Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1876, Page 3

THE put up for thst man to refuse bis plscs until the morning of election? " Mr, Farrell—* That's no.'" Ar. Thornton (lurning sround o Me, Bash)—*" Way uny job pntup? Dsah—* No, air, there was no Job put up, s yéu 173 el MORE AYFIDAVITR. M, Page—'] bavs some smilsvits which T would Itko to present,"” and he drew out Lhe following, which B attempted o read : BrATE OF ILLINOM, Oovxry OF CoOK, R8,—The un. dersigned being severally duly sworn, do cach upon OAth #ay that he was prescnt at the voting-pltca at the northwest cortier of Third avonue and Twelfth strect, 1n (he Cily of Ghieago, which was duly deslgnated as ot o ibe places for holding the anmustown olection fn the Bouth Town of Chicago, at B o'clock &. m, o Tuerday, April 4, A, D, 1870, and ' that liio votors pres- ent at rald place And time, 1y & Iargo majority, elected John W. McGennis, Chalrman, and fmmediately there- ¢ aftor eicctod Petor Paga Assiatant Moderator of the *3meeting of voters held at said ttme sni place, and Jatrick’ F, Conley Assintant Cierk of sald mocling; ihat said meoting was temporarily intarfered ith by a riot, which was Roon_after quelled, sud tho eiection nnder the direction of Aaid Page snd sald Oanley: aud that the vates cast at ezld electfon for #aid Jago and asid Conley a8 Aseistant Moderator and Asnintaut Olerk cxccedeid thons cast for any othor rnan or persons in thoe ratio of two to_one, %, 4. Mason, E, N, Dement, W, M. Humplrey, W, I, Eage, E. W.' Donsmore, Edwara 8, labam, Willinm flaron, Robert T, Lincoln, John €. Jryan, Jacob Eorenberg, F. W, Packard, F, W, Balch, I, ¥. Goorad, A.C. Qleason, A allard, W, B, Toplitt, 3. W. fe- Tlennls, Charles Fldred, John L. Thompson, E, J, Wheeler, J. 1. Nitaiin, Thomas Martin, Jr.. Janathan M. Velteh, F. 0, Dorrsnd, Thomas mes I, Galloway, Frod L Fake, Lar Wing, orohach, B, T, Wak W, f, 5, Wash X, amucl Diiss, Cyrus Thoman, T, 1, Stocker, 0. G, Davies, itehioll, 3, It onrdman, J. Q. arill, D, B, Sinith, ¥. D, Oray, Arthur Bubacribed and sworn to before me this 4ih day of April, 1875 Ropyit G, GOODYILLIE, Notary Publio. Mr, Thornton—* I don't want to be bothered with sny more affidavits, I sbali proceed to count tho regular boxes, and after that’s done I shall count the otliers. They will Ie kept arparate, 50 that 1 any law. 4ng 15 10 bo daue in thix atior boil sides will kave u Aair show,” MONE TROTERTING, Ar, Dash—4 1 “ohjert to thone 291 yoles golng in. They nre llogai, and 17 tell yon what's more. Yonr Jurty wanted to'coma in with vk on conditinn_that we wouid allaw themn fo_ dump ths contenta of thetr hox {nto ours, but wo refuand 1o do anything of (ha sord.’ Mr. Thornton—"1 have heard something aboit that, bt 1t uakes o differcuce, Tuoso votes are #oing in." Thin ended the discuesion for the moment, and tho wault andl opennd, and thelr contents &(mn\! ont upon the table, At the coucluston of (his interesting coree @ony, Mr, Nolson tuquired ¢ " aro you going to count 7" Mz, 'Thornfon—* Count all together, and if there e ®ny exconn aver the total count of the poll-boake, the @xctes, equally divided Lotween the candidates, sbiall be thirown out,” Mr, Nolrou~* Then you will disfranchiss romebody who ought 1ot to be. 1t would Lave been much better ta have fokon cach Lox." Mr. Thortiton— Tho law sayn that {hero stall ke ©oae polling placa in cach town, ~Tho polling placo in tuo BSouth Town s &t 24 Lafialle vtrect; tho othern were estatlished only for the convenlence of the voters, «ud haveno legal Manding.” THIS FINISUED THE PROTESTINO, and the Moderators arranged themsalves around the fabla and commenced counting the bsliota, withunt tanvassing, by hundreds, Joe Bute kept fally for the Evansites, snd Mr. Bash did tho like duty for tho N publicann, Atter su hour's hard work the job was tompletod, ond tho tally clerks reported that the total tegular voto nggregated 6,20 votes, and five doublo. Aeaders, which wero summarily thrown out, A couplo of clerks were sunmoned to canvass the poll-lsts, and they made the followiug return, after struggling with tho Job for half an Lour: WUAT THE POLL-IUOKS BUOW, Firet Ward . Fourth Ward, nccond preciuct Fifth Ward, tirst precinet ,... Eafth Ward, sccond preatoct, Bafih Ward, third precinct Eufth Ward, fourth preciuct. Total vote, per books..... none could o would tay. ovident fact. Phillips, Glooson, and ‘Khornton chuckled, and szid: * Woll, that rolloves us from tho charyo of etutting the Loxes, Noouo was ever kiowu tostull a box, and thereby producea shortage.” HOW DLID THE SHONTAGE OCCUN To flonan up a trea thero can Lo only two solu- tione to tlio conundrum, Firat, the poll-books wero tamypered with, n largo Dimber of fraudujent namea trere writion thorcon aa haviog voted, and thio baliots tepresenting thom wero not placed in the boxes; or, second, if bhatterapt was madoe to rob the Republic. An boxen at tho time when tho vault was cutered, ae In averred by soveral well-known gentlemen, tho cou- wpirators got hiold of the wroug ancs sud thus robbed Hieaneclves, 1t {8 mozo thay likely that tho former fs the correct aolution. And the fact that in threa pro- vincts of tho Fiftt ¥ard no record was %ept of {ho reaidences of tho voters gives somo colar 1o its cor- Tecluess, "At o conclugton of tha count, 3r, Thorntan went fo lunch, and work wis suspended, On Lis relur, tho Muderutora commenced sorting out tho balloth yreparatory fo cauvassiug the voto, This work was finuhied at 00 p, ., When 1t was resolved to adjourn nntfl his moruing st 11 o'clock., The ballota wero then placod n a couplo of boxes, sud transforred fo thie vault, tho door of Wwhich wa# locked and sesled. . Tho olllce wan placed in chargs of two policemen and » nummber of voluntcer guards, two of whow on eact: side rolleved anotber couplo at intervals ol each two Tours dusing tho night, COL. HUNTER'S STATEMENT. o ihe Editer of The Chfeuyo Tribune ‘Cisicaao, April 16,—A statemest by the Rev, Arthur Mitchell in yeference to the lallot-boxes of tho Bouth Town appearcd in nll fha papers this mornfug. It nhowed what hie, with my partuer, I, Page, and Mr. Authony observed frum the outalde of the roon I which the vault containing the bllot-boxes waa situsted, Tlo etatement wan accurato s far og it * went, bu, belng s0 meagre, doos not show fully tho act, ‘Afier considerablo wrangling ameng thio Hepubiican xnd Democratlg leaders, {t was agrecd, wuch ugast my will, that I should' remain ou ono sido sud 3ir. Pllllips, the preecnt Assessor, on tho other, DAvid Thornton, tho Moderator, then Ieft with oo of his frionds, but soon returnod, end with a crowd of not very reapectablo peoplo aunduned Lis dotermiuation {0 proceed and count thy voles, OF Jeavo thio vault Ju chargo of tho policernen alone, 2Ir, Mitchell, N, Authouy, myself, nnd otbera o- monstrated, Lit 10 no ewect, Thornion then lurnod OIT {hio gua n the rear room and vrdared tho roume cleared by tho yollee, but the police did not obey, We then weit towarda the door, Fewonsirating ut auch conduict on thio part of the Maderator, aud I sat down neor tho door afier two altemply fo bo heard on tho sublect, determined not to leave, T heyged soveral gentleinen, fucluding M. Anthony sud Mr, Blitchell, 10 atay with ne, Lult tho crowd of buwuiors would not pernyit it, and flirs woa danger of a serious disturbance, It was st last sain agreed that 1 alioald Temain on ono fdo, and Fhillita on $h other, aud that 1o othiera uxcopt tio two policeuen should Lo lowed in the Toom. Lvory ono left except the luat- . natned persons, snd wo retired to tho rear room whirs thera was a firc, sud satdown at the tabla, 1 kad ro- quesied My, Puge and Mr, Mitchell to send mo vome coffeo and sandwiches, which tuey Jiad promised o do, Mr, Fhillips within ton minutes from the time tho crowd had Jeft went out, aud returned shurtly with » bottlo of rye, which'ho nald Lo liud gou at Ligit'n on Hiate atfect nuud & rackof cards, afing o proposed to have 58 pleasant n lma aa posalie, - i Blosnd tho dours betwoun Ll LWO £00ILs, &4 It was col), aud snt dows at {lio tabloaud propoeod a gate of cardy and a drivk, 1safd Iwould play cards, butdid not wish anything 10 to drink,—tat T had seut fur colles \ud expected it overy maluuto, Wo played ouclre for 5 sbort twe, Alr, Phallips taklug a_smll drink bmeelf, ey S was cold Within = pure beps fftecn minvles Dave Thorntou, tho DModeratur, and Glatoiy tho Town Chrk, cae in, saylog 1t thoy hatl drupped 11 ns thoy wer pava- ing 10 8o bow thivgs were, Tholr comiug In was contrary to tho underatanding. T'hornton Lrought a elean pack of cards with bilin, snd it was proposed st wo stiould piay & gamo of okee for maicten baviug 1o buttons or ehifps, which was sgroed 1o, Wo yiayed quictly . tho Fear soom o pestiape bilt n aur, oue of tho_pollcomen_nnswerivg sl knocka ou Jao tFout door, - 3feanwblio 3tr, Gleasou Ieft tho tablo snd weut oul, 84 X supposuil, to 1o water-closet, and remsined out porhas balf & minute. I could ot ivo the axact tnio, an I Al not lovkat sy watch, Mr, Page sud Mr. Mitchell Lad refuened some time Lefora this with the eofico snd ssudwichics, and Lad tohl Thornton, who went 10 thedoor, tasend me lothem, aa tboy wished to apeak 10 we, Lut Ar, Tuoraton did not Actlver bis messoge, and declined to say who by ,uu {he coffee, 1 partvokizeelyof tierefreshmonts, belng vory fatigued, sud ket u cup of colles uoar ‘1no 8o that whon they saked mo to take & drink from (helr bostla I pladged thentin colee, The reat drauk whisky soveral tines around, tho policenien taking an coca- onal drink, but in' very small quantitics, sud ro. malned entirely wober duriug Wiy might,' Nelther Thoruton, Gleason, or Mr, YLllips tovk tnough to taake theis fntozicated, About La)f au hour, L shoold thiuk, after thie cotfee, tho folding-dovrs till belug closed, 1 heard M. Paga calliug wio by name at the frous doof. 1 inie tmediately went, althougli the others objected to my ulng, sud then {ho Tee fullowed closcly, 3 Upened 0 duor, when (hose iLaide objucted to sty ong cume Jugn, »0 T was requested by Mr, Anthony, bz, Mitch- eli, snit Mr, Tago t0 step outalde, which £ i, hoso inuide locked Wio door bebind we, Yhuy then tald me of whiat r, Page kad seon at the vault duor, und to Vo very careful, It wad at this juncture that Conloy commenced ~ Lis dfturbsuce, — which ended by Anthony dispoelug of him, 1 then trisd 1o open the door and found 1t locked, but after shaking it and knocking I wau lot fo. BIr, Mitche 1l says $hiat duriug the timo that 1 waa locked vut uo aaw them again at tho vault door, thruugh 8 crack in the door. Whon L got in, thu gentlemen outnido in- wisted upon Thoruton leaving, which hg did after Le- socused of opeping e vaull duor, - Gleston also deft at that time, This was the lust wo saw of {hem, When got ' in 1 threw ths dvord ojen Lotwoen tue frout and rear roums, aud would not permit {hem to be elused during the oight, sud walked sround to keeyp warm. About half s hour after Thornton and Gleason left two ro- portess, one trom the Tinea and the othor from Th 'misUNE, a4 1 was informed, were let in by Pulilips through ibe opening wade fu tho door for tho sduis- sion of baltots, Aoy remained until o littiv after 3 a, . Atabout § 8, w. I placed threo chutrs in Lront of Ahio vault door and sguinet it 0 that b could pot Lo opesed, placed s copy of the statutes ou ouc of then for » piliow, and lay down for s uap, Uneof tho ro- gorters v lus,Ovezcoal over m, as thera was uo 15 the front roam. 1 dozed probabiy untll 6, ., when Wb sepuster wanled Lid goaty” This was the elving only ng- 1had daring the night. T waa rellovsd by Capt. Gall ab B:30 0'clock, Theas two qmllsmau can etato the vigilanos kept on the vault while they wers Ahors, The vault may have been opened_befars T wan called {0 the door Ly Page and Mitchell, but i} was not sfior {bat time, bocatne T kept my eyo continuslly on the yault.door turing the remiinder of thetime X staysd on watch. oo pentiemen of the Tepublican party promiscd to Telove tue at 2, m,, but di1not, 80 I was compelled lo #tay during the whole hight until relioved at 830 s m. I have no doult mow (hough T did not think so until ealied ta the door by Mr, Fage, that there wan s deilborato schemo to atuff the atlol-bos In tho nterent of (i Jemmana now 1a pot reanion of the town offices, and, if after working sil Qay and sitting up all night, I hiave permitted the ‘Mm t& ‘l’: nr‘mod n«l‘ n:e' }.nx ar:ulmd. ll.le‘y hum accomp nirag ‘what 8 whole crowd coul not have done g’ I'crg? I this hisa been done in the opinion of my party, I sm prepared to go upon the witness-atand with thems other ?nnllemnn and bring i punishimont any aue gully of this”outrage upon tho Bouth Town, and {0 tako such blama 24 All the circumatancos will attach to me for sllow. ing the vault-door for 8 moment to be out of my sight, 1t the vault has boen openiod It munt have been dono ‘quickly, an the combnation must haye been sob on purposo Lo accomplish this outrage. Yours, A, HoxTen, [The” reporiers were from Tus ‘Thero wan no reprosantative of the /'fines presant at Ll time to which Mr, Hunter refors,—Ep.] THE WEST TOWN. BIXTIl WARD POLLS, ‘The West Town Canvessing Board reconvened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the office of tho Town Board, 26 and 28 Bouth Ialated streot, the'Modoratar, Mr, Derickeon, presiding, Tho first matter takon up waa the Bixth Ward, whero, st tha corner of Twenty-sccoud streot and Bluo Island avenue, two polling-places fisd Laou ostabliskied, as previously published in Tis Tumnuxe. ‘Tho Ropublican candidates were ail prezant, and they had BMr, James . Root to spesk for them a4 atioinoy. Mr. BMillard, who was Moderator st the socond placo, was &lso on hand, ns were & bumber of reputable citizeos as witnesuea. Tho Democrats wero represonted by AMnas, Murphy, and Dalton, as caudidaten, Halpine aud Ryan boing abeent, they ovidently feoling that tlioy woro **gono up tho spout ' auyhow, and thetr prosenca nould not sdd any eciat to the oceagion. ‘Tho ballot-box ovor” which Jamos Ityan presided 08 Moderator waa then brought Torth. Mr. ltoot objectod to ita being oponed, on the grounds that tho porsous who pretonded to Liavo controlled tho poll were elected at half- past 7 o'clock, au illegal hour, and bofore the time fixed by law, When tho poopla who Lad s right to elect » Modorator came thoro at the loeal hour, thoy found sowme ono in posscasion who had no authority to net. . Betwoen 8and 4 o'clock the people did oryanize, arid elocted Mr. Millard Moderator, and ho claimed st the votes polied when this gentleman_acted were tho only legal ones, and that 1hobox which contained theas waa the only'ono {o bo opened, Thers woro prosent witnossca wh wonld prove that tho Moderator at the oflier pro- cinet Was found i’ possesnion at an fllegal Lour, and that the pretended meeting thers was & fraud on fa co. M=, Rat—T tho otlier bos fiero T oderator—es, ; 3ir. Root—wWell, prodace it; we waut 1o wee the carja0 before us. Mr, Derleknon asked If {ho other sido had su attor- ney, Matt Murpby stated that they had not, foderator—I wouid Uke to know If I am to mottle thicne questions, or whether I shall counsel with the otlier tnembers of the Board ? ¥ Ar. Moot—3y Interpretation of tho law Is, that sll questions are 10 bo sottled by the Moderator, Dalton hers spoko up, and aid that, 50 {3 us he was coucerned, o bellsved that the entire Doard stould deeldo tue Maputed questions. Mc. Derickaon atated that the question to be des cided was whether ho should rettls all disputed ques- tionw, or whethor ho should counsel with the mombers af tho Boand. 1lc would like to know the law on tho subject, C, 13, Dartlett—Porhiaps the Supervisor can toll us 48 £0 what haa been the custom heretofors, Mr. Derfckson—I dou't_caro anything sbout what {lio customa havo boen, Mauy of them were repre- hensiblo and objectionable, as well an fliegal, What I want §s the Iaw un tha subject, and not customs, Jr. Itoot then road tho [aw, and sak! that it was woll undetatood, by 8 law of tlo State and numcrous Iegal decisions, that the klection Boards, whers the County Clork and two Justlces of the Peaco preafded, declded what wero proper returus, That waa tho practice. Tho question was 88 to who Was tho canvasser at this election, Ho read tho law, aud claimed thiat tho 3oderator was tho canvasser of all the Yotea in_the cate of on ordinary town-nsotiug, o aleo road Bee, 67 of tho law, and showed that tho Moderator wan Judge of election, and he was tho onty person authorized to docido an'to which wera legal votes, Juntice Morrieon wanited to know if tlicre wak to be but ono polling-placo in tho town, 3r, Inot—Ves. Tho dther Moderators wers hut Aub-compaitteos, and it was for tho Moderntor 1o do- termitio all questious, Dalton—Tlow about thia osrd of Canvassers? Nr, Root—There {sno Loard of Canvassurs, Tho Bloderator only calls arotiud bim osélstatits, whom ho vieasow, 1o can discharge thom at Lis plaasuro, 1614 the only onowlo 1a to decide, and tho only judge who {a legally rosponsible, ile can declde citiiet way, whichover Lo decms wise, according to his own Judg- ment. The Moderator sild Lo would ke o have the nttar posptoned. Mr, Murphy arked a continuance until ho could get Rountreo or some other counscl. Mr, ltoot abjected to an adjournment, e thought theother wido hisd had amplo timo, und I they had wanted s Iiwyer, thay could eastly havo socursd ono by yeaterdsy morulng, 5 3ir, Hoot thon agaili read tho law, and concluded that tho Modorator was tho only person Texponsible. 110 counted the voto, and the clerk declsred tho result, Mr, Derickaon then said that s would like tho other uidt to Linve counnel, and Lo would llke them taad. Journ for ono or two days, or tniil auch tmo aa tho geutlemen shoulil agree. Ald, Ttysn, in_Uehalf of Mr, Maza, sald {hat tho Intter would'llko to bo roprescnied by counsel, and askod & postponement tl this morning at 10 o'clock, "This was sgreed o, and the counting of votos was awsln proceeded with, 1ucan Ve esaily proran that saveral handfuls of Iiyan volea wero throwa lato_tha box over which Jim Liyan prestited, and that stuning waa done thero indiscrimiustely, Con Ryan himsolf anying ho didn’t care for tha law, that b wonld do as he pleascd, Tho respectabls voridents of the Sizth Ward are dotormined to bo controlled by n tob no loigor, aud wilk contest thie matter to the bitter cnd, THl COUNT. The counting wan then resuucd, and five procinots wero disposed of. The volo, 8a far 08 convassed, is 88 followas 5 luuvxuvnun.ll. ASAZESOT, |} ceLLECTOR, Mur- Hal- Hof-1 ,E Moore.) phy, ‘m"“' pine. man, 2835 KT 460 : a0) 61y 3 793 1t 08 155 ur 1! il B3l 2 43) L1619 8 10 5 I T oty 1 Gty il wal wll | e SR null 1 sorlt wa) B0 i S5 B 7,1a8) 1 4390 | el s Ta tho West Towz about 100 votea have boen cant for POLICE-JURTICE, for which oftice thero was ug election, and In which 1o vaconcy oxlste, ‘Tlio Yotes re divided about aquat- Iy betwoct & low stiyater named Jumes Guary sud a man - pumed Theophilus Guoroldt, who holds a aine. vure ju Licb's afice, 'Thicse $wo_ frauds appearcd ot tho oflics of the West Town Mbderator Joatenday aftérnoon, armed with s wagou-load of lawooks, extracts from wWhich Geary shicd st Mr. Derlckion for wearly two hours, and bo eod the man with tho long name 'finally wotind up with u threat that he (Geary) would get 8 maudamus on thie Moderator to compel him to count tho votes, “Tho word mandatnus frritated aomo of the defuated Democraty, s they thought that it was almod at them, "Vho votca cast were illegal, and, cousoquients 1y, the (w0 Juliclal mapirants, who may sticrups to crawl tlirough, will find & bar 0 thele Littfu gamo, ——— AN INDIGNATION MEETING. THE VOURTIE WARDERY WE IN TREIR MIONT, A meotiug of tho Fourth Ward Republican Club was botd Iast night at the headquarters, ocoruer of Thirty-first etroct and Michipan ay- onue, the President, P, P, Matihows, in tho chair, A resolution was adopted whoreby tho Club pledged to support the nominaes for Aldor- mon madae at the primary election hold the day provious, and committoo of forty was chosen to look after tho interost of the nowinees st thy lplllauchluu olactton. I'ho Chair then appointed » Committos on Ttevolutions, which suggostod the rexolition wot forth 1 the roport of the maeting of Domooraty and ltopublicans inmediately followtg, L'lio wooting thon adjourued, when the lead- og members of the Fourth Werd Democratic Club, which had been i session ju the invnodis ate nelghborhuod, cawmo in, aud a mass-mesting of Democrats aud Republicany was Liold, P, I, Mattlows, the Clstrmon of the liepublican Club, called the meeting Lo ordor, Ou 1otion of J, L, iigh, Vernard elected Chulrman, 'The foliowlug resolutions were then read, snd unsn. fmously adupied ¢ Witkiteas, Tho citfzens of the Fourth Ward did, on the 4tk day of Apeil, A. D), 1870, tacabat fho régu. lar vuliuk-ldlce 1n wald ward for the purpose of elect~ hicago, and did, 11 pegular matuor, at preclacly 8 o'clock w, 1., eloct tho prealdiug wud olier ofticera st ¥aid voting place; Jug & ticked fo1 the Town of Bouth 8y zther with & small pumber of psrsvs, w, did {raudulently spproprlate to i place, aud took It to'auoiler knd different placo Iu sal; ward, cunt i watd ward, sud which action §s Mablo bo result i1 the throwing vut of tha whole of the vote cast at wald regutar vobing place s erefore, - Rasoired, By (e Lepiblican Club of the Fourth Ward, (hat Wo comdemu iy unoeasured torms the coudurt ¢f suid ¥ 18 sud iy friends in suchsce ton aw erimittially outrugeats, and that uo moyomeny Cali Lo too 40vo 1 Puiiiabiug such Fasceliy, sad we RIBUNZ oflice, went was its trisla, thom than thev can posaibly do for us. They Callsghan way Wienzan, After such organtzation st the reqular votiug place In sald word, one Edward PLlIipe, toe u violation of bomselves the regular b:lluhb&nx appoluted to be used st wald Vflllnfl aud opened o Low votluy place and frregulurl; received vuted, walch they Iu'fiul roceived ss lh“u volui urge tmtted action o the part of sll respectablo Te. Jublicans and Derancests of ' this ward In reventing ha robbery from 14 of the fres and hanest ‘ballbd, the best property of the American citizen, and to pre- vont, I poraible, the dangerous result threatensd’ by the action of s Thillips and his feiends, The foliowing nemed gentiemen—Democratas Thomas A, Moran, 3. It Doolittle, Jr., the Hon. Rob- ext Forrenier, Jonoph K, Bmith, and ' the man, unfted with the following named Repubifea s Butheriand, Goorga T. Willlsms. J. L. Hligh, D.'N. Baah, VY I Haepor, A, D, liaywasd 4, I P, Matthawa, aud 12, 13, Btone, In Iheir apeoctics in’ support of the reaolutions, andsin denunclations of the Inte elsotion frande, it being conceded by Mr. Callsghan in hia o that the Evans ticket liad beou beaten at the polin, ‘Thomas Moranrthen introduced the following Teso- Intions ¢ " ietoived, That this meoting, composed of Demo- grata and’ Ropulaicans of fhe Fourth Ward, pledges itaelf to take undted action In the coming fall, 1o the abolishmont of townsliip organization in ool unty, entoed, That wo do, trrenpeetive of party, plodge onrselves to oppoen oll fraud st the approaching eity slection, efthep ot the polls or n the count of the Lallots thersaftor, The resoluttions wers adopted amid fntense enthusl aein, and tho meeting adjourncd, MINOR MEETINGS, FINST WARD, A meeting of ths Executive Committes of tho First Ward Repablicans was Lold last svening at tho Sherman Ilouso. Nothing was dons beyond appointing a corumittoo to sclicit subzerintions for tho support af the Club, and a committes to solect speakera for a grand ratification mesting to bo hold at Union Hall, at tho cornor of Mon- roo sud Clark struots, to-morrow eveniug, EXISCUTIVE COMMITIFE, The Executiva Committoo of the Contral Ro- publican Club of Cook County hield anadjourned mecting yostorday at 1 o'olock. ‘Tho ouly busi- ness transacted was tho acooptanco of .tha resigs nations of Jacob Kebm and James V. Scovilie, and tho adoptlon of a resolution instructing the Finance Committoo¥o nudit all billa, and directing the Becretary and Prestdont to issuo warrauls in sceord- anco with the audita. FTETEENTI WATID. ‘There { constderablo feeling in the Fiftecnth Ward over tho coutest for the Aldermanship, Tom Btout, [retent incumbenty oblained a renomination st the Ropublican primary meeting Wednesday evening, muich £0 thio chagrii 0f many citizeus who are earnes ly in favor of refurin. Capt. Detity, who was also nominated, thouzh mot 8o unpopular, does not, some _clalm, represcnt the best ‘olement o tho ward, Thoroughily disguated with tho result 10f the cauctis, ;any ipublicans of the ward decided toput up Independant candidstcs for AMdermen, A largely signed cireular yan fsued eontaining au fhei- tatfon to Moanca. A, W. Waldo and Frank Nieeen to ac. cept tho nomination, Lagether with the nccoptance of those gentlemen, "X migssa-meeting was hold lant oventnt at the corner of fopliia Ani Mohawl strecta, for {he prrpose of fn- dorsing tho new moveintnt, Mr, F. L. Chako presided, and 0. M. Halo wos electd Sccretaty, "The follawing Campeditr Commitean war, on motton, appointed : First Protinct, R, d. Selilietmor, J. Hu- bor, W. . Suyder, 8. QU Holland; Scvond Prociuct 0O, Zuber, Behlaeder. Charlea ¥, Adamn, Thomas Hoylo; Thind Precinct, 1f, M, Chapman, nright, G, T. Quenther; Fourth Preciuct, James ¥itz, Georgo ¥, Adsms, Honry Thomas, Adam Aeyer, ‘Hpeechiea were mada by Georgo Adams, J, W. En- Flalt, Frank Niesen, A, W, Waldo, W. 1T, ‘Eurneon, W, If, giyder, F. B, Chapman, Mr, Joouings, and J 1, alt, Aresolition wan passed that all present support Besara, Waldo and Niesen for Aldermen at 1he com- g election, * A commities from tho Democratls Primary Glab mocting of the ward carni: into the hall, aud an., nounced that the Democrata hsd nominated Measrs, Waldo ang Nicsen an thote cua didates, Ived with appiatie. The meting soon after adjourned, EEVENTEENTZ WARD, Tho Executive Committeo of the Saventesnth Ward Tepublican Club met at No, 635 North Wels sirest Inst evening, for the trangsction of routine business, Tho ticket nominated yestarday was heartdly ap- plauded, and will recelve the undivided wupport of eftfzcna rosident in that ward, Tn regard fo the can- dfdaten for Aldormen littl was aald, aud a fow deys will develop their strength, No business of impor~ tance waa transacted, and tho moating adjourned, ———— MISCELLANEOUS. DR. DASSETT DECLINES, Tothe Eitor of The Chicaao Tribnure : Cutcago, April G.—In connection with she nomiuvation for d1derman of tha Ninth Ward, my unms, with many others, has been used, and Iunderstand aowe zealons friends aro talking of putting it upon au indepondent ticket. To this, will yon do mo tho favor to sagy, that 1 can- ‘The aunouuce- not consout. T'wo verv axcdliont mou, Alr. Bold- lor ond Mr, Van Osdol, aro placed in nomination, and lot mo hero nsk every good citizon in our ward to give them & hosrty support at the com- ing olaction. The position of Aldorman will not bdo withont ‘We aball ba apt to expect more from cannol pa¥y cily oxpousos and extinguish debt without mouoy, and thabt meaas tasos. “They may bo ablo o weed out &ome of tho rogucs snd nuckers; £0 trim down expondilures to the lowest ling cansistent with respectability and good onder, thoreby maintaln the Trodit of the cl nnion thera is strongth,” in discord weakne fot us unitodly givo 10 our lucoming Aldsrmen, in thelr work” of coonomy and debt-paying, sl tho'en- cutragement aud moral support 1o our power. JAnEp Bassrrr, UYDE PARK. A meeting of many of the algners of the eall for tho Independont Tax-Payers' ticket was bold at the Hyde Park Hotel Wodnosday ovening for the purposo of choosing an Independent Campalgn Committos, 1. N, 1ibbard wan chiosen Obairman, and Uenry T, Chiace Sccrotary, Tho Chistrman statod thio object of tho ectiug, and, sftor xome discussion aa to the bost plan of organising, the following named gentlemon wero cliosen members of the Committos : At large, Tomer N, Hibbard; Tyt District, E, L. Tiyan; Sect ond District, Samua) Faulkuer s Corngll, Walter Cor- hell ; Southy’ Chicago, C. W. Colehour and Liam G, Clark; West End, dsmuel Pullinsu, The meeting then adjournod, with the tnderstand- ing that they Whiould mock ayaln If advisabloat tio eall of tho Committeo, A mreting of tho Campalgn Committes and candl- datenof tho Tox-Pasors' purty was Leld yoslerday aftornoon at tho Garduer Houag, ‘There wero present James \Wadsworth, W, P, flng. P, Cudmore, G, A. Yollansbeo, Samuel Coogan, G.'W. Bishop, Thomaa Doylo, Johd 1L Trumbull, James IT; Bowen, A. Krim- bail, Joscph Lawton, I, Geliren, M, J, Russell, Jacob Ttuyper, and others, Jumes Wadaworth was chosen Chialrmag, and 3, L. Sifckney Becrolary, Vacancies in tho Fivst and Third Districts, cauncd by tho sithdrawal of M. J, Ituseell and J. F. Darney, were filled by tho scloction of W, I', Gray_snd Samuol Coogan, _Blr, Darney waa obliged to go East for some timo yesterdsy evenfng, but ho hopos to ba back to work for ths sicket on eloction day. ‘After_somo discussion upon pians for tho campalgn 1t wwae docided to adjourn to mout aRain At 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon at the Gardner House, THE GUEENBACKENS, A meeting of tho Rtate Cevtral Committeo of the Grocubock party was held yestordsy at Lsulquariers, on Clark ntrect, Mr, James Springer presided. Thivteon districts wero representod, snd the Commit- foomen for tha others responded by fetter, Verbal reports wero mado of tho condifion of sffaira in tho yarious diatricts, il being of sn encoursging tenut, tho only drawbatk betug that the roads arg too muddy for travel, A resolution was fntroduced to ore ganize throughout tho tate, bexlnning with the town. Ships wlicli aro to ropart Lo dlio_ couuty oruntaation, and it ta the Seerotary of tho Hitale Ceniral Committoo avery two weaks, Stops wero also taken to ralse tho smews of war, An uniform for {ho Greenback Clube waa then aduptod, which somewhat resembles that of the Wido-Awakes, tho apecial foature boing & pleco of roen roadelothy on the back of tho cost, Thero will {5 torehen for night processions. “Tho Committes then adjournod, subject to the call of tho Chairman, ALDERNANIG, Frank Lawler, ono of (o ltopublican candidates for Alderman fo the Eighth Ward, 4 not a letter-carrior, »s was ntated yesterday, but an employe in the Reglatry Dopattment, hofding a position which fesves Lim tima to uttend to s duties as an Alderman If elected, “Tho candidate fur Ablerman nomunsted Wednesday {n the Tenth Ward 18 A, 1f, Bmith, & well-known lumn. ber merchaut, It Wau {ucorrectly atated yeatorday that Giundureon had Leen renominatod, AIr. Swith fa & good man; Guuderson s not,, evdtelan TR OTHER POLITICAL MATTERS, BLAINE. WHAT HE 18 HAID TC OAVE BAID, Sweeral Dispateh to The Chicage Tridune, New Youx, April 6.—The following conyerea- tion abonty the Presidenoy is roported 1o the rogular corrospondence of the New York Tyibe tnd: Judgo Joromish DJsck, meeting ex- Bjioaker Llaine ous day, asked bim if ha falt ap- :{ohenulm that Bnnu‘or Morton would defeat . ** Morton will have fair etrongth in the Con- ventlon," replicd Mr, Dlaine, * bat it will not ropresent n uinglo suro olectorel vota, You seo it would nover da to o ch va ) 18 mould nover 4 Lo nojnate such w caudidate, 1 » Are you atrabd of Air, Drstowy 1 0; Yirlutow Link a yood deul of st Lhe people, but it i« not. urumlud.a !:l;:?lk:‘:fl a!;n:l:l‘. ‘catt »;wfimly geta matorty fu & cunvention.” + Woll, aro you afrald of Beuator G 1 Judge Black, ‘oinut o witl b catochiams 5 wked ++ I1e canuot casry his own Ktato i tho Convention or at the election, and ki candidacy {4 Nog 1 ot afrald of i, 2o M baurdity, 4413 (Lore auybudy you are afrald of 17 “ Yea; thero 1,F sopliod the ex-Bpeaker, with a sotlous Air, vell, who fs ft 17 "Tho grest uuknown," ———— 2 THE COLORED ELEMENT. CONVENTION AT NARRVILLE, Spectat Correspondenca of The Chicage Triduna, NasuviLre, Teun,, April 8.—For soveral days past I have beat around smong the members of the committecs sppoluted to make srrangements for the Colorad Nstional Couvoation, which CHICAGU "I'KIBUN: FRIDAY, AprstIL 7, 180, . moots hero on the Bth Inat., to ascertain whathor any dofnite progeamuo had beon oconjared up from the depths of thseolored mind. But tbere hadnot boon Any movement In that dlrection. The only thing that conld bo pumped out of & tospoctable colorod ¢ gom'man" was that thoy intendod to meet fn Committos of the Wholo and +''cusa do ‘dition on de enilnd man” It fs statod that the livs of conduct will not bo decided upon nntil the an rival of Pinchback and Brace, It fea mattor of goms mon talk here that those two colored politiclans will Proporo s now deparinro; that thoyaro disaffected, And will possibly taze atops taward LEAVING THE REPUNLICAN TARTY, provided (hoy shonli find sy propsct of drelr tread ng bntlered by tio other sidn; that they will hurl thunderbolia at the preaent Administration, and pro- natiice muledictions npon all who bare, i any way, dsrod (o wnsko opposition tlio alevation of the oolored " race fo officlal position, Bhonld they pursue {his coures, 1t {3 quite likely they will touch lightly the notes to the old song of Bouthern outrages which has been lined out by &very colored convention® that Lias met alnce the wip- ing ‘out of the stars and bats, Instoal of this, they il ralso n howl becauso of tho slowness of thoir po- Hitical clevation, “And yelno one Can soe Any reason why they should complain. Thetr advancement, all the circumstances consideril, 1AB DEEN REMARKADLY RATID, They cannot hope to achiove in the Lrief spacs of twolvo years what tho Auglo Haxons have ac- complished throngh agea of siudy and educatton, Ths colo: en _hss & faror in Lhe Blato an well aa the Fuderal Courts; he has boen clected n constable, a magistrate, a legislator, and to il positions in {lio halls of Congress; and with all thesu hionors thruat upon him, aud sometimes gratujs tously, they atlll elamor for the loaves and fishos, wan aald in the dayn of elayery that a nogro_ovorseor was tenfold more crucl o ids lieathon bondsmen thiat the white Toan, Tho same holds true of thoss who biave beon given oflice. Thero can nowhero be found suything to equal TUN OPPRRBAIONS OF THE RWELI-IIEAD NEORO magiatrate who_lives tipon the quarrels and woes of his_ brethren. The resson why ovlored men have tiot moro frenitently ocoupiod hb Jury.box has been tn coneequeuco of colornl defondantn having mads serlous objection o it, for foat of being mors harshly doalt with by them than by white men. Dutifs col- ored man calla for a colored jury to try Lis case, the requeat is granted nim., Not until the colored rnco i educated to s high standard will they be ready to occupy exaltod posi- tions, Thero is LITTLE HOTE YOR TP, PRESENT ORNERATION on account of thelr want of the propor intelifgence to lift them to the topmost laider of fama which they aa ardontly dosire, Their promotion must from ucces. sity boalow, They have no reason o grumble with reed to thelr oducational advancenient, They hisve aclioole And universities, and havo boen glven overy advantage that conld have been accorded ta any raco suddenly risiog out of & Londage of centurles, 1t49 fack, howoyor peouliar it sy appear, ihat, with s majority of the peoplo of the Honth, thy have Deen proferred an laborers to vhits men, This is pers Tispa on account of tholr having so long been associated togother §n that connection, I+ I8 alo & no- torious fact “ihat whilo ‘o meyro loafer can feed any whita man's kitchen od at with perfect iberly, if not Impunity, snd without belng saked for comipenration, csn etroll through hia yromises, sud wu.uufimmann, # A WHITE TRAMP Would bo at onco suspecled of gome rascality, and be unecremoniously ordercd away, One uncontrovertible point with regard to the negre 13, hiowover, that, whatevor may ba doae at the Oalored Natioual Conventlon, hio will stil romatn & Republican, Notling will over convince hini that there In any hopa 1n any otber party, the sorclicais to the contrary note witbstauding. Dox. THE CONVENTION. Nampvitir, April 6,—The Colored Men's Natlonal Conveution urganized by tho election of M, W, Gibbe, cof Arkansas, President, Hpecches wora mado by Rob- ert 3, Cary, of Indlans; II, 8, 8mith, of Georgla; Robert Harian, of Ohio, and 31, W, Gibbs. Fred Doug- 1138 and other algners to ihie card ogainst caliing tie Convention at Nashville, wero sevorely criticlsed. The speakers genorally wers far the party thal promisod thio most rights and fulfilied thelr promincs, ‘NasuvieLg, Tenn,, April 6,~The Natlonal Qolored Conventlon waa in sessivn ovor fonr Louts to-day, ‘The attendsanos of spectators, both wiilte and colored, was very large, the galleriea nnd loUbies of the Houa of Reprossntatives being packed to thelr capacity. Tue Commlttce on Resolutions not yet belng abie to agrea, e prococdinge ware uniimporiaat, oxcopt (o poct- o8 (rom Piuchback and Smith, of Alsbsma. Pinche back dia takoe the mow departure expocted, bub speoch had & “wtrong flavor of {ndependence, Mo pald that colored people wera beginning to think for {hem- rolves, and would never sgain volo :be Republicsn ticket in solld column aa herctofore, 1o wald tho Houths could nover proapor whils party iines were raca lines, 1o wanted no moro color-line politics, but a dhsinion of parties on osher than race lines, Benator O, 8, Buwith followed Pinchback, making 1 favor f tho not his o poworfal sposch fn o new ~ doparture, 1le advised tiat tho blacks no longer remsin in the Tlepublican party, but make terms with thelr white Southorn friends, and hereafter voto for Lonest and compotent nien, wittiout referonce to party. 1lla specch madan profound {mpreasion, snd was rocelved with groat ap- plavse by tho whites aud biacks. ‘Thero 1a a strong element in the Cqnventlon io favor of this departure, and the caticusing i vory Lot —— OHIO GREENBACKERS. CUARACTERISTIO RESOLUTIONS. Covusnus, 0,, April 6.—Iu aoswor to s onll for a masa Btato Convention of thoso intarested ia ths {seuc of mora greonbacks, about twenty- flvo porsons meat hero to-day. II. O. Sheldon, of Oborlin, was chosen President, aud Ralph Leete, of Tronton, Becrotary, Tho followlug platform waon adopted ¢ Wienran, In view of the fallure of the prosent Democratio Houss of Representativos and tho lato Ko- publican Housa of Representativea to repeal the odlons aud oppressive Spocio-Tieaumption act of Jan, 13, 1876, sud to furnish Onancial rolief to the dopressod (ndus- tries of tho country, disappoluting the just bopea snd expoctationa of a cufforing peaple, and in view of tho alartaing development of fraud, bribery, and official corzuption that prevalls and dnbauches every branch of the public servico, menaciug tho very existonca of our freo justitutions, wo offer suggeations for the femedy embadied in the following resolutions : Jieaofred, That wo earncatly appoal to the peoplo of Ollo and ather States fo organiza themseives for the burposn of earstully consldering tho perllous condition af the country, aud to units and wield their influcnce and political pawer in sccuring tho renovation of tha Governmont, and eapecially for fhe unconditional re- peal of the so-called Ilesumption act, and for the schiovement of liclr Fescuo from the 'disaater of ita enforcement, Rescived, That wa belleva that & United States noto issued directly by tho Government and convertibls in hand into Unlted States intorcst-bearing obligationa equivalent in valus o gold, and exchangeablo for Unflod Btates notes nt par, wil afford Lhe best circulat. ing medsum ever enjoyed by any soction, Wa boliova puch & eystem of curreney. will inaly prevatl, uot oal in the Uniled Blates Lut in Oreat Dritain, and sil civilized countrican tho world, Buch United Histea notesshould Yo o legal-tender and recelvable by Gov- emment for all duos, including customs. Resolved, Thint wo hold that it is tho duty of the Government to furnfah & circulaiivg medium to the country, The following Executivo Committeo waa ap- polntod and authiorized to appolat delogates to the National Groonback Conveusion at Indlanap~ olis May 17: William Trovitt, of Columbus ; Henry Blaudy, of Zanosyille; Charles Bontand, of Lancsster; 8, 8. Rlckloy, of Columbusy Jacob Riblet, of* Gsllon ; ltoubea Carroll, of Youngstown ; J. 0, Chambers, of Paineavills ; John 1L, Hudgon, of Sandusky ; N. D, Bartlott, of Loralno 3 James G, Manly, of Muskingum { Talph Loeto, of Ironton ; and Jobn T, Bhryock, of Zanesville, ——n THE PRESIDENCY. LETTER FIOM A MORTOX MAN—HE PUPETS THE ** PAYOIITE BON," AND TUNOWS CULD WATXN OX LLAINE, T the Editor of The Chicago 2ribune: Inpranarorts, Ind., April 1.—In your editorial commeuts on the Ohio Hiate Convontion you hiaye beon led into an error, doubtlosa by tha Cincinnatl papers, who, in epeaking of tha soc~ ond choleo of tho Chio dologates, gavo Briatow ond Blalue each & greatcr numbor of dolegates thun Bountor Morton. Now, tho fact s that Benator Morton {8 tho socond cholce of moro than one-half of tho delegates appolnted by the Oulo Btate Couvention (?), snd Hlaino is not tho second chofce of to cxcaod four, if bio is of tbat numbor,” Bsoator Morton bas beon in the babit of opentog tho campsign in Oblo fora nwwber of years, and last fall delivered tho first spoech mado in that Siale by any non-resident on the 7ih day of August, and remainod there until tha eloction in Octobor (excopt two woeks spent in the cauvaas of Malna and Pennaylvania), speaking every da; on travoliog tho most of the night to moot his noxt appointment. Tho Ohio Btate Central Committoo {nvited BMr, Blaino to visit that State and Jlarflw'pltu iu the cawpsiga, but, notwith. standiog it was Lhe mast uwportsnt Btate elea. tion that bas occurred in this covntry for yoars, sud the whole nation was (mpationtly awaiting tho resnlt, Br, Blaine rofused to comu to thelr rohef, and whon ho _wmade big roceot specch _ in tho House upon the Buadces, the oditor of the Cincinnati Commercial Hluu]flunlly remarked thay *ths proper timo for thst spesch was durlog the Ohto canyass.” It came too lato, Now tho fact ls, Obio is 8 radical Etato, and Mr, Bialoe's coynio in opyosing * the Force bill "' and othor recan- wtruction measures would ummllg deprive him ot any considerable strength in Obio, I bave glveu this subject some attention, and I now wako this prediction : that, whonever tho Oblo delegatos decide to loave Gov, Lisyes, Ben- stor_ Mortou, under tha lesdorsbip of glorions old Ben Wade, will rcelve a larger number than any otior v‘lm{ld so. i 6 content uow 00ws to be narrowing down {0 Mortan aud Bristow, sud when (he ul?uine in to ba made betwesn Morton, with his record for stateamanship, unflinching lotegrity, and long publlo sorvice to the country and Bepublican arty s and Becretary Dristow, who has only flm DUWA A8 0 0ONBOrYALIvE lloruhlmn, whn opposed the Ku-Klux nct, Civil fights and ‘orce bills, atd who haa not boon trind in any, Bnnmou of mpecial prominenca until he becama oorotary of the Trensury, tho delegates in thiat Convontlon will soon decido, 1 Benator Morton is tho poor of aAny nian in this nation, nod has oy dovotoed frionds as ouy other caudidato, aud L submit that it ls not fu good tasto for Tue Tiiouxe to rofor to thom ne ' In- dfana politicians.” The man who iguores Sonn- tor Morton in this raco will find out that ho has mads & serfons mistako whon the result of the ficet ballgt at Cincinnatl is knowu, Now, one word about the positlon of Sonator Morton and tha flozaces, Tur TrinoNE at- tompted to liold tho Banator rozponsible for tha finance rosolution adopted by tho late Indiana Blate Convontion, whon tho fact {a tho Bona- tor no moro to do with It thsn did tho editor ot Toe TmnoNe and not na: much, for that part of (Lo resolution that domanded tha repoal of tho Ito- sumption net waa lrguufl by soveral membora of the Committes on lesolutions, who declarad that it would meot with tho spoclal approbation of thoeditora of Tniz TripuNe and Cincionati Gazelle, Sountor Morton's bost publio utter- ances upon tho fluances was during tho Ohio canvaaa last fall, 1is viows were approved by all the leading lepublican newspapora throngh- out the country, and ho has not_changed since, o {a a8 enrnostly in favor of honest monoy, and {a as desirous of protosting tho crodit of the nation, as sny man, INDIANA, WASRDURNE FOR GOVERNON—ON BOMETIING ELSE. Yo the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Cuicago, April 6.—Thero §s ono thing that one porson docs not like in pushing Eiihu Washe Luroo for Governor of this State, and that is, wa want Washburno for another place, and that othor placo js tho Prestdency, It ia very certain that ho is tho fittcat man within the reach of tho Tepublican party for tho prosent emergency. ‘Thoro is anotlior man of equal fitness, which the Tepublican party cannot roach, becauso it will not, and that is Charles TFraucis Adsms. Tho abominablo contempt which the cnnnlrr hoa for talent, statosmanalip, eharacter, aud family, mokes Mr. Adnws a very unprofitable candldate, for party purposes, This was proved in (he nomynation at Cln- cluuatl, in tho leitor which ke wroto to tho Cons ventios, in which he told thom frankly he was not fuch » candldate an ihey required; and yet that very letter proved fhat Lic was fust such s candidate as they ought to havo bad, If, in the next dubious hundrod youra tliat are beforo u, tha peopls will get rit of the strango notion that lioneat nien and talented men ara not it for tho Prosidency, then wo may hope to live suothor hundred years. Under Wasnbirne's Adminisiration we should ba snre of oconomical cxpendituro, and that there would be noateallng, That Ia about as Ligl as this counlry will ot for tho term or two shead, Farther on we mny liopa to look for a man for n Prealdout who {a not ouly o man of character himself, but ia born in a highclass famlly, —Thero is' good blood in the Adams family~two of ‘them fu suc- cearlon havo been Presidonts; the blood of the flovo- lution courses fu thelr velus, Yot in onr degeneracy, aftor an htindrad years, we spurn the fact that the two bost Pros{dents wo have had were the Adamses, aund thiat thoy are a royal ud national family: and thia is tlio surest ovidence that tha country will not Lave third one of tho same family, Chinrle Francls Adams bolng ont of the queation simply becauso bo would add digulty to the oliice, an bocanne hin father ang grandfather wero Presidonts, and has also a son woll Aitted for the oflice,—~lot un do tho noxt beat thing, and take Elihu I, \ashburne, ax we took Lincoln, beeauss ho Is an honest man, and bo- canse honesty af prosent (s tho best recowmendation, o hiave the disadvantage, In selccting Washburno, of s succeeslon of Presidouts lu the sama Stato,~Lincoln and Grant befng Iiitnofs mon, But thie is 'no worse for tho country, that Iifnoln shiould mako Presldents, than that Virginls did. That Stato was callod tho Motuer of Presidents, ~We think tho nation will readily forgive Tiiinots ibat, having furnieliod a Fan- coln, that siio s now sblo 10 give a Wasbburne for the saino position. REPODLICAN VOTED. DEMOONATIO CANDIDATES, The Bpringfleld (Mass.) Republican fools callod upon to advise and admanish the Domo- cratic-Confoderates in rogard to thelr Prosi- deotial campaign, and chancos. It commencos after this wiso: . Wo think it must bs borna in upon the reflective Democrat nbout thoso days that his party blundered when it loft tho track that the Liberals awitched it on to in 1872, 1 {4 hnd gono on undor the leadership and fmpulsa of that year, put Bchurz instesd of Gogkroll, and Hubbard, or Wolls, or Woolsoy fnstead of Eaton in tho Sonato, and dotio othor things ‘to match, it ‘would now posscas tho country, and_only walt'for elcction=day to 01l tho Presidency, Ita aolo capital ‘would not ba the vices of ita opponants, it sole hopo tho blunders of their managemont, After this brillinut * gambit oponing,” it pro- coods with tho gamo. Publlo opinion, it says, lias alroady rejoctod all woak candidatos 3 Buch men sa Layard, and English, aad Ingoraoll, and Qaston aro clearty dismtswed, becauss, howaver respectable, thoy stand for so littio of personaland | political power, 1fundricks, almost the ideal candldate of the old Domocracy, 8t roprosantativo of {ts avorsge worahip of polioy abavo priuciplo, the politician rather than the statesman of his party, the Democratio Uisino, as it were, he, oo, tust bo dismissed, notwithe slauding his temporary appearanco of streugth, Do- caub of this rocognized fesblonces of purpose and principle, and this utter inability to meet the draatio demnuda’of the popular feeling, Ll nomination, whilo not insuring even Indiana, would deatroy all chancea for New York, Counecticut, Now Iarupshire, and probably the Paciflc States. Tho hard-money men of thio party would openly loave his standard in dizgust, The Republican noxt considers Tildon and Thurmon a4 protty strong candidates, It piaces them i the firet rauk of Domocratic-Confod- erates: Noither would be qulite eatisfactory to the inde pendent voter of Ropublican autecedouts, becanse of tholr lack of sympathy with the Unlon cause during the War, Noithor was Ly auy meaus an offensive Coppeticad, " but bath iavo flavor of (hat adlous- ness about thom,—the Oblo Heustor {u larger degrce. Mr, Thurman §s more of the political Bourbon,—ha taltea suufl and uses a colored nilkhandkerchief,’ and ia very much an_old-fashionod party Domocrat * so- cordin'*'; but bis persanal recoril s an honest man i unitopesched, and ho {s a man of much personal ate tractiveness, Tildon fa more in the open country, politically; hie hoa shiown himself tho ono bold, practi« cal reformer of Lis party, and the sccond in reforming rank lu the country, The Hepublican proceods to name other cands- dntes and combinations. It thinks Adamas with Thurman would bo uu'oml. and Adams with Judge Davis, of Illinols, stronger, This last combination, it seems to intimste, could only bo beaten by » tickot with Bristow as its hoad, Two anciont Whigs liko Adams and Davia as Damo- cratia candidates for Prosident and Vico-Prosl« dent woula bo & aight to Jook upon. —— WILLIAM LATHROP, THX POUNTH CONQRESSIONAL DISTRICT. To the Kdtor of I'he Chicago Tridune : BroN, April 4.—Candidates for Congress in the Fourth Distriot aro getting plenty onough for o) practical purposes, The distriot embracos the Countlos of Kano, DeKalb, McHenry, Boono, aud Winnobago. Each scction of the district has its particular olaim for roprosentatfon. Afr. Farns- worth, of Kane Oounty, waa formorly the standing Congressman, 1o represented this district, and that out of which it was formed in the previous apportionmont, for fourteen years, o has had groat oxporience in Congress, is man of groat ability, and uumarred in ofMelal integrity, and sltogether one of the most able and valuable mombory over sont from this State. Ho reprosonted Lo bannoer distriot of tho natlon, biaving beon elected by s mnjority of 14,000 ont of 20,000 votes. Yeb all tho peoplo of him district wore mot bappy; 1asny of them wanted to stop into his old shoes fin tho Congressional hall, Other parta of the district thought it not falr that Kana Counly should perpetualy furulsh the Cougressman; and Winuebago, ab tho axtrema wuat, Lecatne vxcoadingly calous of the favor monopalizod Uy Kans, The fack 3, such men as Farosworth could not be found in every county, Farnaworth was an old-time Abolition. Iat, $he friend of Collins snd Couding, snd confed- erate of Lovo)oy, and contributed very much tothe buildiog up of thut party which gave him such s tro- wmendous whjority, But, unfortuustely for one side or the othor, Farnswortl becamo dlsaiTectod with the Adminitratlon of Grants first tarm; be mado war upou the District of Columbia Ring and Ben Lutlor, and tho Administration snubbod Lim, He was peres< cuted for bLelug tou early in exposing the cor- ruptions which have sluce cropped out, aud which it in now poiulnr 1o deuouncs, Lelug persew cuted out of countesanco by bls own party at Washington, 16 was very patural that Le should not favor the renomination of Gen, Grant. This was well known by the leading wen of his district; and before (he wonination very many of (hem sympae thized with L, A trick was profected in DeKaib County, iu view of the thcn caming Cungressional Convention, which only nimed at tho certaln defeat of Farusworth without helplag soy ollier candidato la Jarticulsr, wits Lho potalbla Loy tiat Wi favr waighi all upon Ono of auvers} of thelr aaplring citizens,—the reault Lelng that DeKalb beld tho tie vols, and pese sistod {n not throwing it in favor of Farmaworth, though bo bad & docidod minority of sll the votes casl, Then was ihs tima when tha long-proferred clabm of Winuobago shuuld have been Fespoctod, Tust county had s worthy and compelend caudidats {1 tho l»erwn of Willam Laturop. Whet 6 was proity well ascertuned thaj Farusworth — could Dot - Le mominated, Mr, Lathrop waa approsched and informed thist ha could Dave voles of one of the couaties ierstafore pledged to Farneworth for $1,600 caab, and the of cortain poai-ofioes, Az, Lathrop's reply was, ikt Lo bad uo obleciian Lo being gent to Cuon greas, but when hio got tliere he shiould like fo foel sure that he ought Dot to boen sent 1o Joliot.! This settlod tho caso thay 4ir, Lathro man o ropresont that Convention tu Btophen A. Hurlbut was nocinsted, After th bufty which In fack was squivalent {0 bulog cast out of Uis syuagogue, Ar, Fazusworlt supporte Grooloy; Ad 1t s Bob very sirazgs [ he should vedons s, Alr, Farmaworth's esplagations were £ never hall so m etory ma that he, having 4 larga #hara of humn oetiacs, dil a0 pocetihe b e ve7 haturdl fur a man of Tpunk wo ta do, Thou the tepubiican party, the constitaents that he had bratned ntetat party, after 1o oxaninle of tho Jiorn Ling et Washingtou, voutmenced, punuAnr him for hie teeashary to tha party, ‘The punishiment camn near Delng lfkn that witcly mny yasrs g0 thy Democratin mrty fuitfcta upon Jubn £ Wale; for at the sccond election lia (Farnsworth) tuenod the majorily which Tt olectad e by 14,000 down to 1,100 fu favor of his opponent, Atephen A, M eimt, 1t 49 imo the Hes pioliean ‘party ahould learn {l3t It cAunot afford to perpotually pitntah ita saost far-spelng and hotcat men, borauso (hey have exposed dishuiiesty {n the irty, The wisest thing for the Hepublieannof the ‘outth Distelct In to forget the past, and enpecially folly, renominite John F, Farnaworth, who s fo.day a hotlet Ttepubliean than nine-tenths of the votera that have arrayed thomeolves againat him. iut {lero Ia lardly gnm Qnfl!l&h In political human naturo to do this thing. Dut the next beat thing ja to uominate William Lae throp, who would not'four sesrs nio hu{ fiis nomina« tion_by 8 briba of $1,600,” If eltherof theso thinga are done, Johin ¥, Farnaworth and about 5,000 moro dleafTe olod lepublicans will be found voting for tho Tepublican nomineo for Presidént, providing he Is not » third-term caudidato. Rurus, ————— MISCELLANEOUS. ROCRFORD, 1LL, Bpseial Dispaleh to ?ha Chicaco Tridune, Rocxronp, 1ll,, April .—The Hon, Soymenr G. Bronson has -boon nominated by the Licenso party for Mayor, Tho munleipal election prom- {nes to be very exciting, and closa on tho whisky irsue, . VEDMILLION GOUNTY, Itln Spectal Dispateh to Ths Chicaas Tribune, Daxvinee 111, April 6.—~Tho Ropublican Cone tral Committoo of this county held s mooting yestorday, nud declded to havo primary moot- ings hold on tho 20th inst., for tho purpose of aummntlng county oficors for tho fall elee- jon, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, 1LL. Bpecial Dupatehto The Chicaso Ty(una, Onaxratax, 111, April 6,—The Repnblican Central Committeo of this county met for consultation at Ur bana. tolay, Tholr meoting was attendod by o larga number of earaoat and active members of tio party, It waa docided to hold the County Convention on the 25th inat, Thae intoreats of Mr. Hcrogge, candidata for Becrotary of Blate, wera laken into conalderation, and thiora was manifested on_esrnest, sincers dealro to usa every honorable means to seenro hie succosn, It la Dbellovod by the Rn&uhllunl hora fhat this soction {a entitled ® recoguition of fta ol upon the Blato Convention, and that tho high ~estimation in wnich Mr. Scroggs fa bold fn “thls part of the Stato, hin well-known and osrked ability an an cditor, his good military record sud unfiinching fidslity to the party of which ho has for over a acore of ycars boen a hard-working mem- ber, will enabio Cllulmmllll County to prossnd his name to the Btats Convention with falr atiow of suo. cess, There are many indications of the rapldity with which he i8 gaining streogth, Wo think ho i the man for the plsce, and worthy the confidencs and tho honor of & nomination, Tho township cluctlons held op Tnoaday develop tho fact that the so-called In. dopenficnt party Lacks votes,—at leaat, with one or two axcoptions, whoro the {ssus was made tie Republice aus worn sucoeseful, DHODE IRLAND, PnovipRncs, R. 1., April &.—Full returns of yester- dsy's election for Governor give Lippitt, Republican, 8,173 Yioward, Prohibltion, 0,385; and Beach, Domos crat, 3,802, A1380UTE DEMOCTATIC STATE CONVENTION, 87, Louts, Mo, April 8.—~The Democratic Biste Qentral Committes hava calisd a Slate Convention, to bo hield at JeMTerson City, Aay 31, to eloct delegates to tha Natlonal Couvention, —_—— POLITICAL NOTES, Dlaine is acctised also of *laying wires™ dur- ing bis late stumping-tour in Ohio, as thoy suy %o did in New York. Wast hos. taken hold of Mr., Hamlin, and it tho nowspaper postago doosn't como down we shall now tho resson why. Mr. Halstoad saya he would like to seo the ‘Wheolor movoment sprung ; and ho sardouically adds, ** it would bo a wondorful spring.” The Bpringfold Republican says: '*Mr, Dlsine's managing frionds, down Boston way, aro olling the machine with unususl care, thoao aya, ‘¢ Ponnsylvania at Olocinnath, obsarvos tho Now York Zimes, 'la to bo » conundram.” May the best mau, not tha smartoat, got tho an- swer first. The Augusta (Ga.) Constituflonalist contonda that *tho bright partioular starin the Demo. cratio firmament ia Sonator Thomas F, Bayard, of Dolaware." David A. Wells: took occaslon, a few days be- foro the cloction, to reaflirm bis froo-trade, hard- money, and civil-roform &flnclplu!. He would rather bo right than bo Cobgressman, F., W. Dawson, one of tho proprietora and editors of the Charloston News and Courder, is likely to bo a candidate for tho United Btates Honato il Bouth Carolina 18 carried by tho Con- servatives at tho noxt oloction, It fa reportod that ex-Gov. Amos, of Miesis- sippl, ia golng {nto the lumber business in Min- nenota. Col, J, M. Btone, his succossor, though & Democrat, possesses tho coofidonco of all partica in the Biato in & very unusual dogroo, TPostmastor-Genoral Jewell has s practical senao of tho altuation, Bpeaking of the investi- gacions, bo In roported as gsying, ** I do not caro low severely thoy go for us. Tho man that can't atand it had bottor got out of tho way,” The Richmond Whily is o little diegusted shout tho accentance of Ainos’ resigoation. It ovidently doosn't undarstand why the Demo- crata woro 8o roady to absndon thelr charges. Did it ever think that tus charges might be false aud trumped up maliciously ? ‘The Ohlclgo Timea declares that Grantis *incapablo of comprehanding the difference be- tween an honest man and a thiof.” May bo so; but batween tho TYmes’ oncet man and Gront's thiof wo fonr there isvory little differenco to comprehend.—Loulfsville Courier-Journal. - Binco Ool. Fornoy's raturn from Europe his papor, the Philadelphia Press, hss beon gradue ally swinging sround to inflation. Icis now in that aad conditfon in which it caohot sce how spocio can bo made to stay in tho country so long aa ¥ tho balance of trade (s against us," Qen, Bherman hopes that Canfruu will modi- fy the exieting statutes which virtually prohibit the oftlosrs of tho srmy, both activo sud retired, from being employed on oivil works, He doea not sce, for instance, why Gon, Weitzol might nos bo allowed to acoapt a position as truston of tho Cincinnati Sonthorn Railroad, WIEELS WITIN WHEELS, As tho Epflnflnsld Requaler in near neighbor of the Journal, it would place us under obligatious If it would induce {us Journal to explain who it wanta for Goy- ernor, Wo sra full of curioally {0 find out, Is it Sove eridge, or Ridgway, or who1—CnicAGo TRIDUNE. Why, blosa {our eoal, tho Journat Is for tho samo candidaie it is always for, who canuot ho botter dosignated than by the following oxtract from a lettor of its present editor and manager, Dhillips, writton in 1872, when bonanzus in the Greeley movemont were thought to be In reach ¢ Nzw Yonx, April I, 1672, —Dean Miazg ¢ * T (tna it ub&}n;ul] uivo ail the oilces and all tia oney ; 0y ‘'wan! 8 uss of our pro ¢ Journal paper] lat them pay for it, melr’!. 3&..’ L —Springflld Reglater, . D L Puicies, THE BLACK HILLS, Maj. Conkiirg’s Ohicugo Party Stuck En Route—NMawwacro of Minore by Indinns—Stduoyy Neb., as o P'lace of Outlie, Svecial Correapondence of The Chicago Triduna, Bipxey, Neb., April 4.—Thia morning I con- vorsed with & gontioman Just fn from Cuater City, aud be gavomo n number of nowe-points that I know to bo reliable, becausa I have travel- od through this country with him myself, 1o says that Msj, Ooukilog's party from Chl- eago, joinod by eoveral of Col, Garpouter's 8t Louis oxpedition, are atuck In the mod of the Choyonus route, half-way botwoen that place and Custer City, notwithstanding they started twelva days ago, aund should hive been fn Oustor by this time, Thoy left Cheyonne with « something mero tlan two monthe’ provislons, and sbout ths samo amount of foed for thole stock ; but it s feared that both themnyelves and thelr teams will suffor for food bolore thoy can roach Custor, ay they have not you pasasd over the worat part of tho route, Maj, Conkling is an experionced mau, sud he haa the contidensa of the company e is heading. My informant atev gives me full particulars of the massacra of two miners & waek 8go on Doadwood Ureek, famous e & rich placo for gold, 'Thess two men bhad eniored a clsim there early iu ihe goason, had built them aluices, and put thom up & comtort- able cabin. ides . this, they had gatbered out them quite a quantity of stock, sud wore in good shape gonerally, Afters day of hard Iabor, digging down on the Deadwood for the yellow dust, thoy camo to tholr cabin, cooked thele muppar aod ata it, and then retirea, almos$ exhausted. There bad been rumdr “and scont of Bioux about the d:Elingl that day; but uch were commion, and tho mun wore acta- ally too weary to keop the pguard thoy would otherwisa havo dono, I'he darke ness was jutenss, and the snow came sileutly down, and drifted through the moaning pine tress, The winds were severs, t00, and the trampling of that band of Bleux did nab T ——— rondh tha ears of tho tired minars, Only ! wild shrick of tho red domons awoko lh:m’, :: tho atampoido of tha mtook. Thon thoy rant (e eabin.door, and foll rude throshold, plorcad b ww“q " a Tiflo-bln, and doad, "What follomod may e teipated,—tlio utter atampads of tho stook, e thio scalping of tho minera. Noxt day the m’,fi!‘i, Voring camba waro aroused ; but what potiey 1 pursuit could thers bo, with na trall or tragy by whicl to disoaver tho villalus ? L These bloady incldonte, howaver, haye a tend onoy to sattract ratlior than repol tho income from the Btatas; snd, ss tho weather hogin M cloar up, the immigration wili {ncreass, aronter” bulle of i iove, ot beroafter outfit mnd atard from oint, Biduoy ia a_ “small las, ub it bitarn vory snparior inducomonts in fts re: markably oheap ratos of transportation ; in i, shoriness of its routo, whioh 18, by sctual mess. uremont, 80 miloa noaror to Custer City thyg thet vis Choyenno; snd in the splendiq charactor of its road, which fa wall syopg, ed and watered, and has an abundaney of grags. It leads over a beautiful now bridgy ncross tho North Platte, built at an oxponss iy Bldnay, alono, of 83,000, Tho middie osihly month thore will ~outiit nt this polnt, ang rn ovor the Bidnoy routo, a jolat party of per. haps 200 mon from Missour! and Oliio, prepara. tlon for which tho citizens of this place aranoy making, Cnazy onge, i 1 RELATIONS WITIL CANADA, Debnte ht Ottnwn on tho Connls ang Fisherios Quesntion, OtrAwaA, April 4—In tho Sonats Iast night lr, Botaforo asked whothor aoy fucthor progrosy had boon madoe towards obtaining a sqttlomany of tho claims of Canada for componsation for the ueo of fishories by citizons of tho Unlted Btates elneo tho oponing ot Parliament, and what steps tho Dominlon Govornmont has takon ta urgy upon Her Majeaty’ n Qovernmont tho importany of Laving thia question submitted to arbitration without furthor dolay, in acoordanco with {he Troaty of Washington, Iio sald thab Ib way qulto oyident tho Unitod Btatos dectinod to brlng tiio mattar to a concluslon. Mr. Beatt rofiruuod to eay that no furthy progross Liad boon made 1u tho matter, which wag in (ko hands of tbo Dritish authoritiey, Tho Canndian Commissioner bad bosn namod, and ovory ondoavor was belilg pat forth to sete tlo this matter, as alao that of tho canals ang tho futroduotion of fieh to the Amorloan markets, At alato lonr, in tho Senate, Mr. Dickeys motlon, 1 offect censaring tho Govornmont for not making mora npoadiy‘rrugmus with tho Ps flfl;’ Railway, waa carriod, on s division, by 31 0 24, Iu tho Honeo, Mr, Do Cosmos asked wara ne. gotiations not pouding or did the Governmeny intond to open negotiations with the United Htatea with the objoct of extending .tho Tresty of Washington to Dritieh Columbis, In orde that fiah and fisherios of that Provinco might by admitted into the United Btates duty free § « Mr. Maclkenzle safd thoro waro no negotintlony pending ot present with that objeot. Very re- cantly it was docidod by the United Btatos Goy. erumont that tho Columbin flshories wanld no bo admlttediunder tho Washington Troaty, whicy uuln;ou was confirmed by tho Imperial Govarne ment, Mr, Jones, of Halifax, moved for the eon rospondence respocting tho alleged violatiou of the Tresty of Washington. Mr. Mackonzio eays the immodiato causs of tho correspondence which had arisen was n ves ol ntmmpnuim Iaud gomo canned flsh at Phily detphia, If tho owner of tho veesel had mad entry and de tho dutios, aud clalmed & refund from tho Government, it woutd hiave loft tho Do minion authorities in ' bottor stato to deal wilh tho question. Instead of that, ho withdrew hif invoico of canncd fish, and loft it open fo thy Unltod Btates authoritios to alloge, aa they did afterwards, that the flsh were esnned in ofl, and thercforo subjoct to & duty. The protonso thal they could chargo duties on g’uk;qnq Waa ane othor branch of the subjoct. For thoir action it this matter thoy allegod that tho act of Congross, which was passed subsequoent to tho troaty, cov. orad this caso, and tho oillcials of tho United States Qroasury scomod to thiok they wers bound to sttach moro ‘importance to an actof Congrosa than to the solomn International treaty{ but it scomed to bo almost impoeaiblo to procuro au enlightencd onforcoment of treatley with the Government of ths United States Papora which would bo bronght down in rofe erenco to tho claims to navigate tho osoals con- tiguous to tho boundary line wounld show that tho ssmo principlo had charaoterized them (n roforenco to that mattor, though if tho traaly had bLeen worded differontly fu regard to the canala they might have had a better hold on the United Btates. A disposltion bad boou maul- fosted to givo us as littlo possiblo and obtain a much as thoy coald. Mr, Jonos, of Halifax, asked if tho Amorican Qovernment would continus to lovy a duty aa packsgos for tho futare. Mr. Maokenzlo said ho was soarcoly in s posi tion 0 answor the quoation, but the thing wa for our peoplo to act ag {f thoy wore doiug 8o uundor the treaty, and ff tho United States ro- {fused to admit psckages free, tho best way would bo for shippers to pay tho duty nnder protest, and sppoal to thotr own Goveramont for protse tlon, Bir John McDongal sald he waa glad to hoar the explanation El tho Premier. Ho quite agreod with him that tho modo 1n which treatios were conaldered by ths United Htatos'Government, st all ovonta of lato, was most unsatisfactory, Tho suggostion of the Promier was 1 correct one, Bubscquont to tho troaty & genoral law was passed by Congress b{ which all packages woro renderod lis ble to daty, bat by every considers tion of law or common sonso treaty obligations should overrido that law, and be had vory little douant that, if the question was brought befors tho Bupromo Court of the United Buates, a tribte nal above suspicion, it would bo 5o decided, Mr. Mackonzie polntod out that, by the Treaty of Washington, while we woro bound fo give ths freo uso of all our cavals to tho United Btates, they wore only bound to uso thelr influonco with Btato Governmonts to give us the use of the canala connooted with the navigation of lakes or rivors traversed by or contiguous to the bound: ary line, Tho United Btates Governmont bsd aldo power, if wo rofusod the use of any of our canals, to suspond tho power given to us theirs, whito there was no rrovlulon by which Canada could ioflict o poualty for a ‘slmilr Dreach of troaty by (he Unitod States. The rosult was that "caval bLoats from New York traversed tho Hudson, Chemplain, Csme bly, Lachino, and Otiawa Canals, and could b soon avory day in summer coaling at wharves in this city, whils all our vessals wore obliged o untond at Whitohall, The Govornment of Now JYork bad aald that thoro was no rostriction in thelr laws on tho wuavigation of tho caonls by Canadian vessols, and offer to pass any mepsuro that might ba necer sary to make it porfectly effective; bul then thoy found that tho Unitod Btates Govers: ment had, by tbolr customs laws, made it im [muulblc. 1f thoy put those Jawe ahead of the reaty obligations, for any of our vossols to psdl the flrat port, whoro thoy must unload, Tut United Btatoa Governmiont at firut denisd that any of our vesseld had boen IO hibited, sud appoaled to the New Yoo Blato 'suthoritiea to know it ~thoy bst prohibited them, Whon they ropliod thst at such {nterpoaition had taken’ place, they ask for evidence from tha Oanadian overntnogk Tho evidouco waa furnised, and then ibt Unttod States Govornmont ploaded that thelt laws did nat allow vousola belongiug to s for oign power to pass the firet port of ontry. Atl much lator period tho Qovornment foind thaf tho United Statea statuton gavo thom power Q mako suoh o rogulation, but no such reguls tion Lad boon made, uor was it likoly 10 M mado, —_— BLAMED IF WE KNOW. To tha Bditor of The Chicaga Triduna : Hastings, Blinu,, April 4.—Ara the ball-room dresusca illusirated in Harper's Hazar aud otue! fashlon papors correct repreasutations of the Bamo a8 worn by ladies atteuding bally, ele, 18 our largo cities 7 1f &0, how do thoso ok en* dowad by kind usture with the oorroct form, you kuow, mauage to keep up thowr eud of ihe fashlon lover? Do thoy hinyo * busta" made t2 aidor, painted, grooved, and warranted to it And why ia 1% (1f & fact) that rospoctablo ladies, while gttendiog balls, parties, ete., ars llcous 10 oxhibit tnomselven thoro baif-naked, whon, i thoy should present tuemsalves in tho sam¢ #babo in ordluary socioty, they would be class among the demi-monde? 1 ask for lql(nrm,l’llwi’ a8 I du'nul !u:.uvnl in &l:: I"hmmr circlos,” an am not posted. Ingu 2018, s " Yy FeMrenLET. A Nice Town for Politics. Purtamauth (N. IL) Caronicle, John R, Toor, mprsulor Yt fha msjor park &‘ BStar Island, at the shoals, monds Ar, Levi . Downa to represout him in the New ifampshire Legliulature thig year. ‘Tho-town oficers U;; oderator, John R. Foor; Wown Olerk, Jol 2 A, Poor Bolootmen, llouben Puffer (Jobn L Poor'y boss),——Dame (Jobu 1, Poor's blsck lmuhh 0, £, Poor,, ‘Phero is noyer any troble ovur the Star Island’ cliock list, tho proprieton bis sous and workmen filling all the afiicea s canting nearly all tho voles. Tho vole of tué town at tho last election waa 3 Demooratic, 134 Ttopublicas, 0 ; Domouratio majority, 1%