, 1868-05-08

Brooks withdrew the proposition with
the understanding that it will be offered
upon the return from the Senate to morrow.
MISCELLANEOUS.
: Albany; A pril 80.-In the Cole case to-
day a letter was read from Mrs. Cole to her
husband, previous to the homicide, admit
ting improper conduct with Hiscock.
Chicago, April 30.-Omaha specials says
the Indians yesterday killed four men near
Plum Creek Stanton. Another band killed
and scalped two men near Sidney Station.
New York, May 2.LThe Glenhom Wool
en- Mills, Poughkeepsie, have stopped work.
ing, owing to strike of the Weayers-sev>
enty females-agaiust 10 per cent. reduction
in their wages. t
Chicago, May IA Tri6une's special
says that the Georgia Constitution is ratified
BY 5000 majority. The republicans have
elected the Governor BY 1000 majority, and
secured working majority in the Legisla-
ture. 90
New York, May lowing to the fact
that whisky is selling at less Than the. Gov.
eminent tax 10 this city, the revenue agents
have ordered the seizure and closing up Of
all the distileries Lere. The order will be
enforced to-day. There are no distilleries
in operation in New York city.
Chicago, May IA New Orleans dis
patch says that Gen. Buchanan has issued
an order forbidding the discharge Of freed
men on account of participation in the elec-
ton, which action will not be tolerated.
New York, May l.-Fhe- HeroId prints
the letter from Judge Black tothe President,
Withdrawing as counsel, owing to the Presi-
dents determination to do nothing in the
Alta Vela case. He says he never asked
the President to decide on the matter until
he had expressed the opinion that the title
was legal and just. Black says; Stewards
little finger. it appears, is thicker than the
law he and The thieves whose interests be
has guarded so faithfully, are welcome to
the short-lived victory they have won.
FROM CANADA.
Ottawa, May 2.-In the House of Com
mons last night, McDougall, of Nova Scotia,
moved the repeal of the confederation reso.
luton. He delivered speech on the state
of feeling in Nova Scotia, and iutimated
that if the people of the Province were not
freed from the confederation, bloodshed
might be the result. The effort to get the
House into Committee of the Whole on the
resolution was vigorously opposed, and after
long debate, the motion was lost.
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EARLY HIsToRY OF GEN. GRANT.-Ia
the New York Ledger old mau Grant con.
cludes his Tecollections Of the early life of
bis son Ulysses. These recolections consist
| nj Of hoA hon onA
They show that Ulysses was addicted to
horses, and to nothing else but horses, from
the moment he left his cradle until be was
smuggled into West Point. That he stood
the examination, and was admitted to that
institution upon any terms whatever, is
mystery which can be explained only upon
the supposition that he was examined for the
cadetship by Prof, RareY, or his present op-
ponent for the Presidency, Dan Rice 1t is
impossible that any professor at that time
connected with the academy could have
known enough about horses to have con.
Quoted the examination creditabIy to him>
self or successfully 10 the applicant. That
Ulysses was, from the start, an exceedingly
bad boy, and very idle, indolent one, ex-
cept when there was horse to ride or
prospect ofmischief ahead, the sketches of old
man Grant afford all the evidence we want
bnt that his fond parent ever attempted to
lnstill into his youthful, perverted mind
lessons OF virtue, wisdom, and industry by
deVotlng to its Legitimate purposes the un-
dergrowth- of the country, these sketches
furnish US no evidence whatever. The old
gentleman, as everybody knows, was tan.
ner BY trade, and that father with an
unlimited supply of raw-hide always at hand
should have had SO very bad boy about
him is not very creditable to either. Louis
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