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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-05
From the New York Evening Pest.J
A Singular story. -

There is a young woman in Brooklyn
who has existed for number OF years
in a condition that has been called
mi-cataleptic. Yet catalspsy IS MOI
the word, however qualified, TO de-
scribe the condition of this person, be
cause, in her case, the functions OF the
body are not entirely suspended, ano
the mental faculties remain wonderfuily
active. 1t is asserted that she nVes Oh
| from year to year without requiring q
morsel of any kind of solid food.
She has now reached the age ol
twenty-three years, and is almost to-
tally blind. A correspondent writes us;
"For two-and a half years she has
eaten no food of more substance tnan
the Juice of few grapes at long inter
walls. As may be imagined, long con-
finement has wrought for her the re-
verse of personal Improvement, but her
portrait, taken Just before the tlrst at
tack of the disease, or whatever IL may
be- called, is that of a pretty. delicate
girl. She lies on bed with her arms
drawn up, and in such position INST
the hands are above her head. III her
vision were perfect she would not be
able to see her hands conveniently IN
such a position; but nevertheless, she
executes with perfect facility the most
delicate, intricate and beautiful patterns
of embroidery, selecting the materials
aud the colors, and arranging
them without assistance. Ihough
deprived of natural vision she certainly
possesses some power to produce needle
work that any lady skilled IN the art
might be proud to claim as her own
She exeels in the arrangement OF flower
bouuuets. None but the most intimate
friends are admitted to the house, ex-
cept onirare occasions but it should be
remarked that the case is constantly
and narrowly watched by several gem
tlemeu of unimpeachable professional
integrity, who carefully note every new
DEVELOPMENT, in the hope of being able
at some time time to detect something
that shall afford them a clue to the
mystery of the young woman's exist
ence. There is no single feature OF
the case that can be particularlzed as
extraordinary; it is one ofextraordinary
combinations. If trick was attempted
to be practiced in one instance, itwould
not succeed in all. But there is no mo-
tive for deception; the family take ev-
cry precaution to shun publicity-noth-
ing would tempt them to make an exhi-
bition of the case, and it is only be-
cause they intelligently appreciate the
great importance of the investigation
to medical science that they are willing
to admit strangers to knowledge of
that which they rightfully consider sa-
cred to the privacy of the family cir
elp
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Seward and His Silver Ticket.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial

1
Mr.. Seward is luxurious "dead-
head" He has free ticket engraved
on silver, by which he travels over the
Erie Railway. This is a life-pass, given
to him at the expiration of his term as
Governor of New York, because of his
interest in the internal improvements
OF the State. He offers silver for his
fare and the c9Rductors do not collect.
Seward is fRxurious character any
way, and in many other respects. If he
travels any where he wants awhole
ship. He buys seven millions worth oil
manifest destiny for mornings shop
ping, and gives Clarence, or any
old ehum7 a messenger-ship
to England, or Turkey, or India, il
they wish to 90 over to the Bal Wabitte.
Nothing short of locomotive and a
drawing-room car will keep dignity
with his silver ticket At the Govern
mCut printing Office, he has a staff OF
sworn printers who set up his diplomat
ic copy and spare his eyes the pain of
reading manuscript. A prince of the
blood is he. Marshal Murry sees that
he gets the real Oporto vintages and
that his Burgundy has come straight
from the vaults at Beauve or Dion.
Here he finds flavor and cheerfulness
for all those Mark Tapley speeches and
dispatches, which used to assure us that
we were happy, and that he would look
out for Us. Certainly no man in the
government has q softer thing than
Mr.. Seward, and / often think with
admiration, when Payne or Powell
stabbed the Secretary, how ad-
mirable were his tactics in dropping Oh
the bed, rolling under it, and curling
himself up like a raccoon or a hedge
hog. In playing possum he is a genius.
With broken jaw he yet continued to
use his quill, and we have never heard
a moan out of him from that day to
this. Johnson tried to rope in Stewards
dislecated jaw on his Douglas trip, as
political argument, but the Secretary
talked so much that the people saw it
would get well before he were twice
no reference to his escape from assas-
sination. He says that Payne was al
unmannerly fellow, but he asked that
the latter's life be spared; for Seward
would have wished to give the fellow
good dinner, warm him up with pint of
Asti, and philosophize with him upon
the idiosyncrasy of breaking great
mans Uranium. The egotism OfSeward
is delightful. He can show you his fin
gerprints in every monument of the
State. Get him down to good, square
talk about himself, and he will magnify
himself, by his misty generalization,
like a windmill in a fOp Altogether he
is Epicurus come again. Only tender
partridges disappear from HIS plate.
is very little like him, referring, be-
lieve, to a man who said the earth was
beautiful, and "with lack-lustre, dead
blue eye revOlved his rounded periods"
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A
Hon. James Thompson, ,

Hon. James IhOmpsOH,
Judge Of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, April y. l5GG.
Il consider 'HOOhands German Bitters 4
rdl,dJh medicine in case Of attacks Of Indge-.
tiOn or Dyspepsia | can certify this from my
experience of it.
Yours, with respect
JAMES THOMPSON"
From Rer. Joseph II. HenHdrd, ID. d.,
Pastor Of the Tenth Baptist Church, Phila.
delphia.
Dr. JGcksO1l-Dear Sir: have been frequent
IL requested 10 connect my name with recon
meudatiOns Of different kinds Of medicines, but
regarding the practice a. out Of my appropriate
sphere, have in all cases declined; but with a
clear proof in various instances and particular
IL in my own family, Of the Use OF DR.. HOOfiInd :
German Bitters depart for once from my usual
course, to express my fall conviction that, for
Jeasral dcJilty Of dS SyStSm aud especially JOr
Lircr Complaint u Il sGt, and JdluaJS prCpa
ration. In some cases IL may fail; but usually
l doubt not. It will be very beneficial 10 those
who sufFer from the above causes.
Yours, very respectfully,
J. II. RENSARD,
Eighth, below Coates 81.
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The City School Superintendent,
WHEELING. . .Iar

WHEELING, january !, ISby.
Editors of the Register:
GENTLEMEN respectfully ask you
20 Inform the public generally through
vour columns, whether l have written
a line for your paper in relation TO the
Superiptendenoy of the Wheeling Pub.
lie Schools, or had any share In the cor
respondence upon that subject which
has appeared in the REGISTER.
Truly yours,
WIN. II. OXToBY.
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To this class of persons the BITTERS, OF the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the uso of either Of thes,
remedies. They viii cure every case Of MA
RASMUS. without fail.
Thousands of certificates have accumulated
in the hands of the proprietor, but space viii
allow Of the publication of but a few. Those
it will be observed, are men OF note, and Of suCi
standing that theN must be belieyed.
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The stomach, from variety Of causes, such
as Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility,
etc., is very apt to have its functions deranged.
The Liver, sympathizing as closely as 1t does
with the Stomach, then becomes affected, the
result of which is that the patient suffers from
several or more of the following diseases.
Constipation, Flatulence Inward Piles, Full
ness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stom'
ach Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full.
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations;
Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach,
Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult
Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or
Sutfocating Sensations when in Lying Posture,
Dimness Of Vision Dots or Webs before the
Sight Dull Pain in the Head Deficiency of Per
spiration, Yellswness Of the Skin and Eyes,
Pain in the Side, Back, Chest Limbs, etc, sud
den Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh,
Constant Imagininss Of Evil, and Great Depres-
sion of Snirits.
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WHEELING, January 4, lSo
u. II. OrtobU, ESQ.

". II. Ortoby, Esq:
DEAR SIR-In reply to your note OF
this date, we beg to state that you have
not written line for our paper IN
relation to the Superintendency of the
Wheeling Public Schools" and that you
have had no "share in the correspond
ence upon that subject which has APP
peared in the REGISTER"
Respectfully,
LEWIS BAKER & Co,
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II. F. DEBRING g. BRO,
FRESCOAND ORNAMENTAL
PAINTERS.

-. Market Street, Frederick City, Nd
CHURCHES, PARLORS, HALLS. ETC.
~ Frsscoed and Ornamented in the most Mod
ern and Ancient Styles.
REFERENCEs-Rev. Mr. Hooper, Rev. Mr.
Honnett and Geo NJ. Hagans, OF Morgantown
West Va. Hant7 finn
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A Card.

WHEELING, January 4, 1869.
Editors OK the Register:
simply desire to state that the arti-
Gle appearing in your issue of the 4th
inst, and signed Justice" is as false in
its statements as it is mGlerOlent in IFS
spirit. Respectfully yours,
r. Y. DODGE.
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Y STIMONIALS

Hon. Geo. ". U0OdWdrd,
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Pa,
writes:
PhiiHdelphid, March IG, 1861
! find lloOhaEds German Bitters ia a good
tonic, useful in diseases OF thedi gestive organs
and of great benefit in cases Of debility and
want OF nervous action in the system
Yours. truly GEO. W. WOODWARD.
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RANKRUPTCY.

,rgy CREDITORS or SAMUEL STERN
ar. - of WSssiir, WI Yirs,5,is on ths
SSth day Of December A. ID. Is6s, At 10 0elOck
A n, and show cause. II any they have, Why the
aid Samuel Stern shOuld not Be discharged h0sl
his dsbts under the Bankrupt Law Of March -.
ls57. The seeOnd EseetiEE Of said creditors VIII
DO held a. aid time and place, and tho thifa
,,ls-ti,, - lie IA foTIov-fnr Al same hour and
ulaee. GEO. q. CALDWELL,
deri5oaw 2r REGISTER In RsnkTuDfey
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Every Pair Of Shears Warranted
WILLIAM KRYTEH'

SL,,D Shears. Pruning SiesS, IeAoTs
SLears, Family sAesrs, B~HS's 'Aea"'
~sbssrs Of any Ss-eTsgtiss n@as 70 oreer.
rI,HE ATTENTION 0Y shzkr ekeMkhs
\ fs,,,,-j.~ saesrs, for trinnizg Shoep toes.
- - rsiT n wbieh h varTzstsd
f1,,ieT IN HaFdSare, Guns, Risteis 5Doruns
T.SFis Tsbls and Pocket Cutlery, ks,. A.
f03 MARKET ST. WkesinE W. va
RsDairinE u GuaA, Pist5.a ka;yes. o
al Maehiaory, &c, d0ss In The best nAnss
Gnd =; rsasoaabis prioss- a''
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Hnnhand,S German Tonic.

PREPARED BY DR. c. NJ. JACKSON,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Thirty.tive years since they were first intro
duced into this country from Germany, during
which time thev have undoubtedly performed
more cures, and benefited suffering humanity
to a greater extent, than any other remedies
known 10 the public.
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WILLIAM HARE

PLUMBEB AMI
Il GAS FILTER, No. ; Monroe St, Wheel
ing, w. Va
II Orders from the country attended to
short notice. sop2D
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These remedies will effectnally cure Liver
Complaint Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or
Nervous Debility, Chr6nC Diarrh6a, Disease
of the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a
nisn1hnred Iirnr Stomach or Intestine
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STATEMENTS from Patients, &c,

COLLEGE HILL CTSCINNATI II iods N te LdSi
stag, of CoNsUNPTION. In ten days after taking
the PRESCRIPTION, my CHILLs, NIGHT SWEATs,
FEVER, &c, decI eased, and finally altogether
disappeared 4 y ere Skel>tol before, am nov
well stored with hesh. Nv restoration j. D'a'
gel 70 al IchO kaots Hs.-MRs- G. L. WRIGHT. 90,
: Your Prescription saved my daughter IIg'
and has probably saved me hundreds OF 60
lars."-Rev. z. HUSIPugIEs, Remson, n L.
We bless God for the benefit we have IeoelE
ed from your Prepared Prescription. '-i1s'. r
PEREGRISE, Blossburg. Penn.
Every one 10 whom / have recoInn enSet !, :, u
has benefited much by its use. .'-HeV' =. u.
JoNEs Racine, Wis -.
The PREPARED PRESCRIPIl - put
up in 81 90 bottle, and Is sold oy DTugglsis
generally, or orders may be addrsssed - the
Sole Proprietors, OSCAR G MOSES 4 CO., q
CoRTLASDT STREET, n. \. Consultation free.
A Circular. containing TEsTINoSlALs or MANY
CASES successfully treated viii be sent free, by
mail. to al who viii write for
Sold in Wheeling by all DruEEists- Ask
your Druggist for Kings Prepared Prescription,
aad II he has not gotit be viii get il for yeu-
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PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
,I F..l;pr tho hand nF t;y,, ,ro;,bg,s, hail
NOTICE.

1t is a we'll established fact that fully one
half OF the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, 10
use their own expression never feel we'll
They are languid, devoid of all energy. extreme
ly nervous, and have 10 appetite.
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DEBILITY,

Resulting from any Cause whatever;
PROSTRATION OF THE SYSTEM,
induced by Severe Labor, Hard.
ship, Exposure, Fevers, &c.
There is no medicine eAtant equal to these
remedies in such cases. tone and yigOr Is
impaired to the whole system, the appetite Is
strengthened, food is enjoyed, the stomach di'
gests properly, the blood is purified, the com
pleKiOn becomes sound and healthy, the yellow
tinge Is eradicated from the eyes, bloom is
given to the cheeks and the weak and nervous
invalid becomes a strong and healthy being.
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BTTTERS or the TONIC, an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins
restore In a measure the energy and aTdOr of
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness In their
YeaTs.
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From Rsr. L. b. FenddW
Js,istant Editor, Christ,1 Philada.
have derived decided benefit from the use Of
Hoofauds German Btters and feel il nv priv.
ilepe 10 recommend them a. a most valuable
tonic. 70 all who are suffering from general de-
bility. or from diseases arising from dsrangc-
rueut Of the liver.
Yoars, truly. T. ID. FENDAL IL
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CONSUMPTION

For the Radical Cure Of ASTHMA, BRON.
CHITIS, CATARRH, and all affections of the
LUNGS, THROAT and AIR PASSAGES
for General and Special Derdngements of the
NERVOUS SYSTEM; for Disorders OF the
BLOOD; and for all Functional Disorders Of the
Stomach and BolcelS.
The PREPARED PRESCRIPTION increases
the strength and deepensths color Of the PGLe blood
1t subdues the Chill and FeUsr, and diminishes
the FzpectordtiOn. 1t checks The night slceats, al
ways, in from seuen to fourteen days. The ape.
tie is iHvigordtsd and the patient rapidly gdln1
Aesh, the cough and the difficult breathing are
speedily relieved; the sleep becomes calm and
refreshing; the eDdc1rdtioHS regular and UNIFORM
ALL THE GENERAL SYMPTOMS or CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &c, DIsAPPEAR WITH \
REALLY ASTONISHING RAFIBTTY.
The PRESCRIPTION should be used in every
Disease, by WHATEVER NAME KNOWN, in which
there Is exhibited any arrangement of either
the NERVOUS or the BLOOD systems. II is
unequaled in FemGk Disorders, SedEty or Sup,
pressed MenSes, " Whites, ," DC.
The PREPARED PRESCRIPTION is both
the BEST and the most ECONOMICAL Aedi'
cine that can be taken. The average dose is
two teasponsful taken once day. The patient
never requires, under any ciTe1fHlstdnees TO use
Cough Mixtures" for the Cough "EIpeCtO.
rants for the EEpectoratiOn; "TOnics' for the
Appetite or the Weakness; Iron for the Blood;
AnOdynes foT the Nervous Irritation; Acids for
the Night Sweats; or Whisky or Cod Liver OIL
for the Wasting. Is Speeihe 4 AetiOH is upon the
Constitutional ConditioH and, through tbs COHdi-
ID, h. WE,ls gerigE gT info
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N. RICHARDSON.

A TTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE,
n Ne 60 Monroe Street above Fourth, WhOel.
ing W. Va.
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The sufferer from these diseases should exer
else the greatest caution in the selection of q
remedy for his case, purchasing only that which
he is assured from his investigations and inqui
ries, possesses true merit, is skilfully com.
pounded, is free from injurious ingredients, and
has established for itself reputation for the
cure of these diseases. In this connection, we
would submit these well. know remedies
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JOS. w. PARKER,

TTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE
N Corner Monroe and Fourth streets Op
posite the Court House, Wheeling, w. Va
novel
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ANlEL LAMB JAhEh
LAMB G. PAUL..

n ING, WEST VA, will practice in the
courts of Ohio County and adjoining Counties.
Office on East side Of Fourth Street, near the
Court House. octIO
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CAUTION.

HOOhand.- German Bitters are oOuntsrfeited
See tina; the signature Of G. u jackson Is
on the wrapper Of each bottle. AL others are
counterfeit.
Principal Ofics and Mandatory AZ the Ger
man Medicine Store, No. GII ARCH Street
PHILADELPHIA, Pa
CHARLES VI EVANS. Proprietor.
Formerly c. ". JACKSON / co.
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p RIC Y -

HOOhAnd's German Bittsrs per bgtils,-.--sl %
half dozen, 90. %
HOOf1nd's German Tonic, pat up IN quart bot
ties, 81 ~ per bottle or a bali dozen for e. -.
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~Ds not forget 70 examine vel the arti
Gle you buy, in order TO get the genuine
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H0QELANp'S GERMAN BITTERS
HOOfand'S German BitterS,

They are both equally good, and contain the
same medicinal virtues, the choice between the
two being mere matter of taste, the Tonic
being the most palatable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-22
9mnstmmts. Dc.


Dooru's TnEATER Twenty-third-st; between li'n
-ppo,nwAy THEATER-Ths Evening at g. NO
~ C,eiev Mr. ard Mrs Barney Williams
RpooELYN ACADEMY or MUsIC-Ihls ENehins ~
--Itsbsp Opers Faust" Miss Clara Louise kellogg
FuROPEAN -Thiry-f0urth-st. anu Di0
- -i,sy aud Evepuc-MIe Car;otia De Berg. 80,
FIFTH AVE. THEATER, Twenty-iOurth-s'' anu
sve-Tls E,epnz at G." L. Belle Helene" N
GRAYD OPERA House. cor. Eighth,aVe; "En D,yep-
" tbirsst-Tbs Tvening at a-"1hs Tempest MI - 49,
port apd w Dayidge 81, . NH E,,or;r ~
YoRK CIRCUS Fourtecnth-st-in ms s LSelii. ,
-, ~ ui,1l.T of Athletic Skl The Brothers ht"e' w
N,,toJs GAUDrN-Tbis Evening ut 3 ne oIty
TIL. q, Striking OH II Family Jars Lydia lhopsOHs
=, Il % IT.
OLYMPIC THEATER. - This Evening at s. me ~.
s,obJ Tosae Of Iuupty DuuTy" M g. L. Fox Nile sans~ e9
S.H Francisco MINsTREIs, No. $50 Broadway
qhi, Tteupg-" The Court Of Justice
+ STErSwAY HAIL Fourtcenth-st.-This Evening al
oystor,o: Creation" Nine Ptrepa-Rosa
81 TrrEATTE CoMIoUE, No. 5l4 Broadway-Thls Even
Irg ai g." Pluto" Nj W. H. Lugard
. TIE TANMANY-Tammany Hall, Fourteenth-st'-
This evening at 7i-VareieA
. WAIIACK's THEATER. - This Evening ~ c.
Z" school" Mr. Lester WAllsek and Miss Bic Germon
WAyERLEY THEATER No 40 Broad way; 81. In ms
Evening q, a." Ivauhoe Luereta Bogia NJ D. ht' bI' ~
n WoOD's MUSEUM, Broadway and ThruGtn-st,,9
This Afternoon p" Alsd1n' ...lbls Evening al o. N'F
Mr. j. T. CataearL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-22

No higher compliment was ever paid by
Government to a religious sect than the de-
nomination of Friends yesterday received
The whole business of dealing with the In
dams having proved demoralizlng, and pre-
vious appointees having been found incapable
of resisting the temptation as last resort 1t Is
determined to select Quakers for Indian Agents.
We hope for the best results from the expert
ment; but we venture to suggest that, the
chief advantage in their case being, not so
much that they are Quakers rs that they are
men of personal integrity and pure lives, 1t
might be better for the country if these qualifi-
cations were insisted on for other offices, besides
the Indian Agencies. 1t is a hopeful sign that
public sentiment demands the selection for
these posts of men whom all the world knows
to be honest. Let us hope that the same SEN
timent will by-and-by become powerful enough
to deliver the Administration from the pressure
in behalf of men of quite different characters
for the other offices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-22

The debate yesterday in the Senate touched
the canker Of our political life. There was a
time when to be a member Of Congress was to
aspire at least to the position and Tearing OF q
statesman. OF late years it has been rather
to become claim agent and solicitor OF
offices for constituents whose services
must DO rewarded or purchased. The
evil does not belong to one Administra-
ton or to one party, but it has been steadily
growing. During the last years of the war,
what Congressman used to call their depart
"ment business" engrOssed twO-thirds of their
time-egen encroaching often upon the hours of
their daily sessions. This abuse has been often
doplored but Mr.. Tlumbull yesterday placed its
bearing upon the proper discharge Of Senatorial
duty in an unusually strong light The Senator
who beseeches the President in behalf OF some
applicant, goes then to the other end OF the ave.
nue. to vote upon the confirmation OF the
nominee sent in--perhaps the one whose ap-
pontment he has just been soliciting, per-
hans the one against whom he has just been
laboring. 1t is as il lawyer should first pre-
pare the papers in clients case, and then
ascend the bench to deliver the verdict of the
Court upon it, So again, Congressman I'M
portunes the head of Department into APP
pointing n clerk for whose services there Is no
need. Then, in his place in the House or
Senate, he is called upon to vote
deficiency bill to pay the unwarranted
expenditure which his own importantly has
brought about. The system must necessarily
prove fatal, in the long run, to the independ-
ence of the different departments of
tho Government. There may be diff
Guilty, as Mr. Fessenden seemed to
think, in discovering a remedy. And yet,
We suggest that honorable gentlemen
might find very complete one if they were
so dsposed 1t lies in an efficient Civil Service
bill. We shall see at the next session whether
they really want it, or whether realizing as
they now do, the discredit not to say cOrrup-
ton of their present course, they prefer its
continuance.