Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1879, Page 9

=10 WILL GET IT? st I ¢ Yiew! 1o 00 AGe ¥You can't The D,macmlc prestde g port {he Nor . finents o the et puch more tonecl andy 1nels jake M. John #0ur, ot iiwe .ganie o i 1pe Cur oeeally ihe Federal bers ol B aurbon orgu il e ‘ém for lorac o Domoerntic Nominalion for President in 1880, . s of Bonthorn Demooratio Membors of the Forty-fifth Congress, Now Congresss 1 thel asition Manifested (o Tilden-..Thurman Apparently tho Favorite, noral Beliof that Grant Will Bo | Popluwl Run Again, | Always Tell.” Never York Ifera'd has Interviowed tho Represcntatives lu the Forty-fifth to obtain the views of themselves ir constituencles s to the Democratle atfal pomibation in 1880, As the Houth- o to ofthe Dougzhag of maxiug tlon of the Democracy constitote the thern portion helng simply the tall, f the former are, of course, ol fmportance Lhan those of the Intter; uently, in making the following” ex-* from the Jerald's articl, tho utterances ces are entirely omitted, for tha room for the opinions of leadlng the Dulldozer nization: ¢ unte which rales ALABAMA, Toylor Jones, Fivst District, Cholo aro. decidedly opposed to T 1 vote tor him if"he is nominated, as o Gireoley, Butjwe will work rayst lldgn, prevent his nomiuations Thur nearer our fdea of the best man, and fearicks 18 abont ns much a favorite as Thur- | Southern vote. It would be dungerous to nom- Qoesn't trouble ue.” e, Hilars A. Herbert, Sccond District, saya fat Alal tlaims. lect :ni‘ t to vindicate any dm:fi waman who ndvocates him, mmnlfl 1ike to sce Tililen in the The ‘Onfo Senator guits our ideas exactly roney question. Bayard s no favorite, us ho tioes not wark for the repeal ot 1 Elrctlon faws. The greenback [ssue hama {8 opposed to Tilden and lls The business of the next Convention is t the best man to bo elected Prestdent, Indiyldunl, Mr. il ) never be renominated. Mr, Herbert can- ot say who sl be the choice of his constit- wents. They are greatly divided abont it. e, William W, Uarth, Eighth District, says; wif my people were called on suddenly “to speak tlght ont, they would be at the first blash overwhehmingly ngainst ‘Lilden. '1don't But, for inyscli, White louse, it hehas lis health and strength, becanse wo zexd 2 man there who ean cootrol this Congress and the Departinents, und inake them do the wiltof the people. After Tilden I should Uke tosee Thurman President. Idonot tistnk Thur- man the {nflattonist hic §s nccused of belng. “The' Greenbackers ure n stroug elenient fn our see- tion. They combined with the negroes und Re- publlcan offictals ngalnat mo and defeated me forre-clectlon Inst year, strongest Republican candidate, but we can beat * bim.! 3 lothe renomination of Tilden. ogposed of his friends _in our State. him, Grant would bo _thy ARKANSAS. ¥r. Luden C. Gnueo, First, Distelct of Ar- Ksoeas, declares’ himsoll emphatieally opposed Iie had always “When the time comes our dele- nation will select somehody very diffecent trom Tilden, who fuiled to renllze the expectations My first_cholce woald be Mr, ’rlnmmml and next Mr. Bayard. y But Mr. Hendrieks is al . 8 Mr, Thueman, out n8 much a favorite Some of my people think Mr, [endricks too timid fora great party leader, tut I do not shara thelr apinfon, Grant would poll the larzest vote nzalnst us, but there Is vo asnzer of hig carrying the State,” Mr. Willlan IV 8teinons, nye 1o Hendricks or Hancock, Our Second” District, “Quyr people will not be for’ Tilden, [ think, but thero 18 no hostllity felt toward him, Werezard him 8s an upright and honest man; but our cliofee runs to Thurman first, nnd then cople woulld wpport Bayard; but there fs o diverzonce be- treen bim and themn on the financlal question, and they do not refer him. Grant would be the most formidablo nominee on the other slde. Itbink he will get our delegatio and_nl} the Southern delegatfons In the Revublican National Coaventlon, but carry no Suithern Stute."” A ' DELAWARE. i Ur. James Willlams, who constilutes ‘the en- Yirodelegution from Delaware, remarked, after some dellberation : ** Well, ns to 1830, we don't delleve in-untucky men, wid henece we_are not fery strongz for ‘1lden. The old mon, however, lsvery adrolt, uned undératunds the rovess of putting himself at the head of a ticket better ihinany one else in the country. No doubt thoat titat ft the world; but 1 don’t think he would bo eleeted, and 11 tell you why. ‘Lhe fast few years, and espectally the last campaten, baveclearly shown that, In order to succeed, wo must have the laree flouting, Indopendent vote of the country, most of which ecomes from the Republican ranks. If they nomlnate Grant, as now seems tmoro than probable, wo must have o mnto walk oft with the liberal ballots which Grant hae never been able to control _since 1808, 10d cannot control i the future nny better than be has Ia the post. In order 10 secure thiis vota ¥e need o candidate with o pure conservative tecord, who will defy attal rom oy quarter, and thus commund the respeet ond confldence of voters ot allid to the Democtatic party. Io my oplnlon no one eould meet these requiro- ment hall a8 for kin golld.” Mr. W, B. Flemin ia Di well us Bayard, und Delaware Is GEORAIA. g represents tho Firat Geor- istrict: * My “personul preference Is for Bltnllor Bayard flrat, and nftor him Gen, W, 8, Hancock terribl Bls renol . As for ilden, ohl ohl It would bo o necessity indeed that would' require mination. "1 should say thut he is not eligible. OF course, it the porty thinks him pecessary for the position of staudard bearer aaafn, why we will support hinj but I cannot tmagine tr that Is, he would nut wlilch torard Giraut fs Hean atd Wiltfan tla Distrd the renom ny district drifts in every Presidentfal cann the most popular of the candidates, ei’,fl,l‘hfllw the contng man on the Repub- #uch an ovent, Mr. Bayard, perhaps, Istoo muicts of & partisan to bo asuccessiul lead: snde .uel that floating vote fin E. 8mith represents tho Second Geors ** My personnl preference I8 lgation “of Mr. Tllden, and I belleve s ulso ns ubinimous for the renomi- for - haton us it was fn supporting the ticket in M the po Shose v‘l‘l W of My tate, [ this very tico dermnay hall v, dons by rengwly i, it scems to me, eouhlican party 4ol no s here, ind] Seuce 1o 11, o0 the fore, Van 1 M, nyf &um Bancy Lifnl lh‘u) g, wirh Publicans subject, ekt ta b renominat tiron, i ufé'fi“ o wit Sertalutfey Uet can e eutrial and, 1 know tho generally expressed sentlment uple of Ucorein fa for Mr. Thuruis, ety pauws ot the financlal {saues accord with , Welr ideas of the money question, In that re- pect portiaps Mr., Thurman has the ndvantats e r. T§acn, though the resumption of spe- i T"mm. HEOMA to have Jevelet « Biecoming cumpalgns, Gor, that {ssue Colquitt, of my in-conversation with him oi subject, hie enys that o sense of jus- tly thut the Democraey of the country feate their action In 1870, wnd this can 5 the ticket next yeur, y Will ha the nominee of for the Presidency.” t-Alexander 11, Stephens,of thoe Eighith Dis- (coryzly, expreason himsell as_ follows: hm‘“ 1o oplnfon o express on tho subject, 1 1 b the Democratic” nomle fur Presldont, ot the Itis onoof the un- futnire, und no enslsfactory hp- Ined by any sensiblo man i rof- Ldo ot know whoiher Mr. Tli- flmuldln'ruuumhmw:}u have ! 1wl ust nan, euy I cd, 1 was opposed to him and am more opposed ta his renomina- an L was to bis tivst nomination,” - KENTUCKY. John vy, Caldwoll, Third District, says: oblulon s that Mr, ‘Tllden hus come out of ier fnye: nm‘lnl:un lits. Bel iyt Tyal anapg | Hkely 1y , und huve no.opinfon do not think he v stigatlon witiout cyen a smell of- |y Vo Yo ik Tilden would | ""',","""i“ While” Kentichy oy will end that party, Yes, I think woul i, AL W he found by 1830 thut The ‘only man likely iin fs Bayurd, Hendrieks und Thur- hoth strougg fu_Kentucky, but us we are bursue the old plan of pusting u bard- emocrut onu soft-monvy platform, [ Choteo fes between Tilden, und Buy- Tilden decideqly (n the lead, Wiily I tlink, nominate Grang.” Tho Re- a ’i J. Proctor Kiott, of thu Fourth Distrlet, Dem ad thy i bag e () dlenn . pOs oatiaty e, et o lean 3 But uothin i ol tan, Feal choleg of By candidat ;fhmmnn m.’?u‘fi "."J) It Alr, 3 iky T Jave no str. he conteat will be West,~Hayard represonthug the East onan the,” West,—anll Kentucky, I o Will ba solid “for Thurman, hml;nknm not o vato Gro, bury i liko b yard would doa, ‘e separate politiegl 1 thiok :huvl!uuublh-nm%' Turuer, Ningh District, soya there {s tion mnoui his constl lden wers the candidute wrmcd no oplolon on th sublect of thy it b‘tmlu Nowinutlun, He thinks Gen. Mr m‘:\ Il.ununlh:uu nominee, Urany ?[ the Seventh Ken- ie fight will bo by rd In Kentueky, 7Til- th or syipathysn_the ctwesn the Fust “The Green- urty in ill nomi- tuents to re- 15,000 or 2 ’l‘llm entucky da Tom dlendricks. He versanally; but we tunk Mr. ko Lhe best run as u candl- '?L only & leau ma- recuback fasue las TAE CHICAGO TRIDUNE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 réht welzht In the polities of my diatrict, but It would not divert vates from the Democratic candidate lor.Prosident, — Gon. (Trant would ho the wenkest man for the Itepublicans in Ken- lt::;(!hbulllm.ntrnngou onu in the nation at LOUISIANA, Mr. Randall L, Gilisan, the well-known Rep- Teacutative of the First Louisiana District. thought the time for Presdentinl nominntions too fur oft to speak of with any degree of posi- tiveness, 1 dou't think Tilden,” ho sald, s the first ehofee of our people at present, what- -ever ke may be In the futuee, Bayard fs, 1 think, the efiolee of Loufslnnn if%ve jro cost of the jonntains: and, i we go weat, Thurmay, or dustice ¥ield of the Supreme Court, would be uuuml( acceptable, 111 aay this: that our 1supvort noybody Who can be clect- Mr, B, Juhn_Llis, Second District, which 1s within_the City of New Orleans, when axked about Tildon salit: 1 am opposed to him, and Ldon't believe our State cun be fnduced to sup- port him. ~ Certainly not for the nomination, and 4t 48 not certaln that L wonld as the sumi- n We want a tan who will take the 'roal deney when he I elected to 1t. 'Thero are plen- ty of good aul brave men i the Demovratie party who will be entirely acceptable to us, but Thiden would not be,” Mr, Joseph 13, Blam, Fourth District, was osked by the Herald ruporter it Tilden would be the chofee of his sectton for the Presldency, 1o replled very emphatleat), Nover, uuless thera shull be n very zreal clange fu v couutry, Thut 18 nll { have to sav, Our peoplo do not wantany more of Tilden, O, fufl. they will glndly support efther of the other genilemen who have -been mentioned.” ¢ Wouldu't they support Tilden If nowmtnutedi” ** I suppose they would.” - - Mr. John I Yous, of the Fiftih Loutstann District, says thut Hendricks fs nila personal chioice, uud 18 {he best man that can be vut fors ward,” Had he been nominated lust tine alf would have been rlghted und a Demoeratle President would now be m_the White House, Tllden prior to the recent developments iy { Filectoral frauds stood n good chanee for tenom- Inatlon, There is an effort to put bim forward, butif ho fs nominated he will not pet the inata hin uutil- the electlon brinery 18 eatisfne tordly lifted from hin, Thurman "4 the most available nan, Gean, Hancuck {s o great fuvorite with the South, ntd hins many warm supporters there, owlier Lo his patrlotie course in Lonlsinng, The Republican nomination les between Saere- tary Sherman and Grant. The. former has strong Influences behind bim, such as s brother, the General, wnd Vresident ITayes, which would make him n powerful rival to Grants s v . MARYLAND. Mr. D. M. [Tenry, of the First Maryland Dis- trict, says: * ** [ think I can sately any that the Marylnud sentiment is anti-Tilden for the 1580 namination. Our folks liky backbone, und they do not think he has much of {t on his pereon, As hetween hlm and vther candidates T'do not proleas to know much, With a strone Repubilet an canuidate, such s Grant, Maryland might, and_possihly would, prove a close _Etate, it I realiy iave_my doubta whether Tilden carey it, Bavard could, in iy opinio doubtedly; so conld Thurman or Hendricka,” Ex-Gov. 8wapn, Fourth Distriet, talked with- out the least reseryeon the Presidentiul outlook: for 1880, “*1 thiuk," suld he, that Tilden s out of the queetion, not because'l have not the highest rezard for his choracter and uprightuess, but solely on the ground thut he has niot the physieal vitality required to properly adminlster the office, 'That was the view entertalned by he Inte Mr; Ktre when Tiden was first men- tloned, und 1 heartlly coneur in i now, as [ did then. Marylund certainly is not In favor of hiy renominution. Mr. Bayard 1s o most estimallo ceutleman, but we must take into cousldera- tion the State-bocking o man har, The wreat States of New York and Pennsylvania cun al- most command the eltuation. ‘There will be Dayard's wenlknesa, 1 fear, -'T suppose Tilden vould earry Marylud, but it whl not do to be too positive.s Admitting that the Republicans nominate Grant, which I take now to be shmost 8 cortuinty, we might have truuble in ourgtute. Many Democrats, 1 koow, feel just us do: thut they could not_vote for Mr. Tilden hecause he lacks vitality, Coming home after such a forelzn ovation Grant will enter thy arena with great eclat, und the Democracy will have to se- Tect thelr candidate with great care i0 thoy ex- peet to win, Of course it Is too carly yet to |, Inake any predictions, but I hove aut trust that we shall not be driven to accept Tilden, tor the sentiment neainst him is strong all over the South and West.” E A . _MISSISSITrT. Mr. Van IT, Manning, Sccond District! apcaka very positivoly. e says:. “We (1he Denio- crats) can’t afford to nominato® Mr. Tllden, 1le 18 Agulnst us on the money question, und that's onough. We must take o Western man. Whot Well, our people regard Thurman os the best mau for President, Then we could go East for a candidate for Vice-President, untd tha best thing wu coulil do would be to take 8, 8, Cox. He con commund as many votes in New York us anybody, and in 1y opinfon {s much stronger theéro than Tilden, *Cox would get for us a por- tion of the 1,800,000 natfonal votes. Tilden rulngd us before, not .Jp the campnien, hut In the conelusion 8f It, und oty peopie would not willingly take him' again, Yes, there. Ia some Qreendack organization in Mfssissippl, but it will notBurt the Dnmunrnuf." a Mr. Hermundo de Soto Money, of the Third Missfssippi District, thiuks that Tilden and Ien- dricks were defrauded out of the election, nivd that If the snme tieket Is-renominated if will be triwinphaotly eleeted and lostalled, *‘The Dem- otrats,'! ho says, “*haye the States sold by the Toturnng Boards; they have“both Ilouses of Congress; und they will have the ‘m\vnr, as they have the inclination, to enforee the decree of the people. 1 huve no personal preditectiun for the old ticket, although 1 wus theonly Southern membaor of thie House {n the Forty-fourth Con- gresa that 1 ever kuew of who favored the nom- inatlon of Mr, Tliden in 1876, 1did favor him upan the pround of avallability, The sawe rea- son i3 as good and strong far his renomination in 1850, 1 bellevo any Democratie nomination wlll carry the Southern States.” MMy, Jumes R. Chalmers, Sixth District, com- monly known s the “Shoeatring®™ District, be- cause it extends ulong tht river for the cutire length of the 8tate, expressed biwmself ns fol- Jows: *“Inmy judzment Tilden {8 not the man for us. A greal many men in my districs will yote for tirnat before they will for Tilden, Yons 1 mean they will vate for Grant, who Is sure_to be, the Republican nominee, ruther than for Til- ¢k a8 the Democratie candidate, O {”' there are many peoplo whotn our peaple will support heartily, . In fact, any of the names mentioned for the Presidency rather than dilden.” RULELTITEN Mr, Charles JI, Morgan, representing the 8ixth District of Missourt, suys: *The peapleof my district nre not in favor of the renoinination of ‘Tilden, though they readlly gdust that by was wronged at the jost clectfon, aud that nfl‘ has cleared hlmself of ullsusplelon of conucetion with thu cipher dispatehes. “fhey do not belleve o I3 the strougest maun, ‘There are several others awong the leaders of the party whu arg stronger, yeb Missouri -will suoport Thlden i nominuted, or snybody " Mr, J. 13, Clarky Jr., Eloventh Missourl Dis- trict, snys: * Thuviman is the' strongest man for thé Desocrats, Tilden lias no sticngth in the West nnd South, Grane will bo the Republiean nomluce.” Ar. A, 1L Buckuer, of the Thirtcenth District; amd Chiairman ot the House Commltteo on Banklug ul Currency, f8 not un advocate of ‘Cilden, amd says the prople of hils district aro not enthusiastic for him, **They have no par- tlentar objectiun to Pllden,” said Mr. Buckner, “hut they don't think his health is suflicient to serve through another canvass nud«10 porform the dutfes ot President. ‘Tllden’s renomina- tion," ndded Mr. Buckner, * would Mivide the Demiocrocy of the West (nevliably, 1l weare to have an. Eastern man next time, our people would prefer Potter o Hewltt, of New York, I think; but a Western man witl ho much moro sutisfuctory, Yer, the (ircoubuckers Keep uu au organtzution fn- Missourl, but it dupends upon the future of the gountry to say whother the will ever have any strength o iot. Prosperit bo an unfortunate nomlnation,” NORTIE CAMOLINA. Mr, Jesse Y. Yoates, of the First District of North Carolina, sald that Thurman is a wise, vood, houest, and faithful patriot, nud a suita- Dbls man to by the standard-bearer of the Demoe- ruty, Mr. Yvatea,thinks he will recelve the Democrutic nomiuation {n 1830, Tildun wus vlectod President, und sbould have sceured the altice, ‘Thu Bouth was solld for him, and veady 0 stand with the North on any proposition to give Mr. Clllden his rights, Ho (Mr Yeates) yoted for the Electornl Commisston as the only way to settle the diapute, My, ‘Lilden failed to push his clalmn os lie should have done, The Lluunn'ru people wanted him ns Frosident, but they dit not desire to go o war, 88 they have hed enough. ‘They oppose war now, ‘Tilden was hadly treated Dy somo of his triends i New ork, Mr, Yeates thought Grunt would be the Republlcan nowince, ) Br. Walter L, Steclo, 8ixth Diatrict, says Til- den hing nu chance, "Pliere is a feellng of Lostil- ity toward him, - ‘Uho Demovrats huye been par- ticutarly fund of New York for the past ten yvars, und a change 1s ncccunryl.‘ * He, persons ally, docs not want Tilden, Thurmean iy, his oroference. Unider ‘Thurman, he thinks, the Hberty of citizens and proper rights of the peo- plo will be fully protected. Urnnt, hie says, ia , thu w.lnuln,; horse for the Republican nominas tion. . . 5 SOUTIL OAROLINA Mr, D, Wyatt Atken, of the Third Districs of Bouth Carolina, expresses his preferenco for Mr. ‘Thurman, nud does not think Mr. Tliden conld geLa Democratie vote, as he did not fight for his rleht to the Preidentinl ehair, Je dues not le- Heve e Reputlicans will nominate Grant, as the 1nnasen do not want bim, Mr, Alken prefers My, Thurnian to Mr, Bayard on financial ques. flum.‘v!uu!,nmrnu\-er, hic fias moro Lackbone than ayard. ; F Mr. dohn 11, Evins, Fourth District, says Mr, ‘Fhuraman has Ul t chaneo, heeatsa in 18 more neceptable to the Democrats of the Sonth owing to the position he has taken on the tinnneinl vlucslluu. ‘The Demneratle nominee will o douht e npposed by Grant. Tn thatevent Han- eouck will bo o oo enndidato to oppos UGrant, and 10 doubt Haneock would aceept. He woulld bo satisfactory to the South, ‘Tilden has not a ghost of n chance for the nomination, TENNESIER, Mr, 7M. Bright, of the Fifth District, sovs: YL wo (the Demneracy) nominate Tilden, we will be beaten, asd L am not for lilm. The peo- plg of my accifon prefer u Wenatern man,” Mr, John T, House, of the Sixth District saya: “Tilden's nomination Is altogether im- practieable; thern are n good many Weatern aml Bouthern States we could not carey for him. Our people prefer n Western man, As to the Greenback movement In ‘Tennessee, ft de- vends n piuml deal on the nomination we make In }rfiu whether §t whi hurt the Democrats or noty . Mr. W, C. Whittharne, Beventh Tenuessce District, says: #7The Democraey of my distrlct favor the hominatlon of any Weatern wan {n accord with the Greenback platform af- the Bouthern Demacracy, Peraonaliv I bave ot all times preferred u “Western man_beenuee he would represent the Intereats of the uruducer a8 against the middleman and consumer, § think, bowever, thtre is o wrowhie sentiment umoae the masses i favor of the renomination of Mr Tilden. Gen, Grant would, fu my opln- fon, at one und the same thne be the stronzest il wenkest eandilate the Republicans coutd nosniuate, uid this is also true ot Mr, Tikien.” Mr. Casey Young, Tenth District: “1 do not know inuch shont “the sentiment of people at home, Unlos there has been o recent ehange there are very few for Tllden, The South wiil. however, vote for anybody the Demoeratic party nonfiuntes, 16 1 had” the nomination of the tieket, 1 would place eliher Thurmun or Bayard at (he head of it, and give Bill Homan, of Indltna, second place. I conslder Judie' Hplmun the Jeading statesmon of the dav, and would propese him for the head of the tickety but there is 1o possibiiity of this nomination.” TEXAR. : Mr. J. 11, Reagzan, of the First District of Texas, says: *Our peoplo do not want Mr, ‘Filden again, They belleve e belongs to the money-howery and bave no nith fn him. The Greenback purty stiil keeps up its organization xag, nil last year, alter a virorous ean- 1 our part, they reduced oue mnjurity over 2,000, Mr. D, B, Culberson, Sccond Texas District, " favors Mr, Thurman'a nomination, He thinks he Obio Senator wonld make o ood run in ‘exas on account of his money record. Den Butler hns a better show {n Texin than Tliden, in consequdnee of Butler's position on the finanelnl question, - ¢ M Q. Mllls, of the Fourth Texas Distriet, says: ‘' 1f Tilden is nomiuated, it witl bo disns- trous; the purts will not unite on him. The Republicans are trying to force him on us be- cause they know bis nomination will split our urty to pieces, Our peoplo-have no confidence ru hiin, und they bellevo that, If elected again, lio wonlst nllow the pame old crowd to senre him from taking bisseat. I wenomlinate Thurman, wa can elect bim, e is our cholce, and he can- not be beaten,*? Mr. D, C, Giddings, FIfth Texas District, strongly advoeates the nomination of Mr, Hen- dricks, ~ He daes not belieys Mr. Tlden coulid carry Texus, a8 there is a feeling fo that State that Tilden belongs to the mouey-ring, and 15 onposed to the best Interests of the South and West. Mr. Giddings s sungulne . thut Grant wilt be the choleo of the Republicans, TIRQINIA, Mr. Jobn Goode, Second District? ¢ yir, Th- den lins no chance whatever for the nomination. 1lo had his opportunity and let it slip, und,the South can't forget this fact, It on Nov. he had fssued a proclaimation, stating that he nad been elected nud meant Lo o fnto the office, ho wotld have found the couutry und the Democ- racy ag his baele, Hendrleks, Thurman, Bayard, nnd Hancock all have strcnI;;m in Virginka,” We shull have Urant to fignt, I belleve, from pres- ent indications, but we can beat him with any ygond man.” Mr. George C, Cabell, of the Fifth Distrlet, snva: 1 lave no hesitaney in saving thut my Btute fa antl-Tilden by a large majori 1 don't know or_care anytbing about the Republican nominee,” Mr. Rundolph Tucker, of the Sixth Districtz 41 would rather uot say mni'lhln,'.’ Dow, 08 nly oplnious nizht change. But 1 om willing tosay that I don't think Mr, Tilden will b the candl- date fn 1850." ¥ Mr, Ippa Iunton, Eighth District: * 8o far as my State I8 concerned, the feeling 1s_over- whelinhig ngalnst the renamination of Tilden on grounds of poley, Tl has bad his day." WEST VINOINLA. Mr. Benjarmu Wilson, Representative of the First Distrlct of West Virginia, sufa: “The West nnd South mantfestly refer the nomina- tion of some man from the West. My upinion is, thut Thurmun fs the most available candidate the Democratie party can nominate, nud he is the chioles of our people. In my State the Demacratic nud Greenbnek parties will afilliate in the next Presldential clection,” ‘o total number of Congressmen Interviewed wag 127, of whom only 13 wero for Tllden a8 first cholee, 50 were for Thurmun, 12 for, Hen- dricks, 10 for Bayard, nnd 42 had no tirst choice, Eaczd 2 THE SUEZ CANAL. Dotatls Turulshed ly Consul-General Far- nnn=The Cost nifd Esponses of Operut- tng, s WasimNaran, March 7.—Mr, Farman, Unfted Btates Consul-General at Calro, Egypt, furnishes the Departient of State with an Interesthne ar- ticleon the Sucz Canal. s facts are derived from authentle sourees. Ilo saya theentire cost of the canal wos 472,020,7001, or §42,273,007, The stock of the Company consists of 400,000 shares at BU0F. euch, ‘Ihese shires Nave sold as low ns 1001, ench, At the opening of the canal they had advaneed to onty 3001, ‘They are now uoted ut T170., nud are probably worth mure. q‘lxc British Government paid sboat 6637, The uumber of sharea hought i 1875 by Lord Heaconstield at this prico was. 170,002, This great purchase, aside from its politicul and com- morcial ndvantages, thus ylelds a clear profis of 495,000,000f, at present prices, 'The balance of the stock ts held by n large number of persons nostly in France, “Yhe revenucs of the canal Tinve fuereased . from 5,000,001 in 1870 to oyer 80,000,000 In 1877, The expenses, including intcreat, ulnw- fund, nuct lund, hive been @ littlo over 17,000,- 0001, pey year, While the rovenuos steadily fn- crease, the expenses ara decreastng or atatlon- ary, Dedgeting the amount poid for interest and the slnling-fund, the uctuul expenges uro about 5,000,0600f, snountly. The vost of cleun- tgs the canal und ks accessories s ouly about 3,000,000f, pey snnunw ‘The small comparative cust Of malntaining the caual urlses from the fuet that thers are no locks or lateral embank- ments to he hroken, Exeept the ordinury clean- Ingg, there t8 Mtle to bo done, Vessels drawinz twonty-flvo feet of waler or less pass through the canal, The saving of distancy to the Brittsh ships zolug to Indiu s nearly 5,000 miles, Twi thirds of ull tho vessels passlugs throuch the e ual carry the Enwllsh fiag. - M. Ferdinand Lesseps, who hae been at the Bbead of the enterpriss alnce- its beginuing n 1851, expresaca l‘)u opiufon that the Panumn Cuuab wust by constructed without locks to be successlul or remunerative, **° - e ———— v % * How Lincoln Relloveil Kosccrans, Tolsdn (0.) Jowrnal, Qen, Jaines B, Stecdman, famillarly known s “Oid Chickamnugn,” was never in happler frame than ut the Ford Pust yennlon the other eveniug, when, with otlier voluable anccdotes und incldenta of ‘the War, ho related the follow- fmyrs Bome weoks aftex the disastrous battls of Chickamauga, while yot Chattanooga was it a stato of slewe, Gen, Bteedman wus surpriscd ono duy to recolvo u telegram from Abruham Lin- coln to come to Washington, Beeking out ‘Thomus, he lald the telegran befors him, aml was fustructed to sct out at ouce. lwnnlrln‘;i to the White-louse, ho way wanuly recelved by Mr, Liscoln, My, Lincoln's fiyst question wis abrupt und to the poluty *Uen, Breedinan what I8 your opiolon of Gogs Hosceruust steedman, hesituting . moment, said; P'resident, } would ruther not expross mly opin- iun of my superior ofticer,” Mr, Iiincoln sald: *41t |8 thie mon who dous not want to oxpress an opiniou whose opinton’l waut. I am besleged oirall sides with adsice. "Every day 1 get let- ters from army oflcers asking me to allow themn to come’ to Washi 1 to fuipart some valusble kuowledze. fu thelr nosscssion' sWeall, Mr. Presidout,”. sala Gon. Steedmay, # yau aro the Communder-in-Chlef of the Ariny, and if you order mo ta speak L'will do so.” My, Lineols salid: * Then I will order un opinlon,’ Gen, Bteedman then amswered: “ 8lugo you command . me, Mr. President, I will gay Gen, Koseerans fa a splendid man Lo commalid a vie- torjous army," ' But what kind ot o mun is e to command o defeatod srmvi” sajd col, Gen. Steedmaon In rop): ““Ithink there are two or turee tnou {n that army that would be better,’” ‘Lliens with bis 1 quaint humor, Mr, Lineoth pronounded this qreation: ' Who, beside” yourself, Gen, Bteed- mnn, is there In that army who would wmake n better commuuder)” en. Stecdman eald promptly: * Gen, Gicorge . Thomas,? 4 1 am glad fo “hear you say so," sald Mr. Lincoln, ‘that {s my “own opinfon exactly, But Mr Btanton 18 agalnet Nitm, atd iU wan only yester- dav that a powerful New York delegatfon was here to protest agoinst his anpointinent beeause ¢ in from n [tehel Htate nnd cannot he trusted.” nfd Steedman: ** A nun who will leave lisown Btate (Tnomos was o Virgioian), lis fricuds, all bis arsocintions, to follow the flag of hi antry, can bo truplm‘ I uny pasition to which he may be ealled.” — That night the order went forth from Washinuton relfevine G Ttosecrans of the commund of the Army of th Cfnnber)um] and appointing Thomuas ™ in his place. THE CAPE DISASTER. Dotnlls of the Massacre of British Troops by Zulua at Taundulu, Currespondance London Neics, TimTERasnTzvn0, Feby 3 (via Manzma)— 1 schd you the followipg detatted account of the terrihile aisaster at Jsandulu: ‘The day before the actlon took place Col. Glyn, In'conumend of the thind column, acting under the dircet orders of Lord Chelmeford, sent away this advanee muard nder command of Maj, Dartual), This advance guard sent to gay It was engaged with the Zulus, Lord Chelinsford himself and Col. Gisn pushed for- wird the main force, consisting: of seven com- panies of the 2-24th, under Lieut.-Col, Degacher, Lonsdale's Nattve Contingent, under Maj, Block, 2-21th, and other troops, leaving behind us us rear guard, five compauied of the 1-25th, under Licut.-Col, Pulleine, one company of the 224th, under Licut. Pobe, and o portlon of the Firat Reziment of the Natal Nutive Continzent, under Licut.-Col. Durnford, with the following cavalry: About thirty Nayul *Carbincers, the Lufalo Border Giuard, and about twenty-five Newcagtle Mount- ed Rifiemen, In addition, Col. Difrnford had Blkalt's Horse and two gune, under Capt. Rus- sell, Re A, There were a fow artillerynen. The Avmy Hospital Corps, the Commlssarint, with a column of Lord Chelmstord's, moved forward wid tle maln body either on the even- Ings of the: 21at or the morning of thie 22d. "The rear guard had finlshed {13 usual morning march nnd outspauned when Zulu skinnlshers were observed surrounding the hills, These skirmishiers ndvenced towards the camp, keep- iniz up n desultory fire, 'l'hé eninp was ditched in a broken country in a sort of valley, with distant surrounding hilils. Cal, Pulleine sent skirmishers, who reaponded to the fire of the Zulus, It scems that th ber of Zulus was not estimated. it belowe sldered a slight demonsteation of o few me AR the enemy's econts were soon Jolned hy hodles of considerablo strength, Col. Pulleine’s sklrmlshers were reealled aud the camp bastily put upon the defensive. » “I'he Zulu nrmy then came on 1apidly in reeu- Inr bottallons, elght deep, keephue un a heavy, steady fire, until within ascezal distance, They then censed thelr fire and hucled asseeals. Our men kept Yip n very steady, telllng fire, and great numbers of them dropoed, but without chieekng thelr progress. The places of the men who fell were constantly filled by comrade While this attuck was golug on in the rear o donble flaul movement was executed, by which the horns of 2he Zulu army surrounded the camp, ‘The disndvantage of the wozens not belwgr packed in Laager was now evident, and It led o the disaster. . Our men had omptled *their pouches, and found it impossible to replenish them. as the Zulus hod obtained possesalan of the sunnuni- tion wagonse ‘I'he aflalr then beeaine one of ab- solitte bucchery. Our officers und men were nssewaled as they stood, Tliev me ‘The Zuin host came down w its battalions, und lifgrally crushe: lody, which could only defend 1 bayonet, aud very soon it hed not use that, of thelr comrades and hurled them on o bayonet points of our soll thus stmply beating down all defense. Thiework of destrues tion was complete. Within two Lours from the thne the Zulu skirmishers were scen there wad not a living white man fn the eamp. ‘The ammunition, the funs, the conunissatiat supplies, the wagons the Ozen, all the matorlal.of the’ coluum, fell futo the hands of the coemg, Fortunately two cannon were spilied by Capt. Smith, R. A., who wns nssegaied whilst in the act of Bolking, As far us could be nseertuined the Zulus carrled away all the nmmuolition aud soma waizons, und destroyed whutever wos Jeft bebind, Young, an oflicer belonging to Lonsdule’s con- tingent, who had been wounded {n the skirmish with Sirayo’s men some davs previously, hap- ened 1o be at the camp of Isandula, wiere his hrother .was supcrintending the return of the Twenty-third {o Pletermurtzbur, Belug in- vatided, aud not belg conneeted “with any. wment, he tired o rifle from the coraer of a w: until he hd exbisusted nis mmmunition. Heing unable to obtain a further eupply, and haviog no weapon whatever, he saw It wus useless for Iim to remain any longer. Hapnily for hini he had got a good horse, and udesperate dash carrled him through a weak pofnt in the ¢nemy’s cordon just in thme. Ile wus chased oy the Zulus, who were switt run- ners, but could not get up with lim, Looking Lack, he saw our men, cpmpletely surrounded, flvm ns o rock, falling rupidly, but flghting to the st Theloud yells of the Zulus tiled the nir. There was no other notso exeept thelr demontae shrfeks, a3 the nwful worke was done with the short stabbing assegul. . Ho saw Licut. Cozhill trying to fight his way through, as slso Adjutant Melville, who had seized the colors and was valnly irying to carey them through, 1t s probable that Lieut, Couhiil wus disputched for assistance, a8 he was acting alint day s stafl ofticer to Col, Pullelue. Bath Cozhill and Melvitle wero splendia horsemen, and were well inounted. “They were not, how- ever, so fortunate us Younr. “The place ho es- capeil through wus, o mfuute after he passed it, completety blocked. y % e snw fv was inpossible to plerce the dense masses of Zulus between him nod the Drift, so he made for a polnt on the river lower down, where hu found vo Zulus, e had, however, to fumu the cliily happlly only ten feet high, 1fit had been a hundred be must hove jumgped b, as his pursuers were not far beblnd, 138 lorse, having svam o few yards, was able to ford the rest of the river, ITo then rode to Melpmaknar, A few of the Natal native contingent aud otliers wero drowned in nttempting to switn, bun samo wero saved. Y - It may be seen frown this short narrative that the Zuhin ariy was completely organtzed, It advanced, first throwlng out skirmishers; then, 08 the battalions catme down In mnss, used thelr rifleg whitst at long range with considerable of- feet,, When near cnouch to uso thelr own mory fmniliar weéapon, theassegal, they threw intwoor three showers, ALl this tima they were ndvane- Ing steadily wod rapfdly, nud the stabblng asse- waf was foun at work, Tho impression 1w Nata) {s that this ongage- ment on the purt of the Zulus s not attnbut- able to generalship, but thut the army of juva- sfon was making for Nuotal, and aceldentally cutne across the rear-guord of Col, Glyn's col- umn, OQurtroops were allowed to cross the river at varlous polnts, Col. Glyn's main body was enticed by nfeint advance away from ite materlal, ‘Chien the wain body of the enemy, supposed to bo under Sirnyo, the favorite Ii- uunndu! Celywayo, swept down on the bageage guard, - 3 Young and another who wera saved speal the highest terms of the way fu which the laut force sustained the asssult of the over- whelming hordes of the enemy. Our natlve alites fought bravely, too, und it the camp had neen formed {n Langer, snd our men could haye been furnlshed with the amuanitfon with which the canip was ao generously suPpncd, it would have given n differcnt account of the enemy. Younz saw nothing of barbatitics, ‘The way in which the men were surroundoed and erushed down by welght of numbers proves that utter anuibliution took plaee, but it 18 hoped that the horrible storles In clrculution have no founda- tion in fact. All that aro left of the Twenty-fourth Regle ment aro Capt, flarrison's mm\muy, atatiuned at St John's Rivers Copt. Upchers and Capt, Raiuforth, who were at that thue on their marely to joiu thelr battuliont Msj. Much and Dr. HNurtloy, who were invalided u short time be. fore; und Licut. Morehead, who was dolog statf duty nt Pletermaritzburis, ‘Lhe great wonder was that so fow men—for thera wero only about 600 men In the camp, ox- cluding the natlves who ran, and pot* including Col. Durnford's mounted men, uuder Caot, Burton, who did fight well—were ablo in the open, and with no Yrutccllou or cover, 1o keop off fur four or five hours the large nuinbers of Kafllrs thut must have attacked them, The llne of Zulus which camie down the hilla to the loft was nearly threw mlles longr, aud must have con- sisted of over 15,000 mou, whilo u body of 5,000 remained on the top s & reserve, and_took no part §a the action, but simply drove off the cap- tured cattle, waguns, nnd plinder, When these uien moved they took most of thiefr dead bodles with them fu, our wajous, mixed with the debrly of our commissariat wagons, the contents of which—flour, sugur, tea, biscuity, mealies, oats, ote—were scattered nbout utul wasted fu pure wantonness, On tho grouud there were ulso dead Loraes shot in i The-Zulus plcked up the dead bodics, every hositlon, oxen mutilated, mules stabhed, while Iying thick upon the geound in clumps were the hodies of the white men, with onfy thetr boots and rhirts on, or perhaps an ol }mfr of trongers or part of thele coats, with just onough showing to fndicate to which Drancn thev belonzed, -In muuy cases thoy lny with aizty to scventy rounda of cmpty carfrfdues alongaide of then, Aoy died alter dolng thelr duty, g thut they had only e ENGLAND’S RUSSIAN ENYOY. Kord Daltern's Speceh at the Reform-Cinh Nanquet In London—1fe Looks Iack ugon 1a with Alection aund Forward to A Withont Alarm. ‘I'ie Eneltsh malls bring us full reports of the banquet offered to Lord Dullerfy by the En- glish Liberals shortly nfter bis return from Can- nda. The banquet was given on the 22d of February, bl theeve of ls departure for Rusaln an the Dritlsh Amnbassador to that Em- plre, Earl Granvillo presided, and was sup- ported on the right by the guest of the evening nnd on the left by the Marquis ot Hartington. The company, numberlng in all about 160, com- prised many distinguished members of both Housges of Larllament and other geotlemen. Speeches having been made by Mr. Forster, the Marquls of Nipon, und other Icading Lib- crals, Lord Granville proposed the' health of the guest of the cvening (n o brief and felieltous address, ‘The Earl of Dufferin, [n ris- gz to respond, was recelved with Joud and long- continued cheers. Ho sald: 3 My Lonps AND (iEsTrEMaN: I am sure 1t will bo readily understood by every one present. what difflentiy | experjence in finding words to exnress my deep rense of the honor which is he- inzz done e by this noble entertainment, nnd by the gencrous welcomo which has been extended to e by those whom I seearound tue. L am afeaid I must admit that if my adminle- tratlon (n Canada lias been in any degree suc- ceesthl, that resuit Is ta be attributed ns much to my,singular pzood fortunc ns to any other cir- chumstunce thut 1 can mentton, When I grrived in ihe country the great nud difficult ?l sk of canfederation hind been successfully comvleted by my two able predecessors. 1 found the peo- ple fnsyl with pride aml admiration for their new country, snd with loltler aspira- tlons than any in which they had hitherto dared to fndulve as o mere group of discon- colonles. [Ilear, lear.]” It was hoth a unt und on easy task for e to express my mpathy with thuse noble sud patelotic senti- menty, and all the more easy beeause [ at once pervalyed that thele devotion to thelr uewly- created country had only stimulated and en- haneed thely patrlotle loyalty towards Great Titfualy anad thelr pride aml contentment with the political nstitutions under which thev had sa ranldly prospered. The same auspiclous n- fluences “wery acting in an equally powerful manter upon the minda of the Freuch section ol the population, aud mntecjally contributed to my opportunitivs of gaming thefr confidence und esteenn. Natonly su. The recent con- cluslon of the great CIvil War in Ameriea, and, Above nll thinga, as my noble friend has most Justly observed, the attitude of forbearance nud dlignified self-restraiut assumed by Great Britalu In reference to the settlement of the Alabamn Claims, had created such o profound impressiop upon the peonle af the United States, had in- apired so friendly o !culln;f towards Greut Lrits ain fromn one end of the Republic to the other, A0 13 to place the relatlons of the Canadian Uovernment, und of the representative of the Queen personally, upon the most mgreeable foot- fugz with our nefizhbors nerogs the line [cheers], und I wos never perinitted to fnvade thelr bor- der without receivime at the hands of that noble and generous veople the most warked und flat- terlig attention,—the kindest und the most wenerons hospitality, [Cheers] But, gentle- men, notwhthstandhiz what has been sald by our noble LChofran, T am atrald that, beyond the dlscharee of these very congenfal nnd agrecable functions, there are few achieyetnents 1o which 1 can really voint as distiocuishing my admints- tration of Canadfan affalrs, 1f auythinge clse atisfuctory to this country has ouerrred during the course of thut administration, it is to he at~ tributed to the patriotizin, to the clevated splr- ft, und to the loyalty of the Canadian prople theinselves fcheers), and, my Lords and wentle- men, I frecly confess thut I'should not constder it o compliment to the head of auy seif-govern- {nz communlty i ha were credited with he ex- Hlsitlon of nny persounlly-invented pollcy or any Independent Jaltizuive of his own, l[1.!nccr 1 Although it must be udinltted that the fune- tions - of the hesd of o Colonil Excentive do not entirely coluclde swiuh the uttributes of tho Crown fn this conn- tryy—althoneh §t 18 true that it s oceasfon- ally desirable that hie should muke his influsnce feltrumt even comrol the current of events,— liis touch ghould lie go tleht and go finpalpable a8 to cscape general observation and exempt lm from all suspiclon of o desire to meddle or tamper with t rivileges of n self-governing bogy, |Loud cheers.) . Bitt, my Lords and gentlemen, w! g T'may entertain us to the justic provrinteness of this exbibition of yous and fuvor, there §s one respect at all events fn which Lean regard thedemonstration of to-nlzht with unmitigated satisfuction, Making every allowanee for the kindly tecling evineed toward myself, I eannot but feel thut. jts wonld bo the extreme of ezotlem i Isaw fn {6 nothing but & compliment to u mere Individual. No, my TLurds and gentlemens vour prescnce here to- nlizht has a far more pregnant amd Important Fignilieance than tmt, 1t 13 0 prool, and assuch it wili be tuken fn Canada, of the interest, of the affection, of the gpod-will felt by some of the most. distinguished and fufluential publis men in Englund for the future destinies, not only of Canada, but of cvery other coloay of Ureat Britaing and, bound as' I am to the people of Canada by every tlo of gratitude and affec- tion, 1t Is an unspeakable pleasure Lo me tohave peeome in any way the oecasion of this demon- stration fu their hehalf, 1 belleve that 1he colonies have nawhere better fricmls than those whom 1 am now addressing, [Hear, bear.] © Ot course, from the very nntare of their prin- clutes, it follows that the ploneers of Lileral opiton must inaulge more unrestrainediy than those who belong to an opposite sehool of poll- ties in speculative disquisitions as to the future, < there aro many publicists among us who have undertaken (o foracast the eventual out- como of the colonfal syrtem, nud In doing so they bave undoubtedly engazed in a very useful and honorable task. ” It s only by examining every posslble contingeney 1hat we are Jikely to dlseover the tene Hue along which wo ought to proceed. Bat Ium quite certaln that it s no part of the Liberal polley to throw cold water npon those alfectlonnte exhibitions of loyalty which are #o rife thrauzhout our colonfal empire n overy colony [cheers], nnd there are no per- sans 10" this country who huye n greater right to take u pride {n the present nositton of our colo- nies than the Laberal party [eheers], inasimuch ns among thelemany creditable antecedents there {8 nony upon which they havo u better right to con. gratulate themselves than the policy which they orlginally suzested und subsequently earrled out in regard Lo our several colonfes, (Tear,) Ably and enceessfully ns Cavada hiny beon adminktered undor the nusolees of succéssive Socretarivs of State, it must be universally nd- mitted that she was originally started upon her career of sell-government und fodependenco at the nstigation of u Liberal Administiation and under the nuspicesof o Liberag cimfssary. [ear, hear,] But not ouly 8o, my Lords and gentle- men; those somewhat variegated phases of volitival conviction which so bupplly co-exist withi our midst—[a Jaueh)—will find fu the politicaly fn the cconomical, und In the soclety potlty ol Cunpda their several aspirations most completely reallzed, Established and non-vs- wblished "Churches of uvery sort ol des tion gbound in Canadn. fLuuehter] Every province aftords of different specimen of law anit of pepular franchise, ‘Thosu who nre dls. pused lumn o doubt upon the peronnfal wis- dom of the louseof Lords will find n muy a Canadinn pro o the nnnlogue of that slimply represented by w vacuuin—[laughter]—und o ycownn, (£ not u present proprictury, can he bointed to with sntisfaction by ali tho ‘enthusl- ustle tenant-rigters, Even our lrish com- atriots will buuble to dlszern from the Mong gm‘cr. tu which 1 underatand they have retired, the euviable fnsignls of Home Rule in every provincinl capital of the Dominlon. |Laugh- ter,) DBut lest the enumeration of these con- sutnmated fdeals should temwt: the entiro Club to cast the dust of 'atl Mall from off thelr feut, ond migrato in a body to the banks of the Otta- wa, 1 think it right o warn them that they will ous criea for thy protection of uative indugtrive —|lnughter]|—that mwany of thosu pative institu- tions to which I have’ referred as constituting the polley of Canada ace very severely eritlelsed, aind thut'sumo af them at least run the rlsk of betug ablishied s and that there seemsto pervade the entire Contluent of Ameriea very grave mls- glvhigs na to the uthlity of universat suffrage. But, my Lords and izentlamen,- it is uot upon thess partial colncidonves of potitical fieas that the tes which bind l?u Domlnion to the mother country really depefid 1t s upon a far firmer and surer basis that such a unfon ts founded, tor 1 bellevo at this moment that there s not a single man or womsn fu this country who will not recognize tho right of those brave wien who go forth to A&n:nd the * luwa, the Hberties, the language of Great Britain o every quarter of thoe globe tq retaty, 8o loug os uu-{‘ may choosy to value and to_claim it, thelr birthright as En- itsh citizens—[cheers]—and as our nable Chal wan has obgerved, 8o lung ue sny eolony choose to recogulzo the supremucy of “the Crown aml Its civil un m(lllnrylrublluullonl ason fntegral portiun of Mbe Ewplre, s long iv sy sufcly have to uccustom theirears to some very strenu- | clalm I rieht to share In the past glory and the future fortunes of (ireat Britaln, icnoun. Al hero 1 should conclude my brief and im- nerfect acknowledzment of the great honor which has been conferreild unon e had not your noblo Chairman been pleased to refer in most kind nnd considerate lanquage o my recent ap- n(ntment as her Mulesty's Ambaseador at 8t, etersturg, It Is needless to arsure you that, although, Itke Hyperfon, *enthroned in the flaming west," have : survived for samn years the ruin which overtook the Saturnfan relgn of Mr. Qladstone, st tumbled all oy fellow-gods fnto {he dark aud shady vale ley o opposition, I sbowld, have heen quite pres pared at the appofuted . thne to havs taken my place nmong those discrowned -but undismayed Titans [chears] whon I nowfind relegated ta Lhis very cheerful amd execellently farnished Turtarus, [Laughter.] Buteirenmstances have decided that I shonld remain for a short tine longer,. not i Olymfius, fndeed, but at all events in the upper alr. Referrlng to thean cir- cumatances fn my claracter of o new-fledzed dlplomatisl, I om instinctively reminded of those principlés which regulate the conduet of that honorable professign, nambly: taciturnity and reserye, [‘La\ls!hlflr.] 1 will, therefore, eimply stato that the offer of the post in guess tlon was niadg to e u the most generous and fandgome mdnner. 16 was not expected, but at the samo time T will admit that It did not sur- Erlgu me. For four or five years § havo cen endeavoring to the beat of my nbititr to carry out the {pstructions "I had been recelving from her Majedte's Gorernment in the dependency oyer which Ihind to preclde, From thae to time 1 had recelved assurances that her Majesty's Governrient had 2pproved of the manner I which & had dlscharged my dutfes, When, therefore, perhaps In recog: tlun of thesc services, I was olered an apiior- tunity of again serving myv counter in a post woleh §s regarded, und, s 1think, ia righey unibeonveniently ) ying outsida the sphere of party p nt home—(cheers]—I Batl no hesitation in a nl.in}; the offer, of the Chajrman to propose i toast., IL{s, Fhe Health of the It form Club, wnd Touly hope that the rejuvenated appearance of ita apartinnnts s a tit sinblem of s expanding strength and of jts biossomin expectations, ‘The noble Lord then resumed his seat amid long-contiaed applause, Mr. Buxter, as the Chafrmon of the Club and a member of forfy-five yeurs' standing, briefly returned thanks, 2 S PICK OUT YOUR PLACES. The Bpoll-Power that Forced an Extra Rese slon. Washington Dost (Dem.). For the first tigie In elghteen years the Sen- ate of the Unlted States [ under controlof a Degnocratle mnjority, und, as a natural result, there will he a chauge: in the cinployes when they mect furextrn eeselon on tlie 18th of the present month, The Senate has evidently al- ways belleved that #the laborer is worthy of his hire," and us a resulf the pay-roll of its em- ployes ngeregates about §20,003 per month, waleh sum hins heen 8o well divided that even 1he minor places are well worth looking after, as from n finanefal pofut the position of mes- senger In the Senate will compare fuvorably with that of Chief Clerk fn mest of the exesn- tive departments. Below ls a nearly complete list of the employes sud their salarics, which Is published in order that asplrants for preference may seleet the pluce and then “gzo for 78 coretnry Chief Clerk . Prineipal Clurl fnute and Journal Lxon, I paon. Enroihing Cle: e F. Daweon. Librurian It, hanklin, elerl y C, Garrison, cl . Presuury, cler) Filz. cer, chounld, Cierk. ides, clerk tcade, clerl .. \. Fitzootrics, clerk, Grifliih, clork..c. 3. Coninions, clerl awelntan L A 111, Sleseenge Joseph Metinkin, Speetai Policemgn. 1,200 Four 1L00rers, ¢achoves 1o soeess BT E. E. ickerdou, sevretary 10 Vice-Presic et . 2102 Tyron Sunderlend, Chuninin o0 T0 8. Cleav crk {0 Cominl proorintons + Begjamin Iuniée, digrk o’ ¢ Finajies., ; E. MeMutirie, Georgo B, Bradetr 4,200 meree... . baes o ceee 2,22 W, A, McKenny, clerk to Committee on Pri- vate Land Cletms..... eadens o 2,220 A it Danlo, clers 1o Committes on Pen- 550 ‘on Coni- telvpranh operaio Serzennit-nt-A erk 1o Commltte: ) tor Toucw, Asstatant Pos hotn, tuil-carrior ith, mall-carrier, . v, lloward, mml-carrier Amzl smith, Superiutendent Ducnment- A, Ausistont " Superintend- - ltoom., i Document Hoom ... Merchant, Suj Irolding Rool ceeans es o asens C. 8, Drapes, Messenger, Acting Assistant TIOOTKCENCF e er ooe Chatles Hrldgeg, Slessenss ant DoOrkeeper . e B, W. Bell, Mossenger, Doorkeope Withon, Merrit, J. D Kenne Joha Laws, Mus Wilham Johnsun enry dohin, M L W, Keouedy, Proston New, eng D, Kimball, Messenser M, J. Burnell, Mensen: Edward Camp, Menscuge H. G, Colemun, Mey Frank G, Marris, W. i, Handy, Tuanc Harbert, My George Collison, J, B, Morman, M J.G, Ratl 3, Wheel homas Yongus, Messen ersies s I, Corrnfzler, Messengor (unholsterer) .. *hristian, Messenger for Commitieo on Aetin Avaint- ActingAnslatant Neusen M E. bty Jutf propriations .. g} W, A1, 1, Spydobin, Messe storeroony, oo Willlam Hll, Tavorer in b wallery . . Kate Dodson, luborer f 720 ydun, . . 2160 i fuiball, Assiatant Engin 1,440 nt Englueer. 1,440 Arslutant Engine + 1,410 ' Awnistant Engineer 0 an . e Mirauahan, Conductor of Klavator, 1,200 Jo V. Duhin, Firewsn, .o 1,005 3. 1, Uutchings, Firemsn... 105 In addition to the above there arv on the rolly ot the Eneineer's_ Department: threo laborers (vach) per nonun $7201 on thy general roll elght akilled Inborers, oho of whom is n_charge of the hurber-shop, {cach), per annuwm, $1,0007 ton Iuborers (each) per unnum, §720; twelve luborers during svasion at the rate of $72U5 uineteen pages ut §2.50 (cach) per diem, two of whom are puld during the eatlre year, wnd the remaloder duriig the sesslan; fode folders at 83 per dicn while employed; twenty-seven clerks of Uom- mittees uppulmml by the Chairmen of the re. spective Commlittees, and puid $6 per diein during the sesslon, There are algo ten ortwelve positiona of what may be called minor imnort- anve, but which some good Democrat §a vroha- Dly witling snd anxious to flll, us sy all utfonl o fair living to the hulder, An ia enid above, pick out your place: e— ‘Tho Eads Jettles. 3 Memplits Avilanche. ‘Phe New Orleaus Zimesof the 4th prints tho followiny, dated * Port Eods, March 3—noon “irhe British steamship Mikado, outwurd hound, is_sgzround in the jetties, above Crinu Istand. 8he lés i the chonnel, und fs workiuge down into shonl water. oller draft {8 31 lnn'tllf {uchos ate und 10 feot 7 fuches forwurd." ‘The -bottow of the S4-foot chaunel for which the Government baos pald Copt, Eads bas a violent, uncontrollable projudice’ sgainst vessels drawe- ng 23 fects v T % e Two Chlldron Sturved.to Doath, A lotter from Samd Hill, Beautort County, 8, C., tells of u shocklug occurrence which' has lately transpired fn that scctfon. On Lhe18th 1y, Amanda Pope und her two littlo cehlidren started from her homo to pay a visit to ner brother, Mr, Frank Wheolpr, five mlies dis- tant. She uttempted to take & by-path through tho woods, and misscd her way. Nothiing was heard of her until the 23d ult,, whon she wad found vearly dead froms exhisustion und weak- ness, und when discovered wus lylng proue upon ber back, with a child, deud froin exposure snd bunser, on each arm. ‘Phele coudition was as- ho passing by that way and heard her groans, ‘I'he dead chifdren wera aged resncctively about 3nod 1 years, The mother will recavers . e ee— LIVE STOCK.. Mr. French Iteports to the Cabinot in Favoe of Prohibiting Importations from Kngland for the T'resent, 7 rat Wasninaron, March 7,~The following report from Mr. French, Assistant Beerctary of tho Treasury, upon fhe subject of therecent Treas- ury ordera prohfbiting the lnuding of eattlo frum England, was rend at the Cabinet Councll to- day, and, upen conslderation of thu facts stated, the Treasury order of Feb, 20, 1879, will remaln In force: i i To the Secretary ¢ - The ouestlon presented:{s, whother the order of this Department of Bob. 26, 1870, probibiting the landing of cattla fin. ported from Great Britain until otherwise ar- dered, ahould he reseinded or modifled. Sald order was fssued upon ioformation ihat the dlscase known as - pleuro-pnewmonia. which in Englond s orten called the cattle-plagne, had appecred in Iull and other parts of Engfund, Hull Is 8 port on the northeasten) coast of E gland, between which aud Nes York a regular e of steamers plics, lnuchlmf at Southampian, where cattle from the Channel lslands are tuken on hoard utnl brought to the United States, The only guestion to ho considered at present ir, whether the Sceretary of tht Trensury or the President. can determing thut the statitto- pro- hibitlng the importation of neat cattie, ote,, can be suspended without danger of the introdues tion of the cattle disease. D By n tetter fram I D, Harrfson, Secretary of the New York Agrleultural Soclety, dnted Feb, 12, 157, addresreg to the Secretary of the Trens- ury, attention was called tothe fact that cattle ol'the Jmcd' Island are at this tyne brought to the United Stotes lrcqucnuf aud®in consfdera~ ble nuinbers by steamers salling from e port of Hull, and at least one shipment was about to arrlve, and the Secretury wus ureed to tako proper precautions azainse the importation of diseased or Infected “cattle, Mr. ilurrison s a worthy repredentative of one of the cldest and most_efllclent agricultural societies Jn this country, aml a roelety especially interested in the {mportation aml improvement of neat catlle, At about the same time stntements had been uvofliclolly made in the pupers und otlierwise, tending to ehow that.pleuro-pnsu- monia had brolen out at various places In Ene gland. Wa had Informatlon, nlso, that the atcamer Lepanta wos abuut to arrive i New York from Enizlund, bringiog a herd of Jersey eattle from Southampton, to be sold at auctlon In New Yors, Intlm meantiing, os will pres- ently be utore fully ghawn, the pleuro-prcumo- nin hind appeared 1 vurious parts of the United Btates, und especially near New York City. Fhie Domiufon of Canada, on Feb. G, 18T, had publiebed Ou Order of Council pm‘mm- ] certalned by two colored men, who hnpfienell to m I the Importation or fntroduction juto the Dominion of cattle trom the United Btwtes for o pe; of threo montha from that date, We bad learned, ulso, thut two herds of cattlc, unc being from the United States and one from Canada, shipped from ‘Portlaud, Me,, on ——, by the - Outario, had beerr found to be diseaswd with pleuso- pueumonin on thelr arrival, and a pact ox all of them condemned to be slauzhtered, No otlier power to deal with the disense exlst~ ing by law, the order of Feb, 26, orohiblting jms portation from England, was fssued. This ord; has eiven the Departinent pdwer to co-operuta with the authorities of the Btate of New York in preventing the salgand dispersion through the countryof the cattle tmported by the steam- ¢r Lepauto, whicli arrived ot New York ubout Mareh 1. ‘The tuporters readily complica with the conditions satlsfactorily to the Collector of Customs at New York, and to the authurities of the State of New York, and the hierd, consisting of about forty animals, 1s now qnu[mlllncu in New York forsixty dnys, \ A letter from Mr, Packard, our Consul nt Tiverpool, to the ilon, F\ W. Seward, Assistant Seeretary of State, duted Feb. 10, 1879, states that the Loudon Times.of Fob. 7 published a ro- portuihut pleuro-pnewmonia had broken out amung the cows of Willlam Robinson, u dofr; man at the North End of Liveroool. (Ipon i quiry of Mr. Robinson, it appears that og Not 47, dan, 8, wud Feb,'d Dy liad sold u cow to & buteher, ond_these thres cows hadatl becn found to be diseased; und that on Feb., 7all of his remalolne vows, six in nwnber, were Slaugh-. tered by order of the Lrlvy Council. He says all the anfnals were Lnclish, und that he never bought an American - cow or'suw one uilered for sale. Upon tnguiry, Bupt. Walsh, af the Bootle pollee, eakl chiat the Dleuro-pheumonia had appeared about six montha neo at the dairy of” Mr. Wlison, near Crusby, who kept twenty-one cows; sIX were found discased, and afl were slunehtered, *On the farin of Mra. Halies, neur Bootle, about the aamne time, three cows had the disease, ad were. chtered wnd burled. Plearo-pucumontn up- ared on Oct, 23 at the dalrey of Rowland Allen, near Liverpool, and of fittegn vows cleven wery diseased, and all were slaughtered. Ou Oct, 17, Jut the dalry of Mr, Lambert, ono cow was at- tucked, mul” eleven were sluughtered. Nouw of these caws were Awertean, ‘Tbe article referred to, Jfrom the Loudon 'imesy ts anuexed to Copsul Packard's letter. From this it npveara that of 107 cuttle lunded ut Liverpoul by whe Outario from Portlund all huve heenstaughtered, and thirteen of the number unly found infeeted, A seeond Jutter Irom Mr. Harrlson, Secretary of the New York Aericultural Socfety, duted 12¢b. 20, 1874, fully sets forth the dangzer of the trade fn cattle between Hull and New York, and urges the Departatent to tuke teasuras ta pee= vent the introduction of the pleuro-pucumonia through thut chunnel, X Agletter from Dr. James Low, of the Brooke 1yn Board of Health, nddressed to Gene Curtis, * dated Feb, 25, 1874, strongly urzes one of two courses: efther the absolute prohibitlon of the Importation of cattle fram FEurepe, or thy plaz- Ing of newly-arrived antmals {n quarantine for nt least two months, and then examimtion welly by u veterivary expert, nl the burnlu{i oz dizfafectingg of all” the bedding, fodder, o other movable objects connected with awinalg {mported from forelzn countries, ‘Tl exports of horaed cattle during the firat 10 84,414,000,—8517, 183 in oxcess of the value of the s duringg the entlre preveding year, Of 1he eattle exported {n 1875, about U2 per cent went to Great Britala. 'The following table ex- hibits the number und valus of the cattle ene tered for consiption from 1874 to 1878« T BIOWING NUMDER AND YALUE OF cAT- MED POIL CUNSUMITION FRoM 1870 10 I8, Year ending— XNo. of cattle, Value, June 30, 187 4, 008 008 8 820, TH.HL 5,716 Hi4,001. 20 3 0 T8, 161,71 ), 18311 ., 0, g 408, 243, ! 1677 | 180 : June J0, 1878 4L 038 475,520,42 Tot L BE0,U1T 9,707,705, 13 IL B, JAstes, Chlef of Customa Division. CusToms 1)3via1ox, March 6.—In reply (o teles gruma addressed to the ports of Portlind, Bos- ton, New York, and Baltimoro I recelved unswers _yeaterday that no exportations wera contemnptated av elther port, 80 fur us b8 known, excopt & shipmont contemplated un the 10th fust,, per thy Sumatra for London, »The only course by which the exportation can be resumed is the ndoption on our part of envrigetie meas- ures to stanip out the diseasewherever it may appear. 1 think the order adopted by this Be- purtinent prohibiting importatious for the pros- ent will be-everywhere recarded as u step i the right directlon; aud cannot be rezarded by En. elaud as being uytricudly to our commnerco with that natlon. 1stud herewith a_momorandum by 1L B. James, of the Custarn Division, show- fug varlous orders und restrictions heretofore l‘z,lm-nd mm“!“l’lu lmportuufin l?tI‘""u :’;um:u.. ery Tespectfully, , F. FRENCIT, anees Y Assiatant Secretary. e — A Toxan Desporndos > Bill Babb 1s & Texan of notorlety in his own State. He is uneducated, brutal, bold, and am-’ bitious, Ho begun w wild kind of frontier lite ten yeurs ugo, nccumulated o great mnount of Jund npdl eottle, gathiered abiout him & cosipany of despurados und neplred to bo a despotic ruler {n his yelchborhood. . His recklesenvss ied tha sctilors for veara to submit to his rude gov- erntuent, but receutly the population {ncreased, und s few wmen presumed to dispute Babb! authority, Onc of these was Lonry Viughoo, who opened & country store In opoosition to Babb's wishes, auwd was killed by 8 party of Babb's follow Jobn Btull endeavored to brimg about an ofllclal investication, Babb real. fzed Ihat his power was in joopardy, and decidend to make au oxample ol this vobel. Btull'a houss wos. fired {u the night, and thres of the four inmutes murdered as they ewerged, My, Btull escaped by hiding fu & bush, frum which she saw thut “Babl “personally directed tha butchery. 8ho subsequently had bim arrested, byt & craven Judge relensed him on low bail. All this tinully roused the uenple‘ und they aru now huntiug for Babb, meanwhile haoginys the mutnbers of his gung oa fust & captured, e Dickens and 1iis Wife. five mouths of tie carrent tiscal year smounted ‘Tho Rev. E. I, 'Tuttle says thut Crutkshank - told him that the &ole cuugo of the troubls Loy tween Dickons aud his wife was thul. Mg, Dickuns persisted in :rl,lnulu aud mpking sug- gestions congerning bis wrl |u;im Fiuatly ko {nslsted on huru«cx‘n}ulng separule apariinents 1u the house. She declived nud lefs the house, with ber sou, and went ta live with Mrs. Croiks sbiauk, ‘Ther was o lwworslity anywhore jius * volved, ¢ )