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, 1877-01-07

Tie present week will close the MOODY
and SAskE1 campaign in this city. 1t has
been a great popular crusade, and the hold
these gentlemen have taken upon the conf
muuity has steadily increased. We believe
it has been pretty generally admitted by
those who have taken pains to observe the
work, even when not personally in sympa-
thy with emotional religion Of any kind,
that vast deal OF good has been accom-
pished by these daily meetings. Certainly
a large number of people have been led in
the way Of religious ind moral thought
whom tho usual routine of church life
would not have touched, and the hope of
permanent impression is found in the ab-
sence Of the former indulgence of animal
magnetism in revirals which carried people
of their feet for the time being,
hut did not hold them. There has been
little Of the shouting and outward manifes-
tations peculiar to the old-style camp-meet-
ing and "love-feasts," but the interest which
thousands and tens Of thousands have de-
veloped in the cause has been Of more
rational and intelligent character, and there
is no doubt that there are to-day fewer
wicked people and good many more we'll
disposed people III Chicago than there were
before these meetings were started.
, 1877-01-07

It is obvious that more stringent laws ars
demanded in this country for the punish
ment Of men who are guilty Of betrayal Of
trusts. The disappearance OF Mr.. O11s D.
SWAN, Of New York, il but one Of half
dozen conspicuous cases Of late, and thera
have been scores Of others in our large cities
which have not reached the same notoriety.
One Coles MoRR1s is added to the list to-day,
who has stolen $3.50, 600 from people who
trusted him. There is practically no remedy
for the betrayal of trust except a civil pre-
ceeding, which, as rule, is fruit1ess and
the failure Of the laws to recognize and
punish such betrayal as crime has removed
pretty much all restraint, and rendered The
temptation proportionate1y greater. The
crime is really one Of the mos: odious imagi-
nable, as the loss most frequently falls upon
widows and orphans, and always upon those
who have implicitly confded in the person
who has betrayed them. 1t ought to ba
punished as theft,-for it is theft of the
most infamous character. As it is, the men
who are guilty Ct it have SO little fear Of the
consequences that they often do not even
run away, as SWAN has done, but face it cut
among the very people whom they have be-
hayed, and appeal to the sympathy Of the
community for the misfortunes TINT have
overtaken them while speculating with other
peoples money. The hard times have
naturally exposed .many Of the scoundrels
who might otherwise have concenled their
crime, but the number who have been dis
covered only emphasizes the necessity for an
improvement in our laws in this regard.
, 1877-01-07

Tomorrow. is the day for holding the DEM
ocratic State Conventions which have been
called to carry out Mr. T11DEs's plan to man.
ufacture public sentiment in his behalf and
persuade. the country that no has been de-
franded out Of the Presidency. We are q
little curious to know what consideration
these Democratic Conventions will give to
the GnovEr-CEosE conspiracy, which is now
proved to have been plain case Of bribery,
and in which the money used was probably
furnished by T1oES himself Even Demo-
cratic Conventions can SCARCELY afford to is-
more 50 e1aring piece Of scoundrelism us
this while virtuously proclalming against The
assumed iniquity Of the Louisiana Returning
Board. Nor will renewed threats Of forcible
resistance md civil war come with very good
grace IRON a fnction TINT has to carry the
1oad OF the Oregon bribery. Wouldn't it be
we'll under the circumstances, for the Dem
ocratic Conventions tomorrow to discuss
rather peace and compromise than resistance
and civil war?
, 1877-01-07

It has been established by the Senate In
vestigating COMMITTEES that there was pretty
direct line of financial communication be-
tween T1IpES and Oregon. The $4,000
were sent by MARTIN & RuSEAS, OF New
York, to L.pD d BusH, of Salem, Oregon,
for CUSTOMER, whose name was revealed
under great pressure, and who turns
out to be one WILLIAM PELroS,
nephew of TtLDES, Secretary OF a
Democratic Committee. chief manager
Of TnDES's Literary Bureau, and prospective
manager Of the White House in the event OF
Democratic count-in. BAn1oN n. HARR1-
son, ex-secretary to JET DAVIS, and late
attorney to Mayor W1czHAN, advised the
job. MARTIN, senior member Of the New
York firm, is Republican, and was kept
in Ignorance of the transaction, which was
managed by the junior member, RuSxAs'
who Was Democrat.
, 1877-01-07

RICHARD PRoc4oR, who is airing his intelli-
gence from the Swan with SO much I'M
portance, and predicting our possible crema-
ton with so much gusto, that he Is an
nouncing nothing new. Our own astron-
omer FIVE years ago, writing in his "Star
Studies" of the star Tau in the Northern
Crown, which was burned in 1866 by con-
Aagration Of hydrogen gas, says:
Now, We know that immense aseresattons OF
hydrogen are present in the sun: and It IL not I'M
possible that q similar phenomenon has occurred
in the past, or may occur In the future, in the
centre Of our system; though 1t Is not probable,
owing to the absence Of oxygen. What would DO
the result Of such change in the sun? It would
undoubtedly cause such IN immense increase IN
the temperature Of the earth as to revolntionize
our globe completely, killing OF most Of the plants
and animals now existing. culling out mighty
eruptions OF the fluid interior, ind leaving the
world wreck.
Should such calamity as our astronomer
predicts aud Mr. R1cHARD PRorToR copies
ever occur, we desire it to be placed on
record that The CHICAGO TRIBUNE, rs usual,
was ahead of MI its contemporaries IN an-
nouncing it /; and we would call the attention
Of :sthe inhabitants of worlds circling round
Sirius or Arcturus "-either will do-to this
fact, in order That TIE TRIBUNE may have
the credit of it in their &c interesting specula-
tions :" the day after tho fire.
, 1877-01-07

The death of VANDERBILT ends the career
of the three noted CnGsus' of New York !:
First, WILLIAM B. AsToR, the great landlord
and real-estate monopolist; second, A T.
SrEwAgr, the prince among dry-goods mer-
chants; and now the king among railroad
men succumbs to the King of Terrors. The
death of this remarkable trio wss preceded
few years by TINT of the noted; editors OF
New York, viz. :: RAYMOND, the Conservative
Republican editor Of the Times; GREELEY,
the Radical and Protectionist editor Of the
Tribune; and third, BENNETT, the lndePend-
ent and Satanic, of the Herud. These SIX
men filed large space in the politics aud
business of this country,-far larger than that
filed BY any six living men in America.
, 1877-01-07

According to the latest foreign dispatches,
it is not Turkey but Russia that is weaken
ing. The impression is gaining ground that
the great trump card of declaration of war
will not be played by Russia The dispatch
es state she is giving out hints that the cause
in issue is European rather than Slavonic,
and therefore the other Powers should assist
in coercing the Turks, which they refuse to
do, and that the Turks have not failed to
perceive an advantage accruing to their
cause from the irrresolution Of Russia and
Europe, and are not unlikely to continue
nnmanageable and stubborn as long as they
can fntter themselves that the Conference
will break up without any other result than
leaving them masters of the situation.
, 1877-01-07
TRIBUNE BUILDING DlhEtloA1 T.

Ranux Occupants
!. CHARTER OAK LIFE ansuzance Dep'I>.
:. tn RENT.
\: f;1.sTlN l. WALLACE J. 7. DALE
T. DuEDER NATCH.CASE MAN|E'G COMPANY.
.. ROBBINS 4 APPLETON.
8. NEW YORK WATCH COMPANY.
ITO RENT.
s, vM c. DOW A. ]. BROWN. ". ROBBINS.
g. WRIGHT 4 TIF1ELL.
TO- CHARTER OAK LIFE Noau per't).
l1-12 FAIRCN1LD T. BLACKMAS. ...
Is. HENRY f. SEELYE- r. D. COOPER
14-l5. JAMES MORGAN. R. ". BRIDGE.
49, CENTENNIAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.
II. NJ. D. HARDIN.
1919. D. E. PEARSOSS CO.
~ HUTCHINSON l. LUFF.
II. O. L. BASK1S 4 CO.
- ASSOCIATE EDITOR
g. EDITOR-lE-cHlEF.
e. MANAGING EDITOR
IS. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. i
26. l. C. EARLE.
n. II. J. BARNEY co.
u. WILLIAM BROSS-
g. Il. F. NORCEOss J. A. McELDOWdE1i
81 KEDPATH LTcEBM BUREAU.
~ COMMERCIAL EDITOR.
81 II. ". DEXTER.
50. GEORGE l.. THATCHER
s.. NIGHT EDITOR
Sc. CITY EDITOR.
otnces in the Building to rent b. r. c. DOW.
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hive so increased as to Justify the establish

ha7e so increased as to justify the establish
ment of court for probate business alone.
There can be no question that the business
Of our County Court las so increased as to
render it impossible for one Judge, even
though he hold court daily throughout the
year, to perform the business. The probate
business alone is sufficient to give full occu-
patton to Court who shall give the proper
deliberation to the consideration of the pro-
ceedings in that class of cases. The estab-
ishment of this Probate Court would still
leave the County Court with considerable oc-
cupation. In that event, all appeals from
Justices of the Peace in this county might
be transferred from the crowded dockets Of
our other courts, and made to the County
Court, where they could DO heard
and decided promptly. Appeals from
the County Court to the Supreme Court
in cases originating before Justices Of the
Peace should be restricted to cases involv-
ing the validity of a statute or of municipal
ordinance. This would work most beneficial
effect. 1t would relieve the Circuit Courts,
and would secure prompt hearing and de-
termination of these appeals, which are
largely taken for purposes Of delay. 10
the same Court there might be given other
jurisdiction, so as to embrace certain busi-
ness now required Of the Circuit Judges.
The Legislature has full power over the
question Of the jurisdiction Of the County,
Probate, and other Courts, and In this way
NAV give eren more satisfactory relief to the
Courts of this county than would be obtained
by the mere appointment Of another Judge
of the Circuit Court. It would enable the
probate business to be attended to without
the interference OF other business as now,
and generally promote expedition, avoid
delays, and improve the administration OF
the lazy.
, 1877-01-07

unusual, but evidence will probably be forth
coming that Mr.. BUSH was TnDExs financial
agent in Oregon. The extreme nervousness
and anxiety on the part of Senator KEENAN,
Of New York, to repress further testimony
and clog tho investigation also indicate that
the Senate Committee have got on the right
track. But still more significant circunl-
stance is in the fact TINT Mr. MARTIN was
followed to Washington by one HARRISON, who
endeavored to s'coach" him (A1ARTn) as to
what evidence he should give before the
Committee. This man HARRISON, who was
formerly Private Secretary to JEFF DAVIS,
and has more recently held the same position
in the employ of Mayor W1oKHAh, was be-
fore the Committee yesterday, and was
questioned as to the person or persons who
induced him to follow up the banker MARTIN
HARRISON at first refused to reveal who his
employers were, but, under pain of commit
ment to jail for contempt, he finally acknowi-
edged that he was set upon the job by one
PErroS, aoho is P,iuah Secretary to Gop.
TnDEN.
OF course, it is too carly yet to have dis
covered all the links that connect THDEN
directly with the effort to purchase an Elect
oral vote in Oregon, but it is reasonably cer-
tain III that, if T11DEs were in no wise con-
nected with 1T, he would not evince so much
concern about the testimony to be given con-
cerning it; and (2) that TuDEN himself could
scarcely have given better evidence OF this
personal concern if he had followed the New
York banker in 4'7vpria persona than by send
ing his Private Secretary on this mission It
is not easy to characterize in proper terms
the infan,y of the plot. It. is treason in
spirit and design, if not technically SO under
the law. It is of the same criminal nnture as
the melting Of people to revolt against Or
ganized Government It is an effort
to cheat the people Of their consti-.
tutional right of choosing q President
by the base means Of bribery aud
corruption. The conspiracy was infamous
enough while it was supposed to be merely
partisan trick undertaken by TnDIN's fac
tious friends but now that the evidence nc
cumulates that the suggestion came from
T1pES himself, that he furnished the bribe-
money, and that he seriously thought Of nc
quiring the Office of Chief Magistrate by this
means, the case stands without parallel.
It SO completely overshadows all the charges
of unfairness in the case of Louisiana that
The people Of this country will not easily be
led away from it to furnish any aid or conf
fort to the man who has not hesitated to
prostitute the chief Office in the nation to tho
humiliation of purchase from me1cenary
ppliticiaus
, 1877-01-07

The Chicago produce markets we're irreg-
nlar Saturday. Provisions were buoyant,
and grain steady: Mess pork closed e5@o74o
per brl higher, ut s.0o@ls.05 for January
and S1s.27!@1s.s0 for February. Lard
closed q shade higher, at S11.55 cash and
s11 .65 for February. Meats closed steady, at
&c for new shoulders, boxed, SIC for do short
ribs, and 9Sc for do short-clears. HghW1nes;
we're 4c higher, at S1.o74 per gallon Flour
vos in moderate demand and firm. Wheat
closed 4c lower, at S1o544 for January and
, 1877-01-07
PERSONAL.

Miss Blanche Tucker, Of Chicago, has been -
gagged at L. Seals, Milan :
Three Eucalyptus trees which had been plaa
in Charleston, S. C.. were killed by late IT,.
The cold must have been surprising to 5ns pse'.
OF that latitude.
Mrs. DR.. Nary Walker has been refoseu - ~
mission to the White House until she eA r
pear In appare} becoming her sex';' anu ~"
desires TO abolish the Presidency. :.
-Four women we're among the suecessfni e1a ~,
dates for the London School Board At the eie's
early in December. The Times says that Inc
eral elections cause .'ereat satisfaction. = =
The intercollegiate contests at New tos5 ~, y
suited with some honor TO the Northwestern -
versity at Evanston The first prize IN o. a.*
was taken by Hamilton College. bat F. d. 9as''
, 1877-01-07

The desperate character Of the Ringsters
in the County Board, in their attack upon
Commissioners AYARs and FITZGERALD for
refusing to consent to corrupt aud Illegal
drafts upon the County Treasury, is 4 fair
sample Of the infamous conduct Of this Ring
in general In selecting McCAFFREr to bull
doze FITZGERALD, they have only acted with
that insolence end audacity which have char
acterized their proceedings from the outset.
Their only motive is plunder, and to draw
bills upon q Treasury without money and
hawk the county's credit about the streets, is
to them tridiug matter. They are in for
plunder so long as the bonds last Plunder
has marked their every step. They have
multiplied Offices, increased salaries, raised
taxation, sold bonds, spent money, md pill
laged the taxpayers, under the cover Of econ
omy and Reform" When they have
been indicted for their offenses by
an Indignant popular sentiment, they
have obtained changes of venue, car
ried of their cases to foreign Courts, beaton
the prosecution by quibbles and tochnicali-
ties; and then resumed their rascelities, after
the manner of the New York Ring. In the
City Government, the taxpayers drove out
Of power the exact complement OF this
County Ring made up of just such tax
eaters and corruptionists, aud purified the
whole fabric from top to bottom. In few
weeks time they closed up the sinecuras, re-
duced the number Of employees, md the gen.
eral expenses and appropriations, stopped
unnecessary works, and saved in the general
expenses Of the city from q million and q
half to two millions Of dollars. In the o:hor
branch, however, nothing has been done.
Intrenched behind its Ring, they have in
creased expenses, reduced nothing, stolen
right and left from taxpayers, and even from
the paupers, and have SO increased the area
Of pillage and their own industry in pillag-
ing that the Board has become fostering
mass Of corruption
There never was such necessity for re-
form in this Board Us now. 1t must be done
speedily and in the simplest manner posi-
ble; and the Cook County delegation should
lose no time in bringing bill before the
Legislature making the whole Board elective
on one general ticket, and the Legislature
should lose no time in passing it and coming
to the relief Of the plundered taxpayers of
the county before their entire substance is
, 1877-01-07
IIFE-INSURAECE.

There is undoubtedly a large increase in
the public apprehension Of serious and
pretty general panic among the 1ife-insurance
companies of this country. For years We
have been told that life-insurance is based
upon such absolute calculation of the chances
that failure is impossible, and the practice of
taking out policies for the benefit Of surviv-
ing families hns probably become more gen
eral than in any other country in the world.
The theory of life-insurance may be ns trust
worthy as it is represented to be, If it were
honestly carried out But in this, rs in other
business, speculation and competition have
become SO rife as to jeoparlize the integrity
of the system. All sorts of new devices
have been introduced to attract in
vestmcnts, and no other tradie has been SO
universally and persistently urged by person.
al solicitation Meanwhile it is notorious
that the expenses of the life companies have
been reck1essly e1trayagnnt, and the invest
ment of the funds has been in keeping with
the careless and speculative tendency of the
times. The failure Of two or three promi-
nent companies has naturally directed atten-
ton to the character of the assets and man.
agement of other companies thnt have stood
still higher and commanded greater conf
dence. The disposition to investigate ought
to be encouraged, and every policy y-holder in
whatever company will do we'll to promote
and assist tho most rigid scrutiny of its af-
fairs. It is notorious that many of our
life companies have for years been the
means OF paying officers and agents the
most extravasant salaries. and their expenses
in the way Of lavish appointments and
special efforts to solicit business have been
out of all proportion. It is equally notorious
that the investments and assets of life COM
panies have shrunk like oil other property
and securities, and it is high time that more
rigid laws be adopted by all the States, and
greater individual precaution taken against
Investments in policies. No disappointment
is keeuer than the loss of money paid to Sc
cure future return for wife and children,
and no deviltry more outrageous than to
swinde men out Of earnings and savings in
vested for so loyal purpose. We are salts
fed that the time has come for q general
overhauling of the life-insurance companies,
no matter how high or low.
, 1877-01-07

$1.oei for February. Corn closed steady, at
Ate for january and 44sc for February.
Oats closed tc higher, at $40 cash and 35ao
for February. Rye was steady, at TIC
Barley was nominal, at 65l@6Gc cash, and
quiet at &c for March. Hogs were 1o@l5c
per 100 lbs higher, at So Go@7. Is for heavy.
Cattle we're steady, at s2.75@5.75. Sheep
dull. One hundred dollars in gold would
buy $106.374 in greenbacks at the close.
, 1877-01-07

The Adton discusses 1T some length the WOE
derful discoveries Of DR.. SCHLiEAAxx at O1Em-
pia, Greece, bringing us startling news OF the
heroic age, the time described III the 1liad and
Odyssev tThe massive walls Of the citadel Of
MycenR, with their low gateway threatening
invaders with its two lions-the arms Of the
ATR1DE-have always given AoAAENsoS and
CLYrEANEsrRA greater show OF reality than
was generally allowed to PKlAM and HEcuBA."
The Nation remarks:
We have, unfortunately, very few ancient no.
tees Of Mycens tU help Us IN identifying tho
tombs md monuments now discussed. HoxZ1
ssa e2 ta ns nsw ssy e1piotons
.swell- built. ~ The scene OF the ''Agamemuon"
and the s'Choephor9 Of RscuTICs was laid II
as of tSe Of
picture of NycenR and other points In the Asgode
landscape, but no geographical details, and thu
.'Osestes" " Of EUntPIDEs gives no help. TaCrf.
n1pEs tells US that II 5cen@ was small place, bot
warns against doubling its ancient power On
this account. In the second century A. D., mora
than l0O years after D1oDoRts and SrKABo repre-
scnted The site OF the city as desoate-Sx1ABo even
affirming that not the 1enst trace OF ancient Aycen5
could be fonnd-tne traveller PArsAS1As visited
only ancient account which can helpns now: H
mentions iii, IL, the remains Of the old ~all,
especially the gateway with lions srandsns On
the Cyclups. lie then mentions fountain naGea
Perseia- and ''subterranean chambers of ATRkos
aud his suna, in which their treasures were Kept;
And there is tomb OF ArRECs, " he adus ana
also tombs Of AGANEMNoS and OF all those VINO r
turned with him from Troy, and were mnfreseG .!
dsu1srnrs ut banquet, " I1c says that the tomb Of
cAssASpRA NUS disputed by the Lacedtuaonans o.
AMrc1R. who psofessed to haye the genuine one'
but there vas = tomb OF AGA1zASoS distinct .fom
this, and one OF ECRyNEDoS, his charioseer, a1a :
THRU In which TELEuANUs and PELops, twin sonsat
CAssASp1.A killed by 4Eu1sTHCs, were buried
THUS and dCLyTENSEsTnA were buried just outslce19
the walls, that they might not desecrate the ous
place Of AaA4EASoS aud thoae Who pertshea "'l7
hilu.
The Nation don't know what to make Of ~
story Of the skeleton giants found. Il says:
But the most extraordinary statement IL th9 70.
lowing: 1.-The bones which found ute ffsMs "a"
bones of qiunts, Of extraordinary size, ana " ~
teeth very larye." We forbear TO comment IN u.
until we yet more OF the facts and some ol .as
figures; but we cite, in the meantime. two Ct 5si
which may On one superstition present = pataae,nn e.
The skeleton which ClAos brought 10 Atnens 49, -
4G8 g. e.. az that Ut THgsEus, aud over "lnca I've ~
Theseuu was built, belonged to - large goaI
and bronze spear and sword were 1onna oos's1 -
by its side. The coffin In which tue bones
O1:EsrEs were found at TKoEA was ten and one,a hr
feet long, and the hero's body was .aid to ns,o
ulled the whole length ttIdt. L., 6S}. II We ass i
hmye AcaxExyos's skeleton. let Us hope that
may not fall short Of that Of his son oRkssks'
, 1877-01-07

The name Of the Hon LYMAN TRuMDuLL
was submitted to the Independents yester-
dav as casual candidate for the Senatorship,
but, for some inscrutable reason, those gen.
tlemen who glory in no party affiliations
objected to divers and certain salary grab.
bing characteristics Of the applicant, and
warned him off the premises. They may
talk and explain things as much as they will,
but the scent of the salary grab clings to
them still
, 1877-01-07
The Constitution of the State, in Sec. 20 of

The Constitution of the State, in Sec. 20 of
Art. VI, provides:
The General Assembly may provide for the cstab-
lishment OF Probate Court In each county having
population Of over so, 600. and for the election
Of Judge thereof, whose term OF office shall be
the snme as that Of the County Judge, and who
shall be elected at the same time and in the came
manner. Said courts. when established, shall
have original jurisdiction OF all probate matters,
the settlement or estates Of deceased persons, the
appointment Of guardians aud couservatocs and
settlement Of their accounts. in all matters relat-
Ing to apprentices, and in all cases Of the sales OF
real estate of deceased persons for the payment OF
debts.
This provision was intended to relieve the
County Courts of this class of business
whenever the business Of such courts should