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, 1876-07-23

The terrible accident to the English war
vessel the Thunderer, during her trial trip,
BY which forty persons were killed and many
more injured, has already been noticed in
The TRIBUNE at sono length. Since the &C.
count appeared, however, the cause OF the
explosion has been ascertained. It seems
that, few days before the trip, the boiler
that exploded was tested by hydraulic pres
sure, and that during the test the safety,
communication, and relief valves, IN fact ell
communication with the engine, yerp wedged
down, and that these wedges were never re-
moved. Of course when steam was raised
for the trip it had to escape somewhere, and
found its outlet in the explosion of the
boiler, scattering death and destruction on
every side. During the past two or
three years. disasters more or less serious
have happened to ten of the English iron
cleds, showing very serious defect in En-
glish skill, workmanship, and seamanship
It low appears that to these defects must be
added gross careleEsness. Under the circum-
stances, this carelessness was criminal, and
these forty sailors were murdered by official
neglect and remissness of duty. If English
justice possesses that severity which is us,1-
ally attributed to it, the deaths OF these
men should be avenged by the prompt pun
ishment Of those who hare been guilty of
the carelessness.
, 1876-07-23

One of the three Confederate organs in
this city, which is struggling as desperately
for some Of T11DEs's ''barl Of money" as
the Morning Telegraph or the E1fning Times,
rushes to the defense Of the three Demo-
cratic nobodies who are misrepresenting
Chicago in Congress, snd says:
The Srndry Civil-Servjce bill, including appro-
p1iations for vasio1s objects, awaits the signature
Of President GRANT. The TK1BuSE, which is
notorious as never making an exhibition Of fair
ness, charges the failure to secure an approp.ia-
ton for the Government buildings at Chicago upon
Congressman CAULF1ELD and HARRISON. The
TRIBUNE knows TINT Mr.. HARRISON made an able
speech in behalf Of the appropriation, and that Mr.
cAU1F1E1p worked zealous1y for it. That it was
not secured proves the temper Of Democratic
Congress which Was in no measure influenced by
appeals from members Of its own party in the
furtherance OF local interests The renonstrance
OF Mr. HARRISON against the action, and his elo-
qucnt plea in behalf Of lsborers and mechanics
Of Chicago, has not been presented to THE TRIBUNE
readers That would be fair, but would not be
hidc-bound pa.t;ssnship.
Now, whatever Messs. HARRISON, LE-
MorSE, and CAuLfHID may have done or
may not have done, the fact remains that.
while nearly every community represented
, 1876-07-23

Neither TnDEN nor HENDRICKS seems to
know what to say to the country upon the
subject of the Presidency, and yet both Of
them are very glib with the tongue and quick
with the pen It begins to look as if the
following suggestion by the New York Her.
old might be correct: If HENDRICKS could
only get it into his head that he is candi-
date for the ce-Presidency, and not for the
Presidency, it would harnouize the Demo-
cratic CANVASS" Perhaps TnDI ia waiting
until his Southern Refor1ners get quieted
down and stop killing Republicans Their
action is, Of course, very embarrassing to
him, and HEpH1cks' position on the ques-
ton equally So HENDRICKS, being q trim
mer by nature, of course both upholds and
opposes the Southern Reformers. Perhaps
HE:DR1cEs is trying to present both sides of
the Hamburg question at once 1t is high
time, however, that somebody should let the
people know who the Democratic candidates
are, so that the Republicans may knowwhom
they are fighting.
, 1876-07-23

In sentencing Cu1rER1oS, the ex-Gauger,
Judge BLoDGErr sid that the minimum pen
atty was fine of 81, 600 and six months i'm
prisonment. This is precisely the penalty,
in the matter of imprisonment, that was i'm
posed On REIN, and yet CuIrERroN was &C
quilted of all corruption, and convicted of
negligence" AL claim that he received
money, OF was bribed, OF connived at the
wrong-doing, or had knowledge Of it, was
abandoned. The jury considered that he had
not been vigilant, that is, was negligent
and the lowest imprisonment for this o6ense
was the same as was awarded to REIN, the
originator of the whole fraud, and who pock-
eted several hundred thousand dollars Of the
plunder The sentence in this case was,
however, justly suspended for twenty days,
in order to give time for presentation Of all
the facts to the heexecutive authorities at WASH
ington. # such thing be necessary, the
whole community will unite with the Court
and Government Attorney in asking that the
sentence be set aside by pardon.
, 1876-07-23

The trading boats that annually come down
the Missouri from Fort Peck in their car
goes of thousands Of buFalo-robes carry the
explanation Of how it comes that the Indians
are better armed than the troops sent against
them, and have ample supplies of ammuni-
ton. Since 1872, it has been well known to
army officers stationed along the Upper Mis-
souri that the traders st Fort Peck secured
and maintained almost monopoly of the
Sioux trade by furnishing the redskins with
Winchester rifles in exchange for buffalo
skins and furs. The rifles the traders have
sold at enormous rates, receiving as high as
300 robes, or about $2,400 each, for the rifles,
and the enormous cargoes sent down the
river by them were known to have been OBJ
tained in exchange for Winchester rifles and
ammunition. In view Of these facts, before
the Government sends any more expeditions
against the Sioux, it would be in order to
send out company or two to capture those
traders and cut off the savage base Of sup
niles
, 1876-07-23

The people Of Aiken aud Edgefe1d Coun-
ties, South Carolina, who reinforced I" "Gen. n
Buffers Georgian mob in the attack upon
and massacre of negroes at Hamburg, have,
it appears. resolved that the majesty of the
law requires that the murderers be brought
to justice The natural supposition might
be that meant the apprehension, trial, con-
viction, and execution of the assass:as of the
five negroes who were murdered By the mob
But it does not mean anything Of the sort
The people of Aiken and Edgefeld Counties
have not yet discovered that the "nigger-
killing" was murder. But, in self-defense.
tho negroes, when besieged at their armory
and fred upon, shot one white man in the
murderous, attacking mob. That is the mur-
der for which the people of Aiken and Edge
field Counties are determined the pernetra-
tors shall be brought to justice, as the fol-
lowing Augusta special from the Charleston
Ne1cs and Courier discloses:
4 consultation OF several white citizens Of Aiken
and Edgcdeld Counties, South Carolina, WAS held
at the Central Hotel, in this city, to-day. 1t was
decided to take ont warrants for the arrest Of the
members OF the Hamburg militia company, On the
charge OF murder, insurrection, riot and conspir-
acy. am Informed that warrants for the arrest
of thirty-fiye members of the company on these
charges were Issued during the afternoon.
The thirty-fre members of the Hamburg
militia company comprise the whole number
who were left after the massacre; and, ac-
cording to this programme, they should be
got rid of by hanging, thus completing the
work.. which the Hamburg mob left unfn-
ished, of determination of that colored mill
tia company, so that never again need
"Gen." BUTLER summon a mob to attack
them. The interesting question which re-
mains is, When is Gov. CHA,mEn1A1z, of
South Carolina, going to demand, by re-
QUESTION upon the Governor Of Georgia,
the surrender Of BUTLER and the other
Georgia assassins. that justice may be dealt
out to them for their crimes?
, 1876-07-23

BY Democrats in Congress, and notably st.
Louis, received large appropriations for their
Government works, not q penny was voted
to Chicago for the work on the Custom
House after the old appropriation shall be
exhausted; not penny for the improvement
Of our harbor, though it is second in i'm
portance only to the New York harbor; and
even the $4,000 inserted for a lighthouse at
the crib WIS stricken out. Now, if this has
any meaning, it must be accepted as formal
notice from Congress that Chicago must
send some different sort Of people there if it
expects to hold its own in the consideration
Of the nation. It is reputation by
Democratic Congress of the three Demo-
cratic congressman from this city; and they
must fall behind from the sheer imbecility
and impotency which they have abundantly
demonstrated
, 1876-07-23

We have already recommended that the
Cook County Normal School be abandoned.
partly because it is unnecessary, partly on
account of the strife that hes sprung up rela-
tive to the late Principal Of the institution,
and partly because it has already been proved
more of an expense than a benefit. 4 good
and proper use for the building has occurred
to us from the suggestion that there
are some 300 young deaf-mutes in this
county who ought to be cared for
and educated. The State Asylum for
these unfortunates at Jacksonville is already
oyerrun: there being nearly 400 pupils there
in alI, while in New York State but 200 are
allowed to each school, FIVE of which are
maintained BY the State Government, The
State should charge itself with the care of
the Cook County deaf-mute children, and
the number is large enough to warrant the
location Of a district school in the county,
We should not be surprised, therefore, if the
county could sell the Eormal-School build
ing and grounds at Englewood to the State
to be used for this purpose. If this is feasi-
Bile, it is the best disposition that could be
, 1876-07-23
TIE POPULAR LOAN

We understand that the Finance Commit
tee will recommend to the Council such
modification Of the ordinance authorizing
the popular loan as will enable the Comp
troler to receive subscriptions in SUMS as
low ias 800, and issue revenue war
rants therefor. This should be done, as
we have already counseled, in order to give
the city the full benefit Of the provision for
receiving the new warrants in payment for
the taxes Of 1876 This provision will be
largely inoperatiye if no warrants are issued
for less than $500, since the number of those
whose city taxes alone amount to $500 is
comparatively small. But, if issued in
amounts Of 500, q large number of per-
sons would invest in them with view to
paying their taxes with them subsequently,
but drawing the interest thereon in the
meantime. Such provision will in
no wiso Interfere with subscriptions
for larger amounts which ought to
be made BIZ our wealthier citizens who have
the welfare Of the city at heart, and who can
not at the present find surer or better in
vestment. The subscriptions to the popular
by the fact that some Of these Treasury war
rants have bean issued to contractors in pay
ment of claims; andthe contractors, needing
the money, have offered them for sale on the
streets at discount. So long es this con-
tinues, of course there will be few subscrip-
tions at par ct the Comptroller's Office. All
those having money they wish to invest in
this way will naturally hold of in the hope
Of buying up the warrants at discount.
The practice Of issuing them to contractors
has been stopped, we understand, SO that the
only way to obtain them hereafter will be to
subscribe for them directly at the Comptrol-
lers Office.
These changes made, we think that there
will be more general disposition among the
, 1876-07-23

made of the property. But, if the state
will not buy, then the County Board may
serve greater charity and do more public
good by deroting the building, under ITS
own management, to the education OF the
decf-mutes of this county, than by running
it as normal school to turn out few teach
ers overy year, when the City High School
and Normal School, and State Normal
School, furnish an ample supply. First, let
an effort be made to sell to the State it
that fails, lot the Englewood property be
used Us Cook County School and Asylum
for Deaf-Mutes.
, 1876-07-23

Specials to New York papers reiterate the
report some days since published in TIE
TE1BCSE TINT SITTING BULL was killed in the
fight on the Little Horn It is sincerely TO
be hoped that the report will prove true; but
meanwhile il is to be apprehended that par
ties sent out to identify the remains would
be liable to find him sitting around where
least expected, and ready to take their scalps
md to record an exaggerated account Of his
exploits in So doing in his autobiography in
his most grnphic st5lo of, f,picture-lansuage.
, 1876-07-23
THE. EI800,QQ0 LOST TAXES,

4 few days ago We discussed the impor-
tant question whether there was eny prospect
of recovery Of the S1,304 1000 taxes for
1873 and II which were supposed to have
been lost because of the decision Of the
Supreme Court declaring that Bill 800 had
never been law. We called attention to
the sections of the Revenue law Of The State,
very appropriately published in the Statutes
under the subtitle Of ''Saving Clauses" and
which were intended by the Legislature to
prevent the escape Of any property from its
due proportion of taxation. We learn that
the Finance Committee of the Common
Council, the Mayor. and the Law Depart
ment have been considering the subject, and
that it is probable that. resort will be had to
legal measures in the manner pointed out by
the General Revenue law for the recovery Of
all heunpaid city taxes for the years 1873 and
1874. As this is an important matter, deep
ly INJECTING the interests of the city, recalling
Of q few facts will render it understandable
to all. In 1873, and again in 1874, the city
assessed the property within the corporato
limits, and levied thereon tax equal to the
sum Of the appropriations. These proceed
ings were all taken under special law, known
as Bill 500. When application was made to
the Courts for judgment for delinquent taxes,
Judge WALLACE refused Judgment in every
case where objection was made The aggre-
gate tax for tie two years for which iudg-
1nent was refused was 81, so4, 900, all on real
estate. The city appealed to the Supreme
Court, and that body decided that Bill 800
never was q law, and that all the proceed
ings. assessment, and tax-levy under that
so-called law we're absolutely void. The
Court decided that the only law applicable
to the assessment, tax-levy, 'and collection of
city taxes Was the General Revenue law of
the State.
In addition to the amount of tax in the
cases appealed, there were other taxes, rep
resented by certificates Of tax sales for the
two years amounting to possibly S500, 1000,
which have never been paid, and which swell
the total Of unpaid taxes for the two yenrs
to, in round numbers, $1.s00,00 The re-
naa;ning taxes for those same years, amount
ing to $500, 600, have been paid by the
property charged Herewith. One portion
Of the people hare paid $500, 900 taxes,
while the other portion have escaped to the
sum Of ST 800, 900.
The Revenue law contains the following
sections:
SEC ZIG If any real OF personal property shall
be omitted in the assessment Of any year or num-
ber OF years, or the tax thereon, for which such
property was liable, from any cause, has not been
paid, or IT any such property by reason OF defec-
tive description assessment thereof shall fail to
pay taxes for any year years, in either case the
came, when discovered, shall Lc listed and as
sessed by the Assesso. aud placed on the assess
mcnt books. The arrearages Of tax which might
have been assessed, with 10 per cent interest
thereon, fsol the time the same ought to have
, 1876-07-23

City-Attorney TUrHu1, ehss nearly COM
pleted the declaration to be filed in the suit
against ex-Treasurer O'HARA for the deficit
IF $4,000 in his account The city has
nothing to do with the Hibernia Bank, which
Is said to have the money. As the matter
stands. DAS O'HAnA is defaulter to the'city
Tor the sum claimed If he has any money
on deposit in that bank, it is his business to
irayy It out and pay it over
, 1876-07-23

The Chicago produce markets we're mod
srate]y active Saturday, provisions being
heavy, and breadstuffs steadier. Mcss pork
>losed SOC per brl lower, ct $1s.30@18.32!
for August and sls.4o@1S.4ot for septern-
Der. Lard closed 15c per 100 lbs lower.
ut SO. 75@1o.774 for August and $10s5@
1o.s74 for September. Meats were 3@4c
lower, ut TIC for boxed shoulders, $50
for do short ribs. and 10tc for do short
clears. Lake freights were steady, at 14c
:.or corn to Eu1alo. Eail freights vera un-
, 1876-07-23

In the scheme Of Ietrenchment at which
the Council is now at work SO earnestly, the
Police Committee will propose next A1onday
reduction Of the poHce-force from 535
men, the present number, to 450; the cut
ting down Of the pay of the officers some
thing over 10 per cent, and dividing the
force Of pa1olmen into two classes, one set
to be paid at the rate of $3.50 per year, and
the other at the rate of $3.50 year. Some
of the Aldermen even favor reduction of
the force to 400 men but this would prob
ably be too few. With the curtailments
recommended, it is probable that 80 per cent
can be saved on the police appropriations for
the year. It would be better still if tho
force were divided into three classes,-the
highest paid $3.50, the second $500, and the
third $3.50, with fourth class for recruits
The first class would consist of the most
competent men and those who had been in
the service longest, and so they would be
graded down. It is the same system which
obtains among tho school-teachers, and
which ought to be observed among all the
cry employees IL Is one OF the rulng pr1n-
cip1es of business success to encourage
faithful and devoted service by holding out
the inducement of higher pay in proportion
to the term of service and the value of the
labor. There is no large and successful bust
ness enterprise in the world which does not
apply the principle of promotion to its en-
ployes; and the same spirit Of emulation and
eonstancy which the system assures in bust
ness life may be excited in the public serv-
ice by the same means.
, 1876-07-23


Sherman HoHse-The Hon. B. C. Truman, Los
Angeles, Cal; ". Manifold, London, Eng the
Hon. George Sanford, Crown Point; D. E. Dyer
Boston; T. c. Phelps, Dcs Noincs; J. l. White,
fremont KoMst-J. N. Demins. Kingston. Ia the
Hon. y. T. Lnckey, Lo. Angeles, al. E. Wise,
ColoFado; Col. J. c, Mulisan. New York; J.
Elbe, New York: ". A. Atkinson, Roches-
ter; R.. T. Paine, New York; G. B.
uotrow, Galveston. Tex the Hon J. y. Eddy,
Aillngton; John v. Harris Indianapolis S<ntin<!;;
Gen. y. 3. Bradford, Lafayette; D. Willis james,
New r. ss,; York: Pa!1<r Ho4.sJoseph 4 Riss'
CEooke. Louisville; v. Henry and T. Rap"
Pc, Paris; H. G. Hoist and Willie :Aforth Norway:
T. Schmutzor. Java; John Williams, Scotland;'
u; D. Murdoch and George Buckley. New Zealand;
Thomas Smith, Scotland; J. A. Potter, z. $. A.;
New York. Gardner House-J. Ridgeway, P. 2.
Wilson. Cincinnati: c. B. Dunning. Bedford. la;
H. H. Stone, Detroit; c. y. uigsinboth.m, Man
chester, Eng: William Cook, Salford.
Eng: Grand Pacide--Isaae R. Stearns, Boston:G.
". Dillawny, Nuscatine; G. H. Fairchild. Bis
marck, D. T.; H. Mattalaz. Pittsburg; E s.
kea.ney, WashInston, D. G.; l. =; Foots, saezs"
Bradley and Thomas Fecley, Savannah. Ga-
Mons Haske, France: S. G. Curtice, Rochester,
Thomas Il. Learned Pittaae1d Ms
, 1876-07-23
THH REASON OF

Since the St. Louis Convention was held.
Less loud the old Rebel war-cry's been yelled.
Why do the Democrats make such pauses
Why hear we SO little about the Lost Causcs
To 3 sensible person it looks much IS though
The Caws have been lost. for they've eaten ths
CFQT.
, 1876-07-23
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

ORIENTAL COESISTORT-Regular meeting
S.. SOD on Thursday evening, duly
e. at Coosistoza1 Hall, - Monroc-st- Important
business and work on the 30th degree by III.
Second Lieut. Commander John O'Scill, SD
fall attendance OF members desired. Tickets now
ready for excursion to Philadelphia By order OF
GII. ". BARNARD, 33d, III. Com'r-im-Ch1ef.
JAMES 4 T. BIRD 32d, Gr. Secretary.
6uw1SSNG LODGE, NO. 31l, A. F. A. n.
The annual picnic will be held next Tuesday,
25th inst, at Sharpshooters' Park. Train lcaves
depot, corner Of Clinton and Carroll streets, at
O'Clock q. m. Tickets 81 Can he obtained OF the
Executive Committee or on the cars, and mns1c
will be furnished by Ncvans Band.
1. S. CHARLOTTE, Secretary.
BLAIR LODGE, NO. 1893, a. F. & A. M:-Reg.
ular communication Monday evening, July =. at
o'clock. Work on the Third Degree. Visiting
brethren invited. By order Of the ". II.
C. ". O'DONNELL, Secretary.
GOLDEN RULE LODGE, NO. 7oe, a. F. & 4.
MA special communication for work on the F.
A. and II. n. degrees will be held at s O'clock
sharp on Tuesday evening, 25th inst Visiting
brethren cordially invited "
J. MAcFADYEN, Secretary.
LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, no. ., R. 4. NJ
Hall 1o Monroe street. Sisted convocation Monday
evening, July -. at O'Clock, for business BY
EN- TUCKER, Secretary.
, 1876-07-23

The Spencer and anti-Spencer Republican
factions il Alabama have withdrawn their
State tickets and united on ticket headed
by \. WOODRUFF, the present Mayor Of Sci
1na- This union Of the two factions may
not secure the State for the Republican
ticket, bu. it will come very near it. Be-
ginning with 1870, Alabama has voted as fol-
lows for Governor:
1S70-Li2d%ey, Dem 80 .............- T9, AZ
Smith, Rep. --------. ..-..--. 1865
Confcd. mai ...........:............ LII
187c-Heru6ou. Dem .......-.. 81 81
Lewis, Rep .-....---.----..--....... So, S68
Eep. raaj..- 49,. ......-... ......... s,4e7
Greeley'.
ls74-Houeton, Dem.-- -....-..-...-.1o3,d d1S S
Lewis, 93.9@o
Confed- NAL 10, 4Su
It is possible that this majority cannot be
overcome, but it will be whitfield down into
very small proportions if the Republicans
put forth their full strength
, 1876-07-23
THE HON, CHARLES B. FARWELL.

We have received from Mr. CHARLES Is. JAR
WELL, who represented Chicago in Congress one
term when there was but one district IN the city
and who was twice elected from the North Side
and Lake County District, but thrown out by the
Confederate Congress during his last term, the
following letter declining to be candidate Tor
re election:
To ne Edtsor q 2he r. ZrtoHne; a1s,r =, nv
,r GncAGo, y ;at .r;I1 a".;n he canddate for
CONGRESS-, desire to say to them through your pa;
per that an now and have 2lWays oGen of 30
~ sa- icnosr helieve in the doctrine
that public trusts should be neither sought de-
c1ined certainly DO not seeS a. rcnGnaTSn 46;1a nsn
frcti snd thinE have richt to ask to be excused
from serving longer. I do not propose to retire
from because fhai mon1a 0f w eni1S
~ Int % n5onotc 70 sannort the Republican tick
ct, whoever rlny be nominated from President to
, 1876-07-23

At New York they seem deal higher water
famine than there is peril Of at Chicago, and
from the like reason, the unnecessary waste
How to check that is one Of the questions now
seriously considered By tine New Workers; aud
how important that problem is deemed is man.
ifcst from the following from the Srn Of
Friday:
Tho gctes Of the gardens in Stnyvesant Square
arc shut at eundown. but the two large fount-
aims in them play all night This is willful
waste OF water, while people down town can scarce
" get it up to the second floor. This is no time
for any cne to throw away water. l. is not at all
unlikely that in another month We may be on short
commons as regards this article OF dict
, 1876-07-23

Is HEATH going to adopt the Colvinian motto:
Let no dirty street be cscrapcd:'-JTnts.
If property owners follow the urgent advice
OF the Times to pay no city taxes, Mayor HEATH
will have to let the streets go unscraped,
whether he wants them cleaned or not. Labor
crs will not scrape them gratuitous1y y,-work
for nothing and board themselves.
, 1876-07-23
rRrB1yNE FOR TIE SUMMER.

Parties leaving the city for the summer eaa lave
The DAILY TRIBUNE forwarded to any address upon
leaving orders at our couuuug-room Inc paper VIII
be promptly mailed in Single wrapper. postage PAID
fnt 81 ner month.
, 1876-07-23

SAM Bow1Es' paper strains point to say a
good word for "SHAM-U-wrLLn TILDES; but
the most It can be screwed up to say is this:
Mr. 11LprS Certainly is not an ideal statesman or
an ideal reformc.. But he is pretty good states-
man and refo1mer foz 4 Democrat.
The country wants something better than that,