The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-01-17
Political chlt.chat.

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!. or the six!y.sis members Of the Unitet
7 States Senate, forty-si1 are lawyers.
Grant and Butler arc said to have be
come recouciled ION The ground Of recip
rocal advantage" J" ''7 8. Aol'-''F y,
Paine. oi Wisconsin, and Wood ant
. Cox. Of Now York, are said. to be tile moi
: siess men in Congress. aye I'd gitiag
Z General Grant, policy seem, to be Il
reduce to boggary the only child o
George Washington, the father Of hi.
country al giilctse sdi nodH laiMr
The Chicago Times considsrsita nota,
bic fact that the only swords Butler tool
during The war arc those now being sued
for under the CLAIM, that they were stolen
J, Chief Justice Chase says Congress i.
} treating Virginia very badly in delaying
her admission. 's'' go '''
: General Terry on Monday issued an
1 order assuming command Of Georgia Is :
district under the late reconstruction act
4 Tho Democrats havo carried Knoxville,
Tennes,ee, electing tho Mayor by Eve
bundled majority, aud carrying all ths
wards. The city was radical heretofore,
I There is % rumor at Lima that the
Uritcd States steamer Nyack has gone to
III. Galapagos Islands to take formal
possession in tho name Of the United
I States. ''.'''', ''' ~
Board At Washington is twenty. per
cen. leis this winter than it was last. and
|they have fifty per- cent Jess to eat, In
such case We may look for short ses-
sisn Of Congress-. -
\ The National Iutel;gencer is said to be
controlled ~ Ben Butler. Those who
supposed this venerable Journal to be
dead are now assured that it is merely
damned. sjg iy,Tqs rAE isaHs@ q
John Ingle, ST., Who was appointed
Postmaster at sandcrsvillc. tVaDderburgh
County, Indiana, by President, Monroe,
Eas just resigned. lie held, tho office
tor.y:dvs years and undor, eleven Prssi-;
dents. .iieq lq s9l7i'1f is2ids 1ni dli1 ialti
Senator Pratt, Of Indians, will not re-
sign. His party has f.tteued lou' SO
badly soflate that he fears tie Demo r.ts
will CRY the! State and gil the vacancy
should ho create one BY resignation. ga.
IA culinary cuss. named William Cook.
was United States Consul at Glasgow,
Scotland. A Scottish court llns cooked
The goose Of this Cook BY sending him u
prison fer seven years, on, ., charge Of
4 forgery. Whose bro,her.in.luH va.
i Cook!
It is now announced thst there Is no
Grant or Den, relstirs Of either. side
Of the Government, yet discovered that i,
out Of Office. And The Offices are about
out. What will become Of the Pough-
kesp.ie man. who sent aforty.pound goose
70 tne fresloent! u 3iiitFt
lg;iA negro woman id Louisville recently
gave birth ID child Which had ten we'll
formed fingers on each hand. SHE should
train IL fUf public Office. 1t Would BE
just The animal TO make radical grabs {.
the public treasury to some purpose,
There il no sucb thing known ii Eng
land a. tho fraukine privilege. . Ever,
enc, even to tho Queen, must use stamps.
Here, in the United States, there are
i..bou. $4,000 dead heads .using and
abasing this privilege to limitlets ex.
d tent. No.. ,ss.,.;y n, ,,t-,
II is now considered unsafe and indsl:.
cato for respectable ladies 10 60 into the
s marble rooni Of the Senate or the recep-
ton room Of ,lio House. as 10 mauy wo!
men Of bad reputs 60 their to interview
The l.u.maktrs. ITO what b.so uscs,,''
or somt,hing Of that kind. .ist s'igft
New England las twsnly -four members
Of tho United States Ssnate-twelys on
her own account and twelve carpet.baggers
who have succeeded ii being sen. from
other States. NsW York. With a,ppopul,.
ton grester by half million than the
whole Of New England ihas two Senators.
It's pity tho down-rodden Yankees can't
have fair show in The Government. !, !,
Ben Butler has drawn up a memorial
asking Ceugrses 10 recognise CubanlIn
dependence. Benjamin would exhibit
more honor by drawing up'a memorial te
The people he robbed at New Orleans, cal.
ling upon them to come forward, and rec.
ognize their property. as;.,lihB; osy;,
President Grant 10 called upon 10 srbi
trats between Great Britain and Portuga
10 regard ID The Island Of Dalana, on Ii,
west coast Of Africa, possession Of whisl
is claimed by each. The position 10 vii
. liable only for its facilities for carrying Of
} thc stare trads. ..,,,,..s.l .,,..l,,,i .-j
. Each msmtes Of Congress gets 345(
pounds Of Agricultural lseporss.s 9s.
pounds Of Patent Office Reports, and 113.
!, pounds Of Congressional Globes. Fo
oil these sold Il waste paper. 1t Eve cents
pound hawill receive $2634quits i snu,
little sum. ai, '-Es H boTgs' bih p
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