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THE RISE AND FALL OF CITIES.

The changes which occur in the COM
merce of great cities is SO modified by
circumstances that one can never fix
with certainty the period when their de-
cline shall begin or where end. Babylon,
Memphis, Nincveh, Tyre and Sidon, Pal
myra, Carthage, are but few of the
vast numbers that stalk like ghosts
through the pages of history, once great,
but now blotted off the face Of the earth
and even their sites almost forgotten.
Venice, that is of comparatively modern
antiquity, has seen her glory wax and
wane as the tide of commerce drifted to
her feet and past her into the west; her
ships that sailed in every sea are banished
from the ocean that once she ruled, and
the might of her armies has vanished
like the mists in the summer morning,
while her merchant princes are forgotten
as her indolent descendants dream in
their crumbling city of the sea.
The commerce of England has made
London great; the skill Of her incompara-
bic artisans has made Paris famous In
this country diverse influences have built
up New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Bal.
timore, New Orleans each the child Of
the Empire that is rising into glory in
this Western Hemisphere. Who would
dare predict the period or the extent Of
the greatness of either of these cities OF
when any one shall begin to wane in all
of essentials that 60 to make city great
and famous? New Orleans, that before the
war which SO crippled and desolated the
South, enjoyed commerce as wide as
the seas, has seen during the past few
years, the ashes almost of desolation
heaped upon her head, her dwelling
houses tenantless, her warehouses idle
and her levees once so thronged almost
deserted.
There have been even those who pre-
dicted that the commerce that made hel
| hCCo OllC bllllC ptItStu VII Uilt
continent, had fed her wharves for ever
Suddenly all this is changed, and New
Orleans has sprung into sudden activity
that promises a glorious future for the
former great commercial metropolis ol
the Southern States. Railroads have
made in the few years since New Orleans
was at the acme of her commercial glory
such changes in the laws of trade that
undoubtedly she will never restore the
kind of business that she once possessed
but there is no reason why she may moi
enjoy an activity much greater.
Boston, too, has in thirty years made
vast strides in wealth and population
and in many departments of business, and
yet has lost in some of the branches
wherein she formerly excelled. In 1855
Boston had two-thirds the amount Of
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01
Wee Wirclings,

Martin Pugh's barn burned at Ada, O.
Captain A. Nisbet Lee died at Louis
Vile.
Evening Democrat, Columbus, o., suss
pended.
Three prisoners escaped from the Della
ware, O., Jail.
Fremont Young's house burned neaI
Goshen, Ind.
Michael Mclean dying from hydropho-
bia at Chicago.
Peter Riffs barn burned at West Salem,
o. Loss $1,000.
The Currie case at Marshal, Texas, is eel
for November 25th.
The new Canadian Government wa
sworn in yesterday. ...
Ward, conductor on the Canada South. >
ern Road. killed by cars.
McDivitt sheep raiser, murdered and
robbed at San Miguel, Texas.
Edwin Caldwell. Ross County, O., killed
by fall over an embankment.
Hampton lodge. manufacturer of under
takers goods, failed at Buffalo.
At Greenville, Miss, Harry Ely shot and
killed Atkinson. Ely was badly wounded.
John Roberts fatally stabbed Harrison
Breitingham with shoe knife at Find.
lay, o.
Mrs. John Boyers twin infants burned
to death near Wills Creek, Coshooton
County, O.
| Daniel Scott for murder at Houston,
Texas sentenced for fifty years in tho
Penitentiary.
Boiler in McDermott & Harrold's saw.
mill exploded at Summitville, Ind. Tw&
men badly injured.
Mrs. Loundsberry acquitted Of the mur.
der of her husband, Rev. D. L. Lounds-
berry, at Stratford. N. Y.
Bob Boswell. colored, executed at Hills
boro, N. c.. yesterday. for numbering hia
wife and two children, burning their
bodies
Four employees of the P. Il A. Narrow
gauge Railroad indicted for mansaughter
at Philadelphia in causing all accident on
the road.
Government has decided to prohibit the
importation of Canadian cattle into the
United States on account of pleur0-
pneumonia.
Policeman johnson went to the residence
Of negro named Frank Porter at Denni-
son, Texas, to arrest him for stealing. the
latter resisted, killing Johnson, and e.
capped.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

Mr.. SrILsoN HUTCHINs, the editor of
the Washington Post, is about to leave
the Capital to devote his time wholly to
a newspaper somewhere in New Ham
shire. We know this to be fact, be-
cause We have seen it in about thou
sand or more of our exchanges. 1t is
true that Mr.. Hutchins, who ought to
know something about it, denies the
whole thing, declaring in the most posi-
i've and abandoned manner that he is to
continue in Washington and edit the
Post as heretofore; but this statement Of
Mr.. Hutchins' is only made on his own
responsibility, while the testimony of a
thousand exchanges scattered all over
the country ought to be thousand time:
more reliable that the unsupported state
ments of even Mr.. Hutchins himself.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

THE Saints of Salt Lake City are i'll
clined to deride General Grant because
ne gave them the go-by, and said his
back hurt him. After shaking the horny
hand of nearly every miner between San
F.ancisco and Wyoming, even the back
OF double-decked dromedary would
show signs Of weakening.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

A CoLoRED individual who had in
dulged in crematory experiments with
his wife and children, gracefully bowed
himself out of existence yesterday on a
North Carolina scatfold. He will prob
ably know how it feels to be burned him
self
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01
Is What is Needed. Female Weakness

DEs MOINEs, IOWA. Sept 9Th, 1878.
Fl. r. STEVENS, Bost0n-Dear Sir For lOnl
time have been troubled with Female Weakness
and weak sinking feeling at the stomach. AND
through the advice of friend tried your Vege
tine, and find 1t Just what is needed. I car
recommend it to all suffering from these com
plants. Yours, respectfully
MRS, ANNABELLA HARDWOOD,
3l9 Fourth street
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A Splendid Medicine. Heart and Kidney
Disease, Female Weakness.

GRIGGsvILI,E, I'LL, July 25th, 1873.
Il R. STEVENS, Boston-Dear Sir was afflicted
with Heart and Kidney Disease, and otherFemaie
Weaknesses, and doctorcd with several physicians
and received no benefit, until tiled your Vege-
tine and after taking two bottles WAS complete
ly cured, and have been healthy woman ever
since, although am in my sixty-sixth year. do
heartily recommend i as splendid medicine to
all afflicted as have been, and bless the day u
fell into my hands. MRS. MARIA HOBSON
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For all Ladies who are Sufferers.

CINCINNATI O., March q. 1877.
Mr.. SrEvESs-Deat Sir: have taken several
bottles of Vegetine for female weakness. and In
Justice to the medicine. and to all ladies who arc
sufferers from such complaints, will recommend
the Vegetine. l must say 1t has helped me very
much Indeed, it is invaluable for snch complaints.
MARY f. MEREDITH
l60 Eastern avenue
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

REV. Mr.. PAIGE, of Rushville (Ill.),
who fell among New York monte-men
and placed forty dollars on the wrong
card, is going back home. His first ser
mon to his Rushville congregation will
be of extraordinary interest.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

It should be the business of every ono
having cold to treat it promptly and
properly until it is gotten rid of-intelli-
gent experience fortuna tely presenting .
curative in DR.. Jayne's Expectorant. thor
oughlv adapted to remove speedily all
coughs and oolds allays any exciting in
flammaton Of the throat and lungs, and re-
moves the distressing symptoms of asthma
or pleurisy.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

the Enquirer we have repeatedly said that
Judge Swing might be wholly innocent
of the wrongful conduct In bis Court
We have const ntly urged that
on the theory OF his ignorance and fnno-
cence OF the long-continued, outrageous
practices in his Court, he has been an
abominablv abused man and Judge. we
have, indeed. thought and said that he
should he more prompt and less tender
hearted in resenting the indigEities tha'
have been heaped upon him. and in pun
ishing the men that have abused his conf
dence. We had supposed, or assumed, that
the lawless overcharging which has
amounted to systematized robbery, in Judge
Swings Court was the work OF Judge
SWINGS subofdinates. ana that the Judge
himself was only indirectly re-
sponsible for these disgraceful extortions.
The Gazette, however. chose yesterday to
fix the entire responsibility. both in law
and in fact. for this lawlessness upon Judge
Swing himself. The Gazette's logic is that
Judge Swing. and not Clerk Ambrose, Is
the guilty person. 1t is highly credltaole
to the Attorney General, and not TO oe
placed to the credit of any one connected
with this Court, that the investigation was
ordered. The gentleman who come TO con,
duct the investigation are not MEN selected
bv the parties to be investigated. The con
diti ms, therefore, are favorable for taii
examination of the affairs OF this Federal
Court
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

AN invitation was forwarded to Fight
ing Joe Hooker yesterday to attend the
reunion of the Army of the Cumberland
but he could not accept. The brave old
warrior had been called to another re-
union, with the silent army of the dead.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

THE death of Senator Zach. Chandler
is Just announced. He was found dead
IN bed at the Pacific Hotel, Chicago, this
morning,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

JOHN KELLY is not perhaps weighted
down with hopes of his election next
tuesday, but he exhibits commendable
crit He announces that he is still in
the field, and intends to stay there till
the nolls close.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01
Tho German Papers.
THE Volksfreund.l

The STAR thinks that "if General Grant
is made President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad he can smile complacentlv at the
Presidential booms and let the politicians
wrangle" Perhaps, and perhaps net
Grant would rather be President OF the
United States than President OF q Railroad
Company, although the salary. $50, 900, is
the same. He can make more as Presi-
dent of the United States. There are so
MANY presents. He could also more easily
attend to his relatives down to the 40th de-
gree of his numerous friends. not to say
ANYTHING about the glory OF being the ruler
Of one Of mightiest nations of the world.
TThe volksbIatt.l
Still no prospects for cheap coal.
Stall Cincinnati be made the paradise of
murderers'
What need is there of arresting peonle
who have murdered others, when they are
not 10 be prosecuted?
THE Freie PreSse.1
Prosecuting Attorney Drew should re-
member that in the VIM. Frei murder case
he has not only the press, but also public
opinion against him.
The Democrats again are having trouble
with one of their officers Tie Democratic
Auditor, Snurbeck, OF Stark County. thi;
State, has considerably overdrawn his sal
ary.
Yesterdays Abend Postl
Has County Prosecutor Drew the inten
ton of introducing Lynch law in Hamil
ton County?
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DEATH OF BLACKSTONE, THE ACTOR

John B. Birthstone, the veteran actor,
died at his home in London, England,
yesterday, having fingered at deaths
door fer several months past. Blackstone
was born in 1902, and it was intended by
his parents that he should enter the navy,
but his fancy turned toward the stage,
and, at the age Of nineteen, he made his
first appearance at Working Hall, in
.Berks County, taking the character of
"Gabriel," in the "Children of the Wood y
He then joined strolling company of
actors and followed an itinerant thcatri-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

WITHIN three days a young man at
st. Louis and an Old man in New York
have been fined for kissing woiAen. The
ield is still left open to middle-aged
men,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

SOME of our sister cities might move
their Expositions to Macon, Ga, with
profit. The attendance at the State Fair
there last Wednesday numbered forty
five thOusand.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

WHILE Sitting Bull gazes hungrily
yer the border, Standing Bear is feast
ing luxuriously on baked beans at Bos-
tor,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

EXCEPT as a National Horse Race the
National Fair at Washington can not be
set down as a success.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01
Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia
rheumatism. Weakness.

HI STEVENS. Boston: I have been practiclnl
n flicinc twenty-five years, and as a remedy fo
So ,fula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Rheuma
ti,n, Weakness. and all diseases OF the blood,
h I'VE never found its equal. have sold vegetini
for seven years, and have never had one bottle re
turned. l would heartily recommend 1t to thosl
in need OF a blood purifier.
" DIR. W. ROSS. Druggist.
September 18th, 1878. Wilton, Iowa
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VEsUyIUs is on another tear.
THE STAR,
rat GinninlAti q

WHEAT bounded buoyantly upward
again Yesterday.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-01

veEetine acts directly upon the causes Of thes@
complaints. 1t invlgorates and strengthens thd
whole system, acts upon the secretive organs. al
lays Inflammation, cleanses and cures ulcerati0u|
cures constipation, regulates the bowels, headach]
and pains in the back cease: in TACT there Is nd
disease nor complaint where the Vegetine gives n
quick relief and is so effective in its cure, as ID
what is termed Female Weakness. It has neve1
failed in one instance.
, 1879-01-05

HENRY =. THOMSON, Assistant District
Attorney, yesterday sent his immediate and
psremptory resignation to the Department
OF Justice at Washington. The immediate
..nuse for his action will be found in the
correspondence, given in another column,
which passed between him end Attorney
General DEyESs. It has been an open
secret for some weeks that Mr. THoA-
Eox would be obliged to succumb to the
pressure brought against him at the
Washington end. The public will andously
await the result Of the prosecutions against
the Custom-House Is Building Ring" and,
should they fail to result in q conviction,
Mr.. ToMPsoS's side of the controversy will
doubtless receive general Endorsement An
alleged effort on the pnrt of the Treasury
Department to save Hull, the ex~Superyis-
ing-Arc4itect, seems to be the cause Of the
difficulty.
, 1879-01-05

The Sun publishes the special contract
entered into by the Union Pacific Railroad
with the merchants of the Atlantic cities for
the transportation of dry goods to San
Francisco. Cotton goods arc billed at
the rate Of S2.75 per 100 pounds,
bats at 50, buttons, buckles, and
like goods at So; gents hosiery and under
wear at So; ladies' hosiery aud underwear,
81; ready-made clothing, hannels, and
woolens, $5. In the carrying out of this
contract the merchants obligata themselves
to make all their shipments to San
Francisco by rail cnly, including
MI the varieties Of goods which have hereto
fore been shipped by steamer yin the 18th
mus. It is further provided that the mer-
chants with whom the agreement is mnde
shall not allow any outsider to par
take of the benefits accruing from it.
All packages must be definitely described
according to schedule, and any attempt
to make Misrepresentation will subject the
Goods to a penalty Of double the contract
, 1879-01-05
OUR ASSESSMENT LAWS.

We have repeatedly called attention to the
revenue difficulties under which this county
1abors, under the Revenue law md now, on
the eve Of the meeting Of the Legislature,
there should be general and united move
ment to have some relief in the matter of
making and perfecting assessments
It is q notorious farce to attempt an in-
tellipeut, or full, or fair assessment OF
the real and personal property Of the City
Of Chicago in sixty days. It is physical
impossibility. The. so-called assessment
lacks all the requisites Of an assessment the
Assessor cannot find all the property the
small portion that be can see lie has no time
TO investigate, and therefore knows nothing
Of its value. He simply follows tho
lists OF Lis predecessor. with such
, 1879-01-05

The "cold spell :" continues unabated at
the East. The railroad blockade has not
been raised, and the unfortunate passengers
caught in the snow drifts are obliged to
solicit the hospitalities Of neighboring farm
houses. AL is quiet on the Potomac for
the first time since the surrender Of
LEES army,-that historic stream having
succumbei to the embraces Of the Ice King.
Ocean steamers cannot get out Of New York
harbor owing to the immense masses Of
hoating ice; and heavy falls of. snow are re-
ported at Vicksburg and Shreveport. Chi
cago still retains her pre-eminenco as de-
ightful climatic resort. ''-'
, 1879-01-05

The Government Directors of the Union
Pacific Railroad have submitted their annual
report to the Secretary of the Interior.
They believe that, in view Of its success as q
commercial enterprise, it should be submit
ted to as severe tests as any railway in the
country. It's road-bed is not what it
should be, for the reason that the stock
holders and managers have absorbed as
dividends the moneys which ought to have
been expended in substituting steel rails for
the worn-out iron ones that now disfgnre
its track. An ama1gan1ation Of tho road
with its connecting branch lines is not
deemed desirable, and the public interest
would be better secured were. the companies
compelled to arbitrate the existing differ
ences relative to 1,ro-rating.
, 1879-01-05
CITY GOVERNMENTS.


upon our system Of government in the
North AMERICAN Rcric1o for December,
which was printed in the last ISSUE Of TEE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE. It will commend itself
to the majority Of readers, both for the
pleasant style in which it is written and for
the very hopeful view it takes Of the future
OF cur political institutions. In the latter
respect N1r. SEYMOUR seems to be an opti-
mist, and surveys the whole political field
with more satisfaction than any other public
man has seen fit to express. It is difficult
to state the contents Of such closely-writ-
ten paper in editorial space, but, briefly,
his line of thought runs as follows: The
prosperity and advantages of the country
are not alone due to material causes, but in
large degree result from our form Of gov
ernmcnt, which contributes to this prosper
ity for several reasons, the chief one being
TINT it aims not SO much to give power
to majoritics as to protect minorlties. Be-
sides the declarations in the Constitution Of
things the majority cannot do, the judiciary
has been placed above the executive and law
making powers expressly to check the power
Of the majority, should it ever attempt injus-
tice or usurpation, and the States having
small populations are protected by the ina
bility Of the majority to control the most
powerful branch Of Congrcss,-the Senate.
Hence, without any regard to majorities,
every citizen can SO use his special power
and Intelligence as to promote the general
welfare. Upon this basis the fathers framed
the Government. Their theory takes away
control from political centres and distributes
it to the various points that are most inter-
ested in its wise and honest exercise. Hence,
the prosperity Of the whole people first de-
ponds upon the wisdom OF the inhabitants Of
townships. The next organizations in order
and Importance are County Boards, whose
aggregate transactions are more important
than those Of our State Legislatures. Sin
the ascending scale of rank, in the descending
scale ofimportance, is the Legislature, which is
or should be limited to State affairs, "and, says
Ar. SEYMOUR with epigrammatic force md
pith, " It's greatest wisdom is shown by the
smallest amount of legislation, and its strong
est claims for gratitude grow out of what it
does not do" Our General Government is
the reverse of every other, for, t'instead Of
being the source Of authority, it only re-
ceives the remnant Of power after oil that
concerns town, county, and State jurisdic-
tons has been distributed" Under these
bases Of government and the theory Of self
government, the principle Of which is that
persons most interested in any: matter man.
age it better than wiser men who are not in
terested, ..3fr. SEYMOUR claims that the
country has attained its t*power, prosperity,
and magnificent proportions" "
So fur as Mr. SEYMOUR goes in this analysis
of our forms Of government and in his search
for the causes Of our remarkable growth aud
, 1879-01-05

The financial circles Of England are again
disturbed bv bank failure,-the Cornisl,
Bank, at Truro. It was founded over GEN.
fury ago, and did large business in devcl-
oping and working tho tin mines of Corn
wall The deposits amounted to G., ZOO, GOO.
This failure VIII prove more disastrous than
the collapse Of the Glasgow Bank, for the
reason that it will iEcreose the want of con-
6dence which is everywhere manifest in
British financial and commercial centres.
, 1879-01-05

JuAS a1oNcAs1, one Of the Communistic
regicides with which Europe has been cursed
for severM months, and who last October at
tempted to assassinate A1PHoSso, King Of
Spain, e1piated his crime yesterday morning
On the garrote. He attended mass, and de-
voted several hours to prayer just before the
execution; and, il the language of the very
elect, there is scarcely a reasonable doubt
that his soul was waited on angelic pinions
to the abode Of the blessed
, 1879-01-05

rates. Apparently this contract: is d most
innocuons document, but when the glitter
ing generalities are removed, it is simply an
aggravated case Of discrimination, which is
in direct contravention not only Of the COM
mon law, but the laws regulating common
, 1879-01-05
SUNDAY, JANUARY S, 1879. :

WAYNE MAcVEAaH, Of Pennsylvania, who
was one Of the Peace Commission sent by
broglio, was visitor at the White House
yesterday; and the diplomatic quid-nuncs
now aver TINT he was rendered the Berlin
mission made vacant by the death Of BA7ARD
TAYLOR. Mr.. MAcVEAGH is a son-in-law of
S1stOS CAMEroS
, 1879-01-05

TIT CHICAGO TE1.rSE has established branch ot1ces
or the receipt Of subscriptions and advertisements as
olors: .... -..--
NEW YoRT-Room . tribune Building. F.T. Nc
ADprS, Manager. ..
PARIS Fzancc-Eo. 1e Ruc d. Ia Grange -Bnte1terc-
]. .IAHLEE. Agent
LONDON, EDI.-Amcr1can Exchange. 44s Strand.
aKaEy F. Gt111c. Agent
hAN FRANCISCO, CaL-Palpce Hotel.