Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1877, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE. SIXTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB, MONDAY, JANUARY 22 1871.-~DAILY EDIT ION. noble representatives of the peeple should have arked at the hands of the party .rying to take them would bave been at their command. | It was said to them ‘‘you two can make the Senator, and you ecan have the ben: fits of it.”” Even after the Richardson delegation told Blanchard to tell Chapman and his wavering companions that they would vote for Saunders, Cunning- ham called out one of the number and plead on the ground of old acquaintsnee and upon every conceivable prstext that they should yet e aceerding to hie dictation. It must be -emembered that Saunders is uot out any money, her has he promised anything to dy, 8o this steadfastness was meinteined with no expeemtion or promise of reward. Ali honor to this delegation, but the NEMAHA DELRGATION t00, weie ot all “delivered.” Freirichs was thought to be easily managed, as his experience s lim- ited. When Ewan and Mercer voted Howe, Freirichs voted like a man, Seunders, and when Mercer voted Bavage, aud Howe, Hitehcock He and Ewan showed independence enough to select the nan who in their estimation vas ALL QUIET ATTHECAPTAL Reviewing the Battle Ground. Wiat the Independents Did to Help Ashieve a Yietery for Right and to Occasion tae Dowafail of Corruption. They Deserve Ilomage. Correspondence of the Fac. Lincoln, Janu 18.—The Com- mercial is qui-t fo-night. In fact the entire city c..v sctsifsomething bhad paralyzed its motive power. The voice of rejoicing 18 no ionger heard. Neither do the wails of the defeated rive audibly to the ears o long u«ed to the jargon of many voices rejoicing or wailing in pros- pectiye success or defeat. TheB & M. extra last might, conveyed the VERY LATEST. Charles Collins, Chief Enginesr of the Lake Shore Raiload, Commits Suicide. Ashtabula Accidim the C:use. Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island, Attacked by What Seems to be a Stroke of Paralysis [MIDNIGHI 1ELEGKAPH.] NEW YORK VETERAN REF. RMEFRS. Now Yark, Jauuary 2i.—The ‘Tribune says a circular has been is eued stating that the convention of Union Reform Veterani Associa tion, beld in Westmorland Hali this city, Jenuury 17th and 18b; that all the northern States were INHUMAN PARKNTS. Imprisenmen Years P.ssible Murder, New York Herald. Miliou, Masa, Jan. 16, -A mos terrible case of parental oruelty, dis. closing the impri-onment and ne glect for seventeon yesrs of &n i otic aon and the possible mu:der of Despondercy Over the|anoiher, has set this ususlly quiet intense fexer | borough into of excitemient. goes, about an As the seventeen a laborer, in order discovery injury. In v.ut w of was locked in a chamber deu disappears: run away. f & Child Seventecn story years | ago & quarrel oecurred in the fam- | Six Noforious Crimminals 1y of Josinh Shields, by oecupaiion | wihen the father, | moiher and -eversi sons participat- | in the coursy of the dipu e, Josish, Jr, hardly of age, offended | his father by hi« coutinued obs:iug- | cy, and the latter, as is supposed, | siruck the boy a severe blow, in- flictizg upon bim some permauent | pre | tLe | deed tne wounded lad, 1t i3 alleged, | Thesu. = | 1ee of tue lad was accounted for in v-rous ways by the people of the neighbhorhowd, the | fainiily giving out that ths boy had | Last Baturdsy one of TELEGRAPHIC. | Two Negroes Get into a Row 4 Near Atchinson, Kansas. | An Inguest is Being Held on the Body of Ur. Mayer Maix, the Donver Sucide. f Break Juil at St. Joseph, Mo, MARKETZ BY TELEGRAPH.FRUM THE LEZDING COMMEACIAL CITIES OF THE COUMTRY UP103:00 P. M | FOURO' CLOCKFP. M. REPORT) COiL.ORADO. INQUEST BEING HELD, Denver, Junuary 20.—An inquest is now bemng beld over ths body of Dr. Mayer Maix, a prominent puy- sician of this city, who was indicted Lefore the grand jury last Thursday Communicated, OUR USURY LAWS. To e Mditor of the Bes: There is no law more unjust or our statute books than that concern- ing interest om money. It is unjust 1n prineiple. It says thata contract made by parties of mature age, sound, without fraud and upon & good consideration, shall not be re spected, because it is more profit able to one of the parties than the law thiwks it sheuld be. This is a doctrime that is applied in no other transactiens among men The rule is that 1if the contract is mude by parties of mature yes: souna miad, and competent to o tract, without fraud or duress thas & court will not ingrirs mto the prefit or loss of the contracting parties. It the rule wore different there could be Bo sw'ety in busivess trans- actions. If & mun were compelied by law io pay «niy what anything purchased mig ¢ bes reasonally worth, or to pay ror aerviees rende:~ ed what the same ht be reason, ®Uly wrorth, rega:iiiess Uf Wuie Rglves ment of the parties, it would result in hopeless conturion and un- other, sha!l be wisited with a pen- alty, while the other shall be sub- stantially given a reward for viola- ting his contraet. We 1ne«ist that it 182 shame that this should be the law. If 2 contract is to be sustaied be- cause it 1s upon a vsluable corsid- eration, was dist'netly understood by tLe parties, was infected with no fraud, and induced by no ‘orce, why not sustain a contraet for the loan of money, which svove all others is upon a valusble considersation ; tor the borrowers receive that which is the standa:d of value itself. Thile 18 no coutract wherein a par- fy ean know better just what he geta. just woat is it calna and just w{heu he i< to reyay it ; and the pre- cise amount of his direct loss, than this The theory that any force is used to induce men to make the contract dees not applv to this state where men are so anxicus to borrew money. In ‘ruth rhis usury law proceeds z, 00 the ory that asto every her eontract a man is able o bar- for himself. He may buy inods, horses, cattle merchan- aud every thing else for h he is "to pay inoney and bis cont'wet will be respeeted. the sons died and the privacy of the family was invaded Onelady gc- ing to & room, irom which an al- most Overpowering stench emanat- ¢, had the curiosity to uniock the door and peer in. Her testimony is to the effect that Hut when he xoes to borrow money be loses all his sence, judgment and s2lf-control. He 1s taken in hand asa ward of the court, and as a fool- isb cpild the law makes a ecntraet for him, and if apybody would make a contract harder on him represented except Rhode lsland and Oregon; that reports of the committees showed a memuership of 180,000 exelusively of Union vet erans, and a large number were daily joining iu all parts of the certainty. If one bought merchan- dise, or horses or eattle, or a hous: or other property, for which he gave his note, couid say when that note came due, to his ereditor, you charged me and I sgreed to pay poisy boys to their respective bomes, and the regular trains of to-day dis- tributed the remaining men “who were ealled by busiress’ (o the esp- ital, along the various lines of rail- worthy of support. The Teutenic constituency of this man may well be proud of their representstive wio could neither be bought nor intimi danted to go againet his henest con- vietion. for committing abortion and other offenses. He is supposed to have committed suicide by poison to evade sxposure, SNOW BIOCKADE road from Nebraska City to North and Ogallala. The statesmen, too, took their departure to-day, and left silent the onee througing hall of she old capitol building. The few remsining representa- tives of the Press and one or two legislatois ean survey the recent scene of action, with the serenity of an unscathed soidier viewing the battle ground after the retirement of victor and vanquished. They can review the movementsof the opposing forces, can note the biun ders, stratagems and succcessful maneuvres, which resulted in the finxl overthrow of one party, and achieved the victory for the other. Republicsns take to themeelves great credit from the fact that the solid voie of their party was given to Saunders, and some, the State Journal of this morning, for in stauce, graut the steadfast and im- movasle indeperdents no honor for the action they took. Now, it comes with 11l grace from & paper supporting the defunct iae tion, this ignoring of the parties to whoin the people a.e largely indebted for the facitous re:ults which are sent (r.h in the otherwise able review of the contest The combined force of the inde- pendent members wss twelve. Birkh: user, Holt and Howe, Scna‘s ors, and Gilmore, Girdis, Mayers, Page. M < ecdy, Parker, Freirichs, Ewan and Mercer representatives, Howe rupposing himsslf leader, endeavored to tie the vote to him- self, by every mesans in his power, with no othier purpose thun trans- fering it to Hitcheock, bat was foiled 10 this attempt, 1t being very cleer- ly perceived that he cared nothing for the interests of the party or state, but was attempting to uee the delegation ior bis own base purposes As to the truth of his accepting the proposition to carry that voie for $8 000 we say nothing, bat jate developmen’s exhibit the fact bee yond doubt that he became sattach ed to Hitchoock’s interest on aud after the Sundsy spent in Omsha; and it is even said Ly Hiteheock men that Boss Stout furnished him money to conduet his Newaba eounty eampaign, with the under- standing that he would support Hitcheoek this winter. But be that as it may, one thing Is moratiy cer- tain, all he fai ed to accon phsh for his masier was the delivery of the vote, a5 he made the most strenu- | ous efforts 1. counnection w | Hitchcock and 1s friends to move Birkhau Huls, Gerdis, Meyers and Page —the Richardson County members. He propo ed to the twe | senstors i« in witi the pool and re elect bim, urgisg with s mos. persuasive iores the poloy | of sinee it wouid unite the Hilcherek Republicans, Dem- ocrats and Iodependenis, a in- crease the influeace of his party, | When these men of unapproach able integrity refused persistently, be remarked, “We have a sure thing for Hitcheoes, snd if yeu don’t take the stand with us you will get left ” So much for Howe, who saye people could not see why he shculd ‘or the man who fucuished ‘pap’ for Bili| Daily sod Tom Majors,” | but that be had goud ressons for doing so, intending all the time | to support Saunders. People may | be blind te his idiosyncrasies, but | not so bI'nd #s to give him credit | for doing whst every demagogue | will do, and whst he tried to do but 3 & failed in doing v Paddock’s ea-e k duning these extreme changes naw ely, ‘otiug “or the winu of weather, Colds, coughs and man. Church Howe vlven(up -x(ain- | sore throats were never more prev- just before the nnal baliot expectivg | 410,11 sioong children than now. %:‘:b.:l::. ht:‘n‘t‘;;.:::g‘:d ll::.ap‘::@ Now we are going (o urge you to he saw that Saunders would win |try & remedy which has excited when Csroes, Chapman, Colby and | comments by physicisns all over the { country, who ywiedge their Holt voted for him. < % oar | BUTPTISE at th: terfui and hap The piessure brougit to nr‘ Sy reaulistidnttad b eint! upon the i dependents of integrity 4 L Jo almoet lmyo‘x):l coneeption. From | @Y i8 the weli !:_l}m;; preparation, the day of their arrival they were | Hale's Cough Cor oS }-:.1 oEn daily and sometimes bourly, nndld"'m!_l“, Martin & ”PIJ,."I. i on the last ~ay Birkhauser wastell you that the vunt(cug}x called outsix times in one hour Medicine they <old ; and will impoituned in every conceivable | WATADtacure or felirn your mon- way to cxst his vote as the lobbyists [ €Y to you in of the tederal brigade shouid d: - Using one ln}{f tate. Politizians snd personal | Pleasant to t triends from his own eounty and | eIy desivapie town bull-dozed and ‘orm him, trying to get mmm down on paper for personal e nsiderat the wishes of his best frier Hitebcock. H nd Holt lei five members, which was ust ne trade the sev- d there h GILMORE, OF CASS, too, showed himself to be A man of whom it can iruly be said, ‘he is not a purchasable commodity, nor is he a plant tool in the hands of unscrapulous demagogues.”’ SALINE COUNTY sent two independents, Parker and MoCreedy, who made it their boast that their votes should kill those of wawes and Whitcomb. Parker voted tcr Castor, a man unknown and unfit for the cffice, simply to give the said Castor a limited uoto riety, with the intention o going tinally to Hitehcock. His partner McCreedy, thought to help Morris, a msn equally unknown, fcr the same purpose, but turned over after tue first to his origina! master, aud stuck to him to his death, against the expressed will of the citizens o hix county. From these fucts (ull of them can be attested) it wilt be seen what a tremendous pressure was sustained sudovercome by Messrs. Birkbau- ser, Holt, Gerdie, rage and Meyers, (Meyers was unabie to be present at the %na: ballot, but was intending to vote for Saunders) of Richardson, Gilwore of Cass, Fre richs and Ewan of Nemaba. On their votes hung the result, and they sequ.t ed them- sclves of tneir importaut du.y hand- womely. 1 trust the Jowrnal will correct the statement, and give Lonor to whom honor is due. 4 Lixo. m—— The support of the ¥Methodist bis- beps is provoking discuseion. The last General Conterence ordered the necessary amount for episcopal sup port te be assessed upon each charge, in such form that each pas tor must pay pro rata to the bishop a3 hie now pays pro rata to the pre- tiding elder. Every charge bas three pastors, stationed pastor, dis- trict pastor and general pastor, Each charge pays much or little on the voluntary prineiple ; but what- ever it pays must be divided into turee parts for the three pastors. The church may refuse to pay at 3 it has no right to resist the of whs'ever it may choose to pay Aud the Methodist in- dorses this division. It costs three and half 's psr member to waintain the bishops When & man in New York has once teken a iine house he does'nt like to leave it even if his incoms begins tofail. 1t makes people taik, hir position may be affected. T'here died not long sago a gentle- wan, who, np to his death, had been paying $10,000 a year for his house, and covld leave nothing for his family. He took it when times were flush and did’ot give it up. In London, where rents are higher than anywhere excepi New York, no one has paid uch & rent as toi since Lord Paimerston, when Prime Min= ister, paid the same sum for Cam- bridge House in Piccadilly He was chiidiess, eigiity, hyd an income of £20,00¢ & vear in real estate and sal- ary, and his wife bad upwards of £20,000 & year more. London men | with £100,000 & year in the most solid securities are content with housres rented at £1 000 a year. The London rents of the two richest men in England did not smount to *7.000. Their property was worth $80,000.000, ——— 4 TERRIBLE COUGH. How often we hear the above re- t -0 G s HISTORY «nteen dem » doubt these = | sented to the conference eounier country, including many ex-toldiers who had voted for Hayes. Amony the members ot the National Com- mittee are named Gen. James Siegel and Martin T McMahan. The circular says that the asgo- eation organized in August, at [n diauapclis. and branches have been formed at ali principal points in the northern states So'd'ersare nvit- ed to join in preserving it from destructicn by the insiduous en croachments of arbitrary power of the institutions they offered to maintain. The chairman of the national committee on different states and territories are instructedtc to daily report to national commit- tee through Gen. John M. Corse, of Chicago, chairman, and Col Jobn Tracy, of Wastmoreland Hotel, New York, regarding this cou ven tion Gen. Wm. T. Emith told a Tri- buse reporter last night that he was not aware of any convention o any kind haviog been ield, bui knew of the meeting of 156 or 20 persons at the Westmoreland Ho- tel. He wss entirely ignman' o any business transactions by the as sociation but believed it was carried on with much vigor mn the West. Had been eounectea with it since last October but taken no active part; did not not know what was the purpose of the daily reports from branches of the organzations unless to keep the kpirit of reform among its members. SNOW SLILE. A cable =pecial dated Pesth arriv- ed (his morning and says the land slide is near Stenbruck. It is now estimuted that neariy 2,000,000 me tres of earth have fallen, and the movement still contunues. The railroad 1s covered to a d-pth of 50 to 200 yards, and wili be biockaded for weeks. The river has overflow «d ite banks 1n consequence of the stoppage of its waters. - — FOREIGN. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Constantinople, January 21.—The plenivotentiaries of yesterday pre- proposals of a conciliatory nature The European delegates may, it is be 1eved, possibly adjourn to coun sider, e ——— OHIO. SU.CIDE. Cleveland, Jan. 21.—Chas, Col- lins, chief engineer of the Lake Shors railroad, was found dead in his bed abo-t 11 o’clock yesterday morning with & pistol in his hand. supposed to have shot himself on account of the despondency caused by his theoretical responsibilty for tie late accident at Ashtabula. i ILLINOI1S. BALLOTING FOX SENATOR Springfield, Jan. '21.—The 20th ballot same as 19th; 2lIst ballot Paimer loses 1; Anderson gains one; no other change. On the 19¢h bal lot 198 votes were casi: Logan 97; Palmer 86, Anderson 12, Frines 2, Parish 1. 22d ballot sume as lust 23d ballot same as last. Adjourned. - ——~——— WASHINGTO! SUDDEN ILLNESS. Washington, January 21.—Bena tor Anthony, of Rhode lsland,while returning from a visit to Baltimore, Friday night, was attacked whife on the cars by what seemed to be a siroke of paralysis. Upon arriving in Washington he was conveyed Ly | his friends to bis lodZzings, where he | ure after | im i - fri arrived after miduight. Medienl | |aid was at once summoned and | proper treatment sdministered. He | soon fell iuto a comfortable slumber. | At this writing Le shows «igns ot provement A number of nds have called to enquira a'ter his | P & straoge man on all fours, naked, with long hair and beard, rac at her uttering gutteral sounds, and Hooker, Wm. F Smith, Franz being apparenily uuable to -;,A: k The matter was noised sbout town and the creature wal- lowing in his own fiith was resdily associated with the long-missing excite- disrinetly. lowed. A general alarm sou, Josish, Jr. Ho mueh meni was oeeasioned (bat the te lectmen of the town thought it their | On | Saturday they called in & body, brt | postposne | investigation until Mounday duty to investigate the affair were to their On the morning named Colone Herry W. Kussell waited on family snd found a poor sallow in complexion long confinement with shaven face and croppec requested nicely hbead tigation that during the i vetween Saturday aud Monday whuman rval His appearance now i nary man, »! an ord; aud, what quita stout. 18 reculiar, he man ’ The family ass'ga no rea “witd woods, presen* time filled up ging out of the well, family are under surveiilsues. PUBLICAT Uns. WHAT PAYS? It pays every Manufaeturer, Merchant =l man, to keep informed on all ko rrgversents and dizeoveries of (he age. t i* instructive, i igation, encourages di THE BCIEN whiek has been ast thirt beyond :{.z of any «ther publie: fact it is the ouly weekly paper published the United State. devoied to 3.onufac Mechanics, Inve in the Artsand Sciences, Every nvmber is profusely illustrated an its conitenss embrace the letest and most | teresting information pert i dustrial, Meehanical and ress of the wor ful engravings o plements mew processes, and dustries of 1l kinds; Usefa eeipts, sugge-tions and advice b; writers. fur workmen and einploy the vari- us arts, formizg a compl tory of new inventions and im. ion; i vro-re‘s of the sountry, but frventions in meehanics. The Scientific American has been foremost of all industrial the past thirty-one years. [t is the oldest, largest, che2pest, and the be<t weekly il ery branch - f engiveering, abroad. chapibs, chemistry. new inven‘ians. sor ence and industris] progress, published i the world. The practical reci house and shop will eost of subscription. : Merchants, farmers, meshanies,engineers inventors. ufacturers, chemists, lover of seienco, and people of all professions wi 150d the : them. It should haye a place in evervfam ily library, study, offiee and oounting room in overy reading room. college and school A new volume ccmmences fanudry Ist 1877, Ayear’s cumbers contain 532 pages a severa. hundred engravivgs. Thousands o volumes are preserved for bindivg and ref- 3.2 a year by mail, in Discount 'S, giving club rates, s gle_copies mailed on re May behad of sli news dealers. PATENTS. In connection with the Sei entific American, Mess solicitors of American and and nave the largest establi: world, More than fifty thoo e. Sin nt of 10 cents, tions Lave besn wmade for pal their agency. Patents ; Modets of amined, is made in thes ventions patented ihrough t! the mame and resi s & are often sold in_part «ttr cted to the inver:ion and ee. A speeia notic s agoney, wit H whele t | P patents sent free, henlth. me bound | Patent La the | nalf wit- It turned out upon further inves- he | puren's had their son shaved and putin pres ntableshape. | who stoops slightly and has & very sal‘ow complexion, ] Of late he has been | seen at the windows of houses wi h | biankets wrapped about him, and this gave rie to the story of a roving a out the son ‘or havng kept Mm#%oncesied all these years aud willnoi allow him to bz seen by any oneat the Wh t adds to the terror of the foregoing story is the fact that an. other son has also been mussing for upwzrds of sixteen years, and at the time of bis disappearancs 2n oid well near the house was suddenly The wildest ereitement prevails here, and pending the dig- the Fields Meebanic, Inven or, Farmer. or Profesion- y8 the head of every family io in- 1nto his household & newspaper that ose that fosters a taste for and prometes thought and ssion ameny the members. 1TIFIC AMERICAN published weckly for the -ore yoars, doesthis. t au extost in in ors and nes Diseoveries © repee- | straw hat factory and two adjoinlng i scoveries ; eontaining a weekly record. not only of the | dwellings, eauging w loss of $100,000. dustrial arts in sur own of all cew discoveriesand t abiteatiops for trated ‘yaper deveted to cnginooring, n.e- | CHIGAGO PRODUCE. ; s fro well worth un] Smes the prescrintion Nice. and fcr the il ‘ave many times the ientific American useful to na | 371 to clubs, Special Munn & Co. are | <o) 0 n paionty, | Goitheimer, ment in the | d spplica- ts through tained on the best terms. sketches ex- nee of the paténtee, phiet, containing full di ce- AiLi; Th The Atchison, lopeka & Santa Fe railway is biockaded by snow, and & numbsr of Pueblo paszengers f:om that road were obliged to come via this city. — KANSAS. A NBERO KILL: D. Atchison, January 20.— Last night about sundown, two negroes named Johnson got intoa drunken quarrel in the subnrbs of the ei of them prosuring a m with buckshot other in the knee, mashing the bone and | flezh to = Jelly, &nd producing an | ugly wound The wounded man is brought (o town for treatment, at owing to the loss of blood he | * | died ut 21 early hour thi: morning. The guilty Jobnson was arrested by the sherifl, and 18 now in iail awai‘. | ing a preliminary egamination. e MISSOURI. JAIL DELIVMRY. 8t. Joseph, Mo., January 20.— The prisouers broke jail here this morning, and six of the most noto- rious, including John Lswrence un- der sentence of death for the mur- der of his father, and Broughton the murderer of Constable Sullivan, escaped. The work tisd been going on for rome time, and was seeom- plished by lifiting the stone m one ol the ceils and tunnelling through to the street pavement, a distance of forty feet, where they emergad to the street along the jail wail like =0 mavy rats. Every arrangement has been made for their capture, and vill be offered 1 | | { NEW YORK THE JANUARY THAW New York, Jsnuary 20 — The | Jamuary thaw has set in, and under its influence the suow israpidly dis- appeariog. The waeather for the past three days has been quite warm. This morning the ther- mometer was 37°. A dense fog hangs over the city, seriously im- psding navigation on the rivers. IBMNETT AGAIX. | Albert Voget, Benneit’s valet, | | staried for Eurcpe Thursday. Seima | Lessing with sixteen travelling turnks and five wine casea marke J. G. B. were shipped at the same time. Voget 1t is believed aeted as the eseort of a veiled lady who ar- | rived shortly before the vessel left the dock, and who was Lelieved to | be Benuett’s sister. | FIRE. \ A fire in in Brooklyn last night | | desiryed Wm. Heatl’s fur and | Btock snd machinery were imsured. | | LATEsT MARKET REPORTS. il CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—3p. m. Wheat—Easy; No 2 130}; Fet- ary,1 31}; Mareh, 133§ R7e—Y20 spot. Corn—=steady ; February, 44} bid; March, 44 b'd; May, 49; No 2, 43%. Rye—-38a38}. | Oats—January, 354235f; Februa- .| rv, 354u35]; March, 36); April, 37}a ]ru | 3 e = ATTENTION! Is called to the perfect-fitting shirts | and fine underwear manufaciured by | 2he Shirt Factory, Ph. proprietor. Huving cpened an establishment for the ex clusive manufacture of these goods he uarantees safisfaction in every | cass . oth & to guality and fif, ap. | his facilities are such that he is en- | | abled tot rn out beiter work =t lees | h : possibiy be offered £l | malia e o pustantiy on i26ym =~ E T n | what the use of his money is worth mere for this pr perty than it was reasonably worth, or your profit om on the sals was greater than it shiould e, or my less en the invesi- ment Wwas greater than it should bavs been, and therefore 1 will not pay you but & cerfain and less amount, to what an absurd uncer- tainty would our business bave come. No one could rely upen when he shoald get his dues, or how much he should get. As the minds of men would zlways differ a# 0 what a reasonuble price or profit wae, it could only be deter | mined by the judgment of a court | or jury, as to the actual value of the thing sold, or the reasonable profi: | of the transacti matter were ate, determining ues of a’l L-nds horaer, cattle, merchand and produce of a country. dently it would be an unressonsble, impraci icable sud almost ip pussible thing to fix by law at what price a mer- chant should seil his goods, a far- mer his producs, » real estate deal- | er his lauds, a stock raiser his cattle, & landlord rent his house, a hotel- keeper entertain his guests, or a liv- ery man hire his horses. Yet if 1t 18 possibie and practicable to regu- Iate the rate thst shall be charged for the use of money. Why is ; anymore ressonable, fair or just to regulate that than to fix a price for which & farmer shall s¢ll a pound of butter or a buchel of wheat, 11 the price & livery man may charge me for the use of his property, or my landlord charge me for rent. A masn’s money is his own; aud ke hss & moral right to contract with another for its use za well as any other man kaa to contract for the use of his property; he has a right to get what his contracting pariies sgree of their own acecru, to pay, as well for the use of his money as any otber thing, and when the law says he shall not have the venefit of a fair contraot as well as his ceighbor who invests his capital in & Rouse and remts it, the law is unjust and invades his maturel rights—bscomes en oppres sor instesd of protsetor. For ex- ample, A hs $1,000, with which he builds a bouse and rents it at $30 houses, sta reports from Washington, espeeially.will be s month or considering the size of the sheet an qualitp of its contents. we are confident the cheapest newspap. ard we trust aie than the law pre: his protection and visits a penalty on him who would thus impose up- on the ward of the court. We repeat that such laws are un- reasonable, aishonest, and arise from prejudice and from the dis- honesty of the original law makers, who were wrongly educated, We are glad that & movement is being made in_the richt direction by cur present Legialature on this subjeet. ADam. 877 The different edi'ions of 15X SUN_durine the year will be the same as during the year that has j ed. The daily edition will a sheet of four pap f eight pages, of 36 weekiy edifion w e of the same dimen- that are alreads famil- t ei nd characte: our friends. ‘BN BUN wili continue to be ths strenuous advoeate of reform and ret; hwent, and | of ‘the subetitution of statssmanship. dom, and integrity for hollow pretens and fraud in_the admipistration of publle offairs. It will contond for the gov- ernment of the paople by the people and for I government by 1in the countin of_vote ary violence, It il endeavor to scpply its readers—a body uot tar from @ million souls—with the most frauds careful, complete, and trustworthy acconnts of owrrent events, and will emaglos for this purpose @ numorous and carefully seteoted of reporters and correspondents., Its full, accurate, and fea loss: and it will aoubtless continue to deserve and epjoy the hatred of those who thrive hy plundering o Tressury or by usurping what the law s not give them. while it wili endeavor merit the eonfidence of the public by de- fending_the rights of the poople against the encroashments of unjustided powers. The price of the daily sun will be 56 5.0 a ye T, post paid or wil he Sunday_edition 5779 a year. Ths ~unday edition -alone, cight pages, ight pages of 56 broad columns, will be furnished during 1877at the rate of $1 @ year, post paid. The benefit of this large reduction from the previous rate for the weekly can be en- joyed by individua) subseribers without the necessity of makine up clubs. At o same time if any Of our friends choose to aid 1 extending our cirenlation, we shall be grate- ful to them, sne every such persen who sends us ten or more subscribers from one lace will be entitled to one copy of the gaper for himeelf without chargo. ollar & vear, postage paid. the expen puper and printing »Te oarely repad ; and d the people will eonsidor the weekly Sun the ublished in the world, f the very . New York City. N. Y. Address. THE per month, payable monthly in ad | vauge, or $36) per annum. B has $1.000, whieti he loans at 15 per esnt. per annum, or for $150. A can wollect 21l of kis rent from his ‘enant, but B ean eoliect nothing for tbe uce of his money for one year. Rven if B loaned bis mo to A, with which momey A built his house, yet B ean collec nothing for the money which made A $360. Isthis fair, just, or even honest in the law 2 Ti may be said that experience has shown that A can not afterd to pay 15 per ceut. 1ater-st. I prezume that it has also been shown that a man can not offered to pay $30 a month rent for | & honse costing $1,000 e law | does not even allow B to coliect | The use ol $1,000 ‘o1 one year is val- usble; certainly worth wih us 3100, and B 18 deprived of the fair value of the use of hizx mon:y, be- cause he has sntered into a contraet with the borrower which the bor rower wae willing and anxious to make, and which in :zet may have =aved him from great lese or made nim great profii, greater than tbe arbitrary rate fixed by law. This is making a quas: crime of some- thiug not criminal. It is putting & pesaity on an innoeent party, for there can be no crime or moral wrong 1n a party makiog a contract with another who is perfeetly com petent to contract and upon whom he practices no fraud or duress. 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