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"tRoG" VAR IN PISsAIC yILLAGB.
How ben Watson Dened the AuthorItics-
A sLreeI smperinLendcnL NithonI Plnck-

How ben Watson Dened the AuthorIiics-
A street Superintendent without Pluclx-
Bloody Duel In which no One was Hurt.
The village authorities Of PGssaic, n. j., on the
Erie Railway, among other improvements, decided
20 widen Lexington avenue. Ben Watson owns
property on this street, out Of which bite is to be
taken II the street Is opened. Ito fenced In his
lands. Tho fence extended some feet into the line
OF the proposed street, and lac deled the village
authorities to touch II.
eight O'Clock yesterday morning Street Super
intcndcnt Gntert d. Bogcrt appeared with laborers
20 proceed With the work Watson was there With
his whole family TO assist him. Bosert ordered lis
men Co go on. Watson rushed down with revolver
and swcrc that Ne would 500; the lrst mNn on the
snot taut attempted to tear down that American
fCnce. The street Superintendent felt In his waist.
coat pocket aud found big horsepisto which ho
brought forth. Then he announced his intention to
protect his men.
Thugs began TO look squally. Both parties, Do.
CERT and his workmen and Watson and his family
stood In battle array. Several hundred villagers
and dogs gathered arou nd TO the sport. Two or
three Physicians ran after lint and banlages to
dress the WOUNDS A lrst-class lght seemed inevi.
table. The war OF words was 1cice and irightiul.
But suddenly, no one knows how, just as people
were stepping out OF the way OF anticipated stray
bullets the WOrdy warfare ceased, and both partice
mutually proposed truce until the authorities, or
the courts, or further developments" should de.
eide the dispute. And so the crowd OF spectator
were cheated out OF their antcirated fun ir wit.
Messing veritabe battle, AMI what might have
gone 10 the doctors will probably now be grabbed b,
ie lau
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o'nALL LETTING our rnE srcR.r,
Foresha dOwine Colossal Job tn he Author
lied by the Next Legislature -Thc Ci,y 10
be Repaved by the Ring.

Foreshn dOwing Colossal Job to be Author-
lied by the Next Legislature Tie Ci,y Il.
be Repaved by the Ring.
Yesterday the literary meteor Of the City flau
sent another veto message to the Aldermen Tie
objection, this time, is to the IIamar wood pavement
The Mayor doubts tho Common Councils right ia
put down experimental pavement. lie adds. with
new and astonishing consideration for the opinion,
Of people who are not in tho Ring, that some alten
tion should be paid to tho wishe5 Of the proptrt
holders. The Mayor further tells the Council hn
our wooden pavemcnts In the streets that are used
for heavy traflc are already ruined aud must sooI
be taken no. Wherefore he says:
The Mayor ia opposci 10 all snccinl or patent nave
ments Their use subjects officials to m'sundors and.
ings with the pubiic at LARGE with class Of
Mayor favorS he use Of stone ravenents. There can
be open and honorable competition ~ the way ol pro-
vldlng Hone pavement ihe mi:eliAl . abundant. it
II the next session OF tho Legislature II "a probable
that general plan OF paving the city at the general
uailv adopted. Residents upon lines of streets TO be
rcpavcd ought not be assessed 10 tho exclusion ot
9of Ge Senent OF Is % cy ac and arc IS Dse
used by citizens who live f1r removed nom them
prohensvo system OF street prvinr under siucilon of
the Lcgisa ure, should he agreed upon according 70
tho issue u bo Ids redeemabc out Of general tax tJn
To INT the pavcmcnts ot the city IN proper coud-
We can perfect Ills system at present e ocriSs is.
batable. rhe Mayor ro.pect ully submit, TO tho Com
lion Of the Legislature before authorizing ihr paving
OF the streets covered Ivy fesou ION. of many
more streets, whether now requiring nrst or demand
In case Of this nciitionne Il not fair 10 iat tho
kind that they desIrc2 besides, by ihrownt the re-
ponsbiity Of selection upon them We escape an cti.
urqraciOns motives.
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100000 70 betray Its interests to another
railway corporationH The same Secretary of
State whose son-in.law is the bireling OF
Spain has appointed Mr. his assistant,
and retains him in Office, although his in
fanny has been proved by the testimony Of
witnesses under oath. Mr. FISH himself is,
we believe, n member OF the bar but neither
for him nor for Mr.. DAVIS, any more than
for Messrs WEBSTER & CRAIo, has the Times
yet found the least word Of blame.
There is this difference, to he sure, between
the case of Mr.. FIELD and that of Messrs
WEBSTER, CRAIG, DAVIS, and FISH. Mr.
FIELD has done all that hc has done for Mr.
FISK and the Erie Railway Company openly
aud above board, and within the strictcst
limits Of professional propriety while the
others have worked in tho dark, with spies
and infoImers for their tools, and carefully
concealed their tracks from the public eye
Evidently It il the opinion of the Times that
hypocrisy is 10 bc commended more than
honesty, and secret knavcry more than open
warfare
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peatedly and vainlY attacked both by tho n.,J
forces under Porter, and the army rnder Gen
sherrn-u. But finally when Graut got around In tl..
rear OF Vicksburgh the garrison at Hanca's n M
left for fear Of being cut on and made quick urs
into the city. This was on the 18th OF May. lsGa
A part Of Gen. Shcrman's corus under Fred. steele
came up took uossession OF the abandoned works
with their guns, and went into camp near by Shortly
Afterwards Admiral Porter came along in tis I'M,
stcaming by the Yazoo river. landed at II ines's
Bluff and marked with white paint these sumo
guns ~ having heen captured on Nav * 10 3,
The Hisdssippt fotd a under Acting RsQr A1uirei
. ID. Porter. Some OF tie Illicts who stood bJ
and witnessed tue rninting were very indonaut
but no oihcer frank was present to prevent The
contamination OF the A nira's lasehoo1.
hia was also acormou Fubiect OF cOnvcr. u'ica
in the army about Vickshnr'h, as you must fcacn.
Der. once overheard Gcu 4. kilhy Smiiur a-ts
Admiral Porter with II IN banteriug vav. Every.
body knew tie inscrpton vas fllte one. d Id ID u
Porter wa- the 1uti or Of II
am, sir, your Obcdiont servant
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nan, $4,000.
Juslirc D0wiing'- Suggestion 10 the super
intcndcnt Of the city Police,

Juslicc D0wiing'- Suggestion 10 the super
intcndcnt Of the Clty Police.
The examination INTO the case OF DR. Evans,
or Lookup, was concluded 'sleriay before Justice
Dowlint d. Evans had been accused Of malprac.
tco in tie case OF Ann O'Nlol, whose children hal
clcl In Bellevue HOSPITAL On committing the
wi. oncr for trial md hNing tho amount OF bail NJ
toO00O. Justice bowling said;
lhe defendant is ncld on probable csusa that he II
Fmlty OF PR ormug abortion HERE il notinng in
' ul!thrr 20 snow that the children ot f4ll gees
lin tr,a. To save ihs moth.gt Tie. ami unnet
grown chId BY Instruments constitutes an offence.
more no doubt that The uccuuAut cupluvod in tru.
cn unn"cce arlly. Tho witness n l'gt hp rcniou.
beIol, tcsuiCs agan uer mtr,ou and M het own
ucl nation. hDr hai She motive t1 spe4k falsely The
itye'nuou"ln TINS casr are gut drrstine, And shocE
even an Nld uolce tttVcr 1hVy eu--vst 60 mo a 10
qur TO lle Oh, ol lu' &c g. Iut uuic turycUl nee
large number nt abort On fs. rlucncing with tho
one nn tic nortlo 4 corner OF Fth aye'ue and Fly.
second street, aud descending 10 III, onntmon places
INTO Wich village women ana the hIlicr o. asseg ot
uloru.tlr c,ty on az" enen.el ,hinh ma lolice.
nan - Nnllorm warned cietY one ~ the door of such
'ulIuhhe or common drns oi What went an lns de
Tie riIlChluA trade broken .p. ~ '
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THE POLITICIANS CIRCUS.
Healing the Wounds of the DisaGected Re
pnbIicRna over The River.

An attempt TO harmonize the conflicting fac
items that have distracted the Republican party in
Kings was begun in the Thirteenth Ward last night
meeting was convened for that purpose, on rcqui
sition signed by John W. Coe, Supervisor elect over
the regular nominee, and nine Others who were dis
satisfied with the party management. John D. Dar-
lngton. Chairman OF the Thirteenth Ward Executive
Committee. called the meeting to order and Mr..
Coe stated its object, which To hot all disscu-
sions In the party by selecting ticket 60 be voted
on 2! the comire primary that would he satisfactory
10 an. Mr. charles r. Ravmond approved the move.
nent and moved that Mr. Coo be appointed 10 wait
upon the different factions. ascertain their views,
and report at tl,o next meeting. discus 'iOn FOL.
lowed In which Col J. W. Jores, q. g. Cheshire
the Hon. Demas Strong, and Col Charles r. Moron
took part. Mr.. Strong was opposed TO recognizing
factions that originated in personal suites aud
lealousies; he wanted men sent TO the Genera
Committee who we're Reprbhcins on prin ciple Mr.
Cheshire thought that the party IN the ward and city
sadly needed reorganization The motion to ap-
point Mr. Coe hatmomiZing committee WIS carried.
and the meeting adjourned until Monday evening
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Spain and Cuba NcGlynn Defended.

To TIE EditoT " ne sun.
Sin; The comment in TnS Sun Of Dec !, on
DR.. MeGgnns discourse nt the marriage Of tie
Spanish Minister TO Miss Terry, Is founded on an
erroneous report. Dr. kcGl!nn did not say that
lie looked on the marriage as happy omen Of an
annlosous alliance between Spain and Cuba" Ho
did say "tho marriage was harry omeu Of union
Of minds and heurts and continued arni,y between
Spain and the United States" or Vhieh the lady is
an adopte citizen. Sho has been for ycurs a
member OF Mr. POnverrs family and an 5id ana
regular member OF st stephens congregation
II would be unjust tt the liberal and learned mas.
tor of 81, Stephens 20 make him appear -elect-
ing adversely on the present. struggle in Cuna As
matter of fact he, and at his request his associts
priests, volunteered their services for the solemn
requiem mass which was celebrated quite recently
for all those Cubans who had fallen Ia t.t.r 1sht
for independence.
Trusting 20 THE suS's well known honcaty and
love Of truth for the insertion OF tile ahoye coree
tiOn, remain VERlTAs.
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has struck vital blow at Spanish rule in the
Eastern Department; that there are honorable
men in that same department, in Cnmagucy, in
Santo Espirtu, and the Ciuco Villas, who rdvo-
cate the use Of the torch and finally, that these
spanards, so celebrated for their compassion, are
open TO make contractsfor the production Of the
ashes Of MAxmo GOMEZ, or Of any other sensible
Cuban who believes that the torch is just rs
well as powerful weapon fer the attainment Of
Cuban indencndence
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a Apeiis Uall Dr.. Cory pioram, Il lrelssd.
Hoeths Theatte-Rip Van Wnsls
BrJ nRrs Opera House -sgd IT, between o. ,ud IN l,N
reursions- -Ere Rsiway
Tink Avenue Theatre-1hs Hircht.L
Graud Opera tIouse-Ls, BrssnIt.
q obc Theatre Broad~sv
Las Edwins Theatre ihe sh1tNd.
Niblo's Carden-Rons1 and JOLIET.
New York Clrcus tih 90. crp. A.,'en, n Mn'it.
olympic Theatrc-wes willie W'oss.
sAn Ftaneisco Mlnstreis #s'' tr''fvr
1ony Pastors Oecra Hsusc-'r't Ant'c''sn'.
The Ileaeh Pneumatic 1unncl-ot.r 10 Vitora
" anaek's -Cogueiet
" ood's Mu.eun.-tyda Ttcmr'ot -fcur,. Matinee.
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IIa. he Inaucn,ial Poll,icnl Frl,na, ,

Robert Patldn, youth Of about II, when ar.
raianed for robbery in the FIRST degree, seemed to
regard the charge a. goo JOKE and when the re-
sult OF tie robbery was stated at "a he laughed ont
right lie promptly pleaded gully, and tie Court
sentenced MIN TO Sing Sing Tor ten years lie
smled ploasantlY, and responded la an undertone
hank you siTi would like very well TO have
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The Governing Family-Additional
Members,

Since the publication Of our list of mem
bers of the family for whose special benefit
the government of the United States is now
carried on, we have been favored with the
names of few additional relatives wlom
the affection Of the President has appointed
to Office. We add them TO our list as follows
NATHAN A. PATTON, Trcfidcnt's brother In laws
third cousin, Collector Of the port OF Galveston,
Texas
OLIVER W. RooT, Presidents mothers grand.
nephew, Assistant District Attorney Coyington. XIV
A. W. CASEY. Presidents brolher-inlaw's owa
brother, Appraiser Of Customs, New Orleans.
We are aware that our catalogue is
still far from complete, and wo assure any
member Of the ruling family whom we may
have omitted that it is not the result Of any
Intentional dsrespect on our part. If such
persons will kindly send us their names and
titlee, we Will publish them without delay
for the information Of the public, and for the
qualification Of that woll grounded com
plaisancy which they may well feel in view
of the fact that they are relatives Of the
President and by his grace oiIiceholders of
the United States.
We are assured that Col. GEORGE X LEET.
Of the General Order Public Stores in this
city, is not cousin Of either the GRANTS or the
DENTS. This being so, the wonder is how he
ever got so rich thing 1t is so good that
it ought to have been kept in the family
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20 me fdHoi ~ me sun,
SIN You do Admiral Porter less than justice
IN your account ofhs lying inscription upop u, puas
Of Grand Gulf. His exploits In that direction were
not confined 70 the cannon you mention.
Haines's Bluf II about seven miles above Vicks
burg. II was strongly fortified. Il had been re-
The sun., 1870-12-08

The Rev, Mr., FARRELL, pastor Of the
Roman Catholic Church Of ST. Joseph II this
city, declares himself in favor of the King Of
Italy, and says that If he were the Pops he would
respect the voice Of the Italian people. The
reverend gentleman deserves the highest credit
for his liberal sentiments and for his moral
courage. There cannot be any doubt that the
principle which he enunciates will be tpoIly
acknowledged by the Aoly Father himself, as its
justice is Edmitted by the whole civilized world.
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uuVefubementt eVl1entlY pfepaft1 iOI puoiVAuOh IN
the Herald, a. follows:
MATRIMONY- like to form the acquaintance
lN OF some tWeet-tempered bru1ettc. bctweon the
ages Of "a and q. with q view to matrmony; NUT be
l0ieruby acc )mplished and not too FOND OF Raudy a
tire one who would mako home paradise am 20,
and 0y no means repuisve IN ppearancoi state time
ana nllcc Nhsto an Interview eau be lad. Address
BLONDE, Box - Herald office.
1heie was also bill IRON TIFFANY Co, In the
same name, one diamond ring, 1859 30. receipt
cd. The ring ornamented tie fellows Gnger. Also
the following interesting
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LErrEs FROM room LONE WIDOW
down in Pennsylvania:

uONn IN IennsyNhniHs
CorNFtIsvtrIE Nov 2e. 1c70
DEans STA; receiysd leticr lrom you a short ,l9e
aRo directed Omy Hus1and who dlel novmDer Nh
Y Of snail children IepenYIhs on me fsapIort viii
le nm as haye TIC ieef q oi Your 6cu ne. now i
thins waywIrk wei NY Husband hat = wctlly uncle
Ihl ips wtite me aiciIcr As 6ourh il wa frcme Nh
cam a It where yo pi, nie wien rct Il can d sry
the envelope w,t1 tie Post Marx on u and
conway jhe idea tat he Is idni NC his sidncy You
nSPi m 70 & E.t h.te s,ati wcn know y9g ~ are aoe
OF me hye your letter safa no one has ever seen Il
send FOR nice present when got this letter At Grst
inonght @ Won y ,aSc y COVE to tue hi2 ana rhoH
thought tnat would Suts T. You answor soon ana lot
me Know wat you Will d. TO, ,WG9Gi,s, p pu,,,,rs
think this man you speak Of Il Joan Coner q full
cOusen of mine,
PROM FRiRSD IN NETD.
Finally, the following friendly op-,lc from gen
tlcnan who is doing the State some service up the
river. and who seems TO be on nicndly end conn
dental terms with Mr. Waters, alias Jack son. alias
Logan, dtt0s anyting else
sNo SING PRISON Nov. %, 1870.
My pyAR FRIEND, Yon will no doubt bc somewha,
astoundol At hearing that your old conrade Is rerna
n' oc Ctc, SS sufa af sS at
70 Try ana eSSyeGs 81 M yos 9a ,he snES IN
eciyed from the former occupant of Dey street
from him don.S %.y iG bs s s9yS es S az
what lie did py the mutual friend" trust you will
aGs d.t @ aS'as e KY b u VOC % f
wouid prefer u'at you yogd allow tie whole thn
January az tie furthcst.
been put TO an eIier JOB than I al Grst had, aud
in sm{ nrsl letter to any one since nv dt,ut here
n hITs ba TessTed PSmner n,s o% NJ Ss
snoud Min ary Dv nnc p9usnt s DS''es nov 70 % %cN,Ie
ina! gyt icids arc doing al iaey can IN nv tehiE
htmeMhcr M tu any oi ny o'd friends = OF may
The sun., 1870-12-08

We have reason TO believe that it is not
true II ot n writ de lpaatico h9uirea@o has been
issued to determine whether the Worid ia or il
not cr.1y about the French and Germans. The
lunecy is so plain that there is no occasion for
any judicial inveslgaton.
The sun., 1870-12-08

Everybody ia well pleased with PETER
BaAiNs SwEESY's improvements in the CITY
Hall Park.
The sun., 1870-12-08

On the nth Of May last the body of ANN
Bass, a servant, was fouuu in box in house in
Chelsea, and WALTER M.LLsR was oiterNard
hanged as her murderer Her master, the Rev.
ELIAS lIuELiN, was last seen alive on the 9th OF
May. lie left a will, by which he bcqueathcd TO
ANS Bass considerable property. II she sur
viycd him, her representatives are entitled to the
property; but IL she died before her master, the
testamentary gin failed by lapse. suit has
been entered by her heirs, and an inquiry insti-
tutcd to determine the question Of surviyorship.
The laws Of different countries on this subject
are very curious. In case Of shipwreck, where
father end son persbed together, it was pre-.
sumed by the old Roman law that tho son died
first If hc was under the age Of fourteen; but If
he was above that age, he was taken to be the
survivor. This was based on the principle that
in the one case the elder is the more robust, and
in the other case the less so. The French code
presumcs that between the ages Of 10 and 60 the
elder is the survivors above co, the younger and
if one is under IS and the other above CO. the
presumption again goes in favor Of the youth.
The English law admits all evidence relating TO
the death Of the parties; and If that fails to show
which died first. they are supposed TO have died
simultaneously
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In regard TO the Dominican job which
Gen. GRANT presses with so much caCerncss
upon the country, it would be just now interest
ing TO ascertain TO what extent the ex.fivortc
Admiral PoRrER has been concerned in the in
ception of this foul scheme. 1t is generally be-
leved that in order 10 find employment for his
cronics Of the navy, PoRrER goaded Gen. Gn,Sr
on to the contamination Of tho scheme, in the
hope that additional scacoast would confer upon
him additional patronage. While the treaty
was under discussion in the Senate Committee,
no one praised Gen. GRASr more loudly than
PoErsR for having negotiated it, and no one
excrcd himself more zcalou,ly for lis success.
But in view Of his treacherous course toward his
chief on a former occasion, it need not lie at all
surprising If he had privately ridiculed GRAYT's
Dominican enterprise while publicly protesting
to admire il. Let the Senate by all means clear
up this interesting matter The part which Pom
TER had in originating the Dominican job
ought at all events to be known. A full nvcsti.
cation Of the subject would make awelcome ad-
dition to the public knowledge Of naval phi
losophy.
The sun., 1870-12-08

We have lately published two proclama
lions emanating from Cuban leaders, in which
they both declared that the quickest road TO the
Independence Of their country was the destruc-
ton by fire Of all property wlVch might be ser
yiceable TO their enemies. OF these two procla-
nations, one was addressed by Gen. MAxlNo
Gomez TO the sons Of Santiago de Cuba; the other
by President CEsPEnEs to the people Of the West
ern Department. The latter We judge has not yet
reached Havana, for the Didrio De Ia Klliaa the
official paper Of that city, in its edition of the
9Th ult., contains leading article the pro.
clamation Of MAxmo GoNEz alone.
That the arrow has struck the mark is proved
by the alarm the proclamation has caused by the
punishment with which tho incendiares are
misunderstanding less than TO be burned at a
stake, or hanged, drawn, and quartered-and by
the dim ray Of hope which is jesuitcally offered
to oil other delnquents, inoendiaries alone ex-
ccpted.
The article referred to is far too long to allow
ms reproduction in these columns. II warns and
threatens " The man who applies torch signs
lis own death warrant" f" the incendary places
himself outside the pale Of the law" "whoeyer
orders incendiarism is one Of those monsters oc.
clslonaly cast upon the world" and other such
phrases, compose the body of the article
Its conclusion, however, is highly significant,
|, is as follows "The good and loyal Spauiards
Of the jurisdiction Of Santiago Dc Cuba cry
aloud for the speedy aud exemplary ehastisemeut
Of MAxMo GoNEz, who has caused them such
vast injuries. Almost all honorable men Of the
Department Of the East, Of Camaguey, Of Santo
Espritu, and Of Cinco Villas clamor in their turn
against other incendiaries equally ferocious, who
have reduced thousands Of families 70 the most
anject misery" And then follows n sentence
which, emanating from a papor which more than
twelve months ago endorsed the extermination OF
the whole Cuban race as the only means Of sub
dung the revolution, aud which to-day is the
salaried organ Of man whom itself ehristened
the butcher Of Cuba, deserves place in history.
II reads: Compassion, so deeply craven on the
Castlan heart cannot extend TO the incendiary ;
and the most compassionate they who are ever
ready to plead for the unfortunate, would rejoice
to learn that price had been set on the heads Of
those who have deGreod the general OonnsgratiOn
| Of the island"
j From all which we infer that NAIIAo GonEl
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We are informed by one Of our Washing
ton correspondents that the Hon. Lows DESr
takes exception to a statement about his can.
yass for Governor in Mississippi in 1869. In the
opinion Of our correspondent, 1t is due to Judge
DEST TO say that an examination into he afllr
shows that the attacks then made upon his honor
were fully set at rest by him in the course Of
the canvass.
Our correspondents Impressions seem TO us
too favorable to Mr.. DEST For instance, in the
course Of the canvass the Jactsoa Rilo, a re-
sponsibe Republican journal, spoke Of him in
the following rough language:
LOUIS INT is a cheat aud e swlndlor ~ his
political iuposior, WitlCut char CtCr, hIus or hon
esty. lie is published blackiCE, ia.iltr. AID VII
lin. His record, public and private, t. stepped in
iBfanY, loaded with crime, bisct eItd with sin,
fraud, and corruption. In short, Lo is knave, a
coward, and q scOundreln
This is the style Of abuse which was used bout
Mr. DEST by the Republican press Of the state
during the whole OF the canvass. Pcrhap. it
was unjust but the charges, many Of them
specific, were never dsprovcl to our knowledge
1t woild have lccn much better for DrNrs rcpu.
teton before the country if he had kept out of
that canvass altogether.