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JlnoibUlc ft'dUchln Jftlbicj ana &(jnmicit : (ftlctmcstnn, unc 9, 1&Va. '(? (Phtwtirh. Kaoxvlllf Whlc ltnMttl IH'IO. iMx-lll I hrMit'l KntitUllHlircl 170. rtni-incn nv the WHIG AND CHRONICLE COMPANY. WM. G. nnOWSLoW, iV,V;,.i Editor. WW. RULE, Mnmvjimi Editor. I CliMS OF Ml IIM'KIPTIOX. One --op.v.oiie year '.Ina'eopy, Ax irii.nthc rir'l'ir. one veiir Twenty eopien. one j-eur : ro 1 (II ', i 0 l (HI WEDNESDAY, JUNK9, 1S75. Hon. V. II. Stephens failing last winter to beat " Androo" John son f. r tin- United .State Senate lias gone to California. Wendell Phillips thinks t lint in spite of Gen. Grant's letter declaring a third term, that the Republican party should insi.-t on ruuuing bini. The New York Jfrrnhl is engag ed in getting the opinions of every body and their cousins on the third term nonsense. It must have some thing to talk about. Mrs. Hatutiy, wife of Adjutant General V. 14. Hamby, of Ciov. Por ter's staff, died at the Commercial Ho tel iu Nashville, Wednesday morning. Her remains were taken to Pari for hurial. Jefferson Davis lias written a letter to the .St. Louis Time to say that he doesn't arree with Sherman in certain statements made in the much talked of memoirs. Sherman no doulit feels very hadly about it. Gen. Jno. ..1. Harluu, Republi can candidate lor Governor in Ken tucky, has aiguille I his intention of meeting his .Democratic competitor, Col. McCreary, iu a joint con vassof the State. Gen. Harlan stands without a superior in the State of Kentucky, as a stump speaker. The New York Evening I'ost, speaking of the President's letter on the third term question, says : " The com mon seuse of the people will construe the letter and rightly as an une quivocal disavowal, by a mau who is not a dissembler, of all purpose and desire of a reuominatiou to the Presi dency." Another encoursgiDg prospect ef the improvement of public sentiment, Is the suspension of Alex. ..St. Clair Ahrams' Atlnota rirn It wns a regular tire eating sheet, constantly fighting over the battles of the war. It has run its race,however,an l no one mourns over its departure. It will be seen thut our Granger frieuus have decided to take hold of the Eastern Division Fair, aud have made an organization. They will hold a fair this fall, as will he seen. We wish the new organization success, and will contribute all in our power to render it to. We believe, if properly managed, it is for the general benefit, aud in an enterprise of this kind, we do not allow any to excel us in zealous effort. The Southern C'uMo'i'c.pullished at Memphis, compliments the senior editor of this paper with a column of personal abuse. We say "compli ments " because we esteem it iu that light. Judging from the character of this particular editorial, this is about the only way the editor of that paper could really compliment any one. There are men whose ill will uud enmify is more to be desired than their friendship. The St. Louij Globe-Democrat conies to us now in quarto form. It is one of the best conducted papers in the West, ami is established on a perfectly independent basis. It is a newspaper worthy of the great metropolis in which it is published, and exerts an influence that can not be oer-eslima-ted. It is thoroughly Republican In politic, which fact, however, robs it of none of the independence which at taches to a reliable newspaper. The Nashville JJanner carries the third term business a little farther thau average Democratic organs do. It objects to Gen. Hayes, the Repub lican nominee for Governor in Ohio, because he has heretofore held the of fice two terms, notwithstanding two terms have Intervened since he retired. This 1 about as valid an objection as we would look for from a bourbon source, but the Banner protested come time ago that it didn't belong to that stripe. The Khelbyvllle Commercial, apeaklng of the Presidential election, ays: " With tried, true and able leaders, and a pUtfonn of principles in keeping with the ancient faith and doctrines of the party, the Democracy will sweep the country from Maine to California. To do thin, genuine Denp ocraU must rule in choosing candi dates." To put the matter in a per fectly practical shape, so all will under stand what It weans, it mentions the names of Andrew Johnson, of Tennes see, and Win. Allen, of Ohio, as Its candidates. A FEATURE OF MODERN JOUR NALISM. Some time ago, we wrote an edito rial in which we gave it as our opin ion, that the Courts of our day are not respected as Courts once were and an they should lie nirain. With out the Courts arc dignified, and rigid in the enforcement of rules for tlicir own protection, they can not, or will not command the respect due them. What we said of tlio Courts of the country applies in some sense to the profession and especially that of journalism. The press of to-day is very different from the press of a few years au;o. A half century ao, the political press of the country was more partisan in its character than now, hut at the same time it was free from a great many things that bring the press of to-day into disrepute. Then printing material was costly, and it took no little money t start even a weekly paper. At tiiat time, personal organs were expensive lux uries, and consequently there were fewer of them. Now there are scores of little, corrupt politicians all over the land who boast of their personal organs v:-'iklj papers started Cor no purpose on earth but to advocate the claims of their owners for a seat iu the Legislature or Congress, or some other official position. Having such an idea in view, as a matter of course they care nothing about principle. They will do or say anything that will temporarily advance the interests of certain individuals, whether it be true or false. Of course such papers are a disgrace to journalism. They are up when their owners (who gen erally remain in the background and put forward some unscrupulous, un reliable individual as editor) are up, and suspend when they see they are repudiated by the people. It is as tonishing how many papers have been started in the country with no better basis than this. It is this class of journals that has brought the press of to-day into disrepute. They make loud professions of independence and honesty sometimes, but seldom de ceive any one thereby. It is prepos terous for a newspaper to talk about independence, when its editor carries around his neck the collar of some corrupt, ambitious place-hunter, and thus always displays " whose dog he is." Tho time will come when public opinion will take these pirates of journalism for their real worth, and then they will s!nk into oblivion. Then the press will become purified, and will be respected as it deserves. Those Democratic journalists who have tried so hard to get up a sensa tion on. the third term business, will now have time and space we trust, to tell the country how they stand on other questions of more vital impor tance. They promise great reforms, it will therefore lio in order for them to tell what they propose to do. If the party is going to be united on the questions of the tariif, the currency, aud other financial questions, we would like to know what position they will take. If they propose to reform the civil service, let them tell in what wav. Have they renounced the fundamental Democratic idea that " to the victors belong the spoils?" and if sq, when did they do it? There arc several States iu the Union with Democratic Governors, but we have failed to notice in a single instance where other than Democrats were appointed by them to positions of honor and profit. The country will learn in time, if has not already, that Demo cratic premises are easily made, but just as easily broken. Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts, buys "there is timo enough to make arid kill a dozen Presidential aspirant during the next year." Jftw that Grunt i supposed to be oil' the track, let the other aspirants Le trotted out. Union and American. Just possess your souls in patience, gentlemen. In its own good time the Republican party will "trot out" its candidate, and in 1870 he will come out ahead. Attend to your own part oi mo race, lou may have sonic difficulty in settling upon who is to be "trotted out" froju the Democratic stables, to contend for tho honor of being distanced. TuKtiu is in the following from the Nashville Baitimr, a lesson and a Bug' gestion worthy of note and we com. mend it to our readers : Curt loadi of green peas art new almost daily shipped north from thin ty. A fe weeks earlier greens were shipped north from here in great quantities. This is healthy sign. If this tiling continues will soon settle the question of an equitable distribution of the currency. As lone as we produce from the soil by out own in dustrythat which brings money, tho money u sure to come. We hope the canned fruit business will recelre a large share of atten tion this summer. The blackberry crop, for instance, is one crop that rarely fuils. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. Elsewhere wo copy in full tho ad mirable platform adopted by the State Republican Convention in Ohio on Wednesday. We call special at tention to these resolutions : " Fourth We stand hj free education our public school system, the taxntion of ll for its support, and no dirisiop nf the school fund. " Fifth t inier our Itopul!iciM ysteii of Government, there should li- o i o i ec ticm, director indirect, between 'hnrch and State, and wo oppoto all legislation in the intert-Ft of any particular sect. Upon this subject wc should nut fail to profit hy the experience of fureijrii Clovcrnmi'ii s, where the efforH of tho Church to ciitrol the State constitute an e vil of groat magnitude, and endangers the power and prosperity of tho people.'' The issue foreshadowed in these resolutions is one that can not lie evaded in Ohio. The people there have had the question presented to them in such a practical shape, that they understand it in all its bearings, and they intend that those who ask for positions as State officers and as members of the Legislature, shall tell where they stand. This is not a war against the pecu liar belief, or religious ceremonies, or form of worship practiced by the Ro man Catholics. Ohio Republicans nor Republicans anywhere else pro pose to interfere with men's con sciences. Rut there is a sect in our land, that makes an arbitrary demand where its leaders think they may safely do so, for a division of the free school fund. They demand that a certain portion of it shall be set aside to them, to be used for the main tenance of their sectarian schools. They profess to believe that the free schools of the age, conducted as they are all over the United States, are " Godless schools," and that it is dan gerous for Catholic parents to have their children educated in them This they make the pretext for a di vision, and in Ohio have defiantly given out that they will carry their cause to the ballot box and force a recognition of their demands. It is this feeling, this sentiment; this ecclesiastical dogma, if you please, that the Republican party in tends to fight. It is this division of the school fund thus defiantly de manded, and not the religion of the Roman Catholic Church, against which the light is to be made. If the Roman Catholics have a right to any proportion of the school fund, to be controlled by their priesthood, then the Episcopalians have a right to demand their proportion ; the Bap tists have a right to their proportion, the Presbyterians theirs, tho Metho- lists theirs, and so on. Thus, in stead of one great common school fund, devoted to the improvement of the rising generation, we would have a dozzen, or a score of insignificant funds, managed and controlled inde pendently of each other, the pritno object of each being to build up a particular sect. In that case the free school system would become a hiss and a by-word, and would forfeit the respect of all intelligent people. Such a policy is contrary to the ge nius of our free government, and will not succeed. In the lanrua:o of the second resolution published above, the " efforts of the Church to control the State constitute an evil of great magnitude, and endangers the power and prosperity of the people." It is far wore dangerous and much more to be feared than the ghftst of C.esar ism, with which sensational or small fry newspapers attempt to frighten timid patriots. Judge Taft, who was a prominent candidate before the Convention at Columbus for Governor, in a speech ratifying the action of tho Conven tion in nominating ex-Gov. Hayes, made these admirable remarks : " Teis division of this fund among the churches or seels would be as fatal to the school system as tho dissolution of ourpo- litical union would be to our political pow er. Without ourcouimon schools our liber- tics uro dangerous, our ballots dangerous ; without them we can not bare the largest liberty, civil and political, in safety. I be lieve that they who now would divide the schools will, sooner or later, yield to the geuiuii of Itepublicaniain, and be satisfied to give religious instruction and worship in the family and church, while the Slate, with sovereign will, attends to the great duly of making this education univorsal, through the best system of common schools the world over saw.'1 Those simple-minded people who have been so unsophisticated as to attach any importance to Democratic declarations ubout fairness in clec tions, have had their eyes opened by the shameless partisan proceedings in New Hampshire. If thcro is any one trait for which Democratic lead ers are more conspicuous than another it is unblushing hypoericy. They will raise a great howl over any tin fairness on tho part of others, but give them a chance, and they will put Satan himself to shame by tho audacity of tlicir assumptions. They will have to wait until the present reiteration have all nnssod awav I.. 1 iv. (i..,.. ...;n .1 ... iuiv. lihj ,m viuvciu imy wilt' Ull tills point. Tin; following sentiment, expressed iu a late number of the Memphis Anrnl, contains a truth which we fear but few of our Southern people fully appreciate : "The South is pwr, its industries arc impaired, and its resources and wealth uro undeveloped. Tho abolition of slavery left us without commercial freedom and the financial slaves of tho money power of the North. Perhaps wo take n view of the present too much colored by t he hard lif;ht of dollars and nickels, but no peoplo who are in commercial and financial slavery or dependence can have n marked influence upon the legislation or government or civ. ilization of tho day. It is not to reduce the problems of publio and private life ton mere matter of money, but the saying of Dean Swift, that money is iadependencn, applies to a people with more force than to the man or citizen." We believe that whenever the peo ple of the South fully understand the true situation of affairs, as indicated in the foregoing extract from the Ajijiinl, from that time henceforth our condition will improve. We are, in a certain sense, the slaves of our wealthier Northern neighbors. We buy more from them than we sell to them; and, whilo this remains true, we arc to a great extent at their mercy. Whenever we reach the point at which we can sell as much as we bii", or more, then will our condition improve, and our influence socially and politically become greater. Our Climate. We have received so many inqui ries, recently, about the climate of East Tennessee, aud being unable to answer ull these iiiuuiries, exceiit throuKh the columns of the Wmu ASUt'HKUMChB, we tubmit the foN lowing from Col. J. 15. Killebrew's Jlcsoureci of I'enncMee, which will be found correct : East Tennessee has a climate more equable und pleaiuut than thut of any other part of North America, eut of the Kocky Mountains. It lies be tween parallels 3-j" and ;SG Y north. aud its mean nltiiudu is 1,0110 feel J above the sea level. The tirevailiuu winds are from the south-west und west, and they bring u coiistunt and beautiful sui'iily of rain from thedulf of Mexico. Knoxville is the geographical cen ter of East Tennessee, und it occupies a menu elavntiou' too, so that it may he taken us the cliinutio center also. This is fortunate, since It Is only at Knoxville that regular observations were luken. On this point we can not do better than quote from the " Ooolo gy of Tennessee," by Prof. Jas. M. fia fl".rd: I'ie Hummer mean at Knoxville, which bus been placed at 73 ti' Is about that of Philadelphia, Pa.; as well us thut of several points in central Vir ginia, of Cincinnati, Louisville Ky., southern Indiana und central Illinois. It is, loo, I may add, that of the cen tral part of fq.nin, unit the northern part of Italy. The summer of the East Tennessee Valley is, therefore, con sidering the vulley-like character and its low altitude, a comparatively cool one. This is mostly dun to the con siderable elevution of the region above the si-u. According to very eaicfiil observu tions made at the East Tennessee University, under the din-ciion of the United (States Signal Service, at Knox ville, Tin mem temperature for I lie yesr is V 'ahe nien btat fr the ouuiuiur is 74 llie lueaa coM lor winter lit 4-. Avernfte luaximuia temperature,. ......9' Average minimum J1 The result is a mild and equable cli mate that combines delightfully the temperate aud tropical, without the extremes of either. The mountains on eitherside protect the valley from the blighting and chil ling northern and northwestern winds thut so scourge the plains of the north west while they act as natural con duit for the milder and gentler winds that come from the Oulf of Mexico. But even these are tempered Into pleas ant breer.es, by the spurs or cross sec tions of mountains before mentioned us breaking out from the main ranges. Thus it comes, that while It is a very .rare occurence to see the aneuomeler standing still, destructive storms are never experienced. Genenal Marion's Headquarters. Xow that centennial relics and remin iscences are being hunted up, It may not lie amiss to mention the fact thut lu the business part of the village ol Conway- ixiro , 1 lurry county, b. t ;., stands a house once the headquarters of General Marion during a portion of his cunipaigns on the urcat l eeilce river. It was then planter s residence, a two story Iruine building, and built entirely of cypres. It was moved to Couwayhoro' about the year IVJl, and put on the hill in front of the present Methodist Church, and was the residence ol the Singletons. In IS 13 it was moved by Captain II. liuck to the corner next to the court house, where it now stands, and U occupied hy Mr. II. II lturrouglis as a store. In 1853 it under went a considerable change ; an addition was put to It ; the old cypress weather- boarding taken oil aud pine put on ; the old cypress frame ami celling, below aud above, Is the first used, and is yet in a perfect state of preservation. FROM KNOXVILLE TO PUT-IN-BAY F.arnralnn In I ho Lake Trie lainntl. Louisvira.K, Kv., May 31, '75. One week ago to day, with the ther- .nometer above 70 and a profusion of dust equal to niidsumun r, the writer hereof, in company with bis better half, left Knoxville for flying trip to Put-in-llay. The object of the Hip i n a bth-f respite from the tr.ad mill ! routine ol . .liioriid li t- und ihe occa- ! sioii 'f ii, ho excursion planned by jsoine philanthropic, Ohio gentlemen who have uu eye t(J the welf.ire of the much uliused aud we fear unappre ciated editorial prolersion. Nothing worthy of note happened on our tcitiuiis journey to the (iueen City, iniiile doubly so by the very hot weath er, except that, owing to a recent change of schedule, We lasted from supper ut tSievensou, Alabama, until supper again ul the liihso:i House iu Cincinnati, which ciu.-ed us to enjoy the latter with uu emphasis. This lutter city was the point of reudtzvou.-, the time for starting U:lo a. M., May 2(ith. Repairing ut that hour to the Pearl .Sireet Depot, we found ourselves without deluy or a special train provided for the occasion, consisting of a splendid new engine, named " D. W. C Urown," in honor of the energetic General Manager of the Cincinnati. .Sandusky and Cleveland Kuilrouil, lo geiher with baggage car, smoking car, and two elegant new parlor coaches. r or beauty, elegance und comfort these latter can not tie excelled. The Im mense plate glass windows enables oc cupants tosee out Irom either sideline) obtuiii a good view of the flue country luruuiiu wuicii itie line passes. We sturted promptly, almost at the exact time mentioned iu t tie printed programmes, and were soon whizzing away through -the su- tiurbs ot Cincinnati, mid then into the Miami Valley. I u two hours aud ten minutes we were at Hnriiiutield. 81 miles uwiiy, having stopped five times. Soon we reached liellefontuine, where the entile party partook of an excel lent lunch ut the Brauhuiii House. Here we bail the pleasure of meetinir Mr. W. A. Campbell, of the firm i Campbell &. Dow, of Kuoxville, with bis accomplished wife, and our plea sure was heightened when we learned they would accompany us oh the ex cursion. At 4:40 I M. we reached the city of ,-andusky, on the .Lake Erie shore, and iu a short time were on board ttie steamer Jav Cooke, sailing majestically across the beautiful iake. SVe bad experi enced inconvenience before leuviiiir Cincinnati ou account of the great beat, but now heavy shawls and over coats were in demand. It was a beauti ful evening, aud the hike scenery was very iiiucu enjoyeu. In about an hour from the time we left the dock ut Sandusky we were drawn up ut the wharf at Ktllev's Island. A large party of fishermen from various portions of Ohio hud pre ceded us, it being the heightli of the tiass season, so thai the gentlemanly proprietor oi me isiaini House experi enced some difficulty in furnishing ac commodations for his truesls. But he wus equal to the emer gency, und no reasonable man bud occasion to complain. He demonstra ted itie tact that in a hotel as well us iu un oiunihus-there is always room for one more. He made every effort to render bis guests comfortable, and succeeded udmirubly. I't'iiialning here until Thursday morning, the purty again embarked on the elegant steamer Jay Cooke, and took a trip around Put-in Bay, pass ing around Kelley's Island, getting lino views of Kattlesnake island, Mid dle Burs Island, and Uibraller. upon which Jay Cooke built bis handsome summer residence, uud upon which he now uvea temporarily. A little after ten o'clock, A. M., we landed ut the Put-In-Hay House pier, and were wel comed cordially by Col. Sweeney and iir. west, proprietors nt the house. The names of ladies and gentlt men comprising the party hav ing been register;!!, we were all sto .ved uway in a remarkably short time in huge, well ventillated rooms with clean beds, Tine furniture, etc. The hotel is veiy commodious, ar ranged with all modern conveniences, is well kept, and, being situated ou one of the loveliest spots on the globe, miikes this, during the summer mouths, aluiost a paradise. As a sum mer resort these islands stand without a rival. Iu due time dinner was announced, after partaking of which with a keen relish, the excursionists spent the evening in various ways. Some went to Perry's Cave, named iu honor of Commodore Perry, some to Oibralter, some to Middle Bass Island aud some, including the writer, lu company with Mr. W. A. Campbell, went fishing, our better halves accompanying us to the shore, but no further, much to our regret aud disappointment. We found that as disciples of I.aak Wal ton e were a decided success. After two hours fuithful angling Mr. Camp bell succeeded in taking four tine striped uud black bass, while "these few Hues" counted only three. But still it wus interesting. Home gentle men the same evening caught as many as sixty, weighing from one-aud-a- hulf to three pounds. Buss fishing is tine sport, aud at this season attracts thousauds of persons to the lakes, who nan only ior amusement. After supper in the evening, the large ball room was for a time the ceu ter of attraction aud numerous feet kept time to the music of the fine string band kept at the Put-in-Bav House. At nlue o'clock a large num ber oi me party accepted an Invitation to a lunch at the Beebe House, where there was something more than a "feast of reason aud a flow of soul." Tousts were prepared and responded to py major vv. u. Htcitnaru, or the JJav ton Journal : C. W. Thomas, of the Cincinnati Timet, aud Mrs. Jordan, of tue iticntuonu (luu.) jnaepenaent. At 7:31) Friday morning we em barked on the steamer Gazette for Han- dusky, where, after partaking of au elegant, breakfast at the West House, and at 11 a. m., the party having be gan to break up some of them remain ing at Sandusky, while the remainder leu Southward ou the same train upon which we had taken pis-ag" lo Hiiiplusky. We arrived at. Cincinnati flftpen minutes In advance nf the 'Ime laid down in the original programme. The trip has beeli an exceedingly plea-ant one. Although strangers to neatly all the party, we have found them sociable and agreeable compan ions without exception. We are under special obligations to I. W. ('. BroTti, General Manager nf the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Clevelitid Kailrond, and H. H. Shoemaker. Superintend ent of the Citieinnul I I):vlsiou of the Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati and Inilluniipolis Railway, who were with the exciirsiotiin person, for courle-ies shown us. Mr. I. 1. Mack, of iheSin dusky Ki-t'iKtrr, joined th- party at the outset in Cincinnati, mid lv his cour tesy and " inexhaustible "' politeness milled very greatly to t lie pleasure of the occasion. The proprietors of the Island House, at Kelly' Island, of the Put-In-Bay House and Bi-ebe House, at Put-in-Bay Island, of the West House, at Suticlu-ky, and the Brnnhuni House, at Bellefo'ntaine, de serve special mention for their ho-pi-tuble treatment of the excursionists. The excursion was better planned and executed than suythlng of the kind we have witnessed. It showed a sys tem very creditable to those concern ed. The programme was followed throughout, no time being lost nny where, aud not a single accident oc curring to mar the pleasure of the occasion. We nre thoroughly con vinced, -that as a summer resort, these Lake Erie Islands stand without a superior In the United States. In the hot summer months the lake breezes can but be healthful and in viitnrating Persons desiring to reach them can find no more pleasant or cheaper route than the one wc have mentioned. Having spent one day in the (jueen City, admiring her push and indomi table enterprise, we took passage at noon yesterday ou the superb 'mail steamer United States and this morn ing woke up in the Metropolis of Ken tucky. Before this reaches the eyes of the readers of the CitKoNtci.K we hope to be at our post again. w. k. THE OHIO CANVASS. A I'nlntnl, llllly I'lnf form. The following platform of principles was adopted by the lurge and enthusi astic Republican Stale Convention which met ut Columbus on Wednes day : The Republicans of Ohio, in conven tion a-se m hied, lealliniiing the cardi nal principles of their organization, which have become received maxims of policy, State and national, declare on specific points the scries of senti ments following : Eitst The S: ales are one as a nation, and all citizens are equal under the laws, and entitled to their fullest pro lection. Stcoict That the policy of finance should be steadily pursued which, without unnecessary shock to business or triple, will ultimately equalize the purchasing etipucity of thy coin and paper dollar. Third We are iu favor of a tariff for revenue, with incidental protection to American industry. Fourth We stand by free education, our public school system, tho taxatiou of all for its support, uud no division of I he school fund. Fifth Under our Republican sys tem of irovemmenl there should be no connection, direct or indirect, between Church and State, and we oppose all legislation hi the interest ot any par ticular sect. Upon this subject we should not fail to profit by the exper ience 01 loreigu governments, where the elloris of the Church to control the State constitute an evil of great inag- nuiiiie, ami endangers the power and prosperity of the people. Mxlh We demand sueti a revision of the patent laws as will relieve iu dustry from the oppression of mon opolies in administration. .seventh A grateful people can never cease to remember the services of our soldiers and suilois, aud it is due to them that liberality aud gen erosity should obtain iu the adjust ment or pay mid bounties. Eighth I hut we demand that the public domain shall lie scrupul.ius) v reserved for occupancy by actual set tlers. Ninth The determination of the government to collect the revenue, and prevent ami puntsii munis, lias our unqualified approvul. Tenth That the power of municipal corporutions to create debts should lie restricted, and local and other expend itures should ho so reduced us to di minish taxation. Eleventh The observance of Wash ington's example, hi retiring at the close of a second Presidential term, will he in the future, as it lias been in the past, regarded as a fundamental rule iu the unwritten Uw of the Re public. Twelfth The distinguished success of his administration, which, to the fame of the patriot and soldier has ad ded that of the capable and judicious statesman, entitles President Grant to the grutitude of his countrymen. Good-Bye, Grasshopper. S.eeinl Dispatch to the Kaunu City Tiuea 'Cokkkkviu.k, Kan., May 2. The Courier has letters ro-dov fi-tmi nil ii-tj of tho county, which give the most cheer ful accounts of tho prosperous condition of the crops. Tho universal declaration Is that double the acreage of wheut over usi jer win uu narvesicu mis year, and a third more corn than last. The grass hoppers have done some damage In the Verdigris river bottoms, but to the sur prise of everybody, they began flying yes terday, aud to-day, "w hero three days ago tho fields were covered, there Is not a grasshopper to bo seen. So damage has been done on the uplands and on the creek bottoms. Tho farmers and people generally aro In better spirits than ! ever and the rejoicing is universal. Back files of the Ciuciunati Catholic Telrgraph will be of great service iu the Ohio campaign. Thut journal has been for years warring against the publio school system, and boldly as serting thut the Democratic party owed Its ascendancy iu Ohio to the Catholic vote. We have no tuste for a political controversy which lias relig ion for its basis ; but if religion aud polities are to unite on the oue side for a raid against the publio schools, there must of necessity be a union of re ligion and politics on the other side to repel the raid. Hayes and the Repub lican of Ohio are the meu for the busiuess. St. Louin (Jlol Democrat.