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5 e POLITICAL. The National Democratic Commit- tee at Washington. oy at CONVENTION AT ST. LOUIS JUNE _— | Republican Conventions in Indiana and Wisconsin. BLAINE AND MORTON FAVORITES. THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ,COM- MITTEE, THE CONVENTION TO Bi HELD AT ST, LOUIS ON THE 27TH OF JUNE. . Wasnineton, D. C., Feb. 22, 1876. The National Democratic Committee met to-day at half past twelve o'clock, at Willard’s hall, Augustus Schell in the chair, All the members were present with the exception of a few who were represented by proxies. On motion of Senator Randolph, T. M. Patterson, of Colorado, was admitted to represent that Territory. After a brief debate of the question whether the time or place of the National Democratic Convention should first be fixed, it was determined that the time should Grst be fixed. THE TIME. Mr. John G. Thompson, of Ohio, moved that Tues- day, the 27th of June, be the time. Mr, Eaton, of Kansas, moved, as an amendment, thé first Tuesday in May. This question was discussed in all its bearings, when the committee rejected Mr. Eaton’s amendment and agreed to the motion of Mr. Thomperon, fixing the 27th of Juno as the time for holding the Nationa! Democratic Nominating Con- ‘vention. On motion of Mr. Goode, of Virginia, it was resolved that the delegations now here desiring the Convention to be held ip their respective cities be heard through ‘one of the members of each delegation, the remarks to be restricted to fifteen minutes. On motion of Mr. Thompson it was resolved that the different States, as here represented, desiring the Con- to be held in cortain cities now name the vention places. ‘Accordingly Mr. McCormick, of Illinois, named Chi- cago; Mr. McHenry, of Kentucky, Louisville; Mr. Banks, of Mississippi, by request, Washington; Mr. Priest, of Missouri, St. Louis; Mr. Thompson, of Ohio, Cincinnati, and Mr, Barr, of Pennsylvania, Philadel- phia THR CALL. A recess of fifteen minutes was taken, atter which a motion was made and carried that the Charman pre- pare the call for the National Convention, to bo sub- mitted to the committee before being signed by tho members. , Representatives of Chicago, Louisville, Washing- ton, St. Louisa, Cinemnati and Philadelphia then ac dressed the committee In advocacy of the claims ax advantages of their respective cities, after which the | committee adjourned until evening. THE EVENING SESSION. The committee on reassembling proceeded to ballot ‘on the place for hotding the National Convention, with the following result:— FIRST BALLOT. Number of votes cast Necessary to a choice St. Louis. Chicago. Louisville. Sincinnati.... Philadelphia. Washington. “hicoxD nator. There being no choice the committee again voted as Louisville. THIRD BALLOT. On the third baliot the vote stood:— St. Louis, No votes were cast for Philadelphia. YOURTH RALLOT. The fourth ballot resulted as follow: sees o 2 St. Louis having received the thajority of votes cast, the Chairman declared that city as the placé for hold- ing the Convention, Mr. Priest, of St. Louis, expressed his heartfelt thanks to the committee for the selection they had made, and the committce adjourned, INDIANA REPUBLICANS. BPSTERDAY'S CONVENTION—NO AMNESTY FOR UNREPENTANT SOUTHERN SINNERS—CONFI- DENCE IN GENERAL GRANT'S ADMINISTRA- ‘TION—MORTON NOMINATED FOR THE PRESi- DENCY. Inpianarouis, Feb. 22, 1876. The Republican State Convention to-day adopted the following platform and resolution: The r@publicans of Indiana hail 1 tent which calls for the expr ot gratitude to Almighty | Gor that our civil and relizious liberties have been pre- terved through all the vicissitudes of the century; that the Auierican people have successtully maintained before the | world their eupacity for self-government, ana that the Union femains unbroken either by fo gression.eivil discord or is centennial year as an Een rebellion. The past of our national history is secure, | 1 ut its tuture depends upon the preservation of the great | every highest order, and his torial fundamental principles whieh the past has consecrated, and en divinguisted by much stateamantike wi which are expressed in the Declaration of independence | dom as to win the approbat the w ye and the constitution of the United States with its several | know his faithfulness ‘ery_public Amendments. To these the republican party las always | devotion to the cause on, flinching ad been devoted and By means of its ' y of the rights of the oppre: . and therefore present Attachment to them it has carried the | ‘ime to the National Republican Couventiongor nomi- throw, four years of civil war, he office of President. an jnsarrectionary overnment States | tonfederated in opposition to the constitution and laws, saved wernment from destruction and thé Union from dissolution and has faithtully observed tnat part of the © tion which that the government of all States shall be republican in form, It has mare the ples of popular civil equality universal, so that tt every class of American citi Previous condition or color She nationality of the go mitted it to the arbitrament of the sword, so that it 1 rnetical denial. It hax successfully re that the government of th isa more longue Letween confederated State reserved right to secede from anid break up . 80 shat now under its administr Hon public aMairs it has become the — » tled poliey of the eation that the constitution and All laws passed pursuant thereto are the supreme laws Orthe land auythine im the constitution of the laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. It has earried the wernment forward into the front ri tions. Tt ins granted amnesty with unparalleled who were recently in arms against the at they shall unite in heart give increased honor and glory m Union, It s generally, diminished ressure of its burden try with « national i mis ite the oppusitic currency, de on and panciation of the demoeratic party and all. who opposed the prosecution of the ‘war, without which the rebellion could not have been sup- weed, and whieh it is the purpose to main- Rims te the that the lexitic wants of cominerce and trade may | be . secured to labor. Tt bas ard, Bomical stand within the limit wants and interests of the public the faithful collect reve When there may by ¥ to whom removed from DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES, We, therefore, in view of this record of the republ riy, do now, assembled in State Convention, make the Botowing declaration of prinel i id enjoyed ted and saeh others | all tion shail be fully vindiea “ whether white or binck, shall be so se: fnred in the right to east their ballots that the laws shall fest upon the consent of the governed. ‘Seomd—We dy nor recognize the right of # the execution of the national Tights conferred by them. fee that thes alt these rights id the ent of the United States to be ‘not a mere confederation of Ht rep o ot nd not the tat’ dace tional government are lias the right to st OF linpede their execution or to withdraw from the Palon ia consequewes thereot: and that, although the re- gult of the lave rebvilion settied th (om against the Fight of m State to ree et the future saiety of the Union require that this doctrt w C be #0 ‘hat winder Bo possible exigency shall it ever be iter revived. While we believe that the national corernment adent of NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMEN'T, abled to develop their material interests and empley all the neaus necessary to the iniellectual and moral eplighten- ¢ people. iN amin t tod who f and to place upon an rs who defended it rebellion and lity with the We belteve lente aight mpon Its si xallant soldi | thatthe warfor the Union wax right and their rebellion 4d that thus it should forever stand in history. th—We ha: i or the existing laws, but when / re honestly disch the removed to mal rant an insult to t wo risked! their lives for it that it < jeve that in conducting the civil service ir qualifi- | | hould be selected for oflic ount of th cations, integrity and moral character, and not on aceount of mere party service in order that ( y the public busi- ness may be faithfully conducted, dininistrative economy secured and the of the government be so dis- | Ponsed that it shall not be bronglt in contfict with the tree- | dom of elections. Bis Veh e n are equal before the law, al principle ot our free in: m without violating their ual justice shull be done 1 on none, it ix the duty by all necessary laws for its nt. religious freedom and freedom. of o every individual; are opposed to any inter- ference whatever with the ch by the State cr with the State by the Chureb, of to any union between them, and in our opinion it is incompatible with American citizenship to eign Power, civil or eeclesinsti nment of the people, by the people and tor d must not be subject to or interfered with by rectly responsible to them, antry. so bountifully sup ‘ours with all urces of wealth, possessing unsurpassed capacity for production, every necessary fuctity for the growth of me- cturing arts, and all the agencies of labor, ly the fustering aid of the government to ¢ Prosperity upon a durable basis duty of the government so to re; iful encoura: therefore, it is the minin onious relations may hed between labor and capital and just remuancra- ed. to bole, —In our opinion it is the duty of the government, g laws for raising revenue, soto levy taxes as to kive the greatest possible exemption to articles of prime ne- cessiiy and to place them most heavily upon Juxuries and the wealth of the community Tweelith—We believe that it ix the duty of the government in furnishing national currency to so regulate it as to provide for its ultimate redempti id and sil t any at- tempt to hasten this idly than it shall be brought the Iaws of trade and commerce ix inexpedien in our opinion, so much of the so-called fixes the time for the remmuption of specie pa s should be repealed, and after such repeal the ain undisturbed, neither contr when relieved from interference, will be speedily anently cured by the operation of the natural laws and by preserving that course whieh the n party has constantly maint steadily look- ultimate resumption of specie poyment. Thirteenth—The greenback currency was created by the re- can party, as a matter of absolute necessity, to carry ernment successfully through the war ot ‘the rebel- d save the life of the nati It met the fierce op- position of the democratic party on the declared ground that i was unconstitutional and would prove worthless; and if this opposition had been successful war would have ri in the independence of the Southern Confed democratic party was sincere in this oppos in now seeking to obtain possession of the must be to destroy this currency, that furnished by the national ba may be compelled to return along 80 with that the country system of local ‘and irresponsible banking which existed under the administration of M ks, to the ay it is necessary order to save th local and irresponsibie 04 cial em arrassments, its best Interests reqnire that it shall be left in the hands of its friends, and not be turned over to its cnemies. Fourtrenth—Wheu the republican party obtained possession government in 1861 the annual expenditures were greater than the receipts from rove quence there wax a general derangement in commerce and trade, Drought on by maladministration; a large amount of ‘Treasury notes had been issued and thrown pon the market to make up the deficiency; the credit of the United states us below par, and, addition to these financial embarrassments, it herited from the administration ot Mr. Buchanan A domestic war of immense proportions; yet it has so con ducted the government that its credit has been placed above par and its bonds are sought after in all the great money markets of the world—notwithstanding the magnitade of the asioned thereby—and the ereased and. so faithfully collected and economically applied that, in addition to the ordinary expenses, over. $50),000,000 of the publie debt have Leen paid, and regular monthly payments are made thereon and thus'the absoiute necessity of continuing the polie: these results have been achieved is tully demonstrated. Fisicenth—We remain, as heretofore, irrevocably opposed to the payment of any part of the rebel debt, or to any pay- er for emancipated slaves or the property of stroved in war, We demand that the government of the United tate, shail be administered nsistentiy with the public strictest econon rdinance of 1787 made it the duty of the States formed out of the territory of the Northwest to for- ever encourage schools and the means of education as nec- essary for extending the principles of religious liberty. Washington declared that the education of our youth in the science of government is necessary to prepare them for be- coming the future guardians of the liberties of the country. Jefferson placed educa ong the articles of public Madison said, that by its general diffusion it, would ighten the opinions, expand the patriotism and assimilate Principles and sentiments of the people, and thereby contribute not less to y strengthen the foundations of our free and eople ot this State, proved the principle that it is the duty of the State to educate all her children, and having thus made it ao essential feature in our system of State government, we shall regard all opponents of our common Fy ‘as assailing « fundam inciple of free govern- our support of them until every a furnished with a common school hit iu the fundamental principles t, and we shall demand a faithful ol law and. the strictest economy nditure of the funds, which should f the publig schooly being View to prepare students for colleges and continue what they were designed to ar than to the be—the s le. All republican governments de- Kighteoth—(nasmuch as pend for their stability and perpetuity on the intelligence and virtue of the Ie, it ix the right and duty of the State and national administrations to foster the highest moral dno laws and intellectual development of the people, disregard a should be ena 1 that are despotic in character o the wishes of the people. Nintrendh-We have not forgotten and shall not forget the jered to the cause of the Union by our 4 en during the war of the rebeliio ‘amid the leaden hail of battle; ho they endured the hardships’ of camp and ficld, and what terrible afflictions some of them suffered w w pa tiently and b &s prisoners of war. The honor of the nation is pledged to provide. bounties and pensions for them, and to take care of the widows and orphans of those who have lost their lives in defence of the government, and upon this we shail earnostly and constantly insist Twentieth—The { General Grant commands Japprobation, Our respect for him a man of unspotted honor, and asa statesman of wisdom imitation and we especially commend him xample ie will leave to his successors of removinj from office those of his own appointment wnen he foun them to be anfaithful, and of eausing those who have proved dishonest to be so prosecuted that no guilty man should ese Twennysirst-—In our opinion the Hon. Ohver P. Morton possesses, in au eminent degrre, the ability and qualities which fit him for the office of President of the United St ¢ as Governor of this State whem he displayed executive for the H Dy The resolutions were unanimousely acopted. | THE TICKET. The ticket nominated is as follows:— For Governor—Godlove 8. Orth, Minister to Austria, Lieutenant Governor—Colonel Robert 8. Robertson, of Allen county. Judges of the Supreme Court—W. P. Edson, of Posey county; A.C. Vooris, of Lawrence county; H. © Newcomb, ‘of Marion county; John F, Kibbey, of Wayne county, Seeretary of State—Isaiah P, Watts, of Randolph county. Auditor of State—William Hess, of county. Treasurer ot State—George F. Herriott, of Johnson county. Hendricks Attorney General—Jobn W. Gordon, of Marion county. Reporter of Supreme Court—L. D. Miller, of Warwick county. Clerk of Supreme Court—Charles Scoll, of Clark county. Superintendent of Public Instruction—O, H. Smith, of Spencer county, The Convention adjourned at six o'clock P. M., after being in continuous session for eight hours. WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN CONVEN- TION. Mapisoy, Fob. 22, 1476. The Republican State Convention met here this morning. Every Senatorial and Assembly district in the State was represented, & T. Brown, of Waupaca, was chosen President. The Committee on Resolutions presented the following, which were unanimously adopted :— nsin, tn State Convention ss. jonal Union Ki of Wi no to the call of the N eo for the republics Wo elect dolecates for the flag of our mblowh of Hberty, equality and . desire to see ‘the Kepublic | enter npon the second century of ite prosperous career | from sectional strife ot injustice of any name or nature, ' deavor to promote friendly feeling and per throughopt i port wil m id free exercise jon or fraud. W We prosecute and pat of official to punishinent iy way or fori conspired to detrand the government of its just i legal revenue. We believe in the nnwritten law of the Tand, which declares it auwise for a Chiet Magistrate to hold his olties hey: cept the declaration of President law ns but enough is betore nts of ti re tribunal Republic. he presence be Ppontical party which again aspites to the con- ernment, we are opposed to impairing the | Jon by depreciating any of its cbligations, | ing credit of the and in favor of sustaini entirely Abie ibe oo ‘circle, we alw believe 4 ‘are entirely Independent of mn acting: OTe Es*ead thet harmony tay etiet between yar’ MM ist Bationsl welfare may be advanced. and that : 4 ise of ja jurisdic. SE SPS debt sa See arte. in every way the hational t and financial honor. We beliege in honest money ; that enrrency as ‘as consistent wi ‘business interests and si equal to gold, and until that time shontd co 1 tender Sf We bold, of priceless ¥: reatest jmportance, ‘the courmavin achool syetem of hieh, supported i] | me | Convention by just and equal taxation of property forthe benefit of all and acce je to the children of citizens of ry nation- ality, color, condition or ereed. should be maintained abso- free fro control, and that a is the fonal safe d tolerant g whose cuaranty of liberty only db A nowlede vades ‘ reiterating our de principl cherished evotion to. tha and established by the American patriots of 1 corporated in their Declarauion of Independence in the con- stitution of the Union; aud'in the laws of Congress we can hot ignore the fact which is indelibly weitten in our national lustory, that for the privilece of celabrating the centennial of this’ Republic, the freemen of Ame only to its founders, but also to its d to-day we have a country oF a go orth celebrating it is becan |, its interests and welfar ich gave nv ald or comfort t i which now gives the only security orn future safety, prosperity and honor as among the nation With a renewal of o of principles adopted by the Kepubil July cast, we enter upon the eampaicn of 1876 with assurances from all directions that the party of Taw, order, progress aud freedom will achieve another glori- the platforn | ous 'vietory. The Congressional districts then reported thoir dele- gates and electors, and their action was ratified, The committee appointed for the purpose recom- mended for delegates at Jarge Philetus Sawyer, David Atwood, Mark Douglas and James H, Howe, ‘The re- port was unanimously adopted. The following resolution was adopted :— Resolved, That while we believe that the choice of the Union republicans of Wisconsin emphatically tavors the nomination of the nation’s gifted son, Hon, James G, Blaine, yet in view of the time to intervene before the assembling of the National Convention we deem it inex- pedient to instruct our delegates, but trust to their in- tellizence, discretion and fidelity t0 tairly represent their constitutents in the discharge of thdir important duties, The Convention then adjourned, RHODE ISLAND PROHIBITION CON- VENTION. Profipexcr, Feb, 22, 1876. The Prohibition State Convention bas made the fol- lowing nommations-— For Governor, Albert C, Howard, of East Providence; for Lieutenant Governor, Alfred B. Chadsey, of North Kingstown; for Secretary of Stato, Joshua M. Adde- man, of Providence; for Attorney General, Warren R. Peirce, of Providence; for General Treasarer, A. D. Voso, of Woonsocket, REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE. THE STATE CONVENTION TO MEET AT SYRACUSE oN MARCH 22. A meeting of the Republican State Central Commit- tee was held yesterday morning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, with Hon. A. B. Cornell presiding and Mr. Dwight Lawrence acting as secretary. The session of the committee was exceedingly short, It was deter. mined to hold the State Convention, tor the election of delegates to the National Convention at Cinciunati, on Wednesday, March 22, at Syracuse. The number of committeemen present was thirty-one, among whom were Senator Robertson, of Westchester; ex-Governor Morgan, Johu F, Smith, @. Robinson, of Troy, J. D. Warren, General’ Chester Arthur, District Atiorucy Bliss, Hugh Gardner and Postinaster James, A GREENBACK CONVENTION. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS AT CONNECTICUT OPPOSED TO THE RESUMPTION ACT—GOVERN- MENT SHOULD EXCHANGE ITS INTEREST BEAR- ING BONDS FOB ITS NON-INTEREST BEARING NOTES. . New Haven, Feb. 22, 1876. About 200 persons were prosent to-day, in this city, at the Mass Convention of the grechback men. Of these about 100, mainly from tpis city and vicinity, handed in their names as in favor of the movement. The forenoon was taken up by speeches, made chiefly | by greenback men of this city. Isaac Anderson, a busi- ness inan of this city, was chosen Chairman, Tne Committee on Resolutions consisted of thirteen, with Henry Killam, carriage manufacturer of this city, as Chairman, He is also chairman of the New Haven democratic delegation to the State Convention to be held here to-morrow. . ‘The 1ollowing platform was presented by the com- mittee :— Whereas the present finaneral condition of the country requires nmmediate, wise and careful legislation on the great questions which at present are of such vital importones to the welfare of the people, believing the national be in a deplorable condition, the friends of currence ™m of Connecticut, in convention assembled, recommend the important to the welfare of the na- following principles as tion; therefore Resolved, That the principles an earnestly invite @ severe scrutiny of measures whieh we think would restore and we ask a candid, unprejudiced lems that now challenge the Under a governme ly essential that all in id openly debated; thi ver been truthful jous be fully hour have to fatten on the misfortunes of others, wish the people de- ceived, As the intelligent union of laber aud capital is the only legitimate source of individual or national wealth, cor ernment should toster industry and carefully guard the econ. rights of producers. It should sét an example of omy; should di ce all forms of monopoly enact laws for the benefit of the whole peuple, Jntion should not be tolerated in a free nation. that a financial system is perfect merely because it has hitherto been generally so considered is as fallacious asa beliet that medicine, law or the mechanic arts have perfection. Mank' adily progressing in kn And ail arts and sciences are sharing in the general Financiul seience is yet in itsinfancy, and the claim ot fi cial infallibity, which is virtually made by the party leaders, is entitled to nothing but contempt. First—We oppose the act fixing an arbitrary time for the resumption of specie payments, not because we have any orth its fee iin pr jous to our paper money bet old, but because that act by erent! ‘as paralyzed enterprise, thrown the producers of w of employment, and has thns postponed the day when it shail become possible to. maintain our paper money at par with coin without cresting the widesprend bankruptcy which an attempt to entorco the resumption act will in- evitably produce, Our paper money should be appreciated to par with coin by rectifying the defects in our monetary system and by producing general prospevity, not by creat general prostration of business and by roubing debtors to enrich creditors under the hypocritical ery of “honesty.” We do not want resolutions of future action to amend the eur- rency, especially when these resolutions assume the furm of a standing threat against every new enterprise, W nt immediate and practical measures which will ereate con. fidence in the Aiture and supply the conditions under ‘which tine, industry and economy will place our country in # sound finncial condition and make a paper dollar equal in 0 abs ard recovery. use tt is impossible to requisite time. We, therefore, ask for the immediate and unconditional ro- peal of the Resumption act and demand that ail similar trifling with the interests of the nation for politieal pur- ¢ poxes branded as a crime Second —' ‘ainst humanity. he government shonid not dishonor its o it now does, In the language of Thadeus Kromnbacks, were discredited before the i The national note should be made a ful al tender for all public dues and for the purchase of gov- ernment bouds at par with gold coin, Third—The relative value of the Inbor and every citizen and the mammerin which the nat! shall be distributed depends in alarge degree upc chiarncter and the amounts of the national currency. should have « stable currency uniform as ib both in its exchangeable value and its rate of in terest—-high and fluctuating rates of interest are detri- mental to the prosperity of the prodacers—and to the highest good of the whole nation, This evil can be pre- vented only by diminishing the amount of currency at sen- suns when there is little demand for it and by inereasing its volun eded. The issue of prosperity of onal wealth: the tional concern; it is a prero should not be delegated, either directly or i corporations. The national bank notes should pe gradaall retired from cirenlation, and the general government shoul have nothing whatever to do with banking; it should merely coin nd issue the national Bank- ing should be. entirely free, but no. paper money circulation except that issued should be allowed in a directly by the United States and backed by the entire weaith of thenation, We want no banks of issue nominally on a specie basis, but which are really manntacturers of ine flated and worthiess paper national paper money should bq. issued by. & United states ‘Treasury only for by Congres ould over the ir mon the coinag Sougress tem under which the volnme of the currency would 0~ matically regulate and limit itself. Businest men should not be kept in constant fear of either a contr pansion of the currency. No one tell bi Tency 1 needed at any particular ¢ Its volume should be left like that of everything else, entirely free to contract cr expand in response to the requirements of trade. This would inefiitnte cush sales and discourage an un wate credits, As all the national currency is @ nment should at all time sion of 8 0 exchange its interest bearing notes. The lem changeable for intere but suffici Lenever the currency becomes in excess, en flow into bonds, and whenever 1 the y becomes too searce bonds would be converted into thus making the supply always equal, bat never ¢ lexitimate demand. By the aloresaid Measures ® ortion of the national debt wonld be used ax and the bulk of the debt woald currency exceed, th considerable currency wit! soon be fun per annem, aud probably at able in gold coin or In pa f Slaverect ‘thus ellested should be to the payment of the publie debt, We are apy poliey ol inerensing the a prese whieh steadily drains «ur on financial stability, end tsa a domestic debt, A policy should be adopted, the tendency of whieh would be to diminish on foreign obligations and to have the American debt owed to Amerienn cith Fiuth—We delieve that & national policy in co with our principles w sh ihe preminm on gold; would vive usa s alfected by foreign wars and ately revive oar drooping indus. tries and give labor employment at just wages, and tese our country from the unfortunate position in which ft Ras ex ant administration and incom- every cond citizen, ‘ive of pi . to unite with ws for polit resistance azainst the ignorant war now being waged on t of the few, and to this end we cou for that party whose pl with the sentiment of Justice rinciples herein set forth, THR AFTERNOON SESSION, This afternoon the Convention adopted the above resolutions, An executive committee was appointed to take Inde- pendent action it both parties refused te receive them. 776, ax ine | unite the organizations, Addresses were delivered by f. H. Graeme, Devis 5. Griffin, J. O'Reilly, M. T. Shaw, R. J. Corbett and T. J, Masterson on the part of th | Workingmen’s Union, William Cashman, is Ryan and John Mallen on the part of the Labor and Trades Union, Many prominent men, connected with labor organizations, had been invited, but failed to come, After some controversy, a resolution was offered and carried to adjourn to mect at the Workingmen’s Mass Meeting, to be held on Friday evening, and meanwhile to urge upon their separate organizations to co-operate with that meeti NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. LEGISLATING AGAINST SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS—NO INTOXICATING LIQUORS TO BE SOLD ON ELECTION DAYS, Trxwtox, N. J. 22, 1876. In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Schultz presented a peti- tion asking for legislation against the running of Sun- day excursion trains during the Centennial Exposition. The Committee on Education reported favorably op the bill providing for the erection of institutions for the deaf, dumb, blind and feeble-minded of the State, The cost will be about $400,000. Alter the transaction of some routine business the Senate adjourned, In the House, Mr. Emson introduced a bill to pre- vent the sale of intoxicating liquors on election days between the hours of sunrise on the day of election until sunrise on the following day, instead of between the hours of sunrise and sunset on the day of election, as at present provided by law. ‘The bill repealing the act whereby. sheriffs were al- lowed twenty-five per cent additional fees was passed by a vote of 34 to 22, ‘The Commissioners of the Morristown Lunatic Asy- Jum, in accordance with a resolution of the House, presented an itemized report of ail the receipts and dis- Dursements received on account of that institution since its erection commenced. The following are the most important items Total amount ot th total amount of receipts, $ Jows:—From the State Comptroller, $1,699,925; sales of produce on farm, $5,824 71; special loans on Com- missioners’ notes, $623,000, ‘The disbursements were distributed as follows:—Ma- terial, work and general construction, $1,704,970 52; lands’ for site, $82,672 11; inter ‘on loans, $17,342 72; expenses of Commissioners, $4,063 1 insurance on buildings, $1,867 50; loans paid to Ne’ ark National Banking Company, $423,000. On February 1, 1876, there wasa balance on hand of $102,081 20, The yearly totals of expenditures are as follows:—1871, $67,200; 1872, $90,086 80; 1873, $428,605 76; 1874, $749,773 41; 1875, $807,766 66, The amount needed for the completion of the institution is set down at $260,742 32. ‘The report was referred to the regular Standing Com- mittee on Lunatic Asyiums. The Joint Committee on Public Bills hold a session in the afternoon and discussed the General Savings Bank bill, ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. Monroomery, Feb, 22, 1876. ‘A bill bas passed both houses of the Legislature ratl- fying the settiement of the State debt made by the Commissioners, All direct State bonds, except those in aid of railroads, are to be taken up and now ones issued. They are to bear interest -from July next at two per cent for five years, three per cent for five years, four per cent for ten years and five per cent for ten years. All past due interest coupons are to be givon up and cancelled. The bondholders of the Ala- bama and Chattanooga Railroad are to surrender tho bonds issued by the State tn aid of the road and those indorsed by the State, and take the road and franchtses and@and and receive in addition one million of bonds, to bear interest as the other new bonds. The remain- ing railroad bond matters are yet unadjusted. ‘The set- tlement will bring the entire indebtedness of the State inside of $10,000,000 at a low rate of interest. A MOLLY MAGUIRE DOOMED. MICHAEL J, DOYLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR THE MURDER OF JOHN P® JONES—THE TRIALS OF HIS ACCOMPLICES— DISORDER SUPPRESSED. Maven Cuunk, Pa, Feb. 22, 1876. Michael J. Doyle, convicted of the murder of John P, Jones, was brought Into court a little after ten o’clock this morping. Judge Dreber briefly reviewed the reasons presented by the defendant's counsel for a new trial and dismissed the motion. The prisoner was then ordered to standup while the Court passed judgment, He rose to his feet with a deflant air and threw his cap with an impatient jerk upon the table befge him. Wheu asked if he bad anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, he muttered in a low tone, ‘I don’t care what you do; you will do what you have a mind to, anyway. The Judge, with a voice of deep emotion, pronounced the extreme penalty of the law upon the accused, which was hanging by the neck until dead. The trial of Kelly, Kerrigan and Campbell, who par- ticipated with Doyle in the killing of Jones, will take place at the March term of the Court, which com- mences on the 27th prox. Efforts will’ be made to have the case of Doyle reviewed by the Supreme Court, Dut it is believed that the trial in the lower court has been so fair and full that po cause for setting aside the verdict can be successfully maintained. It is no more than justice to make known the tact that the credit for making the recent important arrests of prominent Molly Maguires in this county and Scbuylkil is entirely due to the coal and iron police of this section and to General Albright, who worked up the cases to a suc- cessful issue by direction of the Lehigh and Wilkes- barre Coal Company. The determination on the part ot that company to have the law fully vindicated has Jed to the utter demoralization of the disorderly ele- ment in the coal regions and perfoctly annihilated the infamous Order of the Molly Maguires. The reign of terror which bas so long prevailed in the coal regions has come to an end, and the people are rejoiced that such a consummation has been reached, even though it has been so much delayed. At the trial of Kelly and Campbell the important confession of Kerrigan will be made effective. It is kept from the public for the present, as a premature disclosure might seriously im. pede the selection of a jury and in other ways tend to defeat the ends of justice. THE CITY OF GALVESTON. Upon the arrival, in this port yesterday, of the steamship Alps, from Central America and the guano Island of Navassa, off the Haytian coast, a Hrrain reporter went on board of her to ascertain whether she brought any list of the passengers of the wrecked steamship City of Galveston. Mr. H. Reyes, the pur- ser, said “the Haytian mail was brought on board from Navassa at half-past one o’clock, on the morn- ing ofthe 16th by sailor. No Havtian newspapers were handed to me. As a rule Mr. Davidson, the superintendent of the Guano Works, comes on board and tells me all that is transpiring, but as it was night wi we arrived, he did not care, I suppose, tocome off and board ‘us. The sailor who brought City of Galveston. The Port au Prince mail crosses the island of Hayti In about fiiteen hours. The first news wo had ofthe wreck of the City of Galveston, in the Babamas, on the 6th inst, was from the pilot who brought us in here. | The Atlas isdue here Rom Hayti about Wednesday, March 1.’ FINE ARTS. FIRST NIGHT'S SALE OF THE TOMES COLILEC- TION AT LEAVITT'S. ‘The sale of the coliection of oil and water colors be- Jonging to Mr. Francis Tomes begins at the Leavitt art rooms, 817 Broadway, this evening. The Custom House the prices which they bring at auction, There will, consequently, be no danger of interruption of the sale norany trouble -regarding the ownership of the pic- tures subsequently, The oil paintings will be sold this evening. These comprise a number of American pic- tures—three sinall interiors, with dgures, representing quiet home scenes, by P. P. Ryder, fruit by Ream and landscapes by several of our New York artists, Among the foreign paintings are examples of Galofro, fine still fe groups by Olavide; animals by Von Sever- donk, of Brussels; flowers by ‘George Clare, fruit by Proger, figure paintings by P. Frances, Valdinieso, F. Sola, Luxcano; a Spanish market, with figures, by Pra- dilia, and others, The water colors will be sold to- morrow evening. and consist mostly of single figuros by Spanish artists. About half ot them are by Galotre and Pradilia, a pupil of Fortuny. There are also ex. amples of Damn Avendaia, P. yormeng Garcia, Plascencia and others among the water olors. THE BRADY MONUMENT. To rus Eprtox or tas Herato:— James T. Brady was my personal friend, and I enter- tained for bim when living an affection combined with admiration and respect. It was he and his family who called me “Unele Nat,”and many of our matnal fri use this familiar term, meone has had the assur- ance to adopt itasa nom de plume in an article reflect- ingon Mr. Barney Williams’ proposition fora Brady monument, thereby placing me ina false position by causing me to appear as opposed to it, 1 did not write the communication signed ‘Uncle Nat,” and ow nothing of its authorship. Had it not been for a refer ence to me by name by your correspondent “T. E. ©. who in airing bis Latin forgot his manners, and who if amember of the Bar—ta which he so Lprpacdy | To- fers—is certainly no honor to ft, L would not have noticed it, NATHANIEL JARVIS. No, 24 Fast Twentiera Steer. BEATING A “FLAT.” Delegates were appointed to the National Convention in Indianapolis on May 17. LABOR ASSOCIATIONS. Several joint committees appointed by the Labor and Trades Union and Workingmen’s Union, met last night at No. 10 Stanton street, to arrange @ plan by which to Myron D, Osborne, hailing from Southwalk, N. I., off the mail made no mention of having heard of the | officials have decided to value the pictures according to | Frances, Mejia, | ds on bis way to New Orleans, fell in with two sharpers yesterday aiternoon and was fleeced out of $70 by means ofa bogus check. It was the old story—a cloar confidence game. Osborne made known his loss at the City Hall police station, bat no clew to the thieves could be obtained, THE BABCOCK TRIAL Closing Argument for the Defence by Judge Porter. ATTACK ON THE PRESS. Weak Explanation of the Secret Corre- spondence with McDonald. THE “SYLPH” A CHARMING WOMAN Absurdity of the Private Secretary Sell- ing Himself . for $500. EFFECTIVE EULOGIUM ON TIS CHARACTER. Sr. Louis, Feb. 22, 1876. Judge Porter, who announced that he would only speak till recess, occupied the whole day. Porter’s oily, unctuous face, with its fat, smooth cheeks, broad and lofty brow, sharp, pointed chin, rose-tinged, clean cut ngse,,and eyes so prominent that they seem to be bursting out of his head, and his neat little mustache, looks very much as he did during the Beecher trial, and he read the greater part of his speech as he did then, His voice sounded harsh and husky, and his rate of speaking was about fifty words per minute. The pecttiar sing-song quaver in which he droned forth his wards, with almost interminable pauses between them, wearied the audience so that the court room was soon effectually cleared of its overflowing crowds, The jury looked sleepy and as if they were in aperfect stupor from the shower bath of eloquence which they have received in the last three days. Judge Porter flourished his fists in alarming proxim- ty to their noses, and once frightened the foreman greatly, who evidéntly was in dreamland when Porter woke him rudely by his vehemence, and the poor man could not recover for a minute or two fram the shock to bis nerves, The table in front of him received a good many hard knocks, while Porter glared with wide- opened eyes out of his big eyeglasses, and his body quivered with apparent fury at the damnable iniquity of the prosecution. SCENE IN THE COURT. The spectators, among whom was Judge Bardwell Sloate, of the Kohosh district, smiled, but rarely, at some of Porter’s grandiose flights, and looked as sober as though they were at prayer meeting, while Babcock himself again appeared worn, His mental condition evidently fluctuates violently between confidence and anxiety. In the beginning of Porter’s tirade the press came in fora round share of abuse, and, while he denounced it, he turned bis eyes to the reporters’ table and scorched them with bis glances, He explained Joyce's telegrams to Babcock by saying that Joyce “spawned telegrams on everybody whose name would serve his purpose,” and the prosecution was abused for making covert attacks on the President. Hoge, “with a woll’s taste for blood unsated’’—meaning when he wanted money—came also in for a good dose, and the $10,000 raised by the distillers in April, 1875, went into the pockets of Joyce and McDonald, andé would never be seen again till the Judgment Day. Babcock’s secret correspondence with McDonald was explained by Bab- cock’s fear that his mail might be tampered with—at which some of the spectators smiled, The signature “Sylph” he hinted might have originated from the fact that Joyce called a lady whom he and Babcock greatiy admired for her beauty a ‘‘sylph’”’ while the defendant was in St. Louis, but here the Judge stopped him with the reminder that there was no testimony to that effect. In order to head off and break the force of Dyer’s closing argument he asked the jury to meet bis ‘mis. statement,” &c., by their own SUPREME SENSE OF RIGHT, and then Porter slowly read a jong peroration. “May God deal with you and yours as you do with this tuno- cent man, whom wevommit to your keeping,” he ex+ claimed, in a tnrobbing voice, He remtnded the jury, who bad also to-day been the recipients of much ‘soft solder,’”? that their names would be imperishably as- sociated with honor or dishonor in history, just ac- cording to their verdict; and here he digressed and wanted to show that Babcock was not rich, but the Court would aot let him, as there was no evidence on that point’ He then painted Babcock’s harrowed feelings, aud, after having foelingly pictured the agony of his wife and children, he assured them that their names “would be written indelibly on their hearts if they rendered a verdict of acquittal, and that their verdict would rescue the common country from an en- during imputation of base dishonor,” JUDGE PORTER'S ARGUMENT. Judge Porter opened his remarks with compliment- ary references to the attention the jury bad given to the case. An intercourse of two weeks, he said, in the discharge of our duties, and the kindness and marked attention with which you have listened to the evidence make us feel that we are before a jury which is not prejudiced in the case. We believe that, had the evi- dence been such that you must have found a verdict of guilty, which would have blasted this young man’s fu- ture, you would have done so with sorrow; but now, that the testimony enables you to pronounce bim Mmnocent, you cagvot but rejoice at such a conclusion. Judge Porter referred to his personal relations with General Babcock, saying that he had known him long and intimately and appeared as bis friend rather tuan nis lawyer. He reminded the jury that the defendant was the son of an Ameriéan yeo- man, and had earned, not sought, the positions he had occupied. Ina delicate way the government counsel were compiimented for their ability; but, said t speaker, they have tried this case with a bitterne: toward this defendaut which [ never saw equalled in a State prosecution. They evidently felt that every stab they gave this defendant is really thrust through him at the President himself. Why they should strike at General Grant we don’t know, unless they think his testimony stands between these two eminent gentle- men and a new professional victory. Judge Porter then, In strong language, condemned the course pur- sued by the press toward General Babcock He has had, he said, the misfortune of a prejudgment of his case by the It has been charged in the papers boldly that for years he was im weekly receipt of this BLOOD MONRY FROM THR ST. LOUIS RING; vhat be received it by packages through the express, by rogistered letters and by checks; that he acknow!- edged the receipt in letters and telegrams, The coun- | try bas been told that upon this money General Bab- cock grew suddenly rien; that he lived in luxury and moved about in palatial style; that with this money ho built whole blocks of buildings inthe city of Washing- ton, and has others in process of consituction. Every enemy of General Grant within and withoat the re- publican party accepted these stories as true, and Gen- eral Babcock has been condemned unheard. Passing from what he termed the dangers of ti verdict from the newspapers, Judge Porter said the meanest vagabond in the neighborhood of one of you has only to invent or find floating the vilest scandal about you and send it toa newspaper. It will not only be pab- lished, but copred far and wide by all the scandal loving sheets in the country, and wherever you go this calumny will rise up to meet you. You may send your denial to the papers, and it will be pablisbed, but with it (he statement that since the first publication further information of a more reliable charac- ter has been received, which seems to confirm the truth of the slander, To illustrate this point Judge Porter referred to the trial of Andrew Johnson, who, he said, was tried and condemned by the whole press of the country almost without an exception. He and he was not elected by the democratic organization and when, right or wrong, be cut loose from his old affiliations be was ‘denounced as a traitor and surrounded by evemies who threatened his life and his character. Articles of im- achinent Were propared against him by the House of epresentatives, and he wi ed before the highest tribonal of the | The Senators were presided by Chief Justice Chase. There were many of them enemies, but dropping their characters as Senators they became sworn jurors. Andrew Johnson was acquitted and the newspaper judgment was reversed. ‘The lesson to be drawn ts, let no man be convicted of crime with- out legal evidence of guilt, Judge Porter next called attention to the diflerence between the case as the newspapers made it out and as District Attorney Dyer Jaid it down in his open- ing. These statements, drafted from newspaper to pewspaper, dwindied down into two or three twie- tive yours. The District Attorney alleged no He admitted that no money had ever been paid. to ty defendant directly, but le promised to ve that had been remitted him by mal ‘The papers were astounded at the weakness of the case a® the Lis. trict Attorney represented it, but they consoled themselves with the statements of A PAPRICATING INTERVIEWER of a Now York r that this was & on the part of Colbnel Dyer, invend real strength ot his case, but afterward when the evi- dence was in the pepere were ben coud not understand how the District proved his case, and they aro now waiting to see how he will do it in his: ment, J thea said that he would not go into the ot strategy to conceal the evidence in ‘detail, as tnat had been done suffictently by bis qolleague, Me Storrs, but he would notice: of the general features, Ho said it was an undi fact thut there was a nefarious conspiracy in St. in 1871 and 1872, but it was admitted by 1 bsg ment, when the question was put to them by the Court, that General Babcock had no connection with that com ‘spiracy. . Iu 1873 anew conspiracy was formed which, continued unti! the order changing the supervisors ip the winter of 1875. On the argument of Supervisor Fulton this plan of changing the supervisors was given Ee by the President alter due deliberation for another plan which Fulton the Secretary and the President accepted. It was the carrying oul of this latter plan which led to sll slo exposare. Thi plan is approved by you, by us, by the whole country, - except Colonel Brodhead, who ‘argues that the Presi- dent had no right to change his The next step in the argument was with reference 2 the knowledge at Washington respecting the Ring ore, In the spring of 1875 Joyce and McDonald, for reasons given by, them, Think you that their resigaations would have been aceepted had theit connection with the conspiracy been known in Wash- ington? When the distiliers and rectifiers told theit story before the Grand Jurors last summer the District Attorney learned how deeply Joyce and MeDonald were eohcerned, and they were indi but the eve dence against them was not known, Later, Joyce was indicted in another district for various malfeasances in office, tried and convicted, In that way the real case against McDonald was concealed, In :midsur Mo- Donald was indicted; his enemies no doubt him guilty, as he was; but with the fact of his indict- ment there was circulated in the papers the wildest stories that the Treasury Departinent was in league with McDonald and that even the President himself was implicated, Knowing the falsity of part of thes¢ stories it was natural that in Washin; it was be lieved that these distillers, to shield themselves, had sworn falsely against McDonald, It was not beheved that he was guilty until last November, whon on hit trial the legal evidence proved him beyond all doubt te have been involved in the conspiracy, Judge Portes. then referred to KE COMMON ABHORRXENCE OF TAXATION and the strong temptation w avoid tt. He said he bad no doubt the distillers felt the tax was unjust; and, while this did not justify them, their crime was im- measurably less tlan that of the officials Gentlemet said Judge Porter, you would not to-day take the wor of Joyce if he-was here for the government or the de fence; be has been proven a liar, a perjorerand a thief;: you would not believe him on oath, and yet they asi You to believe him unsworn when he was stating what was in his own interest; they would have you take Joyce's own word that General 0. E. k was s conspirator. - Judge Porter then proceeded to analyze the evidence for the government. He said they had not produced. one single letter convicting General Babeock of con- nection with the conspiracy. They had not produced’ one single telegram showing that he ever bargained for or received one cent of this money, had testimony that Joyee received it, that McDonald re- ceived it, that Everest received it, that McKee, true or! false, received it; bat nothing that Babeock received it, All they havo is tnis:—In Ove years he despatched one telogram to Joyce, and that dictated by the Presi- dent, in these words, “See that Ford’s bondsmen rec. ommend you.” That, during all the time Joyce was showering his letters and telegrams on the Commis. sioner, on Avery, on the President, on everybody else, he only sent SIX TELEGRAMS TO BABCOCK, ' and only two of these Babcock answered, One was Pets Sheets reported movements against McDonald To this Babcock replies that he has seen the gentlemat and he seems friendly, The other is of the Lith o December and signed “Sylph,” and yet General Bab cock 18 held to answer to a knowledge of conspiracy, when not the slightest evidence has been introduce to prove either that he had that knowledgo or that hi had opportunity for obtaining it. Referring to news: paper assaults whieh have been made upon the Presi dent, in connection with this matter, the speaker safd, “Even the most violent papers had not ventured t¢ declare that the President was privy to the conspiracy, but they had made covert and cowardly insinuation# to that purpose. Now these insinuations should be brought from their hiding places, Either the President was or he was not in the conspiracy, What A SUBLIME ABSURDITY it was that the President should violate his official o: by conspiracy with Fitzroy and the rest of theclan in” order that, once within three years, these conspirators might have the grace to send $500 to his private secre- tary to be divided between the two. The prosecution would have it believed that the President, from whom Colonel Dyer received his appointment, and at whose suggestion Colonel was chosen to assist in the prosecution, was liable, in the face, too, of his il junction to the Secretary of the Treasury, te galty man escape,” because he told the tacts within is Knowledge that they might be used for whatever they were wortn in the defence of a member of his househola. And who was the man thus assailed? What are his antecedents? The speaker here we eloquent in his laudations of the ‘President, declaring that he was recognized in Europe as the foremost representative of American character, and that such insinuations were ws ot contempt of honest men, Nevther of the government counsel had made any open statements to the effect set forth, but they had ingeniously left it to be inferred, and the stratagem was hardly to be excused by protes- sional zeal, and in any cause it was simply a desperate resource of a sinking prosecution. ‘The defence hud interposed nOt a single technical objection to the intro- duction of testimony, although some newspapert seemed to deem all objections as technical, and that a man had no right to object to the introduction of un- nts pap iano oper ‘The prose- eution, rather, had interposed all the technical ae. tiona, as the record would prove, and this was the first time-the speaker ever shw a case with such a Before the case came to triai himself and co-coun: arrived at the conclusion that the indictment could be quashed on legal grounds without triwl and determined to make the eflort, but General Bubcock stoutly op: posed such a course and instructéd that no technical points be raised to prevent a thorough examination of he case. When the evidence was all in the detence had felt satistied that there were good anda) for asking an instruction of quittal, use of the utter absence of substantial 5 bence the motion was made, The Court decided that, in view of the contlict of authorities, it would be safer to let the case go to the jury. The defence regretted, of course, this decision, but acquiesced in it as the re- sult of profound consideration by a pure and learned tribunal, The speaker addressed the Court and cited authorities in favor of an instruction that in a case de- pending on circumstantial evidence AN ADEQUATE MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME must be proved to the jury, He urged the tact that no adequate motive had been proven here. The conspir- cy was acold-blooded combination for money and nothing else, Yet the prosecution tells the jury that a conspiracy, which could no’ the scoundrel Brasbear’s influence fora single regort for less than $10,000; which coukl not buy Hege for less than $15,000; which could not engage a gauger’s services, except for oue-fifta of the protits—that this conspiracy purchased a man of Babcock’s high character and posi- tion, in whom the President’s confidence was fix id still exists, for the paltry sum of $500, which Ever says he put into “the street letter box at Joyce’s in- bsence of is this not far worse a total al ? mou ‘A recess was here taken, and on bee reopening Judge Porter continued his speech iressed hunself te that rule of law which declares that in cases of cir- cumstantial evidence, evidence, in order to warrant s verdict of guilty, must be susceptible of no explana tion except upon the bypothesis of guilt, and cited authorities to the Court as to the extent to which this rule applies. He then madea citation to the Court on the proposition made by the Court when the government offered to introduce evidence as to a sus- .Picious act against the defendant, that the evi- dence might be admitted as proving such and if the defendant bad it im bis power to explain such act, but failed to do so, This fact should be considered as against the defendant. He reud from an opinion of the United States Sw Court to prove that this Court was wrong in such ruling, and that the converse of the rule laid down was the law, The opinion went on to say such rulitg would be to declare that when a prime facie or presumptive case is made against a crimi- nal a verdict of gnilty 1s warranted when the de- fendant fails to make a defence to the jury. He then suid that, assuming these principles to be the law, it ‘would at once be their duty and their joyous privilege to announce a verdict of acquittal in this here the circumstances fail to justify even reasor sus- picion. if the defendant committed the ermme, he did it without. temptation, without motive and without re- ward. The Court would instruct that the absence of motive in cases of circumstantial evidence demands an acquittal. He was confident in this view of the law the jury would brush away the trifles as unworthy of cone sideration, In such a case THK PRESUMPTIVE INNOCENCE OF THE DRI with which the law clothed him, arose to PENDANT, the dignity | of proof, The prosceution, with powor to bring hither any man between the two oceans, could not introduce a single witness who could testily thata taint ever rested on the character of Orville E. Babcoek till it wag tainted by the Missouri whiskey thieves. An adverse verdict might gratify for the moment a few personal enemies of the President, but bared net gratify an enemy of General he bas none It had been said that the defendant could not receive justice at the bands a Mise sourt ju but the defence had been assured, i , and they now believed it, that a Missouri jury would not por innocent man suffer, It was evident now why the citizens of ete without exception, felt confident of the injustice bf the ebarge against the defendant, and why it wax that Secretary Bristow was. not called to testify against bim. The calamnion statement that the Secretary believed in Babeock's ait was amply refuted. General Babcock had field a position in Washington, which, had he bees disposed to dishonesty, would have enabled bim to be. come a millionnaire, His discharge of those duties was most able, and the beauties of our national capital grounds attest the fact. He never for all this received ‘one doliar of pay beyond that which ne received as a army officer. Well known to all Congressmen of both houses and to all department officials, as well as te prominent men all over the land, not one could be found who could cast the slightest siur of rey ch millions of pub. upon his character. Of the lie money which he handied every dole lar was accounted for with the strictest accuracy. During all those years ot partisan warfare 1d Ioeal contests, as had been proved by rable men and by the oath of Presi never was forsworn, b none a to cast reflection upon him, If such & reputation As this is of no avail against a charge that he sold his governnient for a paltry $500, what protec. tion has an honorable man against the machinations of conspirators ? The speaker now took up the character of Joy whom he showed to be the prince of villains in tact, craftiness, lying, buncombe and general gush. eratty was he that on short acquaintance he convince Babcock and the President that he was making Sena- tors in Missouri and Arkarisas; was running all the political conventions and was directing the conduct of one-half of the nowspapors of the Northwea, ny and found