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SKNATOR AT.F.XASII:I: has air. ady
come well to the fore, having been
placed on three important senate com
mittee?. He has also introduced from
his place two highly important meas
ures, that commend themselves to the
deliberate judgment of his fellow sen
ators as well a-< to the people at large,
(hie provides &>r the reduction of tho
pres.-nt representation in both houses,
by an amendment to the constitution,
to fifty senators and one hundred and
fifty meniliers of the house. However
unlikely this is to liccome a law its ex
pediency cannot for one moment be
doubted. The most enthusiastic be
liever in the new constitution cannot
but acknowledge that the increased
representation of the people iu the
legislative branch of the State govern
ment has failed to justify the judg
ment of the eminent men who framed
that instrument. Instead of enlisting
a higher onlcr of intelligence and
honc ty in the service of the people it
has simply emptied more of the same
kind into tiic scathiug cauldron of po
litical jobbery at Horrisburg. While
this measure may pass the senate it
will no doubt meet its death in the
house. The other bill the senator ha*
launched upon the uncertain sea of
legislation, provides that actions for
mesne profits may he brought pending
pnceodingH in ejectment This will
ba at once intelligible to lawyers, and
we will endeavor to make it plain to
the general reader. As our law now
■tand*, it requires two judgments in
ejectment before the plaiutifT comes
into an unavailable title to the land
for which he has brought suit. As
the proceedings are tedious and two
actions necessary, it often happens
that before nil the matters at issue arc
settled six years have intervened.
Thus the rightful own is disabled from
•neing the tresspasser for the rent and
profits of the land while in his po
resnon because the statute of limita
tions bars his right. This bill of Ben
ntor Alexander gives the claimant of
land the right to bring suit fr the
rents and profits, lefore he has prose
unted his claim to its second judgment.
IT now npp ars that Senator Conk-
Ift.g regards his recent assault upon
Mr. liayes merely as a prelude to the
final struggle that will take place in a
t'rw days over the confirmation of the
Niv York custom house appointees.
It will be a grand ami instructive en
tertainment, and the Lordly Itoscoc
then expects to legale the ears of lis
timing teuators with that "greatest
•?s>rfc of his life" that has been so long
ssd-.W, itied and eagerly expected. Let
tho bar of secrecy be removed from the
•eacruuve ses.-ion that an anxious pub-
Ice moy also enjoy the diversion iu all
iw ri- tiul#.
Now it is President Andrew D.
\Yaia-, of Cornell University, N. Y.,
Un tie Berlin mission, and bis friends
qprsk ennfi 1,-ntly of his appointment.
A fvw lay> ago it was a Rev. Thomp
•an, of wh tin no person ever heard
bufiir*-. who was certain to receive the
i pin sr. It is time Mr. Hayes settles
j rhe vexed question by naming some
ow even onr Ifartraofi, now that he
i*iticvcl irom executive care*.
Stri vron Hiu, talked to some pur
?! t !•* I's cotton claim ha• fallec.
Governor Iloyt.
Tho "glare and glamour" of inaug
uration Laving passed away it may not
ho unnatural to conjecture what tho
outcome of tho administration just in
ducted into |Kwer may be. Much
may be judged from the past charac
ter of the man who fills tho executive
chair, although disappointments in
that respect are not uncommon. The
sincere friends of Governor Hoyt, out
side of the politicians of his own party,
expect much from him, and from one
who knows him well and respects him
personally, though a political opponent,
wo copy words of wisdom that it would
1)0 well for tho now Governor to heed.
We quote from tho Doylestown Demo
crat , edited by ( Jen. W. 11. 11. Davis,
who served during a largo part of the
war with Gov. Ilovt ami is his warm
personal friend: "We have a new
Governor, whoso administration is in
its first week. We have read his in
augural, which will be found in full in
another column. Tho greater part of
it is occupied with the discussion of
threadbare subjects, which hail better
been li ft to a message. His pledges
to administer the laws faithfully and
impartially, wo believe as made, and
wo U li<vu Henry M. Hoyt will carry
them out. Deceit fulness is not one of
his sius. Governor Hoyt has it in his
power to ho independent, without los
ing Ills status as a Republican. He is
elected for four years, and cannot lie his
own successor, and v.ill not therefore
be obliged to trim his sails to catch
every partisan breeze that blows. His
predecessors were forced, by their par
tisan friends, to do a great many
tilings they should not have done, and
we are charitable enough to think they
did not wish to do them, hut the fear
of losing their support for re-nomina
tion obliged them to submit. Fortu
nately, Governor Hoyt is relieved of
this pressure by the new Constitution.
Ho can afford to be independent iu
many things wherein his predecessors
could not be. If he wishes, he cau
lift himself out of the ring rut in which
our State has run for years. Governor
Hoyt lias something to say in his in
augural aliout the revival of business,
Ac. Now, as economy in business
will lie the greatest helper toward its
revival, we hope he will set the exam
ple of economy in and about the ex
ecutive mansion and departments. He
has a good big margin for retrench
ment. In previous administrations
thousands of dollars have been paid bv
the taxpayifor th.wers to adorn the
Governor's mansion, ami for other ex
pend thereabout, which should have
come from the (Jovornor's own pocket,
instead of the public treasury. He
can, if he will, do much to cut down
Legislative expenses; and if lie IK- in
earnest about reform, etc., he should
recommend the shaving down of public
salaries. The fees of county officers
were cut down at the last session,
which should only be a beginning of
reformation in these matters. We
hope Governor lloyt will he equal to
the occasion. He can make himself
beloved of the tax-payers, without for
feiting an atom of his political princi
ples ; hut before this can eotne to pass
he wiil be expected to undo some of
the exclusively partisan work done by
his predecessors.
e do not wish to sec any more ox
pen-ivo inaugurations. When Curt in
was inducted into office it cost the
State some 84<K, hut now it run* into
thousands. A resolution wa moved
in the legislature that the expenses of
Governor Ilnyt's inauguration should
not exceed 81 (KM), but it was laid on
the tnhle, because it wouldn't pan out
well enough for the boys. How much
it foots up is a thing to 1)6 calculated
iu the future. When Hartranfi was
last inaugurated, champagne wine
flowed all around, and the committee
were so generous with it, that it wns
served at the hotel tables "free gratis
for nothing." As the money to pay
for it came from the pockets of the
tax-payers, why shouldn't the com
mittee be generous with it? All the
guulera were on hand, and they went
home soaked with the juico of the
grapo from crown to heel. To them
it was a grand occasion, and they made
the welkin ring with their loud huzzas
for the success of the new administra
tion.
Hovt, rnueb is expected of you, and
you have much to do. As hard time*
are bringing cverbodv. and everything,
down to hard pan, the people expect
their Governor and other officeholders
to come down with them. Let your
chiefest study he the interest of the
tax-payer*, and to keep your too par
tisan Legislature flown to the strict
letter of the Constitution. Please don't
stretch this instrument to oblige the
best friend, for constitutions sometimes
break when strained too much, and
become worthless. We know yon
lmvo lots of physical courage, now
just muster up enough of the mural
article to match it. Run the ma
chine yourself, and don't let Quay,
and Hunn, and Hill Mann, and
Simon, and the rest of tliciu, all good
enough fellows, run if. And besides
all this, don't yourself he taken all
over the state to serve as a figure head
at school house dedications, charity
fairs, and hose company halls. The
Governor of a great state like Penn
sylvania is not elected for such a pur
pose. Such cheapening of the officer
ehcn|>ens the olliec. Ijet the dignity
of both be preserved."
l'lnehliurk Again.
True to it.* in.*tin<-t.s, the fraudulent
iidinitii-tnttion at Wnsliington is re
warding the rogue*, who participat' 1
itt, or had dangerous knowledge of the
frauds by which the lawfully elected
President was deprived of hi* right* to
the Presidential office. To tbe-long
list already silenced by official pap,
front peaching or giving damaging in
formation of the villuiny of John
Sherman, and other participating
statesmen in the Presidential fraud,
we have now to add the name of the
somewhat notorious J'inchUhcL, to the
corps of Sherman's siK-'-ial agents, of
the Treasury Department. This negro
mountebank, who claimed to have been
elected to the Senate, from IjouiMana,
and who was awarded twenty thousand
dollars from the contingent fund, to
silence his etf -rts for senatorial honors,
which that body had not the courage
to give him, is again on the male, and
fiud-s, in the friend of Agnes Jenks,
the man who tlarc not repudiate his
claim.
MR. HAVES having signed the "Ar
rearage of Pension Act," that net is
now the lnw of the land, and there is
much speculation as to the amount of
money that will be required uT meet
the claims for back jK-nsious that will
be filed under it. Gen. Rice, a demo
cratic member of cougress from Ohio
and himself a maimed soldier of the
late war, who in hi.* position of chair
man of the house committee on in
valid pensions, labored day in ami
day out for several years for the par
age of this act, estimated the amount
at 019,000,000. Ortain newspapers
and other influences interested in de
feating the bill have greatly exagger
ated the amount, some placing it a*
high as 8100,000,000. The chief of
the Bureau of Pensions, after a care
ful and thorough examination of the
records of his office, places it at |37,-
000,000, and it is probable that the
truth lies lietneen hi statement and
that of Gen. Rice. No appropriation
for the purpose of paying the claims
that will arise under the law ha* yet
bccti made, and, of course, for some
time claimant* cannot receive their
money. Cougress will doubtless pro
vide the means of payment lteforc it
adjourns, and during the coming sum
mer a large sum of cash will be dis
bursed to tho<e who have valid claim*.
The occasion ot a law of this kind
arises from what i* known a* the fiva
year* limitation. liy former law* five
years were given from the flat" of dis
charge in which application for pen
sion* could b- made, and tho date of
payment would be from the time the
applicant wo.* discharged from the ser
vice. If the application wa* not tiled
within the five ycar3 the pension would
only commence ot the date of the fi
ling of the claim. Under these laws,
therefore, all pensioners who went ou
the pension rolls after the expiration of
five years from the date of their dis
charge from the army only received
|>nyment from the time they tiled their
applications, and it is only to equalise
these pensions with former ones that
has made the law just post hy Con
gress necessary. The lew expressly
provides that the arrears shall he paid
directly to the pensioners, and prohils
its claim agents or other persons from
receiving any compensation for servi
ces in these roses.
CINCINNATI Enquirer says: "TK
nation will hold its breath next fall
while 6^iovote."
COJ.. M. 8. QUAY goe, buck to his
old position of Secretary of the Com
monwealth by appointment of Gov.
Hoyt. The nomination of' ( 01. Quay,
was sent to the Senate on Tuesday,
nod was promptly confirmed. The
Governor's nomination of a mcee-or
to Col. Quny as He-order of Phila
delphia did not fare so well. As ex
pected, David 11. 1 awe was tlu- man.
Instead of permitting the nomination
of Mr. I .<ane to lie over one day under
the rules, as is the usual custom, .Sena
tor Lamon, of Philadelphia, attempt
ed to force a confirmation at once and
failed in his oflbrt. The vote showed
that I.auo lacked seven f the two
third' nee -ary to confirm hi- appoint
ment. Three republican senators from
Philadelphia declined to vote, and of
the democratic senators only three
voted for Lane, the rest also declining
to vote.
IT is no longer a mystery. It was
Hilly Chandler, the red-hot statesman
of New Hampshire, who so slyly
placed the hundlc of campaign tele,
grams in Gen. Hutler's < II; At 1- a.-:
that is his confession before the Potter
commitn
A t.reat JurM Dead*
After nn illne-* of t ut a week's dura
tion, the Hon. John(hidwahuf'-r, Judg©
of tb© United State* Di tri'-t' '<nrt, died
Sunday last. Thus end* a life of useful
ness and of honor. Judge Cadwnlader
was nearly seventy-four years of age,
having bt aa b in on the ftr-t of Aril,
1 so.i. Descending directly from a fam
ily who wero active in founding and
building up th© American it.-putiiir, t! ;<•
name of Cadwalader i* a | >rt ntid par
eel of tlie history of the country, and
especially of Pennsylvania ami I'hiia
deltihia.
lion. John Cadwalader was a grand
son of tien. John Ca in ala<ler, of revo
lutionary tame, and with other mem
bers of the family soon rose to a pl.e-n
of prominence and distinction in pul>
lie sfhurs. fin wa* torn in Philadel
phia, educated at the I'niventily of
Pennsylvania, .studied law with the cele
brated Hora<-" Hinney, and in l*""' was
admitted to the Par. Tiiere he com
im-nced his busy life, and the bench
and Par, not only of that city, hut of
the whole country, lose a valued mem
ber and an honest advocate of the high
er and purer methods of transacting
the intrie*te business of the law.
As a lawyer he rose to greatc-minenee.
Forcible in his address, always courteous
and extremely dignified, a mm of great
learning, he was soon destined to take
a place at the head of his profession,
and his merits wero duly tccognized.
He was counsel for the f'nitcd States
Hank in its many lawsuits, and the
Pnited States Government singled him
out to watch its interests and argue its
claims in the memorable r.nd famous
•'cloth esses," which lite lawyers of a
* century ago will rt.;dtly re
call.
,v ;ilocratic to politics, ho espoused
tho principles of thst great party, and
advocated them on all occasions. Tho
citizens of the old Fifth district elected
him to Congress in I*.'> 4, where ho
served one terin, and attracted no little
attention by the clearness of his nrgu
rnent on all the im|K>rtanl measures of
that time. In ISSSj on the 241b of
Aprd. President Ituchansn commission
ed Hon. John Cadwalader to be the
Pnited States Ihstrirt Judge for the
Fistern District of Pennsylvania. He
held this position up to the titno of his
desth.
While he vrss brilliant at tho bar, the
great trsit- which further distinguished
tho man did not until now develop
thems< Ives. The research of the m.vn
was here exhibited. Indeed, had it not
been for hi* political faith, it i# btdieved
ha would long ago lisv© been called
upon to len up higher, and ho would
haveciaoed the Supreme t>ench.
Judge Cadwalader wasaclo*© student,
and remembered all h© read. What
his mind drank in hi* wonderful mom
ory retained. He could recall with cer
tainty the point* of sn opinion, cite sn
• ulhoriljr, or nam© the page of a law
book where could bo found the informa
tion d. sired, almo-t Inntantaneoudy.
Hi* book learning vat great, and ws
supplemented by A vast ileal of comm >n
sen*© an 1 dtiick perception of the pro
per application of meihod* to m"t
emrg.!nr.i©e. Judge Cadwalader. in
Dter y r, was noted for hi* peculiari
ties and eccentricities.
Although well advanced in year*. hi*
front iiiiii'l trn* clear and ttnditnnted.
j lie wan tell versed in *ll the current
Inpic* rf the day, hut placed little faith
iin now paper opinion. Tiiis aversion
wn* fn piently exhibited in n< unmiv
> tnkahlo manner from tlm Uencb. lie
i thought the newspaper pre** magnified
little tn- n and belittled great tun. Ho
'banned publicity. II wan genial in
society and had a good fund of aue>
i dote, hut ho nefcr 'ought company,
preferring to pa* hi* tinte in In* ii
tir.ary, buried deep ami lt the leaves of
hi* law book*.
The I'a. State Agricultural Society
ntet at Hnrrisburg on the 15th insL.
and elected Wra.B. HisaeM president,
together with twenty-seven vice presi
dent*. Ktdridge M'Oonkey vrit* elected
corresponding secretary, 1). W. Seiler,
recording secretary, S. S. Ilaldetnan,
chemist and geologist,and Hugh Hamil
ton assistant.
TnaJewish people, all over the world,
•how ranch interest in the contemplated
purchase of Palestine by leading men of
their race. An association for this pur
pose ha* been formed, and it la believed
the project will soon be carried out.
Palestine is but 145 miles long, with an
average breadth of 43 miles. The soil
la very fertile, having produced wheat
for forty centuries without artificial aid.
It la not a picturesque or attractive
country to ono who views it fom a
practical standpoint, but it has wan dew
ful wealth of associations to the Jew and
the christian.
t* ' '* ' IfeM ,:i' ;
The Pin true.
box nox, January tlfi. The British
Mr,lira! Journal publishes tl"- following:
"ltiissian and Gcriiiun medical jo urn d*
state that tfio east of Kurope is in a
state of gu-nt alarm at tho progress of
what they allege to be the plague, which
is rapidly making its way upward to
ward the north and east of Itimia from
the Caspian sen along the course of the
Volga. According to an article d.tted
January 10, published in tiii. Vienna
MI, r! 1! '. /i., hrift, So .'5, it La*
reached Njni-Novgorod. A* fir a re*'
gnrds tf>e origin of the dirense it is now
nscerfniriud that it was imported by
two regiments of Co**;t©ks who had
lately returned from the war in Turkey,
and in spite of stri- t orders to disinfect
'■verythin," probably bid a p-irt of th'ir
booty, which, without doubt, contained
the germs ot the infection. When the
disen-e firs' show 1j- Jf it was rather
neglected and looked upon merely as a
vain ly of typhus fever, and It was not
until tiie mortality began to ueutnc
alarming proportions that tho local
authorities began to feel it to lie their
duty to do "m<-thirig toward arresting
Its further progr<-s. Accordingly a
'tri'-t 'pi iruntitie Ha - enforced, but tiie
inhabit mt • of Aitraetian, s©iz"l with a
panic, had begun to tly in different di
rections, scattering on their wy germs
<>f the disease, which advanced to the
north over the proviui .-- of -aniaru and
Baratoff and roach f z-.ritzyn. This
I■■ t intni' l place ought especially to
have been protect est, heing a very im
portant tr id.ng town oil the Volga, con
nect' I by rail with almost the wh- le of
: Itn--.-;■. ami through it witli th<. rest of
Murope, Having once ,as <jd that place
j the plague went on spreading till it
reached N-jr.i Novgor •!, v !,i h is only
a few hours distant from Moscow, the
' ' litre of Itu'-i t. It is a curious fact
that some ol tli'- Itus-ian papers, among
oth* *: ' the 1 ral-rfiTr, >' j a t < lamortt
(medical news), p<-i-itently deny toe
' existence of th<- disease and simply
treat it us nn outbreak o) malignant
tynliu-, while tho Ar. J'rtcreLtirg Wot hen
i ~rtft ind other pej • i openly >; cak ol
it n* the plague. The number for ftp
cetuber -J" 1 (January 'J o f the Vratrrhm
' .. ion tains telegiama from
the Governor- of the infected province*
trs-clian and SaratolFj to the Minis
ter of tl.e Interior, which report the
present state of affair* a* most hopeful.
'Die mortality ha decreased and there
are very few patient*. A most energetic
<|unrautine i* enforced. The infected
towns and village", which are divided
into districts, are not allowed to com
municate with each other, etc. In some
places it is stated that only five to ten
persons have died within a week. The
symptoms are described a* being a head
ache. occontt anied by fever and swelling
of the g!an-l. The Vienna Mr ItHntu-Kt
Woeltrntrhrifl, No. .J, draws a most terri
ble picture of the present state of things
-n liu-'ia. Whatever the dieae may
he—whether merely exanlhemalic ty
phoi-l fever or a ft'*ru rrmrrc <u, or really
the plague, it is certain it would neve r
; have a- sutned those terrible dimensions
.if tho government bad not treated it
at first with un|>ardonable neglect."
•*-
Arming the Sttb-Treasnry.
I r,vm Uu N- YotAW-rt'j
I Work will soon br begun under ecn
' tract already awarded "for the Letter
'defence of the Government Tre.a-ury
building" on the corner of W nil and
Ssssua streets. The vaults ere to be
: built twenty fiet lelcw tho street, in-
I cased in solid masonry, and in the in
terior of tho silver vault alone tbcut
'HSI.OOO j-'unds of cbilici steel will bo
"used. On the Niutu street aide tiiere
will be twenty-four opening", with r.s
many more in tho btrcuicnt. ' A'l there
will f.n protested with bullibprdof shut
j lets pierced f-,t musketry and arranged
*o as to swing out at any desired angle,
'o a to command snyf portion of the
| sfrect adjacent. There will be three
turrets on the roof with steel plates
ihrcc-qtiarter of sn inch thick, and with
loop ho!e for mukotry on all side*.
I The cfflcials st the Treasury building
yesterday said that the detail* of tbe
proposed plans were not known to them,
nil thoe affair* l.ping -effbd at Wash
! -ngton. There was no doubt, however,
i thst such a contract h*d lcen ijiucn out,
! 'lie contractor l>eing a Boston man
1 whfwe namo they did not know, ID*
had been to the building during the
pat WM k, and had taken some tr.eas
| ureraents, but was not at prevent in the
j city. No attack, so f*r , i* known, is
j contemplate 1 by any belligerent ond
j crmc I force, but it his been decided
! that the depository of tho Government
| money cannot Ire made too secure. In
I the event of a riot, in care the police
w,-rc overpowered, the firt point of at
; tack, it is suggested, would naturally
| be the building containing the Govern
| inent money if tho rioters had any
cn*e of prop'riety.
Monnens in Arirona.
A few rcib- ' m rb-ujtx ' a Vormon
sc'tlo-o' ot, and the thereof
an- carrying out an excellent *ystom of
cgr '-nlture. 'f'hey have a very superior
D-dy of land under cultivation, bav©
-reefed snlxtantial homes and carry on
ie d.irvbn- -s wit.v success. Twelve
mile* front Phmnix is what is known as
Hayuen's Ferry. Here is a form, owned
f-y mr old friend Henry Hayden, tlm:
would make the eye or any California
fainter water. The farm is situated on
a bluff at least forty feet the cross
tng of the river. Then there is a level
tract of land, as far as the eye can reach
in all directions, divided into grain
corn snd alfalfa fields, with gteat swell'!
mg w'er ditches upon all side*. The
dwelling is a sort of manor house, with
accomodations for any and all friends of
the hospitable proprietor who may hap
pen along; with the latch suing always
upon the outside, with a yard of gr £i
dimensions, dotted her© and there with
pyramids of pumpkins, flour and
!* I***' *Wf. Addetl
store adjoining and a flouring mill in
constant operation a few feet away.
Th whota plice rminrU on< of tho
I?J .u M^ c' ,n,, ? ? lh *7 in Mexico
and tha Spanish Fran
cvsco Rulltjjm.
The eubeoriplious to tho four pr
oeftt. losn since yesterday's report hare
amounted to ♦3,>M),100.
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The Tribune HI-put elicit.
[From 111- WMlilu|(t"U
It i* a matter of history that the firt
demand mado upon the We*tern Union
Telegraph Company for the dispatches
ient 'luring the campaign of ]H"P> came
from the House Committee. Within a
few 'lay* after the tuhptena duett tecum of
the House committee u served, Mor
ton* Committee on Klectioni of the
-i-nat" i**uc i and bad served a similar
! iu-iii'l upon Mr. Orion, then Presi
dent of the Western Union Company.
I'bi* corpoiation, which ws* managed
in the interests of the Radical party,
under cover of a <ieire to protect pnvate
corrc-f pondence, resisted these auhph<e
r'iH at first, hut it wa* merely a pretence
to pain tcrnjxtrary relief from the pres
sure of the House. Mr, Orion i--u-d
' "iinmi i.ds to the telegraph operator* to
'•i d all t!:<* political dip .tche* to the
principal < flic i n Jfew York, and e-a
noon as this wa* done be had them
placed in a trunk and turned over to
int* attorney ol the cornjranv, who
brought the trunk to Washington. Ho
took refuge at the residence of Prefer,
sor llol'len, th'-n and now professor of
inatliematic* at the United State* Naval
<.! —rvntory, where the trunk of tele
rram* wa* concealed for several day*.
Mr. Oiton wa* in Washington himself,
uii'i directed every movement of his
i.ipl'.yt*, who had pOMeuioa of the tele
-nni* over which both Home* of Con
pre * Wei* struggling. Finally, hy or
dcr* of the president of the company,
the attorney delivered the trunk of
despatches at the room of tl>eS<-nate
< unniittee on Privileges and Flection*,
■'iid i w ■n . iv, .1 by Mr. Burbank. the
i hen i rk of that committee, ami im
mediately turned ovr to George K.
hillock, ire- •'-;ig'*r of the committee.
Senator Morton was promptly notified
of the receipt of the trunk, and he lost
I no time in impairing to his committee
room and making an examination of
the content*. He took with him several
I nWicon Senators, mt-ml en of the
I '"lections ' ognmittce (whose names will
< one out during the investigation >,
and together they examined ail the
d:patoli< *. LuJJo' k toik the telepram*
.i"..i the trunk and oe-i*ted in assorting
them. Mr. il'irtoii WM fernonailv in
terested in getting possesion of the
tcleprajdiic ni' -apes of that campaign,
because he had sent and received, in hi*
management of the Pacific State* for
Have.-, dispatches that he did not want
to see the light. All the telegrams
which compromised the Republican
I party in any serious degree were sepa
j rated from the others, and the balance
were returned to the trunk. The hon
orable Senators then left the room,
. leaving the Republican dispatches in
the hands of Bullock, with an under
standing that he wa* to put them where
they could never do any harm Bul
lock locked the door and made a bon
i fire of the oundle of telegram* which
hod been left with him. He then ar
ranged the other* in good order in tiie
trunk, and next day Mr. Morton called
j a meeting of the full committee, inform
ing thein that it wa* to examine the
j telegram* which had been turned over
to bim by the Western Union Compa
ny. "f course nothing ww found that
the Republiean* cared to conceal, but
t> ere wtre telegram* which t-erplexed
the Dem'-cratic meml-er* of the com
mittee. Morton, with an assumed air
of magnanimity, suggested that the
trunk and its contents be kept a secret,
and this wa* tacitly agreed to. ffub'e
quentl* Gen ral Butler mviu-noimly
found hint'elfin -oasession of a package
of these cipher dispatches, and now ho
proposes to turn tb*ui over to the Pot
ter ootamlUee. It bulls ;.ul that Tro
fesor Holdcn waa the man who trans-
Uttfl Ihr dphcr <l;* patch*# for the New
5 ork Tri&ttns, and as this experience
doubtless furnished him with the key,
he lia* been selected by General Butler
to continue the translation. George L.
I Bullock performed bis part of the work
to the entire satisfaction of the Radical
Senator* who were engaged with him
in the job. He wa* ptomised reward in
the shape of official position, and he got
it in due time. He waa appointed a* a
' onsul to Cologne, and was confirmed,
through the influence of the revy Sena
tor* who examined the content* sf the
trunk, with the exception of Morten.
; who died before the job could be com
pMed.
The Sexes On A Par.
J A Hovirxcxr TO make roarETtxcr THE
t*t* or rxAciiKos' SALARIES. •
i .f-faiMfrlffet* j
The appropriation made by Councils
for the payment of the salaries of teach
ers in the public schools thi* year waa
§1,0C0.0;*1, a reduction of $75,991 front
the amount granted last year. As this
'eduction demanded a revision of the
-.iit.ries, a committee waa appointed by
j the Board of K-iucstinr. for the purpose,
and at it first meet:ng on Saturday some
very radical changes were suggested.
I'releasor Barker, of the University
of Pennsylvania, a new member of the
f-durational Ituvnl, desire*! the commit-'
; tee to ptace itself on record a* in favor
|of paying equally tor work, whether
j performed by man or woman, lie pro
po#ed that the pay should be graded
upon a peculiar scale. Ilia idea waa to
makn eight grades, thus: 1. I|, I|, If,
-• '-!• 2J, The sum of those figures
i* 15, and the Professor said no nutter
what aunt is appropriated, now or here
after, by Councils, the salary of teach
ers should be determined upon thea*
ba*ea, relatively, the principal* being ex
empt from the rating. If the poorest
paid teacher gela fcJOtl a year, the one
in the next grade above would get $375,
the next $l5O, the next *525. the others
*OO. $675. $730 and s*2s.
When the Professor was asked for
some method for the application of his
scheme he presented a resolution pro
viding "that the basis of salary be term
of competent service,**
In the coarse of die argument that
emued, Mr. GolUday said the trouble
was that Hectional Board* controlled the
appointment of teacher*, and they fre
fluently looked more to their own in
terest than the interest of the schools;
therefore the proposition to leave to the
decision upon the competency of teach
er* was, he thought, impracticable
No notion waa taken, the eommittee
deciding to resume the consideration of
the plan at n future meeting.