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Tho full extent Of tho salary-atoal ia not yet
thoroughly understood by the people. There ia
ia q general impreasion that the salaries OF tho
President and members Of Congross were on
larged, but that the riso stopped horo. The fact
Ia, that tho incroaae Of salarlos included large
torco Of other persons in tho Qovornmont sor-
yico. Tho salary OF tho President WAS in
croasod e25,oo0 year; TINT OF each Con-
greasman e2,5oo year; those Of tho Woo
President, Speaker, Supreme Judges, and tho
soven mombors Of tho Cabinet, $4,000 yoar
each. Ali tho Assistant seorotaries had their
salaries raised 81, 500 eaoh. AL tho Commits
sionors occurred Ill advance Of 81 900 each. Tho
Supervising Architect Of tho Transury. tho ao~
lioitor Of tho Treasury. tho assistants in tho
postmastor- Generals ollleo, and all tho Auditors
enjoyed IN Increase q e1,Qoo each. frho
salarlss Of lilo Secretary. Of tho sonatc
tue Clark Q. the House, tho Chief o|ork
eud journal Clark Of the House, and all tho
elqrka and assistant clerks, tho doQrkoepere, and
tho assistant doorkeepore, Destinations, and Az
sistant postmastors, and everybody elao eon-
nootod with the Senate aud House, came in fora
al,aro Of tho grab. After specifying long list
Of officials, Congress- neems to hayo feared TINT
somebody might havo been overlooked, and
made general CLAUSE providing that everybody
, 1873-06-20

not generally full in this object but whom It 1oos
It oomoa abort Of its mission. Aud this would
DO true inevitably Of any party whoso princip1oa
woro do Jacto accomplished At this day, tho
President Of tho un,tol stnten at tho cry OF his
aBsocIateH, bids tho troops Of the Unitod Btatce
to hold Louisiana to The earth, wl4i]o tho party,
white and black, rob and carry Off every yostige
Of tho property Of tho pooplo. Tha Buffalo or
gan offcra sympathy and forgivonoas to those
who protest against this orimol
If, however, euccosa Is superior to nil other
considerations, ia tho proaont condition Of Tho
party eua3 as onlttlos 1t to oxtoul sympntlly
and forgiveness to those not within tho palo
Has tho Buffalo organ heard Of tho Farmors'
Movement In tho Woat, whorc tho people, do
c}arlng tholr puiposo no 1ongor to bo gu1lod by
either tho Republican or Democratic purity, have
roaolTod to flnvo party Of their own ? Has 1t
heard Of tho Republican party In Iowa, with It's
6o,ooo majority, now on fts knoos begging for
ts extstonco until nftor tho election In October
,Has It hoard OF tho general revolt, whom no-
publicana who, tn 1879, voted tho Ropubl1-
can Nolot, now resolve that they hayo no faith
In tho 0rodlt Mobi1tors, tho Chorponning aud
eccor Jobs, or tho snlary-grabbers, and will
henceforth support no man for Office who ac-
copta Republican or Democratic nom
nation II tho Republican party in
Iowa, by cravon eupplication, do manage to elect
their Governor at nl 1t will bo tho last time
they will cioot anything in that State.
Tho municipal aud local governments and
Legislatures Of the Western statea will 10
Wronchod from tho Republican party as fast as
tho elections come round tho revolution
against old party humbugs will oxtond until the
places which know thom now ahall know them
no moro forovor. For n party thua standing
undor impending nnnihilation, doaortod by tho
great multitude OF its members, to talk Of
granting nbsolution to outsiders, Is piooo Of
remarkable inso1enco and stupidity.
, 1873-06-20

The st. Louis Republican has information Of tho
existence Of aeecret organization entirely distinct
from the Oranges and the Patrons Of Huabandry
known as fsThe League Of Justice" Tho primary
object Of this League isrepresentod to be tho ro-
puaiation OF tho railroad bonds iBsucd by various
county, town, and. municipal governments
throughout the Northwestern States, and the
seizure md common division Of lands that hayo
been granted away to corporations by tho unitod
States Congress-. The information comos from
a st. Louis gentleman, for whose responsibility
tho Republican vouchos, and Was obtained by
him in conversation, Oh two separate occasions,
with two mon p,lrportiug to be mombora Of tho
League ono from Kanaaa and tho other
from Illinois. Tho character Of tho
League, as communicated by these two
mon, ID revolutionary, and its purpose
is not morely to prevent bond-swindleB, land
steals, and tho growth Of monopoly in tho fu-
,turo, but to overthrow thoao OF tho past Tho
Illinois man and tho KanBas man ngree as to tho
chhractoriaticB OF tic organization in general,
but refuse to communicate my Of tho details.
Kansas, Nobraska Iowa, and Missouri, and is
making hoadway in Toxaa, Illinois, Indiana, mud
Ohio. They repreaont it as moro y Masonic" III
character than tho Grangea, and the organiza-
ton is divided into lodges undor d ountrnl con-
troll. 4 membership Of 2Co, 900 IL claimel in tho
vnrious statea. Mon alono arc admitted be-
tweon the agca OF q and 30 yosss. awe hare
, 1873-06-20
THE FQUNDLINGB' HOME.

Ono Of the noblest nnd most deserving chati-
tics in this city is that organized by DR.. George
q. shipmnn, for tho caro- and maintenance Of
forsahen children. Tho project grew out of his
own good heart, and he sot to work with no
other capital than tho contents Of hiB purse aud
On abiding faith that tho Importance Of Ills groat
work would sooner or later commend itself to
the attention and syrnpathies Of charitable poo
pie in this community. His faith In tho ulti-
mate auccesB OF lis 1abors and hs invinciblo
determination wore such TINT be has mover yot
mado direct appeal for hclp, although tho
necessities Of tho Institution must hayo
drawn heavily upon his means. no labored
along patiently, discouraged by no obstacles
until his work began to spoak for itself. Chari-
table people began to aud out tho noble work
which tho good Doctor was doing, and letor-
mined to aid him. Tho uows OF this charity
also became known outHido Of tho city, and he
soon found TINT Divine Providence lad raised
up many friends who were glad to contribute
III money and luaterial, and thus strengthen tho
hands Of tho Doctor and encourage him for
incroaaod effort III tho future. but tho receipts
Of contributions Aaye not kept pnco with tbs
moods Of tho Homo. The temporary quarters
BOON became too small. Tho little waits who Ind
hitherto boeu loft to die upon tho sidewalks or
in tho dltchoH increased 10 faat that tic Doctor
waB compelled to look about him for larger and
moro conmodiouB quarters. With tAe same
abiding faith in tho excellence Of Lis charity and
in tho synpathes Of charitable people which ho
had manifested at tho outset, ho at onco conf
mencod tho erection Of large and handsome
Homo. Tto walls Of the now Home nro nearly
finished, hut tho work has beou stopped for
want Of funds. 10 finish tho building will
require not less thun s25O00. Tho
Homo Inns no frnds to draw from, nor
any means Of finishing tho buildings
oxcopt the voluntary contributions Of those who
aro Interested in tho work. Msqnwhilo, tue
building Which IL now occupied has boon sold,
aud the proaeut proprietor dcHiros to take pos
Hosason III September next. Tho necessities of
tho work arc therefore worry preuBing. True to
tue syatom upon which ho Btartol Dr.. shtpman
sends out no solicitors for tho Homo, 80 tint
those who wait for solicitor until they give
will uovor glve at all. al extract from tho lttlo
papor published in tho interests Of tho Homo
says: "May 28-Tho Lord Inns MOTT womlor-
fully answered our prayers this morning for
help, and glvon double tho sum that waH asked,
Tho now building haB agatn como to
atandatll for the want Of moanu. Yct We layo
no fears but wo shall DO provided for In some
way whom tho timo comos for lis to yacato our
present qnartors."
In behalf Of DR.. bhlpman and hta beno0cent
work, we appeal to tho charitable people Of tho
to lolp him finish tho new Homo,
It ls but small amount. comparatively, WHICH
, 1873-06-20

Tho now Hailroad Inv will benefit tha travelling
public. Rntoa Of fare nro to be lowered after
July l. The proposed reduction Ia not very
largo, yot It will ho welcome concession It
may not Immediately apply Oh all the roads in
this State, but tho leading linea will DO forced
into the reduction. Tho Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railroad Company inauguratod tho
downward movement. They would DO compelled
by their charter to reduce the rato Of fares In Iowa
to 319 cents per milo utter Sept. l. and, thinking
1t bost to mako their rates uniform, they resolved
to extond tho reduction over all portions Of thcir
huo. Tho Northwestern and Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy, being rivals Of the Rock Island
botwoon Chicago and Omaha, woro forced to
adopt tho aamo rate. Tariffs on that basis arc
now being made up by tho throo Companies to
cover all their lines aud branches in Illinois,
iowa, and Wlsconsin. North Of Fort Howard,
tho Northwestern will rotain its proaent tariff aa
far as Escanaba and beyond to Nogaunoo where,
by tho rccontly-onactod Inv ot Michigan, thorato
is sfixodat 5centspe milo. Dya WHO provisionin-
aortcd in tho Illinois Inv during It's passago m
exception was mado, permitting tho issue Of
excursion and Communication tickets. It iB not
clcar why tho same principle should not equally
apply to tho hoavy shippers Of freight. In thoir
respective olassos they aro tho mout constant
and profitable patrons Of tho roads, and, as such,
are entitled to special consideration.
The Illinois Central has not Jet coma into tho
Arrangement, In Iowa. tho Companv caunot de.
lay compliance longer than sopt. /, because,
being a Iald-grant road from Dubuque to
Sioux City, acceptance Of tho grant recog-
nized tho right Of tho Legislature to
prosoribo the rates for paaaongera and
freight. The same obligation rests upon
the Rock island Company, and upon portion Of
tho Northumberland In Iowa. Tho threo lines and
tho G., B. l. O.: being parallel, arc compelled to
nccopt tho lowest ratio forced upon either Com
pany.
For timo the O., D. l. q. objected to reduc-
tion OF passenger rates On its several branches
In this State. Thoy could well afford to trans,
port passengers over the main limo ut 315 cents
por milo. Bnt tho necosslty Of making the ratio
UNIFORM Was recognized, and the probability is,
that comparatively fow railroads in, Illinois,
the exception boing the struggling, non-digi-
dond compsnoa-wiu charge mora than 3}4
conts Per mile aftor tho lat pro1,
, 1873-06-20

The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, an or d.
narily Intelligent pnpor, In lato number aaya
Thero woro many among tho rauk Ind flo Of tho
Liberal party whose detection tho Republicans can
forget and forgive. They wore deceived by their
loadrrs, and lod uBttay like shocp But for the arc
conspitntors in tho Lhoral revolt there 10 no room rs
ses in thu Republican heart for sympathy or forgive
ucss toward them. ~.
Sympathy and forgiveness are admirable traits
of character, and ought to be cultivated on all
propor occasions. Whom, however, IT is pro-
posed to oxtond sympathy and forgiyenoBa to
others, tho relative positions Of both partioa
havo bearing on tho matter, When forgive
moss and sympathy are not asked or
wantod, tho onor to- give or With
hold tho aama is both superduous aud
chcohy. It may bo worth while to ask, low
eyer, What party stands most in mood Of forgive
moss? Tho purity which elected the President in
1879 nlso elected THO State Government
In Pennsylvania, The lattor WIS pre-
requisite OF the former. Dogs tho citizen wAo
neither approved nor contributed to the victory
IN tho Pennsylvania election stand In mood Of
sympathy from those who perpotrated that o.
fonBo againBt public decopcy, which aet pro-
MUM on forgery. perjury, and robbery ?
Ia tho party TINT etnnls responsible
for tho Credit Mobtlior. with ita at
tcndant perjury, falsolood, and corruption,
in condition to extond sympathy aud forgive
nosa to those who are not within the pale? IL
tie party that recently porpetratod the "salary-
grab" aud robbed tho National Treasury OF q
million and quarter ot dollars, in aituation
to talk Of sympathy aud forgiveness to othora7
Whom, in tho history Of any Administration was
there suol q humiliatng apeetaclo as tue proven
bribery of score OF loading statesmen, aud tho
Executive pardouing convicted ballot-box
atutfor, and appointing an impoachod Governor
to high Federal position us evidence
that official corruption WAS not regarded
by him aa lar to Executive or Republi-
can recognitiqn7 And tho "'purty," from
ono end Of tho country to tho other,
appauds tho disgracoful exhibition. Do those
who aro not responsible for these aptH, aud who
continue to hold public dishonesty as some-
thing reprol1enslble, stand Ia neea ot sympathy
and forgiveness from the offloe-hQ}liug crowd
whose business Is to LUX tho hand tAat fee,ls
them 2
Wo do not suppose there is poraon in tho
United Statoa WHO left tho Republican organlzh-
ton iu 1879, and who does pot now sock all Of
fee, who feels tho leaat rogrot for hia aption md
who is not proud that he is no longer, oven tn
appearance, responsible for tho practices
which dcnls the Republican organization,
National, State, aud municipal. throughout tho
country. TAe Republican party has nothing to
do but to make money tor its managers. It docs
, 1873-06-20

Another project TOR u Government freight,
railroad III submitted by tho parties who met
yesterday in New York, to aot in uniaon with tho
American Cheap Transportation Association,
formed by tho Astor House Convention OF Pro-
ducerh and Consumers lust month They pro-
pose that doublo-track roadway, to bo uaod for
freight buslnesB only, should 10 built botwoon
Ne" York and Chicago by tho Government, and
TINT 1t should then bo thrown opon to private
transportation companies, who would relieve tho
Government Of tho operation Of tho road. Do
sides othor advantages they claim that the time
'of tranAlt would .bo reducod from ton days to
.fhran
, 1873-06-20

Tho Administration IL preparing to make 4
gigantic effort to " savo Ohio" in October.
Tho Davenport (1owa) Gazette (organ With
Post Office attachmont), continues to lament
TINT the Gtangors tuiN 60 into politics. md
says
It Will hardly do for engaged in such buaineso
to plead dtsrp for political rrlurm. It tloes not o
IN thsir s moats l, t9 old srti"s are corrupt
Grange knowing that ta consultation forbade political
aetlon and under pledge that this provision would
essential to tho harmony and pornnrncy Of tho urdcr
bow ean they bo truaod With tho management Of pub.
Ho a1EafrB7
-Also, tho Illinois Slate Journal (orenn with
internal Revenue attachuenD lnments that tho
farmers will celebrate Fourth Of July "a III in
dopeudonco-day. 1t pays.
Whit are after all, tho present accidents Of chcap
corn and high fre!gb.s, III comparison with tie rch
Aoritago Of political blossings witch aya stu rvclred
derful ayaton Of government b1at W. foreEo celo-
hratng tho latnr. boc0uso wo hnye brcadssufIs
e sh ns eoros FIFTH II saa ssks
because the railroad corporations Aaya uo souIa and
l Sat q charging excessive rates to the shipping
"A list Of tha fourteen Senators who had. IN
to Juno II, put their back-pay into the Treasury,
IL tolographol from Washington to Administers
tion papers, with the remark that It n,ay bo ro~
lioa on, viz: Anthony Bayard, Oasserly,
Chandler, Fenton, 7. ". Forry. Frolinghuysen,
Hamlln, Pratt, solurz, Scott, Sumner, THUR
man, and Wilson. Will tho Hon. Oliver P.
Morton, Alexander Rannoy, aud John Sherman
tiso and e1plain2 THOR local organs, long ago,
anid that they had refunded the money.
Tho three Congressman ot Now Hampshire
votod loud and long against tho salary ataai, and
"did not draw It," After The election III March,
Tiny III draw IT, Tho fOur Ooprrosstnen Of non
noctiout alao voted loud and long against ths
SALARY Bteal anl, saying they 81 did not draw it,"
evory ono waB ro-olsctod in April. OF tho Con-
nootiout congressman only AIr. Starkwoathor Ina
boon heard from, contributing al,G092D. Tho
othor Connecticut Congressman aro: Joseph
7. Hawlcy, Stephen w. Kellogg, aud William H.
Dar1lum.
To what depth Of degradation tho public
morality OF Massachusetts must have come, un.
dat tho r1s1o OF party politioa. The Springfield
Rephb|ican eaya: p" y
Butler goes Tito this ngt with unusually pronit.ots
omons True, ho haa tAa at oh lH shopi6ifi
aud ia Handicapped to TINT extent. That nay osu tt
tho race az 1t certainly ought to- anu IN any Uest
en- State Il certainly .rod. but ho 1lakos Hight o&
nerass hagstello, which he would t'o rather carry
than not The event wilt nhow whether 10 judges ooI.
rsctly OF the tetnpor ana average morality Of Naxss.
chuaetta voters.
Hero is picture OF "tho naxt Governor of
Massachusetts" drawn by tho Boston Journal:
Gen, Butter " not 4 setosues o{ abuses hs IL 4
, 1873-06-20

Mr. Prussing, Of tue Board Of Education, conf
plains that the proposition Of the German mou,>
borsof tho Board OF Education upon tho subject
Of German in tho public schools il nlsundor-
atood. The proposition is not TINT German
shall be compulsory upon all but that child
onco beginning German shall not bo allowed to
drop it. Once begun by scholar, it bccomeg
compulsory upon him to continue it or lenyo
Ert,no1
, 1873-06-20

Quarantine Il usoloas md expensive t,,mbug.
It makcs, in thia connection, tho remarkable as-
ecrtfon that, for several yoars together whom
NOW orloans WAS without quarantine regulations,
the city was exempted from yo1low-fovor vista
uonH, but when sucl regulations wero strictly
enforced tho disoaso invariably prevailed. Tho
principal objection, however, which tho Times
makes to tho quarantine is tho fact thst 1t Ia
stil further restricting commerce, which was
sufficiently trammoled before.
, 1873-06-20

Although Susan j. Anthony, whom asked by
the Court what Bho had to vay Shv eontonco
should not bo passed upon her. oagorly solicited
the utmost rigors OF tho law, alle was treated
with what must have been anlcting tondernoBs
to tho would-be martyr Tho Judge condo,nuod.
her to pay tipc oi $1o0, aud hastenod to add
that the usual rule requiring prisoners to be
committed until their fneE wore paid would not
TO enforced AgainBt hcr.
, 1873-06-20

7EnMs or aupson1r1toN trATan1E N ADVANCED
q;i Rqs;X eS w"1l.St2 SWRn'Eay WsSEy2
PARTS Of u sonr Mt tho garno rnte.
To provont delay nnd mstAkos. 10 suro anil avo Post
Oilco nhdroas In full, Including State aud County.
Nomtnllcaa t,ay 10 maio uhcr by draft oxrroas Post
CfHre usdor, pr In rcgstcrod otto.s, nt OUT rlsk.
TERMS TO CITY BunsoN1DEn8.
ray, doliscrod, Sunday oxoopod. % contx nor week.
Daily, uollyerod, Huuny tnuludol, 30 conts nor wook
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
Corner Madison aud naarhorn.st4., Chicago, iii,
, 1873-06-20

Tho French Assembly tiaa consented, by vote
Of 465 to 137, to pornis the prosecution Of N.
Hanc, ono Of itn mombors, who is charged with
having taken part In the outragos Of the COM
muno. Gen. Clu#eret, another Communist leador
WHO IL uneor sontonco Of death, aud, to cscapo
which he has boon wandering about Europe, has
boon forbidden by Belgium to enter Its territory
nntler ponalty Of being glyan up to the French
, 1873-06-20
Costn nicR.

Tho Warehouse Commissioners, who have
been in consultation with the grain mon Of this
city concerning the changes to be made in
grading grain under the now Law, have dooided
to abolish tho "woigli test Of No. 2 wheat,
and to establish nov grade Ct oats, covering +
slight mixture OF black oats with Yhlte, and =
now grada Of corn containing thres-forrths Of
YellnM Rrain :.
, 1873-06-20

The Now Orleans Times donies thai there is
or has beon any Aslatio cholora in that city, aud
inssta that there Ia not healthier city In tho
country. Upon the basis OF this assertion 1t
vigorously assnia :dov. Kellogg for Issuing Ills
quarantine proclamation, suQ pronQuacea tle
, 1873-06-20

United statos poatal cards may be sont, after
3uly 1, into Canada, under On arrangement made
by PoBtmnster-Geuera CreYue1I, upon tho pay-
ment Of ono cent additional postage.
, 1873-06-20

It is proposed that oil tile Spanish American
Republics unte in manifesto calling On Spain
to concode Cuba her Independence. Colombia
leads In the movement and las been Joined by
, 1873-06-20

4 hoayy mail from Now York City and New
England, for tho Wcotern Atatos, was burned
lust Tuesday while On route by tue Now York
Central Railroad.
, 1873-06-20

Tho Farmers' Board of Trade, instituted by tho
producers Of Kano, Kendall, DuPage, and De-
Ealb Counties, hold its first meeting in Aurora
yesterday.
, 1873-06-20

o'ao in or "bont tic Capitol building, not other
"lso provided for, should have all fncroaac OF IL
per cont aud ntlied that tho now Halarfos should
be payable from tho beginning OF tho prosout
coneroaB' or from tho dato Of their appointment
during tho present Oongresa,',
, 1873-06-20

Though wo lioar OF no dotln.o movement for
tho ropcnl Of tho snlary-Grab law at tho mart
HoBslon Of Congress-. 1t s aIrcndy intin,asoa That
thoro will bo combination to repeal tho LII,
which abolished the franking privilege. Ono of
tho many lamo oxousoH TINT have boon mado for
tho aalary-grab was tho eacriAco Of tho frAnkfpe
privilege and mileage. It would 10 worry con-
siatont Congressional policy to restore tho frank
Ing privilege and then tho mi1eage, leaving tho
saary question whore It stands now. Tho prau-
mont fs advanced that It will require botyoon
100000 mud s1,ooo,ooo to supply tho soales
Win which to weigh mnil mattor, tho circulars
OF instruction, tho appropriation Of stamps, otc.
nnd TINT tho abolition Of tho Thanking pr;vt1ooo
Is responsible for th1s expenditure. II the OK
pondlturo Of my such amount ns this il contou,-
plated, 1t bears tho evidence Of fraud On tho faca
OF 1t. Instead Of serving as an argument for
tho restitution Of ono Of tho woyst abusea H.,
Government has tolerated, it should dcmana an
investigation Is to tho waya and ,1osns by which
another million is required to mako tho reform
practical.
, 1873-06-20

A usrry Inv, fixing the rnto Of interest Ut 7
per cent, has bocn passed by the Connecticut
Benato.
, 1873-06-20

Tho wheat crop Of California this year is e1-
,ected to exceed 22,0Oo, 600 bushels.
, 1873-06-20

Miss Carpenter is engaged in New York In ex-
planning and advancing tho Crofton prison re-
form, which has boon tested in holand with ad-
mirable results It Is 50 called because Sir
William Crofton, though perhaps not tho origi-.
nator ot it, introduced and perfected 1t In 1ro-
land. Under this system which by no neans
dispenacs with the Idea Of punishment, tho
prisoner is first relnanded TO aolitary conflne-
ment, where he ia kopt for timo On bread and
wator. During thus confinement hc aces no ono
but his keeper, whose duty it is to explain
to tho criminal tho systom Of probation
md rcform upon which he subsequently enters.
After the allotted time Of solitary confinement
has passed. tho criminal ia put to work among
the others. Hore tho marking system begins.
Tho labor is oil dono in common, aud oacif days.
conduct has itB influence in shortening or
longthoning the duration OF confinement. In
dustry and good behavior may shorten tho term
at loast ono-tlird. After this probation, tho
prisoner goes one grade higher, when ho re-
cotvos wageH and has more timo tor application
to books. Thoro is still another grade whore tho
prisoners work In tho open fold without keeper
or barrior, aud return to their barracks at
night, when nothing hindera their escape. In
this grade everything isintrusted to their honor,
Tho theory is, that tho discipline they hare;
passed through up to this time has prepared
them for this last test and, il this proves to bo
tho casc. thoy arc certainly we'll fitted to go out
into tho world again. Whom thoy so into
society, thoy Aavq something with which to be-
gin 1lfot Winch they hayo earned during Horviqo,
and they romatn for a time updor police sur
veil1anco, reporting to the public authorities at
stated intervals. The system las worked
wonderful reforms in tho Irish prisons, turning
ont, It is claimed, thoroughly reformed men.
, 1873-06-20

AMPHITHEATNE-pli Clinton stroot lIotwoen Washlng-
kop Ind Randolph. Gal Waunora Mnstrsls
, 1873-06-20

ilQOI'EY'S T1lEATnE-I2ando1rh street, bctwoen
DlAsk and LaSx1la. "uAEna of LoYY."