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, 1873-10-27

It is but short timo ago that nc recorded
terrible massacre Of AIohanamedanB by tho CHI
nose in tho northern part Of China, and now
comes the nows Of another fesrful slaughter in
Ehiya, which occurred upon the evacuation Of
TINT city by the Russians. In addition to plum
doring tho city, tho 0ozbeks, tho dominant race
of Khiya and BoIkhnra. roao In revolt against tho
Khan, md massacred 1000 Porsians who had
been emancipatod by the Russians. At last nc
counts, the Khan had sent to tho Ruasiana for
assistance, with what result Is not known.
, 1873-10-27

We reprint this morning list OF tho places Of
registration in the various warda. Tho books
will bo opon tomorrow aud next day only. 1tiR
not necessary to point out the duty Of overy
man interested in tho HucceRs Of tho Law-and-
Ordor ticket to SEQ that his namo is duly en-
rolled as voter, but it is important to rcnliud
tlcse cltizons that their opportunity is lm-
tied to these two days, and TINT any neglect may
bring with it worry sorious responsibility. Tho
German papora arc making tho most strenuous
effort to induce the Hesing votcrs to DO prompt
in their naturalization, registration, and voting
They call upon German manufacturers. wholo-
salo dealers, and employers to give their employees
tho necessary time to qualify thomBelyca as
voters, aud are careful to Designate tho time and
place where voters may be naturalizod to order.
II tho foreign Know-Nothing movement outruns
in vigilance tho citizens who havo no need OF
that their names are properly entered in tho
| poll-bookB, tho blarne must rest upon those
who are guilty Of tho neglect. No anne
! man doubts that tho respectable people
are in the largo majority In Chicago,
aud that tho saloon-koepers Gnu be
so overwhelmingly defeated that thcy will nevor
! again try to Boize tho local Government. II the
result shall provo the contrary, it will be because
respectable citizens shall have neglected to dt
their duty as citizens. The first step is to regis
ter. Those who take tho interest to see thai
their namos are properly enrolled will be sure tt
vote. It il matter Of but q few moments to
morrow or next day, and no nun who has
proper apprehension Of the danger Of tho Hos
ing O'Hara raid will daro to neglect it.
, 1873-10-27

Tho Illinois ELECTIONS occur ono week from to-
morrow, aud, whatever othor indications there
NAV DO Of leop feeling through the State, thoro
Ia no lak Of oyilece Of it in I'LL the local preRa.
smoking of the general situation, the Elgin
ADVOCATE observes that ~
Tho autobiography cluncut is not opposed to Reput
lcuna or Du1nocra.s, u sueh, but to monopoly ind
nunjin extravaganza. :. In Republican! co,iusius
thu licnubllcahs Bay tho Democrats "run tho fara
rs md In DemucTatic cuunt!os tho Democrats Charge
ta samo ,lpou tho Republicans, NIL OF which IL very
a]ayor political buuconbe. hut not truth you'd sense.
III narcs uni, paat political isaues cut figure u tic
rsaent reform nuyunout. It IL sano Ut tho pres
nnt ani u we understand, Invites support from y
Ind Iii sources, whose sympathics aro with 1t.
Tho Antl-AIonopoly ticket represents IN Idea
- cause. It is put forward to prssont to the
peopio Of this country tho simple question
whether they think moro Of tholr old party aHso'
oiatiou aud letters THAI Of tho proposed reform
whioh Las called thls great a.ti-monopoly move.
mont OF the Wcatorn producers INTO being. =.
Il the pooplo Of Illinois, In their local elections
, 1873-10-27

l1r. soammon's newspaper has beon publish-
lug Borios of articles demanding the repoal Of
the Bankrupt law, without informing its readers
what the relation Of creditor and debtor would
bo after tue repeal. We havo no hesitation in
saying that the repeal would bo only to tho i'd
vantage Of that class Of debtors who desire to
swind1o their creditors and that ali other classes,
whether debtors or creditors, would sutror by it.
10 demonstrate this It is only necessary to i'd
vert to the condition Of things beforo We had q
National Bankrupt law, which condition would
necessarily roturn upon ita repeal
l. Undor the common law, tie creditor whose
debt becomes due first can Roize the entire prop
orty OF the debtor to mako himself good. That
is, if a B owes O D 5000 aud Inns 100000
worth OF property, o D. upon the maturity Of
tho obligation, may tic up tho total Of A Da
property until Ills claim III antisled. Though a
q may hayo other creditors to tho amount Of
$4,000 not yet duo, they hnyo no chance until
their obligations mature, whom they must lools
to what ia loft.
2. To obyiato the injua!ce OF tlis rule most
Of tho stasos including Illinois, passed. statutes
enabling debtors TO make MI assignment for the
benefit OF their creditors whom thoy founi
thomsolyoa in falling condition. Undor mou
OF these statutes, howoyor, tho debtors wort
given tho privilege Of proforrlng such Of tht
| creditors ~ they Desired to fayor. That ls
A. 3 mndo III assignment OF all his property tx
@ D for the purpoae Of paying i + th'
| amount Of hts claim, thon & II the amount Of
his claim out of tho rcBldue, and, II anything
| WAS loft, to pay K, aud so !. On
The dl1cronce between tho statute o
assignment and tho practice at common
law Ia, that under tho former NOR
priority OF matured debt did not entitle
creditor. to preference, to tho exclusion Of a
, 1873-10-27

Some Of tho New York editors aoem to be
having lively time Of 1t just now, their atten-
ton being about equally divided between tile
conduct Of their newspapers and attending at
court. Mr. Whitelaw Reid, Of tho Tribune and
Mr. Dana, Of tho Sun, hive both been indictedfo
alleged libel on Judge McCue. Of Brooklyn.
The editor and proprietor Of the Echo havo
also been indicted for libel, and slr. shanks, the
city editor Of tho Tribune, will hayo hearing
tomorrow to answer tho charge Of contempt,
in refusing to disclose the name Of tie writer OF
An alleged libo1oua article.
, 1873-10-27

A Liverpool journal points out to Its renders
TINT there has boen a very important invaeion OF
American INSURANCE companies In Great Britain
within the lust few months. 1t takes no alarm
at It, though II regards tho faot Us rathor re-
marhpblo that capital should come from tho Now
World for Investment in the Old. In fact 1t
finds some distinctive mor.ts in the American
system Of insurance. It particularly commonds
tho separation Of lfo and fire insurance, Which
aro commonly united in the British companies,
taking tho exoollont ground that life policy
holders should not havo thcir interests imporiled
by extensive fires, such as those Of Chicago,
Boston, and Baltimore, which may occur ut any
time. It recommends that tho separation Hhall
bo enforced by law in England. 1t also COM
menas tho law Of New York, Massachusetts, aud
somo other States, which requires deposit Of q
largo amount OF money for tho protection of tho
insured, and it i}nds tho official auditing Of
accounts great anl practical safeguard against
fraud
, 1873-10-27

law nor tho statute WAS tho bankrupt discharged
from obligation, aud allowed to tako frcHh
start, until Ao lad paid 100 conta on tho dollar.
1t Is to ono Of those two syHtomB that no
would relapse ii tho National Bankruptcy net
woro ropoalel. A comparison with tho pro-
Visions Of tho present Inv will show TINT this
would DO great misfortune for tile commercial
community. Undor tho National law, all prcfor-
encos are prohibited, and w1so safeguards havo
beon provided to prcvont tho fraudulent nd
vantage by ono creditor over nnothor. Whom
orodltor flies a petition in bankruptcy.
Of tho alleged bankrupt aro brought into court.
AL claims aro put upon TIC sal1lo footing. II II
can DO mndc to appear that tho assets wilt pay
tho entiro indebtedness, tho Court has full pow
saorl1co Of snJ Of tho property. II tho cnHe
proves tho tiobtor to be actually ineolTcnt, his
assots arc administered undor tho direction Of
tho Court for tho equal benefit Of all creditors,
each Of whom receives his exaot proportion MS
rapidly aa tho assets can be converted. II, on
tho general sottlemont, tho bankrupt's property
has boon sufficient to pay go por cent Of all tho
claims against him, ho is discharged from future
liability, and mny resume business without being
hamporcd and tormcnted at every step. Tho
law, therefore, protects not only oil creditors
alike, but tho bankrupt also. After hs
whole fortune haa boen turned out to his credit
ors ho is not made to suffer all tho reRt Of flis
ufo for his past misfortune. At tho same time,
fraudulent bankruptcy aud fraudulent preference
Of creditors are rigilly ayerted not only by the
provisions Of the act but by tho discretionary
powers voatod in tho courts. Wo boliovo TINT
tho conspicuous impartiaiity and protection Of
tho present law on a]l sidoB have rendered it
almost universally acceptable to the commercial
community.
Tho recommendations made by tho National
Board Of Traao for amending tic low in such
manner as to roudor bankrupt proceedings less
costly, and to secure still further uniformity in
tho treatment of creditors, arc vol worthy the
consideration Of CongrosB. Tho complaint that
tho asBots Of d bankrupt aro too much depleted
by tho fooa now allowed the officers Of the court
sooms to bo woll-foundcd, and tho substitution
Of fixed ea1ary would DO IN admirable change.
Uniformity in tho exemptions, which arc NOW
regulated by Tho various State Laws, would un'
doubtealy be desirable but the faot that State
exemptions nro really part Of tho contract
entered into by debtor and creditor before
bankruptcy takes place detracts somewhat from
tho forco Of tho argument against State OF.
emrtiona.
Whatever practical amendments may be made
in tho right direction, it is obvious that repca
Of tho law, throwing tho creditors and debtors
back upon tho defective system Of tho ssatt
statutes and ts concurrent hardships, would b'
ill-advisel as ne havo said, tho only class tha
could derive any benefit from this change ar'
debtors, who would mako 1t available for de
frauding their creditors.
, 1873-10-27
forty.

Our New York dispatches announce that
company hns been formed in England with
d capital Of s1o,00o.0oo for tho purpose
of laying nnother cablo telegraph between
that country and tho United States,
the American terminus to 10 somewhere
on Long Island. Tho cable, 1t is stated, will be
Connected with wiros along tho line OF the Eric
Baltimore &'Ohio. and Pennsylvania Roads. The
Directors OF tho Company are English aud
American CAPITALISTS.
, 1873-10-27

Notwithstanding the fact Of the Count do
Chamborl'H recent concessions with regard to
tho Popo and his temporal poBacssfons, the
Bonapartist Deputies, twenty-five In NUMBER
have signed document protesting against the
constitutional monarchy scheme. This accession
to tho ranks Of tho Republicans givos tho dispo-
eition Of tho question into tho hands OF the
doubtful members, Of whom thore are thirty or
, 1873-10-27
U}1r. Gblfapn 0eibu11t.
Monday Morning, October AZ, 1873.

Complete returna from tho recent judicial
election in California, in twenty counties out Of
thirty-two. gives Mo1dnBtry, tho Peoples eandi-
date a very handsome majority, which cannot
bo ovclcone. Tho result is regarded by Gov.
Booths friends as insuring his election to the
United States Senate.
, 1873-10-27

CINCINNATI, O., Got. 2G.-sonntors Window,
john shorlnan lsosooo Conklng r. Norwood.
Transportation, arrived in this city to-night from
Huntingdon and will so from lloro to Louisville,
and thence to st. Louis. lion. i. Hereford, oi
West Virginia; ind Coils. Carrington and Hoboll,
ot Richmond, accompanied thom,; also Mat.
CauQl.
, 1873-10-27

TERMs or sunBcnrr7iox fr..sAniE IN AnsAsoH'' r.,
eailS hy S9Mkaty aokty x.3H
rars Of yoar st tho saine rate.
Tor1oyent tle1ay and miaakc 10 auro and R1sc foss
on co address in full. Including State anil County,
Nottances may bo niato eter by draft, oxrsess, Font
0fice oldor or in registered 10tters. nt nur risk
rEnAB TO CITY suB4pn1nE1s.
paIty. de1iEorcu snndhy excepted % cott pcr "cok
Datly dull, cred, Bnnday tnctudcd ~ c0ns por w1ok.
Address THE TRIBUNE COHlPANf.
Corner Madison aud Deasburn.st1.. Chicago. Ill.
, 1873-10-27

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-Ifs1slod street, between Mad.
son and Monroe. Engagement Of CatlottA Leoloroq'
, 1873-10-27

MYERS OrERA.uOusE- Monroe stroet, eetgeon
Dearborn and Hnlo. " INnnS Mukca In toR'' hln'
Etrosy and comicaliucs
, 1873-10-27

Annual average Of dividends. s..-".... $3,7a5931
In addition, the Company has bonded dobt
of botvoen five and six millions OF dollars. Tho
attompt to pay dividonds on this amount OF
stock and interest OH tue debt has taxed tao
ingenuity OF tho worry ablc management. md has
uot been successful Some timo ago, Vanderbilt
vas aoduccd into purchasing largo amount ct
tho stock, aud, onco In, ho undertook to mako 1t
one Of the lending faucos. He Ind bulled 1t up
to 01 whom tho pauio cemo, aud tho water COM
mencod to ovaporate. Western Union declined
to 81. Some days ago Vanderbilt was able to
push It up to 10, but on Saturday 1t WIS down
again to 5l1l.
We lavo seen that tho nominal capital IL now
a48,000,000 including tue bonds, 1t stands at
340, 900, oD0. How much Of this Vanderbilt and
hiB family own NO canuot say, but certaiuly at
tho last annual oleotlon he was ablo to control .
majority Of the stock, and thorely to fill the
Board Of Directors with his friends and de-
psndenss. tt Ia probable that Vanderbilt and
| his coterie own or control clean majority Of
tho stock, and that 1t coat him and them IN
, 1873-10-27
TO.DAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

atov1oKnTs TI1EATRE-A1adaon ssseet. totruon
Dearborn aud HtAte. Engagement Of Mt4a Nen9on.
~ Romeo and Jullet.h
, 1873-10-27

The proposition by tho Postmaster General to
purchase nll the telegraph lines Of tho country
has acquired frosh interest from the financial
embarrassncnta OF Commodore Vanderbilt.
The Western Union Telegraph Company is pur-
sued by two kinds Of consuming parasites. Tile
first OF these lie In tho form Of opposition COM
panies. The telegraph patents have long since
expired, and any porson or company Is
at liberty to build limo anywhere,
at my timo, and do all tho buhi-
ness 1t can at any rites it may choose
to establish. Tho coat Of building telegraph
llnes is not 80 hoavy to deter capitalists from
TINT form Of Investment. In other wordB tele-
graphing is not monopoly, aud cannot be made
such. Since tho close Of tho War, tho Western
Union Company has bought four opposition
companies, and now ones have invariably taken
their places, Thoro ia obviously no end to this
process except the bottom Of the Western Union
Compauy's purse.
Tho other class Of parasites is composed Of
those who, by virtue OF official position levy
sort Of blackusil upon tho Company. Tho OK
tent to which this lB carried may be judged by
the following paragraph in President Orton'h
laBt report to the atoekloldors:
The franks ISSUED to Government officials constitute
nearly third Of tie total complimentary business.
The wirea Of tho Western Union Company extend Into
thirty-seven States and nine Territories within the
ita Of tho United States mid Into four Of tie Brit
iyl Provinces In Ill Of them our property Is more OF
lesn subject to tho action OF the National, state, and
municipal authorities ind tho juuctous Of CON-
nucntary franks among them has beou tho means of
sayiug to the Company many times tic money value Of
the freeAoryico performed.
This public exposure Of the abuse OF the
franking privilege may have beon an explanation
to the stockholders to account for the, ,non-pay-
mont Of dividends during tho last fiscal year, but
| it looks to us moro like challenge to tho
Government officials implicated to cry havoc
and lot slip the dogs Of WIT.
Tho financial history Of this Company ia set
forth in q curious publication recently iasued by
mr. Gardiner &. Hubbard, the champion of the
Postal Telegraph system. Tho Company WAS
incorporated In 1851, but paid no dividends until
1865 tho profits boing used iu extensions Of the
lines etc., otc. Mr.. Hubbard's financial exhibit
ia ~ followa:
In 1858 the capital stock wns...,....... $685. 700
From 1853 to 1906 stock adsue1 for cAsh... 1B7
FLOCK for boutls etc b,G0G
Btock for other purposcs. s................ lY3,154
For stock diytloutls ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 17,blU III
For Lines purchasel 3,392 U0l
january 1866, total capital STOCK .$29 OTIS 7ot
In go there was issued:
Stock for purchase OF U. 8. Telegraph
o.. and u. 8. Pacific Telegraph Cu....... $7216 3ot
Stock for Amer!cah Telegraph Gu ........ 3B33, 3G
stock dividends to American Telegraph Co.. evo0,O0
1869, total capi.ai. ,o03, ,l0
from 1869 to 1866 tho dividends were as fol
Totsl stock Dividends iu oght yeara. $40 IL
TOTAL cugh diyilunds in eight years..... 4,l61, ~
|
Total dividends. .S9l ,967 ,5a
, 1873-10-27

The Brooklyn drgus wantH to know what
course President arant will order his Attorney
Genora1 to pursue with rognrd to AIr. Henry D.
Uooko, Ex-Governor Of tho District Of Columbia
and President Of tho suspended Firat National
Bank In Washington. This inquiry Ia suggested
by tho statement Of tho Receiver, which contains
tho following items: ....,
Capital. .S5OO,00u.00
AsBETB.
Bonds hold by Jay oooko & Co. ann.
Ds from Jay Cooke d. {0roh
.cslci 93ssao
.,., ------$772, ,o8l.4o
This statement receives special Significance
from tho two following extracts from tho Ma
tonel Banking law, which can bo found rospoot-
ivcly in Sections 20 aud 56: =
Tint the total liabilities to any association Of any
peraon, or Of my company, corporation, or hr, Tor
money borrowed, Including In tho liabilities Of COM
pany or firm the liabilities Of tho aoveral Eaombers
thereof shall at no timo exceed onotcnth part Of tho
amount Of the capital stock Of ouch association actually
paid In.
That oyory President Director. Cashier, toer, clerk,
or agent Of any association who ahall embozzc, ab-
etract or wi1fuy nisapp}y my Of the moneys, funds,
or credits of tho association sa be doomed guilty Of
misaomcanor, and upon conviction thereof shnll be
punished by imprisonment not less than five nor more
| than ten years.
But II h1r. Henry D. Cooke is to bo called to
Htrict accountability under the law (which ia
very doubtfuD, what shall be done with high
Government official who. In spite Of tho prohibi-
tion by law, authorized the depooit of moro than
$1,000 in this Hamo National Bank soithout So
CURLY?
, 1873-10-27

DO NOT IET YOUR PnEJuDIUE sTAMn I HE-
snlntey VIZ surc to foilow the Of MRS. W1NsLOW'5
Si}DTiIii;t SYRUP.
, 1873-10-27

INTERSTATE Expos1T1ON-Laks-s Shore. foot Of
Adams 8trcot.
.KAHN's ANATOMICAL EusEUM-14s South Clark
1t. Science and Art.
, 1873-10-27

to quostlon King Williams sovereignty; and
1t is tho duty Of every man, native or foreign
born, to mid in maintaining law and ordor. Tor
theao roaHons tho Gazeito thinks that the public
monoy eau DO better used tlinn tin attempting
to initiate the pomp and show of moro powerful
natfons" with standing army Of afty-four
mon). Tho arn,y band has boon retained intact.
however, md this is approved by tho loyal
Gazette, because IT will aorye rs nucleus for
tho volunteer companies a.d impart feeling
Of public security" it must DO happy country
Ia which pes3o and senso Of security can DO
mali. .ainod with brass bnnd
, 1873-10-27

HtJStkFca A1Tt1.
-tS<C@4
, 1873-10-27

anccB complfanoQ Oh Gun cot!afIeAttotth43 Nolu
| against tho Farmors' tickot, but il ho realizes
the true condition Of affairs ho oAn. readily un-
| derstand tint the hope OF tho country III in
| change Of policy, apd that chango chnnot pe
| effected in d corrupt pnrty.-char|esEon (la.)
| Courier.
~ graud success this fall will give tho cause
OF Justice and right Bnch an impetus that
nothing eau resist it in tho election of 'nombera
| OF tho ktato Legislature npd meaborB OF
Congress- next year, WHOM: tho great battlo Pc
twoon reform aud o!ficlal dishonesty, labor
against capllal. will bo fought: No man
farmers and laboring mon OF the country o. q
grand triumph at tic polls on Tuesday, tho 4th
day OF next November. Thoir triumph Will DO d
declaration Of war that the monon9!!ints can
tic wall' that Will nlrko terror to those who are
opprosyinE tho people, aud will insure q grand
victory Of tue peoplo oyor tho nloney-bags Of
tic country noxt year.-Pa1ton (lN.) Journal.
--Wo publish elsewhere letter from " A.
itics," This reminds lib that tho dny boforo the
Republican caucus we asked a frlond Of ono OF
the other ca1ld.dntcs ii they we're going to try to
got up 4 delegation. lie replied, in substance
"No, tile bauha have combined upon oanal-
auy nan 1t is as much as to nny to every basnehs-
man In town, You mtlht support this l1n or yoii
cannot expect any accommodations from ua.
II thia IL tho faot thoy deserve robnko from
tho pooplo by dotoat Of their tlokot'-Aa'o's'
Now IL the tiulo for tho merchant, tho = me.
oltanip, tho farn,er, anl tho traaehlnan to stel
/, forward and Bhow that thoy arc indeed poWel
In the land! Tho tilno has now come, aud tut
apneal ID no" mado to at1 those WMo a1o woer
zation, to ally tGomaelvoa with this 1noyonlont
the beginning OF which Ia auccaBB, and tho con
tinualion Of which will be the destruction Of 1T
oppoHorn.- Clinton (IN) Register.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-09-25
A CARD.

Mssrs. Ed;tors.-Please say to my
..lesiou" Of friends that they have my sim
cere thanks for the compliment paid me.
and Tor the confidence shown in ne, BY
announcing me - . candidate for the State
Senate. but that We may have harmony. I
give way in favor Of Capt. Randolph
Jones.
I wssld respectfully announce myself a.
Q candidate for the House Of Delegates aud
solicit the support u the people Of the
county. pledging myself. IL elected. 10 ad-
vocate ssch measures as will. in my judg-
msat. best promote the interest Of my fel-
low-citisens.
A. A. LAWRENCE.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-09-25
lCoMNUNIcArED.

.st C0MNUNIcArKD.
Mr.. Editor Feeling I would be do
ing an injustice to the patsntse to with
hold my opinion in reference to the great
value Of z. D. Blakistone's Tobacco Hill
Ter. I would be pleased il you would in
sert this piece in your paper. When my
land was prepared for killing. I with one
horse struck of about ten thousand hills
to the hour. And . gentleman who pur-
chased a machine says it win strike fifteen
thousand to the horr. As to striking to-
bacco hills the labor is mparatively moth.
ing. Again, you may have four or FIVE
planters a. had. and all hands may be
drawing plants. without having any bills
and when the plants have been drawn,
your hands will only have to wait until
you strike about two rows, after that time
twenty bands cannot plant as fast as the
Hitler will strike the hills. Some may
think that striking bills is only secondary.
but let me inform you that killing is only
. very small share of the advantages OF
the Hitler. With i, you can plant With
such precision that the after culture Of the
plant is but . small affair.
! have not used hoe on part Of my
crop. and believe my crop a. good rs those
who toiled over their crops from sun 10
sun many days. l only used the cul.iva-
tor. both ways. and my land is three feet
one way BY 80 inches the other. and I be-
lieve much Of my tobacco will weigh
pound when cured to the plant. (that
which 10 twist bud).
With the use Of z. D. Blakistone's To-
bacco Hitler I can safely state that. with
three hands. I can easily work two hun
dred thousand tobacco hills. and not be as
closely engaged rs l would be to work one
hundred thousand without il.
i am. sir. yours most respectfully,
]. NJ. GoLpsMIrH,
Pavilion,
.s Sept. 18th. 1873.