, 1870-04-05
POLITICAL

Tweed thrr..onel to spend =. ooo, 900 to
prevent being thrown out Of Tanaraany.
Some Maryland Democrats are urging
"benevolence toward tho negroes, in tho hope
that It may divide their vote.
Senator Sumner has written 4 letter, in
which he rays that it IL with feeling Of shine
that he Is awnre that tho discrimination iu faror
Of white men still fingers in our Naturalization
AVIS, and that he has introduced a hil1to strike
out " this last relic of former dAys."
Tho 6alem Gazette SAYS that in the spring
of 1859 President Grant offered Hon, Richard
3. DAns the post Of United States Attorney
for Massachusetts subsequently he tendere1
him the Office Of Solicitor OF the United States
tod, a third position Of honor waA tenlered.
declined
-" Whom tho gods love, die young," and
therefore, Argues the Citizen, the gods must
h.,e h.fe been 's11essd,nsiy ~ fond ef TIE founs
'sHhoo F1y~
--In the uayoraltJ trial Ut Richmond. op
Monday last, E1-Govarnor Henry A. Wise re-
marked that, as well known, he Was still =
rebel, and would seosn to accept pardon or
amnesty. We're Ulysses Grant to send him
pardon, he would draw black lines through and
around it, and return it With the Endorsement
TINT he was no moro traitoz than Grant was.
No, be hoped for better days and better things,
AAT1 0C HNlll4 bAAp uptAll3lR ~ \ 1AFQ1-HQ&G11fE
which directly OF By implication made him con-
fess that ho wss eor1y for Ehat he hid douc in
the past ten years."
a Washington despatch gives statement
m.ds b prominent friend q Aaes. te the
term, March 3, 1a71, will 50 into The service Of
General Ames, and tale cixBe Of the lstter'a
plantation in Mississippi
-~Goreruor Alcorn, Of Mississippi, has Issued
proclamation announcing to The people that,
deeply moved By the fact that tho govern
ment Of their beloved State is once moro that
OF tho f.ee choice Of her citizens, he has ap-
pointed Thursday. the ust inst, = day Of OBJ
lation to the Lord throughout. al its borders;
and he earnestly enloins upon the pooplc to
y, mite On that DAY d % IN public prayer and A..
OWL wise providence, stilled the madness Of
the people, has given liz, with the olive branch
OF peace, al the precious nights Of freedom" +"
Tho Albany correspondent Of the New York
EcfniM9 Post reports rety positively that Gov
enor Hoffman does not intend to be a cAnli-
private Life for : time. :. BE will probably
treat himself to European travel for year OF
n.orc. BY which time his friends may have pre-
Earcd a place for him in tho national arena.
He may be a candidate fot President: he may
10 willing to succeed Eoecoe ConlGne. Do
this ~ it may, Sanford E. Church is looked
upon IA The man to succeed him"
"A cal, signed By G. &. Glmcr, Chaitna N OF
the " True Republican Executive Committee -
| William C. Wickham, Chairman OF the +" Central
| Committee Of the National Union Republican
party OF Virginia. and Charles II. Porter,
Chairman Of tho Republican State Central
Committee Of grgipia," !" has Just been issued
from Richmond. designating the a1st Of April
next for conference Of the Republicans Of
the State, il haEinS been found that tho 9Th
rroxiuo- for which date the conference WAS
| iirst called, would be too early to secure the
full cooperation uf tha different branches Of
the party. The call says i is deemed Of the
| ntnaoaf importance that Ill the elements oi
Nepahicania1n In the State should be united
| in aetion. II they are no doubt bound in
principle, and gives ss the object Of The
| conference the taking Of such stcre az ahsl
most surely result IN the reorganization Of the
| Republican party in the State, nnd to place il
before ths people IN its tree Light u the rart1
nf liberty and equality, and As alone suited t
the present emergencies Of the St.to and na
ton. Iha cal further recites that the plat
form Of the part. should be broad and nstiona
i in ita principles; and its policy liberal an
just to al clasees and conditions Of nen--
i seven OF the sixteen members Of tha Nslk q
Republican Executive Committee OF Tirxinil
hxve signed pApnr opposing my Attempt \
Il union with the Wells party, ~ an unptinei
pied de.crtion Of tia nsen and the neatre
vhich succeeded IN the elections Of the Gth o
! july sst."