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, 1875-11-18
THE CITY FlRE.ALARM TELEGRAPH.


A TRIBUNE reporter was detailed yesterday al
ternoou to ask tho opinion Of Gen. AnAon Stagor
reativc to tic nnnunor In which tho wires Of our
Fire-Alatm Telegraph arc laid. Tho Gencral. who
Ii Superintendent Of this division Of tue Western
Union Telegraph Company, mas found In his Of
hcc. The following convcrsaton occurred:
Neporter-fou have seon tho article In Tue
Tribune Of yesterday rolatyo to tho detective
maunes In which tho wrsa OF the Flre-Alarn.
Telegraph Of this oity Aro 1aid7
Gen. Btagor-I think the article you refer to
was somewhat unjust. 1fr. Chandler, who man
ages tho Fire-Aiarm Telegraph, Ia gentleman
Of great experience, and runs tho business ~
we'll As tho funds appropriated by the Common
Council will permit hl1n to do.
Keposter,-Fhon you consider Tho appropr'A"
thing approaching tllst-cssa ety.o?
Gen. btaRsr-Unaoabteaiy. Putting up poies
would be very expensive, and Mr.. ChAndlnr
must, Of course, uEe tho rools OF houses, and
such other means as arc within hiR rekch. DtlnX
myself property-holdcr and sAx.payor, aud
having an lutimAte knoulodge OF teIegrsphy BE-.
edos, nuht say that tho Fre-Alarm Telegraph
Ia we'll managed hero, considering the
means. fou must remember that the city
Mnes run short dtstaneos. and distractions
| telt by them. OF course 1t would be much bot
ter TO have the liNes run on poles. but the CITY
MIL not pay for the additional expense.
NspoItos-complalnts arc nado that tho wires
are so placed IN different parts Of the altY that
they run tho risk of being broken It any mo-
| menk.
ueu: aages--well, they can tell at tho
central ethce within few hundred fest OF
where the damage ocenEa. You cannot just
! " charge alt. Chandler With neglect 10
tho matter: nhen you consider hls resources
The COUNCIL Ia aiono lesponslble for tho deh-
clenclea Of tho Department. That BODY threw
l out tho iteUs recommended by the Finance
Committee last July. all but paltfy suul,
! NeposteT-perhapA the Aldermen did not eoti-
| mate tho Importance of the mskter II that time
Gen. 8tagor-Then they ahould estjlnate it,
| Importance, becausa IN city having euch are
e1perieuce - this. It ia worry important 10
| have tho Ara.slatm dst-clasA. hkya m in.
| terest in Dir. Chandler beYond thst OF an orii-
nary citizen and taxpayer. but think Ls does
| hin businaas very we'll. consideriug the ANAL
| amount allowed him bv the Common Couucii'
| This was all the General hAd 10 say on the suh,
| 1est, but the reporter bad = conversation With
! col. LYNCH.
| Aa8Intant Superintendent OF the same Company
| on thu subject
| Col. Lynch had read Tuz TRIBUNE article, and
thought it WAS written BY somo person Who had
had little or no knowledge Of telegfsphy. eomt
Of tho wires used bT tho city were insulated
aud. although they ran around poats. or unle
lumhof piles. or lay on tho roofs Of houses, tlel
efficiency would not be Impaired, 10 long u
k4trn Was no connDctton NTH the ground.
WAs ottOn The cabe that insntAtion UAs pe1iec
wheu To tho inexperienced eye It eesmed other
wise. Any defect In thu uizs va indicated I
, 1875-11-18
THE NEW COURTHOUSE.


Therb WAS very little change Iu tho Situation
about tho Courthouse square yesterday.
Harms WAS dlsconsolate because lie could not
sink his rotten piles. aud only succeeded Ia
scuding down twelsc oak timbera. Architect
EEaD ia determined thas mono but good piles
bhalt bo driven, nnd therefore Harms stands no
show, he tho County Ring is helpless, under the
circumstances, to aid him in pushing tho matter
to further issue.
The Special Comulittao On tho now Court
House, appointed by the Executive COMMITTEES
Of tho Citizens Association, hold their frat n,cet-
lug yesterday morning at 1880 1t tho olI]co of
ARMOUR, DoIo d Co., No. 2 Metropolitan Bock.
Il!ero "ero present AGssrs Gcosgs Armour F.
BAvmann, Cornelius Ilico, aud J1cah Nuaeu-
burg. Tie Committee wsh organized by lLo
election Of Mr.. Armour IS Chairman.
After consultation. It was decided to delegate
tho oxaminatton Of tho piana specifications, con
tstcts, and all other data in rho csso to Messrs,
laumann and Price. who proceeded to their duty
soon after tbo adjournment OF tho Commlttco.
3lr. ". Baker, a builder Of o1por,anco aud ca.
paoity, wan deputea to examine tho p1lGe and
ibh. general subject fol the use Of ths COM
mltteo.
Messrs. Armour and nosenburg bad. at The
request OF tue Committee. : consnlta.1un With
Aosa1s. E. b. 1sham. ]. D. Cation. and i. G.
Larned. the judiciary Committee Of tho Asstc,a.
ton. the object being to got et the legal aspect
Of the matter, mud to sets!e upon tho proper
course to ba purHuod II = resost to tho courta
wan deemed necessary.
The Committee will meet again at 0:50 this
morning At Dir. Aro1our's Office for further con-
saltatlon. and in order to prerAre their report
for Ft1aAys meeting of the Executive Commit
too.
Considerable question has arisen a. to what
method should be pursued-uLothes to attempt
tFecoucaiiAt!on between tho conflicting parties
oftEY some other device. 1t IL suggested that 1t
, 1875-11-18

mont mill 10 vlo.osl with deep intcrcst BY si
eo1'carnoa tn education, osrccIaty In Wow OF tt,e
suits or tho rra'lt'l-stkoot syAtem pnv generally
IN vaEue. Prof. Jun"s haH nlrcav secured this
nestasanco Of Prof CI.aslrs Raymond. l'rof. D.
\. Aler"tn, Tt0t II. II. Ifolncs. hh Miss tlery
n. 11ltlIom, and VIII soon completn tho cotpn Of
instructors. Tie wlntor term Ut tho now school
Will begin Doc. 9.
RpCfAL.
Tho ontortainmnns ntven at tho First Methodist
Church, Tuesday oyon,ng by tho managers Of
tlic laaica' Lecture Course WAS wei! attelldch.
Tho pEogrnmrnD included realingn by Mira. Blny.
ton and muato by tho 11lnnoy QHhrtnttc. 'rhe
lnttor, M usual, Was very acceptable. Tho nexs
entertainment in tho course will bo the lecture
by Prof. aloxander Ninc!,sll, nt Jcnnings' Hall,
upon Tho Ascent Of Mont blanc"
, 1875-11-18

once by apparatus in tho central Office,
40 was Also q hrcax in oi,cult,
At Buct, short distances bo did not think tho
w,gcs wontl suffer- much from tho obstrnc.lons
mentioned in T1iE TRtnrsr. OF conruo, whora
thoro waa gross carelossncss. tho matter ought
70 bo looked after. Doss' kites and matters Of
worry thicklY spread. they wnuld l,avo istIo OF no
efoct OIL city wires. IA to tho laying Of wires nn-
der ground Ito thought llsat nttorly smpract'ca-
hlo in city whero tho etreets wcre betug torn up
for ropnirs about osory otller day,
, 1875-11-18

. THE APOLLO CLUB CONCERT.
Tho Apollo Clnb has commenced tho season OF
f875-'7G with handsome succesB. Its concert
At 3tc(;ormick'a Hail last evening called out an
i1nmouso audience, md ono which WIS most
henrtily dcligltod md enthusiaHtlc over the
brilliant work dono by the Club. Tho forco waH
1arger than usual. there being afty-Aye mcnboss
preoont on tho H.age, which s moro than tho
Club has ever turned out horetofoto. In ali re-
npeots great Improvement Ia manifest over tho
work OF 1ast year. After Mr. Dohn's restgna-
tlou, year or moro ago. the Club driftad along
rather uncertainty, but u has now found ita tnxB-
tor, and he has Infused It with Dan life mud
force. The programme numbers were mainly
light and pleasing, but It WAs not 30 much iu tho
music ITSELF as in tho naunor Of singing it
that tho charm lay. Dir. Tomllna has dono
eoudesful work in tho short t!mo le haa had
tho Club IN training. Tho baanco OF voices ID
not absolutely perfect. PeshspB 1t Ia impossible
that 1t aVor can Do IN BucA MI Organization, and
yet tho Club may CLAIM bott0r bafanco than auy
cr and quality of yoicca it Is superb aud It is OK
celleut ID tuno. In sli tho dolicAte shxdca Of
expression, especially 10 cresccpdos and diulin-
uendos, aud II onunciaston,, their anRing is ad;
mirablo aud 1lr. Tomlins has further achieved
TINT razcss Of ali musical rosnlts, perfect pi-
an,srlmo. Tho Club mnr be proud Of lis work
aud Of its st,cccse, and slr. Tomllns is to DO
grntuated Now that he has snch slno
cd, We trust he will give us this
winter toucl, Of their quality in soma more
ambitious work which is Worthy Of their pouora.
Tho Boloidts of the evening wero Misa Alice
Dnceyee. tho phenomenal alto OF tho Nichtngs
troupe, who Fang aonc ballads In her pocu!ior
mannor--nhfcl, to speak pntb!y. iB tireAomeiy
pIalntlye. She. ut least, should lot Beethoyens
lin Q1csta Tomba' goycrey alone In future.
Hiss Hive created . poziect fnroro With her
Buperb playing Of tho csdonza from tho Third
Concerto (Deotlloven); the Chopin l!oudo in L
t1at minor, the rendering Of which ought TO sett!o
tho doubts some musicians hnro had whether ano
could play Chopin tho delightful eliegsetso from
tho Eighth Symphony (Beethoyon) aud Ltazt'a
transcription Of Gounod's ~ llomoo aud Juliet +"
music llsowise LlszEs Third Nhapsodo Hon.
groso, given for MI encore, which sho plays
with dash and br.lliancy peculiar to herself.
We have 90 often characterized Mias RivoH play
ing that It would be almost todioua repetition
to lwoii in aetn.i upon her work. sho stands
not only In tho very trout rank of American
planiBss, but NO mako build to claim that she
stands at tho hond Of all Of them In ali the easou-
tiala oi real artist The concert in all respects
was q most brilliant alcceaa, and shows that the
Apollo still hives. stronger and 4carties, and
doing isa work with moro Auish thkn svor
before.
, 1875-11-18

Labore1s. clerks, ovsrYbody that is working T.,
salhrs. do you know that 1ra I,rorp Ia eo,pr II
raiso tho price OF hs beautiful homo lots =.
Pa'k Rlago from 4l00 to e2007 Now Ia vo,,,
chance to get cheap homo. Next monil, /,
Mill be too lalo
, 1875-11-18

-. Who're Do You Buy Eurniturea
ho~ m'lrh d" you pay for ~ What kind DO ~,
Resa WY eant manufacturers savo you dcaitr
prohts7 VIII you rricn At Hnmrnon, Greens 4 e..
nanufaeturera' agents. Nos. io2 md IL ta,o sIrtat
, 1875-11-18

Arc Your Closets Out Of OrdeYr
II 80, n:o tha Wakefield Earth.Ciosst, II Ia eh,A
a'tsaele sosble, portable, nn when onoo used inal
nensaoe' palto agent Nos. t91 and 1ot sia,s stree
Send for clsoulor. 'S1
, 1875-11-18

1mportant to the Preservation OF TA,t,.
John doznolru Cherry Tootl.Pastn.
taa most eflcscons dentlfHee known. Try 4, For
Bradley Ill and 17s Randolph, street.
, 1875-11-18

viii thp prcas md tho public op Chicago conccao
1t to mo? II tiley do so will not abuse the
p'''"'e'' ~
STONE-sNELL,
nmt,,Ayr socrrTr WEDDING, LAs7 EVENING.
Tha sr,,,,r. r.s;,,oucc M Mr, A. ]. Bno1l Al
M 125 tlr We,t wa,bina.ou bb stroot was brilliantly
lighted last evening and thFo''ged with 'asnaon-
ablc e,,osts. Tho occasion IVES somewhat mo.
r,cntnue In socctr annals, siuco there vero to
I.o ,,,,,tad ~ n,.rr;aro Miee Mary soolt and Mr..
Abort N. Stone. boil we'll known in social cir
ces. Tic hitter being proprietor OF lilo Bishop
Court Hotel. Great preparations had boon
,,,,,1o an,t Ar thc weather anil nyorythipu clHc
,,.oxod or,nIclon. tho nff.ir nas,cd m Ia tho
satitfaetson or h'l concerned.
Shortly before 6 o'clock
TIE 1sv1rrp QUESTS
b,o,n In ,rr;ve. Aiming thoso e,hn ornc.d ,hn
20. N,. ~ ~. 80 ....s ~ - A..
occae'on WIN 1pelt p1eaeuce 1ets oe. ao" u..''
Monsno Aeash, Mr; sud Mrs. Intn.Il han9, ar.
anil Mis-. L. q. Cole. stf. and Alrs. Augassns
Van gI1rep, Dr. and hfs' !ftoesneeK' hr. ara
ssa si ars hsAss beaasop M ei s aud aud Mrs. ~,
AT. and Mss J.. u. Wt!lsans' u. anu MRS. noaa'
ttr. md Mrs. j.. E. Jo1cry, Dr. and AIRS. Il. u:
Ionds: Ar. ana alrs. Noooft Wright, Mr. 4na
hrs. Iasior' alr; and AIRS. wilbur. the Icy, ".
e1d Mrs Goo4Min, Mt; aua MSe. 'afea y; n,'n' mags'
AT. and Alrs. Handy, MI. anu hlrs :. y. 9n!iocR'
Mrs. i. Peterson and danghtet, ME; 4: +: Mar
tinc Miss "cnH1o Martina h1ies uhitlo Miinuf,
Misa DYmond. MIS-. william kesr' Dr. j. Whi-
to11' alr. II. Nenshond. MISS nde nean, Hiss
Marian ltoot, alls9 MAY Uavts. miss Nolllo
licnth Moeafa u. ". koot, q. H. Noos, r y.
Nnot. j.. y. AlcDonalu, II. =. freeman. FRANK
bquai1. George II. Lipe, ansl 2. dro1.
a foH minutes after O'CLOCK
ruE nR1DA. PATTY
descended tue staircase and took prominent
position in the front pAr!or Tho bride waa at
tired In pearl-co!orotl Silk. elegantly trimmed
With pearls bridal VOL, and orange blossoms.
llte brIdcsrna1d, miss haso franklin, ~aa
ttHtclnIly dreaaed IN White tariethn tttmnea
with flowers aud green leayes+ Ara A. J. snsla
wore stono'coiofcd aIlK ana ulhmohdss MT.
aeorgo ". Root acted ~ groomsman. The
corcunony Waa performed Dy Tho HcV. y. I.
1oodwln, pastor OF tho flras congregational
Church; After 'ta conc!nslon hail AZ hotlF Tas
devoted TO- conH!Atu!aGhg tho neWiy.mafIod
couple ana whhinR them tho Usual hmouht OF
THE wEDpiaa atFfEIt
elegant sty1o. Tho tabio waD loaaod NTH deli
cacies and profuHcty orusmentea. In tbs centre
stood pino-sree, aovcral feat III
hoiEht With Bofgeously plnmaged b;rla
Of Paradise perched on tho branches,
all OF woven sugar, aud WITH clttstera OF hlalHga
grapes depending. Hostdes' there we're figures
OF cwAns aud statuea, OF lca-crcato, aud i1n!ta-
tlon whtorlnclonH, Of tue asmo material, the
Whole mingled with wilderness Of charlotte
g1aces, Yisqnit$e 8laccs, wedding fsFoz1, Salads
cakes, oysters, etc.
After the banquet tho E1lests repaired to tho
pafiofa. Hhefa kla customary Iecoptloh Was
, 1875-11-18

Old and Faded Pictures
~ deccaaed friends can ho copied and ,Ae sxop,..,.
beautful II Brands BtuAIus, No b1G W,h,,b .x.s'.:
, 1875-11-18

Miss Carroll, an thu Fr1ncess was a. mana, o,;,
toerabo' Mr.. 1lurloy. ~ Tho Irfnnc. wks III ~
ehso. Mrs Nrowns was acootthhto NV ,I,,'.as W. ~
, 1875-11-18

Pianos md orEaua,
l!alet, DAVIS Co.'S Grand, s'iuarc, and urn,s,
ano amsthS American Organs, can BE- found on1y a.
Chicsgo. Ns''''
, 1875-11-18

. NJ mtsSnths 'sith' ~ .
Oxeatords admirable play "Adriennc tue
Actress" has not boon given for many years at
M,vtckcr's Tho.,re and thouoh It h.s bcan
o.o.sin1.,fv rod,,,aa y, o,hor ,,ls.as - .n,,,so
oseAs'va"ns plouaeeu ~ osa't p1ae's =. nlaa9e
ment, 1t is ne" to large number Of regular
p!ay-goers. The play is In come respects not
suitabIe for the purpoBos Of Tho modern thaatro
II. t.noth ia ncs;nat II rhrea ordinary ncts ara
In shar. -, fn,I ovs,ine.. sn,nrta in,nsnt snd
too long to be followed By an afterploce. The
sud,epco last night Nss startled at tho sudden
c}o.c of thu n.rform.nre. sfoat of tho.o prea-
out remainod seated tor two full minutes af-
Ind IN then ' reinetanti1 i";t THAR ac.ts' Thsy
axsaonItv % .pnse;ea sum.t,inr mo,c 11Sy foT
t,,ni. .norov nd vara s,,,nEz.a ~ hsvo
poI.lmAaoe p., n "on ussna +,o oIv s....,isn yIIon
ptonapt1y =. ~. LGsSspS - sno 1'nag'se - y -,
iength OF tho paY wnsen nss IeooTmeauea at !. %
tS eny anaSrv ssons r IT,. ~ ya s sots in
the clty. Whataer ths 20 tho reason 1r noe' ~
10 lace tnat "Auflsnho .ho Aotsese actress nAs @ po-
CONS aa.te iayoslse WIG ~ hu.toor .. CON-
Rnnes ho" peaiosng 10 Ihe naser amses .G%ns nn,ns
t!2h 10 tHe play es 40 actns alau.a s 70 aa tue 'n
t1lcacy OF tss nnaefpiot. Wn'oa must olten po
onzzng 20 pessons Ia !soo' 81 ha eassn no"h Wno
ale not oAo!tuat piay-soeto. ~ a.m.sn aonu t1s,,
to petsonaGe ,, Miio does @ isi. nGt arpeaf. anS
Udctod o. 4Ast R'8hs toE sala soasout "ss
no doubt Htntnpllhe, n.ock to man1, ~. nns
souscc OF consasiaa e1ill ano'ues oo1eSS'tsu ts,a
70 the plhy u ny .nsonsey epnne sauo nnu
Tans o. sas1ety u s spPoas ~ 70 .t .1a over i
Tho terrible pa oI gsloi ana doa.n " uvS5 ~
slmoat from beRtnn'ng to end NosHfns1socs cap,
re deiecs noticed, tae Plsm ,s1,ioh hsyo
siaered. nas nne9o.sosaa no1S, ns,,,ss II MT "A
Rasen u me nleh p!tco ). no" w ~. st,.n.
~ acting DRAMA as least ae ~ofk aof .., 11 n;aht
tion Of tho student. ol tho ac''aK ~ ~ nr.iss
there IL little to say e1thof ~ tno ,n nart
or blame a1isa Coonos; VIZ ~, w. ! Im,sne5
o. Aaf H. ~ a. tsn psrfout In ordiuary
, 1875-11-18
EVANSTON.

EVANSTON.
DoAnD OF TECtTEEs.
Tho Village Trustees bold an important moesing
TueslnY evening. at which Trustees uuso. 1gle-
hart, Wheeler Taylor, Drainnrd, nn;l KIddor wero
present. Tho memberB manifested au unduo
anxiety to return to their lsomcs, and rushed
throushthn business TINT came up with alt pos-
Biblo speed.
Proceedings wero opened by tho presentation
of tho following report from tho Commtteo on
SeHefnge:
Your Committee bes 1cavo 10 report tho lakoshoro
protection OF the Days street tower completed, with
tne channel. No also report continued progress with
Tho rcwcr, which las nearly roachca Chicago aTen1o.
rctor to push tho work sious Al fast ~ possibe md
they nre in horca that TIM weather may continue fasuE-
e, ~ 4s4e a. Fl " e. 01a sS tSs
REPORTS Of SIR Benianln Dutlcr bower Inspector.
anil J. II. Fitch, Village Engineer.
The substance OF tho Hower Inspectors report
was contained In tho following sentence: II
other work OF like character" The Village En-
glneer reports a. fo'oHa: !" AtoGethor, think
| tho eBwer Ia III well but na sencra ARE ever
| to tho ln.tar."
Tho reports we're accepted.
Thla report placed a worry ,roseate hue upon
sewerage affairs which subsequent develops
Ments scarcely Justified. Whoa tho contractor.
,vnrk tlora to t1.to sn,nehofs naEo, Il hs ;ntand
VI -, ~ esU hs; nt n T. e
r,lmored that hu intended to quit work foE
tho winter, because OF the westher aud
tho contract price, tho saeacious Trustees de-
clinod 10 approve tho estimate, md thus de-
priyea the coatIsoter Of ! tho neans yherewith 70
| pay his men Tor their last two weeks work. Not
only this, nnt they also, by violating their con-
| tract Rave him = prete1t for doing tho eamb,
which was ali that bo wanted, possibly.
Tho Committee on Plats reported fnvorably
| "A'e'' ""' 'Ptio ,, .-,
Tho, rama ,ba in,a;nnsa ~ ,no.t trtor.a,
| uhnI ,,nI .ttraotad tha ,rna,non ~ .snos,
an ria a or OF Wss
Works nrosantod nun,ber nf rcno,ta. some NJ
ytr ,,nra ,,oa cansidona cnqoastv ~ ho.r
Thc ilra,' ancm,nents rad worc tha rano,ta ~
McstFs. Commons and Ritter, a. follows:
wc rcspectfy report On tho condition Of the pumn,na
On or ays fon Mr Tetny on WIN 4. enen
| room After short !uterrsv, wo asked him low 10
wors H. sngas&s H. u ne ..id sy wsts Nv working
sure. but on attempting to change them they refused
to obey. IL Tic enviprs ucreassd in suced thc coli,
denseE got hot and the pressuss m tho wuer-ptpee In.
creased which caaaod tho engines to stop, NJ tbs
tor dd not MoEk. bMf, upon opening tho
feae'-Salse' 'he enslnea s'arteu OH an 5,snk
ano Iopo.s ptoteoas 70 gse tne a1saais ot sne
sHsslnl .eS|S ""oo' anu e'Sod TUG 1ollo~1og coa'
o'1a'o"a:
nurin8 tho trials the engines and pumps workcd
az Me ase no od WY aney shoa nos Giye
IN esars snS ona.ai az ~
usefu fsevera instances Of neaoc of various pa,ts
tho o1pcrenccs of sho engiaeers III ciassc ar. Isns
nstess experience with lowpresauro ongtnes hls not
hesn s,.;s extensive: AZ . Ao !; nos Posted Nth
snose x,hu o. eps,aes stoGf pfaSueay o. taeofssa
~. mr. lccnf las f0AoWcN engineering 1of number
cn"s u% t9t af ia al a ~ ~ ~ @ IH
HEM a. ,a %otl mkc accora,nu tn ticir nrn .t.ts
, 1875-11-18

~ tbs Editor " fhx Chleaao Irlbuna;
CHICAGO. Nov. IA great many comments
hare appeared in The P1ess during the pass week,
tending to Cause pablic apprehension With "a.
, 1875-11-18

LundborR's California Water
OF tol'etand bath; dcghut5fr aud rcfYt.ht,,
, 1875-11-18

- e1~--s~~1>- =
pErTlDoSE-on tLo 17su Inst, 1T 10 Filth A., ~
10 ne wife " Johu Z. tc1tisy,ue. = ron,
IL Courier, Groat harrington, rjp1us c.,pr.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-17

THE EDITOR of the Sunday Herald evil
IDENTIFY aspires to become Professor of
journalism. In the last issue of his paper
he attempts to teach his betters how to con-
duct their business affairs. Behind this
presumption, however, exists the fact that
he is DESTROYS of establishing a daily Dem
ocratic newspaper, and his OutgiVings just
now are intended to convey an idea to GER
tain parties, to whom he has applied for
aid, of the manner IN which he would like
to manage such an enterprise. To say
nothing of his Inconsistency in assailing
carpet baggers, when it is known that he
is one himself-a bit of drift wood, in fact,
lodged in this District when the flood of
discharged soldiers subsidized here at the
close of the war-it is remembered that he
was a persistent office-seeker at the begin
ming Of President Grants first term; that so
long as he enjoyed Government sinecure
he was willing to admit the patriotism and
superior ability of all the members of the
Administration, and that since then he has
been closely connected with matters which
are characterized by the Opposition as the
operations of the District Ring" These
facts will not serve to commend him to the
favorable consideration of Democratic lead
ers or capitalists in New York or elsewhere,
and we may add that they would not have
been alluded to in this pointed manner if
he had not attempted to play the role Of
censor of the District press. Impudent and
imprudent assumption, like virtue, has its
own reward; but, unlike the record of
virtue, it is sometimes exceedingly unpleas-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-17
Tur cnLI- SrR1RRr

The contest between the labor and
capital of the country is daily becoming
more plainly defined. The hope which has
been cherished for some months past that
the differences would be accommodated by
q gentle yielding upon both sides seems
likely to prove delusive. Especially is this
the case in the coal region. There we be-
hold a military guard employed at the ex-
pense of the State for the protection of
property from acts of vandalism. The
capitalists have organized themselves-or
rather their means-for the ostensible pur-
pose Of employing labor for the develop
ment of wealth. The labor has also organ
lied as a means of self-protection against
the improper entertainments of capital.
Who shall say that one form of organiza-
ton has any more legal rights than the
Other7 But the difficulty seems to lie in
the fact that each party presume to dictate
to the other the policy which it shall pur:
sue. While this deadlock continues both
are losing money, the State and the body
polite are being dwarfed in their taxable
capacity at the rate of one dollar per diem
for each man that is idle, besides the dam
ages which are suffered to accrue to the
several mines. The result will be higher
price for fuel the coming season, TO be paid
by all the poor people in the country with
out any compromising benefits to the miners
or the capitalists. There is no doubt that
the miners should be taught that they have
no right to destroy the property of others,
or TO prevent others from working at lower
rates than they choose to take if they can
be found but at the same time it seems
possible that the capitalists could well have
afforded to continue the prices of 1874
until they were compelled to lower the
prices of coal. 1t is exceedingly rare that
the fault in cases of strikes is all on one
side, and the only safe way in which to
avoid trouble and great resultant loss is by
compromise.
= 1t seems most remarkable that the men
of sagacity who operate railways and
mines and steamers and canals should
allow themselves to forget that capital I'M
employed is the deadest thing on earth;
and the more especially that they should
forget that money invested in properties
which need the constant care and manipu-
lation Of laborers to prevent them from de-
probation are, above all others, at the
mercy of the laborer. But this appears to
be the case at the Pennsylvania coal
mines. Those pig headed managers, with
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-17

SENATOR JACK BROWN GORDON, of
Georgia, positively declines to become the
Democratic candidate for Vice President in
1876. Now let jeff Davis decline to be-
come the candidate of the same party for
President. This is all in the natural course
of things, when we remember the antece-
dents of the Democratic party; but who
would have dreamed ten years ago that an
ex-rebel like Gordon would ever be exalted
into such political prominence?
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APRIL
MARRIED.

YoUNG-GwYEE.-On Tuesday April u, BIZ
the Rev. y. Walsh. LIVINGSTON I. Y0yN3, OF
Gissboro'. d. G., md LOUISA GwYNN, Of Prince
Georges county, Nd.
PARKER-ewYEN.-0n Tuesday, April Is, by
the Rev. T Wash. r. O L. PARKER and ELLA