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FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1877.
r_fJ NEWS Tills MOENING.
Fobkigx.?fien. Iguatitff will rcinnin in England
until Tiitii'-'liiv. i A Bosnian deputation is on
Ha way to aak the aid of theCaar. : - llciiiu. :s
f.v?) to one in favor oi tfa ? I htfurtl ? i?vv. ? s. [inr
Ifdesiaa 1ms UBnod a manifesto elaianng t!i" *?!?'..
^in Proal i '..v. : Th? Intornationaliala bavc
mado a demonatration in Berno. ?;? The French
I---t.ri.-l.it ?i ti- is t > be prorogued ??n i!i" 24th int.
1>..?|. ? i !?. ? rn-'l.-ri???; Douglass's nomination aa
Mar-tiii! i> f...ii;riii.-il ; BeTeral DeawMrata rotctlfor
i luin. Gen. Grant will go ?tiirn.nl in May t(?
I rmaaln for two yeara. Mr. Canant is not Im?
plicated m i im rreasury aeandaL
Cm -VNi' BCBTTBBAX.?Tlio ?!c:ilii?'t K'li.va!.?! from
Antwerp went aahece at Long Branch, but all the
i . engen wereaaTcd. St.]*atrick'ti l?a.v waa
c.'l.l.iiit.'.l with proccaaiona and banqneta.
(!?-n. Bherman tiin !- ,i atriking speech on
the army, A re" ? ; ?1 lover al Newark
s'.it?i ?1 the wotasn who r< j?-clcil him an.l ahoi bim*
s-lf, Gold, lOi-i. 101V, loi-V Gold value
of the legal-tender dollar at the clone, 9-*>Oio.ccnta.
Stocka active and lower, closing withi ut recovery.
Tbb Wi v ni: i:.--Tun-.t vu local obaervationa i idi
eate clear and cold follnweil by sometrbut wanner
ami t! r. iitfiiiiii* weather. Thermometer yeab nlaj.
17--,'_'s , m .
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.I? Appendix of 1*'. paget, embodying the text
of tin Electoral ('ommietnvu bill and a compre
hentireaccount of the proecedingt ci>:<ncct<d with
Vic eU eti n I count, is >inie realty, accomjHinying
the fifth tditiou of The Trtbcnk Almanac.
I'rice oj tin Almanac, with Appendix, tircrtta-fnc
twatt per fopw, pottpaid. Five copied for one
iottar. _
Mr. Brlatow is rindicotcd from liis mnlea.
Tliis ]>rc( ipitiitcs the opportunity of Mr. W.
II. Ifctnium'a lif?'.
? ?- -
Tlio l;iti'-t attempt to coaiTtii ? jronng
woinan to matrimony by iiuain? of inuni?-i-n?
WMpOHI will pinlialily icsiilt in the il?;it!i of
tlit* man and not of the girl. For once, thv
bullet um?J disviimination.
Mi. Demglmaa. ('?infirm?tion mailis I new
era,in the Democratic party,at h-ast. When one
Donoeratic Senator boaati that neither bo dos
any <?t bifl family ever held a ?-lave, and when
itiiotlier vow.? that lie will ^-ive the BeptibHcan
Atltiiinisti.itioii a siiiiilv mtppoit, the old ?l;iys
have pono l?y. Wli?n the eatpet-hagger and
the Boorboa eoaibfaie, Um m dm d will aaaooate.
On anotlier i?ai*e will bo found a letter from
pit ?id? nt Barnard of Colombia College, making
s'linc in!?k .?tinj* laggeationfl with respect to
fraiiiiiiL* a new oleetoial qrartem. Pireshleiil
Harnaid's posiiioii and attaiiiim-nts entitle him
t<? a largo nidienc?' and a leapeetful hearing,
both of whieh he is sur?- to have. His eon
elusions hare evidently been reached after
orach reflk etioa. _
Th?- ai.jotuiiiiH'ii! of the Senate l?;ives Viee
l'i?-suit-ut WheeJet free to head the commiaBioB
to visit th? iinsetth-d Stal?u\ of which a f,'?M??l
deal has been said, and whieh is likely s MD
to 00 made up. Mr. Waimoth, n? ?invvhile,
turns n?? in Waahington with a plan for a
Louisiana adinatment, the chief ol?j?-?-t of which
weins to lie his own election tO the Senat?'.
There i* usually a eat under Mr. Warmoth'a
meal. _
Beftoc Inicias is i?-- ?I ved not to nll?)\v Gen.
I)i.!/ nodispated poeee-Uoa ?.1 the Presidency.
lie t.s now ?it New-Orleans, lmt he only waits
for a siii.l? Stale "to inoiioiiiie?-n to return
and oppose the noarper. Gen. Dias may deem
his anthority t<><> aeenre to heed ilns threat,
lmt his position would !??? greatly ?trengthenoii
l?y haviii'.; his claiUM and t!io-e of liis rival..
d .??iiiin.l by ?m impartial trttmoal. AI pres?
ent hi?, power resta solely on the army and
th?- declarations of orer-aealooa partisans.
???
Tlie Suiiim-i sojoiiii.?: .' Long Hraneh ' \ ?
been cheated out.?! ? ?ensation. Three months'
diflereuce in the time <?r the Rnsland. ran*
ning aahore woald hare afforded the inhalii
t.i.ii- ??f thai reoort, lihely bow to be robbed
of its ?iniiiiiil Presid?-nti.il visitation, all the
res of a genuine ahipwreck?with nobody
lnnt. VVh:t a ?lis|Mii?,itioii an ?K-ean st?.iiiui
would Im', ?iii? ?UK itraighl ?a shore within i ihori
tlislaneo of one of the hurgeot hot? Is, from
Which all the pieturtstffie wink of r?-.?-<iie could
b?- i-i.uil.iitahly viewed?what all thi? would .
have boom U> Uto languid life of a Wittering J
plaee crocs vvilliotit M] iiiff. It makes it nil the
harder to tliii.k tliat lij-litning ?eldoni striker?,
twice in tlie samo place, ami I lie chances of
botter link next Summer are decidedly slim.
Gen. Iiznatbti lias concluded his diplomatic
.ioitrney by a visit to London, when lie lias
bean very cordially ic<-fiv?"?l in otlirial rirtlea.
The protocol which lio negotiated at Berlin
has been virtually accepted, and hopes are
entertained tliat Runa will one it to retreat
front the warlike attitude she had as-utned.
It tl significant, however, that the Kussian
Otgnn at Brussels holds that the new BgtoB
nu ni does not I'ind either Hus-ia or Turkey
to disarm. The document is a step in the di
reetitin of peace, lint until l.ii--ia disperses the
inniHiise army she has lna-setl on the Rou?
manian frontier, war will continue imminent.
lien. Bmitb, President of the Poliee Hoard,
naked tin* recent degradation of the Wallst,
detective?, a timely teat. He shows elsewhere
the necessity f?ir action liy ?M (*?*-njislatare
which will i?nt the detective burean really
ander the control of the Conmii .-i<ni? r-. Ii i
i;ii|i(is.-i!.?.' to get flret-elBM Men for a patrol?
man's pay, and usually impossible ti? ;.. ' men
who ein withstand temptation on a small sal?
ary. The bill for whose passage (?en. Smith
argues is now before the Legislature, was
Infor?' it list rear, will be before it
i.-'.t year from present appearances. The
revelations of the pas*) week, liovvev? r, otrdtt
to he snliicient t?? insure til? enactment of at
!?? t so much of the Poli'?' l?iil M will allow
the Oommiasionera t.? organize a detective
force ?m their own plan. When the officers
??1 i t'd in special (liaise of the great int?ie-?ts
( ! W i!l-?t. are found to Ite in collu-i n with
'!.. thieved they Were se! t:i watch, ?1 i?. time
to break up a system of which the Commis?
sioners bnve so long niged the Legifllntnre t,>
relieve them. If our lawmakers leave this
duty rtgain union., they will sin with their
I ] I'll. ________________
ii /' i r i he /'/./ ?!!?:. \ roc?n i<> i KPECT.
adjournment >.; the Bennte and the con*
s"(| lent ccMntion of a ?rood ?leal of political
intrigue at ti.? capital lenvea. the Preiddeiil
to carry out his plan? of reform tvitllonl
-. . I terference <?i' politician.*?, to i.- iiiyauizc
iii. d< partaient* wherever dkorderprevail . lo
investigate the rendition of certain kranches
oi the service, and to perfect the pre
rulen f??r appointment? nnd removal*. !' on
Congress meet? turain he may probnblj phut
. ? Administration upon a new footing nnd
how iln v\( ild a new mi ?if government.
('en. Grant, during hi- brief ami eccentric
career as a civil service reformer) i; ? ' to I -
ment that Congress would not aid him to keep
lus n revolutions bj appropriate legislation, for,
as he oddly complained) la- could not help go
ing wrong a- long'aa he remained a frei
agent. Hut Mr. Hayes believes, that no reform
laws are necessuy i. Un- Exceutivc is in dead
earnest. He o?d" ?is!,- to he let ??lu?", iii l? ?
Ir,id his fu t iii?i of strength with ri'fraetorj
stutcsuien in Congres**, and lia- conn '.?: it!i
Hying colors, no! only winning bin point ?ml
making friends, and achieving a sill -ta?? ml
Victory *.\iiht?iit the r,--ual coat in heartburn
inga and resentments. If his condiiel dmi..-.
j the recess prove to be na judicious as i. Im
been beretoforci be will meet the new Con?
gress so s? t ??ii^r in popularity tliat all open
oi.jio-.ilion to hi.- reforms will have to cease.
In til?*. profMxution of hi- plan? the new
President, however, will need the hearty sup?
port ami sympathy ol the people, mid he h::s
.i -?!:( lo demand the moral a***?*itance of both
political panic- alike. Opiuions ol eonn ? will
continue t?? diff rabaui the constitutional ques?
tions involved in his. election, and they \>i!l
differ from time to time on political issue- ??,
they arise, I ? ? ?. t thej canuot differ r**t*pectinB
tbe administrative reforms which ore now i.i
hand. Democrat!*, and HepiiblicaiiH have de
?ii.,:.did with equal emplta??s tin eha .-..-- vl
Mr. iia.vis i- trying t.ake. If there i- m ??
candor hi the Republican lenders they will
? admit thai they have sanctioned all theae Inno
: votions in ndvance ; an I it the Dem leraU have
i been struggling foi anything more than tira
.??iiil- of office tin y mu..! ncknowl*?hrc thai
Mr. Hayes is trying to carry our the v. i i -
forms which Mr. Tilden promised ??? under
t.ike. and thai be i- favored l?v many ndvan*
t'lics which Tilden would have lacked. Ii
our President i.-< putting tbe professions of
their platform int.? practice it i- not nureason
able to ask that they will give him en dit fin?
it, and refrain from factions sclicmes to era
barrosa him. Otherwise tbe world will bo driven
to believe, in spite of the line langunsje of
Democratic conventions, that civil .servie?' re?
form i- one of those thinga which tbe Democ?
racy particularly do not want.
The evident tendency of Mr. Hayeses policy
is to make ehi'timi-) hereafter, what they have
often failed t?> be in the past, a nal indication
of the popular preference*?. At the South la
is endeavoring to do away with bayonet earn
paigni and false count ?iij* ; at i lu* North be
pin post s to dispense with the labois of post
officers ami Rungen in ''organizing victory.'"
Reduced to their last expression the twin re?
forms which lie is bringing in, hand in hand,
mean nothing mor?' or less than a free ballot, i
undisturbed by official influences, and a fair
count gorerned l?y the n?es of arithmetic
rallier than by the polities of the ?ii.-1.im
house. If there is nny party in tiie United
States oprposed to this soi. of reform, l?y all
means let it go after President Hayes.
1.1FE INS USANCE OPFICFRS,
The affairs of the Continental LitC iiiMir
j anee Company certainly needed all the over?
hauling th?y are getting. The legal proceed?
ings are .-till somewhat complicated, and the
issue of sonio of tli?- suit- ??uiiiot lu- '
readily foretold. Enough has already
been developed to show that the man?
agement was not only loose Imt
vicious. Not all at nice, says the old
proverb, do men become utterly hase. In its
earlier years no douht the officers of thai
; company meant to ad honestly. Their errors
I then were of a Kind that might be classed .as
] bnprndenee, ami as such he fonriven. The
i. mi any v\;is born in tin- hot era
' of M.Kculation at the clo.-t of the
?war. Even the soberest of mercantile men
were at that period a little wild in their cal
i ?illations. Business pound in upon the young
i coii'ern. Promises that could only nave been
carried out if the Inflated condition of affltirs
bad continued, were freely made and of eonrae
had eviiitually t?i be broken. Injudicious in
; vestments wen the rule in that era. 'Hit
? Continental swam with the tide, ami
j win n the tide chaii'ed found itself at sea,
I Its otiicers tin ii i. i-?.!_'iii/.( ?I the danger of its
po-ition. From that time forward it- BWtoi*J
in on?' of desnetatS shifts and expedients.
J'ow.iiil the last, it now appears that tin olli
teis iibeiuaelves became deapente, ami soine
of their traiisactioiiH ean only be compared
with the andaras of a puBesb r who matches
t!,c t-tak? .?j which his cards fuil to wiu.
Our courte can Im? trusted to deal with
the traiisj?TesH?oiis of the law*. Hut Hiere is a
IgfgO portion of this __odriH history that
eoTon ?ict* whkh wow perhaps not Illegal
tboogh they WON iiiniui.stional.ly immoral ;
and (?imilar performances make the blgek
record of most of tho oilier life iiisiiranco
eoanpaniea that rare now in dkacraee?
We have more than once in theso coliinm?
referred to and described the process of insur?
ance wrecking. The evidence in the Vases of
the S?rarity and Coiitiiieiit.il companies lias
very recently been supplemented l?y that pre?
sented in the suits against the Guardian and
the North America. In a lew words this pio
eeai may be stated Meonahrtingin obtaining a
release of the obligations of the conpftj to its
policy-holders l?y frightening those who eannot
in- cajoled, and cgjbUng those who cannot be
frightened. The result is that the holders of
policies are induced either to let the obliga?
tions lapse or to replace them l?v BOW ones
which are of less value. In either ease the
company is released from the ncces?ity of
holding funds in r? serve to afreet death claims.
rinse funds have been paid in by poli?.
holders] paid in with ?lillicultv ??at of
hard-earned savings in meat nambera of In
si ame?. A piteous letter in Saturday's Ti;m
i ni: anodes to the hardship that people of
slender means, as lor Instance ministers of the
Gospel, have suil'ered; stinting themselves ami
then families in the endeavor to keep up their
life insurance. When, oreipersuaded by the
fdib-tongned agent, they have let then- poli?
cies lapse or exchanged the obligations For
new ene.?-, the money tlicy have paid in to the
company is practically forfeited. Who pis it?
Ii is in evidence thai this money ?s in many
cases divided among the men who have per?
petrate?] the wrong, on Saturday we pub?
lished testimony which seemed t?> show thai
one min received at least $430,000 for thus
wrc? hing and raining a company. We publish
to-day a letter from that gentleman st ?tinp
?!i i i be money which he thus received was paid
back ?o the company. Even if this should turn
c-.u toil?.- the whole truth, and t!i" gentleman ill
quest, .n obtained no benefit by the operation,
it i?- sii? ?vident that the unfortunate people
who wore wheedled ?.ut of their policies lost
Ibfa in ' ??'iii of money which they had paid
in i'-?ii- insurance. It has been proved
' - officers of other collapsed concerns
: :i I'D.? kind <?f plunder. Furthermore,
i'l? cuiivossing a.'in.?, "lin did the liirtywork
oi ?i ". .uading policy-holders to relinquish th- ii
mid property, were liberally paid.
li i.-, ?.?illy iii),.ro!i;i!>!e that the law can reach
lh< -'? transactions or rectify the wronir. 8ome
!! i' ?. may be done to prevent auch outrages in
fut? it*, and ilr- new legislation at Albany m ;
in .? m. ..s,m- meet tlit-? purpose, Whit needs
lu .>?? done DOW, is !:? RSCCItalo whether
nn.i ; ?n fion oi the plunder from the
collapsed concerns his gon< directly Into
thi i .',?t? of their ofileers, trustees, or >inck
ho!d i-. In looking back through the history
? . companies there appeal instances
dividend?? have been paid to stock?
holders, and l?l'.e p!-1celll.e:i s or pelipli- lite*,
lie-aides il.irics, to officers and tin?!?"?. If ii
should . p..'!?? thai these dividends wen- based
upon lietilioui -..ii iiieuts ol the coudititm of
,i company, the money should be recoverable if
I he mi i who received it have now any prop?
erty. I i..- rhiel difficulty in nil these ( .- ?
will '?? to |ii??ve thai there was [iitenttoiml
ti.'iid. ?m! perhaps there were some Instances
sii... i u stockholder? were themselves do
i-i'tyeil ?' - m the condition of tin-company.
One .?.?i that vvil! certainly laiir overhaul
;n : i? lluil of a company whi"h, after
payin*. several dividend* to its siockholdera,
? i had 'ejiate and made an arrangement
la equivalent to _. - ? ? 11 ?.- ? * 11 ? ? liquidation;
iu?l lin n i' ??I liaek the rapil .1 t ? III ? loci -
. i In re seems to have i><??. a a lull In
lit.! iaiiiiiiation of lit?' ?ii.!ii'.iii.i> ? iini;>iiiiii i j
ha going on so fast a few weeks ago,
I!" in" ??:.' eirenuist oces offei cause for re?
in wed and \ n . it uc Ivity.
UAIl tit IAD .*?/?? CRI TIES.
If the world in gins to distrust1 American
i lilwny -'?".unie . we can neither complain
aoi <v mder. Almost every week Important
annual reports ?????."?n, which are ??? vague
and inexplicable as to justify lite a acr
lion that language eras invented in order
in eo?iee.il ideas. The i.r,-n! decisions of
the Supreme Court, in themselves by
i".? means a feather, hive been added to a
loa ! already too heavy, and the Intelligent
i ". . i'T, who knows what wild and Mini
hariiaioiis measures have been adopted by
Legislatures in Borne of the States, and
In aome si ill exist, must be pardoned if
he views with alarm the exposure of all
railway property to possible confiscation by
the action of Stale Legislatures. Unhappily,
too, American railway enterprise has wooed
foreign capital, and it has loved not wisely
but too well. The losses l?.v investment in
such enterprises have been prodigious. Even
the startling ti_u>. s recently quoted from The
Bailwag Age da n??i adequately set forth the
magnitude of the disaster. Not aierely $1,
800,000,000, or 38 per cent of the capita] r.
ported as invested in railways, is " wholly un
"productive to bivtstors," huta much larger
sum. What wonder, then, that the London
Time* and Eeoncwist give frank' tipifaaiou to
the prevailing distrust in foreign markets 1
According to Poor's Manual foi last yen, only
it;.? ?ni of t'.ii raiboadsipaid any dividends
in Ist."?-*!. I'.nt a very large proportion of
these, namely, 103, paid comparatively small
dividends; the aggregate thus paid by all these
road, was only $15,000,000, or leas than 1
per cent on their capital stock. Only 62 roads
paid large dividends, and by these few roads
about font-tilths of the entire amount paid Ivy
all railways in the country t-? stockholders irai
disbursed. Now the later and ?ven more un*
welcome fact is thai ?f there more fortu?
nate roads l?verai have become bankrupt,
otheia have ceased to pay dividends,
other? -till have reduced their payments, and
the aggregate payment by the t;_ road-, thi?
year will !.<? not more than $47.500,000,
against $59,347,181 last year, a losa of _<?
per cent. The New-Jersej Centra] and aome
minor roads have gone into the bands of re?
ceivers; the Beading, Delaware and Hudson,
and others an- watched with anxiety, and of
the t?.' roads which paid hand--mi.' dividends in
1875-6 only 51 areno* paying dividends at ?ill.
I These companies operate 11,300 miles of mad,
and their Capital stock is $577,311,500, while
their latest n i orted ?U\ idenda are at such rates
?is to yield only $47,600,000 during ihe cur?
rent year. If these, th? very best and strong?
est, have boon forced to reduce dividends to
I this extent, the other dividend-paying toad?,
! which paid ??hont $15,000,000, cannot pay
thi v, n'atore thaa 113,000,000. lima we
I have for the jr. ?ir dividends amounting t<?
?nlv $59,500,000, upon a aspH d stock of
? $005,000,000, while eompaniea operating
I _'.*,oou miles of road, and ha? big a capital
stock <?f $1,293,000,000, pay no dividends
whatever?
'The J?a'dwm/ Age has shown that 30.7 per
cent of all railway bonds ontstandtng have de?
faulted within a few years. Ahout $814/100,
000 moro has thus been rendered unpio
du.tive. Though home part of this sum may
be recovered, the situation which investors
contemplate with gloom, if not with MgOT, is
siihstantially this: Out of $4,363,000,000
represented by railway bonds nnd stocks',
about $8,108,000,000 will this year return no
carninj's whatever to the, investor. At least
for the time about one-half of the capita]
thus invested is profitless, barren, and practi
eally dead. A largo part of it will never
yield anything) another part will yield
only niter delay and greater or less
sacrifice by investors. ExOOOstvO railway
building, nek less speculation, and dishonest
management have done much to brin*? Ameri?
can railway peculations Into disgrace* fraud
ttlent reports have also done much ; and now,
t?? the foreign Investor, a new cause of alarm
is added in I he recent decision, Which appears to
him to remove the hist barrier of protection for
railway property rtgni_*rt the ignorance or ra?
pacity of Legislatures, To those who hope to
sustain failing railways by new foreign loans
the prospect is by no means encouraging, Hut
the ?loud has ItS silver lining. For the COUU
trj ??s ;? whole ?t will be all the better thai
old looses and mismanagements can no longer
he concealed by creating now debts. The load
is quite huge enough already?
I.ooli OUT VOS TODS III I.i I ?Il S !
Comparatively Cea in this ri'y or elsewhere
have $1,000,000 to devis?', as old Joseph
Lewis (of Hoboken) had. Fen like him, in
default of heirs ?it law, would bequeath that
?ami of money to the United States of America,
as Joseph did. 15'it if there is anybody with
property to leave who is aboul to publish and
declare his last will and test mien!, and to
give the money to hospitals or churches or
missions or trad societies or Bible societies or
to other strangers, it will be well for thai
person to remember that there does not exist
upon the face of the earth at this time a single
human In im. without an heir at law, either in
the ascending or descending line, or <io speak
legnlly) m tin? way, iln.t way, or soin?' othei
way.
< n com -e ol I Joseph I.' n\ is had o niece with?
out knowing it. Aid, of course, he being de?
funct, aho has now made her appearance,
nreeping for her dear Uncle Joseph ami claim?
ing the whole of the money which alone can I
assuage the griel of her great bereavement.
li is useless to tell her thai her uncle aras
extremely anxious in his old age to have the
National Debt paid off, and bequeathed his
million toward thai desirable end. Nieces
under such circumstances do not care much
foi the National Debt. Their views of finance
are lively, but personal and not public. They
see no reason for allowing the fortune to ?.'<?
to Dude Samuel, whose avuncular title i?
merely honorary and figurative, .V niece i?
)?. it? i' entitled to inherit than an imaginary,
i leorporeal uncle. Most of us would be of
the sunic mind, for the .?-?ike of a magnificent
million.
idmittina that the niece is a genuine niece, I
?i phrase or two in Joseph Lewis, will would I
have aaved trouble. He might have said : j
" lien. I also give and bequeath in mi beloved j
"niece the sum of one dollar, t<> he to her
? ?f i ? by my executors as aforesaid,*' ?fee, dec.
Or thus:"] am not sure that I have any
"i.i ees, bul if, ait?-?' my decease, any person
".-o related nhonld be discovered, I hereby
"give and bequeath to her the sum of one
"dollar, to be paid to her l>y my said execu
"tors upon prool t<? them satisfactory of her
" consangtiinity.*1 Or tun?: "To each of my
"relatives, it 1 have ?my, upon proof oi their
"conn ?.miii'y as aforesaid, I hereby dine!
" t.i v -lid executors to pay the sum of live
"dollars."1 The moribund ; 11 ?? * ? i r to constitute
the United states sole legatee of their prop?
erty will hereafter do well to observe these
precautions._
77// I ///''O MASS WSK.
The story of the wholesale murder of China
men near Chico, Hutte County? California, by
i gang of white?, i. ahout as disagreeable and
discouragiug as any which we eould receive
from that quarter. Five Chinese agriculturists
were set upon in the night and their sleep by
the while-, were abet dead, and their cabin
net on lire. They seem t<> have givi n no
provocation except that of working on the
land. This ici of cruel violence baa created
great excitement in the neighborhootl. We are
??lad to say that the cttixens of the place have
behaved very well, and are doing what they
can to bring the assassins to justice, It ap?
pears that there i?, ?t secret society in Cali?
fornia called the Order of the Caucasians, and
there is a strong disposition to hold it re?
sponsible for this as well as for lesser outrages
upon the Chinese. Meanwhile, it mus! boob
served that tin- persecuted race ?hows no dis?
position to inbuilt quietly to wrong. The
Chinamen of chico have sent a deputation to
San I'r.iiieisc'i to procure $1,000 from the
Chinese companies, to lie offered a* a reward
for the apprehension and conviction of the
murderers.
Whatever may be the best, opinion respect
in. the Chinese qoestlon in California, good
citizens there can have but DM mind about
crimes against the person or property of the
obnoxious race. A few more outrages like
this, ?nul the aympathj of the whole country
will he not only with the outraged, but arith
all their kith and km. It is hard that the
rational and humane adjustment of a delicate
and difficult question should be thus embar?
rassed by the murderous Interference of the
ignorant, passionate, unscrupulous, and blood?
thirsty. However, we have greal confidence
in the general good sense of the California
community. This ?? shown in the indignation
which the Chico atiaii lias created, and wehc
lieve that a point has been reached beyond
which those inclined to resort to homicidal
force will hardly dan to go.
Two rot "?t pamphlets m ike msterisl additiona to
?h? slight knowledge ire have of one of the earlier
?nul notre romantic figur?e in tin- war of ?lu- Revola
linn. Gen, t ' nil i- m prepared s brief biographical
?li ich ?f MaioMii-ii. Richard Montoomery lac the
aothora and snttonsriane who sjsihsfi d in Pbiladel
(.Ina lsot Bummer. This deals aomswhat critically
with Ifoutgomerj?i brief sad brilliant Military res?
old, Another sketch, enrfa bed by everything rate*
able which the **areftdly treasured privais eocre?
apondeaes ??i lbs hunilj eoaM furnish, has besa pr?
psred with equal graes and aahtstaHng
rare by the fills! hands of the fair lady
in abona MontgomeryPtsee has deseended. This
?i ?.i spcii.il Interest froo* the tflmpors it gtvss ?>r
tl?. Qonersl'a prirste Uto, ami lbs BMwnoca un?! f. ??!
ing of the times. There i- bora sad there a slight
iliecrepsnej between lbs two seeoants, as, tor in
sinne?-, wIn re it i? ?i?-, i tid in the oiic lh.it 1i. ??,
Sfootgomsry'a dead bod] iras carril?! from tin tii-l.i
:it Qoeboc by lifiutii?t Arnold, while the other
i.i.u thi-. eoald i."t have n. ?iirriil. lint uJtXtM
sit the i-? moo arhoaa both those pamphlets leave most
vividly iiiiprr-i-*"(l upon the mind la not
tho ?fashing younir Revolutionary tteiicral, but
tho fair widow, who :?.i long ?*_erished every onrly
?emento in tho home her bnsbaad had provided
hsr.aad at last left then, to the equal ears ol her
Niieceedhii* loirs. Datif-htr-r of Livirife'-ton, and
sister of the lad who was to ht-coine the i/reat Chan?
cellor, inarricd early to tho handsome y******agaf son
of an Irish l.aronet, who had left the bid i !i
;*imv in disgast and soui-lit quiet in fanalag
?m the Hud.?ton, permitted i?? Uve with him only
throagh a brief heneyinoon troubled by therisiag
alarms of Us Colonii ?v Darting bom bin as be went,
at Wa ihlngton's eo'iiniiii'l, to carry the war into Hie
enemy's country, watehtng with all the Colonies
his hoi f and .-ucees?fui eampalga, which ended in
the fsll Of Moni iva!, then -trink by 11.- ?fatal BOWS
fiotii (/iiehee, and livinir for inore than a fjentwation
?tit.mrard a solitary life in the stately plaee on the
Hudson her .-iililiif hu-li nid had left her;?what a
piteous, blighted Ufa it was! Fotty*tbieo yonn
after he fell -lie .-to'xl on tho piriz/n of the old
lenue SS ?? ste?inter BaSSSd beforo her with Baga
saluting, sod ths aoiseofths baud mingling with
the thunder of the cannon from the neighboring
hills. The Stats of New-Tuck was conveying the
body ot the voung bnsbaad, from whom she had
paitad In ths honeymoon, from Quebec?, when be
fell, to St. ram's graveyard, on Broadway, when
he lies. These pamphlets deal only with the sot*
?liar:?il is ihe woman in black, aftetS wMowhood
of nearly half a century, watehioa thus ron the
lonely ptasaa, whose ii ture they htovs with us.
There an souMfonasof dein ion which lire for*
ever. For ?nstenos, tbe fools in various parts of
the country who claim Horno Qreeley a- an
adv?cale of tJio greenback interconvertible bond,
have been brayed in the mortar scores of
times, arid yet their folly hat not departed
froto ill. m. A eorrettpondent writes us from
\li< liL':'ti th;if tho greenbaek men in those
parts are still claiming Mr. Qroeley ?is oneofthctn
si'lves, ?nui ?u.' circulating sarliled extracts fron
some ol his editorial-, tUstorted to give color to their
atatementa, What Mr. Qreeley did sdvoeate was s
gold 3.6-3 bond, sboot as unlike B grOBlback
3.83 i und ?i. Horses Qreeley wss unlike
a roaring repodiationlst. His own word-, in
one .f ths few attic!, s in winch he sdvoented this
tl.ry, were?" bonds drawing an annual Intensl
of ->"?-" t? --ii in (.?.n ;" and, agsia, he speaks in the same
article of ntsking *p?eeubecks '* convertible at
pleasure into bonds bearing a modemte gold in?
terest.'' TIlS fact is that, ho far from having any
sympathy with the wild schemes of inflationists,
and greeuback men, Mr. Oreeley was one of the
earliest, moat unvompromking, and most persistent
ridvocates of s|.e. ie lciyiiD-nts. ThoWOt h:nl hardly
i.'.i .eil to lili the public ear with tbe clash of anus
bef?te i,,- lifted uji lu- votre tor Immediate reattmp*
i ion. 'I hia v lew be continued to assert, in *? rasoo and
out of season, and lie wits a csndidate {<>v
the Presidency, in t'uo last year of his life,
mi a platfoim which docbtred "a ?*r*cedy re?
turn to ap?ele payments" to he demandod
"alike by the highes) couiiderations of eomnmfcial
morality and bonest government." Facts like these
ottghl to be sutnrient to save from fnrthei Insult ?lie
memory of one WOO, while he lived, v.a; never SUS*
pectod of a willingness to aid in a betrayal of the
public faith.
A re. cut decision of the BapietttS Court has fur?
nished ihe opportunity for a square meal to those
legislators who an Esmisbing for propitious l?vita?
tions lor the exercise of ?otien. liment ?ttid reform.
Our barbor lassten have ala iya been paid for i heir
seiv ices in tonnitre tines??i direct tax levied ui>'>n
the ci.iii?iiici' ?>f th.? port. The constitutional right
t" colle? t inch tax has si ways been denied, but, ?m
?( nan of the powers of ?irint-v snos p M rased by thc^?
ofltcials, merchants have hitherto paid the dues
rather than escape from iho exaction by the thorny
pathwa* <>i . legal eontest, Bui at las! a test r-ase,
brought before tbe judges, has been decided in favor
of loiuiiii Ti re, .un? i lie harbor masters am lefl with a
good deal more jurisdiction than emolument. For?
tunately, certain affairs ander ronfml of the
Dock Di'tatrrment ss now constituted an? latraated
to uni.'it- who, of aeeessity, must traverse the ter?
ritory over which tbe harbor masters havobad rat:ire,
sndtheseodicencouldpertormall the duties with
which tho harbor masters are charged without any
additioiial expense to tbe city or iho State. The
Legislature v. il! therefore >><? relieved from the an*
?fuiuh of voting any money out of the treasury to
maintain a supernumerary board of officials,our tax
burdened commerce can !>?? r* lleved ..fan imposition,
and tic bnsiness of das abnormal twdyeaabs
transacted under tbe upervision of the densrtauent
arhere it naturally belongs,
M. I.e Verrier has not giren up hi? "mix* af discov?
ering an intra-Mercurial plan.:. Aeeording to his
citlctilatiori-), then is a cbanee of a transit of the
doubtful planet over some pari of thu sun's dis!; on
March 22. While few of our "wtronomera ihare the
belief of M. Le Verrier, sil of then who have the
opportonitj* will doubtless ?tea** t?f-* solar surface
wi'h uuusual care on the ?1st. 22*1, and 23d in-st.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Pusey and others in Wilmington aivurir
in,' tli?- -:..;.? I ? fflslaturc toeneourage the cuitare of tin?
tugar beel in Delaware.
Hit-Imp VVhipple of Minnesota has purchaaad
?i grore In i-'miWa, aad proposes m live amkt those \c
. radian abades vrney mater.
('.nitres?man Baker ?>f Oanrego wMpreaented
arltbs < ..?..i.'1'?tulati.i'/ ?iililns? liy li:- feUow-towusuen
..n his ratttrn htotras froas Waamastou.
Mr. Martin Fa?quhni Topper pavea poetical
trull i in,' in Balifssocs last aeek, Bad liefere b trlnnmg in?
formed his sudlenee that be was " ao ponOctsa iwrpartj
-.?iii."
The family of tho Southern General Albert
r-iilney .liiliii-t.ni nwti lauda in v. lii.ii in ti!iiiieii?c li..1
of ciiiiilits licit? discovered, it is sa sghetual tm-u of
fortune*! v'.iiecl.
M. Donn?t, ?>n<* of the French ?'xplorcrs of
feutrai Afrit ?i, has had a loaf interview with the King
of tbe Belgians, who takea a warn tatetust in the (Ba?
tial ilevclt.'iliicu! (if Afilen.
Mlle. Lionetta Lusignan Comnena, daughter
of the late LBS VII., . \ Kinitof Aniielilii, vvh.Mlli'.l li l
v. .u- ..t want ?tii'l iniii.'ir la a ttllaa hespltsl, has Just
BCtsa )>? truth. (1 in that city to a journeyman maitil,
iii.i?.ai.
Tli?- Marnuis de Compii""-'lie, who was shot
in a duel at Cairo, had ac.[tiii-c(l consiilcratile celebrity hy
in?. Mtplorattoo ?f th.- Gabsoa. lie eras aalv 80 yt m ? ..f
age sod wss a taeaibar of the grographlcal mm ?;? ties of
France ?n.it llvrvjit.
'ihe Maiquisc tic Mont?hello, eomtng home
from a ball la Pans not ion/ ago, tea tit.- to berdress
when atai iinii.' aear hat hearts, sad was so baraed that
she ?lied two days nit. r. .?-he ?ras 00 years old, aad a
sister of tin I 11.- M. (?i.-imit- r.ii.t-.
Victor Hngo gave on bis birthday?- Feb. *__?>
adtanei partj tosercral hillfslefihsula Att'i. r_
sort his little irsBdaaBghter, Jssaas, beggsd pern
la gira a toast, which was (matai. LHtfaa see flass,
tin- Utils ?Tintine ciiiii, "To the great Bagsftcm the
llttl. ..:.. ."
Miss Thompson, the pretty young English
aittut ?ho l?i.nli il " ll..lalil.i.a " ?ml the " K..II t ' ill."
ami galaed peal pralss thereby, is about tu be uasiili d,
Thebrtdsgiosm i- a?sjnt Butter or ths Brtttsh arar/.
?Mie yoaac lad) docs not latsad to alvs tap art, bat ?rUI
coutiuus her palnti?aaad atodytax
The chiical delegate! **h?> are to ?-'?> from
tills i it> tutli. iiicctllii' Of the i'ti'-livteriaii AI lia ne.- to
as h.i.i m Mmhargh next B*Bamast sea i?r-.. wlUtasi
Aitatn-, iiiivvai.i Croaby, b\ i. ?frisas, ?ml ? yrut Masas*.
Asaoog the elders whom ths Korthsn Churahwtll bssmI
areWllilan I-:. Dvtxlce. Btaale*/ Matthews, Judge <>.<U,
Columbus, ?nul J. ?. K innii.i, Detroit
Ihiijamin Disraeli, Lord lliaiimsliehl, turns
a totni'lini. ut *.'?>? ii.atly. ThSTS vrtf., s BSSttag the
iitlitt'il.iy hi-twe.-n tin- 1*11111.? MitiMt.T ;iiii1 tho Chinea?.
latili.i-.-ail.ii, at which r_esttOg rcfeielii"?' w:i?i m i?l,- l.<
the length of the latt.i'r. atuy in Kuttluntl. "Msj v..i,"
?aid Ile i? -ori-lhi'l snillni.', " linil It ptSSSBSH lo leniaia m
un- comitrv till )..ii have taught Bos fjhtaessl**?ahleh
ua-. i viTV ex|>rc?-iive allii-liin to perpetuity, HUtl fcl.ttl
Uni ihe Knvi.y.
Williiim l'?nn has u fuir chance of b*s__f re
l>lix1ili'?"U ??ineetly in liiiiihle. Kfleiilllj' t.. t lit* atstlie
vvhliii 1'.-iinsviv .nii.i hua BBtJSfid for the OhagNSrisnEl
tolleiiiuti, Ihe i'ltiliuleliihui UuUctiit aayt: "Any iiirth(*r
n i.t.-. titatiiu ul l'cuu tu a stiovti-liut, with a "aUMtg i
n..-,.', Wim u iiumichy wuiaUuiit, sud htilUuig lu his nui-.i I
a aarell repreHrntlnic n treaty which feevsraBtetod r.. ..
t.. !??? |?r?it? Htt-il BKHlimt In the luteicst? of lil^h _??' . ?
lift.n nal trata." *U(*
QeorgO OdfN*. the late "Riiti.sh wmkinc.
iiiiii," vva.? a linker ut vary iwrstlani tpssshat m ZE
of Ma aesBetnasa it'-in^ ?omcwiutt linn-,'.-** t>> the t?i ?,
fiirm. In the coldest Winter sights hp Inn bees ?i-rri 1 *.
Udrd-elaea raUwayear,eettagbla ?linar of a ion -ns
aaa_age,oo b!s way te a crowdedassembly, v.?hi,. ,._
m.i. by far the ' eel speee. ol ttu evening. w
Ilia. Ittiriictt, the author of "That Lai-s o?
I. . "a" (slmrtlv Id lie, pUMMMd l.y .-Vrilin?-.-, Ann.
trroag S Ce?), la _ nativo ?.f *|*****i*tH -rtm ruawiegL
t!iin eoaatry akeo a ebtM an.t ottled ta Kn?.xv;iii-,T.-.nn
BbelsetQlbataysaag ?nul btooansg ni.', thon.!,nur.
rt?d sad the wether of two boys, flrr biatjsus" ?
ful oealtat?liiiii'ii'if n writer- who is n?.?v ...??,, ??'._
in -.11 professionally In Wn*hii>.t.in. Tim lady's fnei?a_
regard _?i u.i tin.- coming woman."
lira. Julia Waul Howe ioeoaH Ufa Mm Zm
I'ny Pteros*s rtswa r.* preeesnd badeasthehaWatrn
eoaiBiBttoosppotBtsd t?i besr argaawala f?.r ?w\ agonal
wi.iiia.i eaPrsga Mr?. Pteree'aeptatoae a?- n?.t eitn-ms
??noiiKii loplassa Mis. Bewe?. ahornan tuft i Mi . Platas
Hu?: " Mrs. Pierre Is .-? lady of miuiy ao-oinplUb.
'ffl.t ? I. It ?if all i.llfl.lT.l'. ; I ? ,'.. '. fj.. f,, y
loada baa lo aeeb lo parees sad lad?enseothoea ,\t ?in?
???.?ni.;, eeoaaest of hi r rmaorka w ?;.!.. afhenalfaa
aaosed to posUe eppeereaea, wsfla many ?if us renie...
bet baeaaoMsa pteotlaeatofe fattenspBbgooeeeaiesa
Bhe boa seeaeeJed papers sad pISH ,?t a WeoMtrs
Parliament ?ind at tin; \V. . ,,r IH,
rear. Hin- baa glvsa s t aras of pniiiio
leetarea in Boston spsa pntlllnsl ?u'?!?"?*?, hwta uy
M The !if',-i'ii'Tiifiiin ?if the DaaMerstla Party." in th??
P H: n -al -xiiti'i.H-iif i.r the Hpnaa ?.f i?7'? ifca fcsasS ,m
ippeal to the women of America to ..-..? tin-... untrr
a- i i. Iliiwed tblsspneal l.v I he boldiagof tarions meet?
iti--.in lint liitiut. Mrs. Pirre? cannot therefor?
In h< ro-Mi behalf or ia Hi.it ..f her wx that exemption
fiuin publie ?In.v Is tin lli?t co?dition of a woman'.? an.
vate bappinei a and usefulness.*'
The hero of " l'iichi 'loin's Cabin," otlu-r
vtao Mr, ?eaten Baasen, ii is bad the aaaas al a prosease?
tai. 1.1'.lian Vii'ti.i'?i. With liis wife, ami? fri.-nd ho
?erucit ut Win.K?.r tii-tl at 1 oYai'k, nn?l was invit??l
to inn.il? ??n. _j a, HSr If sleety, seeesspsaMhi Pi tats
i.? ..[?.i.!, Prtae ?? Beatrice? sad drears ladtaa in w.iitini?
i'MI'iai. ?I In the ? orrl.lor, tad Mr. BSaeOB. asa pi ?. atad.
To?' Qaeea sxpneocd ptoeemaMe totpetaa ut in.!?
Tom'a strikiiii-iy aale sad hearty i???.?-?, ate?
-..i'l i'.' liis gmal Bgl -tie is ne i;ly in?.
it. r "?'?.?:> a . also plessrd to ssj that far aaaap yean
!.. i.ail besa ?v.? senaslated wttb Lu b story? sad la
it hist alth bor portrait Mr. Season taoaandhei
oa bis own bebsW tos the great boast eeoferred spas
i.i a- if, as troll as ?m behalf <>f hat eesstoi hesthUB
m < ai., i? ai.i i)t'?r pornoae of lier Ksleetyhs-?
iiiiiiiniii for h r owgast ptattetlea when they ware poor
fagltlre alav?s, nml for the Mecafagi thaf bod at
ail Umea eojoyed sador her rate. Mr. Lebb trm th.-n
present? l by Mr T. MMttddolpb aa the adtter of Mr.
B s's " Aalobtography,** a oopy of whteh bod basa
accepted by Htr Mejeety.whs bad msd it ?ttl wee.
Inter ?t an.! pleasure. At fast request the autographs of
Mr. a..?iaii Heneon and Mr J. Lobb, ?viiii the dsl. tbs
hlri a ? a.'li, v...|. thea Inee rlbed la her prlrats albaia.
Hi?, rar;,', were then ihowa o*/er tbe esstle aa?l Ufcsa
through the prlrate sail itate sparttneuts, eventually
qtiittln. the pince at 4??.lot. li.blj pleat * vllh the
i?.?al n fii.fi.hi. The principal oltjeei ..t Mr. Hen
?.. i tn Britain wa to eiTC aeerlesof leelnreo faatbe
l.e.iii,..F ralsias funda to red?t*eai hit le-nn- property
;.i at scli....I ri-uni i? ni?.! 'ti?.i.'n with wbirh i In-", i.i".?-i.ur
?liiiiii. il.ii baa been sreumpllsbed, ?ii'eni g7rO0O bav
Inti rn raised, sod Mr. Heuson will ?thurtiy return to
('.i.. d i.
ll.wvNA, Ifareh 17.?Gen. Martinez-Campos
left la !? tor the ?nierior this raomtng.
Lohdow, Ifareh 17.?A Berlin telegram nysi
"i ..in, vi.n Aluni la reported to 'ie d*. It?*; at giro Hit
ton I been tatamoned thithi r a ?tii the atntost hatte."
Ottawa, Out., March 17.?Oov-Oen. Duf
fcri'i isgradaallyreesrorlagfrost thsoifaeta al tht ta
.?ni ..r.i.tu'.. His i?hy.?io us aiiti.iii.il?: SSpesdrCO'
i "'- ' n ? >
POLITICAL SOTES.
President Huye? rivals Artenrat Ward la hi?
wllliiijcat ?to ta? i ?ii.-?! liis wile', tohgteaa f?.r t!?c ^??.?-j of
? "try.
Ten thousand ?lollars to vindicate Senator
' r'a character. Hi? Igare will strike the eooatrvss
?i i r. r t v blgb iu n?- for tbe goods
The political prophets are likely to eoiae to
grief again. The renerable WUllaat Allea thteatoas to
n ??:;. f .a more ami enter the cout.'St lor the <i!mi
Uuverrn rsbip.
If President Bayes would make postaaaateri
outof a few taon raspee table DsaMesataltwealdboaa
latercstuig czperiuant. Ksny san?- people bavaeeafl?
dunce Ihm our Institutions eould eadara tn.' atra?a.
John V. Coster is apfdying for a eonsulship
on tic Medlterraneaa eosst tf .)<?iin Y. area bitreaehas
liiiii.-i-if ??. near to Rome tin- Poi.?? might as well make aa
auction, sell off Me furniture, and ttipoul "f tbe Vatican.
It is to he hoped tli?t the President will not
withdraw thetroopa Iroai Maine aad " ihooOea**aarhegp
In Hint pnillon of the eeaatry aatfl the great gaaattoa
win? p. commended Mr. CoOeetor Morrill h.n. boaa pases?
abi] ?. ttled.
The liutreseeiit pools of our civil and ili|?lo
niati? ten i?-?' win oot i?.- thetaaghlf i?ui- Bed by ripp log
theirsortseea vvitii a little wtody rheSode. The weih
lia. ?t ....it o if ?.Il rij?tit, iiiit taagalae people m?i?t!;.jt
iiiin:-. ??if ii.iiif?ii?iin um .; ready tel is.
1 In- |*resldent Brill retire with on?? les?? hnr
iii-ti apoa in? in-art. Coagrreaaum I na baa eoa?eeeeadod
t.i ? nil at the White II.ui?a. Sow, ii Bogy MO '?.ni .?"ii
viniM fill, tin- !.. ottelUa u.m vvonlii 1?' ???.in|il?te. Hut
yiiii .iini'i liiii-u Bogy. Hi- is tip, da-villab alp.
h ven (tin. Robert Toombs? while prophesy?
lngfallure,ts compelled to adadl thai tii.- PiasMeot*a
l?i Ilcy ;, a :,(i-iil un.- lie ?aiil t?i a r? pottOT of The iffoslB
CvntUtution: "It i? the ouly policy itn honest man
could ha va I hope the PresHosl basgotths osan aad
courage of a sentlenun aad patriot, ladwIO aaecood ?n
cutting bwoe froa the thieree sad raeeale *v-ho ataitplng
to ??t control ??i bim. if he <i .??- thai and esa ?;?m' eibet
m ni.. iKiIi.f, i: \? il! lu- !? .??.il? iii t.. i.in ?..-.ii... ami <o far
i.i ii. iin /lay?.-* from tin- odium that now ntMahoS to
his title."
There is no harm in wondering what Might
bare happened if Mr.TI I i bad chsaeod to ^"( ora vnti?
aooagk to basa aas?a but Ptastdeafc if it was a Dama
.!? .in- i:\ffutivi- vfao i>i'. poeed t<> tolas tti" rigorosa asp?
pint ?if tin' negro? then weaM at eaea bass basa toi ta ?!
npprehenstoaa aadaatlpathleo whieh all sea ?inxious to
sea terminated ? when ? a Bepshlless PeeeMrat, tapas?
\ a party always teeogaisedsoMeadlyts t_" aah
o i.t rsee, ras ir?> sa Ear aa laatlee atad posea may rotrataa
with less oppoottloa, beesase auch i conree can atre fee
ri a?, nable ?"?' usloti lot ? istSeloa. I 'hi Is iloubtleis one
i f Un- fui, ?i.lt-1'.itioiis wliliii lead to n i-oii.-iii- a i-iitilot
l?ic Mr. iiiiiiii to hin ?li feat. That hoi jrooag atas, bas*?
ever, tii? nephew, falla to asa it.
The Ohio papen unite In eoasanandiag tho
ii.i?.iii.iii.n ?.r mu?:?" Matthawa let laaatat Mutt Ihat
Btate. ?i.t Cincinnati Entunrtr gprot bist this warst aa
(loiM-miiit : " Mr. M i It boaa la a man ?if shimnir taU-nu.
He i. is, iiii.tiaiiiy, no aopetiot at tho CtnoioaaO '?ar. ils
hat tewsttly dletlagBtahsi UmeeU by hie bniiisnt efforts
laelcetisg Rfeyestathad?/MSPiosldsaa|rfaad ?* th?
, rlnal predalawc of the 'pottey' el Mr. Bayaa us
will prove, ?m the learaf the Isaato, ss ittnaMoat adea?
cato of thai poii.-.v. mi.i iheiaoaa few sma la tbe Senate
who lui?-, m ni?- or will make a mon emphatic msrk
ni?.n th?- public in.ml. Mi- baa the sUtlttlcs of a ?. '?'" lid
?l. lai.-!, anil tfeey win he aeaded to ?etaad tin- eaasasf
bla ? iii.-i."
The Hon. Duncan K. McKae, formerly a
loadlas politician of Vesta Qara_aa*bal oowsisaaiflM
of Chle-ga, wrllee to The tournant (S. Ci Sont arglog o
favorablereeep ?saefths PraaUsat'spsileysBtt psil
of the Boath. Be nav-H: *>utheneealdbeesrsriseds
pottey "i"" eaaeooaal with the lateras <??" the be it'? sfed
?nth her duty, l oaaaol uooertte o' it. Itlaapollepca
teatlaUjr Domoetratla in She tree aeaoeofthal lent. And
when t?> this a added the known HepeaMoo af Hi?' alasi
of IHiliiiii.iiis l.y wh.iin tin'i'ri'.ii!. ?it i- m -1"*
rulllii!? .1, Bad tu? "WH. l..\fi:.'l.'t.'tllf'li Vf'a.pi'; ?' f
the Boothera reeoareea. to bar ?daeatlofeal aad 1st)
ment iutensts, it vv.mi.i teem to be nnothei 9
Him i.i parti 'stallt* to ? n isi m b f coa .
c?,' a mi.' the highest cousbterMtiiits of patriotism nr?re
fin them t heart) tupp? ?? an.I. ucoui . itm i.'"
The noniin<:tio'.i of Gen. UcClellaa for mi
pi'iiiit?i.?i. ut ?.r rui.ii" Worha b ppi fedb*"
the KepuUieaa paseo of the Mala fha i?aap/eantai
taya: "ThsaomlaatloalaaafSIr n? spenoaslpalal el
slow, aad to aaarl Bssaaaea-ants n Its geattalbs?
,.r ..-iin with the standard of tiio plaee, ihatttsU
?loiiiii!.?? i- .??ii t. - ?f i ' tht ttitii Moroni " ? '?*
to follows ? "To our mind. Um s? .? ....n ?? by far thi belt
liov. It?.tune.n ?-.ill I li im i.i.t I.-, In ?i>-tv of tin- l:uiiii?l
m slot ml at !in? f utiiia nul." i h- goaSesSS" Priaonat aud
('Aioii'?? i* i? ? ipially funli.il in tht* luiloi?eiuoiit : " itis
nomination will bo favorably received l>> Ihe people of
tu.-.state, (?m. KtT*friisa*a sstssaal haaagrtt*' tssaae
MllaMe, aad his tiroes lire ability la tbaraagbly tatetp
n..-i i " in tin .??' exi :< ?-:.n? ? ..i? be ...I'l.-.i !'?.- i.?il>..?ng
from /A?; Ehnra AortrUttr: " PoUllcs a.- .1.-. lb
pstl n :? ; rwbabl* the b it ?. ti i thin lb ut. aid bat ?
made for the important position.**
At ;i|i!i?etiiitf li?-lil in Nashville, 'IVnn., to
cnu..!?!(T u.i- r.i'iiiiit-nt'H Bsatasaa p<-ii<-y the Ml ? ?
r.iii..i(i4? ut Oei _4 g IbSpai arsSS a'?'i,uuli*U to the echo:
**ITo thoahl eosst up ts the snppset of the pnaMaaa ot
the PBIted ?tint?s in tin* que-ti.iu? now s-.-itaiinr tre
piiMiu iniinl, wltbool any letraid to what piii'y ""?
hsloogadi if the psNap tadtsatsd i>y Preatssot Bsras
?bould n? eanii-d out, the mc.-tt wointertul revoiutu*
would bv uiuile lu Ibm eeSBBBg thsl bad huou atoa to*