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men Of character, have been alternating in their
lectures for some weeks. Reports Of these
lectures have been published in the papers. It
1t needless to say that both have their friends
and partisans. But Mr. Froude has aroused
another class hardly less influential than the
eloquent Dominican Friar. The London Satur
day Reuae1o has questioned his accuracy, not
merely as pertains to Irish history, but general
", and has thoroughly reviewed him. Other
writer's have come forward with their proofs,
taken from his works, Of his inaccuracies; his
want Of that information pertaining to geogra-
ply and philo1ogy which are Indispensable
IN q historian. His defective knowledge
Of foreign languages, even Of the dialects Of
scotland, is pointed out with copious frequency,
and, generally, Mr. Ftoude is pretty severely
handled in the country to which he has appointed
h1maef missionary to instruct.
Father Burke, alone of all those who have
contro7erted Mr. Froude, acquits him Of un-
worthy motives but the review OF the " facts ~
upon which the English historian POUNDS his
theory is merciless in its logic. Nor is Mr,
Froude happy in the offer he has frequently
made, to refer the questions in controversy to
commission Of arbitration. A{r. Froude speaks
as historian, and must maintain what he a.
serts, not merely before committee Of arbitra-
tion, but before the whole world.
, 1872-12-04

It turns out tha the report made by General
Starring upon Mr.. George H. Buffers adminis-
tration Of the Consu1ship at Alexandria was, to
all intentse and purposes, precisely what TIE
TRIBUNE announced some weeks since. The
Washington correspondents have ut last had
glimpse at it, and find that it contains the most
severe animadversions upon Buffers personal
and official conduct long before he became in
volved in the public row which induced him to
abandon his post, and also long before
Buffers confidential man, stro1ogo, made
his confession Of the abuses pre-
vailing. under Buffers administration.
But the most serious feature Of the whole affair
is, that General Starring's report Was permitted
to lie in the Department archives for many
months before Butler took his French leave"
from Alexandria and that, in spite Of this re-
port, made after thorough and official investiga-
tion, there was no indication Of any inten-
ton to remove Mr. Butler IN til after he had felt
the necessity Of removing himself officially, as
the only means Of saving himself physically
, 1872-12-04

Secretary Delano reports that L, ,884, ,976 acres
OF Government lands we're disposed Of last
year, an increase Of 1,099,27o acres over the
number taken up the previous year. Patent
Office reports are no longer issued in the style
Of the fozmer annual volumes, es,-inaccurate, and
several years behind the datesof the patents they
descnbe,-but in IN official gazette, which is
published within three days Of the delivery Of
the letters patent During the year Il, $50 patents
have been granted ont Of the Is, ,5s7 applications
There are SIS widows OF Revolutionary soldiers
still receiving pensions. During the year 1888
applications we're granted for pensions. Al;o-
gether, the Government has s., ,229 PIN
aioners, to whom it pays 925, 5,4so, $3.50 3 yea.
By far the largest part of the secretaryt
report concerns the condition Of the Central
Pacific, Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific, and
other railroads and branches which have re-
ceived Government aid in lands or bonds.
, 1872-12-04

The statement is made that one Of the East
ern insurance companies has telegraphed to it's
Chicago agent to take no nore risks on grain
stored in Chicago warehouses for the present.
This action has been based upon the develop
ments of fraud that have been made in the
case Of Mum & Scott, the ground being that it
is impossible to determine how much grain is
actually stored in any one Of the warehouses.
Il the statement is true, the action has been
taken without sufficient cause. It does not
follow, because Messrs. Mum s. Scott we're
guilty Of misrepreEenting the quantity of grain
in their warehouses, that all the other
Warehouaemen have been guilty Of the same
practices. On the contrary, the experience of
the operations OF Mum l. Scott, aud the public
condemnation and punishment that have result
ed from it, will have the effect Of rendering
warehousemen more careful and circumspect in
their business than they have been heretofore
The fact is, that the warehousemen are now en-
gagged in taking an actual measurement Of all the
grain in store, under the supervision Of Com
nittee, appointed for the purpose by the Board
Of Trade. Messrs Flint, Thompson l. Co. hare
also requested that the Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioners Of the State shall assist in this
special inspection, and it is said that the other
warehousemen have concu1red in their request.
In the case Of three warehouses, where such IN
account Of grain has already been taken, the
amount in those has tailed with the receipts as
closely as could be expected. The assurance is
also given the public that the warehousemen
have consented that the Registrar shall hence
forth cancel and audit all the receipts for grain
that is taken ont. In point Of fact, grain insur-
ance has never been on go sure q footing in Chi
cago during the past ten years SO it is NOW.
, 1872-12-04

The Chicago produce markets we're tame yes
terday, and generally lower. Ness pork Was Is
@2oc lower, ut S11.67115 cash, and 12.oo@12.05
seller March. Lard was active and easier, at 7119
@7he cash, and Tic seller March, Meats we're
3Sc1ower, at 3A@356c for shoulders, 54@5Xc
for short ribs and 6176@614c for short clear, all
part salted; green hams, 654@77c = ID. High
wines were quiet and steady at 8sc per gallon.
Flour was active and firm. Wheat WIS only
moderately active, and 74c lower, closing at
$1.@H cash, and s1.1o556 seller January. Corn
was tull and &c lower, closing at so5sc cash, and
Bic seller January. Oats we're dull and
A@]6c lower, but closed frmsr at 24o
ca7h, aid 2436o seller January. Rye was
quiet ana1c higher, closing at 581ac. Barley
was quiet md steady, closing at &c for cash
No. 2; 61]5c seller the month, and &c seller
January. The hog market opened dull and
weak, but after prices had been lower 15@20c
the demand became active and continued so to
the close. sales we're effected at S3.60@4.05,
with the bulk at ss.75@s.85. The closing rates
were $3.60@3.90, Cattle we're quiet at about
former rates. sheer remain quiet and steady.
Tho stocks of grain NOW in store in this city are
445,o75 bu wheat, 5ss521 bu corn, 49,, 1868 bu
oats, 137, SAT bu rye, 271 572 bu barley.
, 1872-12-04
CONTENTS OF To-DAY's TRIBUNE.

FIRST PAGEW Washington, New York, and Misce11snc-
ous Tclcgraphic Observation-Disclosures.
SECOND PAGE-Report of the Secretary Of the 1ue-
rior-The Credit Mobilier Scandal-Deferrcd Tele
grams-Sccoe in Court -Roorn-Personal Items.
THIRD PAGE-The Mum l. Scott Erpulson-The Law
Courts-Raiway News--The State Insurance Com-
pany-Board Of Health Railroad Time Table-Ad-
vertisements.
FOURTH PAGEEditotiala: Secretary Boutwelrs He-
port; Credit Mobilier Investigation; Anton Rubin
stein; Deposits in BAulruptcy-
FIFTH pAGE-The Driver Murder-Music' and the
Drama-Markets by Telegraph Advertisements.
SIXTH PAGE-h1onetary nnd Commercial.
SEVENTH PAGECommercial Matters lconhnued1-
Marine IntelIgence-Small Adrcrtis sements: Real
Estate, For Sale, TO Rent, Wanted, Boarding,
Lodging, DC.
EIGHTH PAGE-The Greeley ObseQuies To-Day-Mis-
cel1aoeops Telegrams.
, 1872-12-04

st. Petersburg, the Russian Musical Associa-
tion and the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Of
which he Was appointed President, and which he
managed until 1868 with such SUCCESS that it ia
now known as one of the best institutions in
Europe. In 1865, he married at Baden-Baden q
young Russian girl named Pauline vestnoy, q
beautiful and accomplished woman, whose fa;l-
ing health, in 1868, induced him to quit Russia
and travel in more temperate climes.
These are in brief the principal events in the
life of Rubinstein, and it only only remains for
US to bid him hearty welcome to Chicago and
to bespeak for him that cordial and hospitable
reception which his great genius deserves.
We specially commend these concerts to the
pianists Of the city, and to every student OF the
piano. They will not do wisely to neglect an
opportunity which may never occur again,
poser interpret the best music that has been
written for the piano. While we regret that OLE
want Of an orchestra prevents us from hearing
his own concertos, it is consolation that we are
OA1D1ok4 W AEtaA @1k0 Ot6b Hu1h6 VI BuCu uA6tbI6
as Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, Bach, Chopin,
schumann, Mendelssohn, List, scarlatti, Weber,
and others, performed by an artist whose powers
Of conception and execution are equal to the
work he is called upon to perform. Genius OF
this stamp; which e1erts it's divine power to
make the world better, to elevate and refine
mankind, and to prepare for them the purest of
pleasures, deserves the recognition Of
all, and in this recognition it meets
with it's best reward. For flowers
and w1eaths, and the usual trumpery which the
public is apt to bestow upon artists, Rubinstein
cares nothing. His work is accomplished when
he has 80 interpreted the music before him that
he has succeeded in impressing it upon his au-
dience, so that they have received it appre-
ciatiyely, and thereby are enabled to roach d
higher, more dignifed, and more refined stand
ard OF art. The mission OF such a man is Of
the highest and noblest character, and to them
the trifes which please lesser men are of small
account. His reward is found in devotion to his
art and its growth among the people. Such
men are 30 rare that it does not become Us to
pass them by without recognition.
, 1872-12-04

In the editorial upon "The Presidents Mes
sage" printed in our last issue, referring to the
plans suggested for cheap transportation from
the West and Southwest to the seaboard, re-
gret VAS expressed that no reference was made
by the President to some plan which would af-
was based upon an imperfect copy Of the mes
sage, which accounts for seeming discrepancy.
In the correct copy, the President calls the at
-tention of Congress- to the Niagara Falls Ship
Canal project, which will be brought up during
the present session, as one OF the plans for
cheapening transportation from the West to the
Atlantic
, 1872-12-04

fire, it has assumed huge proportions. There is
now in A1r. scammon's bank $130,000 Of the
funds OF the polcy-holders Of the Mutual
Security Insurance Company, besides nearly
$50, 600 in his hands as Treasurer, and stock
notes, the payment of which Mr. scammon is
contesting. On this account q large meeting of
the policy-ho1ders petitioned Judge Blodgett,
On Saturday, Nov. %, immediately to order
their money removed to some other
bank. As: yet We have not heard
whether His Honor will comply with this re-
quest, which they asserted a sense Of JUS
tice to themselves and their self-respect requir-
ed them to make. The Republic Insurance
Company has just been put in bankruptcy.
Nearly million of dollars must pass through
the hands of the Assignee. Is it not due to the
creditors Of this Company that its large capital
should be- placed in our strongest and best
banks2 The creditors Of our bankrupt inBur-
ance companies are all justly anxious on these
subjects, and it is to be hoped their reasonable
expectations will be respected.
Then, as to the matter Of interest, the cred
itors Of our bankupts arc inquiring whether
Mr. scammon's bank pays their Assignees in
terest on their deposits. We are told by some
OF them that. so far as they are concerned, it
does not. The Assignee of the Mutual Security
Insurance Company made no mention Of such an
item from that source on Saturday the 23d Of No
Vember. What right has A1r. Scammon to the
use Of this money gratis, and at the expense Of
creditors, when other banks would willingly
have paid very considerable sum for it2 From
the law as above quoted and the facts above
stated, the public WILL look an1iously to the
Court for readjustmont Of this whole deposit
business, and doubtless their just expectations
will soon be realized
, 1872-12-04
DEP0SlT9 IN BANKRUPTCY.

olnce Inc Nauon0 bankrupt laW went into
operation IN thls CITY, the deposits of As
| slgneos ha7e oeen Kept, "lth scarcely an e1cop-
t1on, III the Mechanlcs' National Bank. The
oroer unoef WHICH thls Is done, II We mistake
not' was MADE oy Judge Drummond when he
WIS Dlst1act 'uoee, and, under Judge blodgett,
no change has been made. 80 long have these
deposits been keptin one bank, that nearly all
our banks, lawyers, and business men suppose
that the order is Imperative and, unless for
cause to be fled under oath before the Court,
unchangeable.
Section 80 of the Bankrupt act reads as
follows:
When appears that the distribution Of the estate
's9 pe oetayed os tgoton or other cause the Court
1onrnr tn azch eatst ~ aacuri+iss -. 10 w
the Judge or Register or may authorize the same to
be deposited in any convenient bank upon such inter-
49, ~ 80 .s'. .a' ~ 1ue oAnA fhs eon-
twill ho no+;cod +,ot +,,a ,,,o1;a;o oo.
casa 10 nar,n;ae;7o MT ,oonaa+o-r rr,o .u.-a.
or. ..xoa,, d;roo+ >, ss.,,a,, .,,+,;o.a, oe
II ia narfoo+1, ,,ronor tha+ +ho 7nau .,.,,s
doa;onata phara -, - ,aono,s ~ h.n,,,,t, ,,o,,a
ha ron+ b,,t "a i a,o ~ r;,,+ e., ,,;na -
+ho ,,,,,,apoa, 80 49, =. :. -,
funds Of mr. insnranca coronan;ea forooa
;nto bankrnntcv s;nca +ba fro an
in one bank2 Has ho ever connarad tho otron,+,,
of onr citv hanks oa.ahovn hv THAR ro,,orts -
the Government, az In the annonnt ~ +ha;r co,;-
,,,
their 1iahi]t;es2 Their 1ast ranort aa,,oc;o11v j.;
, 1872-12-04
TERMS or THE TRIBUNE.

TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION tPATABIE IN 1DvAFcE>.
Daily, by mail. 100
Tri-Fcekly...-.... 600 Weekly E'UO
Parts Of year at the rate.
To prevent delay and mistakes, be and give Fos1
O5;cc address in full, including State and County.
Eemi,t1ces NAV b., nado either By draft express Post
Office orter OF in registered letters, at our risk.
TERMS TO c1TT sCpscR1BEns
Daily delivered, Sunday excepted, = cents per week.
Address THE IH ibUNs tGMFAN =,
rnmrsE Branch Office, No. 46s Wabash-av., in the
Roolstcrc of Messrs. Cobb, Andrews Co., whero
,6ycrtyemcnts and subscriptions will be received, and
1zi,, haye the same attention if left at the Man
Office.
, 1872-12-04

The House Of Representatives has asked Sec.
reta1y Boutwell, to show by what right he in
fated the currency in October, and to tell
whether he did so by using notes which had
been withdrawn from circulation by order OF
Congress, Or by printing new notes without
authority. General Banks bill, introduced at
the last session, for the appropriation Of
$4,000, 900 for the construction Of 10 steam Tes-
sels in view Of possible trouble With Spain in the
Gnk Of Mexico. Tss brought before the House
, 1872-12-04
SECRETARY BOUTWELL'8 REPORT.

Mr. Boutwell,, in his report on the finances,
expounds the idea On which he has been actins
to some extent during the past year, VIZ, that il
| rather OF the Treasury Department, to take {
benevolent and paternal charge Of the business
OF private individuals, to the extent Of making
money more or less plenty, at various times and
seasons. In developing this idea he assumee
that money and currency are correlative terms,
and that, in order to make money easy when it
is in fact tight, it is only necessary to put out
more currency. The report Of the Comptroller
Of the Currency, which accompanies Dir. Bout
wells report, shows US that the National Banks
had loaned to their customers, in the month Of
October, 9872 000, 900, with only 9451 0oo 900 of
currency OF al kinds in their possession, largo
part Of which they were required to keep in their
own vaults as reserve fund. At1east two-thirds
of all their loans and discounts we're made with
something else than currency. This serves to
show that money is not q correlativo term with
currency. The fact that money may be tight
when currency ia plenty, is shown BY the
present condition Of the money
market. There is mora currency afoat
at the present time by four or five millions
than there was six months ago, yet money was
very easy SIX months ago and is very tight nov.
The reason is, that the business of the country
by which We mean the exchange Of commodities
which gives rise to bank deposits in the form Of
drafts, bills Of exchange etc.-has received q
temporary check. ID eposits ~ constitute the
larger share Of banks ability to loan money.
These deposits represent property in transatu
from the producer to the consumer. They may
be large when the amount of currency in crcu-
1ation is small, or they may be small when the
amount of currency is large; and money
will be easy or tight according to the
volume Of the deposits, and not at all with
reference to the volume Of the currency. This
fact is proved, as We have already remarked, by
the existing condition OF the money market. It
is not true that the annual movement of the
crops tends to make money tight. It has the
very opposite tendency, for its immediate effect
ia to swell the volume Of deposits and enlarge
the ability Of the banks to lend. To ascertain
whether the movement Of the crops tends to
make money tight, it is only necessary to inquire
what would be the effect if they we're not
moved. The volume of the currency might re-
main stationary, or might be doubled, and yet
the non-mo7ement Of the crops would, in the
space of few months, make money so tight
that financial crisis and general bankruptcy
would ensue.
The objections to the Governments under
taking the job Of regulating peoples business
are so numerous and broad that they need only
to be stated to secure the condemnation of al1
rejecting persons. The scheme presupposes
infnity, wisdom, and virtue to DO lodged for
ever in the Chief Of the Treasury, under the
chances of the CAUCUS and the auspices of uni
Yeraal suffrage. No man that ever lived or
, 1872-12-04

yesterday. Mr.. Hale thought the vessels should
be built, in private Arnerican shipya1ds, by con-
tract, and Mr. shellabarger urged that additions
to our naval force should ali be made in accord
ance with one general and harmonious plan. No
vote Was reached On the motion to print q
large number Of copies of Secretary Boutwell, g
Report, Mr.. Brooks complained Of the mass
Of useless documents which numbered the
House, and Threatened to move that they be
sold IS waste paper. Mr. Merriclz, Of Maryland,
has been placed on the Credit Mobilier Investi-
CATION Committee in place Of A1r. Beck, who re-
signed, because he had prejudged the case.
, 1872-12-04

The spirit Of rivalry which st. Louis always
manifests in everything appertaining to Chicago
has now broken out in new direction Jealous
OF our reputation in the divorce business, the
Supreme Court Of Missouri recently decided
that the parties to suit for divorce are compe-
tent Witnesses in their own behalf. This decis-
ion has been handsomely improved, and, On the
9th ult., twenty-nine divorces were granted by
the Courts Of st. Louis, most OF the plaintiffs
being women whose husbands we're drunkards
and had deserted them. We egracefully and will
ingly acknowledge ourselves beaten.
, 1872-12-04
THE CITYlN BRIEF,

1rho rorn+- c1or1, ;aa,a1 Gftooa x,.n,ao, r.;
! cansea restardov NAA~44-@ho -
Colonel s. l.. Woodland, U. s. A., is at the
oae1'
, Judge :. WILKINSON, OF Peor1a, IS guest at
the Briggs.
Governor +. bT McCook Montana ia an1ov;no
the bosnita1ities of The sherman o'''''A AA's'
| Genera1 T. M. Tuttle of Dess1o;nea ia a+ +ha
| fremont.
George a: PeHlgo, OF the Galesburg Free
HIM. q. Corning Judd. of T,ewiston. Chan-
celor of the Episcopalian Diocese for the State
OF 111nols, was In the city yesterday.
II ia not true that Pullman s1ean;n, and din.
ine care are to be- mt on tha Wes} D;V;s;on
gtfeet railway lines for the accomTnodat;on ~
passengers to Western avenue.
! DrJC. Sweenv. Airs. Y. G.. Ohar. and 3r;aa
at Normal are at the fremont. ~~-1'o'
The adjourned annual meeting Of the Mama
S,at;tn+on NJ 13t5 indians aua1',e ~ ~ ~ .re
to-d,v N' : r AA''
:,,.-,
mlas FRANCES @ Malara, o{ me evanston Ladles
college, Will lecture on 1.-THE Pyramids" to-
nght, 3e1ore ne Mlnnetka m Literary Association,
m ~, |.---:.,~ ..
rooroctoa IN moot o+ TIN Nf,v,r,, = a
ls4ues'gu ta 10 meet as me mayors ohce at z
ocloca tnis atsernoon: 70 receive the money re-
ceNeu, yesse1aay' 1tom William d. Appleton, OF
ne" 1orK'
MISS 5, sarah Smiley Will give another Bible Lee
tate, G, rnls evening, at tae Pa1lor OF the First
Gongre6auona!1st CHURCH, corner Of Ann and
Mashlngto1 T. streets: Subject, 1.-The Second
coming OF Cnrlst' All are invited Seats free
Prof. B. Melville Bonham Will give one of his
ofa"1ngrroom entertainments On IhuGsday even
1qK 3nK 81 Ine reunion Hfesnyte1am Church, on
ln!tcneu s!reek near inroop. Ihe entertain
aent consists OF SONGS READINGS and character
ue'l1s'a'ione'
". tia Mcslynns leet1se announced @ @ erroneoualy
~ 1nesa coans TF 1ol to-u7y, T. VII M h oeeu "
at men nre1on~ 114 tair ~ mu ontiona
Ealeo neaIlus IL Ip-nisn' prolon9 'nen an'i'ap'-
tlon6 LUZ one With
a still alarm was given to the Williams En-
@ ara ~ y nA ~ hasenant NJ M 81 Wes4
atroat - - 80 Tha 1oaa ~ tha occnnanta R7,aso h
,,ar rastenront Eeenern wap aho;,+ az NJ O
e. 80 "a I,,,3,o1,, "'' "oou' @oo' 1ne
o14ooA1 - 1t'' 1AA0 ~
The ladies Of the various churches are inter-
ested in the Foundlings Home. So fervid are
their wishes for the prosperity Of the institution
thaI tney mna nc 10 Ma acq5sy IN 9ing hot dinners
, 1872-12-04

Wall street, if it's views are rightly given
IN our despatched, finds fault With the failure Of
the President to urge 3 further reduction Of
taxation, and with Secretary Boutwell, for claim
the discretion to manipulate the currency Of
the country at will. The Presidents remarks
about returning to specie payments, and Comp
troller Kno1's appeal for the removal Of some
Of the restrictions On banking and a modification
Of the usury laws, meet with favor.
, 1872-12-04

Emotional insanity does not seem to be at a
premium in Paris as an apology for crime. A
young man in that city, named Oliver de Kernel,
actnated by jealousy, recently killed his brother
and at once surrendered himself to Justice. The
defence urged in his case was that OF hereditary
insanity, but the Court declined to admit it as a
valid excuse for the crime, and condemned the
prisoner to serTitude TOR life. The case was
then appealed to the Court Of Cessation in Paris,
which confirmed the sentence Of the Court be-
low. A few instances Of this kind Of Justice in
the American Courts would go far towards pre-
venting the frequency Of this plea, which is now
the first resort of nearly every assassin in the
land, and in almost every instance successful
resort.
, 1872-12-04

The remains OF Horace Greeley lay yesterday
IN state in the Governors room in the New York
City Hall, and we're visited by nearly forty
Thousand persons. The coffin and the catafalque
on which it rested we're strewn with flowers,
many Of which we're carried away IS mementoes
As tribute Of respect to the dead, Senator
Fenton sought to offer a motion, yesterday, that
the Senate adjourn over the day of the funeral,
but was prevented by the tactics Of Senator
Cameron.
, 1872-12-04

T9eed's desire for 3 speedy trial has been
again thwarted BY his counsel, who consumed
all day yesterday with long af6davits to chow
that the indictments against him had been i'm
properly framed
, 1872-12-04

The Board of Trade, at a full meeting, yester-
day, voted to expel from membership Ira Z.
Mum and George L. Scott, who constituted the
firm Of Mum l. Scott, warehousemen. The vote
Tas decided one.
, 1872-12-04

Justice Nelson resigned his seat in the su-
preme Court yesterday, and President Grant at
once named Ward Hunt, of New York, as his
SUCCESSOR,
, 1872-12-04

MYERS OPERA HOUSEMonroe street, between
St.te and Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton d Kenbles
Minstrel and Burlesque Troupe.
, 1872-12-04

GLOBE THEATRE EDesplaines street, between Mad
son and Washington The Leila Ellis Ballad Opera Com
nany, and farce of t*Poor Pillicoddy.'
, 1872-12-04
TO.DAY'S ADJUSTMENTS S.

ACADEMY OF MUS1C-Halsted street, south Of
Madison. Iingard Combination. "a Lfes Dream, :"
with Iiueard sketches Afternoon and evening. .