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

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Academy of Munte, Palsted strect, near Sadison, West Side, Variety enlertalnment, Lyceum ‘Mhenire. Hosptaines atrvat, near Macisan, West Side, Varle etrentertainmont. Afternoon nnd ovaning. Criteridn ‘Theatre, Corner of Sedgwick and Division streots, Varioty onturtainment, SOCLE: D, ©, CREGIBE LADUE, NO. Oh A. F. & Regular Communtestion Wadnesday oyenin at au os Dek ghar roe Suri Visteon ; ff cordialy Invited. By ardor FAMES KEATS, W. Mf. JOHN GINOCHIO, Heerornty. = TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1881. SS 2, es A CABLE dispatch yesterday tates that “at Balilun, In the County Muyo, tho sub- commfsston of thd-Land Court lias pro- nounced several decisions, redueing the rent in a mnjority of the cases below the Griflith Poor-lawy valuation” ‘The rents in Mayo havo been nearly double tho * Poor law” valuation, Still, these reductions ‘wilt not placate the Irlsh in England or make them friends of the Liberals who passed the Land bill untlt Yarnell and his compatriots are ltb- erated from prison. Tue Irish vote constitutes the balnyee of power between the Liberals and ‘Torles In matiy If not In most of the English clues, On account of the Inprisonmelt of Parnell by the Government the Lrish in England mady 4 resolve to vote against the Liborals atall elections until Parnell and his assocl- ates nro liberated from prison, ‘The result ts, the Liberals nre belng defented at almost every election that oveurs, Last Saturday the Irish vote turned ‘the seales in Stafford aud gave that strong Liberal borough tu tho Tories, electing Salt (Tory) by 800 majority, raversing the majority of last yen, ‘The Torles, tho flercely hating the Catholic Irlsh, and hostile to any land bill or other conces- sions to the [rlsh, and rabid supporters of the Coercion bill, nevertheless gleefully accept Irish help to defeat the Liberals, Tamstany Wann ts to have tho balance of power in both branches of the Now York Legislature, and already tho old Rump lead- ers are negotiating with Kelly and his nas- sistant sachoms, It remulns to be seen whether the Intter, after bem unceremonl- ously hustled cut of threa State Conventions, will be in a conellintory mood. The county and rural Demoeracy are fit atralt between the devil and the deep sen, Like a more famous politician of olden thes, they will be defented If they dou’tand disgraced If thoy do form n new alliance with Kolly, Which- eyer course 1s adopted ono faction of the party—and a very hmportant ono—is bound to be disappointed and disgusted, It will be sean that the scheme for having the Deno- erats maken partisan apportiomnent this winter hasa small chance of success, ‘Tho anajority Is too slunder, and the harmony too delicate In Its lexture to last, —_—_— ’ Iris snoticeable feature of the German elections that whjlo tho Sociallsts carried sone districts In this large cities, yet through- out the Empire they recorded but ttile more then half the votes they cast in 1878, not- withstanding all thelr effurts; and that, al- though thore are nearly as many Socialist Deputies tn the Relchstag as before, the vote ing dwindled from 480,000 ta 260,00), which gous to show that Hisniirok's Insurance and vension bribes have taken elect. Another noticonble feature is that Uismarck'a ox- pected conlition between tha Conservatives or Crown party and tho Contre or Ultra- montanes 1s also working sticcessfully, as hbs candidates for the Presidency’ and Vice- Prosldency of tha Relchstax are both elected by Inrgo mnjorlties—the votes being for the Bismarck candidate 103, against 143 for tho Coalltion candidate for President, and about the same for the other, Old Bia {3 still ahead, . Conaness will reassemble on tho 5th ot December, ‘Che session, wich vn few weeks ago promised to be dull and uninteresting, now seems |ikely to be marked by more than tho usual activity aud finportance, ‘The en- tlre organization of the House has to be re- constructed, and the friction following upon the appointment of new committees will not. wear away for suverat weeks, Afier tho election of a Speaker some of tho great quea- tlons of the session will come forward, and there will be no Inck of them, ‘The first thing In order will be the tuking of appro- priate action with reference to the late Prest- dunt and the making of provision for his family. ‘Thon, though possibly not next In order, the apportionment will be considered, ‘The transportation question will be agitated ina more lvyely_manner than ever before, ‘Yhe Democrats have a goheme for refunding the 3}gper cont continued botids ut 9 por eent, and the Republicans think they have a better one. The reduction of intornal aud possibly of custom taxes will’ be “ yigorously pushed in some Quarters, The pensions system will and ought a TRIBU TUESDAY, NOVEMBER one wr, 1631I— UWWHLVIG : PAGLITS ' ae to come in forn thorough overhauling, ‘The now Commissioner of Indian Affairs will urge A comprehonsive acheine for civillzing the hunting tribes, Investigations of the ex- pendltures on account of the contingent fund Inseveral of the departinents will bo demanded and cannot be refused, The ad- mlsslon of Dakota ns a Stato will be pressed aud ought to bo carried, ‘The Senate will take the Initiative in resolutlons conecrnlng the Isthinus Canal, nnd tho House will fol- low. And there will be fr addition the vast routlne busitiess of the long sesslon, It will he one of tho ilyellest. sesstons Washington has seen for many yea! ‘Tue New Orleans papers exhibit a good deal of interest In: the Dakota question, and ong of them-proposes to * meet”? or forestall the movement for the admisston of the ‘Terrl- tory asa State by insisting upon the ingtant dlylston of ‘Texas, But there are several red- sons why thls program cannot be successful- Jy earrled out. ‘Cho frst is, that the Deimo- crats have not the mujority in Congress, ‘They moy “insist? upon the division of ‘Texns ns much as they please, but they can- not compel it, ‘The provision of the jolut resolution under which ‘Texas was admitted is ns follows: B. New States of convenient size not exccede ing four in number, In addition to sald Stute of Texns, and baylog suilicient population may horeatter, by the consent of suid State, ta formed out of tho territory thoreof, which shall be gntltied tu admission under tho provisions of tho Federal Conatltuton, ‘The. provisions of the Federal Constitu- tlon above referred to are shunply: New States may be admitted by tho Congress Into this Union; but no naw State shill bo formed or erected within tho Jurisdiction of other States; nor any Stato bo formed Lyttho unetion two or more Sintes. or parts of tutes, without the consentof the Legisinturos of tho States concerned ag well usof tho Con- gress. ‘he ndinission of new States by Congress must be n voluntary act. It ean never be compulsory. ‘The Congress which admitted "Texas never Intended to bind Its successors, and, If it did, its acts were in this respect ab tnitlo, null and vold, In elther ease tho division of Texas Into. five States can never inke place without the consent of Congress, which will not be given for many years to come, If ever. ‘Lhe Inst-word on the Texas question fg yet to be sald, ‘Tho.peapte of the State have manifested no desire to have it divided, ‘They are proud of Its size und Its vast capabilities, ‘The agitation (what little there has been of it) lixs ueen wholly from tho outside, and has proceeded from restless and Indisereet partisans of the Democratle persuasion, who have sought to muke it a politied] question and get a party advantage out of it, Ayumnen of Democratic newspapers In tho Enstern States profess to be still a good denl alarmed about the third term, But it will be finpossible among roflecting Repub- llenns to get up another healthy seare on this account, If the third term coutdn’twin with all tho chances in its favor In 1880, It can't come within halling distance of suecess in 1851. ‘The reasons why tnany sensible men have resolved henceforth to dismiss the sub- Ject from their minds as unworthy of consid- eratlun are the following: Béeause Gen, Grant himself hath sald it, While it was the Ingenious theory of his party Jast year that he was nota candidate, an tine pression to the contrary widely prevailed; but It is only erediting the General with conunon sagaelty and regard for his fuine to know when he hag had enough, or, rather, when he can’t get any, more, Moreover, If ho and hia partisans should be never so ans- fous the third term Is clearly unattalnable: Because it ins lost huimensely in prestige, It has tho load of one mortifying failure upon Its back, Nothing succeeds ike fall- ure in setting some questions, ‘The South- ern spoilsdiunters will. never agaln rally enamusec to athird-torm quest ag they did In. 1880, Because the Now York machine has been sinashed, Beenuse the Pennsylvania machine Is out of repair, Beeauss the Ilnols machine, if thore Is one, fs already pledged tu another candidate, and Gen. Grant has ceased to be a ellizen of Ilinots, : Beeause the principle of district repre- sentation has been afirmed by the Nationy Conventlon and announced by the Natlonal Committee, aud the occupation bf the Bosses ds gone, . Beenuse, if all these reasons were wanting, the people who have “downed” the thicd term once could and would do it again, We advise no man to lot his reat be broken by the forebodings of the Demucratic press on thls subject, ‘Tho wish In thotr case Is father to the thought, No such good luck awafts the Danweratic party In. the next eambuign as the nomination of any man to the Presidyntial office for a third term. THE LATE BANK ROBBERIES. ‘Tho revelations, In regard to the recent bank failures, or rather robbertes, in Newark and Boston are already sufiiclent to show that the provisions of the National-Bank act have been fIngrantly violated, and it is high time that the penulties provided by tho statute be meted out to those who had guilty knuwledgo of these violations, ‘The Natlonal- Bunk law fs calculated to protect the public from just such swindles a3 have been per petrated by Baldwin, Cashier of the Mechan- jes’ Bonk in Newark; Benyon, tho Presi- dont of the Paeltle; and Young, Cashier of the Central, In Boston, ‘These mien, aud all who were nssoclated with them In such mans nor as to warrant the suspicion of particlpa: tion orerlininal knowledge of thelr untawsul prietlees, ought to be prosecuted promptly and vigorously. If a few of the Presidents and Cashiers of disemboweled Mational banks | were sont to the penitentliry, as they may bo under strict enforcement of the nw, tho danger of bank fallure in the futarewould be materially abated, and tho National-bank- ing system would be entitled toas much con- fidence as It Is well to repose in banks under nny conditions, ‘Cho citation of certain sec- tlons of the Natlonal-Bank act which have buen violated will serve to illustrate the case which may be made out against such men us Ballwin, Benyon, and Young, It fy: provided, for Instance (See, 5,101 United States Statutes), that whenever tho Jawful money of any association shall by re duced below the renorve required to be kept “such association shall not Inerease Its iln- Dilitigs by making new loans or discounts otherwise than by discounting wr purchasing Dills of exchange at slaht’’ Le cannot rea- sonably be doubled that, In the cases of the Newark bank and the two Bustan banks, luana wore made when the reserve was practleally exhausted, for it required only the menace of a run for cash to compel sus- pension, Bev, 5,200 of the Revised Statutes provides as follows: “The total Habilities to any association of any person, orof any company, corporation, or firm, for money burrowed, bi- gluding fu the Habilities of a company or firm the Mabiljttes of the several members thercof, shall At no the exceed one-tenth partofthe amount of the cupital stock of stich association actually puld in? But It is known that in Newark-a comyany engaged in the moroceo “loather business obtained several willlons of dollars from the Me chantes’ Natlonal Bank with the con- niyance of Baldwin, the Cashier, and that In Boston Weeks, the stock-gambler, borrowed several hundred ¢housand dollars fro tho Paelfie National Bank with tho consent of the President, Benyon, In both cases the amountdoaned to an fndividuat or aflem was not only not Ihnlted te one-tefth of the capital stock of the bank, bit was actually In excess of the entlre amount of capital stock, In both cases, too, there is a strong suspicion that the officers of the banks were partners with. tha men who obtained these unlawful loans, and were thus guilty of embezzling the funds which wero I+ trusted to them for safo-kecping, See, 6,208, Revised Statutes, says “it shall be untawful for any oliecer, clerk, or agent of any Natlonal banking assoclAtion to certify any check drawn upon the association unless the person or company drawing tho eheck hason deposit with the association at tho Une such check ly certified an amount of money equal to the amount specified in such check. Such ‘false certifiertton sub- jects the offending offleer to the penalties provided for violation of thi law, and the bank ftself to belng put in the hands of a Reeelver. It ls notorious in Boston, how- ever, that Weeks hawkel about certified cheeks on the Pacific National and nego- tinted ‘them at a disconnl, and thot Young, Cashier of the Central Natlonal, was In the hablt of “swapping checks” with Benyon, and thus tnvelved his bank to the extent of $s0u,000, Itign fair Inference that Young, who had formerly buen nssoctated with Benyon in the banking business, was also to be a partlelpant In tho benetits of Weeks! stock speculations; in any cage, both tho President of the Pueltiv and the Cashler of the Centrat engaged in the prohibited prac- tice of false certification of checks, Now as to pemilties: Ibis provided (See, 5200 KR. 8.) that every President, Director, Cashier, teller, clork, or agent of any Nation al bankins assoclation whe embezzles, ab- stracts, or willfully metsapplies any of tho moneys, funds, or credits of the assoelation; + « + or. who makes any falsa entry In any book, report, or statement of the assucia- tlon, with Intent, in either case, to injure or defraud the association or any other com- pany, body politic or corporgge, or any indl- vidual person, orto deceive any officer of the assoclation, or any agent nay ell to ex nuing the affairs of such nssdeiation; and every person who with tke intent alds or abets any oflicer, clerk, ar agent In any vio- fation of this section, shail be deemed guilty of n misdemeanor, and shall be timprisoned notless than sive years ner more than ten? It fs evident that this seetion Is suMelently comprehensive and explicl to send Baldwin, Benyon, and Young to the penitentiary, and there is no doubt that they all oughttoe go there, It fs not untikely that thorough pros- ecution woutd also include fn the puntsh- ment the outside participants in the virtual embazzlements of these bank ofleers, and possibly the netive bank Directors, under whose very noses the frauds were commiltted, Had tho severe penaltles of the National Jaw been enforced In the dises of fraudu- lent failures whieh haye occurred among National banks heretofore, it is probable that the Newark and Boston swindles would nave been averted, and the same line of reasoning Induees the belltef that the punishment of the lntest bank thieves will save the public from Ike swindles in the future, Fallures to presecute, compromises, and nolle prox, have been tov frequent In the past; the re- cent frauds should suggest a new departure. It Is reported from Washington that a move- ment will be made at the approaching ses- slon of Congress to improve the system of bank examination, to require that the Ex- auinors shall be pald by the Governinent in- stead of tho banks, and to hold the Ex. aminérs ton stricter responsibility for thelr work. ‘This Is al well enough, but it Is manifestly useless to proserlbo any more re atrictions or pennltics so Jong as the restrie- tions and pennlties of tho Inw as: It now stands are not enforced. ‘Tho Natlonal- Banking act, In Its present shape, [a an nd- uirable Inw, and well cateutated to defend the public from swindles; but to carry out that mlsslon tho penalties must be rigidly appiied—the thieves must bu sent to the punitontifty. / LOANS OF BANK RESERVES. Some of the banks fn New York City pay Interest on deposits, and hence many of the National banks of the country outside of Now York City keep thelr reserves in those metropolitan institutions, Inthe list of “due to other National banks,” the New York City banks make a return of several hundred millions of dollars, which sum Jargely repre sents the deposits of tho reserve fuuds of tha * country banks,” Including under that gene eral title all bangs, outside of New York City. Commenting om the October returns of the Chiengo bants, the New York Tribune polnts out several significant clreumstances, It says: At appears that tho Chicazo Natlanal hanks have indeed inerensed thelr reserve of gold coln over $4,000,000 during tho past year, though te piggy Deenuse of the greater aouratly of legit. tenor ‘Tho reserves lield have increased S2703,515; over percent. ft thera ine been a Bliniinr inurense at other paints, tsa ia probable, tno store of coin held by the Western banks hid very ereditubly enlirged, nd thetr posl- don ns te rogerves maturity strengthoned. But appears that the buuks of Chlenge have ed thelr ionna stl moro large. Un fuct, the incruiso hus been so closely propor. oned to the gain in reserves tnt, Beary dollar of loans also represented a dolly of depoalls, tho ratio of reserves ta depos> fts would not be much grenter now thin itwasone yeur nue. ‘The “boule on band" in the Navona! banks af Chicago indicate wn fine portant change in the methada of those Institue Uons. Inatend of peatlin thelr surplua to thls y, to be held and loaned by banks which pay fitoreat on deposite, some of the Chienge banks bave praferred to fem about $1,000) more to the Government, Shole bowls represent a punt of the reserve whleh draws at least ns large te tereat x6 can he aufaly pald by banka tn this celts, and ft (8 jomediately available in case of nay pincrmeHoy. Possibly the onielal ropore will ahow: that alinilar course has been pursued by many banks In other Weatern ulties, and if so tho Western banks are undoubtedly the stronger for baving removed a inrgo part of thal resorves: frou the pogsible reveraes, gt the inunalal mo- tropolls. ‘Yhe case is very plotaly stated in the fora golng parngraph, ‘The reserve of the Nae tlonal banks of the country is thus hold in New York, by other banks, who find it profit. able to pay Interest thorean, and then lend the money to tha desperate stock-gamblers and speculators of thatelty. ‘The fact-le, Qint tothe extent the New York banks are bor- rowers of. the reserve of the country bunks that reaurve Is in perpetual peril, aud is at all thines exposed to. loss from any sudden and general alarm or actual disturbance of the stock tiarket In Now York City, ‘The most porilous of alt investments in which the banks could Invest thelr reserves, or Snvest thot: own mouey or the money -of thelr depositors, Is toloan it to operators on Watl streat, espe- clally at a time whon stocks generally are Belling at 50 por cent over the actual or subs stantial value of tho property thoy are Aue posed to represent, The whole stock market lias now a marketablo value several times tn excess of the real value represented by the stocks, and yet the reserve of the banks of the United States Is mainly fnvested in these stocks, which are In dunger at any day of shriuklug one-third of thelr present prices, What would be the -faty of any National bank In this elty If it wore made known that the money of the bunk, including tho reserve, was Invested In the speculative stocks of Wallstreet? And yet tho fact fa that this ioney ta an enormous extent Js loaned aut to operators In Wall street, to be used by them In betting and gambling upon the tse or fall of these samo stooks, The Chicago bauks, as !s polnted out by tha New Xork Tribune, have during the yenr invested their resorve and thelr surplis in bonds of the United States to a greator proportion than heretofore, These bonds, hearas great an interest ns can be pall by ‘any Now York tank doing a safe buaitess, and the investment tn bonds Is much the safer. 'Thore Is no risk orperll; stocks may rise or fall, the bears or bulls may,alter- nately trlumph, banks may break or go to the wall, but tho moucy Invested In the bonds will always bo nvaitable, and will suffer no serious loss, ‘Tho country fs fall of moncy, and tho extraordinary scarelty of loanable funds in New York ts dus to the vast sums loeked up in stock speculations, ‘The banks of tha whole country have been placed tnder contribution to furnish the New York Clty banks with money to carry on this great stovk business In Wall streot, As tho Trth- ane poluts ont, the Chicago and other banks who have pub thetr reserves in Nattonal bonds “are wadoubtedly the stronger for having romoved a larger part of thelr re- serves from the possible reverses of tho financial metropolis.” Woulkl it not be advisable if this preeau- ton against,"thls avoidance of, the perils of a Wall stroct coftapse was adopted , generally by tho banks of the Western States? ‘Tho bonds are to be had—the extended fs and (gs are to beedad tn abundance—and the sooner the banks of the West Invest thelr re- sources in thet Instead of In leans to banks engaged In Joans on margins of railway and othgr speculative stocks In Wall street, the danger of a general finanelal disturbance will bu reduced and its extent Mmited, A REVOLUTION IN THE ENGLISH BOOK TRAD, In “Little Dorrit,” Mr. Meagles has a con- versation with Daniel Duyee, an inventor, after his experlences with tha Cireumtucu- tion Ofllee, In which tho latter asks Meaules Ifho hus ever known England to be before- hand tn any useful thing—" ever known It to setan example of any néefal kind? —tosyhlelt Mengles hotly replics, “Never.”. The“ftruth of Mr. Meagics’ reply has been {ustrated In the trade of English publishers, For years they have ‘resolutely clung to a elfimey and expensive system of publication, whieh has made elreulnting libraries or very rich buy- ers their patrons, hag narrowed down the elrele of readers, aud made the efreutating library the inaster of the trade, because pub- Nshers would not issue a book until the Ubraries had inthmated how many coples they would take, ‘Chere are plenty of cheap publications of old writers, and very cheap and poor they are, but no Iving author lus consented—and no house would publish his works if he dld—to Issue cheap editlons of his works, ‘ ‘Tho usual method followed by English publishers Js to issue works of soll titer ature in octavo volumes at an average priee of about elghteen shilllngs—or $4.32—ench, and novels in three volmng at agujnen and nhalf—or about $8 If the book sitecceds ft is then {ssted fn smaller, shape ut six shil- Mngs; and if St Isa novel, aftera long tine aud people have forgotten all about It, 1b gets, down to the condition of our yellow-covered- stuff and sells for two shillings, ‘Tho vast minjority of renders never buy at all, They borrow from the Hbrary, which, according to tho London Zines, is simply “a machine for the imultiptication and protection of bad Iiteruture aud fer keeping goo books denr.” If makes Ilitle dlf- ference, so far of price Is con- cerned, whether the Yook is good or bad, for a normal price is fixed upon it tho moment the Hbrarles have Indicated how muy volumes they will take. Disrnell’s novels/ for Instance, were always’ published In three volujnes at tha normal price, and George Eliot’s books used to mount up to ‘$10 each, while Jiundveds of volumes, written by nobodies whose very names are forgotten tna month, are thrown into the libraries at the same .prices and in perma- nent form, though belonging to a class wlieh would be printed in this country in pamphlet shape, and perhaps not at all, This antiquated. style of pubtlention has been pertinaciousty adhered to in England In the: nee of tha experlence and practice of other countries, where cheap publications Increase the number of readers and eunse- quently Increase profit®, But at Inst an ins novation has been made, and ft promises to work a complete revolution In the publish- ing business. A few weeks ago Lady Bras- soy, one of the best known authoresses in England, announced her intentlon to Issue aixpenny edition of the “Voyage of the Sunbeam,” with a large number of ilustra- tans, ‘The publishers at once toulk alarm, used every Influence {o prevent it, and, when they were unnble to do this, prophesied a disastrous failure, Noth- Ing daunted, Lady Urassey Issued. her cheap cilition, something In tho form of our “Seaside” and Franklin Square” edi- tlons, but even cheaper than those, and be- fore u week had closed sold over a hundred thousand, the publishers meanwhile looking on with eonsternati6n as thoy saw the * Voy age of the Sunbeam” going off like hot enkes, though atinost as cheap ag original sunbeams, A harder blow even thon this has been adininistered at the clyenmlocution book system, for, observing tho immense silo and success of Lady Brassey’s book, Sir Theodore Martin, the blographer of the Prince Consort, with the consent of tho Queen, Is Issuing the “Life,” which orlgl- nally was In tlye octuyo volumes, In five six- penny parts, so Unt the English people wilt now be ablo to obtain the Prince Consort’s Diography for half n erown or 60 cents, wherens they have never been able to obtain it before fur less thon $20, Tho Quvews sanction to the cheap pub- Hentlon system will unquestionably xive it a boom, and before long break up the clumsy, absurd, and expensive system of the pub+ Ushers, nud perhaps beat lt into thely heads thut there Js just as much profit In atarge elrewlation at tow prieesas there is ine smith elreulation at high prices, and that tho profits In the Jong run wilt be much Jarger, as the elrels of renders will greatly Increase, When that the comes perpaps Americans will be more willing to negotiate an inter- national copyrfight, ‘Tur carrying trade on the Atlantic, which 1g worth from $120,000,000 {0 $180,000,000 an- nually, las passed almost entirely into Ene lish bands, ‘This yast industry, whieh -be- longs naturally to tho United States, has been lost through the Insatiable greed of Ar. Joli Roach and ‘two other Iron-shipbultd- ora, These men are not shippers or common eavrlors ot all, They are shipbuliders, “holy Appearance at tacht conventions fo speak on behalf of the ocean carrying-trade and tha Merchant marine 18 6 gross Inpertinunce. {Lhey are, if not the nuthors of Its woes, the Inost persistent opponents of any meagures louktng toward its relfef, The vdtous navi- gation laws which have driven the Ameri- can flag from the high seqs sineo the ora of iron shipbuilding began are malutained at the instance and for the benefit of Mr. Jolin Rouch and a fow others like him. ‘Tha fuct fs, that the issue betweon American ship bullders and Amerlean ship-buyers, or those who wish to become euch, has not beon as sharply detined as It should be, As tho New York Journal of Commerce remarks, * Ex- vopt va matter of sentiment the building of ships sof no consequence, But it is of the kreatest Importance that vessels should be owned by American citizens and@iy tho American flax." ‘The hopolesness of look~ . ing to native alipbuilders for tron stenmsht at prices that will ondble buyers to compete with forelgn vessel-owuers may be sech from the following Ist of taxes on tho principal Matertals used in steamship building under tho present tari: ‘ ~ Wrotght Iron for ships and steam one 20 per lb ge por Ib oe por tb AAnchora and purts of an Loltler and other plate tron... Nalls and aptkes.... Cast-irog steam pipes Rolled or hammered tron for woud... Sheet ve tee sees Wire rope, strand, or chitin. +020 por to and 18 percent Wrought is nnd bolt 21g¢ por lb Wrought steatn anil water 0 por lly at ne ta Corns not ofherwiee ed. ‘Turred jo Manihe aintnrred entte Other desertptions, wuturrad,.. Sallauek, or canvas, for sitls, Tar aud pitehes.. sa eee Phiok, deats, and othor snwod lun: ber of henlock 81 yee 1,000 ft ‘Timber for 20 per cont Mi. Benner, the proprietor of the Now York Jferuld, evidently believes that a young man's faney can turn Mubily to thouglte uf love In the fall Just as well as in tho spring, although the Inat-mantioned season has. been generally accepted a6 the proper tine for lovgtora youn inen to ussume the dry-goods bills of some fas- clnating creature of the opposit sex. ‘The ren- son for thinklng that Mr. Bennett his come to this beliof Is tho fact that In last Sunday's lave of his paper the subject of marrying in tho fall, when the leaves are fatling and cont ta olny wp. Is considered 2% some longth. The conclusion “which the Herald renehes {1s that fall marriages fire a goo Uhtig, and it anys: There Is nu more appropriate acnson of the, yenr bu which to fultlil 1 marriage erravement. The weather §3 cold enough to score closed windows int railwiy-cura, so there fy no danger of 4 bride on her wedding tour getting welnder into her eye and a conseytivot optional redness that suggests tears of disappointinent and res gret. Good “rooms wt Ningura are easier, db- tained than in summer, Whe receptions of the huppy couple wit uot be iigbtiy attended for the reason that people are qut of town, ‘There Are inntimershls enturtaiien from Hebe she and ber hitsband may suluet overy evening: Jn which they muy seem slightly tiresoine to one tnother, and they are Hot urapelled to be all tay long in tho sigbt of other peuple, us they would be lf (hoy mutrried In the spring tine and Went outor town in the usual manner, ‘Cha fact that many marriages aro taking plnco Just now upponrs to tho editor of the Herald to be a subject for general congratulation, “A nowiy-marricd couple," he suys, “genorally consists of n rush youth and rasher maiden, but wimarricd peoplo generally fall into faults more serious than rishness, Many men aud women are by nature and Inclination unsuited to tho cent per lb ut por Ib ge per 1b per cent pines, nJuul state, but those who ure not are zen- erally the worse for delay, 1t ts far worse to bo tun almless longer lu society than an over- worked wife of a perplexed husband. A pol- fished bent or britiiant belle 1a more entortalning company thin au awkward, retitiog married person, but merely to bo entertaining company Is very unsutlefactory to x person of proper spirit and witha benrt in the right place. For unnatural and errencous views of Ifo no tunatic eun equat tho tin or woman who has long cons toinplated marriage, yet, fur some selfish reason, neptected to wod u partner." Tho Inst sentenco is a significant one. Mr. Menuett, although verging on 40, Ja stllla bachotor, It may be that the editorial alluded to waa his obltuury. ae ae er Last Seplember Dr, Gustavus |. Cooper, fn well-known dontlet of Brooklyn, N. Y., disap- poared from tho circles in whieh he bad been neenstomed to spend bis time, and It was soon openly stated tnt be had eloped with Miss Kettle Burrows, on 18-year-old girl, bls wife acqui- esoing In that explanation of hls nbsoneo. Not Jong ago De. Cvoper returned to Brooklyn, whereupon bis wife published the tollowing curd: When Dr. Coopor left home to yo to Porth Amboy to opon tt branch otiice, be left with every Intention of gulng there, but wus taken very I, and, becoming uucousclous, he was une able to calumupiente with bls trionds, thereby causing his family untold miaury. Dr, Cooper 3 convalescent, and hopag to repatr all in- convenlence suifered by bis patients durluy his ‘unfortunate nbsence, ‘Tho frlunds of Mids Burrows state that she was taken to’ Glasgow, Scotiand, by the Doctor, who Induced her to voelleve that upon reuching that olty he would right hur wrongs by mare riage, and that soon after renching there he nonndoned hor, leaving the following notes Forgive mo if you cun forwhat Ido. 1 thipk there Is noother way, Wo would slarve here, anid wo could not gu together, Now, if yott wo to. the American Consul, hu Is bound to send you to. America if you tell him you are an American and have no money or trigids, Ef he sends you steernge, you cun give your watch to the purser of the sbip and he will transfer you to the secs ondeauln, If you can xo on the State Line, 1 will go to ull the bonts that come,in to lok fur you. 1 have nothing but my cont to keep me Wwarmatoleht, Do not thluk tou bardof me, 1s vhs is the only way l oun x it. My beurt ts broken by your luye for ine. Forgive me, und donot blame mo for all that, you wre bearing from your brokenhearted Hany. ‘Through the kindness and charity of steam- ship Cuptaln, Miss Burrows was ennbled to ro- turn to this country, Sho states that Dr. Cooper showed her av paper whloh stated that ho was ene titled tu chuose another wif, and thoy sailed for Scotland as Mr. und Mra, Cook, ‘Che Doctor left his wife without money, and tho October rent of the,houso In whieh she lved was pald by tho Masonite lodge of which he ia a member, If Mla Rnrrows has any mato relatives, and shotguns aro not absurdly high-priced in Brooklyn, this ease Ought to bo settled yory enaily. ————— ‘Tire fatlure of National banks, whieh has becoine palafully frequent of late, 18 not always unattended by a warning; and In tho cage of tho Vacltic Bunk of Boston, which collapsod a fow daya ayo, the warning seetns to have been given some time ago by tho kite-Iylng manner fa_ which the lustitution did business. In rofarcing tothe fuilure, tho day after it took pinco, tho Rostan <ddvertiscr suid that “tho immediate caused of tho fallure, as far ag thoy could bo ascertained, ave narrated clsowhere. We shall not at this time refer to thom in particular, and {tig net necessary. for the occasion of failure: Was almost sure tocome sooner or Inter, the plain truth belnw, as all Knew who cured to Joquire, thut the Pagitlo. Bank has for a long time been dolng an unsafe business.” Bountveraat among othur finanelal lnstitutions was the distrust of tho bank'a management that ite application for admission to the cluaring-house was retused in the most peremptory manner, although [t was the only Nutional bank within fifty imilos,of Boston not a member of tho nsavolution. ‘This netion on the purt of thoclearing-houso showed plainly enough what experionced and conserva. Uvo tnanciors thought of the lacjtic National end its skyrocket manngomoent, but to the out- aido public it seemed us site ue nny other bank, In ylow of. the fact that vory many Bank Exe fminera do wot at present seem tv buye any, knowledge concerning the condition of the in stitutions over which they are oxpected tortand guurd on benull of the people, it might bo wot) to reduce tho expenses of running tho Govern: ment by the aurount of somo of thelr sulurica, Last Friday was Thurlow Weed’s sith birthday, and tho votqgan politiolun suont the greater part of ft reculving the numerous friends who culled tp offer hin the oongratulas tions to which tho occaslon guve rise, ‘The tlrst toappear was Mr, WU, retired merchant ily dug at Weymouth, Musa Ho is only four years the Junlor of Mr, Weed, and the two bad not met for seventy-throv yoars, having been boys togothor at Catsktit, Mr, Weed's sight Is failing, but bls memory basnot auffered tho eligutest npatrineyt. ‘To a reporter who inquired ces gurding bin habits of life, bt. Wead sutds When'l vasa printor, tn my euriler days, 1 was an ubstainer from ull beveruges supposed fo bo Intoxtcating, even fram beer. Shs wae not because 2 regarded total-abstinones as a virtue, but beeuuse | hud notaste for drinigs ¢ Usod to ey ny tellaw-workmen tike their Boer and Lover thought Ib my business ta tind Juul with them becuude thoy Wked it and | did't. Th hter years 1 became an tiveterate stokor, und the caricatures of imu alwaya reps Tedwnted me witha ble gar ia my mouth. 1 never acd tobacco in any other form, About twalve yeurg apo | haga epell of sickneus, aud when f was getting well ny physician advised me to leuve of ginvking, F have not smoked since, In fuot. 1 hava fult no desiro fur towacco since, Fora number of yoara I have tako: Uitte wine with my dinner. os ed Tur Won, David A. Wells, tho polltteat cconumist, tellssumo things about the rupucity aud xreod off tho fron aud stuel monapoltets whioh will beur repoatiug, ae thoy onst lurid Nght ou rae ve Proteeatens Says Str, Wells: ow, It ment Haturilly buve bea 5 in conformyy wilh tue old TOV! cpready suuce for the goowe fs suucY Tor tho gande that the American tron and steel munutactorics, baying promibited the ianscontinental ratirod compinics trem using any hlue but American fron aud steel for their construcdohe,would have thomevives rigidly rofralued from using suy- » thing in turn in thelr fron and steel works oX« cont tho prodnatsef Amoriean inbor, Rut lf anyone hid tndiuied in suet gs hypothicalt ho: would have, been badly disuppoluted, for those ay fron and steel friends of Ainerienn fond out that tn the abe of Tod per cont duty on foreken pig-irony, fernp tron, aid ron ore, thoy could sappy themselves with these raw mnatérlals cheaper tn the foreten than in tho demestio market, that Mey defberately turned thelr backs on tholr fellow-American trot miners and pleemetal sreltors, und proceeded to take ndyintage of tho patiper Inbor of Europe hy purchasing aud finporting Iarge quantities of tron-ers from Spain, and od ratle wud serap-irotn trom Ens and and voter countries, tho tnportation of ‘urcigh ore For IRR having mmiounted to 404,405, nas maid old rail and serap to tho value of SH,- 705,88, Wherent wh bare tanguaye and woe it few thrents of sinnshing tho protuetive ma- ening bive been tndulged {i on tho part of Amerlean workinemen, who dave ulways be told hy tie proteetionists of the Pennsyi achool that good Auericans mist onty Du: tmanufactira American products, aud hever omit to frown down soverely tho produote of tha pauper lubor of Europe. a ‘Ta the Edtlor of The Ohicago Tribune. Muruenny, dr oy, 10,-—Pleaso answer tho following au In the colmmns of THe DaArhy THM Es ae When was the debt made that the Virzlnin Keadjusters are now trylng to repudiate? [Xente down). (2) What was the ainuunt of Virginia's debtat the eluso of 1auoe (1) It was all Incurred provious to the Itebellion and for public improvements. (2) Tho Read+ Juatera insist on deducting about one-third as West Virwinin’s equitndle share of the old Rtate doht, @) The amount of tho debt with nee crucd Interest ts now about 43 tnilllons of. doilirs, Tho Fundors, or:so-eniled “debt pay ers," proposed tu pay two-thirds of this amount, or $41,000,000, at ih 4, and G percent, but refused to lovy the taxes to carey out tholr plan. ‘Tho, Itend fustors huvo taken two-thirds, or $19,065,100, ofthe debt of 1801 (which amounted to pbout $20,600,000), and fixed the rate of intorcat aby per vent. The only diiferenco between tho two purtles Ia substantinily that tho Hendjustera do not recognize thp acerucd and unpald interest nea legal clnim, Wile tho Funders pretend te dogo, Tho rettlement ofered In both cases is a forved composition with the creditors of tho State, ‘Tho Fundors have nevor taken the flrat stop towards fuilllling thor promises, Tho tn- terest on that portion of tho debt funded undor the MeCulloch vill, amounting to §8,000,000, bas nuver been paid, a i ‘Tum fact that in Kentucky o pistol 13 as much an artlete of necessity ns ore ahoos or a hat in Icoland fa tou well known to neod men- ton. But sometimes oven go usoful an article asa pistol Is unevit, Ono of tho chief products of Kentueky ts whisky, and s large quantity of tho annual yleld Is dedieated to humae consump. tlon. At wuddlugs, vspucialty, lt isin great de- mand, and whan tho nuptials of Mer, Allon itich- urda and Mra, Ducky were cclovratod In Green County Inst Tuesday tho supply of sours tuash wis practically unlimited. As Mr. Hich- ards wos a wealthy and Influential farmor of 60 yenrs, and Mra Hurke a widow with n grown-np gon, tholr marringo was deomed worthy of a two days’ celebration. Tho festivities took placo at the house of tho bride, and on tho oyening of tho seeofid day tho malo portion of tho purty proceeded to get drunk, The result was that tho bridegroom and his stepson become Involved in a wordy quarrel, and inorder tu preserve pence In the family and elfectunily domonstrate that ho intended run- ning the house, Mr. Itichurds produced a roe volver and fired two shots ut young Burko, deuth ensuing In ubout ten minutes, Whon the bride Jearned what had occurred sho drove Hichards from the house, At last accounts tho qwurderer had not been arrested, although he dng uot loft the country. ————___ A suBsTITUTE for. the duel, which will doubtless be welcomed by high-tempered men who aro poor marksmen, hus beon found tn Italy. Lhe editor of an Italfan paper fa sald re- contly to Lave received from u fellgw-altizen, to whom be had given offense, the fotlowing. lot- ter: “Sir: Leannot send my acconis to such a scoundrel ns yourself, Ilereby, therefure, I smite you. That Js the solu object of this letter. Atednyoyato you, on my behalf, a soundtelup onelthercheok, No thankful for my modera- tion, which bus spared you a postal cunsigament of hoarty thwacks with my favorlt walking- stlok! Iremuln, ete," Tho next morning tho eilltor printed bls adversary’s letter togethor with this crushing rejoinder: "Iulmituble ad- versary: In compllance with yuur request L hasten to thank you for paving only sent me a couple of culls Instead of a severe thrusting, You bavo struck mo in writing. Slmiarly, 1 hereby discharge all the elx barrels of my ree volver at your head and Kill you by letter, As soutl.ns you ahull bave perused this note you may consklor yourselt a dend man. I suluto your eurpae with tho blyhest consideration. Yours, ete.” ‘Shia expeditious and bloodless method of avenging one’s wrongs ought to provean accept ~ ablo substitute for the “code” among the Vir ginla genticinon of tho old sco are z. “Garin” who is now in Washington, thus spenks of tho way the professtonal Stalwarts are inlking—fellows of tha Gorham breed—ver- min on the body of tho party: Dingnosing the. srealtentin! eampatzn of 188, Guorge C, Gorham suld today that hoe would not be surprised to aco tho campaign of 1872 en over iugtin, and w Hill-Breed or highly Jentont epublican aecept the Democratic nomi: bation, ander compels mo to guy that tho Stalwarts ure bebuving us i thoy wanted that. te com to puss. ‘They aro continually saying that tho Gurileld baum [3 ubout done—t ing the mun even in his death and sopuitire, as the Phurlaces did the Man thoy Icilled soma cant+ Uurles igo, teurine test His diselpics miunt steal the body and announce the nacension, The Stal- warts ure ularmed leat the miracle will be re- pented, and Gartolil’s spirit will break the tomb, ! rr Frelinghuysen walking through Wuahlnyton strects today, and conchide he Is rol to bo Kecrotury of Btate—u prety dull prig after such 0 bright casence ag Bluing, Tam assured everywhere that Arthur ta a bigger nan than Gurfeld—that he is a compro- bousive stutesman, beautiful to behold, ete, rt A conreneNce of Western librarians and Qf persona Interested fn Mbraries will be betd In tho Hatlof Ropreacntativos,State Capitol, Spring- Dold, 11, on Tuesday, the 2d of Novomber, ut o'clock a. m., and will bo in session for two dayey Ainong the librarians, oducational writers, and superintendents who bave expresacd their IntonUon of buiny preaent at the conference aro Mr. Poole, Chiengo Public Library; Mr, Merrit, Clneinnat! Public Library; Mr. ‘'yler, Indian: opolls Publla Library; Mr. Linderfetdt, Milwau- kee Publlo Library; Mr. Dyer, St. Louls Mereane tile Liurary; the Hon. HL D, Dement, Seorotary of State and Stato Librurlan, Springtiold; Prof, Wullam T, Hurris, St. Lowla; Prot. Greenwood, Superintendent Publle Schools, Kanaas City: Prof. Stade, Stato Superintendent PublicSuhools, Inois; and Prof, Tansley, Superintundent Pub- lio Schools, Minuoapolis, Letters of inquiry may be addressud to Fred J. Bgldan, Eag,, Pubs No Library, Peoria, f11. ‘ .——————_ Srenprany Surnsan sald In a recent speech at Clnulnnutl that thoro was never loss for Republicans aud Domocrats to auarrel over than now, He did not knovgof ao political Issue Jn Oho worthy of tha numo,\ He might spoak of tho tariff question, but slnco the Domocrats bad come over to tho Hepublican. platform there wagno more diltoulty from that quarter, 1 1a probable tnat Mr, Sherman had not read the ine teresting views of Mr. Watterson on the Demo- cratic turiit attitude when be made those stuto~ monté. Voorhoes and Kandatl wero trying to get tho Demucravy onte o protective platfurin when Watterson caught them In tho dot and@tlis- missed them from tho party, ‘This lonyes the turlif tasue to be fought over, and it bids fale to bo ively enough to defeat the Democracy in another campulgn, <<< + Lisasson, the port of Cyprus, hag Ine crenecd considerably in importunce since tho island was mado # depondenoy of Great, Brit- tain, and {8 likely to increase still mdfe Inshe Inimediate futuro, Like all Cyprian ports, it bas suffored greatly for want of a good harbor, dat there bas recently been opened thare a now pier, which pronilses eure rellof In thiv respect, ‘Tho pler ie of Iron, and bus a longth of 900 yar ‘Upon Its surface runs 9 tramway, ang near tho entrance to ita jurge stone goyerntwent office i fast going up. It ie Intended that avother pler of sluitlur degign shall bo orceted at Larnaca, which, in point of burbor fuollitics, ly about ad badly off as waa Limussol. No part of the trade of Cyprus furniahes so goudag outlook for growth as the ¢rade in wine, << ————— Prorny generally profer the style of ware. fare catublished at tha beytnning uf the contury and carried on over alnce by Wontworth and Scam mon, to that adgpted by tho Mayor of Chl- enyo and a Teutonio editor, Tho former shoot at each other at long range through weapous known as “ interviews," warrauted to go off at balf-cock and nover niiss fire; the latter one counter at abort rango, brandish paper-welgbts and juk-bottled, one mashice tho head of tho - Wisconsin hus written a tester of t other with fearful Inprecntions, as * yon gop , dd ————" ond In return getting stant In tho vitata with “Vou aro an tote bed Wi Lope Police tnterterot “thy lives of two mad ine: undoubtedly anve Te wus a dlica tri, a ‘Tr oMteial vote of New Yo; tary of tite ut tne Inst ulestion plod with the followluy rosiuiey He for Soong, fins been come 1880, Repubttean ttt Decrease, Doinceratle . BSNL mya BIRTKL 1,000, Pend ‘The percentage of tho‘Resubliean los and of Democratla loss 24. Tho ret Greenbaek vote in New York und 4 tles have not yet been recety S71, 284 as 2 Hh Of the KURS Coun. 1, Dut oneal these countles the whole Greentaek site ge year was but 13,18. In 1878 Ln tho same te it was 70,513. 5 tervitory $a A rrw days ago some workmen w bored an artealan well near itlubinend ee, ia atroets fi Cinetnnatl tom depth of clump feut were astonished to Keo tho water Mop lac. mug and to find that gis was cacaping fromm tho pipe, When lighted tho jas froma onesine i. mpe mide n fame seven feet in length aa equal fy WMumlonting power to enely sOdante nary gas-burners. ‘Tho gus Is apparentiy by i And {8 snd 10 come from n bed of conlealt are tutors are’ tucking by the thousand to too thy Phenowunor. a Mr. Boatxe said quictly under Thursday, concerning the fight of Mr, oun foraredleation: “ ftook no part whutever it tho contest In the New York Legistature, "That will convince the patriots who were much lige tressed during that contost concerning the ine fernal autivity of “that mut from Mulno" that they wore lnsbiug thumselves into un entire unnecessary fury, ” a Mn, Booxwatrnn, Inte candidat for Goye erhor of Oblo, appears In a now edle. A dis. Rateh from Daytun to a Cineinnutt paper states that last Friday Mr. Hookwalter rode into Days ton on 4 bleyelo, haying travorged in that mane her tho country lying botween Springticld ang Dayton, It is evident that tho gentleman tag Dotter bicycler than polltictan cael sli a LAKESIDE MUSINGS, 2 Whitelaw Reid returned from a Europear trip Sunday. Mr. Reld {8 an editor, which ex plains bis ubliity to travel In Europe, | It los been discovered that the Pacite Bauk, of Boston, was carrying a piano company, All syinpathy for that burated institution wil ow cease, ’ “Wo notlee that Messrs, Iesing and Har. rison have tukon our plices. We aro bud boys, but we will not awonr."—Johany Wentworth, Young Seamsmon, It is becoming ovident that alnost every. holy in Washington belongs to 1 Title ‘club, Yhreo tinsuccessful attempts to shoot ten fect and hit Guiteat have beon made. “Tnotlee thatthe Dutch have taken Hol Tnnd. Whon It comos to taking Kontucky the Dureh will discover that thoy aro in the wrong niclon-pateh."—Carter 1, Harrison, ‘The statement ls mado that Walt Whitman {a goon to visit Englund, 1tis very unfeehng uf Mr. Whitaian to dissipate the favorable linpres sion made by Whitelaw Keld and Foxhall. Perhaps tha best way to calm the exelted foellngs of both parties would be to feed Wark Hesiug on blue grasa for n ittle while, and tune the Muyor up with woigs beor aud Imburger, ‘The British Treasury has awarded tho late Astrunomer loyal, Sir Georgo Airy, who has ree Ured, a pension of £1,100 per annum, ‘tots iy right. Tho retlrement of astronomers isan ine dustry that shoutd bo every whero encouraged. The Rey. Josiah Henson (tho original Unele Lom) saya that ho tsi yours old, Uti enino tun match between Jostab and Sojourner Truth gt tepling taied about tholr nye it is thougt® all previous records would be beaten, ‘The corner-stone of St. David's Epjscopal Church, at Scranton, Pa. was Inld inst Friday by Bishop Howe, and on tho futlowlng night some sucrilegions thtof took tho contents, iiciuding & $5 old ploce and a sitver. dollar, The Demo cratic majority in Scranton ts not stated In the dispatch which conveyed this Infarmution, Ina dainty framework brown, Cirellng goftly, circling slowly, Tl hor nest was lintshed wholly, ‘Thickty lined with softest down, Tollea a littla bird, while ever, As ho brought a straw or fonthor, Bang hor mate of all, L ween, Tie bud beard, or thought, or seen; Snug of love, sang of pleasure, Sang to cheer bis IIfe’s best troasure. Bo Js formed the home of man, Such tho lnvor, euch tho plan, Susan B, Anthony, « PERSONALS, The Hon. Eugena Hale is on his way te Washington with his fatuily, having nearly rer covered from bis recent severe Iloess, Mr. Osear Wildo will arrive In this country next month, and will Immedlutely begin toylva lectureson art subjects, Before leaving Lone don ho wil bring out au orlaiaal play, ‘Tho late Baron James Rothschild, of Paris, was only 37 at tho timo of his death, Five other Bacon Rothschilds walked bebind the hearse oo the duy of the funeral, and thoge wero the Pare igian Barons only, President Arthur, it is reported, will givo no permanent hostess to tho Whito House, but will, upon occasions of formal entertainment, {nylto tho ngslatanve of tho wives and daughters of the members of the Cabinet, There {s n curlous old Roman superstitton that three Cardinuts ntways die nearly together, 8o now that Cardiunls Catarint and Glanelll have gone within a faw daya of cach other Homan society ts contldently expéctin tho do parture of ono of tho three other Cardiaals who bre dangerously 11. Gerome, the French artists of a very peeullar personal appearance, Hols deseribed 88 “ono Of tho thinnest of worfgls, and ecomt mainly to canslat of a profusion of tron-gray hate and beard, and a pair of plorelng dur vyes tho rest ot bln being too tlesbless aud fragile (0 be tuken igto conalderation.” ‘Tho Massachusetts Humane Society ea for tho firat the in its history awarded as ton railroad cmployé. The worthy recipient {¢ Engineer dobn UW. Burnham, of the Shore jad express who on last Curistiins stuck to ble loc motlyo aftor ono of the connecting reds i been broken aud sinashed thranah tho eb, 6 was badly auatded by the osvaping steam. *A vory notorious character In Ireland the Rey, ‘Thrd@ham Gregg, who some time since challenged Bob Ingersoll to eecledtastical bo bat, has just dled ut tho age of &2. io oe er excellent sohalur, eaultal stim p-spcaker, a Mc Odramatie: exhibited conalderable whility ioe play culled “Elizabeth. He was fort years Chaplain to tho Grange organization. : The bride gt Culef-dustles Le lied fore Prince 18.9 momber’of the Heurdstey furnlly ‘i Contral Now York, Her father was Col, Sane BR. Nourdgley, someting Mayor of (amano t it communder of tho ‘Twoney- fourth Regimen’? Now York Volunteers in the Civil Ye ieer wrandfatbor, Levi Beardsley. ropreantod! oe County tn the Legislature, and aftorware ser during olgat terme in the & a about the samo pytlod his brother, i Heurdelies Soe ne oie ast ee rdlshiD a three’ Judgeships, the e rc tho State, and hembershtp fn Congress ducing four terme fru tho Onvida District. hice THE STATE CAPITAL. Appointment of Lincoin Park Come milsslonors—Now Corporations. Bpectat Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribe es Brurnavieny, Ti, Nov, 2h—Cov, ree day appointed the following Tancoln P " ee tmlasionora; Ivaga N, Arnold, ‘Thomas chen row, frederick UH, Winston, Joseph Stocktus aud L. J. Kudish, . Licouses were fsaued by a ES today to the Huughawout Snow- of Chicago; cupltal, $21,000; Incurparutor than’ Buntth, Aluxandor B. Allen, a Stato Grange Allon, The Sweepstakes SNTT yal * and Mfliitene Company, of saat Bb, 10 a oT 1,000,000; Ineerporators, aos u + ‘outs, J. Byrne, Hih G. Wilting 6 Orde f. Lyiacs a Watlsun. Thy Peoria Hotel Company? all y : a ‘ COMPLINENT. h corutary of State Plove Companys Nar AN UNNECESSAR Special Correspondence RY sae his ve tho Governor © Taxcoun, Neb, Nov. 10.—The vot the" ness with ile Governor of Nobraaka for tho romper cy which nly requisition for the body uf ae a fuuis, alias Nazwell, bus Heer ity no Thanks was sunuwhat weds ad relly 0° iy But re nocded, at be welewie, ‘hay ampaof bigh or luw degrce ¥ vlter bu this Brute. i