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, 1876-05-14

FfrzHuoH, the Confederate Doorkeeper Of
the House, IS will be seen from cur Wash
ington dispatches this morning, Is no longer
SO much digger than old GRAs1," as be
thought he was when be penned that re-
markahle epistle to Confederate friend in
Texas. By desperate effort on. be-
half of his Confederate hackers in Con-
gress, the resolutions for his expulsion
vere yesterday sent to the Committee on
Rules, to be smothered there. His record as
having been indicted in Kentucky for arson,
perjury, larceny, and conspiracy, might have
been overlooked BY the Confederate majority.
But the awfm fact that in that famous letter
be wrote himself down an egregious ass can
not be extenuated nor forgiven by them, and
slowly and reluctantly they are being
forced to thu conviction that his official
head must fall into tho basket
, 1876-05-14

The present status of the Mayoralty CUES
ton, boiled down, is this: The Common
Council, having canvassed tho vote for
Mayor, declared Mr. HozNR elected to that
office, and directed the heads Of the several
city departments to officially recognise him
as such, there remains nothing further for
that body to do in the matter Of settling the
Mayora1ty muddle. The Council cannot
stultify itself by reconsidering its action in
the premises, nor by admitting in the least,
by any official act, that the intruder Co1vM
has shadow Of title to the Office, his term in
which has expired. Mr. HoYSE remains
Mayor de tdeto and Mayor De j1rs also, until,
upon case properly made, the Courts shall
decide to the contrary; so that practically
there is nothing for the Council to do save
to discharge its ordinary functions as the
Legislative body Of the city, leaving Mr.
HOME to discharge the duties Of his Office ss
Mayor until the Courts settle what is left of
the controversy.
, 1876-05-14

The Rev. Dr.: TAYLOR peremptorily de-
elines to be made the safe repository, to be
double1ocRed and barred, Of BowEa's testi.
nony and BEEcHER's explanations. In his
plain-spoken Letter to Plymouth Church he
takes the very sensible ground that it is IN.
reasonable to expect Of him to express an
opinion upon the matters mutually confd-
%, while the evidence upon which that
opinion. is asked is to be kept under
lock and key. He reminds Plymouth Church
that the determination Of the matters in
controversy properly belongs to a Mutual
Counc1-which the partisans Of Mr.. BEscuEs
have SO painstalinsly avoided So the re-
cent confessional project for disposing Of the
scandal, which it could not have disposed
Of, comes to. naught, and tha .=csndsl will
never down until daylight is let in upon the
whole atfair without regard to TOMMY SHEAn-
AAs's tears, Bowxs's evasions, or BEzcHzn's
eloquent protestations.
, 1876-05-14

She Was an untutored child OF Nature, though
for short an 'Injun squaw,'' they called her.
md her story should be an awful warning to ali
the other dusky daughters OF the forest-as
aouotless 1t would be II it could only be read By
snen'. saea one appeared at Columbus, O., few
days since, accompanied BY man whom the
people there were at loss whether tn set dow,
as Sioux brave or hummer from off the
plains, but who finally satisfied them that be
was genuine 1ong-lost son, and proceeded to
aunt up his relatives who were well-to-
90 residents there. He had gone West
dozen years before, and, not having since
1een neard from, had been given up as dead.
~ naa' however, only been captured by the
lno1ans, had lived among them until he grew
tired OF it, and returned to his old home, ac-
eompanied By his Indian wife, who could not
De induced to leave him. Her devotion he there
on proceeded to reward by decoying her upon
~ ! outward bound train, from which be 5umned
, 1876-05-14

Notwithstanding the lofty tone assumed in
demanding guarantees before surrcndering
"1ss1ow, the Boston swindler, under the e1-
tradition treaty, the British Government, at
the expiration Of the ten days for which be
was recommitted to await requissition, yester.
day denied his application for release,
and again recommitted him for ton
days longer. Evidently tho English
Ministry are not in haste to rush
matters to disagreeab1e issue in this case,
and perhaps, SITTER all, rather than practically
aorogate the extradition treaty, will surren-
der W1SsIow. A little frmness goes a
wonderful way with John Bull, and Secreta-
~ FtsH's correspondence in this matter was
full Of quiet irmness.
, 1876-05-14

The testimony Of Mrs IGAvESwon4H.
widow Of the original Treasurer Of the St.
Louis Whisky-Ring, and the documents she
has furnished in support Of it, have evi-
IDENTIFY proved fatal to the hopes of Mckee.
of the Gbde-D Democrat, for pardon. Her
testimony is to the effect that she vas
present when large sums out Of the Rings
p1under were paid over to MCKEE, and
among the documents she produces are
MchEEs own letters, which, it is stated, fur
nish conclusive evidence Of his completely in
the Ring. Upon these developments, subse-
quent to the trial, District-Attorney DEE,
despite the enormous pressure brought to
bear nPon him, has reported to Attorney
General PERnEposr adversely to the pardon
asked, and from present indications McKH
1tas no prospect Of escaping the full punish
xnent to which he Was sentenced.
, 1876-05-14

we publish this morning the letters which
have passed between Marshal CAMpnz1n and
Miss SWEET, the Pension Agent, growing
ont Of B1AKH1r's manipu1atons Of the latter
Office. Marshal CAMPBELL explains the cir
cumstances under which he loaned his credit
to B1AKE1F (as scores Of others can also
dob and how BrAKEIT failed to protect the
paper. That CARBE1l became responsible
for the money and how, when B1AxEIr was
about leaving the Pension Agency, he repre-
sented that he had perfected business rela-
tons with Miss SWEET, who would pay to
c4APHz1n certain money dus to RnAxx1Y.
, 1876-05-14

The Chicago produce markets were ir,ep
ular Saturday. Provisions were; quiet and
firm; grain active and lower. Hess pork
closed steady, at $1,000 for June and $2l. 124
for July. Lard closed 1oc Per 100 Tbs higher,
at $3.50 for June and S12.6o@l2.62@ for
July. Meats we're firm, at 73c for boxed
shoulders, lie for do short ribs, and lilo for
do short clears. Lake fraights were dull. at
2se for wheat to Buffalo. Rail freights were
more active and unchanged Hiehvines
were quiet, at $I.07 per gallon Flour was
in light demand and firm. Wheat closed 1c
lower, at $lo3s for May and S1.o4f for
, 1876-05-14

the people, who called Themselves then the Law
and Order party, from riding sough-ehod over Law
| and everything else, and attempting to put nal
ont Of the office that the Supreme Court has de
cided occupied it by law.
| He drew contrast between the Alder
| men who had represented tho North Side ir
the Council which had just gone out an6
| some Of those now elected and serving, anG
who would not support him.
Resolutions were then reported declaring
that Aldermen L&szaBARrH, Bon1, snd
WA1Do by their votes in the Council acted,
against the wishes Of their constituents, and,
by supporting HoYNs for Mayor, they were
helping TO produce disorder and lawlessness;
that such action was disepproved by the
citizens Of the North Side" who now de-
manded that these Aldermen henceforth
support Co1HM until his term expires in
1877. They also resolved to rally to the
assistance Of CoLv1N "when he shall call
upon us to protect him in his legal rights"
We have never been called upon to record
mora disgraceful appeal to mob violence
against respectable citizens than this by the
man who claims to be Mayor Of Chicago.
On the same night Colv1x meeting was
held IN the Fourteenth Ward, and the mob
visited the house Of Aid B4uMoAArEs, and
hooted and groaned because he would not
support Co1yM in his attempt to hold over
after his successor was elected. Should any
violence be offered to any Of these Aldermen,
either to their persons or to their property,
there will be no difficulty in placing the re-
sponsibi1ity for the crime upon this e1-of6-
cial who has resorted to this system of
ueighborhood denunciation of men who are
conscientiously performing their official
duty.
The majority against GOWN in the Coun-
ell is now over two-thirds, and is in absolute
control under the law. The law Of 1875
gives to two-thirds Of the Council the power
to prevent the removal of any officer. So,
even # CoLyns were Mayor, he could not re-
move any officer Of the corporation against J
the will Of the Council There is not, |
therefore, an officer Of the city who is rot |
perfectly independent Of CoIvM. If three !
or four Aldermen could be bought, or driven,
or terrified by violence to himself or his fam
lly into support Of CorvN, then tho latter,
under his pretense Of being Mayor, might
threaten his sub subordinates with a defiance Of
The Common Council But, as it is, he can
not even bully policeman or bridge-tend-
ar, or any one else, so long as there are two
thirds of the Common Council to protect the
officer who dares to do his duty. As matters
stand, it is not in his power to remove any
oue.
, 1876-05-14

June. Com closed il lower, at 463e for Hay
and 1870 for June. Oata closed steady, at
SOTO for May aud 303c for June. Rye was
stronger, at e3t@64e, Barley closed !c lower,
ct 81 3c for May and $50 for June, Hogs
were active and 30 higher, inferior to extra
selling at $6.80@7,60. Cattle were in mod
crate demand at easy pricas-oommon to
choice quoted At $9. 60@5.26> Sheep were
scarce and firm. One hundred dollars in gold
would buy $112.5o in greenbacka At tho
r1nsa
, 1876-05-14

From present indications, the delegation
from this county to the State Convention will
be mainly for the Hon S. N. Cu11ox for
Governor. The feeling which. pervades Re-
publican circles seems to be that the party
cannot afford to have weak man placed at
the head Of the ticket, because that would
cause the loss Of all the close districts, and
might cost the Republicans of this county
alone half dozen members of the next Leg
islature, and with them United States
Eenafor
, 1876-05-14

Suoh at least is the tenor of the latest ed-
vices, though 1t is not beyond the possibili-
ties even, on the eve Of Presidential elec-
ton, that the Confederate majority in Con-
gress which selected d man indicted for no
less than four several felonies to fill one Of the
most responsible offices Of that body may
not also oondone his misfortune-that OF
being . natural fool The wE faces they
make at The prospect Of having to put this
Confederate felon and fool out Of office, in-
dicates precisely what appetite they have for
roform Of the Civil Service.
, 1876-05-14

The e1-Mayor has taken to the stump, and hs
is making desperate effort, with tbs assistance
Of q p1ayed-out and disreputable Democratic
hummer named CHARLEY CAMERON, to drum
up some constituency. II CoLv1N's cause and
friends can stand his speech-making, bis oppo.
nents Will make no effort to put a stop tott. L
there were any way possible whereby CoLvH's
usurpation and the tiagrant abuses Of bis 3D.
nainistratton could be brought into greater coz.
tempt than ia already entertained, it would b.
by inducing him and CHARLEY CAMERON to 20
around a1n-in-arm and exhibit themselves "a
fair samples Of the Co1vinian System Il Mr
GEORGE Won HoI1EN had not been snddenIY
called to Europe to look after family estate,
be would probably accompany Mr. CoLvM also
as he WIS devoted adherent. Of the usurpation.'
Il be were on hand, the representation OF tho
CoLvm administration would be tolerably con-:
piete.
, 1876-05-14
LONERGAN'B RECORD.

It viii be remembered by our readers that
the last Grand Jury presented terrible in
dictment against the County Commissioner
Ring for corruption and dishonesty, show
ing beyond all reasonable doubt that these
Commissioners we're morally criminals, who
had escaped indictment through perjury of
Witnesses and technicalities known to rings,
! It will be further remembered that, after the
| appearance Of this report, Mr. THOMAS LON
ERoAN, 8 member of the County Board Ring;
printed q card in which he challenged
"JosEpH MKDu1, WnuuB F. SroRe4, or any
other citizen, to prove against me corrupt
or dishonorable act before or since was
elected to. the Office .of County Commis-
sioner." Mr. LoSEReAss challenge has been
accepted, and the reply to it will be found
elsewhere, prepared by gentleman well &C.
quainted with his record from official sources.
and who knows whereof be speaks. We
call the attention Of our readers to this
communication. We call hlr. LoNEnaAS's
attention to this Indictment of himself, which
shows so unmistakably that he was q men,
ber Of the Ring. We call his attention to his
relations with EGAs and G1EEsoN; to his
rentals Of buildings to the county at twice
the rents it would have had to pay elsewhere;
to his recorded votes for Ring contractors as
ngainst all other competitors; to his frustra-
ton Of the investigation to see whether
changes had been made in the construction
Of the Jail and Criminal Court building; to
his relations with PEuo1Ar; to his action in
fixing salaries; to his connection with the
county printing steals and to his votes with
the Ring in the Gty-Hall business. We call
his attention to the fact that every measure
of q doubtful character that Was brought M
in the County Board he voted for; that
whenever public moneys were squandered he
gave it his approval; that he was in favor Of
and voted for every measure which the peo-
pie believe to be swindle aud steal: that
he helped to confirm every contract that will |
not bear investigation. Does Mr. THOMAS |
LosERaAs want any further proof Of his mis-
doings as member OF the County Board
Ring? If so, he has only to carefully look
over his record, and he will find plenty Of it.
, 1876-05-14

as soon as the cars began Ia nove, 1rs,tne b.,
to be carried OF somewhere, be did not 49,
where, while he returned to his friend. 49,
relatives. Her fare had been paid to 1oosr.
port, Ind, aud there she vas put of the H tretn
She was unable to speak English, save a fe-
broken phrases, and was almost frantic ~
grief at having Lost her husband, the possth,,tts
Of dcseztion BY whom seems never to hayn ~.
CURED to her. Learning that she had bo.r43.a
the train at Columbus, somebody psid her f,..
thlther. Arrived there again, she made hs.
way to the house OF her husbands re1attva, =.
be told ha was dead and to be herser t1rne9 -
out. The husband meanwhile dodeed ahon.
town to keep out Of sight Of his faithful sponxe
who was turned into the street to live or starve
with every prospect Of doing the latter. Mear.
while the newspapers Of that civilized hurp dna
nothing 50 entertaining as the sufferines Of th1.
poor savage Ia Her quest for the husband .Eho
has in such cowardly fashion deserted her: and
the query which their facetious reports Of ths
atfair ir7esistibly prompts Is, whether she ha.s
not fallen among greater sayages than those Of
her OWL tribe.
, 1876-05-14

Tho attempt Of Mayor CoLvrx, c. 8. CA11zoA
and j. K. c. FoRRKsr to whip in and dragon Aid:
hISsEEBAnrH, BosER, and WALDO, at an ineen-.
was piece Of efrontery which only desperate mel
would resort TO- The resolutions passed It thai.
meeting .,denouncins the mob spirit Of tie ~.
rally to the assistance " OF Mayor Co1v1x when ha
shall call upon them, simply the vaporns Of bssi-
!ess @ bsagga1ts; there were anything neeessa1Jta
occupy the Mayors chair, it may be found IN ht
fscognizing and taking part In such neeinst--
EpENt&q 30fk3134{,
We greatly mistake The manhood Of fte@
Aldermen II they allow themselves to Be- tn
huenoed or frightened by such insolent menacas
Of bummetitm.
, 1876-05-14
BETTER MEN FOR LOCAL OFFICES.

| 01AAlt& NA3AA EVfk AQldA 0EE4lE6s
The defalcation of Collector Won Ho1Lz
should be warning to both political parie
to select their candidates from better clas
of men than they hive been accustomed t
take up as rule. VoN Ho11Es was rep
| resentative of the hummer class of local pol
ticians. He had never, in business, pro
fessional, or social way, done anything II
justify the people in reposing large publi
trust in his hands. His associations WEI,
bad, lis instincts were low, his office-seehn.
suspicious, He had never been in position
where he handled large sums of money. Fl,
had been in no business Of his own, nor il
any executive position for others, which
could have educated him for responsible
duties. Yet he was suddenly placed in al
Office where millions of dollars annually
passed through his hands, and the honest
and capable administration thereof de-
pended solely on his personal integrity
and character. The circumstances presented
more than an ordinary temptation. A tramp
suddenly placed On guard in bank, with
money on all sides Of him, and with no re-
strains upon his reaching out for it, would
scarcely be subjected to greater temptation
than man of the calibre and habits Of Won
Ho1IEN placed in public Office to take care
of millions Of public money. Dissipation,
bad women, gambling, aud all the vices to
which he was naturally inclined, were en-
couraged by the slothful habits Of public SER
vice and the control Of money in larger
amounts than he had ever dreamt of before.
The result was very natural, and the people,
in suffering 1oss Of 100000, are only bear
ing the penalty Of their own folly in select
ing such man.
There has been latterly disposition in
both parties in Chicago to put forward better
men for the local offices, and the Won Ho11Rx
case ought to encourage aud strengthen this
disposition. The abuses Of our local govern
ment-city, town, and unty-have induced
better class Of citizens to accept the public
offices, if they are put upon them, and to
give their time to the discharge Of public
duties The large number Of gentlemen in
the new Council who have been taken from
men Of intelligence, position, and important
business interests, is An evidence Of this. The
fact that the Democrats at the last election
we're able to elect their candidate for City
Treasurer, while al the rest Of their city
ticket was badly defeated, was owing to their
having selected q gentleman whose very name
confidence. Both parties should
tollow the Same course in selecting their
candidates next fall. The nominees on both
ides for Sheriff, Coroner, Recorder, County
Commissioners, and the Legislature, should
'e taken from the business and professional
men Of the city; and the professional Office
eekers and the hummer class should be left
mt in the cold II this rule be folio wed,
here will be fewer defalcations
, 1876-05-14

vow Ho1lES, the fugitive defau1:ing City
Collector, has been promptly indicted by the
Grand Jury almost before he had time to
shake the dust of Chicago of his feet. Now,
If the like promptness is displayed by the
officials having the matter in charge, and
red-tape delays are in like manner dispensed
with, it onght not to be long while before
he is on his way to the Penitentiary.
, 1876-05-14

Gen. P1HAsosToN, OF cavalry fame, has e1sh
Grated q new theory OF the universe that Is ia
upset NEwTos's Law Of grayitation, and reduce
the circulation Of the blood and all vital fofcs
in animals and plants, as well as the phenomena:
OF light, heat, and magnetism, to manifestations:
OF electricity. He rejects wholly the theory
that the sun Is surrounded BY luminous at:
mosphere OF metallic gases, and holds that it d
simply huge reflector and Magnet regulating.
BY its attraction as such, the movements Of The,
planets. The most curious feature Of his theory:
is the application OF it to the phenomena Of Mt
In man, as to which he claims that all vital.
forces In the human system depend upon clac
tridty, and that he finds in our. bodies that pre-
else relation Of acid and Akaloid fluids neces
sary to the development Of electricity. - 3:
, 1876-05-14

The Paris Flgaronow and then makes fright
ful mistake about American matters One o1
its ta1lest is the following, which Is taken from.
It's pages: ''Our readers will remember the Misc
ANEA DICKINSON, the English girl;who sued
Col BAKER for too abusive gal1antry toward
her in railway car. This modest miss, profit
ing by the notoriety which she gained by thii
trial, has recently been giving lectures IN tbs.
United States, and we arc now informed that
she is soon to make her debut on the stsge III
Boston" This is pretty hard upon our ANNA:
who has Just had the additional misfortune To-
make failure upon the stage. The same papm
recently muddled up ALBERT GRANT, Of Emms
Mine notoriety with President GRANT
, 1876-05-14

Harpe7's Fdtty, the current numbeE, contata
one OF NAs1's best cartoons. The Democratic
tiger, his tai pulled off BY his friends who had
tried to hold him back, is jumping through M
ar at his own reflection, which he sees IN th
glass before him, fancying it to be bis Repao
l1can opponent. A smaller picture shows tne
animal half way through the glass, With nothing
on the other side Of it, and the shattered edga
sticking into his body. It Is d palpable ssttr
on Democratic Investigations, and this ps1ttea
lar tiger Is al animal BARNEY CAp11nID VII
be apt to appreciate. 80 !.
, 1876-05-14
THE DELINQUENT PERSONAL IA.


The defalcation and flight Of vow Ho11E
ought to suggest to the City Council th
propriety Of ordering complete list of tn
delinquent personal taxes to be published il
both English and German newspapers, Their
is no other way Of arriving at an accurat
estimate Of the defalcation. The mer
tracing Of the amounts OF money which Vo,
Ho11EN took from the safe, and for which h
substituted his individual checks OF due-bills
will not, probably, cover half the amount o.
the deficiency. The Cashier has testified
that VoN Ho11EN was in the habit OF opening
the letters that came to the Office, and be
probably took checks and money which he
never had credited On the books at all, though
he' returned the receipts. So be may have
done with collections which he made per-
sonal1y. Now there is no means OF check
ing OF such collections, as no delinquent
List Of the personal tax has ever been printed,
and there is no evidence Of payment ex-
cept that contained in the Collectors books
or attested by the receipts IN the hands of
those who have paid their taxes.
A Adjudication in English and German Of
!. an alphabetical list Of all the persons Who
stand charged on the books with unpaid per-
sonal ta1 at any time since the fire (the tax
lists before the fire having been burned) will
reach the great majority Of those against
whom personal tax has been assessed AL
those who are charged with taxes which they
have already paid will promptly produce
their receipts to be credited with thefamount,
and the total of these, along with the amount
known to have been taken from the Office, :
will represent VoH Ho11EA's aggregate
defalcation. The publication will need to
be merely an Alphabetical List Of names Of
the delinquents, and the amounts as the
books show them, SO that the cost Of publi-
cation will be small Is compared with the
rea1-estate tax-list. But, while this will
serve as 8. means for ascertaining voN
Ho11ENs defalcation, it will be no safeguard
for the future, and the city will consequently
continue to act at the mercy Of dishonest
return Of personal-ta1 collections unless some
different system be adopted. There was
City Collector before the fire who was
strongly suspected Of having uisappropriated !
some Of these perseoa1-ta1 collections, and |
measures had been taken to lend to his de- |
lection, when the fire came and destroyed the |
records The same danger will exist SO long
rs the present alovenly system Of collecting |
The personal tax shall be continued Some
thing can be done in the way Of reform by
the Office. Of City Collector alto
sether. It is no LONGER necessary except for
picking up old back taxes, as the collecting
If both real~estate and personal taxes is now
n the hands Of the Town Collectors and
County Treasurer. The collecting Of license
:ees can be given over to the City CLERK, and
325, 600 or 800, 900 year saved to the people
y aholishing the perfunctory City Collector
nd his retinna