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THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.

WAsHiSGroS, March %, 1S45
This place is now getting intclerable dull,
| and | mink Ishall leave it Tomorrow or next
dav. The Senators are generally gone home,
| and the Members of the House have left long
since, except those who are expecting Office.
understand that about sixty Members of The
las, Congress have been, or are Office seekers.
heard calculation to-day, that there are
about five hundred office seekers now in this
city. II this business followed the usual rule
of trade-the price being governed by the pro-
portion of the supply to the deinand-oilice-
seekers would be reduced TO very low rate.
There is no demand and large supply.
understand that change will be made
this week in the Collccrorsip Of Boston.
Either RantouI or Morton will be appointed
in place of Williams.
|, is generally understood to-day that the
Surveyor of the Port Of Baltimore, Thomas
Lloyd, has been removed, and that Mr. Cole
Tor Coe) has been appointed in his place.
The cause is said TO be that Lloyd offered a
horse TO Mr.. Polk as present. As told
you in my last letter, MIR. Lloyd denies that
he offered any pressnt. 1t is not for me to
say hich version is correct. MIR. Lloyd is
an Irishman. presume his successor is a
Native American.
Gen. Mcneil, formerly Surveyor of the
Port Of Boston, has been again appointed to
that office, in place of Mr.. Grafton the pres
ent incumbent.
There were some removals from the State
Department made Yesterday. -Four at
least, were removed, and among them Ar
thur Fletcher, who is a nephew Of MIR. Web
sier, ! believe.
Alderman Purdy. l hear. has not yet filed
his bond, as Surveyor of New York. / be-
lievc he is not yetsalistied, as he expected
higher Office. The appointing power feels
rather angry with him for trying TO supplant
Van Ness. by the plan he pursued al the
Ward Meetings. Ii the bond is not soon
filled, there will probably be little difficulty in
turning him off with nothing.
In the Treasury Department there have
been some movements among the Clerks.
Among others | understand that Mr.. Sec
rotary Bihb's sou has been reduced hom a
clerkship of 81 600 10 one OF Sl,iO0 per an
mum.
You will see some "groans in the Rich
mond Enquirer Of Saturday last, over the
state Of Annexation. II feels that Texas is
not yet annexed. Let the Wings take cour-
age. Texas has ALREADY revolutionized New
Hampshire, defeating the Texas candidate.
Make way for old Connecticut. !
Yours, RIcHELIEu.
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BRITISH FINANCES.

The aggregate revenue of Great Britain i.
put down at e53.l000O0. The proposed
notifications in the tariff will take off some
three millions or more from this aggregate
leaving enough however for the annual ex-
pendltuies of the Government which are
over forty nine millions sterling, including
the interest on the public debt.
vi this immense mass of revenue upwards
oil fifty millions sterling or nearly two hundred
and fifty millions of dollars. the sum of %. =
O00,00O is furnished by the customs the ex-
else duties supply fl3.500. GOO; from the
Stamps the amount Of e., 100, 900 is raised ::
while the direct taxes yield only s42OO.O 600.
Indirect taxation, therefore, in various ways.
supplies by far the largest portion of the reve-
nues ofGreat Britain. The income tax which
is not included in the direct tax. as above
specified, yields annually some five millions.
The interest on the national debt Of Great
Britain is annually f30,795, 000-more Than
one hundred and fifty millions of dollars
yearly cost of The army establishments
is f6,60l ,000-an amount exceeding the av-
GRACE annual expenditures Of our whole gov
eminent in all its departments. The navy
for the British service this year are
nearly seven million. sterling.
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Observation-Disclosures ,

The Legislature of Missouri have, atlength,
sdopted bill dividing the State into Con-
gressional District, after having refused to re-
gard The law of Congress up to the present
time. But, IN seeming compliance with the
re iu!siticns Of the act OF Congress, its letter
al spirit are shamefuIly violated, for no 9TH
er purpose than to prevent the Wigs from
obtaining any portion Of the representation of
the Stale. Con;iguity and compactness o!
territory, rs we'll as amount of population,
seem 10 be entirely disregarded. The dis
tr.c;s are of all sizes aud shapes. One has p
~ les TO ii, and extends from the Des Monies,
through the centre of the State, TO Washing
ton, a distance of several hundred miles, eros
sing The Missouri River and bringing together
poop.e whose feelings and interests are entire
IL dissimilar. Even after it WAS thus shame
fully put together, many of the Locofocos
70 ed against the bill and they seem TO have
supposed that it was made 50 bad. they would
b able to k:ll il with the aid Of Wing votes,
AMI thus avoid districtiug the State a; all.
CAn such inifuity be praciiced. such arbitra-
rg power he used in very midst Of Repub-
lican people, without calling from them an
in Iignani ,ebuke! Alas! We fear so,
OHIO STATE Journal.
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RAIL ROADS.

The bill alluded to in our last (for the
Montreal and Rutland Rail Road, and also
permitting line TO Boston through Stans-
tead') having passed the Canadian House,
was concurred in by The Council on the I7th
inst. Ii is said that MIR. Cali, the Agent of
The British Land Company. has advised the
Company that its subscription of f20, LOCO
should be made to the Portland route. In
deed the Portland route seems to be urged
with great deal Of zeal and success, both
IN Montreal and in Maine. Boston must
look out: we say that her capitalists must is.-
hnediateiy take the stock for a read from Bos-
ton to Montreal, (leaving the route 10 be de-
termned by the stockholders. hereafter,l or
she will loose the British steamers.
On the 2lst inst. the books for the stock of
the Cheshire tKeeno) Rail Road were open
ed and SlO6,00o were subscribed Waich-
man.
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times attempted to deny Mr.. Folks views as
To The Sub-treasury and other questions, but
these denials were seldom successful.
Sir meyer VET have met a man that l
could mot. in a dav or two's debate By contin-
ned ouestiop. cross-examination and denun-
ciatio. compel TO admit the truth, when l had
documentary or other plain evidenceto estab-
Gsh il. Providence seems 10 have denied man
the mower to prcsist in falsehood with the
same steadiness of eve and countenance with
which truth can be maintained / doubt II
Talleyrand himself, who used to say that Ian
suase was given TO men to enable them to
conceal their thoughts, could persevere sue
cessfuly in falsehood during the whole CT one
of our Southern campaigns.
At the North the mode of conducting a
canvass is different. The speakers on oppo-
site sides seldom if ever meet each other IN
debate. The meeting being composed OF
one party only, the matter thrown out goes
uncontrolled alike, whether it be truth or
falsehoods, and the members of either patty
adopt the views Of their own speaker. To
the uniformed, however honest they may be,
the best authenticated document carries no
more evide0ce OF its truth than the libel rep
resenting both by pictures and writing Mr..
Clay hanging three Dutchmen which was so
extensively circulated in Pennsylvania.
If this state Of things continues our Con-
stitution of Government is virtually at an end.
Our republican system is based upon the
principle that those who exercise power here
represent and carry out under the ConsIitu-
ton the views OF the people. But The mat
ter be 50 managed that the great mass OF the
voters do not and cannot ascertain the views
of the candidates before them, The conse-
queuce follows that those elected do not IN
fact represent the people, and our Reprbli-
can form of Governmet is virtually abolished.
As means of ayerting. 10 some extent at
least this great evil, let the practices Of re-
curing the speakers TO confront each other
in debate be generally adopted. To this effect.
lei there be union al all those who desire
truth to prevail. who wish to see our free Con-
s,tution preserved in substance as well as in
form, and who desire that the blessings OF lib
erty should be transmitted to those " no are
TO come after US. At any rate, L call upon
every Wing 10 adopt this mode, publish yOnr
appointments and challenge your opponents
TO meet you. If they fail TO meet you, de-
nOunce them TO be afraid to meet such an in
vestigation. because they Know that the facts
are against them. Persevere in this course,
and they will be compelled ~ public opinion,
yes, by their own followers, 10 meet you for
there are in The hearts of our countrymen Of
all parties desire to know the truth, and
generous love for fair play.
Continued merit reek.
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THAT RAILROAD.

An adjourned meeting Of the Board Of Di-
rectors of the Boston, Concord and Montreal
Railroad Association, was holden at Barton
on the 18th inst. When, Hon. Robert Har-
vey, Of Barnet, Col. Tenney, of Newbury,
Col Kent. of Wells River l.. ii. Delano, of
were added to the Board. Eraslus Fair
banks, Esq, OF St. Johnsbury, was appoint
ed agent to proceed to Montreal and make a
and counteract the efforts Of Judge PrebIe,
of Maine, We suppose.
We understand that Cor. Paine is at
Montreal on mission to favor the Central
route.
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Office of the Old Colony Memorial,
PLYMOUTH, Mass, March Is, lS4o.
DREADFUL ARRAY AT HANOVER
Two MENKILLED.A NDANOTH-
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED
We are panied to record the most shock
ing drunken affray at Hanover. in this coun-
", Yesterday afternoon, which ever occurred
in The Old Colony. 1t being St. Patrick's
day, the laborers on the Rail Road, mostly
Irish. suspended wo:k in honor of their SAINT.
About dozen ofihe gang at work IN Abing-
ton visited noted groggery in Hanover,sePt
bo one Seth Perry, who, we believe, hasbeen
moie than once convicted of being engaged
in the demoralizing traffic Of selling ardent
spirits. Being assembled there they were
soon able, by pretty free appliance OF strong
drink, 10 get themselves a good deal excited,
and became somewhat noisy and turbulent,
still demanding more rum. Perry at last re-
fused, and ordered them from his premises
A man by the name Of Enos Bates was pres
enf who being pretty well intoxicated him
self, undertook 10 aid in removing the party
from the house. Perry stepped up 10 place
over the chamber floor, and took down three
guns. Bates. aud one of the lrishmen
nOmed James Siapleton, were engaged IN
scuffle just without the door. Perry aimed.
aud shor Stapleton through the heart, and
he died Instantly. That discharge was quick
ly followed by another, the bullet striking
Patrick StapIeton, (brother of James.) upon
the breast hone, glanced into his side; he
ran about two rods and fell dead. third
shot was fred; the bullet struck an lrshman
named Dowlan in his face, demolished his
jaw bone and passed INFO the cheek. He
| was living when our informant left, but con-
i sidercd 10 be dangerously wounded.
A great excitement was occasiUped IN Han
over in consequence. A coroner's inquest
was held upon the bodies last evening, and
the witnesses were SO drunk that the verdict,
we learn, was merely thet their death was
cansed BY leaden bullet, discharged from a
nuskei by some person TO the Jurors un-
known. BY midnight warrant had been
issued by Joshua Smith, Esq, and Perry was
rresied and tiled in the Town House which
was filed TO overflowinS- The examination
resulted in the cc imminent OF Perry for the
mnrder of these men, and he is row in the
gaoi in this town, to await his trial.
When will the community become aroused
10 the absolute necessity of exterminating this
terrible destroyer from The land
P.S. We learn, since wiring the above,
that Dowlau. the third person shot, has died
OF his wounds.
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THE NEW LICENSE Law. The Bill re-
speeding Licenses which has passed our AS
sembly with scarcely any opposition. viii un-
doubtedly pass the Senate. Ii meets with
hardly any objection from any quarter.
By its provisions each town or city in the
State is required TO hold special election on
the Tuesday preceding the first Monday IN
Nav, at which the electors will vote on the
simple question License or No License.
If.No License has majority, then there
will be no licenses granted for one year AT
least, aud until another election is demanded
by at least one fourth of the legal voters. and
reverses the first decision. Ii License pre-
walls then tarern licenses to sell liquors are
to be granted, much as at present. only no
charge is to be made FIR a license. The peo-
pie are not to be bribed to legalize the drunk
ard making business. No grJcers' licenses 10
retail liquors are to be granted in any erent.
IL any sell piihOm license, whether llcens-
es are granted or not, then the Overseers OF
the Poor may prosecute and recover the
penalty Ifthey fail, any citizen mny prose
cute. giving security for costs and receiving
half the penalty for his trouble.
Give us this law, and we shall hope to shut
ofilicenses even in this grog- shop-cursed-city
Bat even if License should prevail here,
the horrors and woes Of the drunkard making
business would inevitably be great. dimn-
ished. Friends of Temperance, urge upon
the Senate the passage Of this bill. and pre-
pare 10 act under it.-N. Y. Tribune.
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INSTRUMENTATION. John White, Speaker

KENTUcKr--Hon.J John White, Speaker
OF the &AVilth Congress. has accepted a
Judgeship and declines reelection to Con-
eress. We regret but cannot blame his de-
cision. A noble and trne man is John White.
and If there were a fair prospect Of a Wing
majority in the next Congress, the Wings
would insist on his return to take the Chair.
In the lVth (Greene, Lincoln, &c) Dis
trict, the Wings have settled their differences.
and will run Joshua F. Bell of Boyle for the
next Congress. AS the District gave l.4a2
majority for Clay. Mr.. Geo. A. Caldwell bo
ran into The last Congress between two
Whigs,is pretty sure Of leave to stay at home.
The Wings of kentucky appear resolved
not to throw away their proper force in the
next Congress as they did liz the last.
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GA material error occurred in printing the
Governors Proclamation for fast, which re-
quires for its correction, the substitution al
the close of The last paragraph but one, of the
word reTe-srGrd for rtlrdrd, SO as to make il
read-"The glory of the Lord become our
rere-irGrd." The Governor, desires US to re-
quest that the error may be corrected oy the
publishers ofthosa papcrsi into which it has
passed.
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Mr.. FOLKS SUCCESSOR.
The suhjoiued paragraph from the Wash
ingtor Globe has its own Specification

The suhjoiued paragraph from the Wash
ingtor Globe has its own Specification:
I'VE know that The people of Texas un-
derstand their interests well, and will take
the surest measures for the permanent es-
Enlistment Of their freedom, independence,
happiness. greatness, and glory. The State
will manifest her sovereignty, independence,
and equality with the States of the Union
and the nations of the earth. by her Senators
and Representatives in Congress. and 5y her
participation in ErecHiire trusts, ~ DUE TIME
CROWNED BY HoLpIS5 THE MOST EXALTED
OF ALL-THE CHIEF MAGIsTRAcr OF The
UNION"
Among the results "having their origin in
the councils Of General Jackson and Hous-
! ton" was it agreed upon that one should he
the elevation of Houston TO the Presidency
of the United STATES? General Jackson's
power 10 maze presidents has been demon
: strated--and very signally. lie has made
some out of less available materials than the
hero of San Jacinto.
1t would cause no surprise If the fact were
openly acknowledged that the promise Of the
Presidency OF the Union had been held out
TO Houston.
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Correspondence Of tie Express.

Hoid-over Shaler Esq, was this morn
ing rejected by the Senate as Consul to
nong hong John Harris, Collector of
froFidence was withdrawn by the Presi-
dent and another nom:nated-wb, was
confirmed.
}. " Prentiss Of Cooperstown, as
marshall of Northern District of New
York, was also rejected.
The restoration Of LIEUT. Scharnberr
OF Pennsylvania. to the ranks ofthe army
MAS decided to he unconstitutional. The
act Of restoration was one Of Mr.. Ty-
lcr's
The SENATE viii sd;arrn tomorrow, at
IL o'clook. DA
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."Take care ofhe Rich and The Rich lriA
take care of the Poor."-This stale motto, is
paraded in capitals. in the Manchester Demo
crat, at the head of an article about rich men
and Corporations" As the editor has quoted
it, will he be so obligiuS as to tell where he
gotit! Who said il, and on what occasion
Perhaps he may be able to he p our worthy
Governor, who made the same quotation,an
attributed it to- Mr. Webster; but as Mr.. W..
never said any such thing, Mr.. Steele has
been in bad fix ever since.-N. II. Sentinel.
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s NEW Arctic EXPEDITION is TO be un.
d-r'aken, we hear, the command Of which
viii devolve upon Sir john Franklin. and
Ca"tain Crozier as second.-Thc Erabus
aGd Terrier have been lowed mp TO Wool
wich' and are fitting with propeller. to force
tl-ir way through the ice in Bafiin's Bay.
They will sill be able 10 take two years pro
visions. The intended roc- is through Bar
row Straits, between Cape Walker and Ban
kiss Lau1, and thence to the cenfincnt of
America 20 the westward Of Noollason
Lar.
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Grab Apples in Paradise. An Irish gen
rleman who had paid visit rot long since 10
The celebrated pictures Of adam annd Eve"
and The Temptation" exhibiting IN Dub
lin, was asked what he thought of Them:
'Ah by my soul, Aire's such mighty
darlin' cratur, that I'd ate all the sour crabs
III Alden for hern'
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O. There have been further disturbances
amangst the Anti Renters of Schoharie CO.
The Sheriif,s deputies in returning from the
execution of process in the towns of Blen-
helm and Jefferson, were surrounded at
Fink's tavern and carried thence into the
woods about four miles. where a council of
war was held over .hem and they were dis
missed with threats of violence against them
II they made their appearance on such duty
again.
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THE GALAXY.
MtI.DDEBI3URW, VIZ
Wednesday, April 2, 1916.
Y. B. PALMER.

We could announce to the business men o
BOSTON, NEW YORK. and other Cities
that J.. 3. Palmer is our agent 10 procure, re-
ceiue pay. and for,cdrd advertisements tol
The NORTH ERN q 4 L AK Y.
Mr.. Palmer's Office in Boston, IS No. l6 STAB
Street,-in Neto York, No, 100 Nassau ST.
and in Philadelphia No. 50 Pine Street.
II. BELL, Proprietor.
MiddleLury, March %, 1915.
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THE. MIDDLEBURY DEMOCRACY.

AlE- HIDDLED L n lie MOChAN .
AT the earnest reques, OF some of our read
ers We publish from the Woodstock Age as far
as we can afford space, the account of the
celebration Of the so called Democracy Of
Mlddlebury on the 4th ult. As exhibiting tho
utter recklessness Of the conscience keepers
OF the party, and the wonderful facility with
which they adapt their principles 10 circum-
stances, ii may have its use. 1t is well known
that the ar nunciation of the nomination Of
James X. Polk last spring was received by
these men with sour discomfort, and even
angry denunciations. The same men who
are now shouting 10 triumphe 10 Polk, in their
Democratic Club then resolved both Polk and
an imposition upon them which
they could not bear. A few brief months how
ever, have operated a complete change in the
moral perceptions of these virtuous and con-
sistent politicians. Oh the wonderful con-
;ervatve power and efficiency of the sober
second thought. The base indignity OF thros-
ng Martin Van Buren, over board Tor his hos
il,y to immediate annexation, and snbstItu-
ing James X. Polk for the very purpose ei
that odious measure Is for
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six inches-to coat $500 feet of metallic sur
face. in a battery offorty eight Leaden jars,oi
tw feet high by ten inches 10 diameter. This
shock would kill thousand men in instant
if it were passing through such chain
This machiue is called the Benjamin Frank
lin and will cost four thousand five hun
dred dollars. twill very soon be ready fol
shiDment.
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What can you do, my boy?' ooh can
do mowin' considerable. rides the turkeys
10 water miIks the geese, cards down the old
rooster, puts up the pigs tails IN papers to
made 'em curl, ham strings the grassh"p-
pers, makes fires for flies TO court by, and
keeps tally fOrdad and marin when they scoid
at mark
A valuable boy, that.
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SURE-ENoUGH LIGHrNING-The London
Mechanics Magazine sives an accout of
mammoth hydro-eloctricsl machine, of extra
ordinary power. that is being constructed in
England for the United States. 1t is said
:hat 1t Willie able TO produce spark ofthirty-
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Fire.-On Wednesday morning last, about
o'clock, the residence of Mrs Pike, widow
o. tine lameutcd Gen. Zebulon Pike, in Boone
county, was wholly consumed By fire. The
family saved nothing bnt such wearing APP
ptrel az they could gather, as they fed from
the house. Mrs. Pike, we are told, saved
bat single dress.
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O. The Albany Gazette (semi-wcekly)
and Daily Advertiser, of Go years standing is
now offered for sale by the present proprle-
tors. This paper has ever taken a hish stand
and must be a valuable establishment
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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY Logon
sfLLEEs IL STATE PRIsoNi When in the
fen'ientiary last Sabbath, addressing the
eonvicIs, we requested al OF those who had
been engaged in selling Intoxicating liquors, to
raise Their right hands, mere than one-illird
raised their hands. Yes. one hundred and
hi;y liquor sellers in the Chic States Prison.
o '.se TaHcy.