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were subject 10 the vast commissariat system Which
suprOses a fixed and assured basis Of operations hnu
without which consider bic armies cannot be supported
IN America. They subslsted and soiouTned ior long
months beside enemy who master OF the country
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AFFAIRS IN JAPAN.

JAPANESE VICTORIES OVER THE FORMosANs-QUEs-
TIoN or THE RESIDENCE or FOREIGNERS OUT
or TREATY LIMITS.
San FRANCISCO, July II. - The steamship
Granada from China aud Japan arrived last night IN "A
d,vz from Hong Kong and It DAYS and 10 hours from
Yokohama Her Yokohama advices are to the 25d OF
June me Gazette that the report Of the assas-
snation Of Minister KIDD If untrue. In two engage
meDts with the natives of Formosa the japanese were
victorious and nearly al the southern tribes sur
rendered.
There was an investigation in the case Of the Japanese
officials accused OF having Illegally entered the grounds
of the British Legation at Toke TO arrest member OF
the Legislature No decision had been reached at the
date OF the departure Of the steamer.
The question respecting the residence OF foreigners
out Of the treaty limits very steadily pressed and
was expected receive solution one way or the
other To was asserted that either the Japanese GOV
erumen would have 10 permit all foreigners 70 reside
beyond the limits. else those who already nave that
pryegc through circumstance Of being II japanese
employ. would De compelled TO come into the treaty
settlements. which would he equivalent 70 shutting up
several educational establishments beside putting
stop 20 the surveys Of railroads and the country
generally. new proceeding under foreign supervision
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THE CARLIST WAR.

BAYoNNE. July T. 1874
Three thousand Carlists have attacked
Pugcerda on the frontier.
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me TAXPAYERs, AssOCIATION.

The Taxpayers Association of this District has
adopted plan of organization which provides for
the appointment OF Committee of Seventy TO
guard their interests generally, and to prosecute IN
the criminal and civil courts such officers of the
District Government az have acted illegally in the
collection and expenditure OF money, and Tor other
nets performed bV them irrespective OF the law.
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 1874.

this direction are awaited here with much interest;
number OF additional indictments VIII be issued
soon, Dut tDe tral OF the VIII not occur before
the september term The statement that because
OF the principal actors have been called before
the Grand Jury witnesses they cannot De indicted
II found implicated, Is such an eXaInlna-
ton here Is no bar to their prosecution.
ECONOMY IN THE NAVY
The Secretary of the Navy has just issued an order
enjoining increased economy in every branch OF ex-
penditure az indispensably necessary. without
going fully into particulars the Secretary regrets to
say hat he will be obliged to hold commandments
CHI and all commanding officers TO strict account
ability for any apparent Over-expendlture OF money
stores and his first act in snch cases VIII be the
dsapproyal of bills until the positive necessity for
the expenditure Is satisfactorily proved lney WusI
make their SHIPS selfsustmnIng under ali the OIuI-
nary conditions of a cruise.
THE CURrAILMENT OF ARMY APPROPRIATIONS.
Owing to the curtailment of appropriations, Ten.
Sherman finds it impossible to change the location
of troops to the extent he desires. having IN view
sanitary and military purposes. The 4th, 9TH, ana
10th Cavalry have been in Missouri and Texas since
1865 or 1866. The oath and 18th Colored Regiments
have been IN Texas since 1866; the LIST Cavalry IN
Oregon and California since 1866; While the 'th'
18th. ana 10Th Regiments of Infantry nave Dten on
the Upper Missouri for the last i've years.
DOM PIATT CRITICIsEs MR.. PARTON.
Dom Patt to-day in reviewing Mr. Parton's at
tack the press and the declaration that there Is
no lobby in Washington, gives an account Of din
which he attended here with Mr.. Parton, where,
of sixteen present fourteen that is, all except Par
ton and himself were noted lobbyists. The next
time Patt saw Parton he was seated between two no.
tOriOus female lobbyists who in the guIse of writer's
for the press, were prosecuting wicked claims be-
fore Congress.
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OPENING MEETING OF THE ENCAMPaENr.

The opening services Of the campin citing were held
m the evening In the great tent OF the Association The
congregation was large and earnest bat their devotion
was much Murdered by the persistent assaults OF many
mosquitoes. Prayer was offered oy E..sop KayauauSh
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,DpY1 .r,ox IN TIKI ASSEMBLY OVER A NEWSPAPER
,Rr1CIF-RrIFCTION or MOTION TO CALL THE
WRITER OF TIE ARTICLE TO TIE BAR OF TIE
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ghost. The "Jerry Oruuchars +" will nevo.
disappear until the State Legislatures proyids
adoguntely for tic disxccting.achoota.


- A4A1 &AA46UuHH B1HukEs
Tho lato troubles In Pennsylvania are got.
ting worao. We havo from time to tinon
tho stoppago Of tho coal mines, particularly
III tho anthracite districts, by which nlnny
thousands Of mon have boen put out of work.
Even IN their destitute circumstances they re-.
fuse to work temporarily or lot othcrs do 50
Mt less than tho rates they received when tho
t1omnnd for conl WINS grcnt. Wo now hive
tho case Of the pnal}ors in Pittaburp, The
demand for iron since tho panic has steadily
declined, and tho prices havo fallen nearly
ono-third. Tho production has declined, thus
operating on the demand for coal, Tho
Pittsburg manufaoturors, unable to sell their
iron at all except ut greatly reduced prices,
have tried to avoid closing their mills, but to
do 80 must reduce their wages. Various
schemes have beon proposed, but the pud-
dlors have been inflcxiblo. They have ro-
fused any concession, demanding the samo
wages as heretofore. The result ia that there
is dcad.look, tile mills being closed and
tho puddlers out Of work. The closing Of
tho iron mills cutR of the domand for coal
and for iron orc, and nocesaitatoa not only
the suspension Of work by the pudd1erR, hut
by tho minors OF ore and OF coal It is osti-
mated that 100000 men are thus suddenly
deprived OF work at tho very threshold Of
winter. Onoo suspended, these works will
bo slow to resume. There are immense
stocks Of iron on hand oqunl to meet the do.
mand until spring, so the closing Of tho
mills will not prove so disastrous to the man
ufacturers, and the whole weight Of the dis
! aster will fall upon tho workmen themselves,
In some pnrts Of Pennsylvania, q few work.
men havo accepted employment at the ro-
dnced wages, but the multitude refuse.
Four-hfths of the working classes connected
| with the coal mines and iron works in the
Scranton region have been out Of employ
mont for thirty or sixty days. Labor in al
this branch of industry mny bs said to be
idle in Pennsylvania.
Wo have no sympathy with corporations
that cut down the wages Of their laborora
wantonly ind for the sake OF swelling their
own profits. But the panic has stricken tho
iron trado more severely than all others, and
Of necessity In that State has reduced tho de-
mand for ore, and especially for conl. Iron
that sold at SAG per ton before the panic
is not in demand now at $50. This is, there
fore, O clear case where labor must Of neces.
sity adapt itself to the demand. The pud.
dlers and miners Of Pennsylvania have do.
cided otherwise. They insist on aute-panio
wagea or nothing, and, under tho I1-advised
authority Of their Unions, they have driven
the employers to close their mills. They
prefer to earn nothing and receive nothing
through the winter to have steady employ.
mont at reduced wages. While tits true they
bring this misery and destitutfon on them.
selves, the madness by which they hare been
ruled is mono the less deplorable.
, 1874-12-07

Tho Rev. 4. e. Kittrcdge preached last
night Oh text furnished by Tnn TRIBUNE
last Monday morning. His effort was to
show that IN liboral aud comprehensive odu-
cation II cannot purify society. We under
stand Mr. Kittredgo to mem TINT no
cducation> wl,atover-not even tho in
Htruotion. X Of tho Church or tho
revelations Of Gol-aro sufficient for tho rcali-
zation Of q perfect eooioty. This eau only be
accomplished, Mr.: Kittredgo believes, by tlo
workings Of tile Holy Spirit in tho loart.
Wo should aay that the discussion, when it is
carriel to this point has only speculative
interest, aid not much Of that.
, 1874-12-07

1t is probable that tho Hon. j. D. Rice, OF
this city, will not be able to tako his seatupol
the rcassembling Of Congress for several
weeks yet. a private letter from Norfolk,
W., brings the unwe1come intelligence that
ho is 1nid up at present with 4 sl>nrp attack
Of sickness, from which ho is just beginning
to recover While fortunately not serious
enough to cause his friends any anxiety. it is
enough to place him hors de combat for d
time. His absence from the Capitol will
therefore ho understood.
, 1874-12-07

MIR. j. W. 5chuckers VINO IL making q nR1ne
as M exact and able writer on matters of
finance, las published another pamphlet on
tile monetary history of this country during
tho Revolution. It is good reading for the
irredoemablo-g lovers Of to-day. OF
course it tells the old, old story all over ngnin.
Tho Issue Of irrodeemabie rags adorns hut
Que therne,- -innntion, depreciation, speoula-
ton, smash, But tho details Of what our
forcfathcrs did in ~ point needed moral
for thcir descendants In 1874.
The second Continental Congress met May
10, 177G. War was inevitable. Where wero
its sinows to bo found? Tho i2en Of raising
money by taxation was rejected, because tho
revolt was against taxation, and it WAS
thought that the people would be inpartialy
disg11sted by tax laid by Congress or King,
Moreover, Congress had ITO real power to tax.
It therefore adopted the easy oxpcdiont Of
"malzing money" out Of paper aud ink. The
presses were sct running nnl a nominal
value Of Sc, ,00o, 900 waH thrust on the coun-
Try III the shape Of oblong bits Of paper.
This was in 1775. 4 speedy termination Of
tho war was expected, and it was reasonable
to suppose TINT the united Colonies would ro-
doom this slnnll amount. There wns, tllere-
fore, no depreciation. In 1910, when
tho Declaration of Independence lad
made a long aud bloody struggle
certain, $1o,000,0o0 moro was issued,
md depreciation began. The Tories openly
rejected tho currency, declaring (what was
indeed truo) TINT 1t would novor ho redeemed
Tho Wings were 10th to take tho bills and
"paid them out as promptly as was consist
ont with n respectable regard for the cause"
Gold and silver vanished. Tho artificial
value Of the currency grew loss, day by day.
Three causos hastencd the process. Con-
! gress throw a new loan on the market In the
shape Of interestbearing bonds These cir
culatsd from hand to hand as currency, md
by their depreciation made that Of the non'
, 1874-12-07

Whit purports to be, aud very likely is,
synopsis OF the Presidents Message is fur
nishcd this morning to tho Associated Press.
1t appours from it that tho President will
suggest the wisdom Of interference in
Cuba TO terminate the insurrection /;
recommend tic resumption of specie~pay-
ments at the oar1iest practicable day, leaving
Congress to say when TINT will be; urge de-
cisiye action in the Louisiana and Arkansas
cases aud commend the Indian Pence Policy
and tic Civil-Seryico Reform experiment.
Surely there is nothing very startling in this.
, 1874-12-07

1t is entirely reasonable, under tho present
law, to deny motions for new trials without
reference to tho injury done to law mud
Justice by the verdict. The Court naturally
argues TINT tile Jury are made by stntuto the
judges of tho law; and, having passed upon
1t, the only recourse is mn appcal. This the
Supreme Court is constantly asked to roviow
absurd vordiots which would nover llavo boon
rendered if tho Judge could have cxorcisotl
his natural functions Of interpreting tue law
md iustruoting tho jury accordingly. 1t is
evident TINT tho next Legislature can do q
good work by ropca1ing these old statutes.
, 1874-12-07
A LAWYER on THE SUPREME COURT,

Tho Articles In The TRIBUNE urging the 70,
forms needed in our judicial syetan havo drawn
public attention to the necessity Of a mora OF
less radical change In tho methods Of Justice.
Among large number Of lettera on tho subject,
We have received ono from member Of the
Chicago Bar which Inakca aome timely suggas-
tfops. 1ts resemblance, in length, to tho aud-
leas briefa OF which tue Supreme Bench COM
plains forbids Our printing It entire. but ne
have summarized Its moro important parts.
The law'B delay Ia Illinois is manly due to the
length Of time consumed In appealing to tue
Supreme Court, the cbsRpnees Of an appeal, and
tho possibility Of making the opposite party, In
this way, puy heavily tor his victory. The 1raz
Gun be obYiated by 8 rule that an appeal shall
always bo taken to the noxt torn Of the Supreme
Court after the zendesing OF Judgment In the
inferior Jurisdiction. To make this practicable,
action should bo had In regard 10 aqueezing the
usolesa detail and e1o4uence out Of records and
briefs. Tho present choapneas Of an appoa1
hnppens IN this way, As Judgment draws only
6per cent interest until tho appeal ia decided,
tho appellant csn nake'a forced loan at that rats
from hia creditor tor from Quo to three yaara.
Tho margin betwoon this and tho 10 pay
cant he can make on tho money will often
more than defraY all the coats be haa
to pay. Tho appeal, therefore, involves him il
no expense while he has the satisfaction oi
seeing his creditor blod by court-coats and at.
tornoy-feos TOR mouths and perhaps years. To
remedy this, all costs and ali reasonable feea
should be taxed againRt tho uuRucceBsful Buitor,
and q judgment, il reaiIirmed should be made
to draw 10 por cent from the start. Such rule
will put . penalty, in8toad Of premium, on
unwarrantod appeals. It will also put it out OF
the dobtorB power to force hts creditor to buy
tuatico at o heavy rate. At present. 1t costa
about 81, 900 to collect q note OF $4,000 from an
obstinate debtor. Is 1t just to allow solvent
man to make his creditor wait two yeaEs TOR hls
money and then take 76 cents on tho dollar in
full satisfaction for the debt
Tho Supreme Court has remedy In Its own
hands for como Of the evils Of which it cotn-
plains. The law ullows It to assess damages Of
from to 10 per cont against an appellant
who fails to prosecute his appeal or who ap-
parontly proaeoutos it only for delay. In the
former case. 1t rarely, very rarely, gives more
than per cont. and 1t ia 10th. perhaps unduly
80, to decide TINT auy appeal has been taken
simply for delay. a little healthy severity IN
both thoee classes OF auits would do q great deal
Of good. II IN appeal is not prosecuted 10 per
cont damages are certainly not too large reward
for the unJustly- appellee; and, whom
| some OF the Supreme Judges have openly ASSERT
cd that largo proportion of tho oasoa brought
bofore tlom aro appealed for delay, itseems as IL
! thoy might punish this Migrant Inisdsmeanos
mora frequently than they do. II Bar and Bcnch
aud Legislature do their duty, the needed ro'
| torma will not long be dolayaa.
, 1874-12-07

The Chicago produce markots wcro Ronor-
allyweak OIL Saturday, with loss doing in grim.
Moss pork was uctivo, and 25@aoo por brl
lower, closing at $1o,75 cash, and S;eoa5dD
20.40 seller Fobruary. Lard was active, aud
1o@16c per 100 lbs lower, closing ut s13.06
cash, and $l3.46 for February. Meats were
less active aud easior, at G 3-4G4G 7-Bo for
shoulders. 1-2@3 5-se for short riba, aud loo
for abort clears. EIighwiues were in fair de-
1nand and steaay Mt o7o per gallon. Drossol
hogs woro dull aud weak, closing ut S7.5h@
500 per 100 lbs. Flour was in fair request,
but oasier. Wheat was dull aud 1D1 LII
lower, cloBing at 30 Lilo cash, md VI Liz
aollor January. Corn WIS dull md steadier,
dosing at ~ 8-4o for old, G7o for new, mud
~ 3-4o seller May. Oats were quiet and
, 1874-12-07

intorest-bearing bi11sgreator still. Moreover,
the several Btates issued scrlp about as inst
rs It could bo printed. Its worth sGnk to
nothing and 1t carried the national currency
down with 1t. Tho third causo Of decline was
the frantic zoal Of Congress to provcnt de-
clino. It's laws made refusal to rocolTo
tho BILLS operate rs discharge Of tho debt,
md declared TINT persons who refused them
or triod in any way to hindor thoir circulation
should be precludod from all trado and in
tonconrBe " with other Americans, should
bo, In fact, ott1awcd. By tho spring Of ~,
whom tho paper dollars were quoted Mt 80
conta, Congress resolved, with grave asininity,
TINT they should thereafter pnss for coin dol
1ars at pnr. 1norodible as it may aoon,, t1cy
did not obey tho mandate Of this august
body. Thoy Aoutcd 1t, in faot, by sinking
lower md lower. Thon Congress- and tho
States fixed the prices at which commodities
should sell, in paper, and found, to their
great astonisl1mont, that tho robollions COM
modities paidno attention to their docrees. and
persisted in selling for great deal more than
the lawful rates. It should interest Senator
0glesby to know that blood-acaling" did
the ar,ny fought, blcd, aud died, the legal.
tenders dropped down with unvarying regu-
larity. It should, however, be recorded to
tho eternal credit Of the Continental Congress
that It finally stopped short in its folly, voted
TINT 1t would not, under my circumstances,
havo more than $500, 900 Of currency out
at any one time, and kept its word. When tho
post~inaation stage Of depreciation had been
fairly reached, ,speculations swellod into gigantic
| proportions. Debts incurred to.day could bo
pnid tomorrow in "money that had fallen
10 to 30 per cent in tho interim. Dishonesty
was rampant. Bchuckers quotes from Cor
| don's History of tho Revolution aa followa:
All claescs were infected. The paper produced
rago for specuasiou. Tho acclanic the fnrmrr, tho
lawyer, physctan menters Of Congress- and In so,o
ElaccB escn few OF tho clergy, contaminated.
thlna thst could ave been believed prior o tho event
Al tes Of ho%'os sS0a g5nt1.ae humanity sna
md paronts thor children. Widows. orphars. and
csased paper, and were compelled to receive II.
The mania Of dishonest speculation de-
pressed the value Of tho currency more and
more. In 1889, q paper dollar, to the re.
demption Of which in specie the public faith
waB pledged, passed for Less than one.fifth OF
cont! This was the end. Tho money
ceased to circulate and becamo merely q
curiosity. 6tagnntion came upon trade. The
people were bitterly poor. The cycle Of the
shinplasters was complete. They had led tc
imitation, depreciation, speculation, smash.
, 1874-12-07

satisfactory to wait year for the argument
of a onuso aud havo decision immediately
upon tho argument, than 1t is to arguo it ut
onco and wait ycnr for tho decision.
Lay on your penalties for vcxatious ap.
poala without fear, aud, with tho Legislative
assistance which we havo pointed out aud
plenty Of nerve on your own part, You will
do much good and ho happy
, 1874-12-07

The Inv Of Congress- providing for tho pre-
payment OF postage OH prlnted matter winch
goes into effect ths first OF tho year. uiscfm'
mates against monthly publications aud all 9th
srs that appear Less frequently than onoea weok.
The newspapers and woekly publications pay At
tho tato Of two censs per pound. whtlo tue mag
aznH are required to pay three conts per pou'!d'
We do not know what induced Congress- to make
this distinction, unless 1t was that tho monthly
maRazinee and quarterlfes, appearing less fse'
quently and having ! more limited circulation,
do not provide ~ uuoh buslness to tho maiiA
, 1874-12-07

The rumor TINT M Offensive aud defensive
alliance has been formed between the North
eru Pacific, Southern Pacific, aud cotton-tax
,obbicB, is worth bearing in mind. It should
be remembered, further, TINT only a Demo-
pratic SUCCESS at tho next election will mako
Il possible for such q scheme to succeed.
, 1874-12-07

The vindictiyeness of the German Ultra
montanes is shown by the iiorco attack which
was made upon the German Government by
tho. Ultra1nontano Deputies on Saturday last
for suppressing the Legation Mt tho Vatican.
The same step had previously been taken by
England, which removed its representative to
Lisbon without even protest or criticism, but
the moment Germany took the same stop it
was followed by the grossost misroprescnta-
tious and most bitter vindictiveness and
abuse. The action of the German Govern-
1nent was based upon tho very best Of rea-
sons. So long as Germany recognizes the
Popo as the head Of the Catholic Church, aud
this Bis1narl himself altlrns to bo tho fact,
there is no other recognition due linn from
Germany, or in faet from euy other
country. The Pope being no longer
temporary ruler, it is only Il
useless expense, and snbserycs no purpose
whatovcr, as negotiations with the Pope, if
thoy become necessary, can DO conducted
through the regular Ambassador to Italy. III
addition to this fact, representative from
the German Government ut tho Vatican in an
insult to the Government Of Victor Emanuel,
with which Germany is in harmonious rcla-
tons. Germany has still another rensou for
withdrawing her representative from the Vat
ican which does not apply to aty other Govern.
mont, namely, tint tho Pope continues to
urge the Catholic clergy not only to break tho
laws Of Gerinany themselves, but to ndyigo
thoir congregations to do tho same. Tloro
is, therefore, no reason why Germany should
, 1874-12-07

It takes nbont quart of powder and pounds
OF lead to arrest nan in Ar4ansas. which should
be provided for by taxation instead Of fal'lng
upon tLs pockets Of individuals. The Sheriff OF
Lincoln County waa aont to accompany SOD"
tenccd prlaouer to h.a store. Tha latter intrenoh-
Cd hi1,selt belind the EQUATOR, and. aided by
couple Of friends. prepared to defend their pohi-
tiou. The Sheriff called upon two casual BY
standetH to assist In making tue arfeRtt Oh tue
hypothesis that every man III Arkansaa carried
tho wlterewithal to mako himself useful, to."at'
loaded revolver. A soyere engagement fol"
lowed. The dead sud wounded wore 30 per cont
Of tho whole number engaged. Two OF TUG
Sheri6's impromptu posso wore seTerely rlad!ad.
whils tho sno,ny LOST one OF their number alto
Eather.
, 1874-12-07

4 is not probable TINT the Senators who
nro opposed to tho confirmation Of Mr..
Jewell as Postmaster General can mike even
q respectable showing whom tho question
comes up for settlement. Mr. Jewell has
n1realy shown himself to be all Executive
officer of whom tho Republican pnrty has
rensou to be proud.
, 1874-12-07

1.2o lower, closing at 58 8-4o. Rye was quiet
and oasier, closing at o4o. Barley was dull
aud 1-2c 1owor, closing Mt $1.27 cash, and
$1.28 for January. Hogs were quiet, and
closed dull and lowor. Salos At $0.O0@7. 50.
Cattlo were inactive. with pricos weak. Thoro
was a. fair demand for sheep, with snloy ut
Aa. 1Q06,0Q,
, 1874-12-07

DR.. Fowler nn1 his advisers have made
many serious blunaers in the management OF
the Northwestern University, but mono Of
them was so bud rs the ordor excluding tho
young ladies from the literary meetings OF
the nnale students. Some moro delicate
method Of accomplishing this end than
plaiu intimation Of distrust Of tho young
indies was certainly possible.
, 1874-12-07

Gentlemen who don't go much into politics
1nay need to bo reminded that the Inst session
Of tho Forty-third Congress begins to-dny.
Gen. Butler has made a programme for tho
guidance Of the House, but We hope to see
tho leadership in better hands. The Repub-
}icsrn members of this House should take caro-
to make for 1t record which their Demo-
cratic successors will not bo likely to anrpnss.
, 1874-12-07

Some Of tho wiso mon at Washington be-
lieyo tint President Grants recommendation
of speedy return to specie payments will
prove to DO " tire-brand." Now. " fire.
brands aro not bad whom properly applied.