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The testimony OF C. C. JORDAN before the
Senate Committee yesterday traces the
$1,000 check directly to the person OF
SAMUEL j. TuDES, the Democratic candidate
for President, and shows TINT it was in-
tended to be used for the purpose Of pur-
chasing an Electoral vote in Oregon. Mr..
JORDAN is the Cashier of the Third National
Bank IN New York. and testi6es that 3Ir,
T11DES is one of the Directors, and Owls
SGS,0O0 stock in the bank. He further
testifes that he ordered MARTIN IL RUSYoS
to draw the IS. 900 check on Oregon at the
request OF Col WILLIAM T. pE17oS, nephew
OF Mr. TuDES and Secretary of the Demo-
Col. PELToS became personally RESPONSE
ble for the amount. The agency and
purpose could scarcely he more apparent if
Mr. T11pES himself had drawn the check
and sent it to Oregon with letter explain
ing that the sum was to be used to buy him
an Electoral vote. The most obvious ex-
PLANTATION of the return Of the check (ordered
by telegraph) is that the larger sum Of
money previously sent by express arrived in
time to render the telegrnplic check un-
necessary. All this shows that the DEM
ocrats at first intended to rest upon the
W7mo,t taeie case which they thought they
would secure by stealing vote in Oregon,
and also that the man whom the Democrats
are seeking to place il the Presidents chair
at all hazards has not hesitated to descend to
this method of corruption and bribery to
crafty his ambition. The showing is one
that ought to overwhelm all Democratic
t1reteuSi0ns
, 1877-01-14

According to the Vienna correspondent o1
the London TINES, an incident which recent
1y occurred in st. Petersburg has given rise
to the conjecture that there is very serious
Republican and Socialist agitation going on
oil through Russia. 1t appears that the 18th
of December is st. Nicholas Day in Russia,
aud on the morning OF TINT day Divine serv-
ice was held in the Cathedral of Kazan. To
wards the close Of the service number Of
students, among them many women, assem-
bled before the church. At the conclusion
Of the service, one Of the students addressed
the people as they were coming ont of the
cathedral, and said that the day was sacred
to the memory Of the e1i1es. He then drew
forth red flag, inscribed II ''Federa:ion aud
Liberty" and proposed cheers for Liberty,
which were given by the crowd with a
will. The police then interfered and ar
rested number Of the students
and women, and dispersed the crowd The
movement does not seem to be confined to
st. Petersburg. A large number of arrests
have also been made in Moscow, growing out
of the discovery of m Association honrishing
QlAGG Lu6 uGF1EE u L 9ueIAL1Uu AuQ A1uET-
ty,'' whose aim is to make Russia Federal
Republic. The plan OF the association is to
form five separate States, which are to be
united by federation. In addition to this
the dynasty was to be set aside and the
aristocracy abolished, and communal and
republican institutions established upon a
democratic basis. The London Times even
intimates that the Government OF Russia
itself has long been of the conviction that the
whole Empire is undermined by Socialism
and Republicanism. The most significant
feature of these uprisings is the time at which
they have occurred, being just on the eve Of
war between Russia and Turkey. It is not
impossible that they may be one Of the
causes Of Russias apparent hesitancy about
engaging in war. II at the time her armies
were absent in Turkey Instructions should
arise st home, the enemy in the rear might
be as formidable IS the enemy in front,-or
sufficiently so to seriously hamper her in her
operations against the Porte.
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became an aspirant for the Presidency. MOI
! SO with Gov. PALMER. He has neve1
faltered or equivocated, and is the boldest
and most outspoken public man in the coun'
try in the defense Of State Rights and State
Sovereignty as opposed to Nationality.
! Whatever objection Republicans may have
to Gen. LOGAN, be is Nationalist, and for
that reason alone no Republican can hesitate
| to vote for him in preference to PALMER
If there be one sentiment of national pol
ihcs to which the people of Illinois are moro
! devoted than to any other, it is to the
| nationality Of the American Union and OF
the American people. They bitterly reject
the doctrine thnt this Is moro federation OF
States, existing by the consent OF the soV-
| ereign parties thereto, and held together, as
Mr.. TnDEs said, by solitary, slender tie,
that may be snapped at any moment by any
Of the parties. An invitation by the people
of Chicago to Gen. SHERIDAN to keep few
| troops in this city, after the fire, to protect
life and property from the horde Of ruf1ians
and thieves who had come hither seeking
plunder, was sufficient to excite Gov. PALMER
to whitehead of protest against this in
vasion of the soil Of the sovereign State Of
Illinois by troops under the command of
the Government at Washington, which Gov
ernment was the mere agent Of the States,
and not the representative Of nation.
We do not understand how any
Republican, or the representative Of any
Republican constituency, can directly or indl-
rectly vote to have the State of Illinois rep
resented in the Senate by Gov. PALMER, or
any other man denying the nationality Of the
United States, and limiting the nationality of
the people to that of the several States in
which they naay happen to reside. Even
TnuMBu11 and Judge DAVIS have repudiated
such political lunacy as that.
From these premises we do not believe
that Gov. PALMER can command any vote IN
addition to the 98 or 80 dycd-in-the-wool
Democrats who have ostensibly divided
themselves into variety of factions, but
who will promptly unite when victory is
possible. PALMER being out Of the way, the
next point will be to try and elect Judge
DAVIS; and when this shall have failed, as
fail it probably will, then the last hope of
the Democracy will be produced in the per-
son of the notorious LEW STEWARD, the re-
cently-defeated candidate for Governor. It
is humilating that the State should even be
threatened with such calamity as his cleo
tion.
Under nil the circumstances, the duty of
the Republicans is plai,1 one. They must
unite, and find some Republican who will
be satisfactory to the required majority Of
the two Houses. The man who lacks one
vote, and cannot get it, is as unavailable as
the man who lacks twenty. Personal pref
erences mnst be yielded to the general cause,
and the Republican who can command los
votes is the man to be supported, whether he
is now candidate or not. Heavy, indeed,
will be the responsibility upon that Repub-
lican who shall stand in the way Of the
election Of any Republican, aud thereby con-
tribute to the election Of PALMER, TRuABu11,
OF STEWARD.
, 1877-01-14

The Chicago produce markets wero active
Saturday, and most of them we're stronger.
Mess pork closed 20c per brl higher, at
$l7.30@l7.35 cash and S17.55 for Febru-
a.y. Lard closed 15c per 100 lbs higher,
at $lo.so4 cash and $11.122@11.15 for Feb
ruary. Meats were &c per Ib higher, closing
at 64c for new shoulders, boxed, ETC for
do short-ribs, aud stc for do short-cleaxs.
Highwines were quiet, at S1.o7 per gallon.
Flour Vas in moderate demand and firm.
Wheat closed 1sc higher, at $l.291 cash and
$1.3os for February. Corn closed 80 higher,
1t 44c cash aud 44tc seller February. Oats
, 1877-01-14

ting rates. Whatever may b. t.4 ;:
tire, one thing Is certain: that be has m,d.
graphing for the present gopd deal e|,e.s:ks
the general public than it Was before thsa,ta
graphic war began, but how long this mi m .t
tlouc who can tell: His personal osy,n Il
New York Tribune, Of the 11th inst. ho.s..a 49, Q
publishes the following table OF. connsr,x
rates and reductions: =: I:4tts
The great reduction in tclegraphjc rates h,,,.
@ Te1ssraph ucs rns Pa1t sss h. satc
the following tabular staten,ent Of rateshsasy haxa b
New York City and important points in ~ ~
which also presents i comparison of tna sas hstt
Atantlc 8 Pacific schedule With that Of Il ~ eEs
, 1877-01-14

During the past week the premium Oh gold
has been as1ow ass 3-5. twill be fifteen years
next June since gold was quoted as low as it
is now. 1t stood Saturday at quotation of
ao6@1oe4, at which figure the greenback
dollar is worth 94.3 centsin gold. A few days
before the election gold went to 1l3. In
the meantime se5, COG, 600 Of specie has been
imported at New York, aud the New York
banks to-day hold five millions more coin
than oreeubacks.
, 1877-01-14
THE CHICAGO rR1BuNE SUNDAY

such belief It undermines the respect OF
the people for their Chief Magistrate, and
destroys that confidence which ought to be
given the moment successful candidate as-
suines official position. He will seem to be
a mere partisan, successful through force or
fraud, rather than the President Of the nn-
ton by its free choice The effect is, to
create dissatisfaction, soreness, and senso
of wrong and outrage. Moreover, 1t discour-
ages the exercise of freeman's highest
right, that Of choosing his rulers, from the
lowest to the highest. Why take the time
and trouble to vote, if ones vote, when cast,
may be left uncpunted, or may be balanced by
that Of some "repeater," or may be lost in II
flood Of those fraudulently inserted? Why
attempt needed reform, it those who hare
an interest in maintaining abuses can SO con-
troll the machinery Of elections as to defeat
the reformers, even when these have cast q
majority of the ballots? And what must be
the effect in monarchical Europe, to have the
report come across the ocean that freedom is
but name, q pretense, q cheat; that repub-
lies cannot be preserved, except in an out
"AO 4VAA43 "A4IA - u oAAt4A3 %A41t VIC tOFA~
lar rights which, in Russia or Turkey, are
openly withheld by an autocratic Car or
Sultan, are cunningly stolen in America by
the secret manipu1ations of navish poll
icians? What humiliation comes over the
true patriot at this apparent degradation OF
his country, which yet he seems so helpless
to prevent! Is "Boss TWEED" the repre-
sentative American statesman?
What, then, should be done to arrest this
fatal decay of faith in the fundamental prin-
ciples and essential methods OF our repub-
Gcan institutions? There must be secured
united sentiment aud action of honest men
in antagonism to all forms Of corruption, no
matter at what loss to party interests. We
must equally denounce, expose, and punish
frauds upon the ballot-bo1, when they favor,
as when they oppose, our candidates. We
must refuse to appoint political managers, or
to vote for ofdcehoiders, who arrange or con-
nive at such wickedness. Laws must be
passed with severe penalties for this class OF
o6enses, for they partake largely Of the
very nature of treason, and arc far
more injurious than ordinary forgery and |
theft Above al, we must remove the prin- |
cipal temptation to these assaults upon the !
ba1lot-box by reforming the Civil Service,
and thus destroying the hope Of sharing
s. the spoil" Of u political victory in the
of $4,000 sa1aried offices. Tt is
time that the issue Of elections meant some
thing more than scramble for place and !
pelf. Now that the cancer Of corruption is +
eating its way so near to the vital organs Of
the body-politic, it were well, at whatever
expense Of personal pain and party interest,
to submit to the sharp knife Of reform. The
may not be pleasant visitor, but
most people prefer him to grim Death. Let
IS call in the oueratorf
, 1877-01-14

It is now quite positively asserted that Sen
stor BUEu1EE has not 1tedged himself to any
candidate for the United States Senate. and
TINT he still feels himself at liberty to make
his choice We had set him down Us pledged
to Gen LOGAN, aud COUNTED him as one of
the 100 votes LOGAN would have if tho cau-
Gus could whip in everybody within reach.
, 1877-01-14

The grand curling tournament for the
GORDON and DA1RrMpLE medals will CON-
nence Wednesday and last three days. Lin
coin Park lake will be the theatre. and six
teen clubs will participate For the in
formation Of the uni,litinted. The TRIBUNE
this morning publishes description Of the
highly interesting game with an illustration.
, 1877-01-14

NIKE EVANS appeared at the adjourned
meeting of the South Town Board yesterday,
and demanded time to strengthen his bond
and secure a .andamus compelling the Su-
pervlsor to approve the same. The Board
took recess for a week, and it is rumored
that at the end Of that time MARX K1amA11,
prominent Democrat, Will be appointed
Co11ac+a+
, 1877-01-14

The plan Of converting Democratic Con
Eention III Washington on the l4th of Feb
1zazy, to take action upon the counting of
the Electoral vote, was submitted to A1r.
T1zpES Inst night. He is reported as reticent
on the subject, full consideration OF which
was postponed because of the absence Of Mr..
SAITH, who has proposition leading toward
the aiming Of the delegates with pop-guns.
, 1877-01-14

Dispatches indicate that s1r. JAMES Coz
DON BENNETT sailed from New York yester-
day on the steamer City Of Richmond, bound
for Liverpool There is nothing to induce
belief that he took any particular wife with
him, aud it is doubtful if lie has married Miss
MAY The wounded brother has not as vet
come forward with any statement, though
there is time yet, as the nine days allowed
to the wonder have not vet elapsed.
, 1877-01-14

ANDERSON. the Independents choice for
Senator. appenrs by adviees to be gathering
strength. while the Democratic burnt offer
ings are being rapidly shorn. Now is the
time to take the sLoe-pess out of the dark
horses oats and turn him loose. fat and
sleek, for the consolidation Of the temporiz-
inv
, 1877-01-14

closed 4c higher, at 3s!c cash and 35:c for
February. Rye WAS steady, at zee. Barley
closed Sc lower, at c14c for cash or February
and 62c for March. Hogs were .10@l5c
per 100 lbs lower, at $6.10@6-50. Cattle were
steady, at $2. .I75@C.50. Sheep were nominal,
at 50. 00@3. %. One hundred dollars in gold
would buy $1oG-ce4 in greenbscks at the
, 1877-01-14
SUNDAY. JANUARY II, 1877.

Ar. PNcHBAcK, it is said. has gone over to
the Democracy to secure the United States
Senatorship. supposed to have been pledged
him If he would lend his talents to the seo>-
xanizat;on of that disrupted party.
, 1877-01-14

Proport'ouate reductions have been u,.de +, ~ !.
AtaRslc r, q Pacific reeFraph Company t1ssas
, 1877-01-14

JAR GOULD OWLS the controlling interest In
the Atlantic d Pacific telegraphtc lines. It has
been frequently alleged that he was figuring to
force the Western Union Company to buy ont
his interest OF lines ut a big rate per share. But
as they decline to purchase at his price, it is
charged that he has entered upon new system
Of tactics, which it is expected will bring the
great Company - Ills terms, and that Is b; cut-
, 1877-01-14

The discussion Of the precautions which
| should be taken by theatres and other public
| buildings against fire has elected the most
practical suggestions from Mr.. D1os Bouc1-
cAuIr, whose experience Of thrty-hve years
as actor and manager has made him especial
| ly competent to speak. While others have
directed their attention mainly to the front
| OF the house, he has given his attention to
the stage, where the mass of indammab1e
material and complicated machinery consti-
| tute the chief danger Of fire. He has dis
covered 6re-proof application for scenery
which has stood the most thorough tests.
The entire stock Of hanging scenery in Wal
lacks Theatre has already been rendered
fre-proof, and the material is likewise to be
applied as rapidly as practicable. to the dress
irg-rooms, offices, partition. furniture, and
the ceiling, staircases, and flooring Of the
front Of the house. 3Ir. Bouc1cAu1T does
not seek any personal profit from his sue
cessful experiments, but publishes their result
to the world The process is as follows, as
described by himself:
4 better may be found hereafter, but the fol-
lowing answers Its purpose: Take tung5tatc OF
soda, costing about e5 cents pound; dissolve one
nucketful Of the salt in seven bucketfuls OF hot
water: steep or thoroughly saturate the canvas,
rope, or wood, in this solution for an hour. Let
the material dry. Take solution OF silieate of
soda, costing about 10 cents: dilute 1t with water
in the game proportion, add whitening such Us
artists usually employ in priming helr scenes, thus
makinga thin whitewash. Apply this whitewash
over the material. When dry it will be found to
be fire. proof. In treating old scenery already
painted let the same process he carried out the
back Of the same; bet final coat Of size should be
added OF the silicate IL liable to fall of In white
powder. Thr.e are other agents besides the tuus~
state and silicate that perform the same Offices.
Dr. poREMrs, who takes IN earnest and kind fn-
terest in our efforts, suggests the phosphate Of
ammonia. It has been tried, and gives very re-
markabIe results. It has this advantage, that it
requires only one process. This drug, however, Ia
more expensive than the other two; but We are
negotiating with the chemical manufacturers to
ascertain II . low grade OF this salt cannot be
made, SO as to bring it into use.
It will be seen that this process is simple
and Inexpensive, SO that managers and own
ers Of theatres have no excuse for delaying
its adoption. Mr.. J. a. McV1cKEn hos al
ready adopted it for his two theatres in this
city,-McVicker' and the New Chicago
and proposes to make the application as
thorough as in Wa1lack's in New York. It
will be good news when the announcement
shall be made that every theatre in Chicago
has been similarly protected.
, 1877-01-14

There is an institution in Germany, very little
known in this country, which relates to what
the Germans calf sf SueaueoxrsmeAe,' or attempts
at reconciliation, the object OF it being the rec
onci]iation Of married people who find there is 4
want OF affinity between them, or who are dis
satisfied with the matrimonial yoke for any 9TH
er cause. The law upon the subject, which was
passed in 1sH, provides that every demand for
separation or di2orce must be preceded by an
appeal of both man and wife to either a clerical
or lay authority to undertake the ''su<heu<,' or
reconciliation. It is the clcrgynan's duty to see
the husband first, then the wife, and then both
together, and use every effort in his power to
bring about reconciliation. Some statistical re-
ports recently issued BY the Royal Office at Ber-
lin show just how far reconciliation has succeeded.
The following Is the substance OF the showing:
i. Total number Of married couples desiring
separation: Year 1873. :. .:s:2,5; 1871, ), 430.
?. Number of couples reconcfled or net By
clessYmcn:
Ytar. R<couciled reeoncized pe19iug.
1s13.--..... ......2, s29 3,377 1,1l9
1s!4; ..;.---.: ..o, G3s 3,7o0 !, o42
g. Number of couples The beng Fssoncied de-
j. Number OF couples reconciled or not second
time by clcrgymen:
Nor Gases
1tar. R<eoncited. reeonciltd. peAdino.
MS +lDt 2G7 lao
1S74..- .....156 240 lou
Considering the prosperous condition OF the
divorce business In this country, Why would it
not be we'll to introduce the German ".Sueane-
oers7tehe here and test its efficacy:
, 1877-01-14

C0glSTn1AN CHAPTER. No. g. T.. 4. M.-sre.
etal Cunyccaton Monday evening, jan. IS. At 100
O'Clock. Work on the Marx degree. By order
, 1877-01-14

CRUSADER LODGE. no. l. Il. OF P.-AN u,e1n-
berE Crusnder Lodge No. Il. ot r.. requested
their Castle Hail Thursday evening, jan Is
1or Important business.
, 1877-01-14

CONSIDERING the prospcrous condition OF The
divorce business In this country, Why would it
not be we'll to introduce the German ".Suehne-
uerxstehe " here and test its efficacy.
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the sequel. The &c. A c." part Of the " en-
lerpri-e" was subsequently carried out.
Without paying . dollar OUT Of their own
pockets, kirnpton representing Chamber
lain), Cardoxs, Niles q. Parker, Waterman.
scott'- brother in-law, Honest John Paiter-
son, J. l.. Neayle, ex-Compfroller-Ge neraI,
and the notorious Tim Hdrley, afterward =
Hayes Eiector, got possession OF the proper
~, put through tbs ignorant Legislature q
bin releasing mortgage Of <2,O00y000 TO the
state, and then sold out 70 their own great
profit.
II Il a little curious that Parker, who Il
now anxious 70 turn States evidence, figures
In this letter - apprehensive that Neagie
might turn traitor and betray the precious
crew.
OF the several members Of the Ring, Kimp-
ton. Cardoza, Parker, and Patterson are
now under indictment for their crimes. Nea-
gle, we believe, has gone 70 the bad, and
Tim Hurley Il prominent as an admirer OF
the Fraudulent President, whom he helped
10 make. Chamberlain has not been called
TO account BY process Of law. How n this
notable omission 70 be explained Was inn
munify for Chamberlain part Of Wade
Hampton's bargain with Hsyesy
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Wells, Anderson 4 Co., Patterson, and
the fraudulent Administration.

from the Memphis Appeal
}. Madison Wells and the Louisiana Re-
turning Beard seem to be In high feather
with the Administration. They have return
ed TO New Orleans from Washing
ton insolvent and defiant. The in
high positions, and they expect TO escape
the penitentiary for the crimes they have
committed through the Administration.
Civil service reform becomes a farce and
mockery when per1nrers and forgers are
rewarded for their villainy. should Wells
and Anderson be convicted, Hayes will real-
lie his error in permitting sherman to trans
Ter the patronage of inc New Orleans Gus
tom House TO these knaves. The stream
can never rise higher than its source, and IL
y not surprising that President elected by
fraud should commit the moral degradation,
the fafhsmless depth Of human depravify.
BY promoting the indicted villains to whom
ne i indebted for the Office Of President
The power which Wells and Anderson exer-
else over the Administration is the legiti-
mate offspring OF the conspiracy which in
augurated candidate for the Presidency
defeated by the people.
Wells, Anderson, Hayes and Sherman are
imked together by community Of crime
which Will not fade from the memory Of
man 30 long rs free institutions exist.
The impudence Of such leaders OF the Ad-
ministration ~ Wells and Patterson Of South
Carolina i sublime. Both Of them are in
dicted for the most infamous crimes. But
they would have the country believe that
they are poor, prosecuted innocents-mar-
ttyrs, 10 the canse Of truth and Justice.
Wells commits perjury, prostitutes the sane
tity OF the ballof-box, and elects President
BY throwing out ten thousand votes. Pat
terson directs the delivery Of $4,000 OF
scrip to another patriot for the purpose OF
bribing the South Carolina Legislature.
Both Of these creatures are indicted: vet
they are high priests, ministering AZ the altar
OF an Administration which Is 50 pure that
4 viii not permit an ofliceholder to exercise
the rights Of freemen in elections. Wells Il
rewarded for electing President BY per-
jury, forgery and fraud generally, but now
litical meeting.