Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1881, Page 4

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M—pos AtOrHHUN, Wd avenitye ut 4 tho inal Aten Ducreo, nylted, ity order v CHAS, 3, WIGHT, Secretary, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1881. —— ‘Tus Cilengy Journal cau’t name so many, | as une individual who can Identity my nue vertlsement In THe Trmusn as bogus or spurious, Tu Tatuunn hing bettor nse for its space than to manufacture “ads to Mt it. ‘The Journat has made 2 malictousty falso accusation, and, when culled on for the proof, being Unatile to prove tt, ins not the honesty or decéncy to retract it, ‘nat is tho size of it. Trehe is nothing more amusing In the wholo tauge of comle Nteratire than this sentence from BulleRun Russell's Inst letter concerning his experience at tho famous bat- tle whtek gave lilm hls sobriquet: Nobody could dislike more than T did to bring bad nows tor twenty miles. at the heels of a ly- Ing army, Oneimight judge from the contoxt that Russell walted patiently until the Union army was in full retreat asd then followed placidly ina grand and mayestio’ manner.” “At the heols of the flying army,” stilked Russell; then, at a respectful distance from. the great mon, the Kebelarmy, But Russell's own unrratiye does not hang togothor, tor in another place he says President Lincotn re marked: You brought us vory bad nows, Mry Wussoll, Dut We have beard that it was trite, H So Russell “brought tha news” “at tho heels of the flylug army.” What an odd blace for the news-enrrier to be! —_—_——_—— . Bonen It, Surnmay, candidate for tho Republican nomtuation”” for Governor in Towa, fa badgered an all sides with demands for information concerning his standing on the prohibition question, Ile replies to his persecutors thut ho Is it favor of submitting a proliibition amendment to wv popular yote, Litt this Is uot ehoygh. ‘Lhe extrempunen {nalst uvon knowing whether he Is in favor of the adoption of the amendment or nat when submitted. “This latter question he kas wnlformly declined ta answer Bf. Sherman's politleal opponents are pressing him too hard. is personal views on the subject are of no sort of consequences. It Is Ula aftelal action a3 Governor that the peo- ple care about. Ie fg distinctly pledged to Interpose ito obstacles to tho aubrulsston of the prohibition amendment. That {s all the people wish to know. ‘They ought to be able to take caro af nuy question for them’ selves When they get It talrly before them | for settlement. _—— TuE second and soberar Judgment of tho English reviewers and divines on the revised. New Testament te decidedly more fivorable than the first. Several Journals have had the candor to adnult that thelr own oplitons, like the Holy Seriptures themselves, Were subject tovrrore aud tha heavy guns ty the quarters Hes have come wp hiamlkonely to thy relief of the besieged Committee on Revision. A very powerful ald to the revislon In this emergency Js the. obyious advantage of dis penslw with the old and arbitrary alytslons into Chapters and yerses, Whoover shall read the naw version Ina calm and reflecting aplrit must at once perceive the benellt of betng rid of these porploxlug Interruptions fo the thought of the writer and annoyanecs tothe reador. ‘Uhts diseayery lends the way to the perception of other merits In the re- Mafou. Present appearances are that it wilt conquer a pluca for itself In thp churches and fu tho affections of tha peopla much sooner than its best fronds anticipated whon At was tlrat published, NeAv Dow has taken an uetlyo part tn tho | temporunes agitation In Lowa, and ine writ ten aletter home to the Portland Press cun- corning ft. He is astounded at the evidences of tlutft and prosperity that ho secs on all sites (nthe Tuwkeye State, Pho tiie ts coming rapiilly, he belleves, when Naw Yorke will cease té bo the Empire State, bar cae lowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota will take preeadones of-jt" He $34 ttle hasty about this, pertinps, 0 he fs algo Ju some other respocts, But he admits that iuten- Veraneg hasn't rulned Lowa yet “All tho pyo- de Mr, Daw has mit in Towa aga in favor of the subinfgsion of tho conatitutlonal amerid> tuent probibitng tha mantitacture ar gale'of Intoxteatiug Hqnors,- “‘Thoagh. mayy are op- bosed ta Ute adaption, Uioy fect that It isa westion far Ue people to decide, ‘She Voor aut Wabaky mey are said to ba mueh con 2ernod about the agitation, ‘hoy say: * Wa wit u away from the State, aud It will be depopulated.” ‘The temperance men reply: “Thut’s right, gonway; we donot wants beer aulwhisky guzzling population ; for every one of such people who goes nway wo shal} have tia ot tlites ‘soher, industrious, saving, thrifty people coming in’? ‘These extracts will give an titer o€ the drift of Mr. Dow's letter, Meanwhile, wo believe whisky of beer can be as easily obtained In the City of Portland, in his own State of Maine, ay tn tho City of Chicazo, c A CANADIAN Intmorist observes: that Sir. Leonard Tilley refused to purchase a copy ofthe Revised Bible. heentise the Book of Exodus was not struck out, as he does not betteva there ever was an exodus, But the Montreal Commerctal Gazette not.onty be- Hoves that there ts nn oxodus now going on from Canada to the United States, but ns serts that ft fy “unprecedented” In propor- bons, and that tho anestions rafsed by It are becoming serions. Cans stands second tn. the fst of conutrles furnish- tug Immigrants to the Republic, the to- tal nuniber of arrivals from the Dominton in the eleven months ended May 81, 1881,. being LOL. Someof these are undoubtedly ime inigtants freably arrived by Canadian stenin- ers, and others may be passing through to Manitoba, But the accuracy of the returns On tho whole is aswell established for the Dontnfon of Canaria as for nny other coun try. The frets eannot be disputed or bituted, At isadsurd to pretomt that the Commfissfoner of Immigration has confounded tranalent travel through the country with permanent arrivnis, ‘There ts 10 more reason tu belteve de ting done this In the ense of Canada than fh that of any forefgu countrles. ‘Tho two elusses of travelers ure enrefully distin gulshed, ‘Tuy: Tonisian question and the recent den onstration: agatnat the Italinns in Marseilles fs cnusing bad blood between France and Italy. In the Intter country, thrante fave Deen made to mob Frenehmet: In somo of the lending. cities. France has retaliated by tak- Jug 0 Btep which ts very practical, and will he enteulated to bring the Halinns "to thelr milk’ Ttaty has advertised for 9 loan of $80,000,000 to help ler resume specle vaytients, and France haa refused to have any portion of it negotinted on the Parts Bourse until Italy. formatly withdraws her dlsapproval of the French poltey in Cants. Itls probable, howover, that the trouble be- tween the two Powers will bea flurry that whl soon blow over. Italy Is not ina post- tlottta bully France, of ‘to threaten her, or .) even to disapprove hor ‘Tunisian polley, eg peelally as Franco hing: consented that she may have Tripoli at any tie she wants tt. Italy owes too much to France to offend hur soriously, ant Franey has touched ler tia vital spot by withholding financial, help from hes. wutll she agrees to behave herself, ‘This Menace to her purse will have a salutary ef- feet upon hey, and probably restore her to reason Very speedily. She cannot afford to risk a contest. with. her powerful neighbor over © question in wlileh she has no legitl- mate concern, Gen, Grant's modiflention of the doctring of Senatorial courtesy” to fit the case of Mr. Sumner {s very tmportant. 1t new ap- pears that tho General betleves tha President should be “cou rleous” to Senators only as long ns thoy are “courteous to hin. Judged by this naw standard, Mr. Conkilng's enso dues not, we regrat to say, appear in so favorable a light as before, It is notorious that he treated Gen, Garfield with gross dis- courtesy duritg the: enmpaign aud after tha lection, “lis omission of nny al luston to the Presidential candidate from hls New York speech was adetlborate Insult, and the shaft was barbed and pointed by ex- travngant eulogy of Mr, Artitur’s character and public services in the same connection. Mr, Coukling went out of lis way to show that his affront was meditated and malicious hy repeating tt In Ohlo-withlu a few miles of Gen. Garfield's own home, where a fallure to refer to the Presttential candidate in my way was Iike an ontission to say “Good-even- ing" to ono’s host at dinner, According to Goi. Grant's dea of Senataclal courtesy, Preal- dent Garileld would have been Justitied In Ignoring Senator Conkling wholly on accaunt {° of hisgupercifions conduct on these occasions, and after tho election and fauguration, But wo all know that tho President did nothing of the kind. On tho contrary, he belinved Inagnaniously to Mr. Conkling, glying hin every office'In tho State of New York save one. These facts, however, ara aside frou tho morits.of tho controversy concerning “Senatorial courtesy,” on whieh yague phrase Gon, Grant hing conferred 2 now and misleading meaning, Untlt Gen, Grant began to discuss It, “Senntorial courtesy” ‘Was never concelveil of as operating between the President and the Senators, but only among the Senators. thomsclves In voting on nominations. If “Senatorial courtesy? should be interpreted to moan that the Presl- dent must nowinate for ofltcs everybody.ree- ommended to him by tho Senators, there would beno reason why the Executive should any Jonger keap up the appearance of making appolntments, lie might as well hand the whoto duty oyer.to « Senatorial Junta at once. It will bo observed by those Interested in tho subject that the real violators of Sena- torfal courtesy, a3 thoexpression fs commonly understood, In the Robertson -mutter wero Mr. Conkilng’s brother-Senators, ‘They de- nied tho yalldlty of that prinelple, oven in tho reatriclud gense Jn which it was ‘assorted in the Senate Chamber; and Gon, Grant is the first porsun to discover that It over existed, or was over olatined to oxlat, ag between the President and the Senate, RAILROADS IN MEXICO, io ‘Tho construction of railroads in Mexico Is Just now attracting uch attention im this country, An ex-Presideut of tho United States ling just returned from tho Mexican Cupital having in ls possession varlous val- wablo charters, and froneh{sdy, and Uberat endowments, and tho capltal stock and bonds of the new corporations will goon be enterad on tho booksof thoStock Boards, Whatever facllitlos and resources Mexico may havo naturally: for productive wealth, and for trade aud commerce with the reat of the world iy future tines, the present ontlook is. Not promistuy, “Moxico incks atubllity of government, and wants a skilled, tnventlye, ant industrions ‘population, necustomed to labor, of which sho hdsnelther, Mow far Jabor might become general if it were proe tected from reyolutlonary plunder, nnd jf aeauatlations of property were. safe from the military footpad or the rapacity of revo. lutionnsy adventurers, ts satmotling that can only be guessed at, ‘To preservy hamat exe Istunev necessitates but Hite. manual labor In Moxlco,- and: the ordinary. population of that country which may bo‘galled the Inbor- fug: class” never Inbar: beyond: the smal) needs af fmporativa wants of a warm clhuate, ‘This population {s ‘at tome- geneous, Jt ts. sinted that’ threo- fourths of it ts pure Indian, and tho to miuhider ot inixed Spanish, Indian, and negro blood, and all ignorant, lazy, and superstitlous,. As tador Is essential to protit- able production, Mexico must have the hablts of her people greatly. improved by tho migra: ton thither of sovie othor race, ‘and Mexico offers Dut Hitle suducement for such tuimt- Bration, Sm, ‘The present Governmeiit of Sexica Is, how- over, an Improvement upon oll of its prede- cessors to the extent that it Ja willing that Americans aud other forelgnera may invest thelr capital und supply the country with raftronds and telegraphs, With a view of nc- commodating the Internal traMe, expecting that production will follow the establish- nent of transportation, Front an articly In the Inst Harper'a Magee zine we teatn seine purtlenlars as to sume of aldized, nud in corse of construction, Hore are the Hnes: (1)'Tho Mexican Central, rune ning north from, the City of Mexico to the American boundary at Et Paso, where It con nects with the Atchison, Topekn & Savin Fé Railroad, (3) 'The Mextean National (nate row guage), extending from the City of Mex- ico to Manzanillo on” the Paeltie, with a braneh from Maravatto, northward to Laredo on the Rio Grande, connecting with the ‘Texus system of railroads, (3) 'The Sonora Railway, from Quaymas, on the Guif of Catl- fornla, to the Amuriean boundary at Hi Paso. (4 and 6) ‘The Sinalon & Durango ond the Telimantepee Ratlronds, Other Mnes are contemplated, but those we have, mentioned aay bo considered ng unter way, We tuke the followlng table of distances and subsidy from Harper's: Length | Substiy| Katimated Name in Iedtom=) per Iie) _totat ‘ etree. [lometre.| aubatiy, Mexienn Central, 295} $9,500) $23,132,500. Mexican Nittional| (interoceinicl... 015] ..7,000} 6,405,000 MEMErnAUUARMe| Ge] agoal | aar7,500 utersathonal),,| mr Bonga sersssaeces ic AC) CXC Na &| cS BOccreiesteireess aso} oon! s.as0.000 Tontinitapea..... B10{ = 7600] 2835.00 5,660) $45,001,000 ‘Tho kilometre a equal to ivo-slBth of our inila, and tho length of the roads hfan- toned In the table ts equal to 9,153 mites, therverngerubsidy $19,050 ner mile, agzrepat- ing something over $45,000,000, ‘Theaubsidies to the Natiobal nnd Central tatlrondsare made, payatla iu certifientes of construction to be Igsnied by the companies, Six per cent of tho customs dues may bo pald with Cental and percent with Natlonal scrip. ‘Thean- Rual custams revenue of Muxico does not exe ceed, even with the enormous tart, $25,000,- 000; ond only 10 per cuntot these rovanues con bu used Inn year to pay the subsiilies of over. $31,000,000, ‘The other subsidics aro to bo paid In money, but where the Goyern- inant Is to get it 18 not set forth, All the capttal. in the rnilronds, as well'as the material limported for thelr construction, operation, and repalr, nro exempted from taxation fur yenrs to come. In ndiition, the Moxiean’ Congress, beginning in 1877, and continting to date, have granted concessions for 2,600 .othar miles of rallroad, and subst ies equal to $52,000,000 have been granted, ‘These have not yot taken active life, Among these dorminnt charters or grants 13 one for 5, rallrond from the eonl-flelts on the Taleut River, ht Sonora, 120 miles to El Morrito on the: Gulf of California. ‘This road ts Intended to furnish transportation te and fram supposed intntos teh with anthracite cont, and, taken with an immense mountain of soltd tron nenr Durango, tlosa two natural deposits are ox- pected to greatly enrich the country, In addition to all these projeota is tobe now eutinterated the Southern Moxican Rall- road, ak Aticrican company tuider the Pres- {dency of Gen, Grant, "Nhe General tins just. returned from Mexico, having obtained fram the Mexican Governinent all the eohcesstons his Company asked for; and the Company made extensive purchases of land covering the Gulf and Pacific termini of the rattrond proposed to be built across the country. The route of thls new rond will begin sixteen miles south of the present and.anelent City of Vera Cruz, ata naturat harbor, and’ ron- nlug thence ta the City of Mexico, and thence southwesterly to a polnt on the Paellie where there has been discovered one of. the “flneat harbors inthe world.” “At the site of the sow elty and harpor on the Quit Gen, Grant purchased an area of 119 square miies of land, aud ut the alte of the now clty and hathor on, the Pacific an area of 170 aquare iniies,, ‘These lands are represented " to be thick with! ma Nogauy, dyawoorl, rosewood, and other valu. able thuber’? Engineers are now surveying tho route, * ‘ “Tho writer In Harper takes the oceaston to stim up at this thie tho history of tha only ratlrond In Mexico, which bas been hi apern- tlon seventeen years, is 854 imfes Jong, and dlreetly conneets the Clty of Mexlea with Vera Cruz, the principal port of Moxico. ‘This railway was bullt: by Hugiish eapital, and serving with its main fine and branches tho Inryest and bustest cities of the Republic., This rond practically has tind a monupoly of, tha trafile of the best part of Mexico, and has had the right ta exact rates whith would make oven Noland Stanford blush, He rates for freight varylng from 23 centa per ton per mile on imports to 89f venta on exports, the rates avernging M}gcouts, It has had niso au annual subsidy of 8560,000 4 year. Tho Company has 4 enpltal equal to $107,000 por tutte, Uut was Unntie td pay any dividend on Its common stock wntll 1880, when a dividend afane-futrth of U per cent was ainde, Its Dusitiess fs equal to dfteen cars per day of freight from Vera Cruzto the interior and threo cara per day from the Gity of Mexico, ‘The main Une of the Mextean Central Ralls way Is about 1,100 miles long, and Its rates of freight nro limited to about one-half those on the Eueiish road, altho: that ty many timea as much as Aiorlean ronda charge, ‘Tho financlat basis on witleh this Iinu {3 to be constructed ond operated Is romarkuble, ‘Tho estimated cost of 208 miles of rond' be- tween Mexico and Leon, Is $1,400,000, or 820,- 600 pur intle, and the capital account of, the rond will stand: z : Wire mortgage 7 per cent bonds, per incomo't Btook, per Total, per mite, + F0400 ‘This §s what tho road fs to pay interest and dlvidends ons It ts threo aud 4 half times tho. eatimated cost of tho most expensive section ofthe rund. Leven before the road Js in operas tlon its cnpltal Is prospectively watered 250 percent ou a raud 1,100 miles longt A Where are thesorallrands to get thelr busl- ness? Where wre tho markate for the Mex- fean productions, and whore ta the market In Mexico forthe trade fram ater cauntrles? ‘The Moxtean tarlil 1s a most remarkable sys tom of roygnuo tegiviation, Tho rates tm> ‘posed: by the Natlonal Government nro ex- cessive; but each State loyies and collects an additional tax on all that comes Intu and passes beyond tts territory, Laat fall wo published some: letters an thia aublect from tho American Minfater at Mexico, showing that fonr-lifths of tho Moxican people have no need of any commodity produced Jn the United States, and kaye not the. monoy to buy any of them, A barrel of flour, custlng $5 fn Now York, before tt reached any Interlor district In Mexico’ would have its cost swollen, by taxes, rallroad freights, and othor levies, to something Nke 815, :and -tho taxca und exactlons on all othor articles Nkely fo entey futo trade would be In the saine pro- portion, On all Muxlean producte, export duties aro Jovied to un extent that the cost of tho article reaching 9 foreigh:land excludes’ {t from tho market,” Git: ‘The publig debt of Mexico {s somowhoro about $500,000,000, on which Interest has not ‘beon paid for many years, This dogs not tn clude (ts legalfzeit subsidies to rafiways, The population fs abunt 9,000,000, which popula: ton Is not an Industrial, or an educated one, or one which fas ever had muck respect for the rightsaf property, It will strike the reat majority of the American people that a great social and polltleal revolution muat tho lines of raflronda lately authorized, sub! 188I—TWELVE PAGES take pineo In Mexico before ft can bo dovel- oped tito & nation abla to furnish business for 9,000 miles of railway, —————_ “SENATORIAL COURTESY" UNDER PRESI- “DENI GRANT. ‘The Stmmons ease was tot the only ine stanee of a curtous application of tho revised doctrine of Senatorial cottrtesy” duvhiyg Gen, Granta term of sorvicu as Presl- dent. A still qnore flagrant violation of ft was the appolitinent af om Murphy to be Collector of the Port of New York tminst the “urgent protest of Seuntar Fenton, who was afterwards broker’ down in polities through Murphy's influence, Gen. Grant has justfled ts netion ti the Shumons case by saying that Sanator Sum- ner Havas note friend of lita’? and Sendlor Boutwall did not protest enough; und ho might set of Conkilny’s: agalust Fenton's protest in the Aturphy matter aud assert the right of a President to make appointments to oftee when the Senntors dlsngres, Hut! none ot these explanations wilt sufics for still another ense In which both tho Sonntors wore frionds of tho President, yet were over riled fn an tniportant apvolutiment bit their own State. WhenJohu MeDonalt (ox-whisky thief) was mada Supervisor of Internal Steve- nue at St. Louis the two Senators fram Mis- sourl—Drako cand Schtrz--wers on very friendly terms with Gen, Grant; both ob- Jected strenuously to the appoinknent as one utterly unlit to be made, yet MeDonald was appolnted. against thelr protest, uotwith- standlug, on the Oth of October, 1869, and afterwards comtirmed. ‘Tha proof of Senator Drake's objection, and of tts belng known to tho. President, is contatned fn the following letters TuPABULY DEPARTIENT, OFFION OF INTERNAT: TEVANUE, WASHINGTON, D. O., Sopt, 0, 1809.—To Preaglent Qraut—Dean Stns Gon. John MoDon-. alit progonte oxeellent recommondations for 8u- ecxiane of Misgourt, viea Mr Maver, sta facitine int. He proposes to sec you and present his yeeets. Judging from what L keouw of Mr M atid, as weil ag from tis indorsements, 1 pi sume he Will thake an eiofent und tulthtut of cer, Senator Drake urges alreninialy Mory's ve= tention, and Liltaltke, ti view of thie faut. ta mnko 9 change without your approbation and advice, Inm, very sincerdly, ote., ‘0, Deano. Mr. Schurz’s objection fs shown by tha fol- Jowing letter, which followed a tulugrainbeg- ging that McDonald's cominisston should be Withheld: _ Sr, Lours, Oct. %, 1900,—The Hon. George S. Duntlwell, Seerctary of the Treasury, Washtnytan, ». ammSiitr We buvo to-day learned by tho tolo- gramy of our. dally papers that John Mobonald, ‘of tbls pince, hus been appointed Supess (nar o Intern) Revenue, and assigned for duty to this. istrict, Wo ber leave to assure you that the foputation of thfa tnun und dfs aasueintes nro such that he ent bring no moral sapiort to tho joveromeunt In tha enforcement of tho Internal levonuc taws, and (lat (t fs quite certain that Us quatiiications, natural or acquired, are snob us to render the appointment an tnilt ono to be made, Wo belleve Mine by: bis being placed tn 80 important au allice the collection of the reventic wilt he relayvien, ond Wie comblaniions which have poner extatedt cuctuat the Government will be ree established, s None, U. 8. Atty, Neweosit U.S, Mavehnt. This letver was indorsed in telegrams signed by G, A, Flukelnburg aud BT. Van Noru, Republlean membors of Congress from Missourl, aud from Chester IL, Krum, United States Attorney, and C. We Lord, Collector. Mere, indeed, was a protest from aSenater that deserved serlous considera- tlon, Inasmuch as italleged moral. obliquity on tho part of the porson appointed as a rene son Why his commission should be withheld, ‘Tho fact 1s, that Gen. Grant refused to listen to any recommeniations concerning the Mis- sattrl appointments from efther of tho Sena- tors, and took the whole patronage of that State Into his own-hands, If Mr, Conkling had the sme ‘objections to urgo ngotnat Judge Robertson that Drake and Schurz had to present agalnat) McDonald, there nilght uow be some justification for tho bolt of the New York Sonatdrs. But Robertsows tne tegrity hos nover been assailed, MeDonald’s was, and, as the event showed, with good rengon, Whatever alse tha facts may show, they do preve that Con. Grant's solieitule about Senatorial courtesy (revised edition) is‘ ‘of eyinparatively recent date. YHE OHANCE FOR A COMEROMISE AT ALBANY. There is no doubt that the fairest solution of tha conillet at Albany would be the elec tlon of ane Lepublican Setintor from the so- ealled Stalwart wing of the party, and tho other from the Aduinistration : wing,—In evory ense, of course, excluding Messrs, Conkling and Platt, whe have forced the present ambarrasament upon the party. ‘Tha Aduiulatration men, though having s large majority oyer the Conkling men, are appar outly willing to assent to n compromise of this kind, and the Bucks may be compalied to neceda to ft But the proposition inade by tha Adiinfatration men to bring this about Isnt onco unfair and linpractlenble, ‘They elaim the privilegeot oxcluding Conklingand Platt from tho Ist of Stalwarts, which is all right tu view of tho relation which these two men hold to the contest, but at the same time contend that Depaw shall. bo accepted as the representative of the Administration wings “This is too one-sided for a com- pronilse, If the “Administration men ex- erdse tho right! to exclude two mon from tha list from which the Stal warts are to adleot thelr Senator, then thoy should concede to the Bucks tho same right. to axclude two men from the list of Adintnis- tration candidates.: If the, Bueks .sco Mt to exclude Depaw and soine other person on the Aduilulstratton s{de,. well and good. The country has not understood at any tite that the contest at Albany Is maintained for the uurpose of electing Mr, Depow or any other particular candidate to’ the Senate, but for the .purposo of sending two Roputlicans other than Conkling and Platt, who deserted thelr party. at a orltical tine and hence do not deserve revlection, If the antl-Conkimg tuon Ara fighting on prineipt e, then they will orr' If they bind thomselyes:to tho political fortune of any one man and makehis cloction thosole condition of n compromise, ' “Whenever the anti-Contling mon fn the Alvany Loglalature shall propose 5 compro- isa on an absolutely falr Unals, conceding tothe Bucks nll they clulin for thowsulvos, there will bo 9 falr prospect for Its ndop- ton, ‘There ara several incon Auw yotlng for Conkling audi Plate who’ are dolyg so in notorious violation of the sentiments of thelr constituents, All tha mombora yoting for these two men clalm to bo Republicans, and look to continued Republican success for thelr future ‘polltieal prefermont. It has become evilunt to thont that Conkling andsPlatt cannot te elected by the presont Legislature, and a compromise on two other candidates tsthe only couren that aaaures the election of two Republicans, The only alturnative Is adjournment. It has not yet appenred that, avon with the codperation of tho Democrats, they, cau socure wn adjourn: mont It fa ovident, however, that an ad- Journment without cloction may load to the choice of a Democratic: Legislaturo noxt fail ant the return of: two Demovrate to the United States Senate, while st Is now. possl- ble to elect two Ropublicans, Itis not prob- able that all the Republicans now yotlug for Conkilng and Plats are wiiling to ussume the yosponsibility of that riak, Jt night be that thoy could juatify themselves if the Adinine fetration uisy Absolutely refused to recox- nize tho so-called “Btalwart” elomont of the party, prif the Administration men tied themselyes to sonic one wan, a8 the Conkling ined are doing, and refuse to permit any election unless this particular candidate were ong of the two selected. But it the Ad: m{nistmtion men, niinbering twee as many asthe Contdling men, offer novertholess to yoto for any one candidate whom tho Stal- warts tnay designate, outsldeot Conkling and Vial, and alay to permit the Bucks to exclude tivo men from the Iyt from whieh the Ad- ministration eandidaty shall te selected, then resistnney to auch a proposition would sib- Jeet the Ducks toa direct responsibility to thelr Hopublicnn constituents which they could notevate, Ib would then bo for thom to decido whether thero:shoutd ve on Tor mediate election of two Republicans accept- abla to the two wings of. tho party, br whether they would taku tha risk of prepare Ing the way for the election of two Dento- eratic Senators. The Adniutatration tenders ought to plnve the Bucks: in Just this dilema~ and let them ‘eltouse. — But this advantage cannot ve secured 80 long as the antfConkling men cling to Dopow with the same tenacity that the Bucks cling to Conkling, ‘The Republicans in New York and throughout the country, who con denm Conkling’s conduct nnd oppose Boss Tile, do’ not regard the election of Depew or auy other particular, personas an essential part of the victory which fs sought. ‘The de- fent of Conkling and Platt and the election of two Republicans, selthar af who shall aspire to the sceptre of tho dethroned Boss, ig tho object which the Administration He- publicans shoult Koop stendity tn mind. > Tun Now York Trihune, It will be ob- served, discredits the rumor that ex-Sountor George C, Spencer ts to bo matte Firat Assist- antPostmaster-Ganeral In place of Mr. Tyner, We aro quite unwiltitg to bellaye that cho iden of appointing Mr. Spencer to that or any othor responsible office ins cver been xorl- ously entertained by tho President. ‘The business capacity of the former Senator trou dinbame is wholly nn unknown quantity, while hfs politfeal record fs too well: known, He would not; bo a representative of tho Southern Republicans, for he censed to be x Southorrer the moment his term of office ex- wired. Ho would bring to ho Post-Ofice Do- partutent nelther character nor experlence. Wis appolitiment would tutte na coteciv. ablo “clntins,’ while it would go far to im: pair public confdenco in the efficiency of the postal service, which is hardly yet recovered from tho effects of the stnr-roule depreda- dons. We can. think of no ‘office aboyaa Consulship in Alnska (!f there are any Con- sulsitips fn tint polar paradise) to which Mr, George C. Sponcer could be appoluted with- out mpropricty. e Asinrtn, honest ellizen of. Bangor, Me., on stepping Inte necarice grocery inst week to Purchase o box af bouay, was astonished nt tho tumult which bis appenranco caused. Bottles and Jugs woro thrown out of tho back windows, tho.nir was filed with tho noleo of breaking nilass, tho ator of “old ryo” and New England rum nossaiied ble nostrily, and pandemonium seomed to bave broken loose, «At luat tho pro- prietur, ceasing from hla lavorg, ateppeil fare ward aud ordered hia would-be custumar to leave tho premises. forthwith... There was’ ho honoy In his tones, and no opportunity to nek if there was any In blestoré. Much buwitdorea, te olistomer withdrew, and Jt was uot wutil some time aftorward that ho remombered hiv. ing once served on the spuctal police foree, and that be etapped to gay zood-tmurning to 1 Cun- stable just as be was outering the ahup to make hisJanncent purehuse, Buch. rire tho Ittle epl- godes which serve to ulversity exlatence uniter the Mulne Jaw. In_.this particuiar Inatance it wie domunstratod that a guilty conscience nceds nO Necusors that it 1s soMintimes more profitable tw 20} honey Over the counter than te throw Uquar out of the witidow; and that he lan wise dnw-broaker who kuows a customer from a Con- stable. ; Rte Ce Eee Pixennci, the colored man and brother from Louisiana, $4 alwaysconsplouous In the vl- cinity of the pool-box, whon ue cun get nenr one, Ha teusually nasueccsstul fo bis gambling operations 18 bo Was in polities. But ho dis- covered [n St, Louls, at n-calored ctorgyman'a houso, the othor day thut four of a kind sould bent a full hand, ‘This ta how It was: Tho other ovenlng after tho ricéa in St, Lous a number of distinguished colored yentiomon, among thom Pinchbuck, of Loulstunit, and Lop Harlan, of Cineinnatl, assembled nt tho rost~ dened of tha Koy. Mr ‘Tanner, an orthodox colored clergyman, on Morgan atreat. Poker dacs not ‘Aven to be uuerthodex from this good." mitlstor’s tunanoing, and fo it ganie Was commence, thor the olergy= man participated docs - not appear, ue Finchback did to his Borrow. The gute was uu Umited; he hold threo queens and a pair of aves, which ig considered a good hand In Loulainna,— worth $1,700 nt tha luwost catimnte, 0 ts nt resent R100 out of pocket, (victim of four deuces, and colored socloty Isa hyo ayer tho ovont, thinking that if, the Lunisiane Sountar hacks bis Judgment In sich roakicas fashion the Koy, Vanvor “may have. to rama cnough by subscription Among his congrogation tw defray ‘bis expenses home, a! Ax Eastern exchange states that the Penn- sylvaniw Raflroud hae {n itso. un automatio track tester which discovers faulta’ In, the trnok not ordinarily .npprocinble to the eyo, and makes A record of thoi which {nulcates thetr pre- cise locality, and all this whtla the machine {a paesing over the road te Crom fifteen to twen- ty-ilvo miles nn hour, Ithas tho external ap- pearance of n bagyore-chr, but Inside ta Nrted up with. gelf-rogletoriug apparntue, electric clocks, etc. A bad Joint between tho rails regia- tere Itself :by tho jolt {t cnusga to tho deticately- hung tar, Errors of lovet in tho track nro ru. corded by. poneils on ruled paper, and so nicely arranged that Variations of an olgbth of an Inch fro mado insnifost, If the gauge a toonnrrow or the rails havo epruad, tho faot ia noted by an- othor apparatus. Au ingenious timo and dis tonco reglater enables the observer to Iocate tho imporfections rocordod. A machine of this kind kept constantly going over a tallroad would ‘Qe écarcoly leas caretul than the track-walker in disgovoriug sources of danger to trayel: | pa SS eee Ove man hs’ been discovered who novor hoard of Conkling, Ho wngatappy mun. ‘Tho sunt of human Callalty bad boeu realized by him, Tha Pittsburg Telegraph colle how it wuss The Pittsburg delegation to the National Cons vention of the independent Order of Goud Teme pee returned from Evie last evening, Oa the rain a straw Vol was taken on the return of exe Senatur Conkling to the United Stites Sone ato, Tho train waa ernyassed thoroughly, and the result of the vote wus 01 to defeat bim and 1S te rotiect Ono Individual on the tala auld hy had nover hoard of Conkling, Hb wanty know all dhunt thoyenttomean, an that bo had Feaigued and thon want io elect again, Tf Mr. Conkitue wattted to buck, he was (n favor of wiving Aim iu friendly, a ates thoroforo,:arrayod himself with tho Conkling tail {8 tnbodod tn tho Now York Cimba”” Woulda's it create 9 dotighttul sonsation for this Ptteburg person to get lute ono of those exclusive tnatitutions and ask fd bo tnatructod about Conkling from the ground floor up? | nce Says the New York Wribune: Unless thero ia 8 misatatoment, Hartmann, the Ninillst, {a upon tha paint of paylngua bore in Anioriea avisit, One thing ho will discover, should be come; that no really suno porson*in tho United Btates hab the Ienet aympathy with Nihilistio works or ways, Jn this matter thera J4n singue ur unanimity of foellny- bere, No Atuurloay newapapor of tha slightest respectability, printed olthor In the English of Gorman Jangunyo, has pretended to conceal ite borroy at usansination. Wo do not kuow whut Str, Harttann fs comlng over for, but it It be honor or glory or material asalatanco; ho mizht Juat ae. woll atay at home, Ho may shine hero In Justns Schwab's boer- ghop, but nowhere. GJeo, ‘Thera will bo no pros, Gousions, bauquets, mass meotings to Kravt the atrangor. . Wo ure a8 4 people fond of linnizing, but wo do not curg to have anything to do with Nona dealin da dynannta,: * .* Y dieses F z - Tp Ja reported that Sir Joy A, Macdonald fa to Lo rujsed to. & Peorago ang mude Govervur Geooral of Cunpda, in pldvo of Lord Lorne, If BD, Hf Will be the frat tise a Chiot Bxcuutiyo has been taken from her own people.” The change taty prove an important one in the direction: of conplety autohomy, Asan oxobange remurks: “Atter the Canndlang-bayo ouco bad a Gov prnorGenoral of thely own thoy wigy object ta Engtand’e sonding over way morg of bur polls tloiuns or her Royal tumily’s contications tu ad+ tluletor thelr affairs. Thuir next stop may bu. to iusiat that they shall baye tho same right to choose thelr Chiof daylstrate that thoy now huva to scloct the iotnbers Of their Parliament, At all ovonts, one of the tow romaloing bonds whicb attach Canaan to Great Britain will ho sovored as RON fs tho practice of Acnding over Roglishmon to fill the ofice uf Governae-Genoral ladephrtad fro: ee Tne Repudtienn mumbers-viect of the Forty-sevounth Conyress who recolved the largs est majorities wera the followings ‘Thoinns M. Drown, Sixth Indinna District, 0,400 doht 0. Sherwin, Fourth Ninel’ Diatriot., 14187 N.G, Deuring, Fourth Lowa Dlatrict G, C8. Carpenter, Ninth fowa District. Anterson, First Kansas District, mas Itvart, Third Kansas District, WV, Crago, Fibs Masanhusatis Distr) U8 Tiss IBS ‘Was jot. Mth W.D. Waehbura, Thitd Minnesotn District, 12,623 W. A, Wood, Seventeonth Now York trict peasssner sisnseccees 18.720 iB, 3 neteonth Obio Istri 12,078 We na elley, Fourth Ponnasiyanin tat HTObs sce eese seses rr ee ©. J, Joyes, Mirat Vermont Distete 8878, dM Felons Bovend Vermont Distriot.. 9,202" H, 1, Humphrey, Seventh Wisconsits Tuw Charleston News and Courter, hay- Ing read an articto In Trg Chicago Trinuxe concerning the carrying of revolvers in Chicago and the abooting affairs dally taking place, ob- Boryoss Tho lamb-lke Culengoay has no retreat any- whore in that gcotion. Wo pity hitn In his dis. tress, and invite him to come to Charicston where tho sound of tho pistol is no longer hear it tho stroot, and the rule of tho rnfian isa, thing of the prat. Io may leave alt his weapons athome or sell them ty bolp pry bia oxponsus, He will have.no use for thom hero. When thoy give up tho tissue-ballot in Churlestou, the lambe-llke eltizen of ‘Chicago tnay accept the invitation, As nt present ad- vised, tho Inmb-lke porsona would x licf rick Getug shot in Chicago us hetug chonted fn Charleston. q : ns AxeEnT tho unblushinz assertion of tha Churleaton ews and Courter rhat “ thoro werd no tiesue-hullota” tisod fn tho redent etoo tion in South Carolina, that venerable Democratic Mithority, the Churtestan Mercury, declares that “thousands of little tlesue-tickets, with Mr. Dibblo's nawo thoreow, were printed ab tho ofico of tho Netee and Courter for uso In cago any at- tompt bad boon mada tO oloct Mr. Mackey ‘or any ono elac byt tho ring candidate,” This statement Is confirmed by the fect tht tase batlota wero found in some uf tho boxes. Tho Mercury udds: “Thore Js po doubt that a ma- Jority of tho Domocrats tn South Carollna favor free and fair elections, but that state of folly hua been brought about not by tho. News and Courter, but by arevulsion ngalnst the mothods advooutad by thut paper.” * ee Iw his address upon the powera and duties of the press before the Northern Jndinnp Eilt~ torial Association last week ‘nt Wabust, Mr. Nichard Sinith, editor of the Cloomnnatt Gazette, apoaking of tho ovilé of tho oredit syrtotn, sald: “When tho Gazette Company changed fram tho credit to tho cash-In-AdVaneo ayatotn there were $80,000 due on tho books from weekly subscribers alone that bai boen accumulating Corn third of Acentury. Of dint smount not 9,000 centa were collected. We employed tf man aud furnished hima zoo horse and sent bitnfo on a collecting four, Inalxinonths tho horao dled, tho saddio and bridte were pawned for-keep, and tho man roturned a Ganalderable tulance ayatnat the Company. Wo gold the books for old puper and called thoso crodits fost.” - od ‘Tis dog that Is Jedged on a shelving: rock. at Niagara, from which wscaps unalded Ia tm- porsivie, Isn‘grand subjeot fur {nspirution to {nventors all aver the country, and many plang for his vesoue have beau ofercd. One 1s te Bllp- hoosy him a second, to eateh him with a fisti= hwolt: and a third, to fet down a basket contains Ing sone meat, into which tho dog will gat and ho drawn up safoly—ff bo bag good senses whilo, Atha Jumps aut and te lost, it will bo evident that ho was hot worth anving, The plin baving the merit of boldest originatity Is to lower down: anothor bull-pup, well seenred by'n topo; tho two will clinch, and, ng bull-doys never let go, both will bo drawn up safely, to the sound of vivnolous music, - t % ‘Tum revised doctrine of Sonntorini courtesy enuneinted by Gon, Grant [6 fatally defective at two, polute., First, thore nover yus such 4 “Senutorial courtesy exlating, or clammed to oxist, votwoon tho Proaifent tnd’ Sonntors. Seeandiy, tho exception mado by Gen, Grant of portone trot friendly. ta tie‘ Prosident doprives tho principle of any valuo it might have, sup- posing it to oxtat. If the Preatdent were not ox- pected to bo “courteous” to Senators un- frlondly to bia, be wautd only kaye to make thom his encinics In order tu ralinve timselt of All dbigntions fn the promises; and this, too, whether thoy should’ bo Denmovcrata or Repub. tleaga, Bei Kentucky papers continue to complain of Agreat abuse af the pardoning. power by Gov. Mnckburn, pardons not infrequontly . boing given, It ts alloged, before conviction, ‘This is the same Blyekburn who was publloly charged with introdualng yallow-fover-Infected clothing Into Nortborn cities during the Rebellion. Na is a bed eg. if : er » Axonew D. Wettre, is certalnly coining home from Rerltu. Ho }s announced to deliver @ course of luatures nt Cornell University during tha coming acadeinic year, Will Whitelaw Reid succecd bln? : * << PERSONALS. - “ Inquirer—Yes, Gon, Grant was formerly enllod the Sphinx, He is now called tho phono- Solon Clinse and his steors will soon ba outagain, A Greenback Convontion bas been culled to nicot at Lowlston, Mo,,’ Ata. 3. Gen. Weaver ismaktig Grvenbuok apeecties in Masmobusotte, ioe will ‘be remembered as tho gentlonan who before the sloutlen last year Imagined that be was ninalag tar’ President, It ting recently’ bev discovered that tho naings of soveral ot the must uoted lakes in Mulue wore Hooured by chopping one of ox-Sov- rotary Ryarte’ sentences {rito frewood lengths, ‘The only daughter of tho King of South Abssslnin ts to be married to tho son of the King of Abysstuiue At preaont wo have not time to write out the namos of the contracting partios, : It has finally beon decided that the bones of Witlam Ponn are to ba left in Enxtaitd, but whon Troguois dice the rotwalng will bo.brought home, or tha Amoriean pevplo will know the roason why, ‘The estate of the late Ilchard D. Wood, of Philadelphin, ls appratacd at $2,434,178, and Ista bo divided equally botwoon sevon sons and datightors, after the paymont of about $75,000 In apoclul legacies, % ator? ~ Bomabody has stolen all the money fn the treusury of the Young Men's Central Republican Clud, of Brooklyn, but ss theronro no, known Democrats In the organizanon no hopes af roe Ralning the funds are chtertainod, , Ita nsaprted that some Canadian women have buen doing quite a thriving businoss in amugyling baby-carriages over tho Ino by com- Sng to the Amorican side bearing a buby In thelr arms aud wheeling it Dack in a carriage,” Mayor Hatrison ling given up his contem- blated trip to Europa at the olty's. oxpeuse Ronjamin Franklin once concluded that he had po uppotite for applos aster discovering tbat ho vould not reach vou tho lower branches of tho Soe, Ss Pye, re i Clara Folz, the 8an Francisco woman Inw- yor, befng told by tho oppasing colina! In court that a Woman's proper place was’ nt home rals- {og children, retorted: “A woman hed botter bo ongayed in almost any business than ralsing such woe ae you aro, alr," Ite vory evident that Clara can olovate hor yertobne when thera ie the allghteat occasion to porferm that font. ‘Thoro, apenk fy whlepers; fold‘ ina’ to thy hegre fe Bre Dear eres for I have rene? B weary, woary ne wae Peipbdeties weiter hihians Ads Bld my Vague torrore with thy kiss dopart! Oh, I hayo beon among tho dond to-day, - And, ko @ pilgrita to somo murtyr’s abrino, Awed with tha moniorivs {hat oravd wy bralu, Fearlug wy voiced, 1 woo tho charm OF things:: +: ‘Pell mo thoy fyeus, luyost, yor agald,” : Tunes Conlding. . * ? tae fe ” Here Is'n story for thosa‘Iittlo boys who, have a mind to yun. away with the ofrous,, Leotard Carlo was wade & performer in the slog when ho was only 8 yeara old bexinolog as a posturant for riders, aud stterward becoming expert Gy the trapes, [le wore tho brightest of spangled comumes, sinied indueyiously wolto uf work, Aud alsogerber Ne an objeot of cnvy to juvenile wpectutora, A fow dayavgos piilably ragged) and Was Jad of 12 waa cauxh? stoaliug a drink of froma ean ina Boston Trivnds gut Cred of street, Hong arrested, ho aatd Leotard Carlo, that Iameneas had | him for gymnastic feats, ond that for Monthy ho bad eon # starving, sheltericas tramp, Mrs, Eltznbeth Tilton recently hee; gratmethor, a eblld having heen, tame Anughter Floronee, who resides Iu Lonutons eet aceond daughter, Alley, it fe auld, ‘lit tin ee ried this summer whith her father ts tn Kuro, Ee Mra. Tilton fs still Mvine in Brookdyn, er mathor, Mrs, N. I. Morse, hor son Currull, es hos abandoned the nouon of studying tor th ministry, and who has obtatned a’ position in moreantite house, and bor youngest gon Ral . live wither. Mevitton tins not vislted tise fortwo yenrs, °° H Jt is related of Wr. Holmes that ALA coun. try charitable fute,ane day te wag entreated ty, furnish a letter for tho post-ollice, Ho Seized sheet of paper and ‘between ite folds placed 4 " bank-notes turning to tho first payo he wrote the following: Danian ea ant Tue Bush, Oliuehe ane Bonting nearie co7#? ‘she on thon fiv'st best wilt be hore, Tn obedience to the poct's injunction the Pare turned disclosed tho attravtive greenback of the valuo of $1, and tb provo the truth of thie sue tion, be mado the following appeal on the OD. poslt page from the bank deposit: Falp lacly, tite thftio ayes und tell ~ AE Us tk nut nt trutnra) loser, Tule ts tha ane thou tovort wall, ‘Aud naught (W) would inka thos love it better, — PUBLIC OPINION,’ : Buffalo News: Tho story ts told of 3tr, Beasions that once, Before a legisintiye Commit. teo of Investigation, he disclosed tho rule of bie euren il he, four fo suuk ogi to hide the shelters | MAOH! wea New York Phineas Judas Truax,at the Sy porlor Court, bns Just decided the case of Wi}. fata 8. Willlgina againat the Weeturn Tuion Tle graph Company and othors fn fuvor of the de. fondante, and in dolny so he hae givon an (nto pretation of tho fnw in direct opposition tn ee. Bontin) respects to that previously given ay Cilet-duatica Seduwlele in gentitiug an infunee ton pending tho Utigation. it 18° alsa of to that piven by Judge Speir, nnd it remains for the Gonernl ‘Term of the court to yi99 upon the polnt. itis unfortunate that Judge ‘Truart ‘ecord and tho circumstances of bis plovauion tg tho Bench are not culeulated to beget cunt. Hanes In the soundness of bis Judichil conciy. that be wey Inenpacltated, Philadelphia Ingutrer (Rep): Thera te dust one moro officer of tho Government nto should resizn, and ho should do Ro at once, The Viec-President of tho Unitad States had becn {Informed hg the most emphatic expression or public optuion, from one ond of to land tothe orhar, that bie pine la at tho Nationul Capital WS tha aecond highest oflicer of the Gor. Thment, and not at tho Cupitalat thegtate of Nuw York ng tho fugleman and lobbyietut those two political bnagos, Conkting and Putt, ‘Troy have made direct war upon the Aduinis. tention, of whituk the Vier Mrosident is part, and, gide front tho disuyaceful aot of a Vice Pres: dent playing thy paré of in touter and drummer Tor voter in auich 8 contest, there Ja (be tpn prety, of the keeund olicer af the Uovernment joining with the onemies of the iIrst officerin Assuults upon hile lutegrity. Faldimore slertean: Apropos of the Ine terosting urttole In yestoritny's <imerican con- cerning the gram trade of New Orleans, some body writes to ue to know ¢ Why ft Is that the American thus persistently advortises New Ore feans as 1 grat portaver the AUantla porte, Why not fet New Orleans do ite awn adverts lug’ As the article diatinotly stated that Daitl ore had nothing to four from the development Of tho grain trade of New Orieuns, atid way, we do not quite sou tho potit of our correspindent's vritioiams but supposing, Sor tho momont, that tho articlo did state Whine It mininiy did nut, we put the query whethor it would be better to ket our merchants sicop au with the lmprossion that tha teady of tha country must come to them Without any effort on thule part to get lt, oF wake (heat tp from thelr nap to. the conscious hexs of tho Taet thut thore mre other grain ports In tho United States besides Snitimure? a ee time do you wish to be called, Sr, Siler Now York Tribune (Rep): We do not credit tho Washington rumor that ex-fenator Kpencer fs to bo mide Firat Asnlitant Vormare tor-General,. Mr, Sponcer may possess uxecus tre ability which fits hin for tho position, but. his Appointment would nat be a popular ong nor ft wlee ane politically. Ho docs not represent the Kouthorn Ropubscans with whom bis friends goult to Montity hlm, Ie hs not lived to tbe Youth sinc the expleattons af ble Senntorlal term, sud, indeed, hud no notual veatvenes in Alabama during moat of tho Utne he teld urcat, Inthe Senute, At present wo belleve his bung Js in Dakota or Coforads, or in some ather atas ny section of the Weat, Ag a political feader ho was Sonera ay Unaticccsetul and tinpople lar. His course divided the tepublican warty fh Alabamit Into two favtions. which bave tot ber come fully reconellod to Mis day, a the nioat favornbie view of bis character, Mr. Spene evr ls a polltient adventurer without a conaitu- eney or 4 settled ubidingepinco, Hoe Is not the sortof man Presliont Unrnuld wilt bo ikely Appolntto tho second placa in the Post-Ollice Department. Now York Herald: A Western wifes sald tohave notified her tnsband that, havlog be comon Duddnist, sho by authority of herned faith bad divorced him, Hero is a sweet now ‘thing in divorce that will be eagerly clutened a wight by othor Women and o yrest tnany men, for in a country where uny ona may change Te gion without losing custe thore swill bo little hesitation ubout embracing Buddblsm, if bs es doing ony nay ecase embracing nh Uncorgettial partnor, Wo fear, hawaver, thug when tho new ‘exouae for divorce fa carefully ino ked into Rwill hot appear ng entiong na nt Bret. Tuddba, fu. Hood, ditt forsnky hie hewly wedded wite, but It way becnurd ho loved her so much that he feared ho ould not suiligiontiy lave tho Inany intellects wal virtues to whieh ha deglred to devote bitae aelf; modorn divurcers, huwever, leave ther partners becattso tnvy do hat tove {hom enough. a this iastennnied: clase Mudidtist olfers 17 eonuulation, for, while tt intht enable then! (0 Stl thelr conduletived to tha txtent of getting rid of fin. old purtner, i absolutely forbids the taking of tt freak ang, and av rollgion ns mean Ab that Is one that nobody with diyores tendencies ‘will have nnything to do with,” New York Tribune: Itts shouldbo cieatly understood that the contest the frionds of the Administration aro making ut Albany {snot contest against any clement of tte tepublicaa party ju tho Stato of New York, Jr isa contes sngatnst two Individunla who, holding tho oftce , of United States Senator by the favor of that pars, axsalied the Republivan Administration ecaUaa {t would ‘not aubmit to thelr dictation hatha matter: of the Callvoturahip, quarreled ‘with the Ropublican mojurity in tho Bunnie bes euluse It rofieed 10 indorso thai absued pratens fiat. ignod thelr souts in.w avalon, ae a ivered the Senate inte the hands of tho Dem: ruts, and then comms botne have been ene gagod for Weeks {1 uss offre tu dlscityt und dee inorallza the party in order to servo thelr own sulfa. onde. While inetsting that Moser. Conkling end Putt shall pot bo returned to the soute thoy abandoned, the # tinistration mon Dave not stown iho (oAse i Position to antaxontza any candidato because Lo WINDS $0 tho su-LANed Siniwort wing. On tos contrary, thelr attitude from the first hoe be Uno oF wilh nea ty inky one Bonacer Crum that wlog it. the Sutlwarte would agree upon wy tf and Worthy candidate acceptible to tho gen Hy Tepublican saunas of the State. Wo un 4 Statid this to be thalt position now, Be iH when the balloting begin, When Mr. Conkling $ thair futile aifort to secu mand hig ec! 9 ‘An Indoraemont wrntols Be Stute proteats shall hat be given, they wh & Hutt ho eagar to take advuntuye of tho im “8 Mantmity af thote opponents, ‘Thoy would _ woll tu rollect, howovor, that thols day ob wrae ney Duss by,” Thoy caunot umeb longer pecs In Imporiling tho Intore: sof tho Mepublicen sd eud clades the right to @ volco In its coun: “4h so Now York Post (Rep): As our readers are aware, Gen. Grant declared some tine 0 At Chloaya that, when Prealdent, ho had sae nade an appointment aguinst the objection ¢ fue Of che Kenators of the respective Bal Simmons was nppolnted Collector of Customs . ft ea by: eae bad both coroners nssuchusatts objectlug. Now Gen. Diains that Sonator Suainer'a objeciion wats 00h peotcd because Sumner “dover cunt, int about atiything in other words pute Wore not on muod tornudee-anid thut Bena’ Hay Noll did not obfoot very muons but if Hon had objovted, strongly he, Vrosidont Grote Would cortainty not mye appointed simi on. Grant's tiratdeolamtion about bis uilcr, practico . will, dt scoms, baye 10 ‘ebst Mnodiied. to... the following cteots tate Byealdont: Grant in making Appotntmaen) id nut dhiregard tho cujecttons made OF ream ee Megs Gea teg e ie Ags OL . them: they ad ta adlect viworawely- e muntloned, soma time ‘aro, int uf much greater siguilonnec, iy BOATS OF tes TOSPCAtya Hluto, chet gI & . ering with tho seoaldont and, In addins | he majority of tho dotewadan in tbe tn. of Kopresontusives, and tho Chamber of Cig Tmorwe and 1 Larice humber of buvinces- Mets the tespeotl ty alts, ull with ono yaleo preted Joudly mrainet the appulatment of o man oF vount of hia bad charucter, the Hocretary aot Treasury for tho sume reason being reluceny fo tnke ge uppolalment, wails Veedl f tiraut, aguittac alt theso objactions. order be made, i¢ was the nppolntmont uf Jo Donuld, Who becume we twoyiny apirlt OF Ty great whiaky ring in (ho Wests the sain Say who afterward was tried aod soutenctn io i Penitwntlary. Perhaps Gen. Grant, walla boy ‘Ot it way feat uoved to explaly, the pri! upon which he’acted In this cass, too.