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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-19

Henry A. Wise has written letter
saying the Liberal Republicans are too
liberal for him. He thinks they have
mingled white shirts and grey so that the
party is mongrelized.
, 1872-11-19

The Chicago produce markets were generally
higher yesterday, and many Of them more
active. Mess pork was quiet, but firmer for
future closing at s14.5o@15oo for old $500
@1s.25 for new, and 2.37114@12.50 seller
December. Lard vas more active, and q shade
frmer, at 7]]zc caah or seller December, and 72lc
ae1ler March. Meats we're quiet and steady at
47ac for part sailed shoulders; 6h@656c for do
short ribs, and 625@7c for do short clear. Sweet
picked hams we're dull at 915@10115c. Highwtnos
were qniet and steady, at 89c per gallon. Lake
freightB we're moderately active and frmer, at
lie for wheat and loo for corn, by sail. to
E'lffa1o. Flour Vas more active, and quite firm.
Whsat was active and strong, advancing &c, and
closing at 91.075< seller themonth; 91.07H seller
December, and s1.os seller January. Corn Was
dull, but A@}5c higher, closing tame at 9217lc
seller the month, and 319Sc seller December.
Oats we're quiet, but h@1zc higher, closing at
22o seller tho month, and 22115c seller December.
Rye wes quiet and &c higher, ut 53115c. Barley
was active, and advanced Sc On No. 2, which
closed firm at 64115@64elc cash, and 63@6s1zc
aeuar the month. The lower grades Of barley
we're quiet and steady. The hog trade was
fairly active, with prices steady and unchanged,
ranging at s40o@4.20. There WAS good de-
mand for cattle at les: weels'a closing prices
Sheep we're dull and nominal.
, 1872-11-19

a very ts1noultuous and exciting scene took
place in London, on the LIST inst, upon the oc-
caHlon OF meeting, held by the Sabbatarians OF
East London, to protest against the opening Of
the Bethnal~Green Museum On SUNDAYS. The
sabbatarians packed the meeting two hours be-
tore the time of opening, as announced, and
thus prevented the Sunday Leaguers and out
slders from getting ill., The latter, 1000 in NUM-
Der, held an outside meeting, at which there Was
also large crowd Of sabbatarians present.
Speeches we're made pro and con-, the dispnta-
tlon at last getting so warm that blows we're
freely exchanged between the rival factions.
This dlsgraceful conduct Was kept up for q long
time, and tho end is not yet. More meetings
are advertised and more disturbances are antici-
pated. 1t is not difficult to see that the Sab
batarians are inhicting immense damage to their
cause By such proceedings. The opening Of a
museum on Sunday afternoons for the benefit
aud pleasure Of workingmen, who have no other
day Of recreation, is certainly not 9 sufficient
moral provocation for such violence.
, 1872-11-19

makes strong objections to the wo,dg uths
revolution" ccntending that 1.-THE revolution ),
as name for any set Of principles or opinions.
is not English, and that it proceeds from an Ia,
tirmity Of the French mind, which leads it away
by phrases and distractions, as if they we're
realities. Ho takes the advanced ground that
there is no real thing caied tiia reyola: ion. u
aud that there no hing as pliaci i. )
of tile revolution" 3Ir. Null c1oses his letter
with the following warning to the Association:
There are nadms which your Association, in my
opinion rightly considers to be essential to just gov
eminent, and there is tendency, increasing
kind adyunces in intelligence aud education, toward
the adoption Of the doctrines OF just government.
These are al the facts that in the and the
clearly and unambiguously these, and nothing but
these, are stated, the better people will understand
another, and the more distinctly they will see what
they are disputing about, and what they avowed
to prove. When, instead Of this, men range them
selves under banners friends and enemies Of the
Revolutions, tho only important question which ia
uet and useful Is kept out Of sight, and measures ara
Judged, not By their real WORTH but by tte analogy
they seem to bear to an irrelevant abstract.
, 1872-11-19

The New York Advertising Agency Of lesars.
Rowell l. Co. have recently issued catalogue
Of American publications which presents some
interesting information. There are 6,432
periodical publications in the United States, Of
which only 507 are daily newspapers Tho bulk OF
this number is made up of weekly newspapers,
amounting, in the aggregate, to ALSO. There
are 6S5 month1ies. and IS quarter1ies, the re-
maing 331 being divided among the weekly,
semi-weekly, and other occasional publca~
tions. Florida has no daily newspaper.
The Territories have 81 pub1ica-
tions, including Is dailies, and the
British Dominions have 403 periodicals all told.
The number OF daily newspapers in the country
has decreased II during the past year-a
circumstance that may be useful as warn
ing. New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chi
cago are the great centres. The State Of Illinois
takes high rank in the comparative amount Of
the current literature it furnishes, issuing 518
periodical pubdcations,-a larger number than
any other State except New York and Pennsyl-
vania. Among the journalistic specialhes, re-
igion has more organs than anything else,
agriculture. education, Free Masonry, and Odd
Fellowship following in this order. There are
II medical periodicals and 80 that are published
for the children.
, 1872-11-19
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.

TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION {PATAnLE n ADvAScH>.
Daily. by mall.
ITi-Weehs........ 600 Weekly ...... ....... 2.oO
Parts of year at the Same rate.
To prevent delay and nasakes be and give Post
OHce address in full, including State md County.
Reittances may be nde either By draft express Post
Office ORDER OF In registered letters, at our risk
TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS.
Daily devrred Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week.
Daily delivered Sunday included, 80 cents per week.
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
Corner Madison and Dearboru-sts., Chicago, Ill.
Tn1ausE Branch Office, No. 469 Wahash-av., In tho
Bookste1e Of Mossrs- Cobb, Andrews T. Co., where
advertisements and subscriptions will be received aud
vii hare tho attention Is If left Ut the Main
Office.
, 1872-11-19

htness for it, just as the Navy and Military Ser.
vice now are. Under European Governments,
their aristocratic orders mark particular citizene
from birth tor these wai.-a u lie, and their ed
ueation is directed to fit them for the sphere
they are to I'LL. It is impossible
that the details Of our administration.
diplomatic and civil, in our Reve-
hue Offices, Post Offices, Custom Houses and
consulships shall be pe1petually in tho hands
OF noEices and a1aateurs without perpetua1fv
dlsgracing the republican system in it's competi-
tion and rivalry with the 1nonarchical. Yet IL ia
the insuperable objection to our past system Of
using Offices as the apoils Of victory that the
mass OF ofice-holders are always apprentices.
and, just a. they come to know something Of the
duties of their Offices, they are turned out to
make room for other apprentices. A village
lawyer from Missouri, who never saw an invoice
or bill Of 1ading in his life, and knows not a
word OF Dutch, is made Consul at Rotterdam.
leader of county rings is made Collector OF
Revenue, though every antecedent Of his life
Indicates that he will divide the revenue as fast
as he collects 1t.
We do not contend that all, or the chief mart
Of, Civil Service Reform is to be found in the
simple adoption OF the rule Of promotion in
stead OF the previous rule OF party plunder.
But il the head Of the Government once sin
cerely deBires and aims at reform, the other
needed reforms will follow. We need some Au-
thoritative proof that public Office is not to be
confined in its distribution to the few who may
agree on all points with the Presidents political
views or personal policies; that assessments for
party purposes are not to be made on Office
holders; that good men are not to be dis
charged from their Offices because Of
their divergence from the Presidents
views on questions not affecting the duties OF
their Office. The President ahowa evidence Of
having profted by the real lesson Il the CAM
paign. This was, not that the people oppose
the reforms embraced in the Cincinnati plat
form. On the contrary, the mass Of those who
voted against Mr. Greeley sincerely desire
those reforms. The attitude assumed by the
Liberals revealed President Grants weak points
without depriving him Of his stronger ones.
Tic weak points thus revealed he evinces de-
sire to correct, and We heartly congratulate him
on his new departure. Dispatches from Wash
ington intimate that his message will take lib
eral ground toward the South as well as toward
Civil Service Reform. II go, and il Congress
shall follow in the same vein, the seed sown
at Cincinnati will ha7e grown into its most de-
sired fruitago and harvest.
, 1872-11-19

Inspectors by the City Charter Of 1857, go that
there iR ample authority as we'll as necessity for
them. When there is any public i'm
ProTement, as in the paving of streets,
the Board of Public Works
employs an Inspector FIR the job whose duty it
Is to soc that the terms Of the contract ne full
filled by the contractor. Tie gas companies,
though private corporations, take the precau-
tion OF refusing to place meters, or furnish gas,
until after the pipes and fixtures shall have
passed the inspection Of an expert employed by
them. Certainly, then, the City Government
should take equal precantion in a matter which
concerns the common welfare of all citizens.
What is eyerybody's business is nobody's; citi-
zens do not voluntarily turn informers, and,
without q regular system OF public officers to
watch the interests Of the public in the con-
struction of buildings, Chicago will derive
but partial benefit from q fire. ordinance that
might save it from second destruction. To
take single item in building, the case of CHM
neys and Aues will illustrate the necessity for
rigid inspection. 4 prominent architect says
that the provisions Of the ordinance in regard to
their construction, and with reference to their
proximity to infammable material, are not fol-
lowed IN one case out Of ten. Yet there is no
other source from which so many condagrations
take their origin. The construction Of chimneys
according to 1aw can only be enforced by close
inspection.
The cost to the city Of sufficient number Of
Building Inspectors to inaure the observance Of
the ordinance would be comparatively triding.
4hey need not be expensive men,-suficient in |
telhgence to comprehend the law, sufficient in
dustry to give their time to it, and sufficient
honesty to make fair reports,-would be the |
only requisites. They should have certain dis |
triets Of the city allotted to them; divided &C.
cordlng to the amount Of building, and they !
should be under the supervision Of the Board Of |
Public Works.
, 1872-11-19
THE CAUSES OF FIRE.

The New York Times in discussing the gen
eral subject Of fires and the question why they
spread more rapidly at certain times than others,
eeeks to account for them by sundry mysterious
combinations in and conditions Of the atmos-
phere,-a certain chemical diabolism, for which
no one can account and against which it is use
less to take precautions. This is simply super
stition. We heard the same kind OF talk imme-
diately after the Chicago fire, and there we're not
few who satisfied themselves that the fire was
the 1esu1t Of peculiar combination Of torna-
does, electrical phenomena, and chemical agen-
cieB in the atmosphere, which could neither have
been guarded against nor controlled. The
exact reverse Of this was the case.
Every cause and characteristic Of the Chi
cago fro is as clear as the sunlight
First, there Was an absence Of rain for two or
three months preceding the FIRE, so that every
thing inhammable was completely dry. Second,
furious southwest wind was blowing at the
time Third, the extensive wooden quarter OF
the city, in which the fire originated, created an
intense heat. Fourth, the supply Of water vas
CIV VI At a11 ea1lt ssaee u 4ue AIe. Hl2ta, t16
combination Of intense heat, high wind, and
vast volumes OF fame, and the absence OF water
with which to check itB spread; and, sixth, the
faulty construction OF buildings. This is the
plain enumeration Of facts connected with the
Chicago fire. Things that were not combnstible
we're not destroyed. There was no atmospher~
ica1 combination destroying everything with
which it came in contact If there had been,
human beings would have been destroyed. It
was only where the fire came in actual contact
that damage WAS inflicted. There was no myste-
rious destroyer in the atmosphere itself. Both
the causes and their manner Of operation are
perfectly clear, and there is reason to believe
that the same combination OF causes will not
again produce exactly the same result. The idea
of attributing to supernaturalisn what is clearly
due to obvious natural laws, is as absurd as was
the kindred attempt Of some c1ergymen to at
tribute it to a visitation Of Divine wrath.
, 1872-11-19

It is given out that the leading policy Of the
Government during the next four years will be the
acquisition OF foreign territory. This means ag-
gresaion, war, expenditure, increase Of debt,
the annexation OF unwilling and hostile peoples,
the multiplication Of Offices, and general dig
tuIbanee end embodiment It is not difficult to
understand the direction which territorial acqui-
sition must take. It is not likely that any seri-
Gus effort will be made to obtain any Of the
British provinces on our northern boundary.
There are three points to which the hand Of &C.
QUESTION can be reached: These are, l, the
West Indies; 2, Mexico; and 8, Central
America.
In the West IndieB there aro several groups
Of islands, the purchase or eeizure Of which has
at times, found advocates. In Andrew john
sons time, Mr. Seward negotiated for the pur-
chase Of the volcanic rocks belonging to Dem
The price of these was s7,00o,oo0. In 1870,
General Babcock negotiated treaty for the
purchase Of San Domingo, one OF the Republics
Of the Island Of Hayti, which purchase, when
completed, will involve the acquisition Of the
ether Republic. The purchase money, with the
assumption of the San Domingo debt, figured
up nearly 9200o,000, but more likely 81 100000,
which amount, when Hayti is included, will be
incf eased to s10,000,o00. The next group con-
sists Of the Spanish islands Of Cuba and Porto
Rico. The acquisition Of Cuba for nearly half
a century Was ardently desired by the slaveho1d-
ing States as q means OF strengthening
slavery. Fifteen years or more ago,
in the hey-day Of Franklin Pierce, the United
States intimated 8 willingness to pay e100,000,-
GOO for Cuba. With the abolition Of slavery,
whatever excuse or prete1t existed for the &C.
QUESTION Of Cuba also ceased. There Ia no
part ct her dominions to which Spain will more
tenaciously cling than to Cuba. Though that
GoT6tns9ent is go nearly bankrupt that 1t has
failed to pf3 faterest on its deot for five years,
though she is without credit or money, there
fs not jewel nor penny in all Spain that :Rin !
not be promptly given for the retention Of
Cubs. We cannot buy 1t. To recognize the !
ruf6ans who claim to be the patriots in Cuba
as legal Government, and deal With them for
, 1872-11-19

IL. 6camnon is anxious that Secretary Bout
77e1l should issue new lot Of greenbacks, under
a mistaken notion that that would make the
money market easy. II Mr. Ecammon, Treas-
.nrer Of the Mutual Security Insurance Company,
would hand over Mark Kimba1l, Esq, assignee
in bankruptcy Of that institution, the 900 Of
the Company's funds in his hands at the tune Of
the fire, he would do mora to relieve the money
market hersabout than anything Mr.. Boutwell,
can possibly do with his new greenbacks.
, 1872-11-19

the North, but no satisfactory account Of then
sale has ever been made, and the Comptroller
practically repudiates them. The Tribune says:
s'The taxes that are to be-
collected to meet the interest On ths
remainder Of the funded debt are not to DO
converted into the State Treasury without Il
s:ruggla. Tue State o!iis egs elected On tis
Moses ticket in O;ohes !l7o :c: ,s:':'s1 this bc
he is:,,is OF res !ai'l= l:tju, ION ir:'cnrt:'
at EAeiI i1-ata.:ce. W::a..,er ma, he tbs t7
clear that even the officials do not trust eech
Qt1er.'' -
, 1872-11-19

The Presidents rebuff Of the Cameron Bart
| ranft politicians in Pennsylvania in the matter
Of the Philadelphia Post Office, and the Murphy
gang in New York in the matter Of the New
York Slrveyorehip, and his declaration that he
will enforce the Civil Service rules, arc received
with great satisfaction throughout the country.
They are the first authoritative revocation OF the
fatal political heresy which was inflicted On the
country by Andrew Jackson, and has tended to-
yard its misgovernment ever since, that the
Offices which the President has the power to fill
by appointment shall be considered as the
"spoils" and plunder Of q victorious party Tor
faction Of q parity, instead Of the mcanB OF
administering government with the greatest
skill and economy. "Unto the yictors be-
long the spoils" was o maxim which Ikened the
Government Offices to conquered city given
over to be sacked by public and ruthless
enemy. Borrowed from the seyerest doctrines
Of war, it is 10 wonder that it has proved in-
iquitous as . maxim Of Government during
peace. We hope that President Grants action
means that heneeforth the Offices Of the Civil
Service are not to be deemed the proyender OF
the politicians, but are to be filed On a system
which shall look solely to the efficiency Of the
public service The system Of promotion &C.
cording to experience and merit is businesB-like
and will please the business mon Of the country.
1t is the gist Of the Cincinnati platform
on this point It is what every capable business
man practices in The promotion Of his employees.
Let it be made part OF the Common Law
Of our country, and it will be found that the
Civil Service will be studied and followed as q
profession by many Of our ablest men, instead
Of being an asylum for party strikers and spout
ers. Let promotion in Office be won, not by
services on the stump, nor by getting up torch
light paradeB and ward clubs, but by skill, e1-
perience, competency, and aptitude for the
duties Of Office; and not only would our politi-
cal campains lose much Of their vu1garity and
venom, but re SHOULD soon see in Office men Who
have made the questions Of administration
bearing on their own Offices study and special
ty. As our country advances In population and
area towards the hundred millions Of people We
vii number before the close Of this century, the
practical administration Of the Government
must become more and more specially nnd
profession. The Civil Service must be the life
study Of those WHO you'd et@tein @ os pretend any
, 1872-11-19

The most tender epistles have passed between
iN{r. s. 8. Cog, the defeated candidate for Con-
,gress from the State-atlarge in New York, and
Afr. Lyman TEemain, bis successful opponent
9lr. Cox congratulates A1r. Tremain upon coming
out ahead, and Mr. gremain expresses sorTow
Cox is "almo5t sorry,'' as be expresses himself,
that he 'cannot be q colleague Of Mr. IRE
mains" ," and Mr.. Ttemain sincerely regrets it.
, 1872-11-19
BUn,DTNa TNgpEfTI0N.

The general discussion Of building matters
that has followed the Boston fire should suggest
to the Common Council Of Chicago the necessity
for taking come further action in the way OF
preventing the recurrence IN this city Of exten-
siye and disastrous connagratious. There are
two things needed:
/. An important amendment to the fire ordi-
nance.
Q. Provision for system Of Building Inspec-
tors. whose duty it shall be to report infringe
rnents upon the fire regulations.
The circumstance that the burned district Of
Boston was composed almost exclusively Of
granite, iron, brick, and stone buildings proves
that protection against great fires requires some-
thing more than the construction Of the walls
from ipcornbqstib1e material In the rebuilding Of
Chicago there are two notable defects, which
are not sufficiently covered by the existing fire
ordinance. In regard to the Mansard roof, the
ordinance simply provides that It "shan be con-
structed, as to its outside surface, Of fre-proof
or non-ignitnble material" The thin coating Of
slate which il placed upon these wooden super
structures is enough to comply with the law, but
not enough to furnish reasonable protection
against the spread Of fire. The provision
should be amended so as to compel all who
avail themselves Of the ornamental Mansard to
construct with . facing Of iron before the slate
is put On, or otherwise render it as nearly nom
ignitab1e as any other story in the building.
The benefits Of the best Of fire ordinances
however, must be somewhat uncertain without
an adequate system for their enforcement. The
penalties are not enough. Many of the wisest
provisions refer to interior construction, which
can only be noted during the process Of build
ing. There is no other way to enforce the fire
ordinance rigidly than BY the appointment Of
public Building , Inspectors. It is by this means
that European Cities assure protection against
the spread of fire. The State Legislature,
prompted to do 30 by the falling Of q Chicago
building. authorized the sppointusps as such
, 1872-11-19
POLITICAL.

| po7rrr~n7
The Presidential E]ectora meat Il, The sarsr.,
State canita1. and vota ~, +1a 49,, wasso.a.-
| in December.
How Grant came b7 137.575 majority in
Pennsy1yania ia Thus explained:
1872. Liberal, LRenu6. M,;
ct, Buckaew' S1I3soH| e Haart1anft, s5s.ss7 s5627
1'0''1 m o4eeS' o1nt' S4s,aS9 IL, ,573
'9ae 1aeo - 0sls"ale:
Seymour. $3.50 Greeley. ie'a' N 9os
Grant 7,623Grant.. lis
-Ihe vote OF 81 counties in Tennessee, for
Congressman~at-large, is: Maynard, 72r225;
Cheatnan, ol,bIf; andy johnson, IS, i59.
The vote of MARYLAND.
1899 ,oro
Grt 9o
r., -, ...|'o'7s1!'ini. 80 $1,000. .eo,f4o
dad there Deem Legislature TO elect in
Maryland, the Republicans would haye carried
it BY Is majority On joint ballot.
The story that Co1nne1 rThomaa e.,t+ 5a-
si,oa n connne+e .,;+h c;4,o., rae. 'os' ~
~ So4.pe'o "AsH n4Ao. Sa.neloh 1or tue
fennsylVanaa senatorahlp is wholly without
foundation.
The Quincy Wh;n and otha, Grant ,,onora
ara ro,o;nr, eba,h,r - c-,,o-a rs~ c-.1,11s, I,
~ Ao"A ~ eP0Shs1 W
tne tinno1s Legislature. lie Was Speaker IN the
session OF 1861.
For Speaker Of the Wisconsin Legislature.
the names of Samuel & Brannan ~ portaoa
anu d. u. oatfon' OF fo1k' nave thus 1ar been
mentoned-
The votes Of the Marc Island Nayy-Yard
having fai1ed. thia vaar. tn ra-a1ect Conpressman
0aah1o- ~, ~ - st.o~ o1aot;., n.s.~
80 80 ss ~ -, ~, es~:sa IT. sss:-- --a1' 'Ae.s
, 1872-11-19

correspondent Of the Pal MQu Gazette
Trises that the cholera epidemic Of 1872, in the
Benga1Presidency, is virtuallya at an end. Though
2esa fatal as regards numbers, in comparison
ssith some other seasons, the attacks have been
more than usually Tirulent. The deatha among
the civil native population are get down at about
0,000 The returns from the army show that
twenty-four cantonmanta have been invaded.
The whole number OF European troops attacked
WAS $50, OF whom 4a0 died The losses have
been greatest in every instance where the stu
tions we're ogercrowded, and There there
vas lack OF pure air and water.
, 1872-11-19

The Journal has advices from Springfield to
the effect that Governor Oglesby is not DISTRESS
candidate for the United States senate The ru-
NOR cannot be said to be absurd so long az it is
fact. It is possible that Governor Oglesby is
strong enough to defeat any opponent, in which
case, when that fact is ascertained, Nl1. Wash
;hurne will, perhaps, withdraw. Meanwhile, the
New York Torlds Chicago correspondent has
picked up an item to the effect that Hon. Shelby
u. Cul1om is q candidate for Senator.
, 1872-11-19
this time.

In his annual report the Commissioner Of
Patents will ask that mis- Bureau be made sepa-
rate Department and bs reorganized throughout,
rs it's work is altogethe, different from that Of
the other branches Of the Department OF the
Interior, and has grown far beyond the scheme
OF 1888, by which its operations are still regu-
or