..Foiinuiry 4, !'
r. - to c-et un booni
f r
General G.rfi.ld for Present fasi
beea tqaclcbed by ihat gentleman
publishing an open letter in favor cl
Jebn Sherman tor President,
The rightfully elected cfficiale in
Maine are now io foil poesesEiea cf
tbe Government, but it is not to be
forgotten tt at tie conspiracy to de
feat the will of tha people, was tbe
worn cf tbe De mccratic party.
The Maine larce taking petered
cut, seven Fasion Senators
txi'ntv-two Fusion members tcck
h!r Kpma ia tbe legal Legisla-
tnre on Thursday last. Sjiugs tbe
Democratic conspiracy to fcteal the
State.
Senator RotcoE Coxklixo cf New
York Las cprcly diclarid in favor of
General Grant "for the Presidency.
Slbat puis another Presidential
candidate cut cf tbe field, and uo
mmiakeably indic&t-e bow New V. rk
will vote ia the Chicago Convention.
The Philadelphia Vi-m (KeP )
nd Mr. M Clare's . imtt (Dew ) re
iih &ch other ia tbeir j
ICU
championship cf Jutaes G. Llaine.
Between tbem, they have done more
to damage tbe cause of that distiu-
.gun-hed gentleman in Pennsylvania ,
than could tbe entire Democratic J
pre?s cf tbe State. J
;
TmT wan a verv raa'l
i -
note !
tbrv-ugb hicb Ex-Governor Curlin
crcptaway irm bi- futile attempt to
obtain
tttc-ui io CogfecH to wcieu
i t L .... ... v
be w as
not elect' a. a.
votes eov
tbp Democrats on oe
cjnimutee were
illegal, because
;;uslv regit'-' red.
tbev were uot previ
Every tyro knowe, tbat a vo.i-r ui .
ul
though not registered, by provmfc i
bis right, can obtain a vote Al'
that was w anted bovever was an
cure to procure a new elec.i u, auu ;
this trcocpartnt dodge answered Mj
mil as anv other.
Xot content with a pair cf black
yes received by two Kjuare knock
downs from tbe Supreme Court, the
Fueionisis cf Maine tackled thai body
f ir a third time, and again we-e
knocked" clear knocked clT their pins.
This laet knock down appears to hu
e eetller. Fusion Governor Smith
discovered that be was making a fool
of bimself, declared be tired of tbe
farce be bas been keeping up, and
ban retired from t bo buhiue.s, while
lbj Fuion Legislature bas ndjourn
ed until next August, and a lare
number of its members have tuken
their seats in the regular or Repub
lican Legislature. So what at one
time threatened to be a bloody trage
dy ba ended in a broad farce.
For tbe first time during the pres
ent eesrion, tbe Senate, on Thursday
last, divided strictly on party lines
opontbe question of conferring the
nomination of Mr. Kitchor es C-d-lector
of Internal Revenue for tbe
third district of Wisconsin. He was
defeated by a strict party vote, be
cause be is an onFpken stalwart
ltonnblirBn. Time was wb'n tbe
professed Democratic test for tfficp,
was, "la he bonest ? Is be compe
tent f Is be faithful to the constitu
tion?" Sow it ip ' Does le vote
the Democratic ticket ?"
Under tbe present administration
there are hundreds cf Democrat
holding office, bat not a single Re
publican can get in, where Democrat
hold the power. The difference be
tween the two parties is palpable.
The noodles are just now excited
over a rumor, which the bowlers
against Grant bave putin circulation,
that be will decline a nominatien at
or before the meeting cf our State
Convention, and that his letter cf
declination is in tbe hands of li
friends. Well, we will not bave
long to wait, as tbe Convention will
have met and adjourned before this
journal will reach cne-fuortb its
readers.
General Grant is not canvassing
for tbe Presidency and will hardly
decline what he ia not set kit.
When the people call be will answer.
Meanwhile be is ia Cuba maintain
ing that dignified reticence wtich is
tbe truest index of his Birengtb.
The petitions pouring into Con
gress ia favor of Weaver's new infla
tion scheme, of paying the soldiers of
the late war the diffcrenc; between
the present and tbe former value of
greenbacks, are evidently manufac
tured for the purp??, hundreds of tbe
eignaturca being ia the eaTie hand
writing. Ia presenting one tbe other
day, Senator Cameron 6tatcd thai in
Lie opinion the signatures were all for
geries. A solution of lbe problem is
probably to be found ia Weaver's
remark ia tbe House that tbe cry fur
tbe passage of his bill came from
"every haTilet and church yard ia
the land." Evidently thousands cf
names have been obtained from the
tomb stones.
A favorite position of certain
would-be rarty leaders in this State
for years past, has been to hold up
the Camerons father and son as a
species of political ogres wherew ith
to affright verdant Republicans
This bugbear has however met
with but Indifferent success, but be
that as it may, . we believe neither
father or son bave been accused of
being "natural born fools." Yet, to
read and believe all the twaddle now
beiog so plentifully published about
the way Senator Cameron intends tt?,
and asserts he will manage, control,
trade off and use as his own, tbe
State Convention and the delegates
to Chicaeo. is to believe that he is a
aere idiot . ,n Pennsylvania semis promising, if
With a certain class of thei-e sews- tbe accompli.-hnieo'S cf tne past in
.. . i . . ...
paper men it mast be held that the this direction are to be taken as ev-
1 r , .
mass of tbe people are fools, they toidence. In 18o0, when tbe largest
persistently publish this silly trash. pcraon of the crop was raised in
Ox Saturday Inf., tbe Republicans
of Allegheny and Dauphin Counties
e'ecied tbeir dtlejrates let the State
: ... niM.xi,. ihrmm iin
Ivf.-r Grant. It lok now as if ' c
h-.t not f-xt-eed- a
ing oue-third of the delegates in tbe
Convention
It is rcniatkable with what una
niaiity, the Democratic and assistant
Democratic press cf tbe country
declare that Grant is the weakest
Republican candidate that can be
nominated, and yet with wtat zeal
they tre laborijg to prevent bis
nomination. How ansi-as tbe dear
iauocent fellows ere, that we tbould
put up a MroCtfer man.
Hon. E A. HaTT, Commisriouer
of lutiibu affairs las been removed
frctn tffice, it is wated for withJd
icg inrportaot iuforfutiua from tto
d.-parlDiett. Tee follow in? is the
curt U ucr of Secretary Scuiz niak
IDS 'b" reiiu val.
linn. A. IHyt. Caatxittionrr of Jr.dicn Jf
Jens. Sir It Yinr tfi-mnc inr i'u;j t ) Inform you tliHt
the j-uImii- lutrn-N .tru.u . cimi)i in Jh
.jtir B-rTue lu i Imt tti.-e r (liicuO wlin.
Vrry refiw -fully.
O Siui'RZ. Sccietary.
Fx -Minister Flihc B Wash
EtT.N e t f llliuoi, who has mauy
fiieudo anxious to make bim a Pie-i-deutiul
candidate, wLen ia Xcff York
last week was interviewed on that
tuHott lie t-aid that be would be a
CBndlUa.e for Governor cf Illinois 'I
tbftt p., was tendered him, but
tfcet utider no circumstances will be
,,.,.,-a r irfi(tint. a he is
OC a LiU'jiuuu . J - , - -
. t r .,,
an ardetit f upp rter
GrLt f,T tLa; po.-i;i-a.
Ol utuciai
Sj ibero is
b!i...sbtr vtry tirotig candida e, uot
oh cut r.f tho road, h, Ijt Grant.
Is pubiic e.vjma-ioa the Democrats
ia C.'ugrei-r, ore "past praiug lor,"
bet with that remaikuble reliance on
for b:ch ihe party leaders are
,rblhlf, ,L v Bpj,auo,ly b r to
e!jf,,rce pjne grace tbrcugb the
erg of tu.ir tbaplaln. Accord
jlglV( w hca aajeLdiug the rules tbe
bJr dllT lbe lloil6a decided that its
cbnflaiu hbu'l take an oath to faitb
fn''U i-eharce Li duties. TbiiA cf
" 'j c
ihe goud man having to swear that
Le will faiiLfully jiray fr tie ealva
tiuu cf the redeniplionleys tcalawags
who ci,miiu;e the m-i i t) T cf that
bc-dj ! !
U.NTEtt the lead of tuo Philftdel
pbiu J'rrzs, aided by verai hM8taut
De-uu.craiic j .uruals?, there Las beeu
a Herculean effrt made w ithin tbe
part few week, to get up a Dlaine
h .,.iii in Puu kaiii.. Tliere has
been m ruiH-illdLeous b'uziug away
m. (i.-hnt. but tbe fa.Mllade has not
been very ifltctive. his to unds
nied fjet that tbe Senat-jr from
Maine has many friende iu tbir Sia e,
and n in'.-, or very few cn-imiee in the
RcuuWirsn rai ks, but converts to bis
.iiin ere uot to be made, bv niirrrD,
reeeutiti.-ns or b.-.atint", nor is i
hktly that tbe Sate Cuavention wi
be it flueLcei, (nbii b ia rcully tie
i. Meet et tbo b'jercers.) by tbeir
hrantloeio. While the Republics! 8
of ibis State will uuiudly andcfceir
fully hj n ri Mr R!hiLe, if mniin: -ted
at Cbicapo, yet it in to cur luiid,
jurt as certain, that Ge&tral Grunt B
tho firet prime fvurite, and derail d
the mtbt available candidate by tie
lurte majority cf Republicans, and
we think thai this w ill be made ap
parent at tbe State Convention on
the 4 b. Tbe quiet determination c f
the Iriends of General Grant, to give
no caute for eff- nse, to held tbe par
ty together as a unit if ponb!e, to
leave theuiBclves in a poeiiioo to
zealou!y support Senator Blaine
their tecoud choice ia the event cf
bis nomination, bus been mistaken
fur timidity by the f upererv;cable
friends cf Mr. Blaine, ana hence tbe
boomers in this State are reckoning
without their bont.
Fob the first lime ia its history,
the Republican party cf Sjmerset
County w as disgraced on Tuesday
evening lat-t by a paikd coaveniiou.
Tlie ot'jct of tbe meetinr beiag tbe
selection uf delegates to tbe State
Convention, and it beiufc well known
that General Grant and Seuatur
Biaiue b.ith bad friends dcniruus f
O'jmiuati.'u in our jojsdment tbe
Grant men being largely ia the
uihj rity in tbi.s county it w as ar
ranged lor the take of perfect fcar'uo
ny, that tbice gentlemen, (two cf
wb-jm were kuowu to prefer lbe
Senator from Maine) phould be nomi
nated for d'leat'6. Nutwiths.aud
ing this it is now alleged through
ignoraucc one or two irresponsible
and supercrviceable would be poli
ticians of this brouh, quietly noti
fied all lbe Blaine men to be on btud,
and having thus packed lbe tneeii 4,
shamrles-ly vi dated tbe understand
ing, and by quickly cpriuging a
nomination of three Biaiue men as
delegates, carried their pjiut. The
friends of Geueral Grant were thus
deprived of anv voice in the State
Couveotino, and even were they in
tbe minority iu lb county, tbeir
rights were betrayed and trampled
on in ibis meeting. Tbe voice of the
county was not neard ia tbe meetirg
it reflected only the i-eutirueni of a
fc re or two ol uurefl ;ctiag citizens,
principally of this burougb, who
were used by a few tcurvy politi
cians to gain their cads. Tbe harmo
ny of the party has been largely im
paired by ibis dirty trick, and we
mus eip te and denounce it, ia tbe
iotcrests of common honesty and
deceecy.
I s 10 lte graile men who connived
j at, aod were p'ivy to this outrage on
tbe rights of tbeir fellow Republicans.
they wiil ia future reap a return for
the lack of sagacity and fuir play ex
hibited in their condoct.
T nE future of totcc cu.'ivation
Y.iik couuU, tbe yield was 1.400,01)0
J - I.I.:. - rAaA ma I
pound, and this was regarded as
something extraordinary in tobacco A
mr ?v nee tea:. IIIDH II. U uo-
onie a part cf the growing crops iu
tiuuiber ot cjuoutfS, aua Xjiocaser:
has fairly earned tbe title of "the to.
baccobed"of Pennsf lvania. Care
ful estimates just made plicetbe crop
cf in Lanc8ter, York and Leb
anon counties the priacipal counties
of the State ia which tobacco is
grown at 24,000,000 piunds, and
this will realize about $3,000,000. A
better yield even than this is expect
ed in 1SS0
Br estimates lately made it ia
claimed thai iLe amount of wheat
now ia the graj of tbe f peculators
is thirty million bushels With this
enormous 6tcck on band, the specula
tors bave power to rule the market
as ibey plraee, tsellh.g one day at a
price and the next so depressing the
ruaiket as to re-buy what they told
the day before at a much reduced
figure. Tbe fatmets cannot market
ineir w Ltai oecaute meie m uu j.jo.o
to -tore it, and European freigbn feei
the effects of ihe wheat blockade be
cause exports are checked by our ex
treme price.
February will be an odd month
in feeveral respects. It will have in
the first place an odd number of daya,
owing t$ its leap-year distinction. It
will bave an odd number of Sundays
five which is very odd for tbe
8bortes' month of tbe year and one
of tb9 Sundays will ba Washington's
birthday. It will begin on Sunday
aud end oa Sunday, which is also
odd. Tne five Sundays correspond
in date with tbe five Sundays in lbe
following August, which is odd
again. U is said thai no one now
living will ever see another February
so odd ; nor will their children, nor
tbeir children's children fcufficieat
in itself to trake tbe mouth interest-
Et la, Brate!
Fr. ffi tbe Buffalo Expregr.
It now appears that the second
1 pinion of the Maine Supreme Coe't
was written by Judge Libby, tbe
Demoerattc member.
Gen. Pattercon, of Philadelphia,
Gen. Grant's old commander iu tbe
Mexican war, now nearly eighty
j ears old, has been invited 10 accom
pany the ei-Prestdent on his tour to
Mt-xico, and bas accepted the iuviia
lion.
Grant ia well out of tbe way, and
uow is a good lime to "let looee the
doge." Go in, Cccsarl Gj for bim,
Touserl Opn up with full mouth
e whole puck that have been iu
ging at the chains which bound you
to jour kennels. Btrking will do
vou go-d. Inter Oct an.
.iuluafiun MraBH KlerloU la TUU
Trnao the Charleston Courier.
If Grant be nominated, Grant will
b) elected; on this every Suiberu
iiuIiiIjuu and orgao caa rely wi h
perfect coufideuce in ihe certainty of
jviunsuir all the mouey any responsi
ble brigadier fbuuld ce so foolish as
t j b -1 at;i.iust 11.
"Drivel of NrriiDd Cblldlataapaa.'
Fn)in the Boston Ercolng Traveller (Kep.)
Gen Grant is lbe only man we
bave thai answers all the Repub'icaa
rauirements of the time. Tbe cant
itb.ui a third term's daugere is ridic
D ' US, and proper only for Bedlam
No "unwritten law" could ba viola
ted in bringing him forward, for no
such law exists. Tbe Constitution
contains all tbe law that we are
bonnd to observe in electing a Presi
dent: aud the Constitution rays notb
ing about one term, or a second term,
or a third term of tbe Presidential
1 ffice. As to "dictatorial power"
comiug from making a third-term
President, it is nothing but bad fun,
aud will bave no effect on lbe mind
of any man wbo would not expect to
see ghosts on State-st at bign noon.
It is, if eeriouf., the drivel of second
cbildibncs, and will pass into mere
oblivion.
The Democatic press bas shown
very clearly that it would be a crime
to elect General Grant President for
a third lime, and that be would he a
wicked man it be accepts the office.
Tne criminality of these acts would
consist in lbe tact that tbet would be
contrary to tbe precedent established
by Washington.
There can be no doubt that Gener
al Graot is an nt.erly unscrupulous
man, for be has already flagrantly set
tbe example of Washington at deli
ance by makiog a voyage around the
world. Wafbniutoo never weui
around tbe world. When hi sec jud
Presidential term expired, be went to
M.iuul Vernon aud staid there. He
said thai ihe reason be did not waut
to be Preideut any longer was that
he was tired cf public hfo and waul
ed to raise a few cabbages and sua ke
ia peace on his front piazza. When
General Grant retired from office be
neglected to t.ay a word about cab
bagen, and never intimated to any
one thai be wag tired. Oa tbe con
trary, not baviog the fear of Wash
ington before bii eyes, he deliberate
ly undertook a journey tj Europe,
Aia, and Africa. A man who bas
uo more respect for the Faibe: of bis
Country than General Grant display
ed in this matter, dei-erves to rm re
girded as a bold, bad man. A Y.
Times.
Tbe tMt rnaloalKt.
AiGieTA. Me, February 1 P
A. Sayer, Fusion Secretary of
S ate, has yielded, aud under protest
niveo op all the state property to bis
possession. Yesterday afternoon
Saw) er delivered to the Republican
Secretary of Si ate the State seal, re
turns of votes tor Governor, connty
offices. Senators and Representatives,
Conncil records, and all reports of
tbe Executive Council of 1879 rela
ting to the election returns Sawyer
was unable to find tbe key of the
ia'e.
He rays he received legal advice
to bold cut in bis position, bat as he
was satisfied the sheriff had a war
rant for his arrest, be did not choose
to make a martyr of himself, and baa
therefore given ap bis claim to of-
nce.
Illlrll Bill l eatraxe
Revenue fficers seized twelve iU
not a tiiierics. detrojea eight cop
Per ln tn,d 15,000 gallons of beer,
a d heZ"fl five barrels of whisky and
A .i.: a: .;n i.
arresti a six illicit distillers in Laurel,
p. y and Jackson counties Ken
I tacky.
TALK WITH THE IIOr
THOMAS VTLATT j
ARqcmcnts is favor of grant's
Komination his strength in
country MR.
rLVTT expect a
SOLID (1RAXT DELEGATION
from
THIS STATE SECRETARY KIIER
MAN'S CANDIDACY TUB STATE
CONVENTION TO BE 11 ELD EARLY IN
MARCH
For the purpose of obuioi a fair
statement of tbe vie- aud expecta
tion of the eiroug Grant element in
the Republican p irty in thH S ate,
a representative f The Irtbune
called upon ibe llo'i. Thoii C
Piatt recently. Mr Plan's iburoiigr)
kuowledt) cf S.ute puliiicn, hi cou
spicaous position as cbairmau of ihe
Republican Executive Committee,
bis clo-e relations with Senator
ConklmiT, G . .erour Cornell aud otb
er party lead rs niika fcim ati excel
lent aulburiiy on this subject
In reply 10 a query as 10 what pro
portion of Rep jtiiicaus ia Xev York
be huppped denired the iiimii o j iou
ot General Grunt, be f aid :
"From uiy luierc'iuri-e with men
wbo bave a controlling iufLieuce in
local polities in tbe different couuies,
I am led to believe ibat a very lare
majority of tbe Republicans iu the
rural districts are euiburfias-.ically ia
favor cf Gram's candidacy. Thh old
soldier element, iucludiug lbe Graud
Army organization, is almost unani
mous iu bis support. Toeu there is
a considerable class of business men
wbo believe property would be safer
and but-ioess more prosperous umter
bis administration than uader that of
any other man "
"What are the arguments you
bear urged ia favor of his uouiioii
tion?" "Tbe certainty of public tranquili
ty aud tbe euforcemeui of Uw a hicb
tbe country would ei.j v under him
is a strong one. Anoihep wbtcn has
great weight with the stalwart elas
ot Republicans who till take a live
ly interest in what goesou in toe
Hoo'h is the belief that the while and
black Republicans ia that secti u
would have a bi t er chance ut their
rights beintf respected wiib bim iu
the White iloue than with any body
else. U-s name is a terror to the
shot-guu Democracy. He is feared
aud rei-pecud by tbe violent classes
ia lbe South. Still auother uru
meat is that on the score of availibil
ity. The supporters of General
Grant believe that he would b'. the
mot popular candidate tlo pny
could nominate, and would carry
J'ew Yolk overwfc. ltnioulf ."
"Is this your own vie V
"Yes, decidedly. I recognize the
tact that a few Republicans, influ
enced by old pn jadice, would refuse
to vote tor hiui, bull am cmbdeui
thai the loss of ibis small element
wouid be much more tbnn compensa
ted tor by tne gaij of thousands of
votes from conservative Dcsm icrnts,
bo are sick of lbe disturbt'i C or-e
pursued by tbeir party aid debie a
strong, taj jfovernmeut al Warning,
tun. A good many D?av emtio sol
die-ra would also bd aunctjed to G out
by his worldwide tame and li.eir rec
ollections of his great deed j iu sup
pressing tbe Rebellion. 0;ie ofm
slrouenl jiroots of Generul Grant's
strength is ttio fuel ibat all mo Dem
ocratic and at-Utaut Demociatio
uewsprtpt-rs iu lbe laud are niakiiig
such desperate effirl- to weukeu aad
d-tet his nomiuHiiou."
'tVn' otates do yoa think Gener
al G aui would bo sure to carry at
tbe tlrctio i, 1 uieau, uot iu tne cju
vemiou 1 '
' Every X irthern Stat, wii,h th
possible excepiiou of ludioua He
would have besides a fair cbuu-' ot
carrying three Soudieru States Vir
ginia, Florida aud Louisiana I was
down iu Virgiuia duriug lbe re-cent
Senatorial contest at Richmond
While there 1 learned musn of the
popularity of Geueral G.aui with the
people, including m.iny Confederate
soldiers. Tney said they believed
tbe best President would be a Re
publican m any ca-e, aud they hoped
to see Grant cbooeu because be bad
always trea'ed them fairly, and ibey
felt sure that their interest would be
beet subserved by bis election.
Large numbers of them will vote f .r
bim if be is nominated Sew York
Tribune.
Uemeral WMblngluu Stun.
Washington, Jau. 2C Tne ma
jority repurt of tne euO committee iu
tne co nits ted election case of Mr
Yucum, from tho Twentieth district
of Peuuoy lvania, recomiueuds a dec
laration mat the eleCiLn of lbe sii-
tiug member was null aud void, aud
mat a new eieciiou be ordered It is
couieuded as tne ground for ibis re
port that the number of uuregioter-d
votes received, vouuied aud returned
ia the eutire district, wiibouiauy ev
idence io snow tor whom they were
cast, was nut less ibau 9U0, or leu
times lbe iuj rity of ihe eiuiog insu
rer. Tne coul'-suui, claims mat 210
illegal votes were cast for the siuiug
meuiber and 29 for bim-cif, whic-o
would give bim a maj irity cf 'J'J
I'ne u ijori y repori, Iroui Messrs.
Calkiun aud V'eaver, dissents from
the rcasoniugot tbe ui .j rity, aud iu-
sists mat ihe n in-rentst- red voles
were uot necessarily illegal votes,
aud that the well-kuowu rule of law
thai publ.c officers are prusumed to
Dave done their duty uu il the cou
trary is proved, applied iu this ca-e
I'ne report also lusists that the bur
den of proving bis ca-.e rests writb tbe
Contestant, atjd 11 cauuot bo shitted
from him ij the contettee oa tbe
mere enowlug that a sudicieut num
ber of uou registered votis were Cast
to more ibau counterbalance the ro-iu-ued
id j ,riiy It denies that there
were 900 uuregid ered votes wbic'i
were lu fact illegal ; but the facts
i-hjW that the illegal Voles Cist were
not far from the same uumber cast for
each cundida.e. Tne minority re
port States as au important fuc , tn-t
ex Governor Curliu resisted the ef
fort made by the cmtestee to have
the ballots preserved, and aided in
haviug tbem destroyed, though at lbe
lime be was eugaged in taking evi
dence in chief for contesting tbe elec
tion ; and be cannot uow compiaiu
of the returns from these precincts,
as he stands iu the lignt i f a so li
ator of record evidence. Tbe mioority
report concludes with a reaoluiiou
declaring ibat Mr. Yocum is entitled
to bis seat.
A Yoanal lrrkatiot
Syracuse, X. Y., Janury 23.
At no. to da v Elias G.-bhardt, six
teen yirs of aire, a clerk in'a hard
ware More, was aecideutally tho
and instantly killed by a cu-coujnr to
whom be tn silliug a pistol, io
the excitement tbe tust. m r, w bo
cave bis name as C aU-llo frm
Wayne county, disappeared. Tbe
levolver, which was tbongbt to be
unloaded, contained three charges.
tirant ai t'aadsdalo.
GXTU 8 ANA"sis cf tue mtcati
ASI) or ant's character.
I mi tatiefiei that G antda-l .a tf
be aud exoceia U) M I'rt. 1 ai
- uot every stroug feeling would
IVe III -ill H t.lin 11:. I
'have niado bim
' ' " w. His
sjleucocaa oaiy hac i ut mterpreia-
jiuu uoveruor lt yi tola ratJ lhllt
iGitcer.l Graut would oot uiiow his
rv . i ... I r . I
Vn.. liieuo to oe comuiUtiug
lucmseiTes ior turn, and therefore
against other candidates, if he ex
pected to desert them. He said
Binine bad friends ia tho State, but
thev bad grown ruo.-e eautiou than
iu 1876, wben they attempted io gal
lop aay with ths noiama iou.
GRANT'S APPEARANCE.
G aui l)i ks bent tuau eer iu his
lile ; Ms bktu i of a cleur, grayin
brou, nis beard well crojiji-d ail
aiound, but uirn. us if rooted iu
clear veins ol bio.-d ; his mas-ive,
tqure head, where tne rear aud bide
pi ts come eo uobiy to it o tupirt ot
nis features, thoWopoAVrtuliy uuiidsl
other heads ; ho biauda pigeou
k iced, with p-iutin,j toes, like One
iraiued to li la horses, and his eXpres-i-iou
is that, ef ttuii&bilhy, ttud ptt
lieijce w uh the public ; out uow aud
iLt J, ut tt me sirauger pretslug t.JU
uear hw confidence, tne blue-gray
ees unclose, and he takes the iuiru
der iu with every feuse of cauiioo.
tlis dress aud bearing are decidedly
tnose of a maa of sireugib, of
thought, cultivation and love of
c'eaulinesa. While never risiug to
be au acta.' like Van Buren aud Jack
sou, or wrapping himself in cold iu
d'.ffjreuce like the Adamses, or still
ed aud aweful like Washington, be is
still a resolute, wary, diy. powerful
portrait ia which there is the tighter
troui the loes to tbe templed.
WHY he wilubvn.
He loven a race, a game of chance,
a trial of possi bull lies. Not a literary
uidj u-r au idealist, be tbiuks he baa
a right lt such occupation as buiu
hiui best, and that is uow tbo great
areua ot public lite. He kuows that
lu occupation, us iu physiology, tbe
moment a man ceases to kcrow he
comii.eiicoi lu decay. At the age ot
oulj 57, with ftiir proi-pecis of living
to be !s0 bis father lived to be 7!
aud bis mother lives Still Grant has
uo uotiou cf being shelved some
where, bully ragged by stockholders
or commanded by an ofiijial marti
net. There is one place, independ
ent, supreme, m.-tpec able aud uot
retrogressive, lor which he seems to
be d-istwied tbe Presidency agaiu.
Four years he has bdeu u, private
ciitz;u, more popular than ever, no
less uoicrious, aud with new elemeuis
ot tuiud and quality comiug forwarJ.
The few pooute wbo coutinue to call
bint names aud sauce bim be cau
uuswer best by passing beyond the
honors ot YY ashiugton.
The f.-ar cf a dettat is tbe chief in
doceaieut to Grut. He alwavseu-
j y s a gallop o'ir if tne odds are
aguiust bim. With bis uu ideal West
ern nature be cauuot uuderbtmd the
argument that he mast stop w here
Washington, did. Better btop where
W u.-t)lUjit,.U dtdu 1 1 Aad an io cbaug
iu tn torm of tho goverumeut, thai
vou Id lake lue amusement out of tbe
i;nu); be warns it. jus; as it h, p!av
d acc iroiug to II jy le, i.h all tne
present Conditions acd bealtbi ia tbe
competition.
THE ARGUMENT IMU GRANT.
In b lh the anaucul aui the seu
tiouil quuiiou nis uoiui of Vdiitaire
H superior. His executive policy, as
(jk'heral trese!l suifgesteu to me,
was so tirm aud steady that it never
lulled to produce the wUoIe results
tie l-t tbe Vetjer ot ItitUuou, aud
bere-fore the maker of resumption
B ih Congress aud the Supreme
Court weakeued upou it, but Grant
carried it out. His administration.
derptte the peace which came iu the
course of it to the 'vhole world itself
probublv due to the displacing cau-i
es of great wars -lecured the credit
and peace of tbe Lulled Scales and
left us without a foreign enemy and
tbe depository of great foreign, in
vestments. Tne Southern States,
sliguily as they have progressed, owe
ibeir deliverance troai chaos t
Gram's firm control ad General aud
1 resident. Uur mauutacturing per-
t c ion, as shown to tbe world ia tho
exhibition of 1370, lost nothiug by
ihe arm coiiuieoauctt cf Geo. Grant.
He predicted iu 1363, ia bis first mes
sage, ihe "strong box'' ia the Ilcky
Mountains where we should dig out
the public debt ; political economists
sneered, but it bas cotr e true. II did
a wrk ot art iu completing tbo city
of ahmgt in, for which ihe first
President would bave e ime out of bis
gruvd to thank tim, if pos-itli
Taiougbout bis course as General
ud IVesideut, aud siuce his reiire
inect, Geueral Graut bas beeu ia fa
vor of going forward wilh something,
vhereas all criticism aaiust hiui bas
beeu frcCi the otjecMug side. He
tbiuks well of human endeavor, that
ll is belter tbau the nou interference
dogma of tbe dyspeptics. A wealm
of learning was p .ured out trom orig
lual luvestigatiou while he u.J cia-i.-ol,
wbicn duiigbted m-vakud. Tne
pubiic docdiueuis were replete wita
surveys of our resource , ubaervaiijus
of iniugs terrestrial mid astroa imiual,
aud the iiupiesi ia of enlightenment
aud ctieeifjl development ex euded
aroiiud ihe world. Yet authority was
ui am tauied uot ia ire steruly by iL.a
ry of Xavarre or William of Orange,
where mere wa oucsioa Tne ser
vaut ot the Cz ir of Russia withered
in bis P. lues's presencd under the
Republican frown. Tne literary pp
uiarity of Mr. Motier, nor tae long
ludulged meddliug of Sinu'ier, did
u t avail to sp ire enner wuen tbe
it iverutue.it fell us prerogative tri
Uird with. lu tbo midst ef public ex
citement such as bas beeu i-eld uu
ituef-ed, the coo), clear order of the
Attorney General went tj St. L uis,
' Rruiove John B Heoderoa for iui-
pei leiieDC'i l tb President t.f the
United S ales!" Aud fuallv l evi
dent Graut laid dou bis office with
ibe upproval ot the very rebellion be
nad suppri s-ed, aud oiily such eue
u.i-s as he had Sought to load
wiih t.ivors Piis, viists aid
slanderers found lbe sdeucs dreadful
heuihey mocked his retirement.
Narrow Kscaps.
Ottawa, Jo 30 The s nall-pox
patient who had such a narrow es
cape from being buried alive on
Wednesday is doirg well aud will
recover. It appears that when the
grave diggers threw on tbe lid of the
c Qjj, after it bad been lowered iato
the grave, three shovelfuls of sand,
that tbe noise aroused the slumbers
of the supposed dead man and caused
bim to ku k lotily against his narrow
tin's n. Tbe c ffi was fcai-tily drawn
O i" of the grave aud lb lid was u-i
screwed The suiipo.-ed c rps sav up
at d ei claimed; "My G -n 1 Hive 1
ha t U h a uarrow esc- p ? ' II was
al ouce lifted oat of the coffia and an
overcoat thrown over his shoulders.
Ue was then removed to tbe hospital.
WAfcHINttTO LBrrER.
By Our Special OorranponJeot.
Washington, Jan. 39. 1S80
The Dast week has been ehreter.
izd by au unusual ruih and hurry,
l ... . . . .
and leaders ot the social world de
clare themselves driven to death.
Society baa entered on a mad caroi
val of gaiety, and the storm of ex
citemeut will not be epeot natil the
day marking ifce incoming of tbe sea
Bon, devoted to spiritual affairs, wbea
church going, self communion, Dor
cas societie and "gossip teas" will
take tbe place of germans, ket'le
druiuus and receptions Tbe weath
er has ceriairdv been beautiful bere
this winter. We hive not had one
really cold day so f ir, no ice ha
formed yet half Gt for skateiug and
tbe lad as dresses look m ire like
spring clothes than the wrap for the
uio iih ot January.
Congress is progres-iag slowly.
Durin the Grat few week of .he
sessioa some were led to believe but
ikili; tegiilatioa would ba attempted
I h ruling mij irity in b nh b iu-"e
was so qjiet, and e uad dispoa ed to
take lua-.iers esv. Uo tj the pr isent
time.it mu.-t be i aes d to tbe credit
of ihe De u-crats, tiat they have
beea oa tbeir good behavior It is
perhaps ion mu. h to expect tb it
will last; when ihe rep irtaof the (exa
minees ou tbe most disturbing -juen
lions sbull bo IiirlT before C m ?rtw
there will be is-as wh eb will pro r 1 e
warm discussion, and may poesiblv
lead to a renewal of the turbulent
scenes of the extra sesdon, although
such a result at present does not ap
pea,r probable.
1 he c imuiittees having in i;hare
the annual appropriations, and neces
sary legislation for keeping the ma
cniuery of government ia motion have
boen busy in gelling tbe work c un
united to them in readines.. It is
reported ibat the Democrats will out
iuaisi at this session aitacbiog offen
sive lugisiatioa to tbe appropriation
bills, such as the repal of lbe federal
election laws, which caused ao much
trouble at the last session; not wiil
the mythical uouseuse about federal
troupes at the pulls be harped upou
again . These reported 'Jeceocies ol
the bourbons may ba prjoiatur , but
should they prove true, it will be a
krreat relief to the Country. Although
the Democrats, have a mj irity io
Congress, and however anxious they
may bo to do away vitb the electou
laws, tbe attempt would be of o a
vail. Tbe President, will not recede
from tbe stand be took last year, and
would be sure to veto all such legis
lation, as bo did before.
1 bere have beea amendments and
changes proposed to tbe laws regu
lat;ng tbe currency, oooe ot which
bave enlisted expensive favor If tbe
vote of the people of the whole c iuo -
try could bo taken oa tbe qa js i n of
a change la oar present fi iaacial p
icy, undoubtedly a large majrity
would be fouad opposed to aay di
turbanca of tbe present law. Un less
there should bo a change of seo i
uieut iu congress beyond what no r
appears, "the let alone policy." as
has beeu expr.5-t.-tod by Senator Mitt
Carpenter will prevail. Since lb?
holiday recess there bis bea ai av
alaoche of bills introduced oa alu st
every conceivable subjeci of ltsriU
tiou. The country is not suffering
for the vvant of more legislation, but
is in danger of beia legiilatd too
mucb. If members of congress
w.iuld stop making new laws and ap-.
ply themselves to tbe enforcement; of
laws already eaactwl. it would be fir
ibe credit of tbe Republic abroad,
and for the general welfare of tb
people at ho tut-. Tbe civil and polit
ical rights ot the people in nearly
iK.z i states are trampled ap in wi'h
iiupuoiiy, aitd there is no redres
Tne Xiitiooal Government is as weak
a an infaar, to protect citizens of tbt
United States Thse state are, io
'one respect, not unlike the "cities of
refuge," spoken of in Bible tinxta. to
which if the culprit fled, be was snfe.
The olden lime places of refage we
limited to a few cities ; in tbe S lutbt
ibe area of refuge is mucb broader
it covers entire States.
It is autboritively stated that witfj
in tbe past three years, twenty-two
United State. reveoa9 agents have
beea killed, while io' tbe performance
of tbeir datie req iired by law. .4
one of those gnilty of taking the live
of tbeso official have been brought
to justice, Dor baye tbe authorities
in the sta'e were these crimes were
commuted taken any step to punish
the offender?. Nor is it the revenue
officers, whose lives bave been takni. '
and tbe assassins not punished. Dur
ing the past few years, a long list of
peaceable citizens have beeo butcher-'
ed for no other cause than venturing
to let their sentiment be kaown a
Republicans The hereby of Slate
sovereignity interpose to shield tbe,
violators of law, and tbe general Gov
erumeut is important io avenge tbe
murder of oflk-ial officer, of its own i
commissioning. Ut what nation, to
Europe can it be sard, its govern
meut is p verle to rtj iib th xur
derers of it subirdio&te sabjec.s ?
Tuese matters are" tio impirtait t
ba passed over sligri'.ly, and will be
CHum-iJiet upu at another time.
Tnere is scarcely aay mart s per
fect a to have no blonisb of charac
ter, much le. is there a city in this
c luntry or elsewhere, so well g ivero
ed and orderly, a not to be rarred
by sone d rk sp its ; s me localities,
where thj-ie who subsist by atealing,
robbery and plunder, c marre" ;
New York ha such, and even B 'S
I in, with all its culture and refine
meat ha these excreseacea Wash
ington like all other cities, ha many
dark localities, where peaceable citi
zens dire hardly venture alone ia the
uitfbt tinis. Tn-se place have siif
nitic-ii'. a tu 4 suoh a".Lirtl-)r By'
Hell's Bjttom"&j Moy of the
most Q iraut crimen which hive been
commi.u'd iu tne pst years are traced
io these vicious spirts. There is a
historical remmisence illustrating tbe
eutailmeut of slavery, on tbos? spots
of earth where it was once tolerated
It was ia tbe immudiato vicinity
of that most iuiq iitl u place ia tb
city now known as 'Murder Bay,"
where the old fiiave market bouse ia
Washington once stood, lbs curse
of ibe slave pea seems to rest on tbo
square bordering on the spc where
humau beiugs were sold like cattle in
tbe market. Those wbo seek to pu
rify this infected district may say,
with Lady Mackbath "oqt damned
sp t ," but tbe stain will not away
Perbap some people may aay, this
is a mere illusion; if it be such, tbeu
there are many like iu. Stand on the
steps of the capitol, and look across
tbe Potomac, where tbe bills of old
Virgiuia rise in full view. The coun
try along the river and for miles far
away, was for many years one of the
m-at pr ilifi'J slave breediug lerritor'e
iu tb-j a u b; tbe negroes raise in Vir
ginia, it i said, C ur4)ud-d the nigb
est price, iu lbs mre aouiberu c otiou
and rice grow lug slate What tjieao
the dilapidated bouses, ihe broken j
J r J .L I
of nnthrift and poverty which now I
i characeriza that regioa of country?!
lfitfceni that, what i it? The
I same ludubitable testimony fastens
! tb plague i it on Mirder By, ia
l . l . t w - .1.:- ......
QO CIIJ Ol tl 1!UIUKVJ.
"Weavers lufltliou bill" to pay
soldiers the difftfieuo between gold
and greenbacks is condemne i by all
classes of respectable men. Senator
Logan bas denounced tbe bill ou the
floor of the Senate as the most stu
pendous piecd of deuiagjguery ever
introduced ia Congress. Geueral
11 a ley ha. also done the tame
tbiog ia the House.
A new committee under Mr. Har
mer'd resolution ia the House has
beea appointed by Speaker Rand til,
to investigate the Peusi n office
This committee wiil be allowed a
clerk which no doubt will be delected
from tbe 17ib district. Our member
bas also been allowed thtee addition
al clerks O'l tbe regular Peusiou com
miitee. Xj idt rofal friends, if
you don't get your pensious don'i
blame it on tbe government, but
blame it oa the committee who have
been given full power to find out
what is tbe matter witn the laws aud
correct t heai at once. o m 're put
ting to blame on Comuiiss.iojer
Beutley. Prompt work is demauded
by the soldiers No diliy daily iug
uuttl after me next dec i a. If lbe
applications of soldiera t-.r pensions
aie to be allowed by the Democratic
Congress they bave a chauce now to
say sj, aud that quickly.
Congres has given our represent
ative aud this cotumi.tee power to
d id ou where the trouble is aud if
the laws are at fault to rectify ihem.
If tbe old soldiers dou't ge. their
puusious uow, you kuow where the
blame rests A Republican member,
Mr. Harmer, fr.in Peunsylvao.a, was
the instiga or of tois investigation
aud ia oj ibe commiaee. A m j rity
.f the committee are ecten lbe poli
ticians aud, of course, will conduct
ti e investigation iu tbeir own way,
ai d will make all tbe political capital
out of the organization they ciu with
tne old soldiers Y ojr cises are iu
tbe bauds of the Democrats aud tbey
will be held responsible by every iu
lell ig'tut voter. Commissioner Bent
ley will grant ait your claim if he is
given the power, eud President
II yet will gladly approve any bill
to secure every dim who wore
ol ue bis just dues.
Picket
Aolld fr Oram.
..'HE REPUBLICANS OF NORTH CAROLINA
TO bEND A UNANIMOUS DELEGATION
TO CHICAGO.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. '23 The
Repuo.icau State CouimiUee wiil
meet hefe to-morrow. Every meni
ber will be preseut. It is now indi
cated ibat me committee will appoint
four delegates at large to tbe Coicao
Couveutiou, aud that tbe R.-publtcau
committee of ibe Cougressi mat dt
trict will appoint the other Di Tne
four ai large will uudoub'.odly b for
Gen. G aatfor Piesideut. The re
ports from the Coagresioual districts
rt-pre.seut that the feeling is d strong
aiu itig the Republican massed that a
solid delegatiou for Grant will bd
st nt from each dis rict But for the
It em ot eXpeuse to the delegates, a
State Couveutioa Wouli be ca'led to
e lec tbe delegated fr the wh ile
i -late, and tor the purpose of orgau
i:Zingfortbe camptigj. Eerymem-
t er of tbe ommiiiee u lives ou.
t ,di of this city rep irs that thi' sen
timent iu bi part ot the State pre
se its a marked chaigo from that f
187C, iu favor of the Republicans.
Tne opinioa id freely expre.-sed that
tbe Republicans are sure to carry
tbe State ia November next. Oi
account of this cbange there is no
defection among ibe Republicans,
either white or black, bus there id
conclusive evideuce that tnere is aa
alarming defection among the ina-ses
of the Democratic party. Nothing
is feared except tissue ballots and
systematic frauds by the Dtia .cratic
lejtiou officers. If Geoeral Graut id
not a candidate, Etibu B Wasbburne
will receive several vote from this
State. There seems to be strong op
position to either Biaine or Sherman.
Tbo two Qi ;e holders oa ihe om
miitee W P Caunady, Collector of
the Port of Wiltniiigtoa, aud J. J.
M tt. Collector of Internal RcVeuue
are for Saermau, bat they bave no
following on the committee or among
ibe masses.
Jlrgri EasMlns.
Cincinnati. Jan 27 A special
dispa co from St Louts says that the
tide of negro emigration from lbe
south basset ia agaia. Ab idt one
hundred arrived 'n the sreamer Send
der on Suuday, aud left for Kansas,
while as many more came by tbe
steamer JoLo B. Maude, last night.
All of these people bave some mon
ey, and cme chiefly from East Baton
Riug?, Washington county, and
Grenada, Miss Those who have
arrived sav tnere are hordes to come,
numbers waiting on the bank of tbe
river for transportation as tbick as
rice birdd in a field
A colored maa, acting a agsnt, bas
senn to the relief coniuitte a list of
900 families whom ne says wish to
c line north Within a fe w dvs m.H4
700 emigrait b.ve reac aed St. L iu
id. Ab mt 300 are ao w ij ibis city
awaiting aid ia giug on.
Oa atala Sim ta ilor.
Wasuington, January 20. An
origiual bill ba bee, filed ia tbe
Uaited States Sapremn Court by the
State of New Hampshire against the
State of Louisiana et al , Melting
forth that tbe authorities of tbe lat
ter, under the provisions of tbe new
constitution, are about to use the pro
ceeds of i be taxes levied for 1870 un
der the act of 1874 to defray exoen
peuses of tbe State government in
stead ot devoting them to tbe pay
meat of tbe priacipal and interest of
tbe consolidated bind issued by the
State unde- tbe law kiowri as ae-.
No 3 of tbe Statues of 1374 The
bill further sets forth tba'. tbe State
of New Hampshire is tbe owner cf
six cf the said consolidated bond-1,
and prays tbe court tbat the provi
sions of the new Constitution, of
Louisiana, ia so far ns tbey c itifl ct
with tbe ctntract expressed in said
bond and tho act of 1474. under
which tbey were Unupcl may be
adjudged yoid and anooostituttoqa)
aa impairing the obligation of a can
tract. Tbe bil) also prays for a writ
of injunction to restrain the State
officers of Loisiuna from using the
proceeds of tbo said taxes lor any
other purposes than lb se specified in
the said act.
Tbu lavlaa Boy tnrai ap
Aliva.
New Hamptos. Ia, Jaiusry 23
--Tbe b y who was believed to have
been murdered by Lis father, Elder
Boob, tbe Adrantist, is alive in aa
adjoining county, whither he fled af-f
... Ih koatitll. Kia f.t'h nun a him I
to avoid a repetition of the outrage.
Talr aa Lat sa
reply of the scprime court totu-e
QUESTIONS FROM THE RUMP LEC.I5
LATH RE
Banoor, Me, Jauuary 27 The
Suprraie Cuur bas gisen a unaui-
tuoud reply to ihe question ami nstr- Due r.e -s K iinburg Ihe tr
meut submitted to tt by tbe Fu-.loi.- B4f,rns csi he crr'in t- rx
lsts. declariug tDe 11 'Ue and S-oa e ;ori.:.. frim ib f-.ct ln- i e i.rp:i.
now h Idio,' pesious ia lbe St ,te j ,,,r(( f (; luui'd ami L her t
Housm the legal legislature of Maiue ' f,ir! a;--s !re rub-.itmit.g c. 1 1 e 1 t.'r
The court f?oes not admit that it was j w hit , Iahr io xx works l 'or-e
b-.-und to give anv reply to the Fu ; woik bave heretofore bi e i n'm ,
sionists; bat feeld that it would have enljr!.jv rnn by wtite opert
omi' ted an important service to tb liv i-i A-;d o Va Their bou-siiUe
people of the state had it failed to j retgovir boot! of tbe furcaces, B.,i
gratify tbe derire of honert ci'tzns, wj.,u fcdve q0 ,,-ter means of su,i,
to be instructed as to tbeir dudes. ' itiiu lheir daily Ubor, wbile tbe .,-..
The court says the qnei-tious iu re- gr, A jj( ar replacing them are i:n
gard to ihe acioo ef Governor G-tr u .rj. fi f,0, other counties whre
ceLu and eouue l were fuiiy atisa,er- , ,, element prevail to a nrpr
...-ti.. .1. if.su.i.i. r. f .l.ii.i.irY 'A i !....;.. w... .o.-..w
ru iti luii v 1 - j
and bv ibe acswers it atli ni. d that
the acts aud doings of tbe G-ivermr
and couucil in lssuiug ciniaca'es to
cenaia mta as memoirs of the IIou-
of Represeniatives w ho aid o t ap-
jiear to bo elected and declintutf o
isi-ue certncaie! uo 'u'""'
certain men appeared to be elected,
vere ia viila.i m of their legal -.t,,i
cobstiiutknal ol:ngati-is atid dj-ie I lvter
We cauuot accept a s at.meui bich j
a.-rts a- facs matters Ibat are in j RICHMOND, Va , Jamiarv A
Ltl ct with tbo record and ci.-t-.ric- p'iv..te ut.-pA cb da'ed , d.-fo.-k,
lf.ici that we are uot at liberty to j 4 P M. says: Every: bine isq iv.
disregard. VVe ci ju u shut, cur eyes ; A u atiock wa" uioe It niyht on
to tee lac. ibat tbe governor and i me negroes m.d two mm
couucil tneu iu ellios disregarded the j wounded The rio-ers tbeu di.er,.
optuiou or this court, giveu iu answer d with threats ot reiurnii.s' to Ugit.
t th; (Jjveruor's qiewtiius: that j A dispatch frru the co!Ufaueal-h
they omitted to revoke lie summ os attorney says: All is quiet uow but
illegally is.-ued to uieu tvi i did uot ' trouble is aporebeded M re n.e i
appear to be elected, or to irsue an needed st ones The sheriff js
bummoase. to uieu wno did appear i a considerable number of rioters wtrc
to be elected. We know that ib!-everely hurt.
offifers who provided iu tte conveu-j The irovercor ha crdeted the Win
lions of tho members elect to ihe Chester Li;bt lufsntry to priced
Seuate and II ou-e, on the li -ns I ituuiediuie!y to the scene of di-iur1-Wedueday
io January, rec- guiz-d ance, a id place f'cm.-elves at tbe dis
os members of botn those bodies men . po-al of the cbt: iu
wbo were unlawfully introduced iut-
tbem by the unc msiuutioual atid it
legal meinod pursued by tbe G v
ercor uud couucil, atid relu-ed to
recognize mea who appeared to be
legally elected, aud refused io permit
auy aupeal from ibeir illegal deci.-ions
to tbe bodies over which they were
temp-jrarly presiding. Il cannot be
succesofully claimed mat tbete was
eveu a qiorum ij tbt ll .us of Rep
redeutaLives w bicti u niert jek to or
gauize ou lbe first Wednesday il
Jauuary, without countiog men h
Could only appear to be elected. We
cannot recoguiZJ a II -use of Repre
sentatives to Uiuke a o i -rum iu
whti-n tt. rirexeuce of three men was
neoessarv, as a lawfully constituted j swindlers, who s.-ll tbem wu-cb
bjdv. Nor can we rec -guizs them alchuias for $25 to $ot). purporting t-
Senate which pursues a similar j he gold, and wbica wi-btiod ui!
CjUrpo noil tests-, bat which prove t b..-
Oj the other hand history cannot , mauufac ur- d ef a i.e.v and d.ager
fall u dirclosf lbe vi l fac. ihat :beous c mip i-itiou, md to lu wortn not
Rt-puolicau rauiz ; i m of Jaiu ry
12 n were farmed i:h full quorums
f members eltC.. Tne nieeij.- w. re
public, and Under the cir. U'listaticts,
ibe failure to notify Fu-ioui-t meif
b;rs could uot invalidate tbeir or
gimz i.lous. There may h ive been
trifling irregularities, bui no es-e:i-
! Hal defeCis eXidied Thus, a legal
ly orgailZ 'd legislature being uo In
exisleuceauil eXerci-i its c oi-'itu
t'.oual fuuf-t us, il follows that li
C inveuii til f memiiers elect of eittier
! h .use can exist wnicQ cau be trea ed
a a nucleus f t another orgiuiz 'i m.
Bji. oue goveriuueu'. cm be rec : i'Z
eland obeted Tnu reSO )Ur-ibill ' V
auJ s ileui i du.y iaip .sjJ up j us t
liHtermiuo wmcn ise i ltle l to reeoi;
niioa We, Uie.-ifre, after die
d.-lioerati ju ajd coj-idera l ;u of all
the matter iuvolved, aHi ui aid
declare uur j'.i'igiueut to be ibat the
Seuate wn .re presiding i ff-ris ll ic.
J pa A. L icie, aud the H use of
Regies u.a Ives wnoe prenldiug of
ficer is II n. G; orge L Week, coi
siitute tb legal, c institutional legis
lature of ibe sta'e
"JOE" SMITH SUBSIDES
Augusta, Me, January 27 The
Fu.'iouiiis are very much depressed
at tbe reception cf the news trom tbe
court. Maj ir Smith say be believen
ibe eootroversy bas ended He
states that while tbe previous opinion
of ibe judges was bided on tbe Re
publican statement, there was room
for a reasonable doubt ; hut in view
of the fict that the court bad decided
against tbem ou a Fu-ioa statement,
they could but craceluily submit.
He said he had g men through play
ing governor, and should go borne.
Mj-r Smith's views will be d. p ed
by ibe better ptrt of the Fusiouists,
who will take ibeir sea's in tbe
legislature Mr Sawyer says be
rtill considers himse.f Secretary of
State Il-inrr lugalls, tbe leading
member of tbe Fusion House, says
be is not prepared to give aa opinion
to-night, but. be has always been in
favor of yielding to th-s court.
Jlaidrredaad Knbbr.
Elizabeth, N. J., January 2S
Joseph W If, aed uineteen, was shot
down aud roboed last mgbl in going
along tte stret t at Evons. Tbe
murderer escaped, but several sus
pected persons bave been ai rested.
Philadelphia. Jan. 23 Tbe $1,
fiOO 001) wblcQ tbe Penuevlvdiia
ll .iiroad Company agree to accept
in fail fir its claims against Alle
gheny ciuity on a couiit. f iheri.i
losses b is b -en pud over to the
company, a id ibe county is n eu
gaged in settling tbe other claims
which, it is expected, will be com
promised for a total of ab .u t $210,
000 Robblna- I hit all.
Pittsburoh. Janna'T 2f To
day James R. Burabaugh, of Lancas
er c uuty, was Cimmttted to ja'i
here, to await trial for having tam
pered with ths mails, wh'le route
agent hteen H'irrisburg and this
ciy, a position r.e hud occupied f-r
ei'lit years. Valuable letters have
been missed, and when arrested de
coy letters were fund c mcealed
a'uiiil him
Rsadina- Rallraait Ralllaa Ktorha Hri
rd ky L". M. Anlhnrlllra.
Philadelphia, .anuarv 2u
Twenty two locomotives b-lngirig
to tbe Reading railroad were seized
to-day and plsoed in ebarge of watch
men by the Uuited States govern
ment, npon a claim for taxes on the
scrip recently issued bv tbsteompa
nv. Tbe claim amonnta to $168 000
bat will eventoallr be increased Xo
tfionnnn
Vw V,W V w.
Sit4Mab:it im I'lamfi.
New Orleans, January 2S. Tbe
tli h. flnarmar .tlk'l 1011 klaa
..f e .ti n has been totally destroyed
by 6re fifteen miles bebw tbe mouth
of the Red River. Eight lives were
lost-two chambermaids, two oooks.
two cabin boys, one firemai and one
deck band. The boat and cargo
were Talaed at $130 000. No farther
particularts are at hand.
iaaar Ireitlra im Yir.i la.
PiCMMfi.ND, J.o. 2j T'en-s
:eCIVtU ten- S -He tl t I. er.fe X
ci eii.eM p'ef .'.'- in S ena d..!,
C unit III cO-tq .e: ee . t aj
heLdrd fga -tienthe wbi'- n
black l-.b-Mrr at u,e Co um-ii . f,ir
j ri a eu'. Li.mj iu oiiruuuoail, wQli'll
c.iuti y has but a very small col jr.-, I
. puiati-m.
i xb.. fQt.r;r t.IegrapDid Gov.-rro:
H ntUei j for irot ps to aid iu k.-epi ,
pe t. e Tte governor iaimrd'a:e.v
o:te t j Q iia Ma ru.'er. ot V.'o. ,i"
y,.tt milt ary conipt.cy, top
cuiiinaud at the ttr vices
8r,rtlj
ii-e In s
of t!.e
.Honikli tuer.
Washington, Jan 2i'. The C ia-luissi-
ners of Interna! Revenue re
ceived lbe fillowijg telegram to d ir
trom 'he C-dlecttT at AtUnta, (Je r
ttia: A raiding force ia KibuuCo,
just reports the beiz jre of six distil
leries since the 21si i rj ?t. Tbrie
thousand gallons ot b.'er and in t.-j
were destroyed. Tbe revenue oitiivrs
bave tae coutitry under c mtrcl
( Dlrazu Jeweler Mttadlsil.
Chicago, January 30. P.v.-lr)
1 kers aud jeweler. vf ibis city have
b-jea played 00 a by .one clever
over 50. I be p 'i.e.' are lousing a! rr
lbe swindlers, bu' tleV hiVepr.l'i.
bly Irfi ibe ciiy. Nc-arly every pi-rh-
p has been vicnui'Z-d
l ire at Sir w Yum
New York. Jan 2G At a (;-
ter oast S morning, a tir" is
lii-i: .vereil io the shoe b" oirj..; -ed
wib til-.- Kings c .uti y pni ca u
ry, at Fiatmisn Tnere were Al't
pris ners atid .ml-lde ha.i-Jr ij
the buiidiug t lbe tiuie, btit 'j
means of cool and prompt, uc i- a er
ery one g it Ut sately.
Tbe B;y S.rtta sb e c inpiiiy ba i
jt2;")0 0UO woitb of nia'vrtiti at.ti ii'u
t'liurri ia Hie butidiug, a l.-ng'- p
ti.n of w "i.cti was d-stroyeil. T
roof and upper fl or were ul-o Je
stroved. Knnralax fnlalls.
AuguoTA. Me , January 23 Tte
intere-ii e-euters now in ibe doing i.i'
the Republican Leg-slature aulib
c ur.-e of ihe Fusion meuibtrs i a
reference to takiug 'heir sev.s Tb;
six Fusion Sena. rs, Messrs. Btrker,
Aiwell, Rogers, Strtciliud, llmliifl
aud Pat en, have taken their sen.s
with the Reoablicaus, aud wiil act
Under protest.. Tne fo!io-tig Fusion
Representatives wrere in their sea a
lu lbe II use this root nin-' : Ing-i:s.
of Wescasset ; D.ckey, ot F r K
M-Laugbltj and Hill, ofC'o.ina;
Wil.so.i. "t Arouo; Fnrrel, f an Du
ten ; Kioles, ot Craw tori; L tig,
ot Fmi F.ii field; Coe.-ley, of Oi
tord ; Miisej, of Burnbam. aid Has
kell, of Turner To oiheis bavj
goue borne, but i. is thouTt some of
ihem will return. Tue tro-'ps tba:
are lefu in change of Ih-j S ite lloue
are kept out of sight, ail tbey sill
be sent borne to bigbr, if Governor
Dav is decides that 1'. is b. st.
Terrible Dumeslle Frag-eily
Ottawa, Out., Feb. 1 A fearful
iragedy was brought to light here "a
Fr.day night. It appear that ma
untied Subiuriu went to his bnuie in
the suburbs of lbe city, on Wed ies
day night, ia a drunken coi.d . oa
He quarreled win his w f , to
savs be was also under the iu tto -i.ee
of liquor. According to tkc w.iin tn
story, after her bu-bitid struck ber
-he seiz-d an axe, aud returned .be
blow, forgeitillg iu tbe heat of pis-
sion ihe terrible wreapou he wa- u
iug. Heedless of ibe .ippe.ils o: ler
terrified c'uildreo, w bo clung an nr.
ber, tbe infuriated woman ties!' a
second blow under which tbe ui.f r
tuuate bilsbaud fell at her bet wi.h
two frightful gasue iu the hack -''
his bead. Fearing the c Ti-eq lent -e
of ber dreadful crime, she oil u..l
call a doctor nor m e the (J. ea
known, aid the uul irfnate niai Uy
ia ag my until yes erdiy m
Then he became rapidly wor-e, a;l
it was not until last nignt (-be havi ig
doubtless becme thoroughly aUna
ed) ihat medical assistance wa shijI
tor. It came t o late, for tfie j'bv
sician pr .nouaced it a fatal cs .
man bei j- in aa e.xna js.il s' i'e
woman w -is immediately arrested ' (1
lodged in j il.
Sibounu and his wife bu- 1
l.red huooi v t.-ge her t r s in" ""'
psl, both b.-i(ig of very i ite t'O'
h .l.i. a lt-a SK , 11 ri I is H il .' I
i e
lug wjtiiau about fnv li.e y
t
age. She appeared to tak-- tb--t-r
very c ioily, evidently coos. -ten
tbt her intoxicated comtitiou at t: -
lime ot the tragedy removes a V'
part cf her re-poulb:loy. Sa -o-is
still alive, but rapi ilv si'.ki i-r
Death is momentarily exo-e'e i
A Blsr' Rwaaf
Deadwood, January 30 -1"
e a! w es
. m. .h!i.n a 1 1 n -' "r
'bave be-ugre.-ly hirr.s-e I by a fa
robbers, robbing bouses a, .1 i
, t a a
log are neras ei cattio. ic' -
tna IjP.iA
'"5 . . ', I . I
men became ex isp-ra ei, itiu
a party of fifty well armed m-
mounted, and started ii pn'-utt.
Tbev struck a trial near tbe Lit'-
Missouri, fijallv reaching the rj.
! of ihe robbers ia a deep rav w
I Wolf Mountain, where the "''"-j
I eighteen members, " a'Pn
I and k'dL-d before aa oppjrtnatt
jgi'ea theoo to return a 001.
large herd ot oaitld. sto.ea from
jou ranches and several nne
I were found in the vicinity.