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

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Vanoty d r Ir the new Cunard steamer Servia can inake twenty and halt miles an hour acress the Atlantic, us she made yesterday on her trialGip tu the English Channel, she will eross the ocean from Liverpool to New York iu six days and tive hours; but we don't be- fuve she wilt do it If shemukes the dia tance Inside of a full week she will bent the record of other steamers since the first one crossed the big pont, NSYLYANIA Is not nsually set down as much ofan agricultural State, Her reputa- thon, however, for enal, iron, and mountatis Is good. Still the old Keystone is not to be snevzed at-In the matter of breadstulls. Tobuinted- returns of the Pennsylvania Bontd of Agriculture for the quarter ending Noy, Us show the following estimate of the erops ot Tennsylvania for 188t; Corn, #2,- 930,000 bushels; whent,- 19,170,000 buslels; oats, H,250,000 bushols; buckwheat, 1,687,000 bushels; potatos, 6,051, bushels; to say nothing of tobneco, 2,205,000 pounds, ‘The product of wheat and onts will compare quite favorably with some of the pretentious West- ern States, ‘Tho old Keystone almost pro- duces food enough for the consumption of her grant population, Tun advance column of the great army of persans who are preparing fora general assault upon Congress for subsidies and highor taxation for private as distiiguished from: public benvilts met In convention hn this elty yesterday. ‘I'he Chicago conven: ton is preliminary toa largor one to be held in New York Clty a fortulght henee, ‘The design or purpose of both conventions Ia to impress Congress with the Iden that the peo- ple of the United States hive become fin- patients Jor m general ad vance on the exist- Ing War tari? upon pretty much all mann factured commodities suscepttate of Inpors tation, and are finpatient that Congress shall at once grant subsidies mid bountles to private persons who want to bulld fron ships for ocean navigation, 1f these are not tho purposes of the conyentlon, what are they? The persous composing it would hardly ineur the expense and loss of thing ine eldent to thelr attendance for the purpose of asking Congress to Jower the present War tariff, ‘Che present convention and the one that Is to follow in New York present their purposes In various ways. ‘They propose wy revised tarlif; a modified taritt, n tarlif to correct errors and inequalities in the present scheme of protection; they ask that more “protection” bu axtendad to various branehes of mannfactire‘and Industry, not now reap- ing Its alluged full. share of publie bounty, Dut under all these generalities there is the sane speelile purpose, and that is, to Increase taxation by tarllY on consumers, If tho ace tlon of this conventlon shall show that wo are In error in these suppositions, we will be only too gli to stand corrected, Som of tho Southern newspapers have attompted to make Nght of the Virginia elvetion, They argue that the majority for Jameron and the rest of tha antl-Bourbon ticket Iy simul, and that it will be fine possible for the RendJusters to do as well in nv Presidontint campaign, But tho mae jority Is over 11,000, and fy very Inrge in consideration of the fact that the Read- juators wore lights axalnst o poll-tas, a polities! muching, and social Iniluences of the stronxest kind. If required soma coure axo for any person who honestly wished to break away from the Bourhon enuse te face tho soclal ostracism which was sure to bo visited upon lint in consequence of so do- ing, ‘The Roadsters will have, moreover, In the next campalgn advantages which thay did Hot posgess- in the one just closed, (1) The election glyes them exeluglye controt of the Legislature, the executlye ofices, aml the judiclary, ‘The Judges of all classes ura elected ju Virginia by tho Legisluture—n nice little plan'to glve the Bourbons a monopoly of the patronage, but whieh now returns to plague Its Inventors. ‘The County Judzes appoint the judges ofelection. It will be sewn that the complete triuinph of the Readjustars ls a death-blow to the Bourbon machine, Henevforth tt will have no patronage to dispose of, atid ng-elee- tion judges to appoint, except ench ag the opposition inay gractously concede.” A fal count fa, therefore, asgured for several years to come; and, with the prestige of two great victories bobind them, the Readjusters and Aicy ublicnny are likely to hold the Btate for fn indefinlt period, and to attract many young and ambitious men to thelr standards, (2) ‘Tho new Legislature will not only electa United States Senator, but if will reappor- tion and redistrict the Stato for members of Congress nud the Legislature. ‘This advan- tae will bo used, not mereflosty or unseru- pulonsly, but insuch a way as to correct the enormities of previous Bourbon gerryman- doring, (3) Almost tho first act of the Legislature will’ be to moye for fn re- peal of the poll-tax, and submit a resoin- tion for that purpose to tho people for approval, ‘The effuet of this repent would be to add at once from 25,000 to 20,000 to. tho coniltion vote. The poil-tax ninendinent was ratified by the Bourbons In 181. Tt reduced the total vote at the Presl- dentin! clection of 1880 ns compared with that of $870 from 235,299 to 811,015, although the eanyass of last year in Virginia was much more spirited than thatot 1876, ‘The effect of repealing this tax will ba not only to Inerensa Inrgely the Republican vote,, but to bind to tho coalition through gratitude a fntwe pro- portion of tho citizens who shall bo retn- tranchised, All things considered, it is Uke- ly thot things in Virginian will grow worse for the Bourbons before thay grow better, Mauonr’s victory in Virgluta has thrown tho South Caroliua Bourbons into a slough of despandency, and they are looking for- ward with fearful foreboding to the tne when soma Mahone will rise up tn thelr own State and overthrow them. All that fs neres- sary fs a lender powerful onaugh, like Ma- hone, to divide the white vote, ‘There are poll- tietons enough and people enough whodetest the Bourbon machine, ant once they are or- ganized under a man who has backbone enough to head a revolt they will muko short work of ft, and this nut ouly In South Carolina but tu other Southern States, 1t fs not lmprohable that the Bonrbons themselves inay hasten the event in the manner de- serlbed below. A Charleston dispatch to the New York Vines says: It Is bollaved In well-Informad circles that tha next Legistature, which mectsin Columbin on the Sd inst., will basten the crisis by iujudl- clous legisiutton. Among. other important Incusures to bu discussed aud acted upon is tho report or the Constitutional Coummlission, which recommends that the term of. Judges shall bw during good bohuvior; that tho State ollieers, membore of tho Loglslatnre, County Commise slones nnd Probate Jtdyes shall serve for four yeurs instuud of twoz that the Coun ty School Commissionors shalt te appointed, fistendt of being, as heretofore, elected: that new counties may be formad which have more than’ 75,000 Inhabitants or be 40) aquare miles tn extent, A special comimissiou will niyo rocommontd a revision of the Ticetion Inw, und the Code Commission will report their codifiention of the statutes, But the maln rock fn the wiy of safe navigation fs that upon which the North Carolina Hemocrtey was so completes ly wreekod Just August-—tho tawperance quese thon, A strony effort will be made by the qdvo- vates of tolal abstinence to passa law during tho next session of the Legisliture probipiting the syle and manufacture of liquor in this State. Strong drink, especially corn whisky, la more venerally jndulged in lithe South than fu the North. Particularly is this tho cuse In miosmat- iv districts, and any effort tu deprive the massea of this coveted beverage will result iu the defeat of the party that makes the attempt. THE SUBSIDY CONVENTIONS, Referring to the “more tariif’ conven- tions--one being held here and the other In New York a fortnight hence—one of the “suitertng industries’? whose ‘Interests are tobe promoted by Congressional subsidies is that of steamer-building for ocean navlgu- tion. ‘This measure is proposed asa means of promoting trade in foreign countries tn American manufactures, and In American purchases of forelgn productions. ‘The pres- sent navigation laws of the United States prohibit the issue of an American register conveying the privilege of using the Amerl- can {Ing to any vessel not owned and built exclusively In the United States. No Aimert- enn Is permitted to purchase any vessel built outside ot the United States unless tho ves- sel floats the fing of some forelgn country, and hence the additions to the Aiverican stenmships are few and far between, ‘The cost of constructing an iron steamship in this country Is such that when bulit it ean- not be used profitatly In competition with vessels bearing the flags of other countries, ‘The merchants of every other nation on the earth may buystenmships aud sull them wuider thelr own flags, except the. merchants ofthe United States, and therefore, while nearly all European nations have a foreign trade carrled on under their own dags, tho United States lias none, ‘The earnings of steamers engaged iu the foreign trade of the United States are uncter- stood ‘to equal 10 per cent of the value of the merchandise transported. As tho Amerivan trade, bnports and exports, eur ried tn foreign vessels has a value of 31,200,- 000,000 a yenr, the earnings thereon are equal to $1:20,000,000 0 year. Our Congress, Ignor- ing the example of ull othor nations except Spaln, prohibits both the building and the purchasing of American vessels fur the for- elgn trade. ‘This convention In Chicago and the onein New York propose tu remedy this coudition otthings, How? They do not propose to Jet Amerlean merchants purchase forelgn- bulit steamstyips, nor wboilsh the taxes whieh hlader the building of ships in this country; but they propose that u contract bo mute whereby several fleets of atenmships shell be built to run between New York, Boston, Philidelphila, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Moblle, New Orleans, Galveston, San Diexo, San Franelsco, and Liverpool, Loudon, Bele fost, Glasgow, Bremen, Ilavre, Marselites, Cadiz, Lisbon, Rio Janelra, Para, Valparaiso, Callao, and ports in Japan, China, and other parts of the world, and that thesu vassals be paid outof the National ‘Ireasury a cortaln gin for eneh trip, undor the nominal pretext of paying for the transportation of the malls, the allowance to be computed according to distance. When a cut-throut contract of this kind wasin force some years ago the Goy- orninent pald for transportation for the malls between Japan and San Franalsco at therate of 800 por letter and $27 for euch nowspapor, ‘The pretense under whieh ‘this grand scheme of steamship subsidtes will be adyn- cated Is, thatif these vessels bo put allont they willearry Amorican manufactures to places where they do not now go, and that these steamors will bring back morehanilse which now comos hore in foreign ships, ‘The reas son why we have so fow foreign markats nowfor Amerlean manufactures ts not the want of ships, but the price of the gouds to bosyld. AM Aimerican manufactures cost to consumers an average of 1 to s0or 50 per cent more than they ean bo obtalued ebso- where, Wihon a steamer teaves Philadol- phils for aforelgn port in Rurops or West or Enst Indies, or South, Amerion, with a cargo af Amorloan manufactures. those goods are met by eluilur goods from other countries offered. for sale af #0 or 40 per gent loss than the. American goods, and conse squuntly the falter can ouly be sold at a logs, ‘Our tarlif has made the cost of manufactures In this country $0 to'40 per cant Iigher than iu other countrics, and therefore we vane not sell those goods abroad any more than Wo can at home In competition with foralgn wouds, If wesenid goods we must sell then ‘ata heavy toss, and trade can hurdly prosper under such clreumstances, For thls stato of things there ara two reme- dies, One ts ta reduce our tariff so that our, manufacturers can produce and sell thelr sure plus goods as low in foreign ports as can thelr European rivals; or, the other, that the’ American goods bo sold at the foreign port at 60 to 70 cents on.the dollar of thelr vost value, and let the sulpper certify to tne Bece WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 1881—TWELVE PAGES. retary of the Treasury tha amount of his loss, and be pald out of the ‘Treasury, the money for this very simplo process belng collected from a tax levied on the farm lands anil farm products of the country to “pre mote Aumerlean shipbulithig.” ‘The devieo of levying stx or eight suillions of taxes to pay postage on foreign letters ts too clumsy and too shallow, and would not Curnish a profitablo market for ,our goods abrontl, wiillo the tax for the direct and reat purpose would win the hearts and the approval of every man patriotle enough to be taxed on his daily wages to protect American tne alustry! Wo might extend these comments te other parts of the program of taxation and sub- sky probably marked out by this conven: tlon, but at this thie it ts only needful to say that the end sought is the increase of the taxes on all imported goods in order that the prices of the domestle article may bo made to “boom” at tho consumers’ cost. ‘The rational purpose of protective duties {s tocnable tho protected manufacturer to de- maud for his wares the cost of the imported artlelo plus the cost of transportation, the Importer's profit, and the rate of protection. Any suggestion that we can ostablish foreign markets in which to soll our manufactures with thelr present cost of production stilt further Incrensed by mors tariif is on its face too transparent to deceive even. the inost sentimental of the dupes of the system, In so far ag tho convention may ndvovate the reduction of duties on the raw material of manufacture thoy will be benoliting them- selves without adding to the burdens of the consumer. it is strange that the protected elasyes have not done more tn this direction, THE CITADEL OF BOURBONISM OAPIURED ‘The importance of the Into autl-Bourbon victory In Virgluta will be fully appreciated whet the relative position of that State In the Solld South is considered, Virginia was the backbone of tha slavaholders’ Cunfeder- acy, and it has beon until Jately the citadel of Bourbonisim tn the Soll South. ‘The persistence of Buttrbon ideas in Vir- ginta has been @ remarkable fact tn Aimer-, ican polities, With the excoption of a few years in the reconstruction period, * the First Families,” who from as ruie of their be- ing are most bigoted Bourbons, have always. vontrolled the politics: of the State. From the foundation of the Government until 1824, Virginia votud only for her own sons for President--twico for Washington, three tines for Juiferson, twiee for Madison, twiee for Monroe, and onee for Will. tans UL, Crawford (a native Virginian by birth, who removed to Georgia). From 1824 til 1800 the vote of tha State was always cast for the Democratic Electors, Virginia voted twice for Jackson, twice for Van Buren, for Polk, for Cass, for Pierce, and for Buchanan, ‘The pluralities In some years were sinall, but they were enough, Sonie of Gie votes were as follows: 184—Majority for Van Bure: 1310—Majority for Van Buren IsHh-Majorit} for Pol Anerley tor Cass, 8i2—-Mujority fur Pierce, Mulority for Buchan ‘a The greatly reduced plurality In. 1840.was duu to the candidacy of John ‘Tyler, a native Virglaian, for the Vieu-Presldency; and that of 1848 to the candidacy of Gen. Taylor, a Southern soldier and aristocrat, who had come out of the Mexican War with honor, and was a very Indliferont Whig, for the Presidency. . Even under these discourage ing conditions Virginia remalned faithful to the Denineratic Bourbon cause. In 1800 Lin- coln polled but 1,029 votes in the State, and Douglas but 16,20. ‘The real contest waa betweon Brecklnridge and Bell, both Saith- erners; and oub of a total of nearly 150,000 votes polled for these candidates tho Intter hia a pluratity of onty 358, ‘Tho contest in Virginia in the old days was between the tidewater counties and the up- Ions, In the former region the planters had fullaway. They ved on vast estates and exerclsel o feudal authority. ‘Their slaves, thelr wealth, and thelr family connec- tong gave them x social position and Infuse ence which they were disposed to make the most of, and, though their chief oceupatton In the years before the War was the breed- ing and sale of slaves, often thelr own tosh and blood, thay assumed to be and were in fact “the aristocracy of the South.” ‘Tho upland counties, though having few suel mmanorial estates, disputed with the tite water platters for tho polities! supremacy, and often made the electionsextremely inter-. eating. ‘The oll families were almost Invarl- ably found on the slile of tha lowlands, and never eame forward as leaders of the uplands, Kopresentatives of the former were the Masons, ULunters, Prestons, Unan- dolphs, and Wises; white A. H. HL, Stuart und Jolin Miner Botts. were conspicuous nunong the latter, many of whom wore Union men during the War. « Virulnia was-the birthplaca of the de- structive and rulnous iloctrine of State- sovereignty, out of which came secession and the War, ‘Che resolutions of 04 In Vir- rinty aud Kentucky were drawn up by Jef: ferson and Madison, natives of the former; and the extension and applleation of the principles then announeod tn the slavery controversy was frat conceived of by Vir- giuians, State-soverelunty was murely 9 rampart behind. which tho slave-breeders fought for thulr cherlvhed privileges in the States nnd new markets In the ‘Territories, ‘Tha seceaston of Virginia was worth to tha South mora than the adhesion of any other three States, It prolonged the War by two or three years, Virginia was from the bo gluning the actual theatre of operations. Its proxtinity to the North threatened the Na- tional Capital, white the Confederate Capital was wisely put In the midst of the people who it was known were most capable of protecting ft The Contyderntes won no tinportant victories except on Vir- ginlan soll, Virginin gavo to tho Con- fuderacy three of Its flye best Generals— Lee, Jackson, and Johnston; its Seeretary of State, 1M. T. Hantory Its Minister to Ene elund, James M, Mason; and ite biggest thief, John B; Floyd, Virginia tronps were conspleuous In every battle fought in the East, and the Northern soldiers who met them noyer had reason to doubt their bravery, Unquestionably the State of Virginin was the ale? member of the Confederacy, lond- ing all others In population, wealth, and ree sources of every deserlption, ‘Though Vir kinta was one of tho Just States to seeado, and was taken out of the Union by a trick, there ls no doubt that o majority of tha whites, In the present territory at toast, were heartlly In faver of the War, The pretense of reluctance was «due chiefly to the nnwill- Tigness of the people, to glve up the thou- sands of offices they were holding Iu Wash- tugton, But, onca having gone out, her poo ple were falthtul to the ends and both the first and the Jast battles of the War, xuerrllin, skirmishes excepted, were fought on hor soll, With tha characteristic obduracy of a Bourbon Commonwealth the State which went Into the War almost the last stald in it the longest, and wie one of the last three that came back. [t was also among the first to retstabtish the Dethouratio party on the rulns of,the old sluvyocracy, ‘The orguniza- ton of West Virginia og aState would natu. rally hayo given the Bourbong (n the remaln- tog fraction of the Old Dominion a great pre- ponderance of power; but the enfranchise- WgUtOr the negroes wore-than overcame this Oats Tes adygntage. In 1807 n majority of the whit refrained from voting for tho new conven- tion to fraine a constltutlon, and of thoso who did yote 80 per cent opposed ft, ‘Tho hew constitution was not ratiied until July 4, 1800; and Virginia was not readuitted by det of Congress until Jan, 2H, 1 bulng, with Mississippi amt ‘Texas, tho Inst to comu th. It is w stngular faet that tha Stato nover had a stralght-Republican Coyornor vlacted by the people. Albert C. Walker, who was choson in duly, 1860, ran asu Conservative ngalnst 11.11, Wells, Re- publican, and former military Governor, and was elected by 18,000 innjority, Io hetd of- flee until 1874, and wis succeeded by aA Dem- oerat. The State has hid but one Repub- Nean Senator, John Lewis, who tas re- cantly been elected Licutensnt-Covernor. This brief review of the politicnl history of Virginia may sufties to show how pure and unadulterated has beon the quality of her Bourbontsm since tho Unton was formed. If she can now be forced by coalition of progressive Demucrats and Republicans to forget oll horesivs and learn the lesson taught by the War—that this is a Natlon— there !s hope that many other Southern States will follow her example. Virginia was tha Keystone of the areh forming the Solid South; n@w that she has been removed from that position, tho rest of the fabrie must fall in pleees. S0ME BTAR-ROUTE TESLIMONY, Now that the star-route eases have nt least fatled to come to trial upon the information, owlng to tho culpable negligence of Distriat- Atiornoy Corkhitt and. the sumunary retreat of ex-Attorney-Ceneral MacVeagh to the rear tg soot ns the action commenced, after Rsomowhat bombastic declaration of what he would do when the cases came tu trial, it ts not yery consolutory to know that the evl- dence against the pluntterers is of an oyer- whelniing character, Stitl less consolatory isit tabu assured of this while there is a prospect of a fallure of justice altogether, from the onnses already assigned. A correspontent of the New York Tines, who has been delving mong the documents of the Contract Mureau of the Post-Ullee Department, ins unearthed some testhnony as to the methods of the star-route ring, on the inskle, which came out In the trialef a case whore two of the rogues had fallen out with each other, and one of them, In the slang of the day, “gave the whole business away?? ‘This lesthnony shows repented vlo- lattous of the iaw by the submission of straw bids, explains low some bids were manipulated and corruptly suppressed to make way for favorit bids; how requests for Increased service were made up by paylng for. letters, petitions, and afildavitss how much money was expended to pracure the good-will of varlous people, among thom some very high gaine, as, for instance, a United States Senator and a Governor of a ‘Territory; how routes were extended or dis- conthimed pltegether to suit the purposes of eontractors; andin general the mathods of forgery, perjury, bribery, and other forms of “rascality by which the ring manipulated Its way Into the Treasury; and os a fitting clt- minx the Immense profits that accrued to the plunderers, some of whom m their defense ulleze that they performed the service ag cheaply as It could be done, and made noth- Ing out of it. Some of the details of their testhmony will bear reproduction, They may neyer come before the court In the prosecution of the stur-route casys, but they snould be brought before the bar of the peuple, the only trl- bunal which soems Ukely to pass upon the wulit of the plunderers. ‘I'he case was that of Huntley vs, Huntley, brought in the Su- preme Court of thé District of Columbia, in whieh Charles O,1Luntiey, contractor, tHed a DUT in equity against Silas 8. Muntley, contractor, asking for the accounting of ull money recelyed’ and expended by the latter in conducting certain mail routes, ‘Ihe lutter's answer reveals some of the Inside-methois, ‘Ths ts the way in whlelt service was Incrensgd: ‘They first mae out thelr bids, then engaged friends to bld for them and to tind men in the West to put in bids, The routes were thus awarded to dum- mies, ‘They then kept on the lookout for the best thne for faiiure, and when tt came there was a failure. ‘Thon the successive higher bids were withdrawn, and, gettlhng the route at a satisfactory igure, says Hunt- ley, “It was my duty to get it worked np in the sane way, by Inerease of survice or ox- tenston of route.” How far the post-ofllcs authorities were cognizant of the little gue, Huntley tells as follows: “No one not fa- willar with the parties who had bids, and with the Postunsters and the working of the offiey, could have secured 4 single ona of them, If L had been anything but friendly with all of them, any one of them could hnve thrown ame ont, ‘The Postmaster, the bile der, or ona clerk of the departinent could have thrown me out.” ‘here are other details still more interest- tng. Huntley tad put in an extra elalin of $15,000, axpenses for Incldentals, which the Auditor throw out angl of which he sald: The deposition of the defendant discloses the nature und churneter of these expense lob word, 08 be atutes, necessary and Incurred inthe procuramment at contracts from the Past-Olllce Jepartment and in Pate with other pur tes who had gontracts, malate thom to forego ur to transfer the auinc, und which oxponses word In the nature of fneldontals, bey ave Bude cinetly described by the dotensunt in bis tedtl- inony as Incurred fn procuring und retaining tho friendly services of various parties, frum wt ines senyor in the Post-Oltles Dupurtinont ton Senne tor of tba United States anda Governor of 9 ‘Territory, . . . Noobjeation ts mude by the complulqunt to thiselaim, by reason of thochur- notur of those exponditures or tholr purpnso; “but It {é abjected by the cumplainunt that thore {3 no auiliaignt proof bere to warrant the allows. anus to the defendant of any portion of this elaine + + + No stomigod account of thou ox. penditurea Is presented. Mr. Huntloy himself Jn lls sworn state. muntexplains niuch more satisfactorily the Nature of these expenses, Incldent to tho business, ant how eostly It was te purchase genernl goodwill, In getting his accounts through the department It was necessary to be very friendly, not only with the heads but also with tho clerks and messengers, ‘These wore propitiated with Ittle gitte. Congress- inen wore mado friendly with theatre-tiek- ota, and diners, and carriages, ‘Che Wash- ington press was yery f,londly on account of duners, Intermediate bidders wera got out of the way with’ a few dollars, When the straw-bidders became obatreperous, a sult of clathas tor them or dresses ant watches for thelr wives mado them friendly. Let Me, Iuntley tell the rest. Referring to hts Httle necount-book, which brings to -mlnd Oakes Ames’ little aecguut-book in Credit Mobliier days, Huntley says: For inatunce, [ Aud our Governor from Mon- tung would come on to Washington, and Lfind thut be wtuld at the Arlington for about a week, wad § treated bin ws nige as possibly, and when he wont away T paid big bill, 1 hud Gov, Vhuyor, of Wyoming Territory, enme on, and Ciredted hin. di the sume way, Lt fonad it necusiry to Ket u Did that a inan owned In Chicago, properly, belonging to we, After writing a number of Unies for it, Pwrote tor a friend of mine there, woo knew both parties, 10 ouly on Eat. Be staid o tow dase, wad ull bie expunses were pald by me, and In New York thoy were pald by mo; and (then gnve hin 8100 and he setucned to Chloe with MWe request that he would do tha beet be could towards scouring this bid, und ing Tow doya | rogelyed word frou bw thyt yo could Not succeed. 1b tuok a trip there and stad ai or two, and tnally wound up by pay lng tho ma 4000 fn cash, ‘Phe $3,000 oxponaes livurred down on the books, but nothing else, which must baye amounted to @0 or more. Hesldes all of these ermal preacils, paid to. pretty near everybody in Washlugton, 1 yucss, uro Inchided all of my Hotel expunsey, traveltog and wleeplog cary, otc. and, altouethor, | think ie mnuat have cost mo out of munoy charged to me about $97,000, ¢ cau only arrive nt abouy what it coat, because I kuow whut J reculved for the Cour yonrs, and I know what [ tinve Joft, and sithtracting from that what I hive lett i know that Tinust have spon for this business €30,000, and Lought to have pu 4m $25,000, and f flnd only 1500 chirwed—that ts: for overybatdy’s woods will, Crom w messanger In thy depnirtinent ta futted Atutes Senator and Governor of a Terel- ory’. ‘The star-route conspirators deny that there was profit in the forvice, Lore is what Huntley snys of the profits on tho routes with whieh he was concerneds Thero wan never any rogular ast of hooks kapt fn regard to tho profits on these routes, or dn gonnection with our bitslioss whitever, hue 1 did have charge myself of subletting what routes we had from 1870 to 1874, T kept a almpliy Dr. & Cr account for each of thoso routes that wero antblut during that Jonuth of time, and I now hive the buok, ‘Thuse necounts show protlt of 8100,000 to 8300,000, This dit not Include the routes that were rin by the Northwest Stage Company or tho routes that were stooked, but only those that wero sublet, Ant yet, wit sued testimony as this elerr- Ty at hand, it appears ta be impossible oven to bring theso ravenous. pluniderers of the 'Trensury to trial, What other conviction ean people outsile of Washington entertaln than that tho Inw ts so constructed ns to al- low big rascals to eseapo whila tt firmly clutehes the lessor ones? Hither this must be so, or the Government must confess that {tennnot find counsel of suficient ability to Interpret and apply It With such testimony ready to thelr hands, and much more that [s still mere contemnatory easily procurable, tho failure of Justice Is mortifying, and the reeent effort of tho Government n travesty, which ought to consign every one actively connected with ibte the contempt both of the profession and tho people. THE MICHIGAN SHERIFFS! ASSOUIATION, ‘Tn: Tumune has had frequent ocenslon— ng what journat has not—to deplore the al- inost total failure of public Justice. Against the prevatling laxity in the adimisistratton of erlminal law a never-ending stream of pro- tests, public and private, deluges the Jand, But crimes wontinue to multiply, beeause eriminals continua te escape—to elude tha hatter and defy the penitentiary, ‘Che ma- ctilnery.of Justice, with its army of ofll- ehuls, from Governor to Constable, exists in every State of tha Union. But itis dull and heavy; it moves slowly; thore fs no concert of action between its diiferont parts; It 1s in- eficient beeausy unorgnntzed, and when at Inst It moves It moves to ttle purpose, be- enue It iy without intelligent direction. About two months ago Col, Clark KE. Carr, in the course of an address at Knoxville, drow n vivld picture of the horrors attendant upon tho failure of Justlee, even In the rural Histricts, and it fs notorlous that fn lnrge eltles erime Is still more prevalent and justice | more hatt and lame, “Wherever we may he,” exctaimed the speaker, “we aro in dan- wer—In the quiet of our homes, on the farm, In the city, in tha village, at our places of business, on the railway, in our private con- veynnees, or on foot, the assagin ur robber is liable to overtake us, And when the erhne is committed thera seems to be no redress, Tho villainy 13 gone, and there js no one to follow hin.” After drawing this ghastly picture Col, Carr proceeded to ussert that tha reason of the fearful Increase of crime Is the fet (1) that criminals are not eaught, and (2) when eaught that they are nut puntshed, And ast commentary on the Inefieiency of the exect {Ive braneh of our lneal governments he called attention to the fact that In Llinots we have +102 Shoritfs and several thousand Con- stables. He Jnslstel, however, upon the prnctlicability of organizing and rendering effortlve this vast force, and outlined s plan for such organization, He sald: “When a erlue 1s committed, Jet it be reported at onea to a Constables, let him report it to the Sheriff of his county and fo the Governor of the State; let the Governor Inform thg Sherif, and through him the Constrbles and peace ofilcers, not. only of tho county whero the crime was com- iitted, but of avery county to whieh the erlmlunal could possibly eseape, Let tha Governor hold the Sherif responsible for tho thorough organization of hls county, and let the Shertff hold the Constable responsible, and finally make all the officers who fail in thelr duty subject to suspension nn re- aftoval.” ‘Turn ‘VRmung called attention to these suggestions of Col, Carr at the tie with ap proyal, and it does so now again, on the ground that reform ts possible only through . persistent effort, Jt is only by enforcing a propusition—ling upon Mne, precept upon precept, here alittle and there a little—that the American people enn be roused to action. We repent the suggestious, too, beenuse there Ignsign—a cloud no bigger than a man’s hand--that the suggestions are beginning to bear fruit—not In Lilnols, but across the lake, in Michigan, On the ist fustant the Sheriifs and thelr Deputies of Michigan held a convention in Grand Rapids, at whieh a State Sheriffs? As- svclation was formed, consisting of sixty monmbers, somewhat upon the plan out- Mnued by Col. Carrand commented upon in Tun Tmunxs. Tho convention discussed miensures for mutuai assistance In entchIng erhuiuals, It decked to cstublish a “postal list,” contaluing the names of ‘all tho Sherlifs and Deputies, eflicient Constables and polleamen, Hyerymen, and others, who from the nature of thelr business are useful tu detectives, with thelr post-ofllces, a copy of whieh is to be placed in orc monber's- hands to faellitate correspondence or tele graphing in tracing or pursulng a thief,” ete, ‘This ls exeullent so far as it goes... Now Jet the Governor be mae tho head of tho association, and if he does not already possess the power ict it ba given him by law, to suspend without pay the functions of any Sheritf found derelict In hts duty, As Col, Carr well says: * We cannot place an ofiicer at every man's door or near his person to protect him. But this torrent of crime can be stayed and turned back, ‘This hag been done ln other countries; 1b enn be done In ourd Criminals can be overtaken and brought to speedy justice, We have tho means atour command. What Is needed ty organization, Intelligent direction, and per- alstence,” ‘Cho Michigan Sherlifs lave tho organization; let thom seek "Intelligent d+ rectlon” from the Governor, and then dis play the requisit degrea of perstatence, and the chances are ten to one that no rascala will oseape them. Woshallsee then whethor the courts can and will puntsh the villains, If they wilt not the next step ts te reorgan- {ze them, If they cannot the next step Is to reform the laws so that they cau administer Justico, as An Editor on Wedding Breakfasts, Mr, Dana, of tha New Yark Sun, although burdened with the tmauy cares which noces- aurily besot the head of a grent vewspuper, ia nover so busy but that ho can spare timo to tuke. his facile pen in band and anewor any question which muy bo propounded to bint by a lady, and it the lady be young and fair tho ardor with which be enters Into the work of furulabing hor with tha Information sought fs not at ath abated, Being an ack nowledyed authority on all matters rolating to wuclal utiquet, Mr. Dana le Croquunt> ly requested to ditfuae the mellow light of his ripened exverience pon questions connected with the proper observance of nuptial events, aud ho never fallg tu acquit bimeolf with vrodit, ‘The lateat anplicaut tar Information from tho Gothum editor Is a young lady who writes us follows: WIU you toll me the partioulurs jt breakfast; what ‘aluueg™ Hy ie oe one a entrées and relisbea; w! ot what cold; whut spoulul otlauge in serving, and whothor it ybould be avrved befurg or 1 ad 9 nareluge ceremony? |e possitle you will oblige ing by au carly guswer, as the Jith Ing isuwy wedding- ny. A Western cultor, If ho paid auy attqution to thie comniuntontion, woutd probably advise the young Indy to giva tho guests a lay-out of cold ham and ryo trend, with perhaps a keg of heer in tho front room te wash down the repast, and & bate of copper-atiied our mau on tho tower shelf of tho pantry forthe benellt of (hose Innate gtesty Whose caedine region wom not be auiliclontiy affected by nomilder hevernge to warrant thoin in golig to the trouble of drink: Ingit. Not so with Mr. Dann. Approuching the subject with that directness which should always mark the Werary olfortsof aiman of positive ebaracter, ho begins by stating thot the wedding: Urenkfast should always bo served after tho ceromony has buen performed, and udde that “alnee it oveurs In the morning, It need not be avery grand afar.” With the coinfort of the wenttor sox always paramount In bis thoughts. Mr. Dann suxycsta that [tis best to Intrust tho catering to an expert, “for” ha adda, “the bride ought not to tire herself out before tho voremony with attonding to matters so inmr- tmonlous with the part sho Ia nbout to piny.* Coming t the bill of fare, tho editor snya that “gold dishes are adapted toa wedding break- fast,” and adds that “boned turkey does very woll"—a faat which all porsong who aro familiar with this estimable bird will readily indorse. “Whue ts called a pate de fole grax may he Intro- duced Into such a repast,” ts. anotuer remuris lUkoly to mect tho warm approval of all persons, Irrespective uf enste or cread. Having reflected on how he would feel alter placing hinself on the outside of sume boned turkey and grouse livers, Mr. Dann begins to warm with tho subject, and boldly avers that “ there shoutd at tenst bot hot buuition and a hot tenderioln of twof.”” “ Oystors," remurka tho editor, "aro ine dspensnble,” although why thoir omission would be fatal te docs not atate, and with tho nysertton that *salnds of diferent kinda ro also approprinte,” the subject ts closed, Bat Mr. Dana improves tho occasion to ade dross g few words of kindly and yalunble nd- vieo tothe young lady who hig so trustingly contided to him the preparation of hor wedding- breakfast. “Our fair’ correspondunt,” ho Buys, “on the eve of hor wadding-uny should bo thinking about other things than tho breukfust Bho would give her friends. Let hor rather meditate upon tho responsibilities sho ls about to nsatie in the bilseful condition of wedlock.” ‘The least tht the expectant bride ean do uns dor tho olreumstances fs to send Mr. Danan per- sonal Invitation to te present and enjoy the re- past preparod nt his dircetion., After ho hid partaken Hghtly of the boned turkey, samplod with xenorous tooth tho pats do fote yras, suppod the hut and savory bouillon, put away a fair amountof the hot tenderloin, and overlain all this with the “Indisponseble" oysters, Mr. Dana would no doubt be fy guvh a placid aud content= ed frame of mind asto regard with kindly eyo his worat cnemies, and even look complacently upon ex-Fresident, now Road Commisslouur, Ruthorford 1. Hayes, of Fromont, 0, ————=—_—. Tur people of Cincinnati are not satisfied with the contiltion in whieh tholr Honrd of Pub- Ne Works kon the streets of that vty. Here Is whit one of tholr dallioa says about Its Much has. boon suid about the condition of our streets, and, uithoush vigorous phrusos havo been used, the subject has really been trented Hyhtly, ay the Bnglish language does not contain words which witlde tho mutter justice. Our streets ure n shame and a disgrace, and that ja enying it mildly. Can i be possible that a city With the fiteiligence, entry, and weulth to bulld such a ningniiicent Bguiay of tuternns Monal commerce us the Southern Rullrond shall stlok In the wud beestse a few worthiess con trictors, cnruleay oltchila, and old: horges and wagons tre intho way? ‘Sho causcot this condi- Hon of things ean be told by ove word—misman> ngement—nignuinagenment everywhere. Tho Board ot Publie” Works inisingunyed lve years ago In jetting the contracts for strect- ropalrs to bidders on bids provided ta des fraud the clty—irresponeible bidders on bids Bo. arranged that the most of the money should bo drawn during the first two or threo years, pre- paratory to abundunniont thereafter, ‘Who law provided that enoh member of the Board of Public Works should snpervise five districts, birt here they mnisimmiaged. They dld not supervise, Ones Ha while they rode over thelr districts, and thon dit whee? Seo thut the contractors repaired the defects? Oh, ne. Notutall, They dij the Inborious, tlresome, and patriotic work, tho thing for which thoy are puid $3,000 per your eneh for dolny, of voing up to the oftica of that nugust borrd and tring w resolution at tho derelict contractor! In all probabllity the cone tractor never heard of It; and if he did, ho won- dered what it was all about, and did nothin, Tho resolution fell far short of tho mark, and the streets went from bad to worse, ‘Lhe sume is true 1s to the strect-cleaning. ticompotency and inisimanagement have been the rule, not tha exception, bat fa the rematy? It is simpto: Stop tho miamunagement gnd Incompotoncy, ———— Lonnon Js a place of misery as well ns pleasure, and tho foitowing ieldont retated by the St. James Gazette illustrates tuo fact very foralbly: Ono day last week the dead body of a little boy was discovered ipa dust-bin bolunging toa house not far from the Seven Dials. fne dead bodies of bables ara fonnd in duat-bins, and to body tnkes much wotiea of thems but thore was something rather unustal in tliding the body of aohikd nyod IL yenrs stowed awuy with house: hold refuse In one of these recoptacies, und 60 the alfair excited a certain Interest, An ine quest Waa beld on the body on ‘Tuesday, and, 1 he jury roturned o verdict of “acoldental death by sulfocation,” everybody ought to bo aatistied. The story of the boy wha nov- ertholess a melancholy one. Ho lived, it appeared, with his tuthor, who was sop: arated trom his wife and cohublted with anothor* woman, ‘The boy, according to the avidence of tho lundiady of the house, repentedly complained of the Ill-treatinont he roceived—wits often bine wry and asked for food. On one occasion she found him crouching beneath w tube tor pro- tvotion while bls father was threatening to tbrow hlin out tho window. On Wedneadny Inst the boy waa miseing; nor was anything hoard of Bim wntl Friday, when bis body wus pleked out OC the dust-bin, a quantity of rubbish haying beon thrown over it. Thor was a bruise on tho forehead, according to medical evidence, * prove ably dono before denth.” Tho Coroner ropri- manded tha futhor for his inhumanity; and now the world will hour no more of the deud boy In tho duat-biu, _—————— Mr Hexny Watrrnson, the excitable Kentucky editor, bas had his attoution ealted to aAmeeting hold in London’ uot loug ayo by the mowbers of 8 Dreas Reform Society, at which the now-faybloned dresa for women, which In soine muasuro rescmbles a pulrol pauts, waa adopted. Mr. Wattorson not does take kindly to tho iden of womon wenring tho brecobus,and snys so very distinetly in a colummn-iong editorial, concluding with the remuric that "We ure will ing thut they aball have the bullot whon thoy convinve us that thoy want It; we are willing that thoy sball giva us tho wholo width of the atraot-oroedings and take to tho mud; we ara willing that thoy shall resign to us thotr sexta in the horse-cars and other public places, and re- celye In return our placid disroyard; we aro even willing that thoy abnll vrawt ont of bed rat and kindle tho fire In the morning; but by tho holy hide of the srored bull, wo will uling to our pantaloons . ‘Ant thoaungroencutd, And ouf inst xuilue butiow shalt logo its hold! Ft fs somewhat strange that aLoulsvillo girl should object to tho use of whisky by the young man whom eho intonds to marry, stuco inno purtof the world ia that beverage moro popular than ia Kentucky, Tho maldou whoso conduct lé at present creating somo tulle io Louisville was In Jove with 9 mun to whom ber parents objected, and bad arranged to elopo with him to Indlunn. Upon entering a carriage for tho purposo of currying ont this program sho dlvcovorcu that ber proupective buaband bad norvoul bhnself for the trying ordeal through which be expected to pasa by jmbibiog a largo Amount of sour nash. Deviditiy at once to aus uu} tho contract into which shu bad entered, the young lady requested that the carslage bo driven buck to her father’s house; but the man declined, She abrioked lustily for a policeman, and when one responted contided herself to bia care and wis tuken to her bome, . a — Sour Canorina Is agitated just naw over tho result of u cave tried recontly In York County, wherein John Crawford, a colored citizen, and Magyic, ble wifv, wore charged with violating a luw passed In 1870 whieh probibits tho Intermar- rlage of blacks and whites, Although the wom- an le faly, and has lwht auburn balr and blue eyed, IL was claimed by tho defense that she bus in her yelns negro blood, ber yrandmother, ne- cording to the Wwethnony, baviug been 6 bright mulgtta, In order to aettie, If possible, tho question of tho wouin's race, u pliywician was called who migde a niicrogcaplo examination of ber hulr aud skin, fi ble testimony be aid that while be could dlacover no traces of negro blood, ho was not willing to say the worn was of puro white blood. fo his chargoto tho jury the Judge “wuld that all doubt reyarding the matter should bo iu favor of tho prisoner, but In‘ apite of this wu verdict of guilty was returned, a dv appearances zo for anything, women who ‘hall frony Dotrolt should bu caretully avoided by youn wen whose mental turoe ie hot atrong enongh to enable thew to rosigt tetupy {ndons to matrinouy, Prosunt indications are that Detrolt females ero unusustly bards hearted, anid two divarey suit * = by Dotrolt hushands who llega thee en begog are erdet. Ono of tha men who hin eee Me troubles Into eourt f4 Dry bench, wee zh bls hin wife bang freguentty: threatened nena eriel to time and 1 vaetona wage peg Oelt existence tnhappy. ‘The uther eae e the ow, Mr, Rexford, wha has ania oa! tule to relate coneerning hia matting hertencos. Hoth these gentionen un of education and rellnomonet, ang th Bhowkd bow warning te persons tabi tee’ me under tho iufluvnge of Detroit fomates, a As bersung Youna Mr, Law, thorecently of Hrooklyn, Is anid to have gained without tha expenditure of a vent. &, expenses, his only olfort he the tn having been a aontribution of gop eral fund of tho Itepubitean Canasta ty tee. Hy tho provisions of tha recently qqnn ebartur tho appolutinent of att ‘Otlice, hweted with the Brooklyn City Guy; he tu tha hands of Mr. Lu, reaponsibiltty this devolving 4 one, it Ia bollevod that the yor equal to It, elected Mayog Unt aitheg OF eleetion, MNCL Ling t0 tho yen “cone ment i And although ite Mpou hii te q Kereag MOE wan Ig folly ——— A veny sonsible netion has be tho Common Council of Hnittinore. ina y ing by ordinance the Kelling, giving uv ible disposing in any manner of what is lino tho “ toy piatol’ within the Inity of the ay, ‘Toy pistuls are generally toys when any tng watita to shoot a burgtor or thing with thom, ue execedingly detdly when poluted at an al olfonslye pore ‘ne a QUEEN MAnquenire of Haly ‘1 been a popular favorit inthe canatry ae nts hor husband rules. Kuropein papers ropa - pratty little scene st Pontafel, on the ‘Alat : frontier, w fortnight ago, when a Rroup tt Ttatlin and Austelan girts Presented tothe Queon a bouquet, aud were kissed In return " tholr royal mistress, " ae hla ‘Tite glorious climate of Catiforn to be hayiwe Its effect upon tho anne that State, ur at least some of thom, The * tora of tho various churches in Los Any is hayo signed an agreement not to marry di Viger vorsons, “except the divorve be ‘obtalned Scriptural grounda," and then for the jonucens party ouly. ————— LAKESIDE MUSINGS, “T have gone up the tly me.—~IaeVeagh, ‘The star-route men have had seven faye yors to pay for tho Inst slx months, 4 oud wang people area begtinulug to think they have beeg punted enough. A Indy named Bridget MeGutre Attempted to light a wood tlre; The tuel was green, So she used kerosene— Thou tho cumet sue waut n bit higher, Dr. Talmage has assumed the editorshtp of a Now York magazine, and is to write wserleg of papors un “People 1 Mave Seon. If Dr Value bns beun in the habit of spendin taut dino in front of a mirror thea papera should te very interosting, fl ‘The cable dispntches state that upon the arrival of the Marqulg of Lorne at Nirkenheag Monday, “ho was mot by tho Princess Louise, with whom he procecded to tha residence of the Duke of Westminster.” After tho Marquls gery ae auatnted with the Princesa. be wilt tind ber q vory pleauant young lady, t An his work on worms, Mr. Darwin points out that Stonchenge has not been brought to its decadence by tine alone. The carth-worm bag tundoriminel it stone by atone, and tho very monolith lately propped up by Sir H. Antrobug hag probably beon put out of the perpendicular by the action of tho wormn.—Carl Schurz, * Would you know the baby’s skles? Baby's ailes aro mamun’s eyes, Mumnin’s yes and sinlle together Muke the baby's pleasant woather, Mamma, keep your eyes from tears, Kop your heart from foollsh feara, Kegp your Ups fram duit compiutntug, Leat the baby thinks ‘tis ratulng. —voun Kelly, A watehmaker at Vouvry, Switzerland, claims to have inventud uw process by whit watehes will/run for years without winding up. A aonied box containing two watches Intrusted to tho municipal nuthorities Jat. 19, 1879, bad Just beon opened, and the, watches were found, running.—Wew York Trtbunc. It should be borne dn mind that this occurred in Switzerland, Any+ body leaving two watches with tho auttoritled of an American clty would bo likely tu yet lelt, PERSONALS, Nicolini, the tenor, “thee’s ” and "thon's® Patti in public, Iv 1s a yook talker and a mag of tuat, Lady Brassey has been formally decorated by un omlsgary of King Kalakaua with theOrdet of * Kapiolani,” “ Almeriea,” says an Engiishinan, “ls & country where a mun's statement Is nut worth two cents unless bucked up with an offer to bt you $10." Sefior Barea, the Spantsh Minister, and his wife have returned to Wasbington for the sea+ kon, and brve Joaged the house formerly occue pled by the Culnese Legation. 'The Rey. d. B, Gould, Inte United States Consul In Birmingham und Muraullica, bas ace copted the@nvitation of tho Methodist pisces pal Church jn Nowtoy, Mags, to supply thelt pulpit, ‘The last year of Baron Maymerle’s life wad & martyrdom of nervous aulfering, Induced by & disease which wag of several years’ standing and of carding origin, ‘fho amallost uiiticulties &p+ peured ag cruaing calumitiva, and the least ex citemont caused n burst of tears. A duel with swords took place in the Buld de Boulogne recently butwoon Mr. Jules Comte and Mr, Viollet-le-Duc, son of the celebrated architect, Tho Iutter wax wounded In the shouldor after a combat that lasted twenty-Uve minutes, Carolus Duran, the paluter, was We of Mr, Comto's seconds. ‘the Princess of Wales, while at Singletoa Abbey tho other day, planted a Unilen avy ie motlal of bor yiait. Sho was requested to placd hor hand on tho treo while the earth was belo fitted In around it; but. Instead of belug cue tout with Bo puagive a part, she seized 8 Beary garden spude, and shoveled in the earth wll Ski and yiwor, laughing heart!ly the while. ‘Thu Holy Synod of the Russtan Churelt have fasucd a decrep forbidding priests tome fuse the rites of religion In tue cases of persons whos deuths have notoriously heen caute by tho excessive use of apirituaus drinks. iis Stated that fons timo Iraouieelas Sins tus a sto ct leatits with sujoitear and. mp. suich have deetined to give tho body Chrlathin burial. Ty Duke ot Sutherland has just placed hhinsalf ut the hoad of a company fur the pur 4 vhane of sixty aquare miles of land on tho line be rallrond to Oniatu, for the purpose Sunline i colony of Scutchuen, ‘This eep ts suppose 3 be taken in andelpation of voine wreat ehanist nvovt to take place in the aduimatration oft Duke's estates In Beotland, consequent on ! servations mude on his recent visit aver bere. "Tue Inte cecentric writer, George Horton sufered from whut be cullfd the barron, which was nothing more than ders which accompanies at ayerwrousht A brought on by tov much motuphysles. U te him into the orkln of nature and of bla own ee Ing, but when bo found himself approaching “4 yunlshing point of reasou bla remedy 4a hand. “What do fin think ¢ Hoy ion? when F got bowlidered after thie hare o so ont to the aty and Usten to thy gray The plas till 1 get buck to mysell. ine 1, 2, Bhitlaber writes from Boston i rH Hartford Evening Post thut a ieee ‘ “f alunal of Dartmouth College residen! uel wlty will soon be held to conslder the ma Hane velvbrating tho 1uth anniversary of ie wat duy of Danlol Webster, Ie Cet at 18 horn at Sullsbury, Ne Ha, Jun. 1, a ponatra season boing to aevero for outdoor Bs peta" tion, it Is sumgeated thut the DLE A oat Hauover, N. H., the scut of Darien peat 4 on the unnual Commencement, 12 in ay kront gathoring muy bo brought tues Nae the memory of tho lustrous ea institution. ‘Though this would rineatoulatd soane frou genoral partlefpution by Him who would dolight thus to bouor ie i the great wtutesman, the organtattle foreel novemne boro would coustiitute it a lend to male ough would wudoubtediy AUN eg a fe aity of ble adoption a distinctive | seep the celebration.” Mia living com nous would unlte in tho spirit of the oe here diutant, by some slunuitancous Rely od-id caub year thy day of ble birth iy nis F298 which the later goneration. rettovted, will Ju! Wwe" Tonnsn, for Buch hy Was, thouxp uve ual