of Inw and order whily ,,E‘"bulu.. gresaing. 29 proe ———— Tur Now York Leglsinture has 1y posseid'n law requirlog emplnrcu“ ’(’2““““ seats for women In tholr employ, ang Tmna thom opportunity for rest ay mllunublu‘: vals. But {t{s fonrad that tho lag gy e will prova’ns diffloult of enforcoment nrfll( requlred to furnjsh Pearl powe 0 tholr * salesindics” torleg ¢ ed 8pece, | h hag M gy —— AMn, CountNEY, M. I, estlmates that Inat gonaral elcotions cost the candidate |y ity of Londoy, $75,00; in Greenwich, nmxal 000; in touthwark, $75.000; In Bouth e, $100,000; In Middlesex, $00,000; fn Turkshy over §250,000; in Durharn, 230,000 fong unam:; pald $60,000); and in Montgomeryshire, §i) Total n balf-a-dozen constituoncies, §9mg, Y T'nr: moro ‘Roscoa Conkling’s fr Couk|ing himsplt talk about b:fknlns}?\l:gg?‘( and promiscs of office, the worso light do 1y put thg Now York Senator I, For 1o trus e pubilcan or hopest man could iavo exscted ( pledge or promise of nny kind as a condition ty Bupporting tha ticket rogulurly nominsted by the Ropubllean Natlonal Convention, ——r— Tnr. City of New York has claims amoant Ing to 8780,635 agalnat & number of street ratle rouds for llconso-fecs and percentages on rer caipts, necording to tho torms of thefr eharters, ‘The payments aro soveral years avendue, Dul thoy will bo enforced under a recent decision of tho Supromo Court, —— Mns. GARFIZLD Is believed to bo a viellm to tho mularin arising from the Potomac fiats Iying back of tho Whito Houss, The Nation that lodges its Chilof Maglstrata fn tho nelghbor« hood uf n swamnp has somo things not tobo proud of. —_— Dizzy's autoblography Is promised a3 the next Htorupy sensntion. ut tho.promise i3 too pood toba kopt. Tho only comical writiogs of tho late Earl known to bo extant aro his letterns to the Queon. — —— It would be for tho ndvantage of oll per: sons concerned I *Towm' Nichol could bs muse zled, or sont to the pound, or tosomeother ploy ‘where stray anlmuls aro kept. ——— PERSONALS, \ Tho King of Zanzibar travels with #0} trunks, Tho King must bo an American gil “The top rall of o fence Isn’t such & nlce thing ta sit on, aftorall."—Georye Willlam Curtiss Jay Gould didn't buy a raflroad fast week, preforring to spopd tho monoy in texing bis i family to o churoh falr. A correspondent wislics Information a3 la! what o bonch-show s, Go to tho ugarest sark; any ovening and find out, “Iam glad to notieo that John Sherman and Eliza Plnkston aro notlnvolved n tho stat routo scandal." =8, J. Tildel. *The latest gax down here Is that a young mnn In prossing his own sult frequently wrinkles tho gird's.""—Charles Francis Adams, Gen. Garflpld Is sald to bo very hostlle o poker-playars, and witl appoint nono of thom ta oilice, It ig nat known whothor it wastbreonces or a tlush that somebody beat for the President, In the course of nn interviow concerning Pullbrook, tho munugor of tho Cobporative Tross Associntion, who doparted so suddoniy to Europe, Kato Fiold did not oncoallude tobin as & batoful thing. Thoro is nodeuyingthat Kato is an oxtraordinary womal. Mr. Honry Whatterson, in a Thiladelphla Totter to tho Loutsvillo Courter-Journal,speaks of Col, John W, Fornoy as tho man * from wno&zl oariod my firat sniary ns & newspapor-writer! 1 {8 geatifying to know that Mr, Wattorson atoue timo earned his salary. Put away lis chiled-steel breeches Lay usido his Iron vost, Let us, as the Biblo teaches, ' ¢ ¢ Giva the Czara littlorest, 7 - —Pocticul Nthitlat. % Pro. Tica Is taking a good deal of aredlt to himsolf for haviug predicted the recent earthquake. If ho vould ouly forotell & w‘mfl of war, poatiluage, and famipo his cup o lor ‘would bo full Tl New York Post soya: “Thero art stili living tho thrcogroutcst poots Lhat this A%, has prodiged—Vioter Hugo, Alfred Tcnuynx: aud Hopry W. Longfollow.’ W_n Buppaso Q. W. Childs will suo for about $25,000. Mr, Johi Hay Is nu slouch of an wllmy; and is just whooping hitmeolt duriug W hlk‘*::l W absenpo, ‘Ho haa discovered that uenmm; o5 was tho only Primo Ministor ynosa foal 5 curred duritg tho month of April, ad Uaurs tho fact bofore the public o tho edn»rhlc:u. umns of the Tribune, Thoro i3 nothini ke terprise in scouring news. Ao Tha Czarina Is sald fo Lo lerrmlzeh e mudness, Hor ronsou appeard m“‘::?lr :ylh' dread In which sholives, fhe l.‘x‘:’::;mmull‘l ;h: tohkolt Pajace, uns a dreadtul offeot on bef e e diton undarmiaes tho Ivr“i;:fl:;: tho soverolgn In tho eyca af tho populd fonger find in it sign that tho autooruoy :w et rests on the taolt sapotion of tha peor :'mu 1o proasos to them the moral solutivn o roatedd porla) family, Tho man onjosing tie VS . Intluonoe ut Court, Pobedonoszetl s hlun “-0 el dunying, Ascetio, but u furious N““',“v' o the tributes tho murder of tho late Ln“ e wrath of Hoaven, whigh was IMCCHPR By, Dolgoroukl marrlaye. 1o “""fl" e worksof ‘Empregs to road tho ardont dovo 0!: Ht. Thowna' of Kelics, the @ MIHI'“: suter bis thoploky, It ls tuo only boak he w! owa wilo to reud. PUBLIC OPINION. il q 0 0f Boston Advertlser (Rep): ’lhu‘:)ull;dm gutherland visited Gone Nm"';::‘:mmuu sclpol at Hampton, i Vieslnt aoir bne told the coppor-skinuad s3uolase Lo structora that ho bud ::0!; ‘:lul.l:.:lw o In Awmorioa WBIES, Seators ut VSIS0 mr‘xln:‘m:»;wvflsn ;ommlluan'mm rotbat Uiuvee Whu bo mudo that Fowark. lmllm\lw\luau?m;‘i not contlaue 10 byl T:;‘;lr‘nl Toab tho poople aro all otk g columng story, of the \'lummnurmw' b, o asa cublo spechu, not ou«nx*h o ark tho fuce, bver oumu, by, WITe SO0 Topunduty O o b i f wdvancy T, (e Yolire fuet *hn buapls who Pl 3k H’l‘l‘lv?l'litn'fllofld. sud who uulyl w:ucwu_, Tidiculous assulaption of *eav u;i . “Roston Sugurday (331':.-?5“(“!;; )} 5 Biglow whu sl . flfiff afoarol” e peaplo BYTCY WL ox 'hoy particularly udwlre exxu:;.nu"‘ N o thelr Presidonts. .:u:ksun atirisod in thelr hearts fol 5 contlics witn the Bouate ws for ul‘u‘h“ st . qul nterest ] 'he Chleaga Thn¢ b;lrlh Jselt fn tho do* ru: s, Nothing but 80 SO by e e Jobaon prove {;}‘.‘,‘,mqu,u }nuk.’mt filu) & heso uftr bo e [ [ t [ b w08 Q=g