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this Lodge are hereby notified to appear nt their hall
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attend the funeral of our late brother, Simon Cohen.
By order of the N. O.
JOHN QINOCIIIO. Secretary.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1878.
Greenbacks at tho Now York Stock Ex
change yesterday closed at 09} in standard
coin.
It is now definitely settled (hat Prince
QortsChaeoff is to resign the Russian
Premiership on account of failing health,
and that ho will bo succeeded by Count
ScnODTALOFF.
In accordance with the power conferred
by tho bill which has just passed the
Reichstag, tho Gorman Government bus in
terdicted the circulation and solo In that
Empire of a largo number of Socialistic
newspapers, among thorn two published in
Chicago,
Tho Bt, Louis bollo, Miss Nellie Hazle
ton, whom rumor had mentioned ns the
bride-elect of Samuel J. Tilden, avows that
eho has never so much as met tho vener
able bachelor of Gramorcy Pork, is not
engaged n to him, and would not think of
marrying a man so much older than herself.
After tho refusal of Oeohoe White to ac
cept 001. Abner Taylor's proposition for
both to withdraw and let a new man
be nominated, there was nothing loft for tho
Colonel to do than to pat on his paint and
go on tho war-path. Whoa tho polls close
there will not bo much loft of tho Tenth
Ward rings tors except a bad smolh
Tho heads of. tho house of Hodd, Brown
«k Co., of St. Louis, continue thoir reticence
regarding its exact financial condition, hop*
ing yet to perfect some arrangement
by the firm can continue business. There
occms, however, to bo little likelihood that
the necessary accession of capital through
collections and otherwise can bo secured.
Col. Inqersoll spoke in Boston Music-
Hall last Monday evening to on immense au
dience, his subject being 44 Hard Times, and
the Way Out." A full report of bis speech
on that occasion Is printed In our columns
this morning, and it would be hard to find a
more entertaining or instructive presentment
of tho financial, political, and social ques
tions of tho day.
Tho National Narrow-Gauge Convention
met ut Cincinnati yesterday, ami engaged in
on extremely interesting interchange of
views respecting tho host methods of oper
ating tho narrow-gauge system of railroads.
During tho seven years that have passed
since the construction of the first narrow
gauge road in America Uuusystom has de
veloped with remarkable rapidity, until to
day its importance os a factor in the great
problem of cheap transportation is univer
sally recognized.
According to a cable dispatch It has now
boon definitely decided that tho Eoglioh
troops will not penetrate tho Ameer’s do
mains nnlil spring. Meanwhile, the prlooi
pul fortified positions in Afghanistan ore to
bo strengthened with a view to giving the
invaders a warm reception when they shall
make their appearance. It is strongly hinted
that Russia will Indirectly have a band in
these winter preparations, and that Russian
capital and military experience will largely
enter into tho building of these defensive
works.
Tho most destructive storm experienced
for years swept along the Atlantic coast yes
terday. The gale came from the tropics,
and was predicted by the Signal-Service offi
cers three days before U arrived. It is not
stated at what particular point the storm
struck the coast, bat at Philadelphia tho
wind attained a velocity of fifty-five miles
an hour, and consequently made tad havoc
with church-steeples, large roofs, and
buildings., instructed of light materials.
The churches in Philadelphia particularly
suffered much damage, nearly all the tall
spires being toppled over, creating other
and more serious wrecks iu their fell. In
thu country many buildings were unroofed,
and considerable loss of life is reported.
Bridges on several of the Pennsylvania roads
•were lifted from their piers, and dashed
pieces, causing in many instances serious
detention to railroad trains. No Hofinito
counts hare boon received as to the effect of
tho storm on tbo shipping, but it is feared
that the path of the hurricane on the coast
has been strewed with many casualties.
No moaner or more senseless lie has been
put in circulation by the Times in Us frantic
efforts to earn the price of its rapport of
Kern for Sheriff than the assertion that Mr.
Hormif, the Republican candidate, aided
in the escape from justice of Avibt Moore,
the defaulting West Town Supervisor. Tbe
story U an invention as shallow as it is ma
licious, and shows tbe desperate straits to
which Kern's organ is reduced in trying to
Injure a strong man and bolster up a weak
one. A brother of the absconding defaulter
is tbe best possible authority for an emphatic
denial. He states that Mr. Homan, so far
from secreting or in any way assisting Avert
Moore to escape, was foremost in urging the
most vigorous measures for bis apprehension*
Tho jealousy of rival aspirants to fame'
and promotion often interfered with tbe sue*
ccss of military operations during the War
of the Rebellion, and 2t is sot surprising
that the same baleful agency should make it
self felt in the campaign against the Indians
in the West. It is alleged that through tbe
tardiness of Qen. Gibbon in forwarding to
Gen. Miles at Fort Keogh information of
the movements of the renegade Cheyennes
in tho direction of the Yellowstone
River there was lost a fine opportunity
to intercept and give battle to the hostitos.
They hod crossed the river only seventeen
miles from Fort Keogh and wore beyond the
reach of Gen. Miles before information of
tbeir route was forwarded to him, and they
hare now got far beyond the possibility of
successful pursuit, and are believed to have
joined Bull's forces. Somehow tbe
bars were left down and tbe cattle got away,
and if it is true, ns asserted in a Bismarck
dispatch, that Miles attributes his lack of
information to Gibbon's jealousy of
is probable that more will be hoard concern
ing the escopo of the Cheyennes.
WESTERN CAPITAL AND TRADE.
Judge Hilton, of New York, lo his dis
course upon tho kid-glovo-lmportation busi
ness, insisted that the Import trade of the
country must bo done not only at (ha East,
hut at Now York; that New York must not
only import for the West, but also for Bos
ton, Philadelphia, and all other.parta of the
country. That much of his remarks direct
ed especially to the West wo reproduce:
“ What Is year opinion as to tho efficacy of tho
Port-of-Entry bill at to balldtug up direct Import
ing houses In tho Western cities?"
You tnenn tho system of collecting the coe
lome duties In tho West?"
•• Toe.”
“It lias been ouch a complete failure that It
tinea not par tho expenses of tho Made engaged In
It. Tho Weetom importlhg merchant* will not
compete with thoeo of New York till they have
capital in proportion to engage In the bnelaeee. I
tell you," concluded Judge Hilton, • • the Import
ing business will rest In New York till the West
ern mcrchanta have capital enough to step over
our heads and look out for those In Europe aa well
as wo do. It certainly la no portion of the Gov
ernmental providence to destroy the sagacity of
the American merchant. Wo import at Now York
not only for the West and South, but for Boston.”
Tho point mode by Judge Hilton, that the
West cannot do an importing business be
cause it has not the capital required, cer
tainty cannot apply to Boston, whore there
is all the capital needed for any kind of
tho West? Is not Judge Hilton reversing
the order of things ? Is It not true that Cap
ital will always find tho place whore It can
bo invested most profitably, and that, when
it will pay a better profit to invest in the
import trade in the Western cities,-the
capital and tho trade will mutually seek tho
West ? This notion about the want of
capital in the West, and consequently the
necessity of tho West doing all its business
in Now York, has been pretty thoroughly
exploded, so far as this city is concerned,
years ago.
Twenty years ago Chicago was, so far as
the groin trade was concerned, a more way
station on the road to Now York, and whore
grain was transferred from rail to water and
•thoneo forwarded to market. Tho process
then was for the grain to bo sent to a com
mission house in Chicago, who would make
some advances on it, and ship it heneo by
lake and canal to a commission homo in Now
York, which city was then tho grain market;
when bo sold it ho made returns here, and so
back to the producer.
In like manner Chicago waa a mere outpost
In the provision badness. Fork and lord
woro packed here and forwarded to a com
mission house in Now York, the commission
merchant there making advances until ho
sold tho goods. .The market was In Now
York. A merchant in Memphis at that time
ordered Chicago pocked mess pork, lord, cut
meats, oto., etc., from New* York, and tho
goods wore shipped thenoe round to Now
Orleans, and up the Mississippi River to
Memphis. Tho whole Booth was supplied with
Western packed provisions from New York,
and all New England was supplied from New
York with Western grain and flour. All this
has been of such comparatively recent date
that perhaps Judge Hilton may not have
heard that It has changed. Tho argument
then waa that New York waa thou and would
continue for all time to come to be tho solo
market for exports, as ho uow claims it must
bo for Imports, because Chicago did notbovo
the capital required. Bo confident were tho
Hiltons of that day in the perpetual poverty
of tho West and the wealth of New York, that
they robbed and plundered the West from
tho moment shipments entered tho canal
gates at Buffalo until the account of sales
vu returned. At every lock the toll-gath
erer scooped out a share of tho grain; in
Now York the tow-boat, tho wharfage mas
ter, the demurrage collector, the port ward*
on, tho lighterage broker, the insurance man,
and perhaps half-a-dozen others, all took toll
out of the boat, and the commission man
then made report of soles of what was left of
tho boat-load, and felt pretty safe in the as
sumption that, so long as that kind of busi
ness lasted, Chicago would never have enough
capital to compete with New York la the ex
port or any other trade.
‘The time, boweyer, did come when it was
more profltable'tbat the groin market and
the provision market should be in Chicago
instead of in New York; that it was more
profitable for New England, and Old En
gland, and for the Booth to buy lard, and
pork, and provisions generally, and floor,
and grain In Chicago than it waste boy them
in Now York; and, strange as it may seem to
Judge Hilton, the export trade, as well aa
most of the domestic trade and the capital
to carry it on, appeared simultaneously lu
Chicago, and have increased with ytifiderful
rapidity ever since. The capital found out
where it wsa profitable to jio business, and
remains there with purines*.
In the provision market it may surprise
Judge Hu/po*; to' find the representetives
here of aU the European countries who deal
in American provisions. They bring bills on,
Loudon, on Franuort, Paris, and Amster
dam ; they make their purchases here direct,
and with no more reference to Now York
than if no such place existed. They have at
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1878.
Chicago a choice of rentes for ocean freights;
they can make freight contracts here,
whether for breadstuff* or provisions, with
ocean lines from Now York, Montreal, Phil
adelphio, Baltimore, or Boston, and in that
export trade New York figures merely as an
Atlantia port, competing with others for
carrying the export trade of Chicago.
Judge Hilton, had he been as careful an
observer of currcntpvents at home as he has
been of tbo progress of kid.glovo production
abroad, would have recalled the attempt of
Vanderbilt and the railroad combination,
in the interest of Now York, to compel Chi
cago,'something less than two years ago, to
submit to extortion. Navigation had closed
the only means of shipment to the const was
by (ho railroads; the warehouses of Chicago
were fall, and railroad freights were ad
vanced. Chicago grain-holders refusing to
pay, such rates, it became a question of en
durance—financial endurance—whether Chi
cago could carry that grain in store until
navigation opened, or whether Chicago would
submit to ft heavy loss by submitting to
the rail extortion. Capitol determined the
question. As it was mneb cheaper
to pay storage and interest until spring
than pay one or two millions of
dollars* extortion to the railroads, capital
decided to hold the grain. Elevators and
warehouses all over the Northwest were
filled, all the grain offered ‘ was purchased
and put in store, capital was in abundance,
and Chicago did not surrender. Napoleon
said that Providence generally was on the
side of the best guns, and Judge Hilton
ought to know that capital is more selfish
than patriotic, and that, oven os between
Now York and Chicago, capital will take that
side which offers the grooter profits. When
ever and to tbe extent that it is more profit
able to carry on no import trade, or any
other trade, in Chicago than It is in Now
York, then that trade will bo done hero, and
the capital to do the business will always be
found whore the business exists.
It is possibly true, os stated, (hat tho im
portation of goods by Western merchants
under tho interior Port-of-Entry bill has not
been as large as it wonld have been had not
(he management and policy of tho Now York
Custom-House been always opposed to that
law. It has been notorious that imporlo
lions under that law have always paid the
full tax imposed by the Revenue low, and, as
one-third of tho dnties on goods passing
through the New York Custom-House are
not received by the Government, there is o
standing discrimination of 83 per cent
against Western importations under tho Port
of-Entry bill. Tho wonder is not (hat tho
importations have boon small, but that there
have been ony at all.
It is not supposed, or expected, or desired
by any person in the West (hat New York
will cease to do the great bulk of the import
trade of the country; but whether that
trade shall remain there or be distributed to
other points is not dependent on the ques
tion of capital. Capitol is not a fixture j it
does not pertain to the soil. The capital
now invested in tha import trade in Now
York is always ready to leavo that city for
Boston, Philadelphia, or any other place
where U can do a more profitable business.
Capital seeks profit, and whenever the time
shall come when it will bo more profitable to
import direct to Chicago than to Kow York,
the basinets and all tho capital needed to
carry it on, oven to manufacture kid gloves
in Franco and to grow figs in Asia, will be
forthcoming in obuodanoe.
16 ANOTHER WAR IMPENDING
Hay by day tbs affairs of Eastern Europe,
which woro supposed to have been satis
factorily soltlod by the treaties of Ban
Stcfano and Berlin, drift into worse con
fusion. Hay by day it becomes more ap
parent that tho Turks cannot any more
change thoir civilization, which is based,
upon almost tan centurion of precedent and
practice, or set in operation the reforms
they havo agreed to make, than the leopard
con change his spots. Hay by day the con
viclion grows stronger that the elements of
another wararo slowly gathering,—a war that
will be more general in participation and
more radical in results and changes than tho
lost one.
It is no secret that Russia, although she
signed the treaty of Berlin, was dissatisfied
with It It did not give her what she
wanted; nor, under the rule that to the
victors belong the spoils, that to which she
was entitled. It adds to her Irritation now
that tho Turks show no Intention of carrying
oat the treaty at alt They not only have
not carried out the reforms of administration
which they promised, but they have not
taken tho first step in that direction. 'They
not only have failed to insure protection to
tho Christians, but whenever tho Christians
have been left to themselves tho work of
persecution has boon resumed as it was un
der the old regime. It has ( always been
characteristic of the Turks to procrastinate
oven to the verge of rum- They now seem
to have sunk into that hopeless lethargy
which la the precursor of dissolution. Even
England herself is growing discouraged, and
the London lima, representing the policy
of the Government, impatiently declares:
If ilia TurkUb Ministers could Irco thonm'lvci
for one hour from (Us ob*curo atmosphere of Con
stantinople, (bey would sun how peculiarly peril
ous u delay. They would rolled th«t (be depre
ciation of lha patter currency may brmxainr.xind
•udden trluls. They would ace dial they are delib
erately making thoir relation* wllb Austria hostile.
They would net drew muen comfort from those
dispute* In the Kasitrn Kuumollan Commission
which sre described by onr curre»|iondeut. They
would suspect the delays of tho Uuitslano In evacu
aims their territory. Above all. they would ob
serve that, so lontf os the Asiatic provinces remain
In the present stale of disorder, it U hupuasiulg
fur the Umpire to hope fur recovery.
As tbs natural outcome of this apathy, tho
provisions of tho Bbrlln treaty aro not car:
rigJ out, and tbs Illusions remain In Tur*
key, ami will remain there to see them en
forced, either through the voluntary action
of Turkey or by the bitter compulsion of
another war. As Austria cut tbs Gordian
knot of Turkish delay witb tho sword, so
will Russia, and she was never belter pre
pared to do it than ndw. This Urns she will
not have to spend mouths of time in getting
across the Danub), or fight bloody battles to
gain the southern slopes of the Balkans. She
is in actual possession of Turkey, from the
Bslksna to the walls of Constantinople. Her
troops in Bulgaria, instead, of moving
towards Russia, are moving southward. She
bos 80,000 infantry in Eastern Roumelia.
She bos an entire army corps near Constan
tinople, and a strong garrison of 19,000 nifn
in Adrianoplo, beyond which point she de
clares her intention not to retire for the
present. Her levies are all mads and
in service, flashed with their recent
victories. Her communications are all
established, and her military roads have
been perfected. She has secured
Bessarabia, which opens her way freely to
the Danube. She bas disposed of Bosnia
and Herzegovina to Austria,—a dangerous
gift that may yet rend that Empire into frag
ments, and In any event Linder, if not ab
solutely prevent, another alliance with En-
I gland, tihe has made Kvtvia and UuuUue-
pro hor native allien, while Greece find Al
bania will fly to arm# at the very first pros
pect of war. In Aria Minor she has cnlab
lished a strong foothold by the occupation of
Knrn, Ardahftii, nml Batoum, while in Con
trol Asia she has drown England into a rup
ture with Afghanistan which she may, at
hor own option, prolong into an exhaustive
war. By tho cunning of her diplomacy ah©
hoo placed England in a dilemma, either
road from which mast tend to Russian ad
vantage.
Tho speedy advent of winter avert© the
immediate prospect of war, but the winter
snows cannot prevent (he continnaneo of
Tnrkisb '.apathy and duplicity, tho impossi
bility of reforms in Asia Minor, tho danger
ons crises in the connoils of Austria, or tho
dangerous delays in the Angto-Afghan cam
paign. The elements of confusion will con
tinue at work simply because the Turks can
not eiocnte reforms, and would not if they
could. There may be a peaceful road out
of all these complications, but the outlook
is not encouraging. Tho same causes that
precipitated war last year are again at work.
The demands made by Russia at that time
still remain unsatisfied. Tho revenge for
Berlin may come with the spring.
THE ST, LOUIS FAILURE.
The failure of Done, Brown A Co., the
firm of St. Louis dry-goods merchants, is an
important event In the commercial history of
that city. It marks, or seems to mark, a
turning-point of the rivalry between St.
Louis and Chicago. It involves tho aban
donment of the Western dry-goods trade, for
which Chicago and St.'Louis have long
straggled, to the former city. The struggle
has for many years been an unequal one.
Chicago has been accumulating capital in
wholesale dry-goods establishments at a pro
digions rate. There are throe such houses
in Chicago, each of which annuotly does
twice to four times (ho business reported to
be dono by Dodd, Brown A Co. But there
has been until now at least the show of com
petition between this Bt Louis firm and
tho Chicago firms for the Southwestern
trade. Chicago carried away the most
desirable business, even in that section
of tho country, which should nat
urally have sought Us market in
St. Louis. Dodd, Brown A Co., in order to
got busiuoss, were forced to extend impru
dently their lino of credit. They had on
their books many names that could not prob
ably havo passed muster in Chicago, Tho
consequence was that their business got be
yond their control. Their collections became
more ond more unsatisfactory, and they wore
obliged to suspend with open accounts suffi
cient, if they could be collected, to meet all
their liabilities. > >
Wo take no pleasure in noticing this fall*
uro, nor do we presume that it will, in the
long run, ho a benefit to Chicago. That
shortsighted view of -business which former
ly mode merchants see their own gain in the
misfortune of othorsihns happily given place
to sounder knowledge of economic princi
ples. Hut wo art haying that the failure,
such as it is, establishes the supremacy of
Chicago as a dry-goods centre beyond oil
competition. If ou£dihis lupromacy is con*
coded,‘it will not belong before other linos
of trade in Chicago will pass ahead of Bt.'
Louis compotition|fs the some way. Mer
chants naturally a Amy their groceries,
boots and shoes} ‘hats and caps, and
Yankee notions whgro they bny their dry
goods; for as this is (bo most important
branch of trade In ‘falumo and value, it con
trols all the otho& J St Louis has now a
grocery trade scarcely inferior,,!to that df
Chicago; hut It md»t ! lose ground in this as
in every other morc/fotilo enterprise if Chi
cago absorbs tho dify-goods business.
Tho tendency things is to make St
Louis a mouufaotqging contra and Chicago
an exchange centres It is very flattering and
soothing to the of business-men in
one city or tho other to attribute this drift
of affairs to tholriMsuperior enterprise or
sagacity; but "sagacity” or “enterprise,”
to toll tho tmth, hat* had little to do with
it. Trade has come to Chicago because it
is a natural distributing-point; manufactures
have gone and are' going to St. Louis be
cause it has abundant and cheap supplies of
cool ond Iron. Thtfro seems to bo hero a
fair division of labo^ 1 for both cities to per
form; and it ought, (o be possible for each
to excel in Us own Jino without provoking
the jealousy of (he other.
HOW TO EL2OI A SHERIFF.
Stoke? has taken the contract to re-elect
Oiunt.Br Kkun Sheriff. How much tho com
pensation Is to bo, neither of the high con
tracting parties have had time to make
pnblio, and surmises as to tho size of it may
bo erroneous.
Tho first move was to charge that an Irish
bonovolout society in this city ** was an
atrocious gang of thugs,” and that Huffman
had token thorn into hia support. Thl
society meant was understood to ho tho
Ancient Order of Hibernians. This raised a
hornet's nest ogaiust both Kcrn and Storey,
and yesterday the I'unei apologized to tho
Hibernians and endeavors to crawl out of
tbo outrageous alander; but the not result
of the blunder was not promoliva of Kbun's
interests.
The next move In Kkbn's bshalf is another
attack on tho Irish, mode iu yesterday's
Tima, viz.:
Mr. Piukcis A'inaw, who writes “Chairman
Camiwlyii Coimuiiivu" uft«r hu mma, Ukus pains
to publicly adfurluu that “Mr. Ksu.ta is recog
nized as iuu Democratic nomlnca for ('oiitfressTa
I lie becimd District, ami will be supported a* such."
VVbo bos said the cunUaryT \VUu has over
doubled for sn Instant tba*. tho political tu-Df
fnUM*rviu* “ reewtftiUed as tlio Democratic nomi
nee," or Dial he was an entirety proper and appro
priate person tu be Ilio noinhiuo of the peculiar
“Democracy” that uuminntcd him) lisa Mr.
Fiust'is Anssw ever doubled ttf Probably nut.
Doubtless Kisiios Is an entirely fit candidate of mu
tint! of VtinocrJli that Humiliated him, and that
will rcrovuus amt tuintort Aim as s Democratic
candidate. Any publi? advertisement of the fact
Is gratuitous atm aupcriliiuus.
Tho “kmJ of Democrats" that nomi
nated ox-Buuator Kbuob, whom the Kbun
organ suours at as a 44 swill-peddlur," and
tho 44 peculiar Democrats" who “recognize
and support him" for Cougrou, are the
Irish Democracy of the West Division, east
lug about 10.000 votes. It was tho Irish
Democrats who carried lbs primaries and
elected a majority of the Nominating Con
vention, and it was their vigoroui support
that placed Kbuob on tho ticket as the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress over Cabtib
Habbisox, who had gone back on Oeu.
SuiELDA, \
Ou what hypothesis docs Btobet imagine
that he is making votes fur Kbbn by ridicul
ing the Irish Congressional candidate as a
44 swill-peddler,"oud Sittifiug at his Irish
supporters as 41 peculiar Democrats"? I{6
says that the “swjU-pcddier" is a fit laud
“appropriate candidate " for the 44 peculiar
Democrat# " who are-supporting him. Would
not Ur. Stobby like to have these 44 peculiar
Democrat#” also support the Tima' candi
date for Sheriff? How does Stobby expect
to have his man elected if the “swill-ped
dler's" friends refuse to vote for him ? The
“peculiar Democracy”—meaning the Irish —
vuu ore supporting Kuida certainly master
a brigade of 10,000 "stalwart" voters. If
they should tako it into their heads to lot
Storet hunt for his voters to elect his own
"peculiar" candidate for Sheriff, he might
discover on election-day, when too late, that
ho had undertaken too bard a job,—one that
surpassed his strength and resources.
If Oiurlet Kern really desires to bo re
elected it will bo necessary for him to moke
Storey's Tim ft apologize to Miles Keuob
for having called him a political "swill
peddler" and’an "appropriate person for
the peculiar Democracy that nominated
him and Kern will also have to constrain
bis organ to retract its aspersions of tho
Irish who support Kcnoe. If Miles is
"peddling political swill,” it muni bo to
political swine, of course. The innuendo
then is, that the Irish who ore supporting
Kebor are a herd of swine, who are being
fed on swill. This is pretty rough on tho
"kind of Democrats” who preferred Miles
to Our Carter, coming ns it does from
Kern's personal orgnn, and it is not colon*
lated to soothe Irish susceptibilities, nor
make votes forSTOßsx's " peculiar" candi
date.
Ch ablet, you mast make the *■ old man ”
got down on his matrow-bonos and retract
and apologize for this wanton and unpro
voked insult to the Irish, or you wilt surely
" get left,” and had better withdraw from
the track at once and save whatever money
the vampires have not got sucked ont of yon.
As tho cose stands now, your cake is dough,
and your soup Is all in the Are.
HOW THE COUNTY RING MAY BE MADE
TO RETRENCH.
The County Ring’a excuse for asking tho
people to voto $760,0000f now bonds forth©
OourUHonso is (bat tho entire tax-lory has
boon appropriated for tho general expenses
of running the departments and public chari
ties, The excuse for eating up the entire
.tax-lory in general expenses is that tho annual
expenditure for the last two years has
amounted to nearly the sum appropriated
this year. That is to say, tho cxtrarnganco
and stealing of tho past two years are used
as sufficient reasons for justifying*!!!! greater
•xtraragsnee and still more stealing this com
ing year, and the increased oxlraragaaoo and
stealing laid out for tho coming year are
urged as good reasons why tho people should
mortgage their property $760,000 more. It
is rcry much os if tho County Ring should
say plainly to the people, “ Unless you role
us $760,000 bonds, wo mnst either
stop squandering and stealing money out of
the tax-levy, or wo must suspend operations
on (ho Court-Honse; we do not propose to
stop squandering and stealing tho taxes, and
hence we shall quit work on tho Court-Houss
unless you furnish ns with extra money to
proceed.” Ur. Sense has allowed himself to
bo put forward to justify this disreputable
slate of things. He that more money
shall bo spent this year than was spent last
year and the year before. It is safe to say
that, during the post two yoors, the County
Hoard has paid out at least $760,000 more
money than was necessary. The actual ex
penditures la a general way exceed tho appro
priations by sooo,ooo,—a part of which is
represented by an illegal, indebtedness; tho
Court-House ‘ 1 extras "—money paid over ond
above (ho contract price—amount to nearly
$140,000 more, not counting tho change
from limestone to granite for tho colnmns
and pilasters, which was likewise "extra."
Had these extra expenditures been spared
in tho CourUllpuso and in the maintenance
of tho county institutions, tho Ring would
now lliVo as hinbh tnoney ou hand ns they
ask tho people to vote in bonds. Their
proposition is to go on at tho same extrava
gant rate, and undoubtedly they will do so If
the bonds bo voted. Tho reply to this propo
sition is that tho Board mart lop off from
this year’s expenditures an amount equal to
tho average waste and stealings forthelostiwo
years, cs shown by the extras and the excess
of expenditures over appropriations. This
course would enable the Hoard to save at
least $300,000 out of this year’s tax
levy for work on (ho Oouri-llonse.
The Chicago Times said last Sunday,
after onalyxing the items of expendi
ture, that $600,000 can be and ought
to be saved out of this year’s tax-levy. In
that case, how can the Chicago Times hon
estly justify tho proposal to vote $760,000 in
bonds, over and above the tax-levy 7 If that
be done, not a dollar will be saved from (he
tax-lovy; the only hope for coercing the
Ring to retrench, whore retrenchment is
clearly possible and urgently demanded, is
for tho people to refuse them the privilege
of borrowing any more money. Their in
terest In having the work on the Court-
House proceed may then bo lively onongb to
induce them to retrench In their current ex
penditures in order to have money with
which to continue the construction of that
building.
Tho Times of Monday contained an aasanlt
on tho Ancient Order of Hibernians, a char
itable Irish organization, in which they wore
spoken of as thugs and Molly Maguires, who
were leagued with Joun Hoffman for some
object not definitely stated, but prosumobly
tho overthrow of civil aocioly and tho defeat
of Keen. Tub Tridune, on tho following
day, referred to tho subject, and thought it
did no mure than Its duty In defending this
peaceful Irish Society from the attack made
upon it by Kbun’s organ. And since Tub
TniDUNB was well assured that tho present
Sheriff could under no circumstances be re
elected, It went on to give him somo good*
disinterested advice as to tho method of
running his campaign. It was suggested to
him that, sines the Irish wore already sore
over what they behoved to bo the fraudulent
defeat of Waltbh McDonald in tho Conven
tion, it was hardly the proper way to win bock
a hot-headed, high-bloodod race to hove his
journal, the assail the Hibernians as
thugs, or insinuate that the hanging
by Übbn of two Irishmen was one
of tho chief reasons why ho should be re
elected. This paper said further; 44 The
very least Kebn can do is to moke his organ
retract the malicious falsehood, and publish
a card disavowing all connection with it."
That advice thus kindly given was promptly
acted on, and Tuesday the Sheriff called on
tiie ealtor of the TVmcs and demanded that
the-retraction required by Tim Tbuiunb
printed. Ho hod a bard fight to cany his
point. It Is not certain whether he hod to
pay to got what he wonted, hut bo got it
somehow. Tub Tuzbumx hod demanded that
the retraction be made for tho soke of the
Hibernians, said Mr. Kbun, and it bad to he
made. Tho editor of tho Tirnet saw the force
of the reasoning, and yielded, with the pro
viso that the pill should be sugar-coated
that the swallowing of the correction of the
falsehood might be accompanied with much
blackguarding of the person who caused the
swallowing. Bo yesterday's Times contained
a back-down, or retraction, nearly a column
io length, wherein it was stated
that it did not mean the Auoleut
Order of Hibernians at ail; it meant some
other organization—narao not stated; Io«
cated somewhere ?lso—place not given ;
with different objects—objects not men
tioned. This is accompanied -with much
abuse of Tub Tribune ami of Homan.
The former, having seen that its demands
are carried ont with reasonable promptness,
does nof mind the mnd that is thrown. As
foq Huffman, ho will be elected Sheriff in
less than two weeks, and ho is also indiffer
ent. And now one bit more of advice for
Mr. Kern: Before anything supposed to bo
f<pr your benefit Is inserted in (ho Timet—
paid matter or dond-hood—bring it over here
and have it inspected. If approved, yon
can safely order ite publication ; if disap
proved, it will bo the wisest thing to throw
it away,
The latest phase of the great Vander
bilt will case is the charge of Intimida
tion act up by the contestants. Mr. Scott
Lord, their attorney, read an offldavlt from
Mrs. La Dau, a sister of \Y. 11. Vanderbilt,
In which she charges that William (old her
that he understood that she was going on the
witness stand, and that if she did so Mr.
ton would attack her and pick hei to pieces as
a witness, and she would have to leave tho city
in less than three days. Other affidavits of
witnesses who allege to have been intimidated
were read as follows 5 Mart L. Stone said that
immediately after she appeared as a witness In
Juno last she was approached on tho subject of
her quitting the country; that she was advised
by the stranger not to testify; and that on tho
2-lth of August last letter was sent to her
house, In which It was said that If aho would
like to lake a trio to the Paris Exoositlon or
elsewhere “ws would defray tho expenses."
Sarah L. Raymond was told by a stranger that
her character would be blackened if she had
anything to do with tho case. Oborob W.
Terry said that the lease of the Island House
at Toledo was taken away Irom him by tbe offi
cers of the New York Central Railroad Com
pany, after ho bad tcsllflcd, in suite of bis
willingness to pay ns much rent as anybody.
Mrs. Francos Bishop, after she had been on
the stand, was approached by a stranger, who
said that she could have money to go to Europe,
and that she ought not to testify any more.
\V. W. Bennett was approached by a man who
inquired whether some money down would not
he more acceptable than anything ho would bo
likely to get in enso the contestant suc
ceeded. The amount mentioned was SIOO,-
000, and tho stranger said: "You will
hear from me again." To all of these charges
Mr. entered a general denial.
The New York Sun is of the opinion that a
million of dollars would hardly pay for making
such an affidavit as W. 11. Vanderbilt made
against his sister. Both may believe their state
ments to bo true, nevertheless It is a terrible
scandal. 11 Give me neither poverty nor riches,"
was tbe sensible prayer of a wise man. The
Sun adds that the sympathy of the com
munity Is with tho sister.
They have a cheerful way of conducting the
political campaign la the Hicbmond (Vo.) Dls
trlct, where Gen. Johnston Is running os tho
Conservative and M. M. Newman as tbo Green*
back candidate for Congress. The Greenback
craze in the district Is very strong, nnd New
man Is hotly pressing Johnston. Matters were
brought to a crisis a few days ago by one Hot
all, a campaign speaker for Johnston, who
accused Newman in a ouollc speech of bcltur a
coward. At the drat opportunity Newman
dented the charge, whereupon Hotall chal
lenged him for calling him a liar. Thu affair
got wind, whereupon both parties were arrested
and bound over to keep tho peace for a year.
Happily there will bo no bloodshed, but It
strikes us as a very remarkable expedient for
getting a candidate out of tbo way. If a candi
date cannot deny la Virginia that he
ts a coward without being liable to tho
charge of calling some one a liar am]
having to fight a duo] with a fair chance of
losing bla candidacy (in this case Hotall was a
fighting, man and, thp, Grcenbackcr a man of
peace), there wouldsccmtobe little Inducement
to run for office. As tho case stands, It the duel
had coma oil, Newman would probably have
been killed, and there would have been an
end of him. If he had not accepted the chal
lenge or had uot denied the charge, he would
have proclaimed himself a coward, and there
would have been another end of him.
Ts fhs Editor a J Tht Tribune.
IlritTiTiLi.s. Schuyler Co.. 111., Oct. 22. —What
became of tha blll lntroducoil into Congress mak
ing greenbacks receivable fur customs duties?
Way was tt not passed, and who opposed It? Yours,
John T. Watts.
Such a bill was'lntroduced Into the ilousc,
and passed that body June 20 by a vote of. yeas
158, nays CO. It was taken up fa the Senate
on tho same day by a vote of 83 yeas to 19 nays,
and was read the first time. A second reading
was objected to by several Senators, and, os It
required unanimous consent to read It a second
time on the same day, it went to tno table, and
could not again be reached before tbo session
ended, as Congress adjourned within a day or
two thereafter. All tho lllloola members iu
both Houses who were present and voting sujv
ported tho bill, except Mr. l.ATUiior, who voted
In tho negative. Tbo bill reads os follows:
Re it tiiaeied, tie.. That on and after the drat
dot of October, IH7B, legal-lender notes of the
United Bute* (greenbacks) ahull be received at par
In payment of customs duties,
Upon tho reassembling of Congress In De
cember the bill will undoubtedly bo passed,
taking effect (terbaps on the Ist of January,
1810, when specie payments begin.
On the 2fith of last tieptemher pc allowed ox-
Senator Doolittle the privilege of palling his
■on, " Mttle ” Jim, In Tub Titinim>, In a most
extraordinary and extravagant manner, for which
wo made no charge, in that laudatory oplstlo
the "old man" said the son had mado a speech
which "one of the greatest living statesmen,
orators, and jurists In thu United States" had
pronounced to be one of the most masterly ho
had ever read. Hut, according to all accounts,
"Utile" Jim Isn’t making suy more of "them"
sort of speeches In hlscampaign for Congress In
the First District, ills recent harangues arc
fist, stale, and unprofitable. Tho water Is out,
and the pump sucks. At HersUcy Hall lost
Monday night his address would have been
marked about 20 (a a scale of 1(K) by ouy
competent judge of a rhetorical or oratorical
performance, Jim had better feign sickness and
let the Judge go on tho stump and UuUb the Job
for ulm.
Mr. C. W. Woollby, of ciphcr-lelograpbic
feme, recently told all be knew about Ohio poll*
tics to 0 New York interviewer. Among many
other things he said that Milt Saylbu Is a good
deal cut down over bis defeat for Congress, and
“looks pitiable tad." He said Cakl Bentmz
did it with his Utile speech, “it was a clear,
easy talK, aud ho drew the largest and finest
audience ever assembled in the West. You
could hardly poke your nose iuto the doors.
Cincinnati Is a bard-money city. The Qermau
vote Is substantial on the currency issue, and It
throws our city one way or the other." Wool
ley said TitunsiAN “bod line prospects os a
Presidential candidate before be made that fatal
speech at Hamilton." As for I'bmulbtom, be
the Greenback doctrine during the
campaign." Pains did (be same thing, and
Judge Uammby Is the only Ohio man left to put
forward In l«J30, and be la In declining health.
Woollby considers that Übbubicks has tb«
leading chance now. He thinks Gen. UAttrißLu
the ablest rasu in the Uooubllcaa parly,
Awhile ago the /.-0.-K claimed that It could
almost be said that It made Little Jiu Uoolit*
tlk. Now It goes back on btm, with the full
knowledge that Ji¥ perfectly agrees with it on
the currency question. If It Is sharper than a
serpent's tooth to have a thankless child, bow
must a fellow (eol who la repudiated by Ida
mentor, Instructor, aud friend I
The Fall Mall begins to see the point, it Is
astonished that England, which Is mure deeply
interested la the maintenance of the relative
value of silver with reference to gold than any
other country exccnt the United States, should
have reioioieljr set her face against tho sitemi.t
to remonetize tho metal. Tim Pa'f.Vtt'l n 4ar . r{ !
Hint “ The net loss by exchange on India h,,,«
ciliated for the current vear at • 15,0’W.000, and
there Is nothing whatever to show that
have arrived at the limit bf this serious i„ 7
But the effect of this Is just precisely whu
would arise from a dangerous shock to the (Tu i
t of tho Indian Government; that Is tosuv o
Increases the amount of Interest on hum f r * 0 , n
(ircat Britain nearly 60 nor rent, If added im w
that head.” Tho'/ViH Mali regards It m “vc-rv
remarkable that those who suffer largely on
thclr remittances for pensions which thev tim*
derive from or rente which they may re-clva
In India payable in silver haro never nticnm ,1
any action on this subject, althouzh the wiiV;«
question of currency Is surrounded to o *r
cllnary people with so much difficulty that
they accept a shrinkage of Income from sift/a
cause as a result as Inevitable os an eclipse."
At the Paris Exposition the nubile schools of
four cities In the United States received di t.lo
tnas for their exhibits of school-work. The.™
cities are Boston, Milwaukee, St. bools, a -id
Washington, and in the list Milwaukee stands
next to Boston. Its’contribution consisted of
city school reports, eight volumes; scholar.’
work in district, high, and normal school*, 13)
volumes; six school plans, nhotograplis of
school-houses,—one portfolio; statistical state
ments, In frame; and blanks and inrun, ono
volume. Tho high rank which was assigned »t
our Centennial Exhibition to tho cduipiional
exhibit of Milwaukee Is now sustained hv the
decision of tho jurlcs at tho French Exposition
It Is gratifying to know that Milwaukee can do
something else beside manufacture iud drink
lagcr-bcor.
Storey says tbit. Hoffman Is a ticiitlro
character against or for whom little ran be said,
“ Ho has done nothing up to date whlchoniitifj
him to bo greatly abused, and there Is ctrtainlr
Just as lltilo which can bo said In Ills favor."
And then ttie political swdl-pcddlcr proceeds to
empty his stops on Hoffman to tho extent of
about a column of stuff. If Hoffman were
Sheriff, Frank Cunningham, tho diamond thief,
would nut have been allowed to walk out of jail
In broad daylight. Ho is too "negative.a
character" for tho successful performance of
that sort of positive business. Honest Job*
would have said, "No, ncln. nix cum 'mu;
you must star in your little coll until the Judgs
uo-stalrs lots you out."
The Times calls Miles Kciiob, tlto Demo
rratlc candidate for Congress, n “ political swlll
peddler,l’ and says llmt ho la a fit and appro
prlato person to bo tho nominee 11 of the “ pe
culiar Democracy 11 who nominated and support
blm,—meaning tho Irish of tlio West Division,
This Is nunc of our funeral, it Is true; but It U
only fair to say, as an outsider who looks on as
impartially as tho woman did at tho tlirlil be*
tween her husband and the bear, that Miles
Keiiod Is ns (It and proper a Democratic camll*
dale for Cauirrcss as Ciiaulbt Kb»n is for
Sheriff, any dav, no matter whether bo ever
“ peddled swill " or not for a living.
Little Jim Doolittle Ims been trying for a
couple of months to make tho people of tho
First District believe that he Is running for
Congress, bat many of them suspect that the
young fellow is playing off a practical joke on
them. To make It really look like business,
Jim has sent a request to Mr. Aaldrich, the
Republican nominee, to go about the district
with him and Introduce him (Doomttlc) to bis
constituents. Mr. Aumicit Is tuny, and very
properly declines to pcrfJrm that service forth*
young mau.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the Democratic
nominee for Congress lit tho Third Virginia Dis
trict, has met with fierce opposition from the
Irishmen of hts district. There am largo num
bers of this class of voters among his constitu
ents, and they have Issued an address In which
they charge Gun. Johnston with the responsi
bility of executing two Irishmen during the
and explain the maum*r In whUh
Gdu. Johnston wasl'ihot through urn shoulder
during the battle of Seven Fines, In May, IST.i
On tbo score of reciprocity, tho whisky crook
ItlumßTil should laKo thu stump In the First
Senatorial District for his friend ami chine,
(icoitUß Wiiitb. Qboiiqb tile! Ms level licet to
foist the Indicted "crook" Into the City Council
when he had a scat in that body, and tm? croon
should uow help to throw away a Ucpiit>ll aQ
Senator by abstracting enough votes from Cnl.
Taylor to let in thu Democrat. That’s Wiurc’s
tcamo, tod Uiluiistu should help him.
It wasn’t Miles Kbiioi that exclaimed, when
speaking oi tho wrongs of bid Ireland: "lift
cup of misery has boon overflowing, ami is not
yet full." That neat "bull" was perpetrated
with reference to tho treasury of tho campaign
fund when Miles Is running for Cutigrcr;.
When the Democrats want "workers” they
represent tho treaiuryos "overflowing”: hut
when they want to bleed the candidates they
say "it la not yet full.”
Judge Fnisnr, tho Republican cnmllduta fur
Congress in the Milwaukee District, Is nuking s
very vigorous canvass, and will greatly reduce
tho Democratic majority. Tins Republicans arc
very enthusiastic ■ln their support of Judsc
Kuittnr, and have Just placed In tho field a very
excellent ticket for county oftlccrs. To the
credit of Air. Dbustbk, tho Democratic candi
date, bo It said that he ts sound uu the mum-y
question.
Scratch tho back of a OrcenhackCongrossnun
anywhere and you arc sure to find a Bauriien
Democrat. Itlssoln.thc Indianapolis District
In Indiana, and It Is to in the two lowa districts
(hat have been gul'ty of thu supreme folly of
ducting them. Tho Newton (In.) Journal says
that Gen. Wbavbh Is so much of a Democrat
that ho will act with that puny upon all ques
tions except that of finance.
Thu Brooklyn A’nflfs says that If Mr.
had said u few years ago wlut he did hut dam
dov about the Bible, UU church would have
been quickly emptied, and lie would have hee«
expelled from every orthodox communion. The
rmnarK especially referred to by the
this: "The theory of the literal Inspiration of
the Scriptures U tho theory of the Devil, *<>4
would lead a man to tnlldulity."
The largest number of death# lit any one day
In New Orleans from yellow feecr was ninety.
This was on 8001. 11. In Memphis the largest
number was 137. Tne lamest number of new
eases In any one day hi Now Orleans was 31<-
The mortality in New Orleans was to the total
number of coses os I U to In Memphis st
1 to i
Under the* administration of Sheriff Km*,
diamonds are trumps at the County Jail. At
least, diamond thieves are trmnj s.
CLAhA Mounts boa a horse which she ca U
" Abuee," because It coo uulkivk any mulc«
donkey, or blonde lu the country.
The latest attraction !n musical circles Is s
fiddler named Wiuibuu. He pronounces it
Yeelbeliuy,
Kalis and Kcuoi will ko ••cahoot.," «“•>
■end lor £uussr to holo them pull tiirousJ.
The Cincinnati Tlmn nllnnea to tbo
York *Vafum as “ a paper edited lu Heaven. 1
Judge Thbb,—to quote from Brito*.—“ Aud
whispering /to'tf lu'er cviueut, consented.'
Tb. Toronto Olo!n ntllrmi tliat “ (wclcniioa.
mediocrity" fills the new Cabinet.
Kins tiled, well,-15,000 already to 15“
paign fund ta a good bvcluoln/.
lo South Carolina IhU jcarlt la the KcJ
against the Bloody Shirt.
There ore some Tubbs that make excelled
Babubb poles.