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, 1872-11-08

| The suggestion made in the commercial col
umns Of the last issue Of The TRIBUNE, that, Is
the stocks Of grain in store are now so low, it
would not be much trouble to go through the
process OF weighing, so as to determine exactly
how much is in store, is one which should meet
| With prompt action. The weekly statement OF
receipts and shipments, OF itself, affords ample
grounds for such measurement. The daily bull
letina for last week Of wheat showed shipments
OF 676, 129 bushels; withdrawn for city consump-
tion II ,682 bushels and received, 587, 700 BUSH
els, showing decrease Of 100051 bushels over
the previous week, whi1e the weekly statement
OF stock in store shows an increase Of 20,795.
In barley, there is total discrepanc;y
OF 152, 749 bushels during the same time. On
Wednesday morning, one road reported l00,50o
bushe1s Of wheat received since Monday morn
ing, which the Inspectors books showed YVES
about ten times the amount actually receITed
over that road. These loose and diacordant Sta
t1stlcs, added to the fact Of the general impress
sion on the Board Of Trade that the amour. Of
grain, especially Of corn reported in store great
y exceeds the real amount, ought to be sufficient
to call for IN official measurement. As the mat.
ter stands at present. It would seem as it there.
cent warehouse Investigations and ,cor-
ner e1po5itions4 simply developed the f;lct
that there we're warehouse receipts
negotiated on the Board Of Trade
which had no grain behind them but in Aicted
no penalty against such false pretence, nd;pro-
7lded no safeguards for the future. II that in
Testigation has only succeeded in retiring these
old certi6cates, and crediting the differences be-
tween the amount actually in store and the
amount reported to new receipts, it is only
abolishing one evil by creating another of a.sin-
liar character. It is evidently time to take &C.
count Of stock again, and there. can be no better
time than now, when stocks are light, and the
opportunities for measuring grain twice over are
not go abundant.
, 1872-11-08

In another part Of this paper will be found d
sketch Of the life Of General George G. Meade,
who died in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Gen
eral Meade was soldier in the fullest sense Of
the term. He was hardly more distinguished
for his ability than for his modesty. So long as
the American people remember the battle Of
Gettysburg. SO long will they bear in mind the
merits Of the great soldier who united the quail
ties Of hero and statesman, patriot and gentle
regard the sanctity Of the law and the civil
rights Of the people.
, 1872-11-08

On Wednesday, the case Of the State 1nsur-
ance Company was before Judge Drummond
for the review Of decision previously made by
the District Court. Under the previous de-
ciHion, sort of compromise vas permitted,
which was resisted by several creditors. This
action Was overru1ed by Judge Drummond, who,
it is understood, sharply reprimanded the con-
duct Of some of the parties connected with the
suit BY his decision, the case is remanded to
the condition it WAS before the intended COM
promise was agreed upon. Judge Drummond's
decision is certainly gain to the cause Of CON-
mercial morality.
, 1872-11-08
SHALL C0RN-a3OWINH IlE ABANDONED 2

SHALL CoRN-d70WING; ItE ABANDONED ?
We recently called attention to the unanimous
recomHs4epd alton of the National Board of Trade,
u favor Of reciprocity with Canada, the Cana
clan Government, tits n.cost, to 80 enlarge
the Welland and st. Lawrence Canals as to fur
nish a continuous waber-route to Montreal.
This matter of transportation is .no5y one of
the most vital character. We are opening to
cultivation every day new regions. The vast
territories Of Kansas and. Nebraska and the
country along the route Of the Northern Pacific
Railway are filling up with people, chiefly
farmers. What are they to do
with their surplus crops? Of what
use is it to raise ten million bushels of surplus
grain IN Nebraska, and Dakota, and Kansas.
when the producers can get nothing for it?
Corn raised in Iowa, along the lines Of the rail-
"ays: does not yield the producer first cost.
What are those farmers who live two or tbree
hundred miles further to do with their surplus ?
What are the people of Illinois to do with theirs
There are thousands Of farmers in I1,noia
with more than an average crop, who will not
receive for it enough money to pny their taxes.
It is perfectly plain that the farmers of the West
would now be better off if they had let oue-ha]f
their land lie idle this year. They would
certainly have got better prices for the corn:
they did raise, and would have saved,
the expense wasted on the rest
of their land. The loss in producing grain i'm
1879 is partly due to the unusual sapply,. and
partly to the increase in the cost OF transporta-
tion. The capital stocks Of the leading rail-
roads Of the country have been, since the Gloss
Of the Tar. extensively Matered, in some in,
, 1872-11-08

New York correspondent has made discov-
cry that is dzeadfully shocking to old prejudices,
as well as angular indication Of some notable
mental differences between the sexes. He says
that. in canvassing the Eighth Ward, where
nearly all the negroes Of New York live, he
found more than 5000 negro men married to
white women, and but one white man married to
q negro woman. Among the females many are
claimed to be young and handsome, while most
Of them are represented to be contented and
even cheerful. The correspondent who has
made this discovery says that he inquired Of
several OF the white women how they came to
marry negroes, and that the answer was that s'it
WAS better to be the wife Of black man
than q white minis mistress.' II these
answers are true, it seems that the alliances are
justified more on the score Of morals than On that
of nsthetics. II there is such disproportion
between white men and white women, it would
also indicate that the women are the more sus-
ceptib1e, though the obstacles in the way Of the
marriage or the se1f-support Of women in the
lovo1 Glasses of life undoubtedly influence them
in the choice between colored husband or none
at all.
, 1872-11-08

The Signal Service weather reports are now
received at Washington three times each day,
from 10 different stations, embracing the most
prominent meteorological and commercial points
in the United States, and the information thus
Cleveland Able makes up his daily diagnosis
of the weather. The Department has just COM
menced the use Of a uuch-improved map,-cn
which these reports are bulletined, giving tha
elevations of the stations, ind the changes s;pce
the last report, in addition to the usual Sta
tietics for the date of issue.
, 1872-11-08
CONTENTS OF To.DAY's TRIBUNE.

FIRST PAGE-Election Returns Miscellaneous NeEs
By Telegraph.
SECOND PAGE-Philadelphia Letter: Birdseye
View from the New Masonic Temple; How Stephen
Girard Made Philadelphia; Resi- Estate and Busi-
uess Notes.-The Wards Island Hozro1s-The Re-
suit: How 1t Is Viewed by all Parties, Comments of
the Press.
THIRD PAGE-The Murderers: How Rafferty, and Per
tact Received the News Of Their New Tzial; The
Condemned Peri Terribly Enraged Over the Courts
Partially ''-Another Expulsion from the Bonrd
of Trade-County Adars-General News Items
Railroad Time-Ta -Table-Busness Directo1y-Adger-
ttsements. .
FOURTH PAGE-Editora1s': Shall Corn Growing be
Abandoned; October Voting Plans OF Civil Ser
vice Reform; Cruelty Its Own Reward; Phtladel-
pha-0bituary: George G. Meade-Cu1zent News
Items.
FIFTH PAGE-The Lew Conrts-A1arkets by Telegraph
Advertisements.
SIXTH PAGE-Monetary and Commercial Marine In.
tetgence.
SEVENTH PAGE-The Academy of Desgn-Ruined by
War: A Picture Of Dissolution and Desertion-
Small Advertisements: Real Estate, For Sa1e,
Wanted To Rent Boarding, Lodging, Etc.
EIGHTH PAGE-The Horse Disease-Clty In Brief
Auction Advertisements.
, 1872-11-08

Norway can 1egitimately claim the latest tri-
umph in Arctic explorations. Captain Nils
johnson, who sailed from Fromsoe, Norway, on
the 9Th Of May last, has rediscoyered the Open
Polar Sea, and has accomplished still more in To-
eating the lands to the east Of spitzbergen,
which have puzzled the geographers and map
makers for two hundred years ormore. He finds
these lands, which we're supposed to consist Of
three islands separated by channels, to be q
broad stretch Of ground, low in places, but con-
tinuous. The atmospheric conditions, from the
facts reported BY Captain johnson, are
very different from what they have been
commonly supposed to be. In the Open
Polar Sea, and all around the coast Of the terra
incognita, he failed to meet with any icebergs,
and nowhere YVES ice to be seen except from the
summit Of the bills. Dr. Augustus Peter1nan,
Of Gotha, who makes the report on what Cap
tain johnson has already communicated, holds
that the immense longitudinal piles Of driftwood,
which we're discovered along the coast, are con-
frmatory Of the supposed current conditions
Of the Arctic Ocean. Captain johnson reports
birds, seals, and reindeers in great numbers.
His maps and CHARTS which have not yet arrived,
are expected to be Of great service to geography,
and his discoveries in the fauna and flora Of
these Arctic regions will form important contri-
buttons to science.
, 1872-11-08

The Chicago produce markets we're rather less
active yesterday, and prices averaged lower,
though several departments were unchanged.
Ness pork was quiet and shade frmer, at
$1,000 for old, s14.oo for new: and s12.50@l2.55
seller Decc1.'}:l:. :-4-d ':a5 quiet and steady at
751c cash. ::::1 ~ ,. ->..1:r december. Meats
we're ac..;- = .i:: :. 4 tic for shoulders,
7A{G7:c IL. -. - :, - Tor short clear,
Ill p1::: s.:-.-.: 49, '';=ci. Highwines
1ere inactive :nd uoinlnally unchanged,
at s9E@9oc per gallon. Lake freights
we're quiet and 1c lower. at 15c
for wheat by sail to Buffalo. Flour YES quiet
, 1872-11-08
CRUELTY ITS OWN REWARD.

The Tact cannot be made too prominent that q
quick penalty has already followed in numerous
instances where the greed and carelessness Of
owners has led them to work their sick horses.
There we're more deaths Of horses yesterday
than at any period since the malady broke out in
and single vehicles abroad than at any time dur
ing the past week, and the most inexperienced
obsorver'must have seen that not one in ten Of
the horses thus forced into use was fit for the
striking proofs Of this fact, and We hope to
chorn1cle arrests to-day by the Humane
Society officials, if the spectacle is re-
peated. Every horse owner should
understand By this time that the disease is one
to which strength instantly succumbs, and the
treatment necessarily TeakenB the animal still
further. It is m outrage On humanity, and 3
burlesque on care, to load the horse with
blankets and put him at work.in harness. We
cannot too strongly enforce thia repeated warn
ing to let tho sick horses alone, and leave them
as quiet as possible, relieved even from the nom
aensical fussiness that prevails in some Of the
stables, where the grooms and helpers might be
far better employed in bistering one another,
and forcing gargles down each others
throats. All TINT is necessary ia shelter,
rest, and few simple remedies. AL
beyond this is worse than folly, and
hastens nothing but the already thickening
proofs that the horse disease, bad as it is, may
be made worse by mans agency. We like the
rule adopted in large boarding stable in the
South Division, where not horse has yet been
lost. 4 boartler pressed to use his horse. The
answer was: "You may take him out, but you
need not bring him back il you do" The horse
was left; the better for him and his owner. Will
our citizens sorely suffering from this unparal-
le1ed visitation, exercise Christian and humane
patience a>little longer?
, 1872-11-08

and steady. Wheat vas active, but easier, clos
ing firm at s1.o5A seller the month, and s1.o55z
seller December. Corn Eas active, but 14@Mc
lower, closing at Sic seller the month, and sos<
@3oTc seller December. Oats we're dull and
steady at 2o5sc seller the month, and pc seller
December. *hye WAS quiet, and 10 lower, at
53c. Barley was shade 6rmer, at 6o@6oLc for
No. 2, and 5o@51c for No. 3. The hog market
was dull, and weak throughout, closing 15c
lower, or at s4.2o@4.45. There was no life in
the cattle trade. sales reaching only about 400
head. Sheep ruled quiet and unchanged.
, 1872-11-08
OCTOBER VOTING.

AJclose observer Of the progress Of the late
Pr esidential campaign will not be disposed to
d. ,ny that the almost unprecedented rout Of the
Liberal party was due to the result Of the Octo-
ber State elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
Indiana. Wr. Greeley might hayo been defeated
!, If these State elections had not occurred until
the day Of the Presidential election. We have
quiet opinion that he would have carried Illinois,
At all events, the defeat would have been moth
ing like the overwhelming stampede which it has
proved to be, and there would hive been much
fairer expression Of public opinion than can now
be found in the election returns. It has become
the custom Of the entire people Of this coun-
try to look to the October elections of these
three States for a decision Of the Presidential
contest In the campaign just over, this WAS
more eanphatically the case than ever before.
There was no such division between National
parties as in former campaigns. There was
general breakup Of partisan sentiment last
May. Republicans did not act together as Re-
publcsuas; nor did Democrats as Democrats.
The right Of every man to go where he pleased,
without reference to former political connec-
tons, YVES everywhere conceded, except, per-
hops, among tie ofice-holdors. In this condi-
tion Of things, it was impossible to foretell the
division of the people with any reasonable aasur-
ance OF correctness. There YVES only one point
upon which both parties united, end this was
that the results Of the October State elections
would determine the battle. There was q tacit
agreement among all parties and among al men
to abide by these results.
The events that followed the October elec-
lions strs.kngly confirm their influence, rs those
preceding them were prophetic. No sooner
were thes1esults announced than the influence
which haatbeen predicted Was fully acknowl-
edged The Republican majority had been mr.
terially reduced in Ohio. Hendricks had been
elected IN Indiana, where he was defeated four
years ago under similar circumstances. The
frauds in Pennsylyania we're go glaring that
there was scarcely disposition on the part of
the Hartranft party to deny them But the
agreement had been made; the custom
was too strong to resist; the oppo-
sition buried it's head under it's
wing, poor thing, and quietly gave up the
ghost. There WAS nothing else to do The ut
ter collapse of confidence and hope is shown by
the election returns of November in these same
States. Pennsylvania increased its Republican
majority some $1,000 over that of October;
Ohio returned majority Of $4,000 more, and
one county in Indiana (la1len), which gave ma
jorty Of more than 5000 for the Liberals On the
sth of October: only returned some 1900 ma
jority On the 5th OF November. It will scarcely
be claimed that SO vast change in political |
sentiment could have been accomplished in the
brief space of 3 month by tho eloquence of ora i
tors OF the Jogic Of newspapers. The result
, 1872-11-08

The writer Of the American articles in the Lon
don Nesos, who is supposed to be Mr.. Justin Nc
Carthy, recently took occasion to describe and
comment upon what he apt1y named singing
campaign IS applied to the attempted revival,
for the late Presidential Canvass, Of the Log
Cabin and Hard Cider measures used in the days
Of Harrison. The conclusion Was that the time
for singing campaign WAS over. The writer
said, 6" Give me, the modern politician may put
it, the making Of a people 3 laws, and don't
care-let us say, in American phrase-a red
cent who makes their ballads" heconcluBion
Was based. as the results have proved, upon
very good judgment, if not spirit Of prophecy.
, 1872-11-08

Washington rumor,-whatever it it may be
17orth,- that the members Of the Cabinet hare
informally agreed to tender their designations, at
the close Of the present term, to the President,
who can take advantage of them II any cases in
which he desires change. If ex-senator Morgan,
of New York, forbears to interfere in the re-
election Of Senator Conk1ing from that State, it
is intimated that he may have the secretaryBhip
of the Treasury in place Of Boutwell,, who is to
succeed Wilson in the Senate.
, 1872-11-08
POLITICAL.

There have been elected to fill vacancies in the
present Congress-, Joseph r. Hawley, RepubG-
can, Of Hartford Ct, vice Strong, deceased
E. ". Beck, Liberal, Of Griffin, Ga, vice Speer,
deceased; Harry Lott (co4ored), Republican, in
Louisiana, vice McCleary, deceased; c. c. Esty,
Republican, of birmingham, Mass, vice Brooks,
resigned; and Ozro J. Dodds, Liberal, Of Gin
cinnati, vice Perry, resigned
There will be in the new Congress, to meet
year hence, probably one colored Senator,
Elliott, Of South Carolina and six colored Rep
resentatives.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
In the desert OF Grantisn, Hamilton County stands
forth fresh oasis It is rs the shadow Of great
rock in spent and weary land. re have carried the
s94 the splendid majority Of October. In view Of
all the circumstances the Liberals Of Hamilton have
done noby. Our total vote case in October wills 42,
473. That OF yesterday vas Al ,897.
-O'Conor appears to hare polled here and
there few votes, possibly 25, 600 in the whole
United States ; and in Ohio couple Of hundred
we're thrown away On the BlacI, James Black,
of Pennsylvania, Temperance candidate.
Governor Hadley is put forward as o candi-
date for the United States Senate from Arkan-
ea8.
The vote for Congress in the Hartford (Ct.)
District, was: Joseph R. Hawley, $1,000; vii
liam ". Eaton, u, 4o6. Last spring the vote for
Governor was: Republican, zoos; Democrat,
1892.
Tho Republican majorities for Congress in
Minnesota are roughly estimated: First Dis
trlct Dunnel, 10000; Second, Straight, 1000
Third, Ayerill, 1000.
The Wisconsin Legislature will probably
divide as follows: senate-21 Republicans, II
Liberals; House 81 Republicans, 43 Liberals.
1t is neck-and-neck between Kansas and
Minnesota which polls the biggest aggregate
vote.
General Beauregard made gallant ran'
but was beaten, in New Orleans, for Adln1n1s11a"
tor OF improvements.
, 1872-11-08
Thomas Su1ly>

From. the Ne1e York Tribune, Noy. 6:
The patriarch of American artists died in Phil
ade1phia Yesterday morning. Thomas Sul1y was
portrait painter Of distinction SO long ago that
the first impulse OF most Of those Who read Of Of
his death will Of surprise that he WIS living until
this date. He came to this country, a lad Of 9
years OF age, in 1892, with his parents, who we're
English players. He began the study Of painting
at very early age, and in 1903 established him
self IS an artist IN Richmond, Va, whencehesoon
removed to New York. He did not remain long
here, however, but soon betook himself to
Philadelphia, where he spent the rest Of bis
long life. His greatest successes we're attained
many years ago, although he has never entirely
laid down the pencil. Among his best known
works are portraits of Thomas Jefferson, La
fayette, Commodore Decatur, and DR.. Benjamin
Rush. In 1888 he was commissioned to paint 3
portrait Of the Queen Of England. His princi-
pal historical picture is Washington crossing
the Delaware now in the Museum at Boston
His son, General sn11y, Of the United States
Army, is gallant and accomplished othcer, who
has distinguished himself in our Indian Wa1a On
the frontier.
, 1872-11-08

Rheims is added to the French towns which
have been freed, by the prompt payment Of the
successive insta1ments of the indemnity, from
the presence Of 3 foreign garrison. Prussia is
diminishing her force in French territory in pro-
portion to the di1ninution Of the indemnity.
frenchmen have displayed patriotic alacrity in
iquidating this Prussian bill Of damages. Two
hundred million francs will be paid this week,
and at the end of the year only two milliards
will remain unpaid
, 1872-11-08

We reproduce the admirable letter of Horace
Greeley announcing that he has resumed the
| editorship Of the New York Tribune. That let
| ter says:
"The undersigned resumes the editorship Of the
1T1oune, which he relinquished embarking in an
other line Of business, six months ago. Henceforth it
shau be his endeavor to make this thoroughly in
dependent Journal treating all parties and political
movements with Judicial fairness and candor, but
co1ting the favor and deprecating the wrath Of no
one. II lie can hereafter say anything that will tend
to heartily unite the whole American people on the
nroad platform Of Universal Amnesty and Impartial
Suffrage, he will gladly do 80. For the present how
ever, he can best commend that consummation by
silence and forbearance. Tho victors in our late
struggle can hardly fail to take the wbo1e
subject Of Southern rights and wrongs
into early and earnest consideration and to them for
the present he RENTS it. Since he Will never again be
candidate for any Office, and is not in full accord
Win either Of the great parties which have hitherto
divided the country, he will be able and will endeayor
to give wider and scader regard to the proercss Of
science, industry, and the usefnl arts than partisan
journal can dos and he will not be provoked to indr-
gence in those bitter personalities which are tho bane
Of journalism. Sustained by a generous public, he
will do his best to make the Tribune power in the
broader field 1t now contemplates, as when human
freedom was in peril 1t Was in the arena of political
partisanship.
(Signed) "HoRAcr Gsrr,zv
"NEw YonK, Nov. 6, 1s72,n
Ihls Is the language of patriot. Mr. Gree
ley has lost nothing by his defeat. His intellec-
tual power, his personal integrity, his exemplary
kindness Of heart will now be frankly acknowl-
edged by the whole country, as they have already
been lndorsed BY part. He has come out of
the election free of all stain upon his character.
His opponent has been elected President, but
Mr. Greeley in every sense holds the same high
place among his countrymen that he has ever
done, and to which an election to Office could
have given no additional lustre; and the New
York Tribune will hereafter, in it's independent
character, be more prosperous than ever before.
, 1872-11-08

The Hon. Schuyler Colfax has published q
card. in which he states that he is not a candi-
date or aspirant for the United States Senate,
nor for any position, political or editorial, State
or National, The country, We think, w==;ii+Fegret
this determination On the part Of z1r. Colfax,
particularly as regards the ser:*s, to which body
he would, as member, add the dignity and
character that have. marked his conduct as a
presiding officer
, 1872-11-08

The Lutheran Church, which is holding it's
Annual Council at Akron, O., is one Of the old
sst Of Protestant denominations, and in Europe
the most powerful 1t Was formed in 1507, and
made its advent to this country in New York in
1880. It claims twenty-five million members in
Europe, and is the established religion in more
European States than any other Protestant
Church. It has about half million American
, 1872-11-08

clerkahips, and customs, and diplomatic, and
army and navy services to fill.
In the effort however, to embody the existing
public sentiment in favor Of reform into some
tangible and effective measure On which all true
friends Of reform may unite, we anticipate that
the plan Of making local Federal Offices elective
will become prominent.